Shogun, other non scifi series and movies

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JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, March 4, 2024 10:37 PM

a remake

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and lots of thrillers horrors dramas we could discuss from SKorea, European tv and other small US tv shows
plus some great past shows
The Sopranos, Chernobyl, Fargo, From the Earth to the Moon, Vikings, Hill Street Blues, The Last Kingdom, Yellowstone, Daredevil, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Justified, Deadwood, Longmire, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield, My So Called Life, Freaks and Geeks, Taxi, The Muppet Show, The Americans, Downtown Abbey, The Haunting of Hill House, Cobra Kai, BBC's Planet Earth or Discovery Channel Documentaries, Band of Brothers.

BRENDA

Monday, March 4, 2024 11:13 PM

I know. I watched the miniseries way back when. *L* Loved Richard Chamberlain.

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 3:49 PM

Yeah Based on 1980 series which was based on the 1975 novel drama of the same name by James Clavell which is based on historical events.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/13862-sh-gun

I did not know Orson Welles was the Narrator

BRENDA

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 11:20 PM

I've read the book too. A number of years later and it was interesting. Not sure if I remember there was a someone narrating the show. It's been years as I said since I have seen the original.

This thing came on tv when I was in high school. I even watched "Centennial"

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:21 PM

Red Swan – K-drama Episode 1 Recap & Review

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/redswan-s1e1review/

Black Sails

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 6:26 PM

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Sundance documentary
https://apnews.com/article/sundance-film-festival-daughters-angela-pat
ton-ef3371787195674ddde90b87c75e0e71

StarWars and StarTrek stuggle to sell

Time Bandits? a strange choice...: Lisa Kudrow To Lead Cast and maybe a change Sean Connery ocne did King Agamemnon, John Cleese a wacky Robin Hood there was David Warner Evil Genius or Clement Iain Morris, and Taika Waititi as “evil” actors with dwarfism banned for other SJW politics
and election years this time period is usually bad for tv

Is Time Bandits scifi or Comedy?

financed by ex-Beatle George Harrison's HandMade Films, the original grossed $36 million on a budget of $5 million.
a cult hit
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/time-bandits/

the era of hard scifi or space based science fiction seems over

maybe more fanatsy comicbook-ish the cartoon genre

‘X-Men ’97’: Matthew Chauncey Set As New Writer Of Marvel Animated Series For Disney+
https://deadline.com/2024/07/x-men-97-matthew-chauncey-writer-marvel-d
isney-plus-1236005273/

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, July 20, 2024 3:35 PM

based on the reality of space rocketry

WILD WILD SPACE | Official Trailer

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, July 22, 2024 5:08 PM

A Murder at the End of the World

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, August 12, 2024 4:30 PM

Why GLOW was the ideal tag team of prestige comedy and drama
https://www.avclub.com/glow-10-essential-episodes

A tv show 'The Society' a US mystery teen drama television series created by Christopher Keyser

‘The Society’ Creator Christopher Keyser Has ‘Consistent Conversations’ About How to Bring Back the Show, Nearly Released a Graphic Novel With Season 2 Storylines
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-society-season-2-christopher-keys
er-1236014067/

other movies that might become tv, horror or supernatural tv?

a film which received mixed reviews and grossed over $28 million worldwide.

Sydney Sweeney on 'primal, guttural rage' in 'Immaculate' | AP interview

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, August 12, 2024 5:31 PM

12th Canadian Screen Awards maybe not as big as BAFTA, Emmy, HongKong Ceremony or Oscars, they liked Little Bird, Stuff the British Stole, Thunder Bay

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, August 24, 2024 2:45 PM

Challenge of ‘Shogun’: Making the Modern World as Quiet as Feudal Japan

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/shogun-making-modern-
world-feudal-japan-1235982581/

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 11:35 PM

Looks a bit silly but some thriller 'fashion' family plot, French tv on Apple, La Maison TV Series être aux premières loges or the premières loges are the places closest to the scene...doesn't have the same ring as 'Front Row'

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 8, 2024 9:38 PM

Jay Oliva and Zack Snyders “Twilight of the Gods” an animated Norse Mythology series

