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 Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:53 pm
Raven_Darkholme Rex Mason American version is being made. Wonder how that will go over.
Rumor has it that it'll be college students, and here's why that doesn't work: The Japanese story uses 14 and 15 year olds. You have the crushing of childhood and the horror of what these kids do to each other. That would be absent using older people. More important, college student have know each other maybe a couple of years. These school children in the original story grew up together, they had bonded with each other. That makes any betrayal more powerful. "But... I'm you're friend..." Bang.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:54 pm
Jaeger_Ayers Elijah_Snow Jaeger_Ayers Elijah_Snow I usually go with the Sky vs. Nameless fight myself ... but yeah, that scene was very, very, very impressive indeed. I personally am a fan of two of the fights in Fist of Legend. The one where Jet Li fights for control of the school and refuses to use the techniques and switches to western boxing, and when he and the Japanese uncle fight blindfolded.
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*adds Fist of Legend to long list of movies to see*
I finally got to see Unforgiven last night. Well worth the wait.Gotta love Eastwood, and Freeman is always great.
Figured one of the best Western movies would be done by him. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:58 pm
Raven_Darkholme Jaeger_Ayers Inque Clay Battle Royale's concept scares the living, God-fearing crap out of me.
That said, what little I've actually seen of the second (maybe third?) one I liked. I like the concept on the level of these kids are faced with an utterly hopeless situation and some of them still find it in them to hope and trust.
And the sheer collection of selected weapons was genius; .44 Magnums and sub-machine guns interspersed with boomerangs and dinner forks? Awesome.
Hell, the Lighthouse scene was wonderfully brutal.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:59 pm
Tad Ryerstad Raven_Darkholme Jaeger_Ayers Inque Clay Battle Royale's concept scares the living, God-fearing crap out of me.
That said, what little I've actually seen of the second (maybe third?) one I liked. I like the concept on the level of these kids are faced with an utterly hopeless situation and some of them still find it in them to hope and trust.
And the sheer collection of selected weapons was genius; .44 Magnums and sub-machine guns interspersed with boomerangs and dinner forks? Awesome.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:01 pm
*Sighs*
It's getting late and my brain is hurting.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:01 pm
Jaeger_Ayers *Sighs* It's getting late and my brain is hurting.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:02 pm
Jaeger_Ayers Raven_Darkholme Rex Mason American version is being made. Wonder how that will go over.
Rumor has it that it'll be college students, and here's why that doesn't work: The Japanese story uses 14 and 15 year olds. You have the crushing of childhood and the horror of what these kids do to each other. That would be absent using older people. More important, college student have know each other maybe a couple of years. These school children in the original story grew up together, they had bonded with each other. That makes any betrayal more powerful. "But... I'm you're friend..." Bang.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:04 pm
It'll also star Paul Walker. domokun
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:04 pm
The one complaint I did have about Battle Royale was the "Mystical Warrior" scene. For me, it was the only pointless death in the whole thing. It was almost like Koushun Takami forgot, and then all of a sudden realized he was at the end and had an extra character.
I would have like it a bit better if they had shown her once or twice earlier on her so-called mission.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:06 pm
Yeah, that'll do it for me. I can no long sound intelligent. Night guys.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:08 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:09 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:10 pm
Virgil Hawkins It'll also star Paul Walker. domokun
I mean come on... Amanda Bynes spewing up blood all over Lindsay Lohan while Ashlee Simpson gets a clip to the chest by Hilary Duff?
WIN.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:12 pm
Tad Ryerstad Virgil Hawkins It'll also star Paul Walker. domokun
I mean come on... Amanda Bynes spewing up blood all over Lindsay Lohan while Ashlee Simpson gets a clip to the chest by Hilary Duff?
WIN.I... would DEFINITELY pay to see that.
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:21 pm
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