SpaceChampion Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 P. K. Dick's short stories are being adapted into a 10-episode anthology series by Ron Moore, starring Bryan Cranston for Sony & UK's Channel 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Ron Moore? Oh no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 That's quite the thread title. If yer talking about PKD however, there's never enough. All I've read is DADOES but eventually I want to get to all his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Should give us our Phil of Dick, for sure. /Penis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 You pun happy losers are pathetic. Dick discussions are a serious matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Don't get your twig and berries in a twist, gobbo. Just jacking around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I haven't been this excited for Dick since I was 12 or 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Pics or it didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 "I devoured all the Dick I could find when I was a child." - MC explaining his voracious appetite to me. For reading, you filthy-minded hooligans. God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Trailer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Wow,some great casting: Quote Cast "The Commuter" Timothy Spall as Ed Jacobson[4] Rebecca Manley as Mary Jacobson[4] Rudi Dharmalingham as Bob Paine[4] Tuppence Middleton as Linda[4] Anne Reid as Martine Jenkins[4] Ann Akin as Dr. Simpson[4] Hayley Squires[4] Tom Brooke[4] "Impossible Planet" Jack Reynor as Brian Norton[5] Benedict Wong as Andrews[5] Geraldine Chaplin as Irma Louise Gordon[5] Georgina Campbell[5] "Crazy Diamond" Julia Davis[6] Steve Buscemi[6] as Ed Morris Sidse Babett Knudsen[7] Joanna Scanlan[7] "Father Thing" Greg Kinnear[6] as Father[7] Mireille Enos[6] as Mother[7] Jack Gore as Charlie[6] Zakk Paradise as Henry[6] Jack Lewis as Dylan Peretti[6] "Real Life" Anna Paquin[8] as Sarah[7] Terrence Howard[8] as George[7] Rachelle Lefevre[9] Jacob Vargas[9] Sam Witwer[9] Guy Burnet[9] Lara Pulver[7] "The Hood Maker" Richard Madden[10] as Agent Ross[7] Holiday Grainger[10] as Honor[7] Anneika Rose[10] as Mary[7] Richard McCabe[10] "Kill All Others" Vera Farmiga[11] Mel Rodriguez[11] as Philbert Noyce[7] Jason Mitchell[11] as Lenny[7] Glenn Morshower[11] as Ed[7] Sarah Baker[11] as Maggie Noyce[12] "Autofac" Janelle Monáe[13] as Alexis[7] Juno Temple[13] as Emily[7] Jay Paulson[13] David Lyons[13] "Safe & Sound" Annalise Basso[14] Maura Tierney[14] "Human Is" Essie Davis[14] Bryan Cranston[14] Liam Cunningham[14] Ruth Bradley[14] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Apparently first episode out tonight in the UK? How was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 18 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: Apparently first episode out tonight in the UK? How was it? It was ok. The production values were really good and felt a bit like a hybrid between "Man in the high castle" and "Blade Runner" (which is fine as they are PKD works too). I mention this as while the stories are set in the future they are much more in the sense of what the future would have looked like from a 60s perspective which is where the Man in the high castle comparison comes in. The main problem for me is that it was a little rushed at the end. They take their time establishing the world quite well but then it feels like 20 mins has been cut to make it fit into a 1 hour slot. Which is a real shame as it could have made a great feature length TV show. Black mirror does a much better job of making 60 mins work well. The other thing people who aren't familiar with Dick's work may tripover is mistakenly thinking the show is derivative. There's a lot in here people will recognise from films like "Blade Runner" and " Minority Report". I guess Dick did explore similar themes quite a lot to be fair so it's sort of a legitimate complaint. I'll definitely check the others out but the first one to me looked great, with decent performances but didn't quite fulfill the promise. Maybe the amazon version has a longer run time? Channel 4 I guess is restricted to the one hour slot? 10-20 minutes more time could have made a real difference to the episode for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 On 18/09/2017 at 9:29 PM, red snow said: The main problem for me is that it was a little rushed at the end. They take their time establishing the world quite well but then it feels like 20 mins has been cut to make it fit into a 1 hour slot. Which is a real shame as it could have made a great feature length TV show. Black mirror does a much better job of making 60 mins work well. I think I'd agree with your assessment of the show. It did feel a bit rushed, it's a detective story in which the clues just fall into the detectives lap, I don't think that's a fatal flaw since the mystery wasn't really the main point of the story but I agree it might have worked better a 90 minute story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I have been reading PKD since the 60's. My older brother had picked up one of his novels, though I cannot remember which one. At 13 years old I really did not understand his themes much but they got under my skin. As a much older guy now, I can appreciate them much more. He did use the same ideas over and over again but recursion was a thing with him. That and the unreliability of memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 5/10/2016 at 5:58 PM, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: Should give us our Phil of Dick, for sure. /Penis Thats the long and shirt of it... yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I liked the second episode a lot more. Possibly because I bought into the chemistry between the love interests - which was pretty impressive given the age difference (something that was missing in "the hoodmaker") . Benedict Wong is always welcome on screen too. I've no idea what the ending was about though did i miss something that could explain the shared dreams and apparent teleportation at the end? Or was it simply a case of the two of them asphyxiaiting and getting to see their dream as their brains died from lack of oxygen? . The former is a bit random and the second is a bit dark. Anyway I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 hour ago, red snow said: I liked the second episode a lot more. Possibly because I bought into the chemistry between the love interests - which was pretty impressive given the age difference (something that was missing in "the hoodmaker") . Benedict Wong is always welcome on screen too. I've no idea what the ending was about though Reveal hidden contents did i miss something that could explain the shared dreams and apparent teleportation at the end? Or was it simply a case of the two of them asphyxiaiting and getting to see their dream as their brains died from lack of oxygen? . The former is a bit random and the second is a bit dark. Anyway I liked it. If you wonder at the the ending of anything by PKD, never assume that it ends with rainbows and sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 On 25/09/2017 at 0:10 AM, maarsen said: If you wonder at the the ending of anything by PKD, never assume that it ends with rainbows and sunshine. True. Based on some of his other short stories I thought the end was going to involve some time travel and those two winding up as Adam and Eve . I didn't mind how ambiguous or strange the ending was in this case but I suspect it might annoy others. I think it got it around the limits of a show that's under 1 hour which is where the hoodmaker struggled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I just watched the second episode. I thought it was well-acted, and the plot was a nice fable, I don't think the fact that it didn't really explain anything was too much of a problem for that style of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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