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/twilight-of-the-gods-animated

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, September 16, 2024 1:54 PM

'Shogun' claims best drama series at TV's Emmy awards

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Shogun-claims-bes
t-drama-series-at-TV-s-Emmy-awards

Takehiro Hira 'Shogun' on 2024 BAFTA North America's TV Tea red carpet

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, October 14, 2024 6:36 PM

Netflix seems to have dumped Hollywood and now shows Korean dramas

oh well...I guess scifi will continue dying

maybe they could do travel shows or documentary?

the Nature Documentary format
National Geographic or BBC's David Attenborough would be ones to learn from

sometimes Marvel Disney had ok shows, for now DC Warner Bros has Penguin

How ‘The Penguin’ Star Cristin Milioti Delivers Her Tour-de-Force Performance as Sofia Falcone: ‘I Had the Time of My Life’

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-penguin-cristin-milioti-episode-4
-arkham-the-hangman-1236175140/

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 2:49 PM

The true story behind Shogun

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/shogun-true-story

THG

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 8:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:

I know. I watched the miniseries way back when. *L* Loved Richard Chamberlain.

I thought it was great.

T

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, October 28, 2024 12:10 AM

William Tell

and is the Batman brand still scifi based or is it super gritty?

Matt Reeves Says He's Already Talking to HBO About Doing More Villain Focused Spinoffs of 'The Batman' and Explains Why He Didn't Direct 'The Penguin'
https://www.thewrap.com/the-penguin-matt-reeves-interview-the-batman-s
pinoff-hbo/

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, November 15, 2024 7:29 PM

Comedy

No Good Deed

Landman a drama about Texas and Oil-Rigs, based on the podcast Boomtown hosted by Wallace
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/landman/

and Hollyweird

the show must go on?

Conan O’Brien Announced as Oscars Host: ‘America Demanded It'
https://people.com/conan-o-brien-announced-as-oscars-host-8745917

BRENDA

Friday, November 15, 2024 11:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:

I know. I watched the miniseries way back when. *L* Loved Richard Chamberlain.

I thought it was great.

T

It was a great show. Very interesting with it's setting and filming around old castles and such that are still there.

BRENDA

Friday, November 15, 2024 11:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
William Tell

and is the Batman brand still scifi based or is it super gritty?

Matt Reeves Says He's Already Talking to HBO About Doing More Villain Focused Spinoffs of 'The Batman' and Explains Why He Didn't Direct 'The Penguin'
https://www.thewrap.com/the-penguin-matt-reeves-interview-the-batman-s
pinoff-hbo/

That should be interesting.

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 2:39 AM

Golden Globes

The Bear a tv kitchen psycological family drama but once again in Comedy category?

https://deadline.com/2024/12/golden-globes-nominations-2025-list-film-
tv-1236198070/

a lot of flops here so Dune 2 will get best picture?

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
That should be interesting.

it only had a small release so far Toronto International Film Festival on September, 2024

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, December 13, 2024 12:44 AM

a mix of ER and 24?

The Pitt

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, December 15, 2024 6:47 AM

‘Yellowstone’s Luke Grimes says Kevin Costner’s absence made it “easiest season” to film

https://deadline.com/2024/12/yellowstone-luke-grimes-says-kevin-costne
rs-absence-made-easiest-season-1236203870/

Sarah Michelle Gellar Has Come Around To The Idea Of A ‘Buffy’ Offshoot

https://deadline.com/2024/12/sarah-michelle-gellar-come-around-idea-bu
ffy-offshoot-1236203839/

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, December 15, 2024 7:50 PM

No Good Deed: Lisa Kudrow carries this twisty, binge-worthy mystery

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/dec/11/no-good-deed-revi
ew-lisa-kudrow-mystery-netflix

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, December 16, 2024 9:42 PM

1923 an American Western drama, Yellow Stone mixed with post movie Western era

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 7:16 PM

‘Yellowstone' Series Finale Draws 11.4 Million Viewers, Paramount Says

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/yellowstone-series-finale-ratings-par
amount-network-1236251385/

