TV: Shogun (FX)

[psychobain]

Loved the first episode.
The visuals are stunning and the story was good enough.

[E.H. Ruddock]

First two episodes are good but i don’t like the white savior guy

[spike]

tom cruise?

[wease]

We’ll be watching this as some point. Love the book. Vaguely remember the old miniseries.

[Anders]

I really enjoyed the old series called Shogun. Will try this one as well.

[psychobain]

watched the second episode
amazing stuff so far

if they sustain this level....WOW

[Ms Harmless]

First two episodes are good but i don’t like the white savior guy

hopefully if the story does it right, you're not supposed to

[Simple Torture]

Shout out to that actress who was also on the Godzilla show, she’s making bank this year I’m sure.

[Ms Harmless]

I'm on ep 2, this is really good

[daft twat]

Ep 2 was way better than 1. Good move releasing them both to start.

I’ll see it through, but it’s A LOT of reading. I appreciate the white savior just for the language reprieve.

On a personal level, I’m not a big fan of prevalent aspects of Asian culture. I hate their concept of honor (please let me commit seppuku for speaking out of turn). Mostly, I can’t stand the slurping. There are less disgusting ways to show appreciation for food.

[spike]

Pretty cool so far. The actor who plays the white savior is a strange individual.

[daft twat]

Can we get a few more of you onboard for this?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Artful yes. Deep not so much.

[Bi_3]

The main White character is awful. Not sure we will bother with episode 2

[Ms Harmless]

*whispers* is the only white character in a show about Japan not supposed to be awful?

[daft twat]

Is this great tv or is this mediocre tv with great costumes? I can’t tell.

[psychobain]

That Second half was amazing
And the score by Atticus Ross is neat

[Simple Torture]

Is this great tv or is this mediocre tv with great costumes? I can’t tell.

There’s just something about this show that hasn’t clicked for me yet. I really liked all of the stuff in the latest episode before they got on the road, it was a good set-piece of tension building, but there are elements that have missed the mark for me. But I’m willing to give it more time.

Always appreciate a good Catholic vs Protestant story, makes all those Western Civ classes seem worth it.

[Ms Harmless]

I wasn't as enamoured with episode three; still enjoying it and I'll tune in till the end but yeah; the mechanics were WAY more obvious, it's incredibly clear that

Spoiler: show

they're setting up white saviour and token female Japanese main character to sleep together; I mean they essentially offed both of their partners in the same episode and had them gazing lovingly at each other on a boat