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Now I'll never get 20 posts in a row... Apparently Mamo was Moses? What?
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Sep 26, 2015 05:58
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Hmm, I remember reading this complaint. Fujiko has become oddly helpless.
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Sep 26, 2015 06:18
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Mamo done got refleco-lasered. Badass scene.
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Sep 26, 2015 06:22
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Whoa, Fujiko and Lupin actually kissed. wtf.
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Sep 26, 2015 06:34
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And the moral of the story is: things work out best when the US just blows the poo poo out of things. An amusing flick, for what it was. I feel spoiled since I've recently watched much better Lupin. I have now caught up on the movie thread! I am ready for Porco Rosso!
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Sep 26, 2015 06:41
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I'm being lazy again but here's a trailer for Porco Rosso, it's great you should watch it sometime this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awEC-aLDzjs PR is probably my favourite Ghibli film, though Totoro comes close. The attention to detail is absolutely stunning, water laps and sprays, a loose metal panel on the side of a plane clatters and flaps in the wind. The sequence where Marco recounts his brush with death in the First World War is probably one of the greatest sequences are filmed, animated or otherwise. Miyazaki's films always have a palpable sense of time and place and while the film is really mostly fun and lighthearted, the feeling of regret that the carefree days of playing hero around the Adriatic Sea are ending with the coming storm of fascism and another war pervade the movie. Since it's a Ghibli film is it obviously liscensed and probably streaming somewhere, if you get chance though you should really watch the vibrant BD version.
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Sep 27, 2015 23:05
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Oh, I was just about to ask about this week in the chat thread, but you already posted about it. I'll watch tomorrow. Or wait, I guess this was last week and I forgot for just that long. Oh well, either way, I'll watch Porco Rosso tomorrow.
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Oct 8, 2015 06:55
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Yeah, I was kind of just leaving this thread to fizzle out tbh
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Oct 8, 2015 07:03
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i would say the new season distracted me, but it's probably just working an extra seven hours a week draining my desire to watch stuff during the week i'll miss this thread if it goes, but i've got the weekend off and bought porco rosso when you first announced it, so i'm gonna watch it then
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Oct 9, 2015 05:14
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Maybe change this to once a month? I know even just once a week isn't a lot, but with simulcasts and everything else I feel like a monthly pick would be better
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Oct 9, 2015 05:34
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Maybe 2-3 a month with a theme?
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Oct 9, 2015 05:41
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That sounds cool. I've been pretty bad about actually watching the movies in any sort of timely manner but I like having the thread to direct me to stuff I'm going to watch eventually. Having a few a month to watch and talk about maybe will work better than trying to keep up weekly.
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Oct 9, 2015 05:43
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I don't mind carrying on and doing a couple a month if people are still interested, I was was just trying to avoid this turning into the dreaded one person simulwatch. 
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Oct 9, 2015 05:48
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Looks like you + 4 at least, which is worth it in my book.
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Oct 9, 2015 05:54
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Okay, I'll leave it at Porco Rosso for at least another week and try and remember to sort the OP out properly at some point today.
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Oct 9, 2015 05:58
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1. Porco Rosso owns, and I am looking forward to seeing impressions from anyone who's coming in fresh. 2. It would be nice to have a list of previous movies at the very end of the OP (unless it already exists somewhere, and I'm just blind). There have been a couple where I've been interested, gotten distracted and then had trouble remembering what it was after the next movie cycles in.
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Oct 9, 2015 13:43
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Updated the OP to Porco Rosso and included links to all the previous weeks movie posts.
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Oct 10, 2015 09:59
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Catching up time! Patema Inverted What a weird and interesting setting! What a gorgeous movie! What a boring villain! Man, that guy dragged down my enjoyment of the plot pretty fiercely but I still really liked the movie as a whole. Age & Patema were sweet, although I would have liked to have more time to get to know them, again, too much villain/plot. That world was really fun to watch even though I have questions about the logistics of what the hell was going on! Also, one little highlight for me was Patema interrupting the dramatic music when Age is trying to leave for school. A very cute moment!
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Oct 10, 2015 14:31
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Since it's October I was thinking about doing either a Yoshiaki Kawajiri double bill or both Vampire Hunter D movies starting next week, only problem with the latter is that I think they've both had very recent re-releases so it might be annoying/expensive for people who prefer to watch stuff legitimate like. If I do Kawajiri, one of the movies is going to be Wicked City 
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Oct 12, 2015 06:23
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Either of those options sound pretty cool. I already have the Bloodlust dvd and was kinda wanting to get the rereleased original anyway, and haven't watched Wicked City in forever.
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Oct 12, 2015 06:36
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VHD is $12-18 and Bloodlust is $14-23 right now. DVD might even be fine for Bloodlust, since it was apparently made in such a way that remastering didn't improve a whole lot.
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Oct 12, 2015 13:54
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I'm gonna split the difference and do Wicked City and Bloodlust, I don't think the original VHD holds up as anything other than an interesting relic and I really want to see some people's reactions to Wicked City.
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Oct 12, 2015 14:05
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Sakurazuka posted:I'm gonna split the difference and do Wicked City and Bloodlust, I don't think the original VHD holds up as anything other than an interesting relic and I really want to see some people's reactions to Wicked City. yeah, i was a bit reluctant to shoot down a suggestion but VHD doesn't feel like a must-see. really strong style, but i don't remember any stellar sequences in it. haven't finished Wicked City but lol, that first five minutes or so.
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Oct 12, 2015 14:32
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Half way through and I don't really know what to think about Lupin III: Secret of Mamo. For context, I've only seen Woman called Mine Fujiko but I know it's pretty different from the rest of the Lupin iterations, and I was totally down for some light hearted capers ...then that helicopter slaughtered all of those people in the cafe  It's a weird movie so far, I did really enjoy them using the famous paintings as environment background for an escape scene, that was cool
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Oct 17, 2015 09:28
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Soo.... that was quite an ending. What a really strange movie! On the whole I enjoyed it, not every Lupin is going to be the best Lupin but it was still a fun, weird movie! I liked when they got weird with the art  also, when that guy was a giant brain!
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Oct 17, 2015 10:37
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