Name: For All Mankind
Item: For All Mankind
Author: @mypathtofire

Name - For All Mankind Released - 2019 Creators - Ronald D. Moore / Matt Wolpert / Ben Nedivi

After finishing watching the second series of Foundation which had a pretty great ending, I decided to continue my sci-fi fix with For All Mankind. That was a mistake! OMG!

I had no idea what the series was when I first heard about it and was not sure what to expect. However, after watching a series based on the sci-fi ideas of Asimov, it would be a hard act to follow.

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So the first episode started and then I could see it is one of those revisionist sci-fi programmes where they try to make a twist on what happened, I sighed. Usually these are really bad to watch in my experience. They are seem designed to try to give credibility to the given narrative that is being twisted, which makes for some really cringeworthy TV.

So here, apparently the former Soviet Union has won the race to the moon and this is a revisionist version of what happened and how NASA felt about it. Considering they already sent the monkey into space, I can't see how this would have anyway been a big deal.

The first episode is then about how (badly) the NASA team took the news and they started hating on Russia, communism etc etc. and drank alot. Many of the astronauts are feeling down and glum and not sure they can continue now they weren't the first on the moon. How could America not win the space race?!

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Ironically, this show paradoies real life and you can see how glum Armstrong looks after apparently landing on the moon supposedly for real. The astronauts in For All Mankind are really hard to like and get attached to their story. They dont have an Armstrong or Buzz appeal to them.

As the first episode progressed, my bordom level starting reaching danger levels and it was like watching ~~paint dry~~ a real Nasa rocket launch which is excruciatingly boring.

This was parodied in the Simpsons episode where they desperately try to change the channel from another boring space launch:

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I found myself skimming through the episode to see if anything interesting would happen. It didn't. I then skimmed through some further episodes and the storylines looked even more boring than the first episode which takes some doing.

It is a shame, because there are some far more interesting storylines they could have pursued than this which just didn't work for me.

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One of my favorite Nasa movies is the classic Capricorn One starring some Hollywood heavyweights like OJ Simpson and Elliott Gould who have a great storyline about Nasa faking the mars landing.

After watching this, I needed to go back and watch an episode of Buck Rogers to regain my sanity and feel better again. Luckily there are some more sci-fi shows on Apple TV and I am checking out Infiltration now.

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Comments · 13

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@seckorama🏆#33 🔥12 🎵339(78)· 943d

Well, as a sci-fi fan I can say that I don't like this For all mankind. Something missing there, for me to enjoy the story. Btw: I don't finished yet The Foundation second season. I have two episodes more to watch. I read complete Asimov's saga about Foundation, robots and Empire, the ecranisation is different, but I like it. !DHEDGE

@qwerrie(78)· 944d

Nor I was in the know of this serial, neither planned to watch it, but still. Now I definitely not gonna watch it!

NASA team took the news and they started hating on Russia, communism etc etc. and drank alot.

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"watching paint dry" - oh, a nice vocabulary, I am taking it.

You also mentioned 'Foundation' serial. I did not watch it either, but have read the source books like 3 times (a long ago, back in 90-es). And quite recently, I stumbled at a little critical review for said serial, and obtained some opinion without examining the actual stuff. I took it so, that producers were able to create a very nice looking picture, with effects, visuals, etc. But. Scenarists produced some pretty usual sh....t.

I clearly remember that Asimov created this cycle being under the impression of reading a classical studies about the fall of the Roman Empire, the flavor of that story is almost the main thing in his book. The second important, key feature is this new science invented by Seldon. What have remained of his 'science' in this serial? Ha! Actually, nothing. Just guesses and brilliant insights, foresights etc. Also called as 'magic'. Sci-fi series "Foundation" lol... guess which one word is the odd one out?

@sahi1(71)· 944d

Oh, I haven't seen it yet when I heard about it I planned to watched. But after hearing your opinion, now I am heartbroken

@takhar(72)· 944d

Thanks for the candid review, I viewed the trailer but didn't get quite hooked on it. I definitely agree that they were better storylines to explore than the one they chose.

@shawnnft(75)· 944d

You're so busy then also have time to watch all this. you are a champion sir

@rafzat(71)· 944d

Sorry about the disappointment I’m sore there will be other shows that you can watch and you’d be satisfied by their performances

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@thebighigg(78)· 945d

I'll stick with The Simpsons, it sounds like that was one really bad show you were watching!

@stayoutoftherz🏆#28 🎵430 🎬4(80)· 945d

I ordered the 5 day-free Apple TV+ abo just to see Foundation. Glad I cancelled the prolongation in time :)

@ahmedhayat(70)· 945d

Oh looks like someone got really disappointed ☹️ No worries, there are many interesting and similar shows. I can suggest you one (animated it is and I watched it when I was in 8th grade). But believe me it was so interesting

Fly me to the moon

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@bozz(83)· 945d

I had read some not so great things about that show, so I was hesitant to actually start watching it. Instead, I decided to watch Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and it has been great. I remember watching the old Godzilla movies as a kid, but I haven't really watched any of the newer ones. This show is quite good. There is a timeline if you want to watch the show in order along with the movies, but stand alone it has been easy to follow. I've only needed to do some light Googling.