Re: Re: A great big steaming pile of fewmets

From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:41:21 +0300 (EEST)


On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:

> > > 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.

My apologies. Wisdom where I tought I saw disrespect.

        -Adept

-And now back to your regularily scheduled Glorantha-

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