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Since lots of folks get their "Japanese history" from movies I figure I'd post some good links when I come across them. After all, can you imagine learning American history from "The Patriot"? (URL) Barker chris@superfami.com (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | Want to learn about Tokugawa?
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Y'all might dig this: (URL) Barker chris@superfami.com (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | Re: was Re: Lost Empire? now Kurosawa westerns
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(...) A Fistfull of Dollars Last Man Standing (...) Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Walter Hill (...) Toshiro Mifune Clint Eastwood Bruce Willis (...) Thanks for the title of the Kurosawa film. You're right about Last Man Standing. It's only redeeming (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) These three are basically the same movie: title Yojimbo A Fistfull of Dollars Last Man Standing dir Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Walter Hill star Toshiro Mifune Clint Eastwood Bruce Willis Yojimbo is an absolute classic, Fistfull is darn good (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | Re: Lost Empire?
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(...) 1954 to be exact ^_^ Sam Peckinpah, director of "The Wild Bunch", once said "I want to be able to make Westerns like Kurosawa makes Westerns." from (URL) can't reccommend Seven Samurai strongly enough. That is probably the most watched DVD I (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I think it's based on a Marian (sp?) Zimmer Bradley book. The only fantasy I've even read is Tolkien, so I don't know else much about it. She's pretty popular, though; when I worked in a bookstore, I got a lot of questions about her, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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By and large, TV in the U.S. doesn't feature much source material for my Asian/Ninja theme creations, but occasionally there are glimmers of hope... While jogging around the wasteland of TV, I saw an advertisement for a movie on NBC (U.S. TV (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | Re: inevitable survey thread >_<
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(...) FNF, for design Shanghai Surprise, good for parts (3 jewels, coins, emperor fig, 2 red ninjas, 6 2x4 tan bricks, which were hard to get) (...) Stone Walls, Samurai Helmets, and Trap Wall with Print (...) I really like the red robber fig with (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | Re: was Re: inevitable survey thread >_< Comment NOW: stickers
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(...) I think it is possible and you, of all of us, has ready source material for inspiration =8^) I would like to be able to "cover up" blemished/old/scratched bricks with a nice pattern... While I have been happy w/ my brick+ plate walls, it would (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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| | was Re: inevitable survey thread >_< Comment NOW: stickers
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(...) This is not a bad idea. I might be able to produce something from original sources and make a full page .EPS file available for download for anyone who wanted to print em. I'll think about adding this to my todo list. Chris Barker (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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