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Age of Samurai on Netflix
Posted on 3/1/21 at 7:48 am
Posted on 3/1/21 at 7:48 am
Anyone watching this? Started watching last night. Since I was a teenager, I've always been fascinated by Samurai. I may have to break out Nobunaga's Ambition later.
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Posted on 3/1/21 at 7:51 am to Saint Alfonzo
Nice, I love a good history doc. I will check this out.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:02 am to Saint Alfonzo
On episode 2. I’m digging it but this is my wheelhouse.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:02 am to Saint Alfonzo
It’s not bad. I enjoyed The Ottoman’s and Roman ones better.
Not sure why, but I feel like they took a bunch of liberties with the story on this one. Maybe it’s bc I’m skeptical how detailed they are getting about trivial items. How do they know this guy defended off 5 guys by himself for 45 minutes?
Someone must have recorded this data very meticulously centuries ago despite a bunch of this stuff done in secrecy.
Not sure why, but I feel like they took a bunch of liberties with the story on this one. Maybe it’s bc I’m skeptical how detailed they are getting about trivial items. How do they know this guy defended off 5 guys by himself for 45 minutes?
Someone must have recorded this data very meticulously centuries ago despite a bunch of this stuff done in secrecy.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 8:10 am to Saint Alfonzo
quote:I started watching a few days ago and am on E4.
Age of Samurai on Netflix
It's definitely interesting and worth it so far. Some docs are better than others, but still good.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 1:55 pm to Saint Alfonzo
I want to, saw it and was interested.
Same here. The girlfriend and I had plans to go to Japan before the pandemic hit. She was excited to see Tokyo and all that shite, whereas I really only want to see "old world" japan.
Getting a legit Tachi and Katana are still goals of mine.
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Since I was a teenager, I've always been fascinated by Samurai
Same here. The girlfriend and I had plans to go to Japan before the pandemic hit. She was excited to see Tokyo and all that shite, whereas I really only want to see "old world" japan.
Getting a legit Tachi and Katana are still goals of mine.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 1:58 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Watched the first episode last night, I thought it was relatively interesting...wife did not want to watch it at all and thought it was terrible, so I will watch it when she's not around.
Posted on 3/1/21 at 4:02 pm to Saint Alfonzo
I watched the whole season this past weekend. It's entertaining and well-done.
Random thoughts below: (SPOILER-ish?)
I watched with George Lucas/SW/samurai-influence in mind:
-Seeing Oda Nobunaga's name made think just George probably just added a Y to get Yoda.
-The familiar multi-syllabic name also made me think how asian Obi-wan Kenobi really sounds.
-The Vader-like helmets and masks are pretty intimidating and you can see why George went with that look for the baddies.
-You can see how the incremental use of gunfire (blasters) was going to change warfare and make samurai's (Jedi knights) virtually extinct.
-The katana is an elegant weapon, and was not as clumsy as a one shot musket, but there was nothing civilized about this Age. It was fricking brutal led by psychopaths/maniacs.
-Every time I saw a white/cream kimono, I thought about Luke's Ep IV shirt.
-I dd not know Ninja's were born out of rebellion/guerrilla warfare against Samurai rule. I always thought they were that period's Navy Seal/Spy division of Samurai's.
-Female spies were sleeping with generals, then killing them after they got their info. This James Bond fem-fatale shite has worked for 500 years (& throughout human history!)
-I can't believe how insanely violent the Samurai/Japanese once were, then after WW2, they became so pacifist/emasculated, they haven't had a single military action since.
-Many IMDb comments insist the series is not historically accurate but I don't care. It was entertaining.
End of spoilers.
Random thoughts below: (SPOILER-ish?)
I watched with George Lucas/SW/samurai-influence in mind:
-Seeing Oda Nobunaga's name made think just George probably just added a Y to get Yoda.
-The familiar multi-syllabic name also made me think how asian Obi-wan Kenobi really sounds.
-The Vader-like helmets and masks are pretty intimidating and you can see why George went with that look for the baddies.
-You can see how the incremental use of gunfire (blasters) was going to change warfare and make samurai's (Jedi knights) virtually extinct.
-The katana is an elegant weapon, and was not as clumsy as a one shot musket, but there was nothing civilized about this Age. It was fricking brutal led by psychopaths/maniacs.
-Every time I saw a white/cream kimono, I thought about Luke's Ep IV shirt.
-I dd not know Ninja's were born out of rebellion/guerrilla warfare against Samurai rule. I always thought they were that period's Navy Seal/Spy division of Samurai's.
-Female spies were sleeping with generals, then killing them after they got their info. This James Bond fem-fatale shite has worked for 500 years (& throughout human history!)
-I can't believe how insanely violent the Samurai/Japanese once were, then after WW2, they became so pacifist/emasculated, they haven't had a single military action since.
-Many IMDb comments insist the series is not historically accurate but I don't care. It was entertaining.
End of spoilers.
Posted on 3/2/21 at 1:11 am to Saint Alfonzo
Finished it yesterday. Loved it.
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