Megalopolis reminds me of George Lucas saying he wanted to make experimental movies just for himself, not for release. The difference is he doesn't have to sell his assets to do it!
I used to have anxiety and extreme panic attacks during college. When I discovered BBT it always helped calm me down. Whenever I felt a panic attack coming up, I would put it on and it would help me through it. I thought the show went on a bit too long and was not as funny towards the end, but it will always have a special place in my heart. I tried Young Sheldon but fell off sometime during season 1. It wasn't quite the same.
Grace, "diversity in Japan" doesn't mean that there was some large percentage of the population that was non-Japanese. He was "likely" of African origin, although not confirmed. And he was only there for just over 1 year. 1 man. "In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India. Yasuke was a man, likely of African origin, who served as a servant and retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga in 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period. He was retained by the daimyō as a koshō (小姓, page) for a period of 15 months until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident. The name Yasuke was given to him by Nobunaga. His real name is unknown, and it is also unclear what he was called before that. Few details are known about him, including his date of birth, family structure, place of birth, ethnicity and native language."
Grace never said that there was a large non-Japanese population at the time. She said including non-Japanese travelers in the show would be interesting as long as it WAS historically accurate. So why are you really so bothered?
I don’t think she meant that either. She meant like in this first season it just wasn’t Japanese. There was a few pirates interested in conquering, partnering, scheming. Because as she mentioned at that time a large part of the world was exploring and starting to establish communications. So I’m not sure she meant like a large population of living there but you can certainly have more than just Japanese people which the first season had already done. And also she didn’t really mention African but did mention black. That one individual was black skinned. Though as you mentioned it is likely he was of African origins
Hey Grace, Shogun is actually the first in a series of books James Clavell wrote called “The Asian Saga” so additional seasons do have content to pull from.
Adam Driver is pulling a Dan Stevens and just cashing in his Kylo Ren checks (like Steven’s Downton Abbey residuals) and working with people he likes and having fun
Young Sheldon was great show...although not to the extent of young Sheldon, i feel like so many of us went through with family not understanding us and feeling excluded in our own family...i used to love the early seasons...the kid who played Young Sheldon was great and i hope he gets more oppurtunities in Hollywood bcoz he did a fantastic job
It ends before the big battle even took place... it's not a novel of "source material" it's a historical story. It's not like the Toranaga character just magically became Shogun & lived happily ever after with Japan experiencing peace & stability. He had to become Shogun then he had to spend two decades crushing all opposition to his rule (took fifteen years but "Crimson Sky" finally happened when Osaka was sacked & the Heir was killed) there is 10 seasons worth of material of just HIM ALONE without expanding it to the Century of Isolation or the Shogunate finally being list since that Shogun was weak and was actually trying to push through reforms (the Lords correctly perceived that he was a weak man & they toppled him using the tiny bit of power that he needlessly gave them for no reason.)
Hollywood's greed has always been its downfall, but the important part of the Shogun S2-S3 news is that they will not continue if they can not find a good story to go forward. When I read the book years ago I did want to know more of what happened to the characters, so hopefully if it does move forward. that means they did get a good story for us to enjoy.
I caught PT Anderson's Magnolia on cable this weekend in my hotel room in NYC and it made me miss big swing ART House films that weren't just fluff or paint by numbers plot. I'm hoping this Coppola film is better than what folks are saying because I miss the amazing films that came out in the late 90s and early 21st century that inspired me to go to film school. I love a good popcorn tent pole but man I miss interesting stories that get stuck in your head for days and weeks.
I loved Babylon. One of the best movies of that year. Some movies are not appreciated upon release and then years later they’re regarded as some of the greatest films ever made and over time achieve incredible legacies. Maybe this will be true for Megalopolis or Babylon
I hope your hand injury has healed up by now. I thought of that legendary film Metropolis when Megalopolis was being discussed. Crazy he sold that winery. That was legendary.
26:10 lol, "don't spoil the show please." Sorry whoever made that request. Even without Grace not giving any details, she still spoiled the show. But that's to be expected. You don't watch a Grace video unless you're caught up on everything. Even nonspoiler videos are filled with spoilers. It's just what it is.
There are two possible routes they could go with, they could continue the story of Ieyasu and show what he did with his fleet working with William Adams (Japans trade etc) and the conflicts he faced at the start of the Shogunate. This is the most likely. Or they could go backwards. As one of the Three unifiers of Japan, with the three men impacting each other, you could do Hideyoshi next and then Nobunaga, working backwards. It is fascinating how these men, who rarely saw eye to eye, would hand over the future of Japan to the next. If anyone gets this reference kind of like red dead redemption 2.
