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TV Shows I am enjoying …and Movies

budman said:
I have gotten into Shogun. I dig the historical Japanese culture and while I have to read the subtitles when Japanese is spoken there is plenty that takes place in English diquised as Portoguese. Good stuff.
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Still need to watch that. Every one of my friends that have watched said nothing but good things about it.

I'm a big fan of the original from the 80s.

Also I'm a huge fan of Hiroyuki Sanada but I remember when the show was released, I was thinking BRO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN EVERY MOVIE OR TV SHOW ABOUT JAPAN. :laughing

Him and Ken Watanabe. It seems every time there's a movie/show based in Japan, it's one of those guys.

Both great actors. Not meaning to take anything away from them at all.

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CDONA said:
Don't spoil it for me, I'm rereading Shogun, , ,:rolleyes
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I don't think saying it is good or who is in it is spoiling much. :teeth

It is about ancient Japan
 
Kurosaki said:
Berto, if you're referring to the Joker, don't go down this rabbit hole with me. I will if you want to but I'd prefer we not. What I said is factual. I don't care how well received that movie was. They ruined the Joker's persona.

If you're talking about the latest Batman movie and The Penguin, that's just a matter of opinion which is fine with me.
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I don't have a particular Joker I prefer....more so, my comment was the fungible nature of comic book personalities. Seems like depending on who's doing the writing, the villains and heroes can almost blend into one another at times. I do prefer purity, but also like the real world melding of comic heroes and villains with our own reality. How would a villain like the Joker, outside the comics, come about and live in our world(s)? Fantasy stuff that's different from comic folklore. The Penguin with Colin is the same...

I see the current DC universe as a different interpretation than previous DC...which has had several horrible runs. Like you said: Twink batman was horrendous in so many ways as was the George Clooney ones. Awful. But to not be adversarial, I'm not a massive Joker follower in the comic world. So long as I'm entertained, I'm happy and the latest joker move has been interesting to say the least.
 
Holeshot said:
I don't have a particular Joker I prefer....more so, my comment was the fungible nature of comic book personalities. Seems like depending on who's doing the writing, the villains and heroes can almost blend into one another at times. I do prefer purity, but also like the real world melding of comic heroes and villains with our own reality. How would a villain like the Joker, outside the comics, come about and live in our world(s)? Fantasy stuff that's different from comic folklore. The Penguin with Colin is the same...

I see the current DC universe as a different interpretation than previous DC...which has had several horrible runs. Like you said: Twink batman was horrendous in so many ways as was the George Clooney ones. Awful. But to not be adversarial, I'm not a massive Joker follower in the comic world. So long as I'm entertained, I'm happy and the latest joker move has been interesting to say the least.
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You're very right with your opinion about who is doing the writing for any given comic. Honestly, it's a peeve of mine when nerds talk about movies not being comic book accurate. I try not to get into these arguments anymore but when I see opinions like that, I'm thinking "WHICH COMIC ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?" Because depending on who's writing, different runs of comics are as different or more than what gets made into TV or movies. I know most people didn't care for Jered Leto's version, I didn't, but it's not too far off from a comic run where the Joker was more of a gangster instead of a balls to the wall anarchist.

That said, there are some things that are constant about any comic character. For the Joker, there's many interpretations of the character, yes, but one constant is his actual identity is unknown and not important. The closest description of who he was before he became the Joker was the Red Hood. Even then, no one knew who he was.

I love Joaquin Phoenix as an actor. I don't blame him for The Joker. It's a role he played. It wasn't a bad movie I just felt like... Call it something else. It's not like there's a shortage of movies about a psychotic maniac. I blame anyone that made that movie happen. That's a hill I'm willing to die on.
 
Is anyone caught up on season 2 of Rings of Power? I'm probably going to wait until the season is over and binge it but just curious.
 
Kurosaki said:
Is anyone caught up on season 2 of Rings of Power? I'm probably going to wait until the season is over and binge it but just curious.
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I'm enjoying it. About to watch the latest episode!
 
Kurosaki said:
You're very right with your opinion about who is doing the writing for any given comic. Honestly, it's a peeve of mine when nerds talk about movies not being comic book accurate. I try not to get into these arguments anymore but when I see opinions like that, I'm thinking "WHICH COMIC ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?" Because depending on who's writing, different runs of comics are as different or more than what gets made into TV or movies. I know most people didn't care for Jered Leto's version, I didn't, but it's not too far off from a comic run where the Joker was more of a gangster instead of a balls to the wall anarchist.

