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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:40:36 AM EDT
[#1]
one vote for over analyzation here. i think they (the ultra-hip of nippon) just pick out english words that sound cool to them (as well as being EZ to pronounce).
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:40:42 AM EDT
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Coincidence. The black male who drove his g/f's Caprice into the building at the end of our street last Sunday was wearing some team jersey with huge 88's on it, too. Pure coincidence. I don't think either a gang of Japanese bodyguards nor Buckwheat have any connections to white supremacists.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:43:53 AM EDT
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Yeah, but the Japanese fought with the Nazi's in WWII...Coincidence? I think not!
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:51:02 AM EDT
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I dont think QT was making a Nazi reference. BTW, the Crazy 88s were bad guys.
Also, an old slang word for a crazy person is "8 ball". hence this emoticon 
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:52:48 AM EDT
[#5]
I think it has reference to a gang in an old kung fu movie. Don't know which one though.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:53:32 AM EDT
[#6]
What about UPS sponsoring Dale Jarrett on the NASCAR circuit........... Brown shirts a coincidence? Hmmmmm
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:56:14 AM EDT
[#7]
I may be wrong, but I think that 88 is a simple code. H is the eighth letter if the alphabet, so 88 = HH or "Heil Hitler"
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Posted: 5/6/2004 9:56:37 AM EDT
[#8]
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 10:06:25 AM EDT
[#9]
Watch Kill Bill, Volume 1 again. They were called the Crazy 88's because there were 88 of them.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 10:08:16 AM EDT
[#10]
But there wasn't 88 of them, watch Kill Bill 2 again. :b
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Posted: 5/6/2004 10:15:33 AM EDT
[#11]
Maybe there were 44 of them and they were squared? 
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Posted: 5/6/2004 10:53:35 AM EDT
[#12]
I know some guys in "81."
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Posted: 5/6/2004 11:04:15 AM EDT
[#13]
No...then there'd be 1,936 of them. If there were approx. 9.39 of them, then you could square it. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 11:11:55 AM EDT
[#14]
The 88 thing is pretty widespread. Ironically, lots of "gangsta" clothing lines use 88 as a sort of default number on their jersey type lines. Probably coincidence, though, since I somehow doubt most rappers have a tuned appreciation for subtle irony.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 12:14:14 PM EDT
[#15]
Fixed for ya  Hoppy 8420
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Posted: 5/6/2004 12:15:56 PM EDT
[#16]
Thanks, and to think I was a math whiz in college...
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Posted: 5/6/2004 12:38:54 PM EDT
[#17]
maybe qt is a racist or likes to poke fun. he frequently puts the n-word and other racially insensitive comments in his movies. i also remember the number 88 being purposely put in "reservoir dogs" somewhere, i forget what part of the movie but i distinctly remember it since i have recently seen it and the kill bill's. with a director like qt, almost everything means something, if it's there it's there for a reason.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 12:43:23 PM EDT
[#18]
These movies both really, really sucked.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 1:23:49 PM EDT
[#19]
WHA?!?!?!? Blasphemy! someone pull the plug on his account right now!
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Posted: 5/6/2004 1:24:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2004 1:52:39 PM EDT
[#21]
You mean you all can't see the OBVIOUS connection between Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction?
Helllloooooooo! Buncha geeks
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Posted: 5/6/2004 1:56:18 PM EDT
[#22]
QT is a low rent hack whose only skill is plagurizing old 70s flicks. Uma Thruman bores the shit out of me. The ONLY redeeming part of KBI was the chick in the school girl outfit and they killed her. The movie could have been condensed down to the 10 minutes she was on screen. She was the ONLY person in the entire film with a actual weapon skill (can you at least teach Uma how to hold a sword correctly?) If they made a film about the renegade school uniform chick it would have potential. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 1:59:27 PM EDT
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O-Ren Ishi was half Chinese. The Chinese regard "8" as a lucky or fortuitous number, as I recall because it sounds similar to "riches" or "prosperity".
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:07:27 PM EDT
[#24]
I'd so hit O-Ren Ishi.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:10:21 PM EDT
[#25]
I loved both Kill Bill and Kill Bill II.
Very interesting about the "88" thing. I am going to have to research it. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:10:57 PM EDT
[#26]
I used to think you were an OK guy. Maybe you should check out Rules of Attraction or Mean Girls this weekend.
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:13:24 PM EDT
[#27]
Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all night. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:19:06 PM EDT
[#28]
Nah I prefer good movies. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:25:34 PM EDT
[#29]
I like how 2 barrels full of rock salt will knock someone 20feet, although it was an anorexic person that got shot so I guess that affects it.
all that blood in the 1st one and almost none in the 2nd not a bad couple of movies, but not the huge thing they've been hyped to be |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:25:50 PM EDT
[#30]
In Vol.2 Bill tells Bud that there are not actually 88 of them, but that they thought it sounded cool.
