Alternate Space: For All Mankind, Part 2

[David Flin]

Part two of the article series by @AndyC on an in-depth look at For All Mankind can be found Here.

 

[Charles EP M.]

Fictionalised real people (esp. with surviving relatives) versus based-on-real-people seems fraught with danger if you portray them in ways they might have been,more so if there's bits added out of Need for Drama. I remember people on here finding it distasteful that the Operation Mincemeat film invented a love triangle plot with real people.

 

[David Flin]

Fictionalised real people (esp. with surviving relatives) versus based-on-real-people seems fraught with danger if you portray them in ways they might have been,more so if there's bits added out of Need for Drama. I remember people on here finding it distasteful that the Operation Mincemeat film invented a love triangle plot with real people.

See also Captain Sobel from Band of Brothers; there was some debate about whether or not it was an accurate portrayal.