That said, there are some things that are constant about any comic character. For the Joker, there's many interpretations of the character, yes, but one constant is his actual identity is unknown and not important. The closest description of who he was before he became the Joker was the Red Hood. Even then, no one knew who he was.

I love Joaquin Phoenix as an actor. I don't blame him for The Joker. It's a role he played. It wasn't a bad movie I just felt like... Call it something else. It's not like there's a shortage of movies about a psychotic maniac. I blame anyone that made that movie happen. That's a hill I'm willing to die on.
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Solid post! Can't find anything but agreement.
 
We've been on a military theme binge for the last couple months, watched Reacher, Jack Ryan, and The Terminal List, all seasons all on Prime. All good and worth watching, following similar core themes of eight episodes per seasons and doing a good job wrapping up stories in each season, no tofu filler episodes on any of them. I liked the Jack Reacher movies with Tom Cruise and was initially turned off to the idea of a big musclehead gorilla playing a character that's supposed to blend in and lay low, but would see some clips here and there on Youtube and decided to give it a go, which I'm glad I did and it was my favorite of the three.
 
Eldritch said:
Wait. It wasn't just me was it? I saw the preview ads and was like, really, does it need to be done again?

:wow
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The Ninja movies with Sho Kusugi. They were the perfect blend of low budget and Ninjas. Awesome. And Kusugi is the guy who made us all want to be ninjas...
 
Shrinking started back up on Apple TV. First two episodes of season 2 dropped yesterday. Blew through them immediately. Still a gem of a show.
 
byke said:
We've been on a military theme binge for the last couple months, watched Reacher, Jack Ryan, and The Terminal List, all seasons all on Prime. All good and worth watching, following similar core themes of eight episodes per seasons and doing a good job wrapping up stories in each season, no tofu filler episodes on any of them. I liked the Jack Reacher movies with Tom Cruise and was initially turned off to the idea of a big musclehead gorilla playing a character that's supposed to blend in and lay low, but would see some clips here and there on Youtube and decided to give it a go, which I'm glad I did and it was my favorite of the three.
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Actually in the books Reacher is 6'5" and not built to blend in anywhere. Tom Cruise was really too short to play him but they tried to make it work. I was actually happy to see the new Amazon series got a person more or less the correct size to play the part.
 
Right.

Reacher is a big dude. I don't know how the hell they cast Tom Cruise. I can't think of an actor who is more physically wrong for the role. His movies weren't bad. They were just like... not Reacher... Just call it something else.

Who's idea was that? His own?
 
Kurosaki said:
I don't know how the hell they cast Tom Cruise.
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Author of the novels had no problem with Cruise. He felt Reachers size is more about presence than mass, and felt TC brought that to the table. I like the Cruise Reacher better than the Amazon Reacher. Amazon Reacher is more of a jerk.
Bay Arean said:
new season of Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix.
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Yea, LL is good stuff. Just saw the first episode of the new season.

Wife and I bought all of the seasons of 24. Just finishing Season 3, boy that's been a real firecracker.
 
berth said:
Author of the novels had no problem with Cruise. He felt Reachers size is more about presence than mass, and felt TC brought that to the table. I like the Cruise Reacher better than the Amazon Reacher. Amazon Reacher is more of a jerk.
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I can accept that. Don't agree but I can accept it. If that's how the author of the novels felt, then so be it. Again, they weren't bad movies. I liked them.

Cruise's Reacher to me felt similar to the two Joker movies. I refuse to see the 2nd but the 1st one, it's a hill I'm willing to die on, the identity of the Joker is not important to his character. Nobody knows who he is, not even Batman. Just call it something else.

That was a tangent and I'll step off my soapbox.
 
I just want to say I’m glad I never saw that Tom Cruise version of Reacher. I love the guy they cast in the TV show. It’s inadvertently funny that he’s kind of humorless.
 
Alan Ritchson is awesome. So much of a right fit for Reacher.

He did great in his role as Hawk in the show Titans (nerd stuff). I'm a big fan.
 
I did like the Reacher movies with Cruise in them but in my mind it was not book Reacher. In the books he doesn't have a sense of humor and seems more spot on with the Amazon actor and so I like that it more accurately represents the Reacher I read about in the books. I liked both but in my mind Reacher on Amazon just feels more correct.

If mini-series are included in this I would also like to nominate Netflix's The Gentlemen if it hasn't been mentioned already. If you want you could also watch HBO's The Gentlemen as an sort of prequel. Don't know if I have mentioned it before but I just love Guy Ritchie's gangster movies.
 
The Gentlemen was good! There's going to be a Season 2. (y)

Lincoln Lawyer, just finished Season 3. :thumbup They gotta have a Season 4, can't leave us hanging!
 
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