Whitburnmakem
Winger
Anyone else watching it best thing on tv atm
Shogun
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Trophy Eyes
Central Defender
Really enjoying it, Hiroyuki Sanada who plays Lord Toranaga is always decent.
Finished the fourth yesterday and that ending was brutal!
Finished the fourth yesterday and that ending was brutal!
It’s absolutely excellent, best thing of its ilk since GoT.
That ending to episode 4, you knew what Toranaga’s son was plotting, the execution of it though…reminded me of The Red Wedding for viewer impact.
Trophy Eyes
Central Defender
Yeah, I agree with you there.
I just wish they were all available at once, I’d happily do them all in over a couple of nights.
Disney mate (Star)
Billy Fish
Striker
Is it a remake of the 80's series based on James Clavells book?
That was a decent bit of telly in them days
That was a decent bit of telly in them days
Trophy Eyes
Central Defender
Iballistic George
Winger
Just finished 3 last night. It's good but I can't get away with the Blackthorns voice. It's like he's trying too hard to force it.
Lumber
Midfield
He was good in his prime, past his best in the ufc due to knee injuries, was basically gifted his title shot on reputation although he won it
ivanthereasonable
Striker
Can't watch stuff like that. When i know everyone is just pretending, things have no credibility.
Poor man’s Defender.
RokerLegend
Striker
Just watched the first one, I’m hooked
NYMackem
Striker
Love the show but agree with you here. It's like he's doing an impression of Tom Hardy doing an impression of Alec Guinness.
Whitburnmakem
Winger
Is he English in any case the actor ? Never get why they cast people of different nationalities to put on an accent must be plenty can speak in their normal voice
NYMackem
Striker
As good as. He's lived here since he was a baby, but he's got a bit of a west country accent rather than the accent that Blackthorn has in Shogun. Not sure why Blackthorne would have an RP accent though - the bloke he is based on would not have been a posho.
Drip fed is best for quality dramas, more time to absorb the previous episode and anticipate the next.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
It's an uncanny impression of Richard Burton. Deliberate, apparently, but I don't know why.
Thought the series got off to a decent start, but it's a bit CGI-y, and at times you can see Nigel Williams's fingerprints in the script - eg the cringy dialogue about 'baby earthquakes'. (As well as being a screenwriter, he's written twee novels set in and around Wimbledon.)
I was on a flight yesterday and watched The Last Samurai. Although set a couple of centuries apart, there are some plot similarities with Shogun, and it also co-stars a younger Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays the Shogun in this.
Macho
Striker
Not for me haha, I like a good old binge.
