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@Catogrande said in TV Serieseseses:
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Shogūn
Based on Clavell's book
Two episodes have been aired
It is very goodWatched three episodes and I'm really enjoying it. I haven't read the book in >30 years so this is effectively all new to me.
+1. Watched the first 4 episodes and finding it excellent. The actress playing Lady Toda is hawt and actually a Kiwi born Japanese! She was also in Giri/Haji and apparently had a bit part in Fast Furious 9
Any good?
Yes. Giri/Haji is good.
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Finished The Gentlemen
A rollicking romp in the vein of Lock Stock and Snatch
Vinnie in his best role
4 Toffs out of 5 Gs
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The Gone. Well-plotted and well-acted but the Irish characters were a bit stereotyped. The use of te reo was really well done and added to the story.
3.5/5
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@Victor-Meldrew advertised on sky as mori and Irish. That's new.
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@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:
@Victor-Meldrew advertised on sky as mori and Irish. That's new.
Thought the maori elements were great and really added to the story. Without being parochial, the Irish element seemed a bit tacked on. And Vanessa Rare - who I'd never heard of - was brilliant as Wiki.
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HBO is so fucking good.
I'm back in JP and one local service has the HBO contract - I've started a slow re-watch of the Wire, which is still the best show on TV ever and started We Own This City, which is excellent (and cool to see some of the old players from The Wire back in action this time on the good side).
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I rewatched The Wire during Covid and I thought it was even better than the first time I watched it.
Had a debate with my colleague, she did the same thing and thought it had aged really badly. I tended to think more that what the story is really about hadn't aged at all.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
About to start 3 Body Problem
Have heard decent things, anyone else seen it ?
half way through, can confirm the 3 bodies is not a threesome so it might not appeal
Eliza Gonzalez is keeping my interest though, will update when I finish
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@MN5 Read the books... pretty good story... not sure how they'd ever be able to do the second/third books as TV - but the first one would make good TV.
Was meaning to watch the Chinese version of the TV show, downloaded it and all - but now that there's a whitey version, figure I'll just watch that instead. Be interesting to see how the seppos treat the source material.
But it looks like the kind of show that is going to be leaning on the "what the fuck is going on?" angle a fair bit.
Which - to be fair - was a big part of the book/story too - the first one at least. I had absolutely no fucking idea what I was reading until very near the end of book one. -
I'm really interested in this, the premise and story of the books was very interesting. But I thought the actual writing was rubbish, I guess cos it is a translation, and didn't get far through the series. So I'm hoping it's a good cover of the story.
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First 4 eps set the scene and the fifth episode ramps up..loved it and hooked now
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@Tim said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Be interesting to see how the seppos treat the source material.
Did they just change the race of all the chinese characters?
I've only seen a trailer - and got the impression they haven't for the most part... I was just joking about that having been done elsewhere.
I'm mostly interested in how they deal with the historical background... although I seem to recall that the author wasn't exactly backwards in condemning the Cultural Revolution even in the book. -
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy. -
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
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@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
2nd episode has tits.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@Machpants said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Just looking at my downloaded chinese version of Three-Body-Problem - Season 1.
It's 30 episodes long.
The Chinese do NOT fuck around.
... but I don't think I can be arsed watching it... skipping through some random episodes - it looks well true to source material, but... too much so, perhaps. And in classic kung-fu movie tradition - the laowai parts are played by ex-pats - zero acting chops/ability.
Will eventually just watch the seppo version with all the dumbing-down and splashy SFX... as I embrace our descent into idiocracy.China aren't happy with it because it shows the Cultural Revolution in a bad light, as in exactly as it was horrific. I wonder if the 'Chinese' version skipped that part
The book wasn't exactly full of praise for the Cultural Revolution - it described it as being horrific and short-sighted... I was always quite surprised he got away with it.
2nd episode has tits.
Cheers - well, that's work done for the day, I guess.
