u/tommycahil1995

Girlfriend is watching Man in the High Castle for the first time, I watched it live/when released back in the day and joined the subreddit back then. Something I appreciate more watching now is Kido and Smiths journeys - especially in Season 4.

John Smith never feels like he believes in Nazism. It's obvious his own survival and protecting his family is what's most important to him and what drives him. At times it feels like he accidentally rises through the ranks just out of luck due to his North Star being his family's protection. It feels like he gets in over his head.

But then he loses his family, because although he's always told himself he does everything for them, more and more he starts buying into the Nazi way of doing things - and we see with alt-Smith and flashback Smith - he always was inclined to crave power and respected the Nazis power and control (alt-Smith gave up the power though).

In the end it's his family - Helen - that kills him because he's just fully become the next Adolf Hitler and stopped caring about his family in most ways.

Kido is the complete opposite. He's an absolute true believer in the Empire and has unwavering loyalty to the Empire. Even when he oversteps, like killing Frank's family, he never doubts himself. Kido has complete destroyed his family life because of his ideological convictions.

Even when he kills Frank later on, he kills Frank (a man he wronged) because he sees the fact that he didn't also kill Frank with his family as him failing to protect the empire, because him showing mercy created a radical who killed Japanese people with his bombing.

But then Kido goes the opposite direction to Smith. He loses faith somewhat in the Empire because of the General's conspiracy to kill Tagomi and sideline the royal family. And then of course his arc ends with him joining the Yakuza to protect his son - he learns that family is more important than loyalty to political ideology where Smith goes the opposite direction.

I just think it's a pretty fun parallel considering that men sort of occupy similar positions in both structures (for most of the show) and then end up basically at the beginning point of eachother's arcs. These two for me are the best characters

So I'm sure this has happened to others.

Basically I've just read the premise of Blade Runner 2099, the upcoming Amazon TV show and sequel to 2049. The show is set in a world where the replicants successfully rose up and now dominate society and humans are treated like they were.

Not totally unique, we saw something very similar with Westworld Season 3 and Season 4.

But I've been writing something for two and a half years that took inspiration from Blade Runner but also wider Cyberpunk fiction like Neuromancer, the work of Philip K Dick etc.

But I also have the same premise - 'android revolution, Android enforced apartheid on humans - also set in LA'.

I don't think my work will really be that similar to 2099, but 100% when it comes out everyone will think I just made a fan fiction of 2099 or stole its idea.

If this has ever happened to you what did you do? Slightly adjust the premise? Massive overhaul? Or just kept going with it?

So obviously like most people baffled by the tactics last night while looking so strong for 55 minutes. But also thought about the Brentford and ex-Brentford players on the bench and couldn't help but think they'd be so suited to defensive football.

So 99% of this sub remember that in 2020 we played a front 3 (Watkins, Mbeumo and Benrahma), playing this lovely flowing and attacking football and ultimately lost to Fulham at Wembley.

Then the following season when two of BMW left we brought Toney in and switched to a front two with Mbeumo playing off him and got more solid defensively - especially because we used to be so bad away from home. I sit behind the goal at the Gtech so a super common sight was to see David Raya hitting the ball up to Toney who often flicked it on for Mbeumo. Worked well in 2021/2022 and always was an option going forward.

We also often played a back 5 with Roerslev and Henry as wingbacks, and three CBs.

Can't help but think if Tuchel wanted to play a back 5 getting Toney on and Watkins/Rashford as a front two hitting them with Pickford would have been so much better than what we saw. Rashford or Watkins running off Toney flick ons or hold up play.

But sadly in 2018, 2021 and now 2026 there is a refusal to sub out Harry Kane despite him offering absolutely nothing in a defensive shape. Don't get me wrong he's an all time great and an elite striker, but I feel being a good coach is always adapting and making the big calls. Kane is feeling like Ronaldo for Portugal now - he won't be subbed no matter what the game requires.