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Mar 06, 2004 red cactus link
Bang! Bang bang! BANG!

-rc
Mar 06, 2004 Suicidal Lemming link
There is a difference between off topic and spam.
Mar 06, 2004 red cactus link
HEY LEMMING! Guess what? The Latin word 'herba' means GRASS!

edit: and no, this post contains no drug references.

-rc
Mar 07, 2004 paedric link
No, no, no....

It's Bang Bang, You're Dead.

http://www.bangbangyouredead.com/
Mar 07, 2004 Arolte link
There's a great song in the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack titled "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)."
Mar 07, 2004 Magus link
No no no.

I don't want to know your name.
All I want, BANG BANG BANG.

I don't want to be your friend.
All I want, BANG BANG BANG.

http://starterupsteve.servepics.com/swf/Group_X_video.html
Mar 08, 2004 genka link
I was just thinkig of both those things!
Silly Arolte and Magus... Stealing my throughts...
Mar 08, 2004 toshiro link
yeah... trouble is, kill bill sucked that bad that you can't really post about it without losing your honour :D
Mar 08, 2004 Arolte link
No it didn't. You just have no taste in good movies. Blegh.

=b

Nah, but seriously... to each their own. It just has a dark sense of humor to it that not everyone gets (or cares for).
Mar 09, 2004 toshiro link
i guess it IS a matter of taste. not that i care about the blood being spilt. it's just made up entirely out of clichés. if Tarantino wants to mock the east-asian film industry, fine. but he should use other things than a sledgehammer.
Mar 09, 2004 Arolte link
I don't think the movie was made to mock the east-asian film industry at all. Well maybe some parts, I'm not too sure. Anyway that's not what I had in mind when I saw the film. I don't think many others did either. I loved it for its action sequences, humor, and unique filming techniques. It had some humor, but it's not like it was made to be a comedy exclusively. And yeah sure, Japanese swords are used in the film and some of the settings are in Japan, but there are other parts to the movie that have nothing to do with Japan. If you want to see a director poke fun at the east-asian film industry, you may want to see Kung Pow as an example instead.
Mar 09, 2004 toshiro link
hm.
i disagree. almost entirely.
even the title suggests otherwise (being like most asian movies, you see a sun-like picture, with writing in kanji).
a lot of the setup is reminiscent of chinese and japanese films, including anime (and no, i'm not talking about the animated part).
and i don't have a problem with him portraying the east-asian film industry in a satirical way (which he does).
the problem is that the movie lacks depth.
Mar 09, 2004 red cactus link
Come on guys...you're getting off topic.

-rc
Mar 09, 2004 Pyro link
I guess we should move the thread to "off-topic", then... :P
Mar 09, 2004 Suicidal Lemming link
I say we move it to the archives.
Mar 09, 2004 red cactus link
Whoa. Lemming. You're being very hostile. Go plant a tree.

-rc
Mar 09, 2004 Suicidal Lemming link
Yes I know I'm being hostile, no I can't stop.
Damn communist trees.
Mar 10, 2004 Arolte link
Rawr.
Mar 10, 2004 red cactus link
Edit: aww didn't work

New text: Trees are capitalists, not communists.
Mar 10, 2004 Xorbital link
No, that would be false... seeing as money does not grow on trees, yet the fruits of labor do! Well... at least on my planet fruit doesn't qualify as legal tender.
Come to think of it, I thought rodents like trees. And as an added note: Bang bang.