Amazon’s Philip K. Dick Anthology Series Will Go Live on January 12

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Amazon today announced that its new sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams will is going to air January 12th on Prime Video. It will be 10 standalone episodes set in different worlds and if it's anywhere close to Man in the High Castle it's going to be awesome. I don't know about anyone else, but I believe this is going to be another home run for Amazon. They keep bringing great original programming to us streamers. Watch the trailer below.

Watch the video here.
 
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Nice. I read the book a long time ago - seems like it was a pretty short book? I doubt I will re-read - but will definitely check out the show.
I really liked the Man in the High Tower (season 1). I plan on watching season 2 soon.
 
I'm a little confused here. Is this something new?
Is amazon talking about a new season or the 1st season?
I watched the 1st episode broadcast on Space last week and this has been out in the torrents for over a month now (though I only see 6 episodes for season 1):
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cyberguyz said:
I'm a little confused here. Is this something new?
Is amazon talking about a new season or the 1st season?
I watched the 1st episode broadcast on Space last week and this has been out in the torrents for over a month now (though I only see 6 episodes for season 1):
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This is new in the USA. Channel 4 in the UK aired most of the season back in october and as you saw, space is airing it in canada already.

This is a channel 4 show that is basically a follow up to channel 4s other anthology show Black Mirror.

There are quite a few shows that air in the uk/europe/canada months or longer before airing in the us (strike back, black mirror, transporter) and some like being human or homeland that are even changed and re-cast before airing in the us/canada.
 
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Most a pretty boring. I liked the last one the most. Certainly not my kind of sci-fi. I love what the likes of Verhoeven / Cameron do with sci-fi
 
DangerousMan said:
This is new in the USA. Channel 4 in the UK aired most of the season back in october and as you saw, space is airing it in canada already.

This is a channel 4 show that is basically a follow up to channel 4s other anthology show Black Mirror.

There are quite a few shows that air in the uk/europe/canada months or longer before airing in the us (strike back, black mirror, transporter) and some like being human or homeland that are even changed and re-cast before airing in the us/canada.
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Ah Ok. Gotcha!

I found it kinda confusing. I usually found US and Canada usually got stuff around the same time. Thanks for clarifying that.
 
cyberguyz said:
I'm a little confused here. Is this something new?
Is amazon talking about a new season or the 1st season?
I watched the 1st episode broadcast on Space last week and this has been out in the torrents for over a month now (though I only see 6 episodes for season 1):
0c4SYaB0RO6771sShFwv5A.png
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I got the first episode the 18th of September, but like you said there is only 6 episodes out right now.
Can't wait for the rest! Also waiting on the new season of TMITHC.
 
I've also watched them and they are a definite disappointment, as was Man in the High Castle. I think there's a good reason why most of his works took decades to be filmed/televised and never did very well--they just aren't that good. Compared to other works of that era like Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, they are kind of pointless and lame. But like film noir, I guess they have their audience.
 
As a huge Black Mirror fan currently waiting for season 4, should i be excited for this?
 
I still have to read Bladerunner I watched the Harrison Ford version. One thing got me thinking our local Book World store just closed up so basically their is no
Book Store in town anymore. This also cuts off Comic Books and anything under the sun paperback and magazine so I wonder if everything is just going to be online
or if Magazines will just keep using thinner and thinner paper and Newspapers won't even capture the younger generations. If you ask me most online content is throw away stuff basically gets clicked on for a while and ignored. So developing new stuff from Printed media alone just isn't going to happen unless Amazon opens some more bookstores along with Barnes and Nobel staying open.
 
PKD's stories are all fairly short, IMHO.

There's a lot added to them make it a bookable movie; that's where it seems to go downhill. :)

Bladerunner is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep?

The only story I've seen turned into a very close movie was "Second Variety" which was released as "Screamers" with Robocop dude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamers_(1995_film)

This is good; but you may look at your roomba a little differently, lol.

Think Battlebots, only for keeps.

All the old SF is awesome, but no one reads anymore, so... :)

Ringworld is currently in production, from what I hear; I really hope they don't fuck IT up.
Hopefully, Niven gets over-write options if it sucks . :)

If you've never read those books, do yourself a favor: search Niven Ringworld on amazon, and stake out a weekend. :)
 
Watched this on Channel 4 Network out of the UK. Dug it for the most part but the Brian Cranston episode 'Human Is' was pretty bad, unfortunately.
 
Watched the first episode on Space. Classic sci-fi, done well, with some nudity and a twist at the end. It was reasonably faithful to the original, but the pace was deliberately slow and rich, like a fine wine; meant to be savoured. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. My wife found it slow paced. I didn't.
 
I'm sorry- call me immature or whatever but there is a joke somewhere in this thread title.

Carry on.
 
Amazon still has a long way to go to catch up with Netflix...Netflix got the jump on them because of their partnership with Marvel but even without those shows the sheer number of shows that Netflix puts out is incredible...Amazon doesn't have anything that matches up with Stranger Things or Daredevil etc from a water cooler and general awareness standpoint
 
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