Netflix documentary - Age of the Samurai

[Freddie]

Netflix have just released a new documentary called Age of the samurai. Participants are several experts and historians.

 

Age of Samurai: Battle For Japan is a six-part Netflix docuseries that deploys reenactments and historian interviews to tell the story of the country’s bloody 16th century, a time of familial power struggles and epic battles between provincial warlords.

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10551256/

[16k]

There is a thread for it in the izakaya. Opinions seem to be mixed. Still, I wish I could watch it.

[Freddie]

34 minutes ago, 16k said:

There is a thread for it in the izakaya. Opinions seem to be mixed. Still, I wish I could watch it.

I wonder if that thread is not searchable or the search tool needs to be adjusted.

I searched after the name before I posed.

 

I like it, as a way to get the general population more interested in the subject and the fact that they have a lot of SME.

[Guest AlexVelasquez]

Sorry for bumping the thread! Aw, it's a real bummer that I missed this! I'm a huge fan of historical documentaries, especially ones about samurais.

[rematron]

Hi Alex, It’s still on Netflix, so at least you are able to see it now if not then!

Also, an FYI, the plural of SAMURAI is just SAMURAI. No ‘S’ is added. In Japanese, the context of the sentence implies the number.  

[Bruce Pennington]

Just started watching it.  I like it so far, but 8 minutes into the first episode, I'm tired of hearing the "SCHWINGGGG" every time a blade comes out of a saya, even a tanto that a guy slowly pulled out of a saya to commit seppuku.   I mean,,,,these guys took HOURS researching to make this documentary.  Did not one of them have the occasion to pull a sword from it's saya?

[rematron]

I agree Bruce. I like it (watched it 3 times so far) but it does seem to be produced and edited to attract viewers and what some producers and editors think might captivate an audience is actually quite distracting to some of us. I also try to take the history aspect with a little bit of a grain of salt too. At least until I’ve read other sources. 

[Bruce Pennington]

Finished episode 3 and still enjoying it.  Yes, every now and then, they'll make an acknowledgement that what they are saying is based on thin information.  Still, it is putting some humanness to the history.

[DTM72]

11 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

 I'm tired of hearing the "SCHWINGGGG" every time a blade comes out of a saya, even a tanto that a guy slowly pulled out of a saya to commit seppuku.   I mean,,,,these guys took HOURS researching to make this documentary.  Did not one of them have the occasion to pull a sword from it's saya?

Glad to hear I am not the only one who was saying "WTF, it doesn't make that sound!" I guess the sound was added for dramatic flair.

[Baba Yaga]

11 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Finished episode 3 and still enjoying it.  Yes, every now and then, they'll make an acknowledgement that what they are saying is based on thin information.  Still, it is putting some humanness to the history.

 

For some reason editing special effects have been doing this since I was a kid. Don't know where it came from.  

[rematron]

Ever notice that birds of prey of different species in movies tend to scream like red tailed hawks?  The vultures circling Conan while crucified on the Tree of Wo (Conan the Barbarian ca. 1982) even sounded like red tailed hawks. Producers like the sound of red tailed hawks and they think that’s what the audience wants to hear. Reality is much different. Vultures hiss for the most part.