• Mellow@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I just finished episode 2. It’s absolutely great. The original miniseries still holds up even today, but this new imagining is really damn good. A bit more brutal than the original. A lot more beautiful. Now I have to wait week to week for the next four episodes. I love Hiroyuki Sanada every time I see him in a movie. I’ve seen a couple things that Cosmo Jarvis has been in but honestly I don’t remember him from them. I do love his raspy, gravely voice as the Anjin/Blackthorn. I cannot wait for the next episode.

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      8 months ago

      Me neither. How unexpected. I’m really glad it’s good! I never read the book, but the poster advertisements looked really cool. And I know it was at least good enough to inspire a previous miniseries.

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        8 months ago

        The author, James Clavell wrote 6 novels set in Asia that span 400-ish years. Shogun - 1600 to the last set in the 1990s.

        Shogun is one of the best but they are all worth a read.

        My rating of the Series.

        Shogun & Noble House tied for first. (both were made into mini-series in the 80s)

        Tai-Pan

        Gai-Jin

        King Rat (his first novel, based on personal experence in WW2)

        Whirlwind