| Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| Movies |
It could be obvious by some movies, that there are plenty of credibility to be placed on different inspirations. For example, the Harry Potter movies are obviously based off of the books. However, I never knew most movies had influences that I would never expect.
Take Star Wars for example. The entire movie, what most people don't realize, was a mixture of ideas from Japanese movies.
Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa had made plenty of quality movies in his time, especially in the 1960's, when Samurai movies took was abundant. His movies were beyond a simple "Samurai" flick, instead he told stories through his work that defined good and evil in a stylish tone. One of the more direct examples of this was his movie The Hidden Fortress. The movie in short is about how a group of (initially four), sets out to save a princess from a fallen high-class family. While there isn't a Luke, or a Han Solo, two unlikely characters become influenced; the ever lovable CP30 and R2-D2.
R2-D2 and CP30 are both based on the two peasants in the movie, being that they both were used for comedic effect, and also the actions that the two commit. If the peasants were to wound up in a "Galaxy far far away", the robots would come pretty close. As would the princess to Princess Leia.
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Other comparisons are
Chinese movie Internal Affairs - The Departed
Il Mare - The Lake House
The classic Ring and Grudge series
For a source that explain these comparions according to movies, a lot more better than I can, this is a very detailed blog which even influenced me to make this blog
Asian's Influence on Hollywood Films |
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| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| First Stop on the Express |
This blog was made, or started in mind of, the one thing that most people experience in their lives, yet never actually pick up the experience. From the amount of chicken and fried rice that we order from the local Chinese Restaurant, the numerous Bruce Lee to Tony Jaa movies, and finally to the Sony Playstations that we all seem to play.
While each of these examples might not have originated in Asia, most of the examples either help "westernize" the part of the culture to Asia, or bring a flavor of Asian tradition and customs to the western world.
The common misconception is that Asian customs are weird, different; and to put it bluntly, abnormal to the way other people around the world operate. I think that this cloud of judgment is unfair because what others consider weird, is what businessmen look at and make money off of. It's unfair because they sell these "weird" things, and milk it so that the Western market eats it all up. This blog, will show where our society had gotten their influence from, and to show that what was "weird" over in the eastern world, is acceptable here when it's "westernized".
Likewise, the Western world had influenced many of the Eastern world as well. From Hip Hop, which used to be unheard of, even to Heavy Metal music; these influences of music had greatly came as a form of trade. I'll be addressing what I personally feel is wrong or not, and I will also try to inform others by using this blog. |
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