I would bet on it. The show started in the 60s and they’re now into the 80s in just the second season. They’re not wasting any time leaping ahead. My guess is that this sets the foundation for a future/space show property that builds up a mythos into a universe of shows like Star Trek. Instead of acquiring an established property, Apple is building their own.
I'm not sure America actually did win the space race. They were the first to the moon, but that's about it. Or is that where the finish line was according to the Americans?
You know it's not real don't you?
Hmmm. Do you think that was deliberate? I reckon that's why free subs has been extended to February.
It can depend on the definition of the race. There can be a race simply to be the fist to do something. There can be a race to be first to get the most and/or the best. There can be some combination of all of those, especially when applied to things that have some political and/or other similar type of impact. In this sort of scenario the race to get to space first was something that US lost, while the race to be fist to walk somewhere outside of the Earth is something that US won.
My point exactly. The race is whoever wants to decide what it is. It could also be the first country to send an animal or a human to space. Or in the case of US rhetoric, the first to get humans to the moon. I find this whole race thing moot anyway (meaningless argument). For All Mankind is a good drama, expertly filmed that's it.
Well, I was raised more in a funk music household than a rock one. I guess I'll have a serious talk with my father about this next time 😂
I see the premise of the show as a warning for America, now, not to stop fighting for greatness in a world that is advancing technologically. We need those fantastic young minds to keep pushing ahead even when it's not the "cool" thing in today's society.
I mean, that's kinda the point isn't it? It's *about* things being different!
I have a free sub., but it expires at the beginning of February.
Definitely, this show is not for everybody...
That's funny because 99.99% of actual space exploration is pretty damn boring and is mostly done with telescopes and not astronauts, but there ya go.
I'm a fan of historical fiction but it can be pushed too far someone pointed out they had a female team but things like women fighting on the front lines in WW1 as an example push it way to far for me.
You realize that they cribbed the women astronauts from reality. There WAS a group of women who passed ALL the same physical tests as men. Cobb was one of those women. Given that, the entire idea of the Soviets mocking the 'freedom and equality' of the United States makes perfect sense - and what you see on the screen is a plausible reaction to that.
