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For All Mankind - Season 2 |OT| Hi Bob!
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Sooo I binge-watched the 1st season in a matter of a few days, and I just watched 1st episode of season 2 earlier today, and I'm honestly fucking hooked!
A friend called me out on it being partly because if it's a show/movie about a man/woman in space, I'm gonna fucking love it, and honestly, yeah that's a decent way to describe my taste I guess. I just really love Scifi.
But the other culprit here being the fact this show was created by Ronald D. Moore, who also is the person who created my favorite show ever, Battlestar Galactica (2003). So I'm not surprised to see that I'm falling head over heels for this show as well. He's working his magic well, and I recognize his craft and talent behind it, for sure. God I love it all!
Can't wait to see how the rest of the season goes, I expect it to go hard. I'm here for the ride, and oh boy am I gonna enjoy it!
A friend called me out on it being partly because if it's a show/movie about a man/woman in space, I'm gonna fucking love it, and honestly, yeah that's a decent way to describe my taste I guess. I just really love Scifi.
But the other culprit here being the fact this show was created by Ronald D. Moore, who also is the person who created my favorite show ever, Battlestar Galactica (2003). So I'm not surprised to see that I'm falling head over heels for this show as well. He's working his magic well, and I recognize his craft and talent behind it, for sure. God I love it all!
Can't wait to see how the rest of the season goes, I expect it to go hard. I'm here for the ride, and oh boy am I gonna enjoy it!
Not sci-fi, but Moore also did Outlander which is very popular. Early seasons are well done, but a little too sappy for me.
So say we all!
Btw, Vanity Fair has a glowing review of the second season:
Astronaut Drama For All Mankind Has a Stellar Second Season
This AppleTV+ production has gotten less attention than Ted Lasso or The Morning Show—but it’s well worth your time.
Looking forward to where this is going.
Yeah, I watched 3 seasons of Outlander, but it's much, much less my kind of thing. It's too soapy and... at least in the first seasons, too rapey for my own taste. I just grew tired of it and stopped there, and I don't think I wanna watch the last 2 seasons.
BSG is indeed the best show of all time, or right up there. That is all.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Visited 'For All Mankind' Set and 'Got Lost' in Consoles and Keyboards
"For All Mankind" is one of Apple's most popular TV shows, and to promote the launch of the second season, series creator Ronald D. Moore...
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YES. YES.
I remember watching the trailer for S2 of the show and one of my favorite moments was simply reading BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. That's how much I adore that show. Watching the first season I was afraid I would have to "force" myself to like it simple because Ronald D. Moore was involved, but the show surprised me big time. I did not expect it to be this good.
I'm really happy this is already renewed for S3. This is top tier sci-fi.
Wow, Ed... that decision seems fraught with peril. Tough love is not the way to deal with Gordo. Can he rise to the occasion?
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Bah I can't watch this until tonight but excited. Also excited to read that the back half of the season is quite great considering I already think it started off solid.
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I feel like things are not going to end well... Ed will have to deal with that decision.
It was a bad call if you ask me. It might be coming up from a good place, but space missions are not therapy sessions. We'll see if Ed's faith in Gordo pays off.
Anyway, I found it a slow episode. Two things stood out to me: I'm surprised astronauts can be that... loose with their lifes. Both Tracy and Gordo don't look to be in tip-top shape and/or are quite distracted. The other one is: loved the negative pressure scene!
Anyway, I found it a slow episode. Two things stood out to me: I'm surprised astronauts can be that... loose with their lifes. Both Tracy and Gordo don't look to be in tip-top shape and/or are quite distracted. The other one is: loved the negative pressure scene!
Really enjoyed that episode. Very little space stuff but I love the family drama side of it maybe even more.
That was SOME performance from Michael Dorman in that episode. Went through every spectrum of emotion in 60 minutes. Can't believe Ed trying the tough love thing on him that worked so well on his son last season. He means well but fuck, Gordo needs professional help. This will end well...
Those scenes of Gordo giving talks to country clubs (or whatever they are) are heartwrenching. You can literally see him dying inside as he does them.
Molly in total denial of whats going to happen to her but showing signs of cracking.
Interesting that John Lennon is still alive in this alternate history!
That was SOME performance from Michael Dorman in that episode. Went through every spectrum of emotion in 60 minutes. Can't believe Ed trying the tough love thing on him that worked so well on his son last season. He means well but fuck, Gordo needs professional help. This will end well...
Those scenes of Gordo giving talks to country clubs (or whatever they are) are heartwrenching. You can literally see him dying inside as he does them.
Molly in total denial of whats going to happen to her but showing signs of cracking.
Interesting that John Lennon is still alive in this alternate history!
Great post. I started the show last week and ended up binging it over the weekend. BSG is one of my fav shows too.
I'm really interested to see how far it goes. Given the mention of the Mars plan being a decade being I don't think we'll see them landing on Mars until Season 4 or further away. The alternate history is getting really interesting too - better technology, a more diverse crew (an Irish woman in space!), pop culture and political changes (Prince Charles married Camilla, so Diana, Harry and William are not a thing!), Pope John Paul II killed, etc. Exciting stuff.
I didn't get that from Molly. I think she is 100% aware of what is happening to her (or what will happen eventually), but she wants to keep going forward until she can't anymore. Right now she just wants to keep it to herself.
Surprised Tracy can just miss astronaut training like that and not get in trouble. Guess she's kind of a celebrity.
Starting to feel like this season won't end well for Molly or Gordo.
Starting to feel like this season won't end well for Molly or Gordo.