The Coppola’s are extremely talented and successful family. Including a classical conductor, several actors, several film, directors, musicians, painters, etc. Believe me they are not hurting for cash.
There was a lot of science nerdy stuff in Young Sheldon. He goes off to college as a kid; at one time Meemaw has a nerdy boyfriend (one of Sheldon’s professors); Sheldon has a frenemy who is a match for Sheldon intellectually yet a lot more outgoing and socially capable - though she has family issues. It may be more poignant and thoughtful than the traditional sitcom but it is still funny and very clever.
HoD is ruining the whole history of Westros in a way that not even Got ruined shit... in a very real sense Got can't even happen now since the actual reason for the Civil War won't happen & thereby Rheager couldn't figure it out which is what prompted him to get with Lyanna in his successful bid to substitute Stark telepathic Warging genetics for Taragayen telepathic Dragon genetics to birth Dany as the first XX Chromosome Dragonhatcher in generations (the whole point of the The Citadel & The Faith supporting Taragayens with Westros genetics over Taragayens with Valyrian genetics... the war of The Blacks & The Greens is better understood as Westrosi & Valyrians, where the Valyrians lost which is what the Citadel & the Faith were working to achieve by getting rid of dragons.)
@@nationalsocialism3504 didn’t understand a lot of that but loved it, just got hbo, should I not watch HOTD? (Still need to finish the last season of GOT 😂)
Personally I think they should shift to an anthology format with SHOGUN, as each entry in the 'Asian Saga' book series takes place in different eras featuring different characters but a shared history. Forcing Blackthorne & Toranaga back for season 2 would actually create the Game of Thrones problem since their stories end with Shogun. However if done right, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis & Anna Sawai could all return as different characters a la American Horror Story. (Or in a 'framing' prologue for season 2.) This should be their series bible: Season 1 - SHOGUN Season 2 - Shogun: GAI JIN Season 3 - NOBLE HOUSE Season 4 - Noble House: TAI PAN Season 5 - The King Rat Season 6 - Noble House: WHIRLWIND
Gotta say, I hope Feud S2 and Masters of the Air get-in in limited. I love those shows. I don’t know if Mary and George is elligble but that was good as well. And tbh I hope they push Monarch:Legacy of Monsters in Drama. That was a great show
Megalopolis could become a cult classic, some really liked it and its and authorial extreame take, so it is the thing a lot of us defend. Adam driver has great movies. Have you see annette or the report?
Shogun season 2 and 3: in real life A LOT happened the 10-20 years after the ending of the book. So if they stick pretty close to history they probably be ok. Spoiler: There was more battles, including a big one.
I hated his Dracula, but it was so freaking weird that I'll give this a go out of curiosity if nothing else. Driver is just picking what he thinks will be fun, dude has SW money and never needs to work for a paycheck again
So I'm expecting "Megalopolis" to be a modern-day version on 1927's "Metropolis". I'm mean, are we seriously just going to forget the similarities in names? 😅 It has the aesthetic of "Babylon" and the story of "Metropolis".
29:46 ok, so Ubisoft is releasing a new Assassins Creed game, based off this exact story! I think that will hurt the video game adaptation, mainly bc Shogun has done it already, and they do it good.
During the Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre and the writers repeatedly denied that Sheldon had autism, OCD, or any other neuro-atypicality. This was likely because Sheldon was never meant to be the focus of the show and any jokes about him could have come across as mean spirited.
Shia Labouef being in the movie has killed any interest in the movie for me. Him being able to work in a movie on this scale after the abhorrent things he did to FKA twigs is insane
You just never know with Hollywood, Babylon was too long and bloated but it's certainly a better movie than Poor Things and Robbie gave a better performance there than Emma Stone in Poor Things but timing is everything.
I’m sooooo happy Adam Driver is not in Fantastic 4!!! He is a very boring actor! Every role he has the same facial expressions and it’s not working. He’s a good actor, but he’s very lackluster
this makes Adam Driver rejecting the Fantastic Four role even more absurd. in the end, we ended up with a better actor for the part. Maybe Adam has an ego and chooses projects based upon that.
Choosing between the lead role in a Francis Ford Coppola movie which might end up being his last and between a lead role in Fantastic Four where Driver would have to reprise that role for the next decade seems like a no brainer. After Star Wars Driver has stayed away from big tentpole movies anyway.
Megalopolis reminds me of George Lucas saying he wanted to make experimental movies just for himself, not for release. The difference is he doesn't have to sell his assets to do it!