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, December 22, 2024 1:30 AM

Russian language The Slavs

the politically incorrect classics of tv

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, January 12, 2025 6:28 AM

$125million mega-mansion from TV Succession destroyed

LA fires: ‘Firenado’ sparks evacuation chaos as $125m mansion destroyed

https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/world/united-states/la-fires-aust
ralian-dies-as-more-evacuations-under-way/live-coverage/c26256605f09109c1bc551906b9f3166

The deadly Palisades fire in California has surged into the LA celebrity haven of Brentwood

Black Sails, West Indies

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, January 12, 2025 7:15 AM

Uh oh.

I wonder if they're going to keep telling people that they're satan if they don't vote Democrat after this?

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, January 12, 2025 10:38 PM

Japan Toons

Sakamoto Days Is Gunning for Anime of the Year With Action Sequences So Smooth Even Attack on Titan Fans Would Bow
https://fandomwire.com/sakamoto-days-is-gunning-for-anime-of-the-year-
with-action-sequences-so-smooth-even-attack-on-titan-fans-would-bow/

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, January 25, 2025 11:13 PM

Benedict Cumberbatch Says ‘Sherlock’ Would Have to Be “Better Than It Ever Was” for Him to Reprise the Role

https://people.com/benedict-cumberbatch-reveals-if-he-would-reprise-sh
erlock-role-8779319

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 4:13 PM

Series - The White Lotus dark comical dramatic employees, guests of the fictional White Lotus resort chain and various psychosocial dysfunctions.

‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Review: Thailand Welcomes You to a Less Comedic Chapter That's Still Irresistibly Entertaining

https://collider.com/the-white-lotus-season-3-review/

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 10:00 PM

reality tv

Crewmembers of "Below Decks" file lawsuit against Gary King, Bravo & NBCUniversal for Sexual Battery, Retaliation and Hostile Work Environment
https://deadline.com/2025/02/below-deck-gary-king-sexual-battery-12363
02018/

lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a superyacht during charter season
https://web.archive.org/web/20120407005628/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2i
t.com/2012/04/04/bravo-greenlights-11-new-and-8-returning-unscripted-series-and-plans-first-scripted-premiere-for-2013/127574/

Joan a British crime drama television miniseries created by Anna Symon for ITV. Sophie Turner plays real-life character Joan Hannington, a figure known as "the Godmother" by certain aspects of the British criminal underworld.
https://harpersbazaar.com.au/sophie-turner-to-play-british-jewel-thief
-joan-hannington/

5 Best Period Piece Movies Ever, Ranked
https://www.looper.com/1778128/best-period-piece-movies-ranked/

'Little Women' ranked as number 1

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, March 10, 2025 5:48 PM

Sledge Hammer (1986)

fat sleazy troll face is still trying to milk that GoT franchise

'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'
https://collider.com/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-season-2-george-rr
-martin-comments/

They call it High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery genre or epic fantasy but it seems to be a lot of filth

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 3:09 PM

'Landman' not exactly true to life
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/landman-not-exactly-true-life-0003
00063.html

‘Landman’ officially renewed for season 2 at Paramount+
https://www.nj.com/tv/2025/03/landman-officially-renewed-for-season-2-
at-paramount.html

JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, May 29, 2025 2:58 AM

A detective and an arson investigator

'Smoke'

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, May 31, 2025 4:55 PM

Valerie Mahaffey, Emmy-Winning Actor Known for ‘Northern Exposure,’ ‘Big Sky’ and ‘Sully,’ Dies at 71

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/valerie-mahaffey-dead-actor-northern-
exposure-sully-big-sky-1236414875/

Matthew Fox shares thoughts on divisive Lost ending in rare interview about hit series

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/lost-tv-cas
t-jack-shephard-matthew-fox-caught-b2759947.html

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 4:15 PM

Actors on Actors

JAYNEZTOWN

Thursday, June 19, 2025 5:51 AM

Wong Kar-Wai’s introduction to Blossoms Shanghai.

