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Originally Posted by Kurn, son of Mogh
Wow. You hit every point I had.
Mariko softens over time. Playing her inscrutable at the beginning looks right
And yeah, while it doesn't impact the story, I was a bit annoyed by the casting of Blackthorne, who is blond in the book.
In the book, the Japanese women called him "the golden ape."
Excellent so far.
oh yeah! good point about playing mariko inscrutable at first, and then showing different layers to her character later on. it'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
and yeah blackthorne was blonde in the book, and kind of a big part of how his character related to japanese culture. but for me, im ok with changing some things up, especially when it comes to portraying characters differently. cuz really it's a different version of the story, which is ok with me. i like watching different actors bring different things. i think that's part of why shakespeare has so many different productions over the years.
this blackthorne is very still on the outside, but you can see the storm raging inside... a still waters run deep kind of thing.
they also mentioned his blue eyes in the tv show, and i don't think he even has blue eyes! lol!
and another kinda stupid thing(that is totally forgivable imo) is how anytime anyone is speaking portuguese or spanish, they all just speak english and pretend like it's spanish or portuguese lol