I saw a link to this new 10-part adaptation of James Calvell's Shogun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAN5uspO_hk on TMP.
Looks good - but it doesn't seem that the Hulu platform is readily available outside the US.
Simon
I have the original 1980's series on DVD
Stewart
Me too, and the book!
I look forward to this version in due course.
Simon
Its going to be on Disney+ Feb next year.
Been putting off getting that channel for a while now. Yet another reason to look at it again.
Derek
Ooh - that's good news, Derek. We got Disney+ when The Mandalorian first came out, and I've not managed to convince the family to cancel it since. Maybe I'll let it run until early 2024, then :D
Simon
Maybe there will be excerpts at some point.
martin :)
caught in a quandry right now. Been debating with myself about getting a pay-to view channel. At the moment Amazon+ is leading as I really want to see the Lord of the Rings prequal but this is tempting. Can't afford more than one. SO maybe free trial, binge watch and then cancel.
Anyway, will be in the New year so loads of time to procrastinate over it some more, maybe possibly!
Derek
I suspect that have a special action that stops people getting a binge watch. They are crafty foxes.
Amazon is putting various things onto Freevee so that you have to endure adverts and also they are getting keen on "pay to download".
Best to buy a remote and go and stand outside someone else's house?
martin :)
You can come round to our place and watch it over the kids' shoulders, Martin :D
Simon
Count me in Simon
martin :)
Has anyone seen this yet? I think the first episode came out in the UK last week.
Us reviews were very positive, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it 98%. The UK newspapers seem similarly positive.
Can't wait to see it!
Simon
Thanks for the upsight.
I shall certainly watch that
martin :)
QuoteHas anyone seen this yet? I think the episode came out in the UK last week.
2 episodes came out . The first was a bit slow , the second was excellent .
They are releasing one a week (like the olden days) to avoid one month bingers
We watched the first episode tonight. As Simon C says, a little slow but a good start.
Looking forward to catching up with the rest once we get a free evening!
Simon
Me too! I thoroughly enjoyed the reboot... and the foul mouthed Rodrigues is great! Not as bombastic as John Rhys-Davies but more believably cuthroat. The new Father Alvito is not a patch on Damien Thomas though who exuded sheer poise and concealed menace behind a facade of quiet culture...
Neil
Neil,
I totally agree re. Rodrigues - what a great character.
I'd like to able to say that my children learned some new (rude) words from inadvertently watching this "good for history and foreign languages" programme, although sadly they were probably all too familiar...
Simon
I'm impressed, which is something for a cynic like me...
Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on March 06, 2024, 04:38:16 PMI'm impressed, which is something for a cynic like me...
To be picky, Lady Mariko's Japanese accent is a bit dodgy (I've been reliably informed), but I think I'll let that pass.
Simon
Up to date with the first 3 episodes now. Best thing I've seen on TV for quite a while.
Nick
Quote from: Colonel Kilgore on March 04, 2024, 07:32:45 PMI'd like to able to say that my children learned some new (rude) words from inadvertently watching this "good for history and foreign languages" programme, although sadly they were probably all too familiar...
Simon
"Wakarimasen Coronel Sama" ;D
Neil
よくできた ニールさん ;)
サイモン
I watched it.
I enjoyed it.
marvellous
martin :)
And there's talk of a sequel - seemingly most likely based in a different era and another one of James Clavell's books. King Rat is set in WW2.
Simon
Sounds good
martin :)
I found 'King Rat' very depressing. Perhaps 'Tai Pan' which would read like 'Succession' but set in Asia...
Neil
It looks as though series 2 and 3 (both have apparently been confirmed, with series 3 being the very end) will continue the historical basis of the original book with further events taking place in Japan within the Sengoku Jidai: https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a61188028/shogun-season-2-release-date-cast-and-spoilers/
As long as they can make the storyline as good as the original material (now exhausted, of course), this could be really good again.
Simon