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For All Mankind

Described by Deadline as a “space drama,” the series will explore a reality in which the mid-century space race “had never ended.”

What Do You Mean “Never Ended”?

In the 20th century, the United States and Russia competed in the “Space Race,” a global competition to achieve dominance in spaceflight. Spinning off the arms race for nuclear weaponry in the aftermath of World War II, achieving breakthroughs in the Space Race would assure citizens of either nation not just the sophistication of national security, but in ideological superiority.

In other words, the Space Race was a billion-dollar status symbol, one that would signify which country was more prepared for the future. The United States effectively “won” the Space Race on July 20, 1969, when NASA successfully landed the first men on Earth’s Moon.

The legacy of the Space Race endures in the form of sophisticated consumer technologies, ranging from laptop computers, satellites, video game joysticks, freeze drying, and virtual reality, to non-consumer tech such as water purification systems, solar cells, landmine removals, and food safety procedures adopted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

But as the series asks: What if the race to space had never ended? Based on how much our real, everyday life made quantum leaps thanks to the breakthroughs made during the Space Race, For All Mankind might depict life with far more advanced technology than we currently have.

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See

See takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the earth was devastated by a virus that was only survived by a few million people. Everyone that emerged as a survivor came out blind. The story begins centuries later when the human race has lived for so long without sight that it’s debated whether it even existed.

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Amazing Stories Reboot

The anthology will be a bit like the “Twilight Zone” (already being rebooted on CBS All Access) and “Black Mirror” with different actors and stories each episode. IMDB lists some actors involved including Ed Burns (“Saving Private Ryan”) and Sasha Alexander (“Rizzoli & Isles”). Presumably, more big names have taken part but have not been released. The press release promises the show “will transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers.” The showrunners are Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz from ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”
The ambitious, original version of the show aired in the mid-1980s on NBC and lasted only two seasons despite multiple Emmy nominations.