Scared but hyped also. Was nervous typing this. Season 2 yea I can see it being a prequel or a continuation but Season 3 idk. I'm scared they might ruin it but I'm so invested in the world of Shogun I want more of it
The model for the Shogun was Ieyasu Tokugawa, existed. In his later years, he experienced two major wars. So there are enough of interesting episodes around him, to create Season 2 and 3.
I scoffed at Fargo, Better call Sal and Frasier but I’ll still keep my expectations in check and hope to be wrong. If there is one thing that I can hold out hope for is that this production team and writers have a mastery of subtlety in storytelling and has done nothing but surprise and thrill me whenever I have started to doubt. But they are really playing with fire from what I feel was a perfect session/series. I loved the book and I possibly loved the show more, but ultimately both were a rehash of history and there sure is a lot more interesting history and characters to cover in that era but now they are off the track of a great novel and toying beloved character. I really hope they don’t just AI-Gen-fill some story archs as a cash grab and actually do something interesting to tell the story further.
My favorite characters, Yabushige and Lady Mariko, are dead. But Game of Thrones killed off Ned Stark and it was still an interesting series after that. Characters can be replaced. It's the writing that matters. I just hope the writing doesn't crap out now that they have no original work to base their scripts on.
I would rather a continuation instead of a prequel, they could do 4 or 5 episodes just on the aftermath of the finale of season one and then 3 episodes on the actual battle. That would be insane
True, between where season 1 ends and Taranga actually becoming shogun in 1603 there's a 3 year gap, though he did pass on the title of Shogun 2 years later to his son, they might remove that to keep him as Shogun, and then of course they will probably depict the rebellion of the heir and his mother and the siege of Osaka is 1615.
Why is RU-vid 0:31 and Yahoo using a picture of the dead character played by Ana Sawai to promote season 2 & 3 when she's not even in the show any longer?
If this is the case, they should have just expanded the book into multiple seasons. There are many parts in the book which are quite clear about the characters' motivations and the cultural attitudes. For example, Fuji performs her duty as Blackthorne's consort, and when asked by Toronaga (at the end of the book), she offers very smart opinion about setting up Blackthorne's household because she really wants to end her 6 months stint. She doesn't understand Blackthorne and also wants to complete her duty to end her life. Toronaga is impressed with Fuji's intelligence and feels shamed losing her. Characters are given more enriched places. In the 2024 series, the scene wtth Fuji and Blackthorne's on the water seemed nice. However, it wasn't very convincing to me because she still allowed her son to be killed and wanted to commit suicide at the beginning of the series. In other words, she is a traditional person even in the series. She would have wanted the spirits of her husband and son to be at peace. Dumping the ash in the harbor probably isn't in the cards to accomplish that. I would have preferred expanding her role a bit to explain her change of heart, including her reason to become a nun.
I think that a prequel would be much better. It will show us the development of तोरानग्गास charecter and the complex political situation of Japan before all that.
This is a terrible idea. Didn't Game of Thrones teach anyone anything about the perils of continuing a series based on book material, after you run out of book? If they were working with James Clavell himself I'd be a little more optimistic, but his daughter isn't him. And even if he were still around to work on it, TV works on such different timelines and pressures than writing a book, I think it would end up rushed no matter what.
1. Stop comparing this masterpiece to Game of bullshit . 2. There is actually still plenty to write about ,and dive into at least 2 fresh seasons . Because unlike games of bullshit , shogun is actually based on real character that lived
The U.S. version of The Office was great. It's really on the writers. There's alot of similar Game of Throne type TV series that has complex character development in Asian TV series if you ever get a chance to watch particularly Korean and Hong Kong.
All these noise and polarizing thoughts about the continuation of the saga just proves -as testament- how good this "mini" series is! Those who felt S1 should be left alone WILL be watching and those that wants continuation sure as heck will do the same. Win-Win!!
