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Title: SHOGUN
Post by: SEraider on September 28, 2012, 01:42:25 PM

I just watched the miniseries from 1980.  I found it very good even as I got older.  Anybody else watched it before? 

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Post by: Nypsy on September 28, 2012, 02:39:30 PM

Very good book too.

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Post by: Shuffler on September 28, 2012, 03:52:35 PM

I've been catching bits and pieces on cable. Looks kind of cheesy today but when it first was shown on TV I watched it all.

Still a good show.

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Post by: Seanaldinho on September 28, 2012, 04:47:44 PM

I concur, the book was excellent.  :old:

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Post by: Stalwart on September 28, 2012, 05:27:29 PM

Watched it in 1984 as part of a special course in high school.  Was a bit hard to follow for me at 14, especially broke in to too many one hour segments.

I'd watch it again today.

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Post by: SIK1 on September 28, 2012, 07:13:59 PM

I've read all of Clavell's novels, and enjoyed everyone.

Shogun was a good story and the mini-series followed the book pretty well.

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Post by: SEraider on September 28, 2012, 08:21:53 PM

I never knew it was a book.  I'll look into that.

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Post by: jigsaw on September 29, 2012, 01:39:31 AM

I have it on DVD. Awesome series.

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Post by: RngFndr on September 29, 2012, 07:24:39 AM

Watched it ages ago, remember it was excellent..
Don't have it in my collection, wish that I did!

Those old "miniseries" were a good way to portray
a story too vast to be told in a single film format..

"Centennial" and "Holocaust" were other good ones..

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Post by: The Fugitive on September 29, 2012, 07:50:30 AM

Quote from: jigsaw on September 29, 2012, 01:39:31 AM

I have it on DVD. Awesome series.

Same here

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Post by: Rob52240 on October 01, 2012, 11:41:17 AM

Saw it when I was a kid.  We didn't have cable and my dad was a PBS / Jeopardy fanatic and it was the only thing he watched while monopolizing the lone Television in our house.

We were also the last family on our block to get a microwave.