Star City review: Anna Maxwell Martin shines in For All Mankind's Soviet spin-off
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Lucy Mangan
Crackles when you bite it. Shows the baker did the work.
Summary
A review of Star City, the spin-off/companion series to For All Mankind, which tells the Russian side of the alternative history where the Soviet Union won the space race. The review highlights Anna Maxwell Martin's terrifying performance and the show's paranoia, tension, and believable alternate reality. The series serves as a counterpoint to the original show, exploring the Soviet space program from a Russian perspective.
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· 3 pulledAre you ready for a spin-off of a counterfactual drama series? Or is the current air of unreality surrounding actual reality enough for you?
This is the counterpoint/companion piece to For All Mankind, the creation of Ronald D Moore, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert that posed the question: what if the Russians had been the first people to land on the moon?
It tells Russia's side of the alternative history – and is so believable that it will give you nightmares
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