Amazon's first pilot season of 2015.

Agent Coulson

Free to watch whatever region you are in.

Edit..

All of the pilots are available now in the U.S., U.K. and German via Amazon Instant Video

Looking forward to the US remake of Mad Dogs myself.

The one I really want to watch is The Man in the High Castle based on the Philip K. Dick book.



Link to Amazon page.

emo72

"Man in the high castle" says not available due to region restrictions.

indough

that's disappointing, I was hoping to watch that one myself

edit: i wonder would it help to put in parcel motel address?

Agent Coulson

emo72 wrote: »

"Man in the high castle" says not available due to region restrictions.

indough wrote: »

that's disappointing, I was hoping to watch that one myself

edit: i wonder would it help to put in parcel motel address?

Sorry guys I took it would be the same as all previous Amazon pilot releases and made region free.

indough

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Sorry guys I took it would be the same as all previous Amazon pilot releases and made region free.

ah no its fine, thanks for the heads up about it being available in the first place, i had forgotten all about it

pixelburp

I wonder how faithful the adaptation The Man in the High Castle will truly be: it's been a while since I read it, but from what I remember it was typical Philip K Dick in being full of trippy, mind-bending concepts that wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea.

Also, the plot itself wasn't as cut and dry as on first glance, given

the alt-universe where the allies won WW2 wasn't our own: it was the British, helped by the Russians that won the war, in turn causing the Cold War to occur between America and a British Empire that never collapses. The general point. iirc, being that no matter who won ww2, it always resulted in a Cold War of some sort. Something tells me American TV won't like that and will run with 'our' reality, lessening the impact.

TerrorFirmer

Point of Honor and Man in the High Castle look good. Would be very interested in Mad Dogs as well.

Some real ropey stuff in there too. Wasn't it Amazon who made the Zombieland TV show? That was obscenely bad.

I know it's a kids show but the title 'The Stinky and Dirty Show' got a laugh out of me.

I remember watching 'The After' early last year and that was pretty good, would have been interested in seeing more.

maudgonner

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I know it's a kids show but the title 'The Stinky and Dirty Show' got a laugh out of me.

The Stinky and Dirty Show pilot was made by Brown Bag Films in Dublin (who also make Doc McStuffins, the Octonauts etc). Fingers crossed it gets a full season pick-up for them.

indough

I found the man in the high castle elsewhere and it was actually not too bad. Not great now, but it looks like it has potential.

killbillvol2

indough wrote: »

I found the man in the high castle elsewhere and it was actually not too bad. Not great now, but it looks like it has potential.

I watched it last night and thought it was very much a mixed bag. If it continued I'd give it a few episodes but I won't lose any sleep if they can it either.

The Black Oil

I liked the Man in the High Castle. Nice espionage vibe from the start, mystery, oppression and propaganda into the mix as well. More plot than characterisation, so we'll see.

Agent Coulson

I think The Man in the High Castle might have been better suited to a mini series (BSG style) if that worked out it could maybe then had a series order pick up.

One 50 minute episode doesn't do a story like this any favours when looking for a series pick up.

Tristram

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I think The Man in the High Castle might have been better suited to a mini series (BSG style) if that worked out it could maybe then had a series order pick up.

One 50 minute episode doesn't do a story like this any favours when looking for a series pick up.

Have to agree with this. Pilot didn't do much for me.

Tristram

Saw someone mention Point of Honour above and gave it a go. Wanted to stop quit early on in the episode but persisted to the end. Definitely not for me.

pickarooney

How do they work out the ratings for shows released all at once?

expectationlost

i read the wiki for the book The Man in the High Castle, still confused as to what thw shows i about

in the book the man wrote a book about the USA//UK/RUSSIA winning the war, thats possible, but making a film about it?, is this some alternate universe that actually exists type thing?

why would Germany and Japan alllow a netural zone? I know there are supposed to be frenemies but a neutral zone just allows a resistance, if they can take the world they can take the rockies.

Dan_Solo

The Man in the High Castle looked fantastic to me. The tape reels probably give a clue to the SF angle. Did you see yer man from the Statoil ads? :-) Who knows if it'll make a full series, but Scott should have the weight to force it through.

killbillvol2

expectationlost wrote: »

i read the wiki for the book The Man in the High Castle, still confused as to what thw shows i about

in the book the man wrote a book about the USA//UK/RUSSIA winning the war, that possible, but making film about it?, is this some alternate universe type thing?

why would Germany and Japan alllow a netural zone?

Read the book.

expectationlost

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Read the book.

ah but even in the show im asking is this an alternate universe she seeing in those films?

Dan_Solo

expectationlost wrote: »

ah but even in the show im asking is this an alternate universe she seeing in those films?

We're deep into spoiler territory here lads...

killbillvol2

expectationlost wrote: »

ah but even in the show im asking is this an alternate universe she seeing in those films?

Answering that would spoil the whole series (if it's actually shot).

The Black Oil

All important breakdown of the cars in High Castle.

http://jalopnik.com/what-would-we-really-drive-if-the-nazis-won-world-war-i-1681981595