Book vs TV show adaptation

Hello!

I was wondering who here read the book before watching the tv series ans what do you think is a good adaptation of the novel?

I think its annAmazing book but its much more philosophical thoughts and less action scenes. I like that Childan and his antiquities store are well adapted in the tv series, even his dinner at the Kasouras' house.

Joe Cinadella is somewhat also true to the book because he is a nazi agent in both and Juliana kills him with a razor blade in both the book and the tv show.

Tagomi is much more present in the tv series, but, he doesnt have as much action scenes as in the novel where he actually kills a Sd / nazi agent with a colt 44. american gun when they try to overrun his office.

What is the biggest difference between the novel and the tv series in your opinion ?

Favourite scene from the last Episode 10 of Season 1. The music, "Fate Is Fluid" is perfection. The plot goes into full motion, showing how the actions of individuals from the Pacific States and the Eastern States affect one another.

Shoutout to every actor and actress in this scene: Ray Proscia, Rufus Sewell, Rupert Evans, Camille Sullivan, Frank C. Turner and Danish actor Carsten Norgaard.

Every single one of them delivers an absolutely captivating performance. They are terrifyingly good—every look, every pause, every line carries weight. This is what a truly intense scene looks like.

Just watched the final episode, and what the heck? It was rushed, random, anti climatic, and frankly spazy.

Read that the show was cancelled one season short due to Amazon deeming it a financial loss.

It’s a shame it took so long for the show to find its audience, with one more season I feel you could have created a cultural masterpiece.

Show is worth watching, but the finale will leave you feeling completely unsatisfied.

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I have been watching this show and I’m almost done with season 2 ep 1. The small details that make no sense are driving me insane. Does it get any better? I’m not trying to finish this if it keeps on happening. It’s honestly so annoying.
Like in s2 e1, how does the Japanese know everything what happened (the shootout with the resistance people where the blonde lady dies)? There were no Japanese survivors, unless there was some dude hiding in the bushes that did nothing. Stupid things like these are in literally every episode, and I was hoping they would go away. I have to turn off my brain to not go insane.

Who could have seen this coming?

Just started the finale and I think I’m not going to finish it. I’m pleased with where show is right now and knowing it ends so horribly I’m fine with not tainting it and finishing on a high point yet still a cliffhanger.

I’m now wanting a new fix. Any suggestions for shows with a similar intrigue that I can dive into? I also watched Dark Matter based on the book and that gave the same sci-fi mystery intrigue.

Does anyone else have ever thought what might have been the reaction of the children of Hitler's inner circle if they have saw the man in the high castle? (I mean Himmler's daughter, Göring's, Heydrich children)

Okay let me explain so I'm watching the show for the first time and I have heard a lot of time in the first episode and season one that because Hitler's health is so bad Himmler or Göring is taking after but the problem with that in my mind is the fact that they. Historically hated each other so I can imagine them trying to take the "throne" from each other and ending up eliminating each other. So Heydrich is the only one left to take after or maybe Hess. But sure not the first two.

I mean I kinda get it, but the man was fucked over so much. Especially by Julianna, but I get why he kept doing what he did especially with what happened to his family. He turned into an ass, but I honestly get it.

Just want to say... the acting in this scene is so sarcastically good. Sharp and precise, like a razor cutting through paper. Japanese actor Daisuke Tsuji did a convincing job as the Crown Prince.

Even as Axis partners, they cannot trust each other. Just Like in our timeline, the USA doesn't trust the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war in the early 60s.

Hey everyone! 

As a huge fan of "The Man in the High Castle," I've always wondered how the multiverse and the technology of the Reich would evolve in our modern times. I decided to write a 60-minute drama pilot concept called "The Geneva Mirror". 

Tone: Tense, cinematic, slow-burn thriller (Chernobyl meets Severance). 

