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This is not James Clavell's Shogun.
Omi and Nagakado's epic downgrade compared to the 80s show.
And it's terrible again. (Episode 6)
Poster looks like gay porno.
Mariko's casting is terrible.
The first couple of scenes are awful...
Former Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Brigitte Nielsen can't act
Ruining Basil Poledouris's music.
So his "computer" bracelet solves every single challenge by shooting a laser at something.
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In the games, Vault-Tec didn't destroy the world. I agree this is stupid and pretty much the same BS they did with Umbrella in the shitty Resident Evil movies.
"We'll destroy the whole planet and then, profits!"
Max was unarmed and clumsy. The ghoul spotted right away it wasn't a real "knight". Hence he toyed with him a bit.
It gets worse too. The quality dropped in Episode 6 and 7. I have no idea where they are going because it's not even James Clavell's Shogun at this point.
I think people who see Ran as the greatest Kurosawa film don't like watching B&W.
Also, he got a sow to play Irulan.
My favorite version is one I can't find anywhere today. i don't even know what it is called but it's likely from the 90s when I saw the movie on TV for the first time.
It was a continuous song that played for the whole movie. The style is hard to describe, but it was atmospheric synth music. No orchestral instruments, no singing and no techno beats. It was very fitting for the movie.
I checked the Wikipedia list of alternate soundtracks from before 2000 and none of them seems to be it:
In 1975, the BBC provided an electronic score composed by William Fitzwater and Hugh Davies.[45]
In 1978, Australian composer Chris Neal created an experimental score for the film. It was performed live around Sydney throughout 1979.
In 1984, Giorgio Moroder restored and produced the 80-minute 1984 re-release, which had a pop soundtrack written by Moroder and performed by Moroder, Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Cycle V, Loverboy, Billy Squier, and Freddie Mercury.
In 1991, the Club Foot Orchestra created an original score that was performed live with the film. It was also recorded for CD.
In 1994, Montenegrin experimental rock musician Rambo Amadeus wrote his version of the musical score for Metropolis. At the screening of the film in Belgrade, the score was played by the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1998, the material was recorded and released on the album Metropolis B (tour-de-force).[46]
In 1996, the Degenerate Art Ensemble (then The Young Composers Collective) scored the film for chamber orchestra, performing it in various venues including a free outdoor concert and screening in 1997 in Seattle's Gasworks Park.[47] The soundtrack was subsequently released on Un-Labeled Records.
In 2000, Jeff Mills created a techno score for Metropolis which was released as an album. He also performed the score live at public screenings of the film.
I prefer the 80s' version so far. I like how it puts us in the shoes of Blackthorne by not giving us subtitles. All the characters are more likable in in that version too. Especially Mariko and Blackthorne. The new serie has too many "videogame moments" for my liking. The throat slitting female ninja, the weird ship duel between Anjin and Rodrigues, Mariko polearm fighting, the super accurate cannons shooting at samurais and arrows flying in slow motion in front's of Mariko's eyes.
The 1980's version had its budgetary limits, but it was shot in Japan with Japanese actors, consultants and James Clavell himself was involved in making it.
My only true gripe with the old show are the obvious bald caps and wigs worn by the samurai actors to simulate chonmage. Strangest of all, Mariko's wig which lowers her hairline and gives her a small forehead (it's worse in some scenes). I don't understand why they couldn't just use the actress's natural hair. Those things didn't bother me back in the days on a 4:3 TV, but in HD, it's made worse.
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I liked it better than 4. I'm glad they didn't go into more theatrics like samurai bowling.
She's basically Lewis from Robocop, but with big boobs and blonde hair.
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Like many people with unusual features, she was cute when she was young. But unusual as a tendency to turn ugly with age.
Another case: Lily Cole. The whole doll head thing looks cute at 20. Kinda freakish at 40.
Then:
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Now:
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