I just saw this in a review of Without A Paddle, and I was surprised to realise I was surprised:

Dan (Green) is now a doctor with a healthy practice, but he continues to pile on the phobias he's collected since boyhood. Jerry (Lillard), a successful but bored business executive, has a terrific girlfriend who's fed up at his inability to commit. Tom (Shepard) is the black sheep, a grown-up adolescent whose only prospect is his next state-sponsored vacation in the pen.

He's playing a grownup! How cute! Go Seth!

Yes, he was the shogun -- in Japan rather than deposing the emperor they just put him farther and farther away from wielding actual power. So, the shogun actually ruled the country while the emperor lived a pampered existence in Kyoto. Or so I have understood.

That's my understanding too, Sumi. Shogun commanded the armies, did stuff, exercised power, and the emperor became a figurehead with nice clothes. Which really, you need good clothes for.

Yeah. With the proviso that, if the wrong person got to him, the emperor could order the shogun to suicide and he had to obey. I don't know if that ever happened, because I imagine securing the emperor was priority 1....

I took the liberty of editing Frank's post and spoilerfonted what you requested, Jim.

Cheers. Trust me, it's nicer to be surprised.

There were many people between the shogun and the emperor too.

Also -Joker Casting Rumors for Batman Begins.

Go AD! Choose AD!

These are sequel casting rumors.

I think Lachy Hulme would be better for it. His age is closer to Bale's, and if they're sticking more closely to current comics continuity, Mr. J's not much older than the Bat from what I can tell.

Isn't AD approximately the same age as Bale? 30 somethingish?

Isn't AD approximately the same age as Bale? 30 somethingish?

Bale is 30, but looks closer to 25. Denisof is 38, and looks it, not that that's a bad thing. Hulme is in his early 30s (33, I think), and looks late 20s/early 30s. He also looks more like the Joker, to my eyes.