Loved #Shogun. Highly recommend. Brilliantly crafted series. Anna Sawai (Mariko), Tadanobu Asano (Yabushige) and Hiroyuki Sanada (Toranaga) in particular were oh wow outstanding. 9/10
First #XMen97. Now #Shogun. I don't think I can handle anymore of these tragic TV shows goddammit. At my age, I just can't. Why can't we have a normal happy wedding you may kiss the bride ending anymore??
"The bottom line is that protagonist John Blackthorne could have arrived in Japan aboard the Millennium Falcon, and I wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow. Because we’re no longer talking about the English sailor William Adams. We’re talking about a made-up character."
The 2024 Shogun TV series stacks up pretty well to history, says a Japanese historian - but the surrounding conversation around "colonialism" is ridiculous.
Fumi Nikaido has done an excellent job playing Ochiba in #Shogun so far. I'm reminded of Mieko Harada's Kaede from Kurosawa's film Ran, which makes a fair bit of sense as they're both directly based on the historical Chacha/Yodo.
And in the latest episode we watched (episode 8) I swear there's a point when you can see her actively dissociating and it is extremely creepy.
I admit I'm also biased because the historical woman is one of my favorite figures from that era.
Skończyłem... przerwałem... oglądać nowego Shoguna. W pewnym momencie (dość nagle) dobry serial zrobił obrót o 180 stopni i nie ma za wiele wspólnego z książką. Główny bohater zachowuje się, jak idota (i zrobił rzeczy nie do pomyślenia w książce), pan Toranaga też zachowuje się, jak idiota... dzieją się losowe rzeczy... nie mogę dalej tego oglądać. Czy każdy serial w XXI wieku musi obrzydzać wszystkie postacie i udowadniać, że potrafi lepiej od oryginału? To dla mnie zaskakujące, bo na początku było naprawdę dobrze.
This week's #news#quiz is guest hosted by our arts editor.
Here's the first question: The “#Shogun” reboot arrived recently to rave reviews. When the original miniseries premiered in 1980, 33% of U.S. households with a television tuned in, making it the second-most viewed miniseries to date. What was the most-viewed miniseries at the time?