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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Homeless wrote: »
    one time i saw some anime gore porn that made me kinda sick

    that doesn't happen to me very often

    yeah I've got a pretty strong stomach but for some reason there was this one guro manga that actually made me kind of sick. Not terribly so, but enough so that it was uncomfortable and I had to just kind of chill out. Imagine that! After seeing so many horrible things like basically any horrifying / gross video on the internet ever, I get grossed out by something some dude drew! Weird.
    Prohass wrote: »
    The quality of films the US film industry puts out is better than any other country.

    Also pretty much all Asian films suck in various glaring ways that people ignore and write off as eccentricities.

    Now that's just trolling.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I wish it were, but I earnestly believe this. Its unfortunate as I have so many film and arts friends who are baffled by my position.

    I am of course presenting my view in an exaggerated extremist way, but this is the controversy thread after all. And I feel this argument cant make the thread any worse than the penis-splitting 2 girls and a cup derailment.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Alright well... huh.

    Uh, I guess I'd like to know... hmm...

    Okay okay. Firstly, when did you first begin believing this? Was it something you always believed and it built up over time or was it like a realization? You don't even have to answer this. I just thought it'd be a fun question?

    Secondly, what are some prime examples of works that "glaring ways that people ignore and write off as eccentricities"?

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The various asian horror films that became popular with the american remakes is probably a big example for me.

    I find both versions (The Ring, Grudge etc) pretty awful, but the American ones felt better paced and less clumsy, and more importantly, scary. For instance, the Japanese Ring went on about goblins and goblin kings or something when they got to that island. Whereas the US version had a very unnerving and earnest story of a couple that tried so hard to get a child, but couldnt, they were not meant to have a child, they then went off into the wilderness, and came back with a child. That is scary. A sense of the unknown, something which does not need exposition. The Japanese version, like many asian films, was so full of exposition and silly obscure cultural themes, that I found it mind-numbingly incoherent and dull.

    I used to love asian films, they had this bizzare originality to them, but over time it sort of became apparent that it was hollow. I just got more and more dissapointed when they would inevitably have some incredibly off sequence or a stark change in pacing that would derail and ruin the film.

    I cannot think of many more instances off the top of my head, but mainly I find a lot of Asian films extremely self-indulgent and confused, trying to cram in as much useless crap as they can. Conversely I've found US films, even the pulp, have a tried and true quality to them which relies on effective pacing and a no-bs attitude to story-telling.

    Im not saying I hate all foreign films, its just often the best ones follow westernised formulas, very few subvert those formulas effectively.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't know I mean like. um.

    The french new wave from France gave us Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut and Japan gave us Kurosawa and Russia gave us Andrei Tarkovsky and these people basically made quality film what it is today.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Im talking more about the last 20 years of films, and even those amount to a minority of greats. Though I dont disagree with you.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I think a lot of good foreign film makers get produced here under both big labels and small labels these days too. Fox Searchlight is a good example of this. Just because something was produced by an American production company for release in the states doesn't mean some exec didn't see it at Cannes and offer to bring it over here.


    Forster, Cuaron, Mendez, Inarritu, Fincher, Anderson. etc

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    There hasn't been a good horror film produced in forty years. There, I said it.

    Watch "The Birds" and then watch "Saw IV." Then come back here and try to pull some artistic equivalency bullshit. I will wreck your face.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Alien was pretty good

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh god guys

    speaking of controversy, there's a troll on SA who is basically praising Stalin and Mao as great leaders and not merciless assholes at all

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    There is an argument that Stalin succeeded in marshaling the resources of Russia for the first time in history and modernizing them (after a couple early failures) he created Industry in Russia.

    Mao was more of a wash -- China's success has more to do with Nixon than Mao probably.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    yeah, but Stalin also murdered millions of people for disagreeing with his beliefs! This guy is claiming "Oh, well, it was all neccessary and he is a HERO for defeating Hitler"

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    A whole lot of people in China still love Mao despite the whole cultural revolution thing

    My brother brought me back a mao t-shirt and a mao bag.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    No permanent friends in international relations, just permanent interests.

    We needed him and he needed us--without Russian manpower and Hitler's stupidity millions more may have died. There is no justification for internment of innocent Japanese Americans either, but it doesn't have much to do with our strangling of Japan's oil supply, or D-day, or the Marshall plan.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So its pretty scary whats happening in Russia now. My grandfather's brother lives there and hes apparently distraught by how the majority of the youth have such a warped view of the past. They either dont care or consider the communist years a shining wonderland of patriotic awesome. Basically its that whole 'you vote the tyrants in' dealy.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    There hasn't been a good horror film produced in forty years. There, I said it.

    Watch "The Birds" and then watch "Saw IV." Then come back here and try to pull some artistic equivalency bullshit. I will wreck your face.

