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Baraka_Guru · 11-19-2009, 01:17 PM

It's obvious that movies have trends. Lately, it's been zombies and vampires, with a few werewolves tossed in. Frankly, it's all good. But is it overdone? Are we headed for tilt? Maybe, maybe not.

The same thing happened in the '80s with movies about ninjas. They were awesome, no matter how cheesy they were. As a kid I loved the concept of ninjas: deadly martial artists who could appear and disappear, leaving corpses and the occasional shuriken as the only evidence that they were ever there.

I've been hiding it well enough here on TFP, but I'm into ninjas just about as much as Crompsie....er..Plan9...is into his monstrous triad.

Coming out of the '80s and into the '90s to today, the idea of ninjas in movies were mainly for comedic effect. Maybe it was warranted during our hangover from those movies. But are we over it?

I am.

Enter Ninja Assassin! It's funny, just a few months ago, I was lamenting the lack of big-budget ninja action. The martial art of choice in film these days has been kung-fu. And here seemingly out of nowhere---like the ninja---my despair gets assassinated by this Joel Silver/Wachowski-brother joint.

I don't care if it sucks and gets panned by the critics. I'm totally hitting this on the big screen.

Feast your eyes, ninja fans!

11-19-2009, 01:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES, VAMPIRES...! ...ninjas...? It's obvious that movies have trends. Lately, it's been zombies and vampires, with a few werewolves tossed in. Frankly, it's all good. But is it overdone? Are we headed for tilt? Maybe, maybe not. The same thing happened in the '80s with movies about ninjas. They were awesome, no matter how cheesy they were. As a kid I loved the concept of ninjas: deadly martial artists who could appear and disappear, leaving corpses and the occasional shuriken as the only evidence that they were ever there. I've been hiding it well enough here on TFP, but I'm into ninjas just about as much as Crompsie....er..Plan9...is into his monstrous triad. Coming out of the '80s and into the '90s to today, the idea of ninjas in movies were mainly for comedic effect. Maybe it was warranted during our hangover from those movies. But are we over it? I am. Enter Ninja Assassin! It's funny, just a few months ago, I was lamenting the lack of big-budget ninja action. The martial art of choice in film these days has been kung-fu. And here seemingly out of nowhere---like the ninja---my despair gets assassinated by this Joel Silver/Wachowski-brother joint. I don't care if it sucks and gets panned by the critics. I'm totally hitting this on the big screen. Feast your eyes, ninja fans! __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-19-2009 at 01:27 PM..