bmwracer wrote:

That doesn't mean much if you're an agnostic or atheist.

i believe it would still apply to an agnostic. if you're an atheist, you could be looking up to the remnants of the Big Bang.

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Aren't those the typical poses you make during a Shakespearean soliloquy?

A soliloquy is a solo act. A monologue delivered when the actor or actress is alone on stage.

And those poses (and that's what they are) haven't been acceptable since the mid 19th century.
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Gee, corny cliches, I've never seen one of those before.
It's more of a testament to the rest of the dorama that this is the only segment that sticks in our craw.

Isn't "taiga dorama" something that is specific to NHK's yearly show? It's kind of interesting to see the national network teaching people about their history, probably analogous to a Ken Burns project.
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I think the word "taiga" was coined by NHK and is actually copyrighted to them. Same as "asadora"

Finished ep 7,

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And when Tsumabuki said he's not going to cry anymore

my reaction was

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It's about time you big baby!!!!

^ LOL.

It's getting a bit old, that's for sure.

saw the first episode. i like it. Abe Hiroshi was awsome. the only thing about taiga is that so many names come up in one episode it's kinda hard to memoriza 'em
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Sometimes there is a relationship chart with each taiga, although it's written in Japanese.

Kore desu:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/images/f/f2/Tenchijin-correlationchart.jpg
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I think the show has finally 'jumped the shark' in ep. 13, although IMO it has never reached any lofty (or even acceptable) levels let alone the level comparable to Fuurin Kazan. I can't believe seeing

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Tsumabuki and Kitamura looking up with the big orange-yellowish word "Change!" in the title sequence. and the voice commentary uttering the same word. I know Nobunaga is known to retain Christian Portuguese missionaries, but having Masami in a western dress complete w/ a cross attached to a fake looking pearl necklace is just going too far.

There're other taiga's that did weird things like 'breaking the fourth wall' but I've never seen anything this bizarre. This taiga is now officially rubbish in my books.

I can't wait to get to Episode 13.

I really liked the selection of actors - one of the most pleasing group I've seen in years. Few dorama have such an intimacy with its characters and story.

It may be my imagination, but do some of the scenes seem a little tacky? Sometimes, you'll see cheap special effects, or the main character will find himself on an obvious sound stage with theatrical lighting.

I'm not sure if I'll continue watching this.

jdoramadotcom wrote:

It may be my imagination, but do some of the scenes seem a little tacky? Sometimes, you'll see cheap special effects, or the main character will find himself on an obvious sound stage with theatrical lighting.

I've seen that in other Taigas as well... You wince a little, then move on.

Hopefully.

bmwracer wrote:

I've seen that in other Taigas as well... You wince a little, then move on.

Yup, I remember some of the episodes of Fuurin Kazan it was so obvious they WEREN'T riding horses

Up to episode 9, one of the better episodes so far IMO.

monta wrote:

the only thing about taiga is that so many names come up in one episode it's kinda hard to memoriza 'em

It doesn't help that the names of the 3 main characters are Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu, and Kagetora But, up to episode 11 still holding my interest.

jdoramadotcom wrote:

I really liked the selection of actors - one of the most pleasing group I've seen in years. Few dorama have such an intimacy with its characters and story. It may be my imagination, but do some of the scenes seem a little tacky? Sometimes, you'll see cheap special effects, or the main character will find himself on an obvious sound stage with theatrical lighting. I'm not sure if I'll continue watching this.

at least the hairpieces are glued on and blended properly (for now, who knows about later). I remember one where you could clearly see edge of the latex hairpiece and it was lifting, and it made it to broadcast!

gaijinmark wrote:

It doesn't help that the names of the 3 main characters are Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu, and Kagetora

Great... The KKK.

I think those were Kenshin's idea.
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I was going nuts trying to figure out how Abe's adopted son could be Kagetora... until they finally mentioned that Abe's character had been named Kagetora earlier in his life, and he'd given the young guy that name after he changed his.

Kagetora was the character played by Gact in "Fuurin Kazan" and the time line was messing me up no end.
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It doesn't help that the names of the 3 main characters are Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu, and Kagetora

I am on ep 7 and still these three names confuse me

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Quote: It doesn't help that the names of the 3 main characters are Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu, and Kagetora I am on ep 7 and still these three names confuses me

Each of the characters should have name tags: "Hello, My Name is ....."