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"Shane Graves" <lobsterhut@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<jtjgc.14470$A_4.11433@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> "Hand-of-Omega"
> > Richard Clayton
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> > While many complained that Vol. 1's characters were too thin, I can
> > imagine that those who liked the first one will have trouble sitting
> > through the extensive character backgrounds and build-ups while
> > waiting for the mayhem.
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> They miss that the "flat" characters are given fullness by the completion of
> Vol 2. Since they aren't two movies. They're ONE movie, split down the
> middle.
Then each movie should have been half-price...^~
> Tarintino gave us two characters that we see develop throughout the film,
> instead of developing two characters and then having the action (which, to
> be honest, always makes the third act weak). He just used the methods of
> storyteling in reverse this time. Because this way, the final confrontation
> being what it is, makes the movie that much better, and more fulfilling than
> mindless action (like with the Crazy 88's, though that was a lot of fun).
I agree, tho I can see the opposite argument: If people were turned
off by certain aspects of the first film, then why should they expect
vol. 2 to be any different, *esp* as it's being touted as simply the
other half of a single film...
This reminds me of my friends who complain that, however cool the
eventual payoff in later episodes, there's still no excuse for anime
series to open with a dragging, lackluster style, and just assume that
the audience is going to hang around till it kicks in...(heard this
complaint about Witch Hunter Robin ALOT, btw)
Tarantino did the opposite, as you say...but you also implicitely
admit that having all the action at the beginning may have made the
opening "weak" (narratively speaking)...of course, people who like
that sort of thing, but dislike all the talky bits, will probably feel
the other way around...
FWIW, I, like many others I know, liked both Volumes pretty much
equally well, for different reasons...
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> > Apparently, there have been some scenes (shown in the trailers) that
> > aren't in the movie...even more reason to drool for the DVD
> > release...I've been hearing a lot of rumors that T is making a third
> > (a prequel?
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> No. A sequel. This time The Bride isn't the hero, she's Bill.
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> If you watch Volume 1, you'll know EXACTLY who the next hero is. Hint: the
> next film won't be made for about 15 years.
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When I heard this, I assumed T was joking...having actually *read* his
comments, now I'm not so sure...It makes sense that Sofie would fund
little whatshername...I also assume that's why Elle was left alive, to
be the Blind Master providing her training...imagine growing up
surrounded by maimed people, who were raising you to take revenge on
the one who did that to them...Maybe she'll wind up good friends with
BB (after being deadly enemies first, of course; kinda like Lucita and
Fatima...)^^
> I'd love to see who was so badass it required ALL the
> > Deadly Vipers to take down), but I'm sure that the usual fanwank
> > speculation...and, despite what I was told, there IS a little
> > something after the end credits...^^
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> I love the action that happens on camera after the word "Cut".
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Seeing this a second time, I realize that that's a scene from Vol. 1,
and not 2...horay for foreshadowing!^__^
Dex,
who wonders if Bill knew that Elle had killed Pai Mei...
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