kenzo wrote:jinpei05 wrote:Ha ha, you guys mentioned OLDBOY without me or Karen there! Nice...
It is one of my favorite COREAN movies (not Japanese, Rydog!), right up there with My Sassy Girl, Beat, and Shiri.
Hey, "Tranformers: Animated" is a good series, don't knock it, fuckers!!!
Oldboy is a Korean film, but that film was based off a Japanese comic. The new Denzel film will be based off the comic and not the Korean film.
kenzo wrote:American distributors are too scared that Americans on average are too lazy to read subtitles.
kenzo wrote:jinpei05 wrote:Ha ha, you guys mentioned OLDBOY without me or Karen there! Nice...
It is one of my favorite COREAN movies (not Japanese, Rydog!), right up there with My Sassy Girl, Beat, and Shiri.
Hey, "Tranformers: Animated" is a good series, don't knock it, fuckers!!!
Oldboy is a Korean film, but that film was based off a Japanese comic. The new Denzel film will be based off the comic and not the Korean film.
kenzo wrote:darfox8 wrote:Apparently Spielberg wants to make an American Oldboy with Will Smith... they seem to be having some trouble getting the rights, because the Korean company that made the original film claim they have all the film rights.
Oops. I'm mixing up my Black actors again... Regardless, I'm kind of tired of American studios making knockoffs of Asian films (or any foreign films for that matter) and then reaping all the credit. Those movies stand on their own, but American distributors are too scared that Americans on average are too lazy to read subtitles.
jinpei05 wrote:kenzo wrote:Oops. I'm mixing up my Black actors again... Regardless, I'm kind of tired of American studios making knockoffs of Asian films (or any foreign films for that matter) and then reaping all the credit. Those movies stand on their own, but American distributors are too scared that Americans on average are too lazy to read subtitles.
I agree completely, friend.
Example #1: "The Departed" wins Best Picture and Martin Scorsese wins Best Director for "The Departed," yet makes little reference or gratitude for the original source material, "Infernal Affairs," from Hong Kong, which, in my opinion, is a thoroughly more enjoyable film.
Example #2: "My Sassy Girl" is one of Korea's most popular films, becoming a truly pan-Asian blockbuster. The American remake starring Elisha Cuthbert is a steaming pile that only lifts the visual gags from the orginal film's most memorable scenes without any understanding of the source material's appeal.
Don't misunderstand: I'm not a pro-Asian fanboy, hating on Hollywood remakes. I'm just not a fan of poorly made films that pay no attention to the source material and hold no understanding for it, thereby changing it to make it "safe" for mainstream America, to a point beyond recognition.
darfox8 wrote:In an ideal world, when these movies are released on DVD they should come in a super pack with the western film, the Korean film, and the whole Manga collection. It'll probably cost like $250 but it's the only way to give real service to the material. Would it of made such a huge difference it Scorsese droped the five words "Thanks to the original filmakers"? Of course he should of done that but it's not like the film would of been so much better if he was a "huge fan" and constantly let everyone know.
Speaking of Asian films does anyone know anything about "Shinjuku Incident". It's suppose to be one of Jackie Chans serious films. But unlike New Police story it's not trying to shove that into a long established franchise.
Excellent_Choice wrote:so im not one of the fitch haters, but i gotta say: come on people, first 30 minutes all talk of fitch?? fitch hitch, win a date blah blah. we get it, the man is socially awkward. its obvious you all love that guy, but didnt your mammas ever tell you its not nice to talk about someone when theyre not there? ive heard only hookers and fat people do that stuff.
either way i still listened to the whole podcast, its all good playas. burn notice was sweet im gonna super glue my roommate into his room and see if it really works, and ive had enough of moon bloodgood, she should be boxed up and sent back to whatever place she came from with that smooth hipster name.....i think it was narnia.
this is a formal request to please limit the fitch banter to 10-15 minutes each cast, and seriously ..... nobody played ghostbusters yet?
that having been said; They were both poisoned, I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder. fyi.
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