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  1. 19 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    the details are fuzzy to me but as i remember it omi does divorce his wife who is then give to anjin as a wife and kiku is given by toranaga to anjin as a consort.  did that actually happen?

    I think you’re right. The boss identifies Midori as Omi’s lone weakness, and he wants his top advisor working full time for him. So he removes Midori from his house. Cold blooded. 

     

  2. 24 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    I've only seen these two but both are great suggestions.  Twilight Samurai is Sanada playing different song and probably an even better performance than Shogun. 

     

    I agree, in fact a lot of the changes I noted in the series I thought were sensible and interesting.  Another one was sidelining the courtesans and leaving out the arranged marriage between Blackthorne and Kiku.  It's a little wish fulfillment for a male book reader but including it here would undermine the absence created by Mariko's sacrifice. 

    All of the post finale reviews/interviews with the creators are asking about the possibility of a season 2 and the show runners have basically said "Anything is possible" but that they are out book to adapt.  They are reading Tai-Pan, however, and that would also be worth a modern adaptation. 

    Thanks for clearing that up on Blackthorne marrying Kiku. Fuji tells the boss to not allow the Anjin to marry a courtesan, and suggests Midori (spelling?), Omi’s wife. Fuji also alludes to Mariko suggesting Midori for Anjin-son’s wife before her death. 

    The boss was seriously considering Omi divorce his wife and give her to the Anjin in the final chapter. I think there’s a brief allusion to Blackthorne marrying, but I didn’t pick up a definitive marriage to Kiku. 

  3. I watched it again. The Baron is on screen for what 5 minutes tops? I’d have to double check , but there are 10+ chapters from the Baron’s POV in the book. 
     

    Also Giedi Prime is depicted as peak Roman Empire in black and white. It’s supposed to be a polluted industrial hell hole. I’ve always imagined the planet as a giant oil refinery. Lynch’s version looked campy as hell, but it was more true to the book.

    Paul’s acceptance of Irulan is also problematic. He tells the emperor he’ll marry his daughter, but in name only. He’ll never consummate the marriage, and Chani shall be his consort and mother of his children. Paul and Chani just don’t seem to be clicking at the end of the film, which felt off given they’re much in love at the end of the book. 
     

    Otherwise, I loved it. DV understands what Dune should look and sound like, and he built the films around this. 

  4. 15 minutes ago, F250 said:

    Nope, that was just a dream. He is never going to leave Japan.

    Books: I believe Toranaga states in his inner monologue that he’s going to continue to burn Blackthrone’s ships as long as he needs to the Christian regents, and that he won’t be allowed to leave. 

  5. 1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

    Is that a good movie?

    It has some similarities to Shogun. I’d recommend it if you like this show. 

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  6. 4 hours ago, closetohumping said:

    Damn shame this was made.  Horrible compared to the original trilogy even though the cast  had some stars.  One actor that I normally can’t stand and find hideous is awkwafina but strange enough, at the end, when she didn’t have the crazy make up and hair, she looked decent.  
     

    bangability rankings:

     

    1 Sandra bullock - classic beauty. Have had a crush on her forever

    2 Ann Hathaway.  Underrated body

    3 Kate blanchett

    4 Rihanna 

    5 awkwafina.  Yep I said it

    6 Helena bonham Carter 

    7 Sarah Paulson 

    8 Mindy kaling 

    Rihanna 4th?! Come on man! 
     

    Hathaway 2nd. Motherhood has been kind to her. Bullock 3rd. Blanchett was beautiful in Benjamin Button. I can’t remember finding her attractive after that movie.

    Anybody that has watched Nora from Queens can no longer see Awkwafina in sexual manner. That said when she her hair and make up are done she looks great. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

    We should be, too:

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    Yikes! Hockey goons! I guess that's why the Bulldogs are top 15 every year. Mississippi scary.

    The Aggies know how to lose in Mississippi. They're just trying to warn us.

    These assholes really believe we’re going to lose every SEC game don’t they? 
     

    All I heard during rodeo was that Texas wasn’t SEC ready and it would take time for us to adjust. They’ve chosen to ignore the 2023 CFP appearance. 

