(This is a world that still has John Lennon in it. Some public figures are never elected, some are elected earlier, some die unexpectedly, some survive. And it’s a real kick to see how history plays out differently in this world, even beyond NASA. The story is very human, both rousingly feminist (women get to be astronauts a lot earlier!) and smart in the ways it explores the costs of toxic masculinity. Russia wins the race to the moon, and what unfolds is an alternate history of the space race - told over decades, through the lives of a handful of astronauts and their families and associates at NASA - in which we simply kept going, kept the Apollo missions going into the high double digits, and set our sights on Mars. The story starts with the moon landing in 1969 - except that it’s a Soviet cosmonaut who steps out of the capsule. I recently finished Season 3 and am impatient for Season 4. Watching: For All Mankind (on Apple TV+) - I can’t recommend this show highly enough.

Please keep dropping your questions here! Categories maryann rants, talk amongst yourselves Tags Maryna Yazbeck, Unsplash *In last week’s question, I asked you what question (about movies, TV, pop culture in general) you would like to put to Flick Filosopher readers. If it’s an art or an entertainment, old or new, popular or obscure: if you’re loving it right now and want to evangelize about it, this is the place!īluejay suggested revisiting this question every couple of months, to keep up with our obsessions, so we’ll give that a try. TV or movies, games, comic books or novels, magazines, web sites, music, whatever. What cool stuff are you watching / reading / listening to / playing / enjoying right now? This week’s question comes via reader Bluejay, who suggested it in response to last week’s question*: You don’t need to be a paying subscriber to comment, but you will need to register with either site to do so.)

(You can also discuss this at Substack or Patreon, if you prefer. Per reader Bluejay’s suggestion that we revisit this question every couple of months (though it’s been almost nine months now), to keep up with our obsessions, here we go!

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