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Lost Empire?
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:20:48 GMT
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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 network) this coming Sunday, "The Lost Empire".  I have only
seen part of the commercial, but it appears to be in the same vein as
Merlin, Arabian Knights, The Odyssey, and the 13th Kingdom.  It seems to
have a more fantastical focus than historical (maybe an attempt to
capitalize on the popularity of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).

Might be interesting, inspirational or an utter waste of time... I'll see if
it inspires me...

Set your VCR...
Incidently, Kurasawa's 7 Samurai is on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) on Monday
from 4:30 - 8:00PM.  It's been a long time since I have seen this movie, but
I am looking forward to it.  This movie was made in the 50's I believe, and
has been remade into numerous westerns and TV shows.



                      John



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  Re: Lost Empire?
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Lost Empire?
 
(...) 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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