How Watching Shōgun Trains Your Brain
My favorite films and series have always been those that demand complete active engagement — ones necessitating full attention, critical thinking and deciphering, and anticipation, followed by reflection and introspection. These include Game of Thrones, Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two (please make with Part Three!), The Matrix films, Inception, Blade Runner 2049, Mad Max: Fury Road, and so forth. As I can recall, Game of Thrones stands as one of the most mentally (and emotionally) demanding series, and it was worth it… until the seventh and eighth seasons showed up.