Francis Ford Coppola does not owe his family any money - he has already given them plenty enough. Its his money and he can spend it the way he wants.
In Adam Drivers defense, a lot of great actors said yes to Coppola. But sure, Driver seems really unlucky when picking a movie.
Adam Driver and Henry Cavill have the worst agents.
I agree! Adam Driver is so underrated
It's all about what they are offered.
Henry Cavill and Adam Driver are known to be some of the biggest worst Diva attitude people in Hollywood right now.
@@rainey1987 I know about Cavill. From what I have heard about Driver he is pretty chill.
I used to have anxiety and extreme panic attacks during college. When I discovered BBT it always helped calm me down. Whenever I felt a panic attack coming up, I would put it on and it would help me through it. I thought the show went on a bit too long and was not as funny towards the end, but it will always have a special place in my heart.
I tried Young Sheldon but fell off sometime during season 1. It wasn't quite the same.
"it was Megalopolis bad" 😂😂 we have a new bar for bad😮
Having watched the trailer for Megalopolis just now, I actually want to see it😅 looks interesting.
Great way to start the weekend! Watching BTT gets us in a happy mood
Thanks for sharing another entertaining video Grace 😊✨🍿🎥✨
Grace, "diversity in Japan" doesn't mean that there was some large percentage of the population that was non-Japanese. He was "likely" of African origin, although not confirmed. And he was only there for just over 1 year. 1 man.
"In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India. Yasuke was a man, likely of African origin, who served as a servant and retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga in 1581-1582, during the Sengoku period. He was retained by the daimyō as a koshō (小姓, page) for a period of 15 months until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident. The name Yasuke was given to him by Nobunaga. His real name is unknown, and it is also unclear what he was called before that. Few details are known about him, including his date of birth, family structure, place of birth, ethnicity and native language."
You’re right, but I’d also argue that it’s a game and entirely fictional, not a historical retelling.
@@lawrencescales9864 It was about the Shogun series, not about the Assassin's Creed game.
Grace never said that there was a large non-Japanese population at the time. She said including non-Japanese travelers in the show would be interesting as long as it WAS historically accurate. So why are you really so bothered?
I don’t think she meant that either. She meant like in this first season it just wasn’t Japanese. There was a few pirates interested in conquering, partnering, scheming. Because as she mentioned at that time a large part of the world was exploring and starting to establish communications. So I’m not sure she meant like a large population of living there but you can certainly have more than just Japanese people which the first season had already done. And also she didn’t really mention African but did mention black. That one individual was black skinned. Though as you mentioned it is likely he was of African origins
@@10joJoe Your response is nonsensical and rambling. She meant exactly what I commented on.
I have a feeling this movie will be called "Megaflopolis" on the internet .. poor guy
Hey Grace, Shogun is actually the first in a series of books James Clavell wrote called “The Asian Saga” so additional seasons do have content to pull from.
Other books are not about Toranaga/Tokugawa
29:52 Is as long as they don't ace swap everything
14:17 He never look like a typical mainstream Hollywood actor
Adam Driver is pulling a Dan Stevens and just cashing in his Kylo Ren checks (like Steven’s Downton Abbey residuals) and working with people he likes and having fun
Young Sheldon was great show...although not to the extent of young Sheldon, i feel like so many of us went through with family not understanding us and feeling excluded in our own family...i used to love the early seasons...the kid who played Young Sheldon was great and i hope he gets more oppurtunities in Hollywood bcoz he did a fantastic job
Darn! Missed it again! Darn work responsibly!
Shogun doesn’t need more seasons. It’s a complete story from the source material… watch the quality go down now 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Maybe they will do the other books.
It ends before the big battle even took place... it's not a novel of "source material" it's a historical story. It's not like the Toranaga character just magically became Shogun & lived happily ever after with Japan experiencing peace & stability. He had to become Shogun then he had to spend two decades crushing all opposition to his rule (took fifteen years but "Crimson Sky" finally happened when Osaka was sacked & the Heir was killed) there is 10 seasons worth of material of just HIM ALONE without expanding it to the Century of Isolation or the Shogunate finally being list since that Shogun was weak and was actually trying to push through reforms (the Lords correctly perceived that he was a weak man & they toppled him using the tiny bit of power that he needlessly gave them for no reason.)
Me and my friends loved Babylon but the only other people in our theater walked out half way through
I can’t wait for the kind of kindness review.
" I don't like nature" lol. We love you Grace
I wanna see Megalopolis now
Hollywood's greed has always been its downfall, but the important part of the Shogun S2-S3 news is that they will not continue if they can not find a good story to go forward. When I read the book years ago I did want to know more of what happened to the characters, so hopefully if it does move forward. that means they did get a good story for us to enjoy.
