The Hoffi Coffi Cast

"We live and we die. We control nothing beyond that."It is 1600 Japan, a period of political instability and a Dutch vessel is shipwrecked on the shores. It's Pilot, English sailor John Blackthorne is taken to the local leader Lord Toranaga, a man with vast ambitions.

Very soon Blackthorne finds himself as a pawn of the Lords plan to seize the ultimate power of all - SHOGUN!

Based on the highly influential bestseller by James Clavell, Shogun follows the odyssey of Blackthorne as he encounters a new land with an unfamiliar culture, scheming lords and religious rivals whilst playing a major role in changing the feudal landscape of Japan forever!

In this episode we discuss the historical context of this period, the real life characters, themes of cultural exchange heroism, religion and feminism and how the showrunners successfully adapt Clavell's novel for the modern age!

Henry Smith (ed), Learning from SHOGUN: Japanese History and Western Fantasy (University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980)

https://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/learning/Learning_from_shogun_txt.pdf

Mike Hale, "Shogun' Review: Rediscovering Japan', The New York Times (Feb 2024)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/arts/television/shogun-review.html

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War never changes...

Crawling out through the fallout, THCC leave Vault 33 and enter the wasteland of post-nuclear America to review the first season of Amazon's TV adaptation of the acclaimed video game franchise!

Get your Pip-Boys and Nuka-Colas ready!

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"From the studio that inexplicably sewed his fucking mouth shut the first time comes five-time Academy Award viewer, Ryan Reynolds in an eHarmony date with destiny. Ladies and gentleman, I give you...me! Deadpool."

This week we bring MAXIMUM EFFORT to the podcast in our review of the 'Merc With a Mouth's' very own movie!.

In a comedic story of a twisted romantic comedy / revenge thriller with hints of Juice Newton and George Michael, we discuss the origins of this film and how it changed R-rated comic book/superhero cinema!

00:00 - Intro

02:20 - Joker: Folie a Deux trailer discussion

09:40 - GOT Snow series cancelled

15:20 - MCU Cinema Con news

23:00 - Deadpool review!

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X Gon' Give It to Ya by DMX

Invincible is back for a second series! In a modern day world of superheroes, fascist aliens and a multiversal mad scientist, teenager Mark Grayson/Invincible struggles to deal with his personal and professional lives as he faces a growing threat to the human race!

00:00 - Intro

09:25 - Dune Messiah adaptation in development

16:30 - The Hedge Knight Dunk and Egg casted

33:30 - Star Wars: Tales of the Empire trailer discussion

41:40 - Invincible Season 2 review!

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"All of human history has lead to this moment. The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since. This is our last stand. And if we lose... it will be a Planet of Apes."

All of evolution and history converge in the third instalment of the Planet of the Apes reboot series, War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).

Two years after Koba's betrayal, the ape civilization led by Caesar are being hunted by the "Alpha-Omega" human militia. When those closest to him are killed, he mounts a brutal revenge mission, leading him to face his greatest challenge yet!

War for the Planet of the Apes concludes Caesar's journey in a grand biblical story of vengeance, survival, redemption and freedom! As the Simian Flu mutants and the last remnants of humanity fall, the Planet of the Apes begins...

00:00 - Intro

07:25 - Sir Christopher Nolan

10:00 - Joker: Folie a Deux musical details revealed

14:35 - The Batman Part 2 delayed

18:20 - War for the Planet of the Apes review!

Audrey D. Thompson, '"Cross"-examining the Biblical Witness in War for the Planet of the Apes', The University of Chicago Divinity School (Oct 2017)

https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/articles/cross-examining-biblical-witness-war-planet-apes

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The Bad Batch returns for one last mission in the final season!

We review the first half of the season and give you our thoughts for what will come next. Plus we talk about some of the latest trailers that dropped last week.

00:00 - Intro

08:20 - House of the Dragon Season 2 trailers

20:40 - The Acolyte trailer

29:20 - Alien: Romulus trailer

38:30 - Doctor Who Series 14 trailer

44:10 - The Penguin trailer

48:20 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer

56:00 - SW: The Bad Batch S3 Eps 1-8 review!

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"Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long."

The Wolverine trilogy concludes with Logan (2017). It is 2029, no mutants have been born in 25 years and an aged and weak Logan is in hiding with Charles Xavier and Caliban on the Mexican border.

When a mysterious girl with the same powers as Wolverine falls onto his doorstep, he must take her on a perilous journey across the United States, where he must make the ultimate sacrifice.

Logan introduces a new approach to the comic book adaptation, blending the superhero and the western and enveloping the broken hero haunted by past sins that must go on a brutal quest for redemption.

00:00 - Intro

02:10 - The Oscars 2024!

30:00 - Logan review!

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"My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked."

The live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is here!

Book One: Water follows the characters Katara and Sokka who go on an adventure with Aang, the Avatar, to help him master the four elements, all whilst being hunted by Prince Zuko who hopes to redeem himself by capturing the last airbender

00:00 - Intro

04:50 - New Fallout trailer discussion

15:50 - Hugh Grant is Tony the Tiger

22:00 - New Superman Suit Logo

29:55 - Avatar: The Last Airbender review!

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LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!

As the Harkonnens tighten their grip on Arrakis, Paul Atreides must become part of the Fremen to unite them and take back the planet. Haunted by future visions of a Holy War that will engulf the universe, he must make a grave decision!

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"Your grandfather called me a ronin, a samurai without a master. He said I was destined to live forever, with no reason to live."

Our Road to Deadpool and Wolverine continues...

2013's The Wolverine follows the man with the adamantium claws as he travels to Japan to meet an old friend.

Haunted by hallucinations of Jean Grey and stripped of his healing powers he must face a powerful new threat, in a struggle with lasting consequences!

00:00 - Intro

12:20 - The Fantastic Four announced

20:00 - GOT: The Hedge Knight release update

29:25 - Deadpool and Wolverine trailer discussion

44:20 - The Wolverine review!

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