Subj : Re: Robot Holocaust (1987
To   : Arelor
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Mar 08 2023 12:51 pm

 Re: Re: Robot Holocaust (1987
 By: Arelor to Moondog on Tue Mar 07 2023 06:18 pm

>   Re: Re: Robot Holocaust (1987
>   By: Moondog to Arelor on Sun Mar 05 2023 07:50 pm
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>  >   Re: Re: Robot Holocaust (1987
>  >   By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 05 2023 07:20 am
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>  >  >   Re: Re: Robot Holocaust (1987)
>  >  >   By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri Mar 03 2023 06:16 am
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>  >  >  > We already have Hollywood, we need a Bad Movie Capitol.
>  >  >
>  >  > I think Bollywood used to take the role of Bad Movie Industrial Produc
>  >  > Centre, but if you ask me, I have the feeling Hollywood is trying very
>  >  > snatch the title from their hands.
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>  > Bollywood has been producing some higher end films as of late.  The last
>  > couple of Korean films i saw had higher production values, except I'm not
>  > sure if it was due to poor overdubbing or if it was poor placement for th
>  > comic relief characters.
>  >
>  > I saw two Russian films that were done well.  One was story about Mikhial
>  > shnikov and the other was called A Tank for Stalin.  Both were historic
>  > dramas, a struggle between the little guy versus the larger powers that b
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> I tend to agree. I happen to like many asian pieces better than current
> American cinema. Korean neo-noirs are quite fine. Their epics are also quite
> fine. Best of all, they lack all the Western political crap Hollywood is try
> to bundle with everything. A number of people I have met online is actively
> rejecting American cultural material in favor of Asian material for that rea
> alone. Go figure.
>
> I have no experience with Russian cinema, but I have watched some mystery an
> detective pieces from Eastern Europe and they were ok (not great).
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The Korean film Snowpiercer had a big budget Hollywood vibe.   Big names such
as Ed Harris and Chris Evans.  Mostly British and US actors, except for two
Korean actors who have parts in the story.  They appear to be more or less in
the story for Korean fan service.

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