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|    Message 268 of 1,975    |
|    nizecubes to OtiGoji    |
|    Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly    |
|    11 Sep 03 02:09:19    |
      From: marz@yahoo.com              Bravo and well said!              OtiGoji wrote:              > >rhandley shouted out loud:       > >we're talking about a series of films about a>giant fire-breathing dinosaur       >       > Yes, sir, you have put your thumb on the throbbing pulse of this thread. As I       > am wont to repeat "This isn't the Fine Arts department. We are talking about       a       > baroque Japanese Giant Critter Picture!"       >       > I think we fans might parse too much these preposterous Monster-on-the-loose       > movies.       >       > At the Egyptian shows of GXM and GMK last month, the audience loved both       movies       > laughing and cheering at all the right spots.       > They even loved Godzilla's flying leap at the climax of GXM that caused so       much       > consternation and hand-wringing in these internet forms. Some of the       arguments       > over the years have boggled my mind. I just want to enjoy the movies, as did       > the Egyptian audiences, without trying to prove to anyone which movie is       > "better" than another.       >       > The post about the silliness of the GMK plot element that had a single       reporter       > on a bicycle with a jerry-rigged portable PC/cell phone/TV stu       io-on-two-wheels       > (!) reminded me these movies exist in their own universe. Each Godzilla movie       > has at least one totally and ludicrously absurd premise.       > Please remember we are talking about a series of movies that has included a       > senario where alien cockroaches are trying to take over the world from their       > headquarters in a life-sized Godzilla-shaped building in a children's       amusement       > park.       >       > Please, let's enjoy these movies and leave the high school physics lessons       back       > at school.       >       > Otius "If you are mean enough to steal from the blind, help yourself." Gojius              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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