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On one quarter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: I play all day
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I like what theyve done so far. Shannon Goss has done well rewriting Shogun for TV. The original Shogun mini series didn't mention the Taiko. the suit of armor shown in episode 2 is historically accurate to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Taiko.
![]() The taiko was a peasant from birth but became a general under Oda. Oda was the most aggressive and successful samurai clan. when Oda Nobunaga died, Hideyoshi continued to consolidate power by conquering provincial rulers. Once he had unified Japan he started a campaign to capture Korea. the campaign lasted too long for Hideyoshi to finish. the Taiko could never be SHogun because of his caste. but he married into a samurai family and thus his heir would be eligible. Ishido and Toronaga (Ishida and Tokugawa) both need to muster entire armies for a war that needs to conclude before the Taikos hier becomes an adult. |
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#17 |
On one quarter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: I play all day
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I'm so glad they rewrote this piece of shit scene |
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#18 |
Feeling Victorian
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Nebraska/Wyoming/Colorado
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I generally liked the 1980 mini series. But this one is sooooo much better.
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#19 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
Join Date: Jan 2006
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This has been excellent.
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#20 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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I don't think they were filming on location. The main audience chamber looks like a room from Nijo Jyo palace. Of course they used modern day Osaka castle and edited out the fence from the very top.
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#21 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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#22 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Oct 2007
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FX has an absolute banger on their hands with this one.
This show looks like it would be on HBO. |
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Perpetual Mediocrity
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Will be interested to see if they try to carry it on into a second season because of that (although it would have to be without the source material and we've seen how badly shows can drop off without the source material to fall back on). |
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#24 |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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I'm through episode 3 and I'm all in. I think there is still room for falling on it's face, because we're still pulling on the mystery of it all, but it's got it's hooks into me.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: I play all day
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if they wanted to continue making these, they could make a sequel of the Gai-jin novel. |
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Join Date: May 2022
Location: Colorado
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#28 |
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Studio City, CA
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Tonight's episode was fire
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Studio City, CA
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However they bought the rights to the Asian Saga so I'd expect Tai-Pan next. |
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#30 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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That was quite bloody for cable tv.
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