I come in peace... three times a night -- FOR ALL MANKIND (Apple TV Plus)

Kinnaman’s father was from the US and he spent some high school time here so even though he grew up mostly in Sweden he naturally speaks with American accent, but Jodi Balfour is from South Africa, Michael Dorman is from New Zealand and Sonya Walger (not in the video) is basically British, born in London to an Argentine father, although she is now a US citizen.

Wrenn Schmidt is from South Carolina so she comes by her accent pretty naturally, although I’d guess she amps it up for the character.

Patriot is a black comedy, very different show, but Michael Dorman is also great in that. Halt and Catch Fire has some parallels to FAM (computer pioneers rather than space pioneers, takes place over different time periods, with heavy focus on their personal lives) but no alternate history, basically. I know Man in the High Castle IS another alternate history show but I haven't seen it

I don’t want to admit how far into this show I was and the sense of loss I felt when I got to the end of S2. Except maybe others like VG and JM already said something similar, I think.

Even though I nearly stopped watching when Margo was getting ready to go to work to the tune of "Rockit"

Man In High Castle is great (but also can be maddening & make you want to throw your tv out the window at times).

The Imposter is another good alternative reality show (on prime)

alternate *history

Do you have a link to that imposter show, vg? Please! The stuff I’m googling doesn’t sound right.

lmao would help if i had the name right

COUNTERPART ffs

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643084/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzDKUkJB6E

lol

Counterpart is so low key, definitely worth your attention but it absolutely doesn’t loudly telegraph the important parts — which are really the little characters moments and JK Simmons doing subtlety

Aha, cool, thank you!

Counterpart is amazing! I think I raved about it on a different thread. I never would have made a connection between the two shows, but I can see it now that vg has mentioned it

In that video I posted Kinnaman is talking over some of the other cast members, which is kind of obnoxious, I think.

Apparently that whole Gary Cooper thing was just acting. Who knew?

Okay, since I pretty much trust y’all on these things I will take a look-see at this Counterpart.

:D

It seems to affect a lot of recent shows with otherwise high production values but this show in particular seems to be not even trying to age up the actors with makeup when 10-15 years are supposed to have passed, with the exception of colonel droopy's fat thor arc -- and he ends up looking younger than in season 1 by the end!

!

the trick is that you de-age every time you go to space

Flight, we are go on S1E1 of Counterpart.

Wilco

Trailers are not an option.

Re: Counterparts S1E6 enjoyed the big reveal at the end, even though of course they had already made it pretty clear before

Ha, sorry, no ‘s’ at the end, it’s not the story in Dubliners.

Just wait till the next episode, I think it was my favorite of the whole series

OMGWTF at that episode

Meaning Excellent payoff, detailed and creepy

Going to be hard to top. Btw is S2 worth watching?

i am saving s2 as a gift to my future self

lol

Absolutely worth watching

Thanks! Just as long as there is no 80s hair "Rockit" montage

I could watch any number of montages, time-appropriate or not, set to that wonderful song

So the guy who played Gene Kranz in For All Mankind went on to play Chris Kraft in The Right Stuff.

DO U SEE?

Have to say the use of pop music in Counterpart show is a little more sparing and subtle and less Forrest Gump-like than in the titular show. Particularly liked discovering this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ55A__qO3o

Also there was a John Cale song I didn’t know too well that was cool.

“Big White Cloud” from Vintage Violence, which I haven’t listened to too much.

Enjoying James Cromwell much more than I though I would.

This show is so dumb but Im watching it anyway, thanks ilx

yr dumb
and yr welcome

how could anyone not enjoy james cromwell

Sorry, he's always good but, and I know I am dating myself, I always have to get over the tendency to still think of him as Stretch Cunningham from All in the Family.

Is this a spoiler free thread or what. Cause I want to complain about stuff

Thought we were keeping it spoiler free, yes. Do you know how to use the Hidden Text tags?

Stretch Cunningham from _All in the Family_.

i fear i created a monster and i accept blamd but dude you HAVE to stop posting about Counterpart itt now i beg you.

I figured it was annoying, and I will stop now that I have received official notification, sorry.

Push this link at oh-eight-hundred and burn for three seconds: COUNTERPART: Alternate History w/ Creepy Cold War Vibe