I'll give you a careful yea kinda,
if you like space stuff, if you don't expect good politics, if you can stomach some American Hoorah - it's pretty fun slop and you might even be pleasantly surprised here and there
Basically, yea. In reaction, the hastily (re-)established women's astronaut program is a whole storyline though, and I don't want to spoil the whole thing
I haven't seen Stranger Things, no idea. There's a bunch of liberalism in there for sure, but also some implied nascent critique of imperialism and privatization - overall, it's a mixed bag, honestly. USSR portrayal is also a mixed bag where you notice the writers going kinda back and forth a bit over the seasons on just how much they dare to humanise different soviet characters and how they portray the soviet state overall... All that being said, the main narrative revolves around american astronauts and that only really changes in the latest season. So don't expect too deep a look at the soviet side of things at all really
There's definitely some west wing energy in their portrayal of republicans generally, but I found you can tune most of that out and still have fun, at least so far. :shrug-outta-hecks:
I'll give you a careful yea kinda,
if you like space stuff, if you don't expect good politics, if you can stomach some American Hoorah - it's pretty fun slop and you might even be pleasantly surprised here and there
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Basically, yea. In reaction, the hastily (re-)established women's astronaut program is a whole storyline though, and I don't want to spoil the whole thing
How bad is the politics? Is it Stranger Things levels of liberalism? Like the USSR is portrayed as comically evil?
I haven't seen Stranger Things, no idea. There's a bunch of liberalism in there for sure, but also some implied nascent critique of imperialism and privatization - overall, it's a mixed bag, honestly. USSR portrayal is also a mixed bag where you notice the writers going kinda back and forth a bit over the seasons on just how much they dare to humanise different soviet characters and how they portray the soviet state overall... All that being said, the main narrative revolves around american astronauts and that only really changes in the latest season. So don't expect too deep a look at the soviet side of things at all really
I found they cast a pretty kind light on Reagan which was a bit :disgost:
There's definitely some west wing energy in their portrayal of republicans generally, but I found you can tune most of that out and still have fun, at least so far. :shrug-outta-hecks: