About the subtitles, it is extremely important to see it subbed. The way Mariko translate the words between the Japanese and the English guy is really important to the development of the plot and the characters. It would be interesting to have a version of the show more centered on the English guy without any subtitles until he starts learning Japanese and have the experience of not understanding what is happening around him until he starts understanding too

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It would be interesting to have a version of the show more centered on the English guy without any subtitles until he starts learning Japanese and have the experience of not understanding what is happening around him until he starts understanding too

This is how the 1980 miniseries did it! 😆

The viewer is supposed to go through the same progression as Blackthorne, being at the mercy of translation and body language/actions until he learns Japanese. There is some narration and you get subs as he learns the language.

From some quick reading, Blackthorne is not as much the main POV in the new series, but he is in the original.

It's on archive.org if you want to watch it.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Being old and shit I was completely sure that everyone just speak English and the audience had to understand that they actually speak Japanese.

Well, I guess I'm watching that version too.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It's been a few years since I watched it, so I had to look it up to check for sure on the language, and it's funny as so many threads show up on movie forums asking where the heck all the subs are at, and everyone else responds "yooooo, that's the whole point!"

It sounds both series cover the same content, but from fairly different POVs, so you should still get a unique experience from it even though you have major spoilers from having seen the new one. I hope you enjoy it!