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Originally Posted by Yamer

It's too bad about Man in the High Castle as it had legitimately one of the best characters in TV. Rufus Sewell as John Smith was outstanding in spite whatever else you may think of the series.

Are spoilers allowed in this thread? I'll tag it anyway but:

Spoiler!

One of the problems I had with this show is that at first it didn't let on that it was a sci-fi show. I thought it was a drama - so that there was a bit jarring. And if you are going to do a sci-fi, why do you drag the mystery on for 3 seasons? Just say yes, these are multiverse travelers and they bring films back from alternate realties. It was kinda dumb waiting to so long to learn the nature of the show.

Also, the German & Japanese empires are MASSIVE in the show. Easily billions of people in each empire. Yet the entire show revolves around 4 nobodies, and an amazingly evil John Smith. But wait! Despite being the most powerful Nazi on the American continent, he's not dealing with government policy or military matters. All his time is taken up with his diseased son and some weird covert missions with nobody #1. I guess the show runners probably realized it was boring having the show revolve around 4 nobodies, so they made nobody #1 the future Fuehrer's son.

Also, wouldn't the most powerful nazi in America live in some official residence that is heavily guarded? Not some suburban neighborhood with literally zero security lmao. What a wasted character.

Some great moments in the show, but overall a flop IMO.

PS: Great cast choice for the actor who played old Himmler. Almost scary how accurate he was.