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@GraemeE Mrs H and I are 3 episodes in, and very much enjoying it. Classic Guy Ritchie with all the stereotypical gangs of Britain, dark humour, class commentary and brutal violence. It's going to be interesting to see what he does when given the chance to stretch the runtime into a whole season.
Mrs H and I recently watched One Day on Netflix too. It's a will-they/wont-they romance drama so not normally my thing, but I wound up getting into it. The story starts on 15 June 1988 with our two protagonists meeting at the last-day-of-uni party, and then checks in with them on the same day every year to see what they're getting up to, which was a neat conceit. Really well acted.
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Is anyone watching "Shogun" on Disney+ its made by FX the same people that done the bear, only 5/10 episodes in so far, really good watch, its based of the "the asian sage" books. I know its early door but definitely my favourite show of the year so far. highly recommend it for anyone.
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@JoshC great shout out on shogun! We just finished up episode 3 last night and really enjoying it. Early days but so far a masterful blend of historical drama, political intrigue and cultural exploration
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@JoshC It's next on our list, so glad to see your recommendation. One episode of The Gentlemen left to watch and then we'll probably get on it.
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@JoshC Yes we are really enjoying Shogun. We also watched Monarch and thought Anna Sawai was pretty bad in that (the show overall wasn't great), but she is amazing in Shogun. She carries the show with face acting alone.
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@jordanscollected she is great in this, iv not watched Monarch and im not being sold on it by the sounds of it haha.
@EdH I reckon you'll really enjoy it I would be very surprised if you guys don't like it, not watched the gentlemen but I have seen the film so I will give it ago at some point.
@flannel-slut yeah I agree its really interesting I was watching a interview with Hiroyuki Sanada, and he was saying he would only do it if they hired Japanese actors as he wanted it to be culturally correct to Japans history, otherwise he wouldn't do it.
it will be interesting if they continue on from shogun once the 10 episodes are up and do whole story of "the Asian Saga" as it goes into different stories but all link but further down the line in time I believe from what I have read up.
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@Matt Did you recognize this song in the first episode. I actually saw The Divinyls open for Cindy Lauper in the 80s. The show won a lot of awards in Australia.
Thank you so much @Jett129 . This is so amazingly un-woke and in retrospect exactly what I loved about the late 20th century. Of course, at the time it was 100% normal......But fuck, the millennials will be asking us to take down statues of the Divinyls before I can say I just want to touch myself......
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@mclaincausey That song was originally released in 1990,and at that time it was considered pretty risqué. She definitely leaned into it during their live performances.
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@Jett129 yeah my mom was grievously horrified and offended
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@mclaincausey said in TV:
On the contrary, @Giles to me a woman talking about masturbation is woke AF. I have no doubt that woman is empowered and doesn’t care about traditional expectations as to how she should behave or what she is allowed to say.
Good point. Though I am pretty sure that if it was released for the first time today, it would cause mayhem in certain circles.....
