@JoelswagmanJoel I see your Shinsengumi videos are a few years old at this point but I have a question I hope you could answer for me.
— Loverboy5k (@loverboy5k) December 3, 2024
I was in the episode where they see the black American ships.
I am still looking for clips of it, but do you know which episode that is?
I'm not 100%, but I believe it was episode 1. I know it was definitely one of the first few episodes.
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) December 3, 2024
As to the Shinsengumi TV show he's referring to, check out my review here from 2008. I converted that review into a Youtube video in 2020, as part of my "scripted reviews project".
Awesome. Thank you!
— Loverboy5k (@loverboy5k) December 3, 2024
If you ever do a rewatch, you can catch me as a trumpet player on the American ship. I’m behind the trumpet player who looks more like he’s playing jazz than the Star Spangled Banner.
Curiosity got the better of me, and I did a search on Youtube. Is that you at 53:50? https://t.co/54FdUlbuty
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) December 3, 2024
Shinsegumi EP1. See key point at 53:48.
Yes it was! I was in the second row from the front. Guy on the left.
— Loverboy5k (@loverboy5k) December 3, 2024
I appreciate your help! pic.twitter.com/nwV8vEfE2X
Coincidentally, the week before or the week after I was also in the Japanese movie “69.” (Set in 1969!)! I’m in the sunglasses. pic.twitter.com/z268lgGzul
— Loverboy5k (@loverboy5k) December 3, 2024
Ahh... As it happens, that's another movie I've covered in my reviewing project. See my review here: https://t.co/wew7Qc9BUP
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) December 3, 2024
...admittedly it's not a very good review. (I like to think I'd write it a lot differently, if I was writing it now.) But the point is, I am familiar with that movie as well.
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) December 3, 2024
That link, once again, is here. As I mentioned in the above tweet, I'm somewhat embarrassed by this review. It was typical of my reviews from this period where I tended to obsess over the politics of something, instead of reviewing the thing itself. I like to think I've moved beyond that stage now.
I liked it. Simple enough. And I’m glad to have read that and watched your video on Shinsengumi. I honestly had little idea about the projects I was in.
— Loverboy5k (@loverboy5k) December 3, 2024
I knew about the American side of history in Shinsengumi but not much else. And the high school comedy part of 69.
Thanks for reaching out. It's interesting to hear about your experiences.
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) December 3, 2024