I thought both films were spectacular. The best revenge movie I have ever seen, and far superior to the similiarly themed, The Punisher. The story was great, the directing and writing were brilliant, and the acting-especially Uma, was superb. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:34:04 PM EDT
[#31]
The Bride flying through the air after being shot was a use of artistic exaggeration just as the fountains of blood were in the first film. It was used to add empahsis to the surprise of her being unexpectedly shot as she charged through the door. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 2:59:44 PM EDT
[#32]
Forget it dude. When it comes to QT films, you either get it or you don't. If you have to explain the movies, you're fighting a losing battle. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 3:03:39 PM EDT
[#33]
Yeah, you're probably right. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 3:17:06 PM EDT
[#34]
Negative. Fountains of blood are a staple of the Chanbara flicks Tarantino hijacked for his "artisitic content." Lucy Lui's character is right out of "Lady Snow Blood." These films are a hack job of every 60s Samurai flick and Shaw Bros. movie ever made, and a poor hack job at that. Most westerners have not seen "Shogun Assassin" so they think this retard is some kind of genius. Same thing happened when Woody Allen cobbled together his travesty of an asian homage called "What's Up Tiger Lily?" QT has made some good films, but he's not nearly as scary talented as he thinks. He does a LOT of lame ass dorky shit trying to be one of those oh so clever directors (Are you as smart as I am? Do you comprehend my impossibly vague referrences?) that I fucking hate. Just make a movie and quit trying to test me. If I wanted to take a test administered by someone who couldn't produce it without a teachers edition I'd go back to High School. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 3:23:58 PM EDT
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she's a professional killer yet there's surpise at getting shot like that? I knew it was coming as soon as the scene started. he knew she was after him, of course he'd be ready. her coming through the front door was the worst tatical move I can think of for that situation
I saw some interviews where QT basically said he was copying kung fu movies |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 3:47:33 PM EDT
[#36]
Haha! On another UPS related note, I was watching History Channel a few weeks ago about Hitler. They started talking about his "brown shirts", and a popup ad at the bottom of the screen comes up for "UPS...What can BROWN do for you?" |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 4:12:22 PM EDT
[#37]
I don't know....but could it just maybe, possibly be that they're called the Crazy 88s because it just rolls off the tounge? It sounds good? Maybe? Possibly?
Watch the special features on the vol 1 DVD, he doesn't make any bones about ripping off so many different facets of cinema. Of course, it begs the question.....is he ripping off Sonny Chiba films when it actually IS Sonny Chiba? Gotta admit, I liked his story about how he found the 5-6-7-8s music....shows just how funny and yet egotisical he really is. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 5:28:40 PM EDT
[#38]
The thing is about Quentin, he NEVER leaves anything to chance. For example read the Metaphilm on KB or even Pulp Fiction. Every minor detail seems to be intentional. That's why I tend to overanalize his films. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 5:33:36 PM EDT
[#39]
Of course the spraying blood is a staple of Chanbara and other samurai films as well as modern Japanese anime. QT readily admits that KB 1 and 2 are his paying homage, through imitation, to all of the films he loves. Watch closely and you will see refernces to spaghetti westerns, anime, 70's cop shows, and blaxploitation as well. I have seen Vol. 1 four or five times and I am still noticing new things every time I watch it. Notice how he only uses the spewing blood in certain instances and at other times uses very realistic wounding effects. This is not an accident. Just as I said earlier, it is used with artistic license, for a specific purpose. What I appreciate most about QT's filmaking is his range. While his movies are known for their flashy characters, eloquently profane dialogue, and swaggering coolness, he can turn right around and hit you with something totally opposite. For instance, the first scene, used in both KB Vol. 1 and 2 is filmaking at its stripped down, most basic core. It is just one gritty, continous, black and white close-up of Uma's face. Nothing fancy at all, but it is the most powerful 2 minutes of film I have seen in years. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 5:42:02 PM EDT
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Also another cool thing about KB1 and 2
KB1 is supposed to be a mix between various shogun/samurai movies, while KB2 is a western. Note that when Uma is about to attack bud with her sword, she was shot with a shotgun, basically saying that those samurai weapons are worthless in this movie. Also note that throughout KB2 Samurai swords are used very little, and Uma herself can be spotted sporting a 1911. |
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Posted: 5/6/2004 11:09:23 PM EDT
[#41]
QT reminds me of these dickhead artists who hang a blank canvas at a showing and dumbasses talk about how powerful the statement is and how moving the piece is. |
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