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  8. Poor follow up to the pilot. Is this a comedy? I guess they’re going for the same absurd dark comedy vibe as The Plumbers. 
     

    - I guess they needed an age appropriate Asian woman so of course they cast Sandra Oh. Constance Wu is 42 so she also meets the criteria. She’s also much better looking and not annoying as shit in everything.

    - Downey warned about not going full regard in Tropic Thunder, so of course they guy elects to portray the professor as a flamboyantly gay man.

    - Captain is kind of grating as an always offended smart ass. 

    - The squid story was pretty funny. 

  9. 3 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said:

    A nun. What a waste of prime trim. 
     

    Spoiler

    Better outcome than the book. Toranaga grants her permission to commit suicide. I believe she jumps off a cliff.

    She talks pretty bluntly to the boss. She explains she will always be in love with her husband and nothing will ever change that. 
     

    She’s much more attractive on the show than in the book. A bad ass in both. 

     

  10. 30 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    How many players have 1st Rd grades in this draft???

    The Athletic’s podcast was at 17. Maybe 19 if they really pushed it. 

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  11. 15 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    i liked it*.  i prefer this ending to the book.  cosmo jarvis nailed it. 

     

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    except for the dream sequence where he's with his grandkids.  i don't get what they were going for.  

     

    A dream within a dream. 

  12. Outstanding season.

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    That said, I wish they had a GOT budget. They cut many scenes from the book that would have been awesome to see on film. 
     

    I think an additional episode for the Edo to Osaka love in and an additional episode for the Osaka attack aftermath/Mariko’s funeral would have been appropriate. So 12 episodes instead of 10. 
     

    The showrunners took the cheaper and more subtle approach. There is beauty in subtly. I think they nailed that. 

     

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  13. 2 hours ago, Fud said:

    Going to Jonathan's The Rub (I-10) tonight for a combo of my wife's bday and her parents' anniversary very early dinner. Very early because I'll have my 1 and 3 year olds in tow. 

    Is anything a must-get, or is it generic high end steakhouse fare? 

    Veal Marsala. Their Italian section is quite good. The original location was mostly Italian. The menu has changed quite a bit after looking at it just now. 

  14. Is the Centennial shoot location the original on Guadalupe? 
     

    Those bastards took my fake ID as a sophomore. I was trying to buy schnapps for an OU Weekend date that really didn’t drink. Massive fail.

    I was forced to shop there after turning 21 because they were the closest liquor store to West Campus with something resembling MSRP prices. Also my fraternity bought Keystone from them. 

  15. 2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    Bruh put a trigger warning on this shit. Many memories.

    My parents moved up when I was a junior, and they adored the place. It had a very 70’s college vibe, so I’m not surprised. 

  16. Mariko.

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    The Edo to Osaka love in between Mairko and Anjin being omitted from the show is unfortunate. It’s a beautiful, peaceful part of the book. They could have knocked it out in 1 episode, but budget I’m sure. They were essentially husband and wife during the journey…but Mariko warned him again and again, when they reached Osaka it was over. 
     

    Her Christian conversion was never satisfactorily explained in the book or show to me. Book: not much. Show: she’s sad and alone and wants something to hold on to. Maybe Toranaga ordered it? He orders Naga to convert in a year in the book. She’s 1000% Japanese and samurai. She never seems conflicted to me. I think the show did a better job of projecting her intentions. Ochiaba essentially says she’s samauri first and she’ll do her duty to Toranaga. She takes her last rites in the book well before the ninja attack from the Portuguese priests, so I think she believes in something. Long story short, she knows she’s going to die in Osaka and there is no other destiny for her. 
     

    Loyalty to one’s father is a fascinating element of both the book and show. It drives every important decision in Mariko’s life. 

     

  17. They’ve had some baddies on LHN. Sam, Kaylee, and Jane. They had another hottie last year or 2, but her name escapes me. 
     

    This seems to be the LHN’s farewell.

    I hope Loeb, Robison, and Fozzy catch on at the mothership. 

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