I love the relationship between the old school astronauts. It's awesome to see how tight they all are. Also being living legends and running the program they spearheaded. Ed choosing Gordo the way he did was not in with his character at all. It was a piece of bad writing, but I'll chalk it up to Ed's old school upbringing and his own trauma affecting his personal judgment.
Binged first season recently, caught up with the second season.
S1 was alright, except NASA and its astronauts seem to often be stupidly reckless, and the family drama was a real drag. Good way to kill time at least.
First episode S2 was great because it stepped away from the more generic soap opera trappings the first season was loaded with, but on the second episode we're back to that stuff it seems. And I can't believe they're putting Gordo back on the moon lol.
Personally I think this concept would be a good deal better if it also showed things from the soviet side or explored the relationship between both countries/space programs more deeply.
S1 was alright, except NASA and its astronauts seem to often be stupidly reckless, and the family drama was a real drag. Good way to kill time at least.
First episode S2 was great because it stepped away from the more generic soap opera trappings the first season was loaded with, but on the second episode we're back to that stuff it seems. And I can't believe they're putting Gordo back on the moon lol.
Personally I think this concept would be a good deal better if it also showed things from the soviet side or explored the relationship between both countries/space programs more deeply.
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I've got a feeling that salty red-haired astronaut will be the one chosen for the USA-USSR meeting in space, as they want someone young, and he's going to fuck it up enormously.
Either I just got into it after a while or season 1 got progressively better, at least I eventually sped up my binge watch and then sped through the first two eps of s2 and now I can't binge anymore. Anyway I really like the down to earth look at a more exciting timeline in space travel.
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He actually put on the weight, he's mentioned it in press interviews for season 2. The showrunners wanted a fat suit but he insisted on doing it for real.
Should have been up an hour ago, I just finished watching it. Its so damn good too.
You know, I kinda don't like the use of contemporary music in the show. They pick the most obvious choices, it's like they're beating the scene over my head.
I wish they had done something with Aleida last season instead of just casting her out into the wind. I gotta wonder how did she even manage to become an engineer, she was left homeless and alone, without anybody to care for her.
I wish they had done something with Aleida last season instead of just casting her out into the wind. I gotta wonder how did she even manage to become an engineer, she was left homeless and alone, without anybody to care for her.
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They'll put him forward for some awards for this. Maybe an Emmy.
Honestly I didn't think much of his acting because of Suicide Squad but he did so well here.
Holy shit this episode. The entire picking Annapolis thing was handled great, but the final scene was absolutely incredible.
Yep, that's about perfect. I was at the edge of my seat the entire time, and my eyes got moist for some reason.
Also, I should add that I love when characters in stories are intelligent. It's so common for characters (especially antagonists) to be dumb so that the plot can move foward, so a character actually being competent can feel refreshing. General Bradford did exactly what you'd expect someone in his position would do. He thought about the problem and found a very possible explanation for why it was happening.
Also, did I mentioned the scene with the Baldwins already? Goddamn it I'm recovering.
Should have been up an hour ago, I just finished watching it. Its so damn good too.
Yep, that's about perfect. I was at the edge of my seat the entire time, and my eyes got moist for some reason.
Also, I should add that I love when characters in stories are intelligent. It's so common for characters (especially antagonists) to be dumb so that the plot can move foward, so a character actually being competent can feel refreshing. General Bradford did exactly what you'd expect someone in his position would do. He thought about the problem and found a very possible explanation for why it was happening.
Also, did I mentioned the scene with the Baldwins already? Goddamn it I'm recovering.
Finished the episode 15 minutes ago and just now managed to get myself all calm and collected again.
I ain't a parent but I felt that scene in my soul.
Fuck man, that scene with the Baldwins had tears rolling down my cheeks the whole fucking time.
Ten years of holding in grief and guilt without even taking about it to your spouse, just wanting for things to go back to normal, and then just go off on your child for all the wrong reasons. Then the child having to take the role of the adult in the room till the grownups get their shit back together and they finally talk about it, let it all out. Fuck...
Ten years of holding in grief and guilt without even taking about it to your spouse, just wanting for things to go back to normal, and then just go off on your child for all the wrong reasons. Then the child having to take the role of the adult in the room till the grownups get their shit back together and they finally talk about it, let it all out. Fuck...
I ain't a parent but I felt that scene in my soul.
100%. I'm not a parent either, but damn if they didn't make that scene relatable for all the same reasons. idk what to spoiler tag either, but I will just in case:
They did an absolutely amazing job in going through the entire gamut of emotions with the Baldwins, and I love the fact that Karen came to terms with Kelly wanting to go to Annapolis before talking it over with Ed. It added so much power to the next scene because it allowed us to focus on Ed's grief and why it manifested in anger, sadness and fear vs having to deal with both of theirs at the same time. I usually don't cry during scenes, but I was balling haha.
He was actually pretty good in The Killing.
Just needs the right material.
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Indeed, the entire journey was superbly executed. It was amazing to see Karen come into terms with it smoothly. There was that first reaction, then the talk with Tracy and that final heart to heart. It was like a river calmly flowing downhill. And then with Ed was like a dam breaking open. All that loss and grief came out all at once. Everything was happening so fast, it all felt desperate and heart-wrenching. Karen trying to hold Ed back and Kelly was incredibly level headed.
Just a superb scene all around. And if I'm honest I didn't expect that level of drama from this series, especially not in the third episode of the season. There were a lot of great moments and relationships in the first season, but this felt another level entirely. And if anything happens to Kelly heads will roll!
Really liked the most recent episode, more grounded in the characters and events rather than space exploration which is a nice change up every few episodes or so.