I watched "Sunrise" last night, and I was not disappointed at all.

I'm not sure if the producers are making a one-season closed story arc, or an open-ended series; but it makes a huge difference in how you adapt the novel to the screen. Based on just two episodes so far, I'd guess open-ended series, because the pacing is slow and meticulous and deliberate. That's by no means a knock--the show might earn the accolade "well-crafted" if they take advantage of the freedom it gives to build a richly-detailed world. It's early, but I think they're being careful to leave open the possibility of extending the story a long time.

Phillip K Dick's story is a given and the classic template for much that followed, including "Fringe", thanks Rob. The acting is uniformly good, but nobody's trying to outshine the story; the actors work in harmony with the classic story and the impressive production.

As for the production, yes, the world I've seen so far is "richly-crafted", full of the little details that make a period piece fun, and doubly fun in an alternate reality where the game is to spot the anomalies. And they abound, starting with the way that world is in love with posters. There are posters everywhere outdoors, and giant electronic screens create huge posters on the sides of buildings. Many of the posters are political, usually extolling the POV of the new masters, but occasionally there were old faded pre-surrender posters that escaped the censors to act as a poignant reminder of how far these Americans had fallen.

And then there was the architecture. There was some fine CGI of American cityscapes subtly altered by the German brutalist style in the east, and by Japanese flare and curves and decoration in the west. Much of the action in the West takes place in San Francisco, so it's full of little local jokes like the renamed stadiums and airports and public buildings. Oh, and speaking of airports, the SST parked at SFO with a swastika on the tail was eerily both menacing and beautiful.

Based on two episodes, I predict boffo. World class story, rich production, good acting.