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Discussion of the series finale and whether it will disappoint, comparing to other shows with bad endings
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I've seen shows before where that final episode kind of kills it.”
Kyle · likely▲ positive
“I'm very excited. I hope it doesn't let me down.”
Praise for the Hulu series set in 17th century Japan; discussion of plot, characters, and graphic violence
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“It's the best shit I've seen since Chernobyl. This is being very well accepted. Critics are raving about this.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the acting's great the plot's great it's basically the story is um like the the the leader of japan or such that he was has passed away and he and and power has been fractured”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“He's literally getting pissed on and beaten up. They boil a man a lot in the first episode. That was a little much. I didn't like that.”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“I definitely looked down at my phone during some of that scene. I was like, I don't really want to do this. His face is melting off and stuff.”
Discussion of the new TV series, pacing, writing quality, and character development compared to other shows like Rome and Game of Thrones.
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The pacing is great, and I'm hypersensitive to that. Everyone has important plot advancements.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I think it's very good. I know that it's only one season, and that impacts the way that I watch it.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Looking forward to watching the new episode. Yeah. Hoping there's some more swordplay.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Yes, I'm all in on the Shogun show so far.”
Taylor · likely▲ positive
“I'm current on Shogun, by the way. Oh, hell yeah.”
Discussed 1600s Japanese samurai armor and katanas versus European knight armor and steel quality
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“If a European knight of the year 1400 would have encountered a Japanese samurai, they would have smashed right through the samurai sword.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“The ones I've held were light ish. I don't know, three or four pounds or something. They didn't feel like they had enough weight to carry through and cleave through a man's arm.”
Japanese show mentioned with surprise about season 3 being announced
Kyle · likely● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“the the woods fr's coming too from season three coming up in like a month or two or something”
Extensive criticism of the final episode for not delivering the promised climactic battle, instead resolving conflict through dialogue and strategic planning
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I hated it I I I hated that ending it was so upsetting to me because I had such I need the fight at the end”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“oh my God that show is absolute dog [ __ ] I [ __ ] hate Shogun”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“I did not like the final episode I thought it was a good episode [ __ ] sucked ruined the rest show”
FX/Hulu series about samurai and ninjas in feudal Japan; character development and action sequences
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“I watched two episodes great show great show in the sense that I'm like oh this is a nice little gift I wasn't expecting a kickass show randomly exist get better it gets better and better”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Shogun I can't think of anything else I'd do with the 3D printer I loved I really big on that I recommend it to everybody I know”
Discussion of the FX Shogun miniseries quality, pacing, and cinematography
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm digging it I'm liking all the character stuff I I'm I'm still I'm they're trying to figure out if this guy's given up or if it's a ploy the whole time and then finally you figure it out or we know but the not not eve”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Still Loving the show can't wait till it's complete and I think like I said earlier these miniseries like this when you've got a big story to tell are so wonderful”
Discussion of the show's plot, characters learning sword skills, and writing quality with episode-by-episode analysis
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“there is this white guy who sails to Japan and uh along the way bumps into this Samurai and the two are kind of natural combatants enemies they don't like each other they're for enemies”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I'm looking forward to the if there if there's not a scene in this show we have three episodes left where somebody talks mad [ __ ] and then our English gentleman pulls an Indiana Jones and just goes bang and shoot someb”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I really do want those SN cuts of the extended version of Lord of the Rings I was talking to a friend of mine who's a big big fan of the series today or yesterday and uh there are those extra scenes”
Discussion of the Hulu miniseries set in 1600s Japan, recent episodes with romantic subplot elements
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love the most recent episode of it they had this awkward like love triangle thing going like and I feel like the the boss is kind of playing with it”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the miniseries we're watching is really good it's 1600s Japan um oh I've seen the poster for this yeah that's really it's very very good it's very good”
Extensive discussion of the latest episode focusing on the English protagonist's culture shock, the pheasant rotting incident, the gardener's execution, and dinner scene with the rabbit stew
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“my my favorite scene thus far in the whole series has to be our English main character is hosting dinner”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I loved um the drinking part the whole thing um the weird culture shock every episode is fun to me”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like that like he's asking for the explanation than yeah like tell me the St I wish I I hope we get that story”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the whole thing um the weird culture shock every episode is fun to me I like that like he asks for a wart”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“this feels really authentic authentic I I was so glad last week when I was proving right and that [ __ ] boat was real”
Extended discussion of the FX/Hulu Shogun series including acting quality, authenticity of effects, use of Japanese language and subtitles, and cultural details
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's a triaa title if you want to put it that way it's one of the the the few um products that it it's like oh man this is so good”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I don't mind subtitles on garbage I won't watch some Scandinavian show that's that's that's [ __ ] but this is so good”
Hutch · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“you should watch Fargo season five if you're into home alone because they do kind of like a little oh [ __ ] I know Shogun going great Rock season was I thought too I love and then it just fell off my radar”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Shogun best show I've watched since Chernobyl I stand by that”
Detailed discussion of the FX/Hulu series about an English sailor caught in Japanese power struggle, praise for writing, acting, and production quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“this is um one of those really good A1 AAA titles this is uh Taylor mentioned Chernobyl and that that comes to mind to me those big Standalone series that you go back to every three or four years because and it's still j”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I really enjoy entrenching myself in the nitty-gritty of it uh and we're often recommending things but I'll say this this is um one of those really good A1 AAA titles”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“there's violence there's sex there's Gore um there's really good dialogue so far quite a there's very good dialogue there are subtitles but I I prefer I'm I I find myself taking more from listening to Japanese”
Discussion of new historical drama series about 1600s Japan with samurai, warlords, and English sailors; praise for production quality, casting, and storytelling
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“there's titties there's Gore there's like uh like feudal uh Power struggles with like black powder weaponry and [ __ ] samurai swords I saw at least two people get decapitated like ninja style it was sick”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the production value seems very high to me when they cut people's like the special effects um in the fights and stuff”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Shogun is so [ __ ] good because they cannot put a drop of wokeness or or modern day nonsense into a 1600s Japanese setting”
Kyle · likely▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“are you do you feel the same way um about this show as you did when you first saw Game of Thrones”