What is your opinion 'bout samurais
What is your opinion 'bout samurais
What do you think about samurais? Express your opinion no matter what....
- Luis Antonio
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Samurais are like ninjas. They flip out ALL the time and they kill people ALL the time, but they dont wail guitars, they prefer drums
Hahahaha...
Not really, as Fable said, they're good with cheese.
Ops, not yet.
Now, I dont really know enough about Samurais to talk about them... But I'm interested, since I think they are neat.
Hahahaha...
Not really, as Fable said, they're good with cheese.
Ops, not yet.
Now, I dont really know enough about Samurais to talk about them... But I'm interested, since I think they are neat.
Flesh to stone ain't permanent, it seems.
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[QUOTE=Alltgear]Why is that fable? Do you hate samurais?[/QUOTE]
Now why should I do that? I think tandoor chicken is a very fine dish. Does that mean I hate chickens, and wish to their race eradicated from the face of this good green Earth? You asked for my opinion of samurais, no matter what that might be. It seems you really didn't mean that; you only wanted to hear opinions of samurai that agree with yours.
Next, you'll be telling us that economic conditions in 14th century Granada weren't bad, that Trinitarian religious beliefs weren't relatively late, and that Weasel isn't evil. It's a long, slippery slope downwards when you start requesting opinions only to argue them, and it can never end well.
Now why should I do that? I think tandoor chicken is a very fine dish. Does that mean I hate chickens, and wish to their race eradicated from the face of this good green Earth? You asked for my opinion of samurais, no matter what that might be. It seems you really didn't mean that; you only wanted to hear opinions of samurai that agree with yours.
Next, you'll be telling us that economic conditions in 14th century Granada weren't bad, that Trinitarian religious beliefs weren't relatively late, and that Weasel isn't evil. It's a long, slippery slope downwards when you start requesting opinions only to argue them, and it can never end well.
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.
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[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]I guess Fable thinks your question is a bit too wide open.[/quote]
Shucks, Luis. You remove all my fun this way!
I honestly don't know what he wants. Does he mean he wants us to discuss the samurai code at some point in history? After all, it has changed quite a bit. Does he man he wants us to discuss the way samurai were treated before or after the Meiji Restoration by the government? Social aspects of clan life in Japan? The way samurai are depicted in the films of Kurosawa, or perhaps the more realistic, cynical view of Mizoguchi? Tactics in wartime?
If you're confused by this, think how I feel.
Shucks, Luis. You remove all my fun this way!
I honestly don't know what he wants. Does he mean he wants us to discuss the samurai code at some point in history? After all, it has changed quite a bit. Does he man he wants us to discuss the way samurai were treated before or after the Meiji Restoration by the government? Social aspects of clan life in Japan? The way samurai are depicted in the films of Kurosawa, or perhaps the more realistic, cynical view of Mizoguchi? Tactics in wartime?
If you're confused by this, think how I feel.
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.
Bit like knights in the West. Nice honour code, but hey, general oppressing of the non-noble populace, fighting amongst yourselves and threatening the stability of the realm is so much more fun.
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I'll walk carefully.
- Russian proverb
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Shuckins. I'm just a boring old pagan kinda guy who finds many facts interesting. And you're an economist, aren't you? Think of all you know that I can't even touch! Why, I still have trouble figuring out a 15% tip in a restaurant. 
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[QUOTE=Cuchulain82]
I hear that. That's just another reason to tip 20%- just multiply by 2 and move the decimal point over one spot to the left...[/QUOTE]
Yes! I know that one.
Somehow, my 15% often turns out as 1.5% or 150%. I have applied myself diligently to this, but I still can't always get it right, and my wife has to smother a laugh when I don't. It's all very disturbing.
Yes! I know that one.
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A handy waiter has always a calculator nearby to help the client
I'm working on a consultant company for restaurants and pubs
And no, you're not and old blah blah blah, you're a Babylonian God. May your sandals roam the earth many times!
@Cuchu: Yes, yes, that's easier
And no, you're not and old blah blah blah, you're a Babylonian God. May your sandals roam the earth many times!
@Cuchu: Yes, yes, that's easier
Flesh to stone ain't permanent, it seems.
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Thank you, Luis. You're always extremely kind.
By the way, Mizoguchi's Ugetsu has been released in an excellent version on DVD. It's set during the period of warring factions, and shows the samurai as warlike leeches (not literally, mind you!) who take what they want as they do their lords' bidding--much the same as armies, everywhere, for the longest time. Really focuses on two men and their two wives, poor potters; and how the men's dreams give them what they want, only to find it is not worth the price. Visually one of the most stunning films I've ever seen, and a work of great and moving humanity. Check out Criterion Films, if you're interested.