So long as Shogan2 stays leal to history, it’s success will
Continue.
I caught PT Anderson's Magnolia on cable this weekend in my hotel room in NYC and it made me miss big swing ART House films that weren't just fluff or paint by numbers plot. I'm hoping this Coppola film is better than what folks are saying because I miss the amazing films that came out in the late 90s and early 21st century that inspired me to go to film school. I love a good popcorn tent pole but man I miss interesting stories that get stuck in your head for days and weeks.
I loved Babylon. One of the best movies of that year. Some movies are not appreciated upon release and then years later they’re regarded as some of the greatest films ever made and over time achieve incredible legacies. Maybe this will be true for Megalopolis or Babylon
Agreed!!
LOVED Young Sheldon so much!!!
Tokyo Vice was a really good companion show to Shogun
Man. Grace really does love her ads…
Grace is the best. Know one better say nothing against my grace !!!!!love her. !!!! Go Grace tell the truth
I hope your hand injury has healed up by now. I thought of that legendary film Metropolis when Megalopolis was being discussed. Crazy he sold that winery. That was legendary.
Hand injury? What happened??
Grace cut her hand slicing avocados a few weeks ago, looked like a bad scar. Hope it healed up fine.
26:10 lol, "don't spoil the show please."
Sorry whoever made that request. Even without Grace not giving any details, she still spoiled the show. But that's to be expected. You don't watch a Grace video unless you're caught up on everything. Even nonspoiler videos are filled with spoilers. It's just what it is.
People that love Babylon will love Mega.
There are two possible routes they could go with, they could continue the story of Ieyasu and show what he did with his fleet working with William Adams (Japans trade etc) and the conflicts he faced at the start of the Shogunate. This is the most likely.
Or they could go backwards. As one of the Three unifiers of Japan, with the three men impacting each other, you could do Hideyoshi next and then Nobunaga, working backwards. It is fascinating how these men, who rarely saw eye to eye, would hand over the future of Japan to the next.
If anyone gets this reference kind of like red dead redemption 2.
The Coppola’s are extremely talented and successful family. Including a classical conductor, several actors, several film, directors, musicians, painters, etc. Believe me they are not hurting for cash.
Hope the daughter is called Penny.
I can’t wait for the kind of kindness reviews by Emma or Emily and her cult master boyfriend Yorgos. 😂 😂 😂
There was a lot of science nerdy stuff in Young Sheldon. He goes off to college as a kid; at one time Meemaw has a nerdy boyfriend (one of Sheldon’s professors); Sheldon has a frenemy who is a match for Sheldon intellectually yet a lot more outgoing and socially capable - though she has family issues. It may be more poignant and thoughtful than the traditional sitcom but it is still funny and very clever.
Tokyo Vice is being slept on, Its really good.
I like Young Sheldon it’s a really good and heartwarming show and it’s finale went full circle
AHH it could be called Sheldon, next generation!!! To call back to Star Trek 😂
Sheldon into Darkness 😂😂
they can easily clone Lady Mariko in Shogun 2.
Megaflopolis
Have a great weekend Grace! greetings from Guatemala.
They have top golf in Pittsburgh
House of Dragon doesn't have specific books to follow. Also,, they've apparently pre-planned four seasons.
HoD is ruining the whole history of Westros in a way that not even Got ruined shit... in a very real sense Got can't even happen now since the actual reason for the Civil War won't happen & thereby Rheager couldn't figure it out which is what prompted him to get with Lyanna in his successful bid to substitute Stark telepathic Warging genetics for Taragayen telepathic Dragon genetics to birth Dany as the first XX Chromosome Dragonhatcher in generations (the whole point of the The Citadel & The Faith supporting Taragayens with Westros genetics over Taragayens with Valyrian genetics... the war of The Blacks & The Greens is better understood as Westrosi & Valyrians, where the Valyrians lost which is what the Citadel & the Faith were working to achieve by getting rid of dragons.)
@@nationalsocialism3504 didn’t understand a lot of that but loved it, just got hbo, should I not watch HOTD? (Still need to finish the last season of GOT 😂)
Personally I think they should shift to an anthology format with SHOGUN, as each entry in the 'Asian Saga' book series takes place in different eras featuring different characters but a shared history.
Forcing Blackthorne & Toranaga back for season 2 would actually create the Game of Thrones problem since their stories end with Shogun.
However if done right, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis & Anna Sawai could all return as different characters a la American Horror Story.
(Or in a 'framing' prologue for season 2.)
