Comments on: “Whose fault will it be if she becomes some druggie prostitute?”: The New York Asian Film Festival 2008 Part 3 & As American As Hot Dogs And Instant Curry https://fort90.com/whose-fault-will-it-be-if-she-becomes-some-druggie-prostitute-the-new-york-asian-film-festival-2008-part-3-as-american-as-hot-dogs-and-instant-curry-no-iphone-for-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whose-fault-will-it-be-if-she-becomes-some-druggie-prostitute-the-new-york-asian-film-festival-2008-part-3-as-american-as-hot-dogs-and-instant-curry-no-iphone-for-me The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Isfet https://fort90.com/whose-fault-will-it-be-if-she-becomes-some-druggie-prostitute-the-new-york-asian-film-festival-2008-part-3-as-american-as-hot-dogs-and-instant-curry-no-iphone-for-me/#comment-152241 Isfet Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:26:45 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=595#comment-152241 man, i dunno; i sort of enjoyed the whole "shoot yourself in the head to summon a Persona" aspect of the game. it just seemed to fit SMT's whole aesthetic of being weird but making it seem normal. man, i dunno; i sort of enjoyed the whole “shoot yourself in the head to summon a Persona” aspect of the game. it just seemed to fit SMT’s whole aesthetic of being weird but making it seem normal.

]]> By: Matt https://fort90.com/whose-fault-will-it-be-if-she-becomes-some-druggie-prostitute-the-new-york-asian-film-festival-2008-part-3-as-american-as-hot-dogs-and-instant-curry-no-iphone-for-me/#comment-151450 Matt Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:12:06 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=595#comment-151450 Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Fistful of Dollars connection to Yojimbo. I guess maybe because I've only seen that movie a small handful of times, whereas I've seen The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, no joke, almost 500 times. Anyway, I personally don't mind meta-meta-bullshit so long as the end product is actually good and can stand on its own. For example, I was able to enjoy Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs despite having no previous knowledge of Stanley Kubrick's The Killing at the time of its debut (before I knew all that much about film history). Okay, maybe that's a bad example... And nowadays people are becoming more obvious/less clever with their homages. Though I guess my biggest beef with circle jerk filmmaking is the fans. It's not so much they enjoy whatever version of whatever, it's how they are somehow "smart" enough to know all the references and such related bullshit. Hate to say it, but, once again, see: Family Guy fans. Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Fistful of Dollars connection to Yojimbo. I guess maybe because I’ve only seen that movie a small handful of times, whereas I’ve seen The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, no joke, almost 500 times.

Anyway, I personally don’t mind meta-meta-bullshit so long as the end product is actually good and can stand on its own. For example, I was able to enjoy Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs despite having no previous knowledge of Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing at the time of its debut (before I knew all that much about film history).

Okay, maybe that’s a bad example… And nowadays people are becoming more obvious/less clever with their homages. Though I guess my biggest beef with circle jerk filmmaking is the fans. It’s not so much they enjoy whatever version of whatever, it’s how they are somehow “smart” enough to know all the references and such related bullshit. Hate to say it, but, once again, see: Family Guy fans.

]]> By: Thom https://fort90.com/whose-fault-will-it-be-if-she-becomes-some-druggie-prostitute-the-new-york-asian-film-festival-2008-part-3-as-american-as-hot-dogs-and-instant-curry-no-iphone-for-me/#comment-151379 Thom Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:14:06 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=595#comment-151379 Seven Samurai : The Magnificent Seven :: Yojimbo : A Fistful of Dollars So rather than being a reference to Seven Samurai, it sounds like Sukiyaki Western Django is a Japanese remake of A Fistful of Dollars, which was an American remake of the Japanese film Yojimbo. Which sounds like the semi-retarded meta-meta-meta stuff that a lot of directors, especially Tarantino, are into right now. Seven Samurai : The Magnificent Seven :: Yojimbo : A Fistful of Dollars

So rather than being a reference to Seven Samurai, it sounds like Sukiyaki Western Django is a Japanese remake of A Fistful of Dollars, which was an American remake of the Japanese film Yojimbo. Which sounds like the semi-retarded meta-meta-meta stuff that a lot of directors, especially Tarantino, are into right now.

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