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This is the one with treachery & an explodey ending.
Just watch the show and then enjoy our digging into the “what is going on!”
Sorry - I’m moving. I’m out of time.
But look up _The Religion_ by Tim Willocks to understand European Feudal Bushido… and siege warfare You have the Googles.
As always - you can reach us on the internets.
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Doctors, Courtesans, Archery (and yes the English bowmen used the Yew Tree!)
Tricky Bureaucracy - I tell ya, this show has it all.
If there's one thing to learn, that husband is not out of the way until you see the body. No presumptive closes with those people.
But also, if you get motion sick - you CAN be too rich in feudal Japan.
Once again - a lot is going down in the Kantō, in Osaka, in the Bay - and you want to be there to see it all! So come join Greta & Jamie and see how we relate this visually sweet show to what we really care about in the 19th century.
I tell you, this is where it starts to get good.
Optional HW:
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
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Shōgun Episode 2!
Check out this intro sequence - Game of Thrones, but make it Japan.
This is the problem with hereditary rulership positions. Power can only change with a death. And no matter how hard everyone keeps trying to make it otherwise, death is messy! And for the number of times this happens, it seems like no one is willing to make it not chaos.
I mean honestly - has the regent system ever worked out? Why do people keep trying to make Regency happen?
Not solving that. But come on - look at the textiles. It’s absolutely insane.
And we also get to find out that this is also an eight sided fight. Just like Warrior, but with a few more dimensions added in.
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Luckily for us - they color code the Main Players -
Brown - our main guy Toronaga
Red - Kiyama, a Christian, but also in it for the ¥¥¥¥¥¥
Grey - Ohno, as in Oh No... Leprosy (also a Christian becasue leprosy?)
Blue - Ishido, who runs the castle, and despite being the least noble runs the Regency Council
Blue-Green & a Great Beard - Sugiyama, the old wise man, and the one to say, "hold up - not so fast."
This is also the one where I talk about what is up with the hair.
So come grab your oar in the stand-up rowing bay of the galley, and lets go for a wild ride!
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Shogun - The Mini Series - The Reboot
How, you ask, can we justify leaping all the way back to the 17th Century in a 19th Century podcast? Tune in and find out.
But also - the perils & hilarity of reading the source material are revealed.
Who'd face blind?
Why do the Japanese interiors look so cool?
Find out who has the best beard!
They're aren't many fights - but there's plenty of all the other F's!
Come for the standard stuff, but stay for the detours.
And go enjoy the stylish as hell show.
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All beautiful things must come to an end - but PLEASE not this one!
Somehow we are at the last Warrior episode in existence as of the end of 2023!
And all sorts of things are left hanging - but more importantly, the board is cleared of all the useless pieces.
Printer Girl Yan Mi catches a train
Li Yong no longer has a friend or a wife
Ah Sahm has had to choose Tong Brother or Blood Sister
and we are left with QUESTIONS!
Has Wong Chao made his last deal?
How much hate does it take to break out of Alcatraz?
Has O'Hara found the perfect amount of grumpy?
And - who is Leary's new 18yr old Scoth supplier?
So join us for this Grand Finale!
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So much happened in this episode... and it was just a warm up!
Lai will never learn - never.
Yan Mi shows that she just might learn - and act.
Mai Ling is just gonna Mai Ling...
Leary has his note book out - but might be ready to write a conclusion
Chao has a plan! OK that's not new.
Young Jun is faced with making a choice... with no backsies
Ah Sahm is gonna have to choose the dock or the ship
and has Strickland finally gone so far he might face consequences.
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Things begin to really Get OUT of HAND!
There's a heavily armed wedding
There's an innauguration
There's a blood bath
There's hallucinations
There's a jail cell cage fight
And
There's a "train your competition" - yes that's a death threat
Look this episode is chock full - and it's just a warmup for the even more unhinged rest of the season. So strap on your roller skates (which were popular by 1880) if you want to keep up.
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This is the episode where people seem to think they are owed. Pimp guy thinks Ah Toy owes him his prostitutes back, Some dad thinks Leary owes him getting his stupid sons outta jail, Happy Jack thinks Abby owes him her attention and space and the best one...
Mai Ling thinks everyone owes her coming to her wedding. While the rest of the people are pretty wrong, Mai Ling has the clout or at least is terrigying enough to be right. Or at least get people to agree to show up for her wedding.
And then there's Young Jun. Giving business lessons in the weirdest way - showing you how not to business well. And this week's lesson - why yelling at your employees and threatening them with death all the time will sap them of all initiative. And how that will make your life worse.
So come hang out before things get really really murdery!
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Well it is about time this show went properly poly-glot. Finally MORE languages in what was an absolute babble of a city. Portuguese, Italian, Chinese (multiple dialects, but mainly Cantonese) along with Spanish and English and German. We finally get German. As well as someone completely hopped up on cocaine.
