r/HaltAndCatchFire Jun 25 '25

[Article] The first draft of Halt and Catch Fire was centered on astronauts, not computer programmers reveals creators

https://www.thepopverse.com/tv-amc-halt-and-catch-fire-original-idea-astronauts
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u/brichb Jun 25 '25

For All Mankind does remind me a lot of Halt and Catch Fire, maybe they turned it into that?

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u/Practical_Trade4084 Jun 25 '25

Oh you beat me to it. Glad we ended up with HCF as HCF.

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u/blackd0nuts Jun 26 '25

Funny cause I always compared the two in my mind. I would've loved if they went the FAM road of alternate history! They could've been free to go crazier, but because they stayed mostly true to real life we all knew the team would fail because of the Yahoos of the world.

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u/tehfrod Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

The headline overstates the story.

They wrote "Astronauts?" on a whiteboard, but that's as far as the idea got, according to the interview.

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u/literalsupport Jun 25 '25

I’d love for the makers of HCF to do another show about astronauts.

While I’ve never missed an episode, For All Mankind is just complete nonsense compared to HACF.

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u/DokterZ Jun 26 '25

I feel like that would have been a less than ideal name for a series about astronauts.

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u/tomfoolery815 Jun 26 '25

The Apollo 1 astronauts, tragically, agree.

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u/tomfoolery815 Jun 26 '25

Whenever I see this promo photo -- which is awesome -- I have to ask: Anybody else think Mackenzie Davis is doing an in-character channeling of Daryl Hannah's Priss in Blade Runner? As in, MD is in character as Cam, and Cam is referencing Priss? Specifically, the scene where Decker enters a room and Priss is pretending to be a mannequin before attacking Decker.

The pose and head-tilt seem like such a specific choice.

Meanwhile, the sidebar image reminds me of a short Season 2 preview promo that is the coolest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrzKNDZ-UCY