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[SCULLIBUNDO]

Ridley Scott exec producing.

http://tvline.com/2013/02/11/syfy-frank-spotnitz-ridley-scott-man-high-castle-miniseries/

Syfy has closed a deal for Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) to pen a four-hour miniseries adaptation of the 50-year-old Philip K. Dick novel The Man in The High Castle.
Filmmaker Ridley Scott — who in 1982 adapted Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into the nihilistic big-screen drama Blade Runner — will serve as an executive producer.

The best-selling The Man in The High Castle presents an alternate history in which Nazi Germany and Japan won World War II and the Axis Powers now lord over a fascist United States of America.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Ridley Scott exec producing.

http://tvline.com/2013/02/11/syfy-frank-spotnitz-ridley-scott-man-high-castle-miniseries/

Pump it into my veins.

 

[Skab]

Yes.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I mean MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE. MODS PLS

Spoiler

I'm never going to live my Police Academy fandom down.

 

[lazybones18]

Nazis control Michigan? I would probably prefer Japan running things in that state

 

[LiQuid!]

I mean MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE. MODS PLS

Spoiler

I'm never going to live my Police Academy fandom down.

Thank you, now this video I have to link makes no sense. But I'm posting it anyways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPk9KZbdAE

 

[EVOL 100%]

I didn't read this novel, but I've been reading lots of PKD and his stuff is amazing. I'll be eyeing this with great interest.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Philip K Dick adaptations have been very hit or miss. Mostly miss. Hope it's good.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Philip K Dick adaptations have been very hit or miss. Mostly miss. Hope it's good.

But when they hit, they hit HARD. I really hope this one turns out well.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

What are the best Philip K Dick novels to start with?

My favs:

A scanner darkly
The man in the high castle
Three stigmata of palmer eldritch
Ubik
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Martian time slip
Radio free albemuth

 

[EviLore]

What are the best Philip K Dick novels to start with?

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
A Scanner Darkly
The Man in the High Castle
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

 

[EVOL 100%]

What are the best Philip K Dick novels to start with?

I started with A Scanner Darkly. It was pretty fucking good. Do Androids Dream of.. would probably be a good starting point too.

I finished VALIS recently and I loved it, but I wouldn't recommend it to newcomers.

 

[Team Filler]

I always had a soft spot for The Penultimate Truth.

 

[Akahige]

Sounds cool but Syfy channel doesn/t have much of a good track record these days right? I don't think I've watched anything on it in years outside a few minutes on Lake Placid.

 

[alazz]

This could be sweet. Wonder how they'll handle the ending, though.

What are the best Philip K Dick novels to start with?

The Variable Man short story is basically why he's awesome distilled into a brief afternoon's read.

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and The Man in the High Castle are great places to start. High Castle is more inviting, I guess? Follow Flow My Tears up with The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and then Ubik. Not because you have to, but it's a good progression from trippy and slick to weird and trippy to all of the above.

VALIS is fucking nuts, I'd avoid it until you're really into him or really into the plot. I've tried reading it three times now, and I hit a wall somewhere a little past half. It's not hard to read, but I think you need to be a certain type of person to want to finish it.

 

[brian577]

Sounds cool but Syfy channel doesn/t have much of a good track record these days right? I don't think I've watched anything on it in years outside a few minutes on Lake Placid.

Movies, no. Mini series on the other hand, they've done fairly well. Alice, Tin Man, Steven Spielberg's Taken, Dune.

 

[Walshicus]

This is available now on Amazon Prime and... it's pretty fucking great.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RWYM2GM/


Review: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ilot-all-scifi-fans-should-watch-9993392.html

 

[RS4-]

This is available now on Amazon Prime and... it's pretty fucking great.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RWYM2GM/


Review: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ilot-all-scifi-fans-should-watch-9993392.html

Thanks for the bump, never heard of it until now. Will watch later!

 

[Dance Inferno]

Hang on, is this the same as the pilot that Amazon posted in its new pilot season?

 

[Walshicus]

No problem - I actually got confused with the dates thinking the last post was the year just gone and not two back...

Hang on, is this the same as the pilot that Amazon posted in its new pilot season?

Yup!

 

[Frog-fu]

Awesome. I'm in.

 

[Dance Inferno]

No problem - I actually got confused with the dates thinking the last post was the year just gone and not two back...


Yup!

Weird. I thought Amazon funded shows to be exclusive to Amazon. Unless they decided not to move ahead with the adaptation and SyFy is picking it up?

 

[dubc35]

Weird. I thought Amazon funded shows to be exclusive to Amazon. Unless they decided not to move ahead with the adaptation and SyFy is picking it up?

FYI, the OP is from about 2 years ago.

edit:

Amazon pilot season thread (with this as one of the shows)

 

[Akahige]

Oh man that bump confused me, I thought to myself hey didn't amazon just do a pilot of this and then I saw my own comment and was even more confused.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

I can get behind this. Will watch after I've finished my film.

 

[Chris R]

So is the pilot the only thing made so far or is there 3 hours to come at some point?

 

[Zuhzuhzombie!!]

So is this on SyFy for cable and Amazon Prime for cord cutters?

 

[Timeaisis]

This bump gave me two gifts:
- I now realize there's a TV series of a sweet PKD book
- I learned EvilLore is a fan

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Thanks for the reminder, need to make more of my Prime membership and check this out xD

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

So I have 10 minutes left of this, and I can say that Amazon are onto a winner here. Really good show.

 

[Walshicus]

So I have 10 minutes left of this, and I can say that Amazon are onto a winner here. Really good show.

Definitely - if they can keep the same quality up for an entire series they're in for a winner here. Not a moment went by I wasn't engrossed in the world they'd created/adapted.

 

[Dance Inferno]

FYI, the OP is from about 2 years ago.

edit:

Amazon pilot season thread (with this as one of the shows)

Hahahaha. OK I'm an idiot. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

The executive producer, who made that one good movie almost 30 years ago...

Anyway, this sounds amazing, I hope it's great! And still has a 40's era feel.

EDIT: Oh, it's done already. Heh, I really need to check dates beforehand.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I love alternate history. Bring it!

Edit: ITS AN OLD THREAD? When can I watch it outside Amazon?!

 

[Team Filler]

I thought the pilot episode was pretty good and voted to have it continue. Definitely watch it if you get the chance.

 

[akira28]

bleh. was hoping for a movie.