(The particular alkyloid was isolated in 1959 for a German PhD project - I bet that was one hell of a final presentation!)
You also get to hear me show off a little of my southern side. Yikes!
And we may get the answer to whether Lee can or cannot grow a beard.
Anyway, whoever you are, don't accept train rides from strange men. It tends not to go well. Good luck escaping.
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This is one of those episodes where everyone gets a very bent version of what they wanted all along. Power - but not that way. Friendship, but whoops! it is not. A chance to go out in a blaze of glory, but thwarted - but in the good way.
And of course, setting up the perfect trap that... traps you.
An episode full of twists and turns - and a certain amount of smacking oneself in the face. Outsmarting all around.
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What happens when everyone gets to lean into their worst instincts? You set up all the crises!
Young Jun's gonna spit in the eye of authority, Mai Ling's gonna be the one asking for approval and Buckley is going to allow a woman to hold his hand.
In otherwords, everything is about to go off the rails and it's all going to go gorgeously wrong. I mean if you are here for a scrap.
So buckle up - and whatever you do, don't go out to eat in a fancy restaurant in short sleeves.
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Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. ANd this time it was recording this episode. I don't want to talk about it.
In the meantime - counterfeiting money is not good for a happy life, and you should really work on that relationship with your sibs. It could go bad.
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Oh - you think you've seen all the ways to fight? You ain't seen nothin' yet. It's time to break out the MEAN GIRLS!
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And Season 3 of Warrior is BACK!
If Season 2 went graphic novel, Season 3 seems to be going simply GRAPHIC as in the "this changes your rating to NC-17"
Right out of the gate Ah Sahm seems a little more unhinged, Mai Ling seems a little more murder-y, Wang Chao is tempting death that much more, Lee has more brain bruises, Buckley is that much more power hungry and Leary is that much more an Irish Bruiser.
And the injury effects - blech. Jamie who loves a good horror flick is here for it. Greta, who is much more squeamish when it comes to onscreen injury may watch more of this season from behind her hands.
So let's get this season started with a few big fights and a bad misfire from an old pistol!
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America - we know what's up. And we are not afraid to America-splain to you about how your country/culture works. That's right, we are just that good.
Or bad.
Or something.
This is the FUN Mummy movie from 1999 - not the gritty reboot from 2017. So pop the popcorn and get ready for things to get a little silly.
While Greta enjoys the comic book nonsense of it all, Jamie is skeptical that anything this ridiculous can be good. Shoot-em-ups, punch-em-ups, romance tropes, practical special effects for the mummies and early CGI - this has it all - and body paint!
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100 Years after Gangs of New York - and we are BACK to the Naked City with 8 million stories (to steal from the 1948 film - The Naked City)
Are things any better?
Do you want to call the cops now?
Is anyone more sober now? (Doesn't seem that way)
Are there just as many ways to die?
While there are definitely more rats, there's also running water - so win some, lose some.
While the last film had a promising premise, and produced a terrible film - this one has a depressing premise, but produced a great film. Except for the opening music. But for being a tight, well paced flik, we'll let the credits music slide.
Come along to the not so far past and see how it ties in to the 19th century.
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Welcome to our Second Movie Break!
What is wrong with us? For a movie that made us this angry and dissapointed - we sure spent a lot of time talking about it. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is that kid with every advantage and so much potential... that even when it's clear they're not going to make the team of become a doctor, you still can't let it go.
And like so many others - we look at what might have been. To balance out the (granted enjoyable) dissapointment - we spend time considering who a bunch of Real Cool 19th C avengers might have been. So come along if you dare...
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What have we learned about Buckley? He's a twisty dude.
What has Penny learned bout dealing with Buckley? Not a dang thing. But Mai Ling, because SHE isn't particulary straight forward might have a handle on the whole thing.
But all of that is cute and all - what this REALLY is all about is the Hero's Journey.
So jump in, buckle up, and hang on.
And we have both a cliff hanger and some surprise endings.
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What are the odds?
Episode 25 on December 25th - I certainly didn't see it coming.
But if you ever wanted to know about the connection between Bill Murray, 1980's rat infested New York, the Muppets, Vampires, PT Barnum and Christmas, this is the place to be!
So snuggle up with your most troubled Santa memories and watch the world change as we look at 19th century Christmas and how it's making out lives crazy today!
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This week we start out as a TikTok POV video - but rapidly pulls out into lots and lots of fights
So many fights that China Town is no longer left standing.
We get the team ups we've been waiting for. Ah Sahm and Li Yong get to fight back to back. We also get the appearance of the nunchuck - and the disappearance of Ah Sahm's shirt.
Ah Toy and Mai Ling get a team up too - though it's needles not knives.
And while everyone else is stressing out about the chaos, Buckley is excited about it, and wondering how he can have more... more ..... MORE!
The world has changed by the end, and for once the bonnet situation is not the most distressing part.
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