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will1066 said:
Shogun (if you haven't googled what it's about) is the story of John Blackthorne, an English sea captain whose boat and crew end up near Osaka, Japan when there's a power struggle following the death of the Taiko, who is let's say like a supreme leader. Blackthorne is taken in by Lord Toranaga, one of the regents who is vying for control and naturally becomes involved in a growing war. I'm not sure if there's any other show that's similar. There was a Shogun miniseries back in the late 70s I think? So this one is a reimagining. It's based on a book.
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I don’t mean similar like also about samurai lmao
 
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will1066 said:
You've got a long journey ahead of you. S4 is coming but it's been so long since S3 that I need a refresher. Saw a headline somewhere yesterday that S5 will be the final season.

Watched The Holdovers. What a wonderful film. I really enjoyed it.
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Yep....just saw season 4 starts airing tomorrow.
 
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majordomo said:
Yep....just saw season 4 starts airing tomorrow.
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I checked my Prime Video, and indeed the first 3 episodes of S4 are available. But in a shrewd move, Netflix has released the final 4 episodes of Bridgerton S3.

Happy wife, happy life, so it will be Bridgerton tonight, and which I admittedly enjoy.
 
will1066 said:
I checked my Prime Video, and indeed the first 3 episodes of S4 are available. But in a shrewd move, Netflix has released the final 4 episodes of Bridgerton S3.

Happy wife, happy life, so it will be Bridgerton tonight, and which I admittedly enjoy.
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Never watched that.
 
Watched first ep of The Acolyte. Didn't really find it "woke", just boring with really wooden acting and a dull script. Hopefully it gets better.
 
will1066 said:
It's going to be made up as they go beyond book source material. Not that I read the book but that's what they do nowadays with IP and build franchises and universes.
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If I remember correctly, that was a pretty big book (most of them were back then -- one would think they were being paid by the word; Michner's Hawaii was huge).

In any event, this actually makes sense -- I also recall that they managed to cover the entire book in the original series.
 
aufheben said:
I don’t mean similar like also about samurai lmao
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if youre ok with animated. Blue Eye Samurai is on netflix, and is fantastic. Please note, animated does not mean PG. it is R rated for blood and Sexual content.
It is absolutely fantastic and I gave it a 9.5/10.
And funny enough, shogun and Blue Eye Samurai are kinda set in a similar time frame.
Shogun kinda leads into blue eye samurai.
 
I watched The Beekeeper. It wasn't bad although the ending felt like a let down. I'm an action guy so I'm not hard to please.
 
Back To School has been on MGM. The 80s and 90s had some good cheesy movies. I liked Rodney.
 
NickyFotiu said:
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A lot of scifi movies made in the 80s (and part of the 90s) were no more than b-movies.....some were downright laughable....ergo, my friend and I called them "schlock" (a Yiddish word that means cheap or inferior goods or material; trash.). However, a good number of them made great comedies.....same can be said for horror movies.
 
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majordomo said:
A lot of scifi movies made in the 80s (and part of the 90s) were no more than b-movies.....some were downright laughable....ergo, my friend and I called them "schlock" (a Yiddish word that means cheap or inferior goods or material; trash.). However, a good number of them made great comedies.....same can be said for horror movies.
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Night of the Creeps
Night of the Comet
Scanners
Starman
They Live
Ghosts of Mars
Phantasm
Phantasm II
Dreamscape
Lifeforce
The Fly
D.A.R.Y.L.
 
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