Am I'm the only one who doen't like it?

Well, I would say a big part of what elevates it are the subplots involving Smith, Tagomi, and Kido. It would be easy to portray these characters as cartoonishly evil. Instead, they are much more subtle and the show does a great job of showing their motivations and reasoning, so that, even if we still disagree with them, we understand why they do what they do.

I'm kind of confused about your remarks about the newsreels. We see at least part of the effect of the newsreels -- they inspire people (e.g., Juliana and Frank) to realize that they world could be different and to take actions to make a difference. We don't know yet why Hitler collects the newsreels, but a reasonable assumption at this point is that he studies them for insights on maintaining/expanding his power. We'll presumably learn more about his reasons for collecting the newsreels in the next season.

It's an ok series. Definitely has some big flaws. Like was said, the german and japanese storylines were good. The resistance storylines and two main characters are awful.

Yup, you are totally missing it.

... but not everyone has to like the same kind of tea. I like it because of the characterization of historical figures, the sci-fi time travel element, the butterfly effect, the pervasive military cultures, and the results of the imposition of inhumane systems on what should have been the free world.

The struggle within that framework is fascinating.

... then again, I am a child of the post war period and the series illustrates many things that I have thought about.

So interesting no matter how the fictional events conclude.

cheers

I hated it. I was excited for an interesting (if tired and well-worn) concept based on another PKD book.

What I got was a real mess. The show is embarrassingly bad.

(A) I'm not sure how something that is expressly an alternate history can be guilty of "historical whitewashing"; (B) in any event, on the show we've seen (i) Kempeitai agents kill unarmed suspects without provocation, (ii) Kempeitai agents torture people for information, (iii) Kempeitai agents knowingly threaten innocent relatives of an interrogation subject with death purely for leverage and follow through on the threat to kill them, and (iv) a series of mass graves filled with victims of the Kempeitai or other Japanese authorities. Thus, while the Japanese occupation authorities aren't being portrayed quite as negatively as the Nazi ones, they hardly are getting off easy on the show.

when you don't understand the relative portrayals of the nazis & Japanese.

1. Most importantly, it seems obvious that, as I wrote in another thread, the choice of this story & the heavy-handed portrayal of nearly everyone (not just Germans) involved with the nazis is due to the underlying reason for making this series in 2015 in the first place ... namely to propagandize how terrible nazis were/are just before the PCretins began running around calling their opponents "nazis" before the 2016 elections.

2. Don't underestimate the ability of these writers to layer PCretinism all over the screenplay & use that to "forget" how bad the Japanese were
a) when they had a "divine" emperor ruling them
b) before the shock of being nuked, losing the war & having their homeland filled with American GIs turned them about 180 degrees.
It would be totally un-PC to ignore that the Japanese changed (better to rewrite history than to be un-PCretin) & besides, what are you going to do ... call Trump or Cruz a "Jap"?

I'm righty there with you. I wanted to like this but it is undeniably dull. The production design is handsome and glum - but so what? The story is murky and not compelling. I have an awful feeling there is an element of alternate reality time travel going here - and that precious conceit is proving too trying for my patience. We are not likely to continue viewing in our home.

This show is simply a joke!

I watched the first two episodes when it first came on and was appalled from the first minute.

Why?? BECAUSE:
1-- The "theme song," a sinister version of "The Sound of Music"'s "Edelweiss," betrays the ignorance of those who conceived this dreck. You see, "Edelweiss" (and "S of M") was composed and written by the American JEWISH team of Rogers & Hammerstein. who would have been incinerated YEARS before this misbegotten crud is set. So, "Edelweiss" would not exist in the program's time frame.

2-- In the first minutes of the first segment, "Brown Shirts" are accosting folk on the street. Well, folks, "Brown Shirts" (the SA) were outlawed by Hitler & Co. in the early 1930s (ever hear of the "Night of the Long Knives?"--look it up!) so they would NOT have been present in 1950s America.

3-- The first two idiocies were enough to banish this nonsense from my TV forever. If this little care has been taken to assure "accuracy" then anyone with any knowledge of the history of WWII, etc., will want to waste little time on it.

Too bad... It was an interesting ides, but...

Just had to chime in. Hope no one is upset.