re: Age of Samurai on Netflix

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.