Season 1 – For All Mankind

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Jack F @RT01599870 5d Great characters, acting, and directing, but the non stop political lecturing takes it down a notch or two. See more Sean R @DudeGuy117 Jul 5 This is a historical drama with a mix of real (and well-portrayed) and fictional characters, that aims to present a plausible 'what-if' scenario of a 1960s that went only a bit differently. If you have any interest in spaceflight, it'll have your attention from the get-go with the moon landing, especially if you're old enough to remember seeing Apollo 11 live. But even if you aren't, the multifaceted story, great directing, and excellent acting of believable and interesting characters will pull you in. My dad and I both have engineering/science backgrounds, plus decent familiarity with the history and political context of NASA and Roscosmos. We love pausing to talk over history and hard science in film/TV, and usually that means picking it apart, but the majority of our discussion here has been how *good* it is. The writers obviously put a good deal of research and work into that, and the directing is excellent at making interesting and compelling viewing with minimal compromise. See more cat T @RT90042533 Jun 11 AMAZING show, does what it wants to do PERFECTLY, a must watch if you like sci-fi and space See more Laurence S @Lazza Apr 11 This show slowly sucks you in, and when it does, it’s hard to climb out of the dream. It’s top-notch TV in so many respects. For me, at least, it has the potential to get up there with The Wire, Sopranos, Madmen and Breaking Bad… but let’s wait and see. See more A.k. K @RT71551729 Apr 4 The way the series is produced, there are parallel stories sequenced between each other to tell a story. The "Science" streams of this sequence are enthralling! The "Personal" streams are exhausting and almost come across as being designed to illustrate a declining culture in America for some reason. As an example, many of the main characters are childless and the ones that do have children tend to have very troubled lives of tragedy. An overarching theme of depression casts its shadow over these scenes, making it very difficult and frustrating to watch. Keep your "skip ahead" button on your Apple TV remote handy here. Heavy emphasis is laid on extending present day political causes onto past historical events and this makes an otherwise wonderful story, muddied with disappointment. Lengthy, pointless and dull dialog mainly accompany the political portrayal of the writers strife. See more Craig B @Boundsy Apr 1 Absolutely breathtaking sci-fi series. One of the best of the last 30 years... right up there with BSG, The Expanse, Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. See more Read all reviews

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