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Post by ironhammer on Feb 29, 2024 21:50:46 GMT -5
D&D can clearly adapt great works of fiction. I fully expect them to butcher the Three Body Problem Netflix series. Nothing much against them (it's probably unfilmable), but the decision to change from the Chinese setting isn't very encouraging. Side note: if anypne likes sci-fi and hasn't read Cixin Liu's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, you're missing out. I think it's the best work of the 21st century, hands down. The three body problem, its reception I find is a bit divisive, a lot love it, some find it kinda meh and some downright hate it. I will say it requires more involvement from the reader. Maybe not necessarily a casual read for some.
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Post by ironhammer on Feb 29, 2024 21:58:13 GMT -5
Thought the 1980's adaptation of Shogun was good. Definitely check out this new rendition...if its available on iTunes. Note that I never read the book, just found the mini-series very intriguing. I find it interesting the different take on Blackthorne. Richard Chamberlain portrays him more as a classic protagonist hero. Whereas Cosmo Jarvis, at least so far in the first 2 episodes, portrays him in a more complicated light, not a villain, but someone who has his own complicated motives...and pretty out of his depths to what to him as a strange land.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 2, 2024 20:19:48 GMT -5
Episode 3 preview:
Still to come:
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Post by akbar on Mar 5, 2024 21:43:09 GMT -5
3 episode in and I'm more than pleased. It's very very good.
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 5, 2024 21:48:29 GMT -5
3 episode in and I'm more than pleased. It's very very good. About to watch the new episode on FX in about 15 minutes.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 6, 2024 21:57:30 GMT -5
3 episode in and I'm more than pleased. It's very very good. Also saw episode 3 of Shogun, my friend mistook the Blackthorne actor for Tom Hardy. But I don't blame him, he doesn't watch a lot of movies or TV series, haha. As for episode 3, I enjoyed aspect of how Toranaga seems to be 3 steps ahead of his enemies on the council (and Yabu as well, Yabu is like a less cunning and more "likeable in his despicable way" version of Littlefinger from Game of Thrones). Amusing too how they incorporate the "pillow" talk from the book into episode 3 as well and the cultural differences on sex was funny to watch. You could see how Mariko, which was pretty reserve, cold and stern in the first 2 episodes gradually warms up to Blackthorne and reveals more about her to him.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 6, 2024 22:08:35 GMT -5
Episode 4 preview:
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Post by akbar on Mar 6, 2024 22:12:43 GMT -5
3 episode in and I'm more than pleased. It's very very good. Also saw episode 3 of Shogun, my friend mistook the Blackthorne actor for Tom Hardy. But I don't blame him, he doesn't watch a lot of movies or TV series, haha. As for episode 3, I enjoyed aspect of how Toranaga seems to be 3 steps ahead of his enemies on the council (and Yabu as well, Yabu is like a less cunning and more "likeable in his despicable way" version of Littlefinger from Game of Thrones). Amusing too how they incorporate the "pillow" talk from the book into episode 3 as well and the cultural differences on sex was funny to watch. You could see how Mariko, which was pretty reserve, cold and stern in the first 2 episodes gradually warms up to Blackthorne and reveals more about her to him. Kashigi Yabu is an awesome character.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 7, 2024 1:54:33 GMT -5
Also saw episode 3 of Shogun, my friend mistook the Blackthorne actor for Tom Hardy. But I don't blame him, he doesn't watch a lot of movies or TV series, haha. As for episode 3, I enjoyed aspect of how Toranaga seems to be 3 steps ahead of his enemies on the council (and Yabu as well, Yabu is like a less cunning and more "likeable in his despicable way" version of Littlefinger from Game of Thrones). Amusing too how they incorporate the "pillow" talk from the book into episode 3 as well and the cultural differences on sex was funny to watch. You could see how Mariko, which was pretty reserve, cold and stern in the first 2 episodes gradually warms up to Blackthorne and reveals more about her to him. Kashigi Yabu is an awesome character. Yabu wants to run with the big dogs, but he's only a medium-sized dog, and in the end that's what kills him.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 7, 2024 2:12:01 GMT -5
Kashigi Yabu is an awesome character. Yabu wants to run with the big dogs, but he's only a medium-sized dog, and in the end that's what kills him. Hehehe, let's not spoil the fate of the characters in Shogun, for those who have yet to read the book or watched the 1980 series.
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Post by akbar on Mar 7, 2024 10:28:25 GMT -5
Kashigi Yabu is an awesome character. Yabu wants to run with the big dogs, but he's only a medium-sized dog, and in the end that's what kills him. I still like his character.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 7, 2024 21:40:05 GMT -5
Yabu wants to run with the big dogs, but he's only a medium-sized dog, and in the end that's what kills him. I still like his character. He is one sick bastard, but you can't help but be interested in him as an audience member.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 12, 2024 19:50:47 GMT -5
It was hilarious in episode 4 watching Mariko and Fuji trying hard not to laugh when Blackthorne gallantly ate natto. It does show Shogun can sneak some humour into the series from time to time, I like that.
Episode 4 focused on the budding relationship between Blackthorne and Mariko, so its mostly about the quieter moments, the calm before the storm, so-to-speak. There were also more hints about Mariko's past and how that (may) link to what Toranaga want her to do in the future. But that big twist in the end was satisfying. Keeps me wanting to watch more episodes.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 13, 2024 21:17:54 GMT -5
Episode 5 preview:
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 19, 2024 22:35:24 GMT -5
Just finished watching episode 5 of Shogun. Here Blackthorne learns a very painful lesson that his words as a hatamoto has very literal life and death consequences. We also get the full revelation of Mariko's background, specifically her painful family history and why she was willing to follow Toranaga. Fuji as the unwilling consort also comes to her own, deftly balancing household management and Blackthorne's ignorant commands. We also see how Toranaga seem to be outplaying his untrustworthy vassal Yabu at every turn. And the appearance of Lady Ochiba at the end of the episode reveals herself as another villain in the show, someone possibily more dangerous than Ishido to Toranaga? She does remind me of Cersei from Game of Thrones, that's for certain.
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