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Friday, April 16, 2004
Jeh Returns
I'm baaack! Well, I wasn't gone for very long...but I needed a little break. Things weren't quite right.
Anyway, today was a pretty interesting day. I had a semi-fun OB chat (I haven't been to one of those for a while, apparently). That was nice. Lots of discussion about nads and naked suits though. Yep.
I also closed a thread in the Music, Movies & TV forum. Actually, I wasn't sure if I should have closed it, but I asked the opinion of several others and they seemed to support the action.
It was basically a "Matrix Bashing Thread", in response to Petey's challenge to Sciros in the Kill Bill 2 thread.
While I can't particularly blame Sciros for making the thread, I do find his attitude incredibly condescending. Although, I'm absolutely certain that when I told him he didn't understand The Matrix even on a basic level, I made his blood boil.
But I believe that one is always responsible for one's own statements. I am more than happy to make that comment to Sciros, without any ego involved. I can make the comment because it's true.
I think that Sciros really personifies the "typical Matrix-bashing person". You know, people who think that The Matrix is far more shallow than it tries to be, that Animatrix was totally useless and that the Wachowskis are no-talent bums who want to bleed the world dry of its hard-earned cash.
I don't mean to pick on Sciros specifically; I'm mostly picking on a mass ideology or something. An uneducated viewpoint, that a lot of people seem to share. It's a shame.
Alex spoke about something similar on his myOtaku recently; why people are unwilling to open their mind a little and try to learn about a work of art. If it's too challenging at first, or if something about it rubs you the wrong way...you automatically hate the entire art no matter what merits may be apparent.
Sciros even said that The Animatrix bears no relevance to the trilogy. For those who have seen Animatrix and the trilogy...I think you know that this comment speaks volumes.
Anyway, I don't want to spend forever talking about that. Frankly, I'd rather let Alex discuss Matrix in-depth with Sciros. I just don't have the energy -- there are just too many people who don't get it. If you don't get it now, you probably never will. Let's just leave it at that, shall we? Good.
On an entirely unrelated note, I rented Kill Bill on DVD today.
IGN's review of the DVD seems, so far at least, to be somewhat off the mark. Or should I say, their criticism of the DVD's actual picture/audio quality seems to be incorrect. I didn't notice any issues with sound or picture, bearing in mind that Kill Bill deliberately avoids using the very latest sound effects techniques in some circumstances (3D karate chop? I don't think so).
Having said that, I haven't yet seen the special features (the whole thing is on one disc). So I can't comment on the entirety of their review.
In regard to the reviewer's overall criticism of the movie...well, like The Matrix, I think you either get it or you don't.
And it's not a cerebral thing, mind you. It's much, much more subjective than that.
If you ever watched an old Jackie Chan film, or if you ever watched an anime, you'll get some idea of the many subtle references in Kill Bill. If you do get that, you'll either appreciate the references or you won't. Neither side is right or wrong in this case, I don't think.
But if you have never been much of a Jackie Chan viewer, or if you've never seen an anime, it will mostly be lost on you. For example, I noticed a lot of very deliberate comedic moments the second time through (like when Go-Go and The Bride are leaping from table to table and the accompanying sound effects with that). It's deliberately comedic...it deliberately pokes fun at itself and I find that to be an endearing trait.
Anyway, enough rambling from me. I'm certain that all of you nutty Kill Bill fans are already watching the DVD...so I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you enjoy Volume 2 when you see it. ^_^
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