tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post5310483932666265844..comments2023-09-15T13:34:10.017+01:00Comments on Cognitive Blindspot: I Blame Kill BillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-55071453509127597602007-08-10T21:11:00.000+01:002007-08-10T21:11:00.000+01:00Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS!! are still relevant...Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS!! are still relevant. Don't mess with my nostalgia. <BR/><BR/>Loved "Lost in Translation". I can see your point that the movie doesn't show many normal folks, but think about any movie about New York. They are constantly being decorated with out of the ordinary characters. <BR/><BR/>I made a list way back when of the things I wanted to do. One was make a thousand cranes. It is still big in Hawaii to make art out of them. It takes me about 2-3 minutes to make one.Droid116https://www.blogger.com/profile/05434806942584240318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-75757190010572940412007-08-09T14:43:00.000+01:002007-08-09T14:43:00.000+01:00Thundercats fucking rules; I don't care what anyon...Thundercats fucking rules; I don't care what anyone thinks.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And the only anime I've ever really enjoyed was Cowboy Bebop... *shrug*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-39078477678615896122007-08-09T12:48:00.000+01:002007-08-09T12:48:00.000+01:00PS - Nausicaa is pretty good too, and Castle In Th...PS - Nausicaa is pretty good too, and Castle In The Sky. Still not got around to watching Totoro...NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-790092580953805372007-08-09T12:47:00.000+01:002007-08-09T12:47:00.000+01:00Maybe we watched different edits of "Lost In Trans...Maybe we watched different edits of "Lost In Translation"... I don't remember the Japanese characters being particularly cryptic or unusual. We should make a podcast commentary of us arguing over the film's merits maybe.<BR/><BR/>Although I'm only really aware of trends in anime a little, and film perhaps a little more, I think that there is a shift away from simply importing media that conforms to previous impressions of "bizarre" Japanese culture. More could be done to expose us to more "normal" (and equally great) things from Japanese culture/pop-culture, I agree.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they could show re-runs of that show presented by the monkey?NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-43845904205057079392007-08-09T12:16:00.000+01:002007-08-09T12:16:00.000+01:00Tokyo isn't baffling. That's why I said "supposedl...Tokyo isn't baffling. That's why I said "supposedly".<BR/><BR/>Anyway, "Lost in Translation" wasn't 'about' how baffling Tokyo was, that's true, but that was a big part of the film. I don't think there was a single Japanese character in there who was portrayed as a normal person. They all behaved unusually, made cryptic comments, and the overall emphasis was on how weird and incomprehensible everything was. <BR/><BR/>And you can't put the fact that our idea of Japanese culture is skewed down to just how long it takes to translate something. That's a bit ridiculous. It's about what's being translated, not how long it takes. The things that normal Japanese people read, watch and listen to just aren't given any time in the West, because it doesn't really conform to the image of Japan that we're comfortable with. We like to think of Japan as being a bit weird and different - the inscrutable orient - and we like the weird and different things that are produced there, like manga and pokemon and so on. Actually Japanese people are pretty much the same as us and like pretty much the same things, but it would disappoint most people to find that out. <BR/><BR/>Some Studio Ghibli films are good. I like Totoro, and the one about the witch on the broomstick, and Mononoke no Hime is excellent. But the rest are pretty hit-and-miss, and recently they've been getting much worse.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-13926145472976214562007-08-09T10:59:00.000+01:002007-08-09T10:59:00.000+01:00PS - can Mamiko get me a discount on a bulk buy of...PS - can Mamiko get me a discount on a bulk buy of paper cranes? I've a lot of gifts/birthday presents to get for over the coming weeks, and I want to get people something cool...NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-11481201394997264482007-08-09T10:58:00.000+01:002007-08-09T10:58:00.000+01:00I don't think that Tokyo was particularly baffling...I don't think that Tokyo was particularly baffling... And I liked "Lost In Translation" because really it wasn't about how baffling Tokyo is or isn't.<BR/><BR/>I don't think that it's a bad thing that Japanese popular culture is no longer a fringe interest, but I take the point that what people think Japanese popular culture <B>is</B> is probably heavily skewed. With translation time for so many things that's surely inevitable?<BR/><BR/>(for example, there were posters all over Akihibara last August for a new Ghost In The Shell movie, which is only just coming out over here in a few weeks' time)<BR/><BR/>And are you disputing the greatness of Studio Ghibli's output?NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com