Network would be a whole lot less depressing if it all didn't come true.
Right?!
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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javachik - Mar 09, 2010 9:14:21 am PST #7162 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Mar 09, 2010 9:22:58 am PST #7163 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So what is the story of Bad Day at Black Rock?
Spencer Tracy is a war vet with one arm - but he knows karate so don't fuck with him!
The town is corrupt - somebody got lynched? - something like that and he goes to investigate.
But he has karate and chops people left and right. With his one arm.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2010 9:47:54 am PST #7164 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Derek Strange says that a lot. Like when Quinn finds him all moody and grunting, he'll say "Bad day at Black Rock, Terry." and I'm a moron for not understanding it's a reference as my man George does love his old Westerns.
Scrappy - Mar 09, 2010 9:57:42 am PST #7165 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Kurosawa is so fucking awesome.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2010 10:08:09 am PST #7166 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I don't think I've ever watched one all the way through.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2010 10:09:01 am PST #7167 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first one I watched was Rashomon because my improv troupe played a game called that, and I needed to know. It was like a dose of crack.
javachik - Mar 09, 2010 10:24:04 am PST #7168 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Kurosawa is so fucking awesome.
And he found his perfect representative in Mifune.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2010 10:24:07 am PST #7169 of 30000
brillig
Ran is incredible, but the last shot of the poor guy who's dropped his Buddha icon is just too heartbreaking.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2010 10:29:09 am PST #7170 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Spencer Tracy is a war vet with one arm - but he knows karate so don't fuck with him!
True
The town is corrupt - somebody got lynched? - something like that and he goes to investigate.
Actually he innocently comes to town to find the father of a war buddy and give him his son's medal (I think the father is Japanese-American or an immigrant). The townspeople, who essentially killed the dude, think he is there to investigate so they try to run him out of town.
But he has karate and chops people left and right. With his one arm.
True.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2010 10:33:30 am PST #7171 of 30000
brillig
he innocently comes to town to find the father of a war buddy and give him his son's medal
And that's not one of the plots of a Kurosawa/spaghetti western? Heck, maybe it was a play by Euripides, all the greats "borrow" ideas from each other.