I haven't seen Man in the High Castle, but I'm very familiar with Tagawa's work. Besides movies, he's done a ton of tv, from Baywatch and Magnum PI to Hawaii five-0 and Teen Wolf. Also from Mortal Kombat to The Librarians. Often typecast, he's capable of great subtlety, believeable menace, and artless comedy.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
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Beverly - Jan 06, 2017 4:31:21 pm PST #285 of 2212
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Volans - Jan 07, 2017 2:47:32 pm PST #286 of 2212
move out and draw fire
Jessica is me. I also appreciated Tagawa's performance and kept wanting him to become the protagonist.
-t - Jan 09, 2017 9:01:44 am PST #287 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have also watched the first season of Man in the High Castle but not yet the second. I'm not sure how I feel about it. As an adaptation of PDK, it's one of the better ones, some of the choices they made were really good.
Black Mirror: I watched the whole thing (or the first season? Not sure which is the accurate statement there) and you are right, Volans, they never quite get as innovative as they seem to think they are. There were a couple that were well done, probably the ones aurelia mentioned although I don't remember the titles or, to be honest, the plots. For the most part, it teetered on the edge of getting interesting without actually getting there, for me.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2017 2:36:03 pm PST #288 of 2212
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I already wasn't taking Black Mirror nearly as seriously as it was taking itself, but this Toast column put me over the edge.
Volans - Jan 11, 2017 4:54:59 am PST #289 of 2212
move out and draw fire
Oh that's PERFECT
Jesse - Jan 11, 2017 9:10:23 am PST #290 of 2212
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've never watched Black Mirror, but can never hear or see the title without thinking, "what if phones but too much?"
Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2017 4:56:40 pm PST #291 of 2212
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
As someone who hasn't read the books, were the Beaudelaire parents actually still alive in the books ?
Dana - Jan 18, 2017 5:00:45 pm PST #292 of 2212
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Certainly not that I remember.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2017 5:26:44 pm PST #293 of 2212
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I've read the first book, and definitely not .
-t - Jan 20, 2017 5:02:59 pm PST #294 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This may have been the wrong week to catch up on The Man in the High Castke. Or the best possible week. Hard to say.
In any case, the second season lost me - I think this adaptation has some premises I just can't buy into. And spending so much time with the Nazis is, imho, a mistake. If they want to just give me the Trade Minister's story forever and ever in whatever universe, though, I am in.