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Re: Lost Empire?
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 05:31:18 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.ninja, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes:
> 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...
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> 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).
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,
especially after she died.
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> Might be interesting, inspirational or an utter waste of time... I'll see if
> it inspires me...
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> 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.
That was the basis for The Magnificent Seven, right? I love that movie, so I'll
have to get somebody to tape 7 Samurai for me. Isn't The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly based on a Kurasawa movie? What other westerns have come from Kurasawa?
Thanks for the tip!
-Marc
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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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| 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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