Love Shogun. My hope for the second season is that Toranaga goes to England with Blackthorne and helps him take power in the English Revolution.
Iād rather have a prequel and get more Mariko
Nah, one-season shows are the way: no bullshit filler episodes, one big story arc, all your faves die. Leave them wanting more.
British prestige TV figured all this out hundreds of years ago with I, Claudius and House of Cards.
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Surely Shogun was a one-off? There was just the one novel, and the series covered it.
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Set Shogun II in the Edo period and have Blackthorne teach them how to play baseball imo.
Damn, if Matthew Perry was still with us he could have played the historical Matthew Perry
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Surely they would think to adapt Musashi next. Iād settle also for a modern Lone Wolf and Cub.
Thereās already a famous trilogy of Musashi films, Japanese of course, but Iād certainly welcome a remake.
Though it would be a harder sell to the Western audience due to a complete lack of, well, pale-faced Westerners.
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Sure. Iād just love to see a remake with a big budget. Throw money at a Musashi series. Fair point about the lack of pale faced foreigners. Thatās why they need to move fast and capture the fans of Shogun.
My understanding is that book doesnāt focus on the big battle either.