History Channel

[Stephen]

Tonight on HC Samurai

 

dont know if its a new one or rerun, just a heads up.

 

Evening (pm)

Time Zone: CT

 

7:00 PM Samurai

 

 

Samurai

Actor/martial arts champ, Mark Dacascos, explores the story of Miyamoto Musashi, the most famous Samurai of all time, and trains in the weaponry and wisdom of Japan's great warriors. Set to the action-packed, battle-scarred backdrop of Japan's warrior tradition, this new two-hour special takes viewers on an immersive journey through historic Japan in the footsteps of Musashi, Japan's legendary swordsman and warrior. As Mark learns about ancient Samurai culture, the action is brought vividly to life in a dynamic and innovative way through cutting-edge animation.

[SwordGuyJoe]

DVR set to stun!

 

[ottou812]

There was an episode of White Collar where one of the characters talked about having a Go sword worth over $100k. Although it was a brief mention, it was interesting that whoever wrote the script did at least some research into who were the big names in nihonto and their values.

[doug e lewis]

rats, missed it

 

will have check when they re-run it now.

 

got any review of show to give us, stephen?

 

doug e

[Stephen]

It was just ok, keep waiting for him to say ALIKAZEEM!! (sp). He used clips of few old samurai movies, SS ect that was not in tune to what he was talking about, showed one smith didnt catch his name but our own Paul Martin was there tellling him what was going on in the forge.

also relied on cartoon telling the Story of Musashi Miyamoto that id like to see in its full showing.

some nice shots of the town and Masashi station id go to if i was ever in Nippon.

if your surfing and it comes up it will kill a hour or two, id not go out of my way to find it.

[Pete Klein]

Stephen -- yeah, my thoughts also. I watched it but doubt I'll bother to record it to re-view. It's really more on philosophy but way too long of a view. One hour would have been more than sufficient.

 

PS: I believe it's on again this Saturday afternoon.

[SwordGuyJoe]

My thoughts too. I think the show would have been much more entertaining if they would have chosen to avoid having an actor as the focal point. I enjoyed learning about Mushashi (as I haven't read anything of any great detail on him) and seeing a modern forge in action, but hearing that guy go on about how he is beginning to understand the spirit of the samurai because he took a vacation in Japan and is 1/4 Japanese kind of put me off.

 

Similarly, I feel I am in tune with the Mayan's and their way of life because I saw the movie "2012".

[cspage]

Stephen, the phrase is "Allez Cuisine!" (Start Cooking, roughly, French, as you probably recognize)

 

It could have been a better show. It definitely wasn't a documentary. Everyone here is pretty much on the same page about this, including moi.

 

Colin