2020-08-07, 15:31
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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The title of the preview seems to confirm what I've been thinking since his introduction: the masked man isn't Gil. That group is probably just borrowing his name so they can can commit petty crimes without anybody batting an eye. They're small time.
I'm calling it now: the real Gil and the killer of Hototo's father is Richard. That guy couldn't possibly be more suspicious. Yes, he has no tattoo on his neck, but if he's concealing his identity, then he's obviously concealing his tattoo as well.
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2020-08-14, 14:15
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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So this week's anachronism seems to be car radios.
Looks like this race is taking place in the summer given the clothes everyone is wearing. Daytime temperatures in Death Valley routinely break 100 F (38 C) and approach 120 F (49 C) in July and August. Nighttime temps in the summer don't fall that low either; about 90 F (33 C). I thought the best scene in this episode was Kosame telling Appare that humans weren't machines. I'm not sure he understands the difference. Kindness and empathy are not Appare's strong suits, though I thought he showed more of them than we have seen when Hototo was being pummeled by rocks. Surprised Kosame didn't tell Hototo about his mother, but I bet we'll see that come up later on.
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2020-08-21, 18:31
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
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This episode felt like Akira Kurosawa meets Sergio Leone. Some shots were very reminiscent of their work. Kosame's feats were of course preposterous, but it's not like the series started that now. I enjoyed it for what it's worth.
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2020-08-22, 06:32
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2020-08-22, 18:51
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I totally did not recognize Aoi Yuuki as Hototo. I'd grown used to that dark voice she used as Boogiepop and as the cursed sword in Thunderbolt Fantasy.
Haven't seen someone split a bullet with a katana since Jin-san did it in episode ten of Black Lagoon Second Barrage. Somehow I found him doing it more plausible than Kosame. Jin cuts a gun barrel in that scene, too. Going to track down that Mythbusters episode now. Sounds like fun. So they are only in Denver, and it's episode eight. Somehow I doubt they'll make it to New York in just four more episodes. Quote:
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2020-08-22, 19:23
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Machine gun vs katana; bullet splits. A number of commentators pooh-pooh this result saying that bullets are pretty soft.
Machine gun barrel vs katana; only by using a machine that's more powerful than a human swordsman and a sword made from modern alloys Jin and Kosame slice a six-gun. Maybe that's more plausible?
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2020-08-22, 19:38
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The whole sequence when Kosame came into his own and took on the bad guys was very well staged and definitely a Leone call-out while verging on the Morricone in the soundtrack.
As for the reality, well who cares? We've probably seen Goemon in the Lupin IIIrd franchise do similar feats. It's cool, and that's what matters! |
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2020-08-28, 19:41
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That hair - we were so close to losing it.
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2020-08-29, 16:53
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 (other than the no nudity rule, it felt just like your average Japanese onsen)
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2020-08-30, 18:39
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
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So this week we have P.A. Works in-joke, a donut store named Don Don Donuts (hello, Shirobako).
The "northern route" is not longer; it's actually the most direct route. Today's I-80 begins in New York City and heads west to Chicago then on through Nebraska to Colorado and eventually San Francisco. (I've driven I-80 through Nebraska a couple of times. It's incredibly endless and boring.) The southern route would have followed what today is I-70 across Kansas to Kansas City. It would definitely take longer to go that way to get from Denver to Chicago than to travel through Nebraska. Even the map they showed made that clear. (There was once a World Series that pitted the St. Louis Cardinals against the Kansas City Royals; it was unsurprisingly nicknamed the I-70 series.)
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