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 20, 2025 8:36 PM

“Wasn’t really involved”: Even Brandon Sanderson Didn’t Know Amazon Canceled ‘The Wheel of Time’

https://fandomwire.com/wasnt-really-involved-even-brandon-sanderson-di
dnt-know-amazon-canceled-the-wheel-of-time/

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 20, 2025 8:50 PM

they say Wheel of SJW Woke flopped

Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson Speaks Out on 'Wheel of Time' Cancellation After "Being Largely Ignored" by the Series: "While I had my problems with the show, it had a fanbase who deserved better than a cancelation after the best season."

https://collider.com/wheel-of-time-season-4-cancelled-reaction-brandon
-sanderson-ignored/

more social justice tv shows for gays, lesbos, the left or illiterate morons who cant read books?

,

some kid of Dragonball Buffy MortalKombat Feminism Diverse Gay Lesbo KingArthur Yojimbo thing

,

sounds like it won't be really missed but maybe it had fans...maybe

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 20, 2025 9:03 PM

What the F--- did they do to this Potential Franchise

Wheel of Homosexuals, Rappers from Wakanda, Feminists

idiot SJW diverse queerness from the Mormon

The Wheel of Time's showrunner explains why it's so important for the Prime Video series to be openly queer
https://www.thepopverse.com/tv-the-wheel-of-time-robert-jordan-rafe-ju
dkins-queer-identity-prime-video

The Wheel of Time Showrunner Explains Getting 'Very Frustrated' With Queer Representation in Other TV Series
https://www.cbr.com/the-wheel-of-time-showrunner-queer-representation/

What does it mean that Brandon Sanderson is woke?
https://www.onelowerlight.com/writing/what-does-it-mean-that-brandon-s
anderson-is-woke/

‘Wheel of Time’ Showrunner on Expanding Show’s Queer Universe in Season 3 and the High Fantasy Genre: “It Was Worth Devoting My Life To”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/wheel-of-time-queer-u
niverse-season-3-rafe-judkins-interview-1236173757/?pubDate=20250328
Rafe Judkins explains how LGBTQ+ inclusion in the book series inspired the Prime Video adaptation, talks exploring fantasy cultures without homophobia and the Aiel’s First-Sisters.

On "Wokeness" and the Wheel of Time - Be Thoughtful in Responding
https://dragonmount.com/forums/topic/110538-on-wokeness-and-the-wheel-
of-time-be-thoughtful-in-responding/

‘Wheel Of Time’ Director And EP Sanaa Hamri Says Show Allows Viewers To Immerse Themselves In Robert Jordan’s World
https://floppingaces.net/2021/12/19/amazon-turned-the-wheel-of-time-in
to-the-wheel-of-woke/

Always Mid, Now Gay
https://voxday.net/2025/01/02/always-mid-now-gay/
It turns out Brandon Sanderson wasn’t merely mediocre, it appears he has been a ticket-taker all along

The Wheel of Time is the Kind of Woke Programming That I like
https://shawnathan.medium.com/the-wheel-of-time-is-the-kind-of-woke-pr
ogramming-that-i-like-389ccb0d9522

Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Asks Fans To Calm Down After Getting Slammed
A Wired profile of a bestselling fantasy author drew ire for its cynical tone
https://kotaku.com/brandon-sanderson-wired-wheel-of-time-mistborn-1850
262249
Amazon Turned The Wheel of Time into The Wheel of Woke
https://floppingaces.net/2021/12/19/amazon-turned-the-wheel-of-time-in
to-the-wheel-of-woke/

The Wheel of Time: A Wheel of Festering Hollywood Inclusivity
https://themansplainer.substack.com/p/the-wheel-of-time-a-wheel-of-fes
tering
Why it failed and why every show like it will continue to fail

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 20, 2025 9:11 PM

Brandon Sanderson vs. Wheel of Time
https://thisvsthat.io/brandon-sanderson-vs-wheel-of-time
What's the Difference?

Robert Jordan

Politically, he described himself as a "libertarian monarchist"

2007 article

Robert Jordan
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1563696/Robert-Jordan.html

postings
https://web.archive.org/web/20070705230621/https://dragonmount.com/Rob
ertJordan/?p=85

Jordan was one of several writers who have written Conan the Barbarian stories.