By the way, Mizoguchi's Ugetsu has been released in an excellent version on DVD. It's set during the period of warring factions, and shows the samurai as warlike leeches (not literally, mind you!) who take what they want as they do their lords' bidding--much the same as armies, everywhere, for the longest time. Really focuses on two men and their two wives, poor potters; and how the men's dreams give them what they want, only to find it is not worth the price. Visually one of the most stunning films I've ever seen, and a work of great and moving humanity. Check out Criterion Films, if you're interested.
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Any other (samoerai)films you can recommend by Mizoguchi?
Any other (samoerai)films you can recommend by Mizoguchi?
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
- Oscar Wilde
The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I'll walk carefully.
- Russian proverb
- Oscar Wilde
The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I'll walk carefully.
- Russian proverb
I do enjoy samurai and ninjas, yet now nothing about them, any one can offer some extra hints or sites fo good reading?
and i do believe, yes, yes, we have another spamming landmark, If im not mistaken, and all evidence points to the fact that Im not, on the first page of this thread may have been Fables first double post!
and i do believe, yes, yes, we have another spamming landmark, If im not mistaken, and all evidence points to the fact that Im not, on the first page of this thread may have been Fables first double post!
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[QUOTE=Phreddie]I do enjoy samurai and ninjas, yet now nothing about them, any one can offer some extra hints or sites fo good reading?
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[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]
And no, you're not and old blah blah blah, you're a Babylonian God. May your sandals roam the earth many times!
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I think I would prefer if Fable was roaming together with his sandals, and not just the sandals alone
And no, you're not and old blah blah blah, you're a Babylonian God. May your sandals roam the earth many times!
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I think I would prefer if Fable was roaming together with his sandals, and not just the sandals alone
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]ONLY RETARDED PEOPLE WRITE WITH CAPS ON. Good thing I press shift
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[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Bah! Bunch of lamers! Ye need the lesson of the true powergamer: Play mages, name them Koffi Annan, and only use non-intervention spells! Buwahahahahah![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]Bah! Bunch of lamers! Ye need the lesson of the true powergamer: Play mages, name them Koffi Annan, and only use non-intervention spells! Buwahahahahah![/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Lestat][url="http://www.receptjes.be/EN/recipe_samurai_sauce.html"]For Fable[/url][/quote]
I couldn't eat that! I'd think I was consuming some horrific reduction of Toshiro Mifune.
Any other (samoerai)films you can recommend by Mizoguchi?
Sansho the Bailiff involves samurais and the samurai code, but its peripheral to the concerns of one family. The 47 Ronin is of course a very celebrated tale, but in its traditional way more like watching a chess match than the kind of action flick people expect. The first may only be on VHS. Both are in pretty poor prints. Ugetsu is only the first Mizoguchi to make it to DVD in an excellent print--lets hope there's more.
Inagaki's trilogy about Musashi has been transferred to DVD rather well, though I've only seen part 1, and didn't care for writing. There's also a collection of four samurai films from the 1960s recently offered as a box set: Kobayashi's Samurai Rebellion (nicely filmed, but trite), Gosha's Sword of the Beast (not seen), Shinoda's Samurai Spy (not seen), and Okamoto's Kill! (inferior attempt to do what Kurosawa did with Yojimbo).
Yojimbo is certainly worth seeing, as are Sanjuro and The Seven Samurai, all by Kurosawa. They aren't really about samurai, but they're still great fun, and by one of the finest directors of any nation.
Hope that helps.
I couldn't eat that! I'd think I was consuming some horrific reduction of Toshiro Mifune.
Any other (samoerai)films you can recommend by Mizoguchi?
Sansho the Bailiff involves samurais and the samurai code, but its peripheral to the concerns of one family. The 47 Ronin is of course a very celebrated tale, but in its traditional way more like watching a chess match than the kind of action flick people expect. The first may only be on VHS. Both are in pretty poor prints. Ugetsu is only the first Mizoguchi to make it to DVD in an excellent print--lets hope there's more.
Inagaki's trilogy about Musashi has been transferred to DVD rather well, though I've only seen part 1, and didn't care for writing. There's also a collection of four samurai films from the 1960s recently offered as a box set: Kobayashi's Samurai Rebellion (nicely filmed, but trite), Gosha's Sword of the Beast (not seen), Shinoda's Samurai Spy (not seen), and Okamoto's Kill! (inferior attempt to do what Kurosawa did with Yojimbo).
Yojimbo is certainly worth seeing, as are Sanjuro and The Seven Samurai, all by Kurosawa. They aren't really about samurai, but they're still great fun, and by one of the finest directors of any nation.
Hope that helps.
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