Re: Re: A great big steaming pile of fewmets

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:18:32 -0700

> > Besides all the historical and mythical problems with the movie, it
> > *really* was just another entry into the "Magnificent Seven" subgenre
> > of movies:
>
> Apologies for the lack of Gloranthan content, but let's at least call it
> "Seven Samurai" subgenre. The western is just one of the weak rip-offs
> of the magnificent Kurosawa samurai movie.

No, I stand by what I said. "King Arthur" doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as "Seven Samurai," and neither do any of the "Magnificent Seven" subgenre - Samurai is true cinema, the others are just flicks.

RR
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