He was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston, South Carolina.

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, June 21, 2025 3:07 PM

Justified

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, July 5, 2025 5:38 PM

Rural Life, Britain Sucks?

What Clarkson’s Farm Reveals About Britain

show tv 'Sam Says Go'

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, September 5, 2025 5:51 PM

Kurt Russell Officially Joins 'Yellowstone' Spinoff 'The Madison'
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/kurt-russell-yellowstone-spinoff-the-
madison-1236508741

‘The Lowdown’ Review: Sterlin Harjo’s Gripping Mystery Thriller Brings ‘Twin Peaks’ Vibes to Tulsa
https://www.thewrap.com/the-lowdown-review-fx-ethan-hawke-sterlin-harj
o/

High Potential Season 2 Trailer

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 6:20 AM

Netflix adding 'epic' six part series that's Squid Game meets Shogun

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/netflix-adding-epic-six-part-35876
965

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 2:48 PM

TOKYO VICE Trailer (2022)

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 2:53 PM

Tv show Frontier and it is a unique Canadian historical drama with Algonquian Native American Cree

Frontier (Tv Theme Intro)

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 2:56 PM

EL CID Tráiler Español (2020) Serie

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:02 PM

is it sci-fi...maybe somewhat but more like comicbook inspired Heroes TV Series 2006–2010

South Korean

The Uncanny Counter: Season 2

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:05 PM

Lost Pirate Kingdom, rise and fall of the eponymous early-18th century pirate republic based in Nassau, Bahamas.

the age of piracy Documentary style

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

Official Trailer Netflix

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:10 PM

Last Kingdom: Season 5 Soundtrack

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:12 PM

South Korean Six Flying Dragons Trailer 1

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:13 PM

Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man)

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:14 PM

House of Ninjas

Official Trailer Netflix

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:17 PM

Into the Badlands S03E16 Series Finale Trailer | 'Seven Strike As One'

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:19 PM

Marco Polo Season 1 - Official Trailer - Only on Netflix

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 2:59 PM

Slow Horses' Wins Outstanding Directing for Drama Series in Another Upset

https://people.com/slow-horses-adam-randall-wins-outstanding-directing
-drama-series-emmys-2025-11807621

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, October 10, 2025 12:49 AM

We had a Game of Thrones thread, it was a popular show until it wasnt

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Tales of Dunk and Egg
https://archive.ph/20240817175122/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/
2014/04/15/dunk-and-egg/

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, November 7, 2025 2:02 AM

‘Dark Winds’ Returns for Season 4 in Early 2026

https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/dark-winds-season-4-early-2026/

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, November 7, 2025 6:53 PM

Show the tv series 'Trackdown' about the name trump.

Trackdown, an old western series that aired on CBS, featured in 1958 an episode entitled “The End of the World”, where a con man named “Walter Trump”

Predictions, Trackdown Trump...a 1958 TV Show Predict Trump?

BRENDA

Saturday, November 8, 2025 4:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
‘Dark Winds’ Returns for Season 4 in Early 2026

https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/dark-winds-season-4-early-2026/

Yeah, yeah. I love Dark Winds. Timothy Zahn a great actor and a handsome man.

BRENDA

Saturday, November 8, 2025 4:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man)

Loved this show as well. Have a couple of the VHS of it. Michael Praed was only in the first 2 series. The last 2 the Hooded Man was played by Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery.

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 12:23 AM

The Americans Season 6 Trailer

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, December 22, 2025 4:43 AM

Netflix Japan

JAYNEZTOWN

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 4:30 PM

PBS Extends Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' Free Streaming Window Through New Year's Eve

https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/pbs-extends-ken-burns-the-a
merican-revolution-free-streaming-window/

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 1:00 AM

5 Korean Thriller Series That Will Blow Your Mind
https://www.cbr.com/korean-thriller-series-mindblowing/

Taxi Driver, Sweet Home, Mouse, A Killer Paradox, Squid Game