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Re: Speaking of Shogun... damookster Send a noteboard - 23/01/2024 09:39:50 PM

Anticipation. Unlike other remakes, I doubt I will see black actors inserted into roles where they don't historically belong. The novel is so long that the 1980s miniseries left out a lot. I will be interested, especially, to see how the perspective of the Japanese is treated. 40 years later, we know much more about Japan now than we did then. Shogun through the lens of Clavell through the lens of the 21st century. Should be interesting. I last read it in 2015 and last watched the miniseries even before that. So the details are fuzzy enough for me to forgive a decent amount.


I'm looking forward to it as well. The book was amazing. The old TV miniseries did a decent job and didn't ruin it. I hope this one does go deeper into the novel. I was never a fan of Richard Chamberlain so I don't worry about the casting of Blackthorne. But I can't imagine matching much less improving upon John Rhys-Davies as Rodrigues and Toshiro Mufune as Lord Toranaga.



I found my review of it from Amazon, when I was still writing reviews.

Nicely done!

Mook

*MySmiley*



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Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.
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