anyone watching Shōgun?
The new Shogun is just OK. It is dark, rainy, muddy, with more sex and blood.
Shot in British Columbia, so it does not look quite like Japan, and then lots of CGI on top of that, and then filter/colour grading on top of that to make it look like a gloomy day, which makes it look even more fake.
The new Blackthorne is mostly a bumbling idiot, and the new Mariko just looks smug all the time. The worst of the whole cast IMHO. Some good performances by Japanese actors in smaller roles.
The actual star of the show is Hiroyuki Sanada as the titular Shogun-to-be. (and he is also a producer)
There is more Japanese politics, characters and intrigue than in the old show (that supposedly had been left out then, but are in the book. I can't quite remember)