The Premise:
Geneva, 2026. CERN permanently shuts down the Large Hadron Collider due to an "uncontrollable AI network anomaly." Dr. Maya Lin, an IAEA nuclear auditor, arrives to oversee the shutdown and discovers a massive discrepancy: the facility is drawing 40% more power than reported, routed directly to an unmapped sub-basement known as "Sector Zero." 

Meanwhile, global intelligence agencies capture a high-profile cyber-terrorist known as "The Dark Abendsen." He’s been leaking ultra-realistic footage of a modern-day Nazi empire. While the world thinks they are just state-of-the-art AI deepfakes, cyber-investigators make a horrifying discovery: his software isn't rendering anything. It's just decoding a live broadcast from Sector Zero. The Hadron Collider was never a particle accelerator. It was their plug in our socket. 

I have uploaded the full PDF script material and pilot overview here: The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_SpinOff_Pitch_Deck.pdf The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_SpinOff_Pilot_Material.pdf

I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and theories on this concept! 

Disclaimer: This is a non-profit, unofficial fan-made project created for entertainment purposes only. All rights to "The Man in the High Castle" belong to Amazon, the estate of Philip K. Dick, and their respective owners. 

Interesting scene from S01E03, "The Illustrated Woman". In this timeline, Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto retired in the Japanese Pacific State of San Francisco after the war and passed away from Natural causes.

In our world, Yamamoto died in 1943, when American code breakers identified his flight plans and his plane was shot down and his death was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II in our timeline.

I believe this episode title is referring to Crown Princess Michiko?
Correct me if I'm wrong.

One of the biggest things I’ve struggled with in this show is why. So the Axis powers get a nuke first. Ok, but historically did they even want to occupy the US? Would the Japanese want to move their citizens to the West Coast?

Now I’m asking myself why the Nazis would risk their empire by marching troops into other realities where they didn’t win the war. That would just open the door to the other realities figuring out how to show up on their home turf. How would they even control all that territory?

I recently rewatched the series, and one thing I noticed is that while we see an ungodly amount of SS soldiers, we barely ever (except for at the border, and during the opening battle scene in season 4) see Heer soldiers. Don't get me wrong, the SS was huge during the war, it had over 900.000 soldiers in the Waffen-SS at its peak in 1944, but that's still tiny compared to the Heer, the regular army, which had over 13.6 million soldiers. So why do we almost exclusively see SS soldiers and officers anytime we join John Smith or during most scenes in the Reich?

Where did he disappear to?

Is that just a buffer zone or is there something more to it? In spite of the might of the 2 empires could that still be a "free" zone?

Is that an aging Erwin Rommel I'm seeing?

I was pleasently surprised that some characters spoke actual German with an authentic German accent. Yet others really butchered it. Was it so hard to find German speaking actors?

I just finished the series and I was honestly expecting for something more interesting. I get that Smith commits suicide but the other part with the portal just doesn't make any sense. Where are all those people coming from? Why and more importantly how (I bet nobody in their right mind would wanna cross over from thr liberated US to the nazi one).Is there supposedly some divine intervention that takes place once Smith is dead?

I had honestly hoped he'd live. That would have been an interesting alternative. Due to Helen's death he might have changed things truly for the better, idk + the Nazi US had autonomy so he could do as he pleased.

Idk I was hoping something more. Was the show canceled? Or was this really how it was planned to end?

The secret is to read spoilers!

I hated the first episode of season 4 - it was like the show rebooted, advancing a year and introducing entirely new characters while others were completely gone - so I looked online to see if it got better. When so many people said it did not and it was a terrible season that ruined the show, I decided to quit watching and read the spoilers to find out what happens. But then a day or 2 later, I got curious and decided I’d try episode 2 just to see what I thought, with very low expectations … and I LOVED the rest of the series and could even enjoy the end!

I didn’t have the shock, outage and feeling of wasting your time that others did because I already knew about the portal people and John Smith killing himself! The ending also didn’t feel as abrupt to me as it did others, I thought a lot was wrapped up nicely.

I wonder if others who have watched it again found they enjoyed the final season a lot more the second time.