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Apple TV's upcoming For All Mankind spinoff Star City oozes Cold War-era paranoia
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Apple TV's upcoming For All Mankind spinoff Star City oozes Cold War-era paranoia

Engadget·Lawrence Bonk·about 1 month ago
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Apple TV just dropped a real-deal trailer for Star City , after releasing a short teaser earlier this year . It's a spinoff of For All Mankind , but this new show examines the alt-history space race from the Soviet perspective. In other words, this is a trailer steeped in Cold War-era paranoia. Secret photos are snapped, phones are tapped and characters are disappeared, all set against the backdrop of space exploration. The vibe looks decidedly different from For All Mankind , despite the parent show occasionally dabbling in Russia-based espionage. The vibe isn't the only shift here. Star City isn't doing time jumps, which is a hallmark of For All Mankind . The original show started in 1969 and season five is set in 2012 . The spinoff "lives in the 1970s" and is "its own genre." This is according to showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi . For the uninitiated, For All Mankind begins with Russia beating us to the Moon in the 1960s.…

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