    Halloween
    Bam fuck yourself
    And seriously why would you purposely pick a great film and a shitty film as comparisons. That's just dumb.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I think the real character in Russian history that deserves praise is it's harsh deathdealing winter

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Also, Mud

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Man I did a paper on how Mao benefited China. It was tough as hell but I did it.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    arod_77 wrote: »
    I don't know I mean like. um.

    The french new wave from France gave us Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut and Japan gave us Kurosawa and Russia gave us Andrei Tarkovsky and these people basically made quality film what it is today.
    Not that you're wrong, but if for example you look at the total number of influential Russian filmmakers vs the number of influential American filmmakers from the same time period, I think you're going to see it weighed heavily in America's favor. The same is true, in my opinion, of just about any given country at any given period in filmmaking. I might be willing to give French New Wave the advantage, but even that I would consider the exception and not the rule.

    If the position were "any American movie is better than any foreign movie" then sure, that'd be crazy. But I don't think it's inaccurate to say that the volume of quality (both technically and creative) films produced by America has outpaced pretty much every other area of the world. Considering how much money there is in American cinema, it would be pretty strange if that weren't the case.

    Not to mention, many of the most influential foreign filmmakers in turn took their inspiration from Americans. For example, Kurosawa's influence on the West is undeniable, but so is his reliance on American filmmakers like John Ford and the like for direction and inspiration. It was basically his entire desire to bring Western-style filmmaking to Japan, and he obviously succeeded fantastically.

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  • scarlet ave.scarlet ave. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ok, that's all well and good, but let's look at the medium that is defining this century, not the one that defined the previous century.

    American videogames versus Japanese videogames.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Well Japan is leading the pack in mute effeminate heroes with generic backstories. That's for sure.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Holy fuck, adult swim is airing clerks the animated series and I love that.

    !!!!

    :D

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    We made Baldur's Gate.

    They made that game where you jam your fingers up peoples buts.

    Adv. Japan

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    U.S - Fallout 3

    Japan - That game where you find witches by groping underaged girls.

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    There was some blog by a black guy teaching in japan.
    His stories of avoiding students trying to shove their thumbs up his ass were so funny.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I think Japanese game designers tend to stick to trope and convention and onerous storytelling in lieu of modernity sometimes.

    Other times we get Katamari though!

    Also I just hate JRPG's. HATE

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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    Sean Connery is a chav.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Rinder wrote: »
    There was some blog by a black guy teaching in japan.
    His stories of avoiding students trying to shove their thumbs up his ass were so funny.

    I require a link for this blog.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Also, the Japanese think all western video games are filled with old guys in power suits (Gears, Half Life, Halo, even Fallout 3 to some extent)

    not that I'm defending them or anything, they have vending machines for used underwear for chrissake

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  • Rampant EntityRampant Entity Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    No RPG has held my attention for more than a week.

    Except Baldur's Gate II.

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Rinder wrote: »
    There was some blog by a black guy teaching in japan.
    His stories of avoiding students trying to shove their thumbs up his ass were so funny.

    I require a link for this blog.

    There ya go chief.

    http://outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher.html

    http://www.gaijinsmash.net/archives/introduction_-.phtml

    Second link is a good example story.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
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    Japan thinks we're Rob Liefeld

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Final Fantasy blows balloons. I died twice ten minutes in to Final Fantasy 4 on the DS before saving and have to go through the stupid cut scenes again which I can't bothered to do.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    arod_77 wrote: »
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    Japan thinks we're Rob Liefeld

    pretty much, yeah

    and we think they're Cloud Strife clones, or something to that effect

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    Final Fantasy blows balloons. I died twice ten minutes in to Final Fantasy 4 on the DS before saving and have to go through the stupid cut scenes again which I can't bothered to do.

    now now, Final Fantasy, while incredibly overhyped and stale, has brought forth some incredible storylines. Let us not forget FF6 (FF7 can get bent).

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
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  • scarlet ave.scarlet ave. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    My initial reaction is strongly pro-American video games, solely on the strength of Baldur's Gate and Fallout.

    The thing is, it's easy to forget Madden...but it's out there. Oh yes, it's out there.

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    Final Fantasy blows balloons. I died twice ten minutes in to Final Fantasy 4 on the DS before saving and have to go through the stupid cut scenes again which I can't bothered to do.

    now now, Final Fantasy, while incredibly overhyped and stale, has brought forth some incredible storylines. Let us not forget FF6 (FF7 can get bent).

    The second time I was turned to stone and didn't realise that that killed you. My character was still standing up! I didn't even know that he had been turned to stone in the first place!!

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    Western RPG's are better.

    Japan makes some cool arcade and puzzle games.

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