This should be their series bible:
Season 1 - SHOGUN
Season 2 - Shogun: GAI JIN
Season 3 - NOBLE HOUSE
Season 4 - Noble House: TAI PAN
Season 5 - The King Rat
Season 6 - Noble House: WHIRLWIND
Watch the original Showgun, it was fantastic.
Gotta say, I hope Feud S2 and Masters of the Air get-in in limited. I love those shows. I don’t know if Mary and George is elligble but that was good as well. And tbh I hope they push Monarch:Legacy of Monsters in Drama. That was a great show
Got ran out of material from S4 onwards. It’s why arcs were forgotten or destroyed from that point onwards.
Megalopolis could become a cult classic, some really liked it and its and authorial extreame take, so it is the thing a lot of us defend.
Adam driver has great movies. Have you see annette or the report?
Shogun season 2 and 3: in real life A LOT happened the 10-20 years after the ending of the book. So if they stick pretty close to history they probably be ok. Spoiler: There was more battles, including a big one.
If the almonds are roasted, they're not raw 😅
Named after Leonard Nimoy his other best friend ;)
They could just adapt the other Clavell novels, but the cast would constantly change
I hated his Dracula, but it was so freaking weird that I'll give this a go out of curiosity if nothing else.
Driver is just picking what he thinks will be fun, dude has SW money and never needs to work for a paycheck again
lol megaflopis his family is rich and I do believe he has a few pennies saved up it will mostly ego that will get bruised.
What if Shôgun wins and then doesn't shoot a season 2 ?
So I'm expecting "Megalopolis" to be a modern-day version on 1927's "Metropolis". I'm mean, are we seriously just going to forget the similarities in names? 😅 It has the aesthetic of "Babylon" and the story of "Metropolis".
Shogun sweep
Bizarre like Brazil?
14:14
29:46 ok, so Ubisoft is releasing a new Assassins Creed game, based off this exact story! I think that will hurt the video game adaptation, mainly bc Shogun has done it already, and they do it good.
29:19 Look into but not right now
Why is megalopolis expensive
Lol Emma /Emily stone new adult film lol
All I’ll say is that I don’t give a shoot about this new movie. But let’s see what happens when it actually comes out.
Grace, looking gorgeous (nice hair).😘❤
Edo not EEDO pronounced Edo (e as in egg)
Sheldon is not autistic, Mary had him tested. Though she consider taking him to a specialist in Houston.
During the Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre and the writers repeatedly denied that Sheldon had autism, OCD, or any other neuro-atypicality. This was likely because Sheldon was never meant to be the focus of the show and any jokes about him could have come across as mean spirited.
Megaflopalous, one to avoid!
Grace, PLEASE review Megalapolis.
The nice thing about historical drama is that it probably makes people Google the actual history to compare.
I enjoyed Babylon
Shia Labouef being in the movie has killed any interest in the movie for me. Him being able to work in a movie on this scale after the abhorrent things he did to FKA twigs is insane
You just never know with Hollywood, Babylon was too long and bloated but it's certainly a better movie than Poor Things and Robbie gave a better performance there than Emma Stone in Poor Things but timing is everything.
I’m sooooo happy Adam Driver is not in Fantastic 4!!! He is a very boring actor! Every role he has the same facial expressions and it’s not working. He’s a good actor, but he’s very lackluster
I am very interested in Megalopolis.
Maybe Coppola should take his chances with the Angel Guild at Angel Studios, though the guild voters are a hard sell lol
each time I hear "Show Gun", I cringe...
What's the correct pronunciation? Could you share?
I would only watch Megalopolis for Adam Driver but that movie looks in someway bad with the VFX, FFC is master director but who knows jaja.
Horror movies are not good but Disney movies are better
Why would he need to be labeled autistic? Cant people just be people?
I find Mayim to be incredibly disgusting ever since she recommended a children's book romanticizing the bombings of Palestine.
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Night country was terrible!!
Horror movies are okay i am not a big fan of horror films
I liked White Noise!
Bad scripts can make good films.
this makes Adam Driver rejecting the Fantastic Four role even more absurd. in the end, we ended up with a better actor for the part. Maybe Adam has an ego and chooses projects based upon that.
Adam driver is a better actor than Pedro
Maybe he just doesnt want to do big franchise movies with Disney after Star Wars.
Choosing between the lead role in a Francis Ford Coppola movie which might end up being his last and between a lead role in Fantastic Four where Driver would have to reprise that role for the next decade seems like a no brainer. After Star Wars Driver has stayed away from big tentpole movies anyway.
Maybe he doesn't want to keep doing franchises forever.