That's been on TV here a kabillion times.

Really? They don't put no girly-girly shit like ballet on TV here in Texas. Nope, we get Bass Masters instead.

Really? They don't put no girly-girly shit like ballet on TV here in Texas.

That's because you don't have the CBC, sometimes referred to as the Communist Broadcasting Corporation. Damn arty liberals!

Did someone say Comminists? (off to get 2nd Amendment-protected assault rifle)

Ballet-loving liberals from Winnipeg.

(It was commissioned for the CBC, so I'm sure they'll play it forever!)

I don't know - the remake uses many of the same scenes, and a similar house set, but I wouldn't call it a shot-for-shot remake. Within each scene a lot of things are shot from different angles, with different pacing and such, making the effect quite different. And some of the scenes with the most confusing time jumps are omitted (although I think talk of Shimizu making the storyline linear is overblown; there are still a lot of continuity jumps).

Did someone say Comminists? (off to get 2nd Amendment-protected assault rifle)

Fire up the Attack Mooses, Sue. Mother Ceeb needs defending again.

Even though it was the same director making the movie, Eastern and Western styles of filmmaking are very different.

How different did he go on The Grudge ? He still filmed in Tokyo, right? Where did the Western influence come from? The actors? I don't understand why we would use this argument on The Grudge, when we tend to make a big deal about directors from other countries doing Hollywood movies (like, say, Cuaron doing HP3). I thought the appeal there was the fact that they were bringing their influence with them. In the case of The Grudge, I guess there might have been studio meddling, but I don't necessarily see how the same director remaking his movie would do things differently due to influence, especially when he's filming on his home turf.

Fire up the Attack Mooses, Sue. Mother Ceeb needs defending again.

I think the Canada Geese are in formation to dive bomb.

And I don't think he intended to personally insult anybody by making a generalization on 'mainstream' critics inability to enjoy some thinking movies.

See, to me it's not about whether he personally insulted me or Fone Bone or 5,000 lurking mainstream critics. I thought it was offensive in itself, as a generalized slam, and his apologizing to Jess without taking back the thrust of the statement bothered me. But I'm willing to drop it.

I think the Canada Geese are in formation to dive bomb.

Splendid. They don't say "like shit through a goose" for nothing.