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  • MikM Offline
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    Watching the first episode now. Very good.

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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    • MikM Mik

      Watching the first episode now. Very good.

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      @Mik said in Shogun:

      Watching the first episode now. Very good.

      It gets better. A LOT better.

      At first, I found the names off-putting, and the characters, all with similar haircuts, looked the same to me at first. But, it's sorting itself out.

      I looked for the 1980s version with Chamberlain. None of the major streaming services have it.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        It was a LONG time ago that I read it, probably 40 years or so, and I found myself remembering those same names because they were so unique.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          The Critical Drinker loved it.

          Link to video

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Ugh. I was 2 episodes in just this week via Disney+ and now all episodes are locked unless you get a Hulu subscription. It’s not the money it’s the annoyance, just flipping a switch and another show adjusts its streaming options.

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              I even had them downloaded on my iPad during my recent work trip, I shouldn’t have turned my iPad WiFi on!!

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                I have Hulu with no commercials and I had to (supposedly) upgrade to Disney + so we could watch the NBA finals. Then I watched a family guy episode with the boy and it showed me fucking commercials. So I had to go into my account, tell them I wanted to pay them less money per month, so that they would remove the commercials. Fucking idiots.

                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  Ridiculous.

                  You know what would be a good idea, maybe it already exists, mailing your Blu-ray discs in and a company load them into a virtual library, you get your discs back, pay a one time fee, and you have forever unlimited streaming access to your own collection.

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                    I read the book and watched this the first time with Richard Chamberlin, it may be worth another watch. Probably a much better version than the first time.

                    Also, Penny Dreadful is on PRIME. I watched it a while ago when I had HBO and I loved it. I'm watching it again and it's just as good.

                    Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                      ^^I'd like to point out, I may have phrased this incorrectly. I never met in person, let alone watched Shogun with Richard Chamberlin.^^

                      Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                        He’s always repeating his own lines as you watch with him. Pretty annoying. 2/10, would not watch with Richard Chamberlain again.

                        Education is extremely important.

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