There's a lot of stuff in Godzilla films and anime we miss because we aren't familiar with Japanese culture (to the extent that we aren't). For example I remember Spriedel and Trixie throwing up their arms and, on the Dubbed English soundtrack, shouting yay! when Speed won a race. But watching the same thing now with A., its obvious they're shouting banzai! Godzilla makes the same gesture at one point in his fight with King Kong. There must be many other such subtleties.
Incidently I've been saving these for you for a while, I guess this is as good a time as any to pass them on:
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Date: 2007-09-17 06:37 pm (UTC)There's a lot of stuff in Godzilla films and anime we miss because we aren't familiar with Japanese culture (to the extent that we aren't). For example I remember Spriedel and Trixie throwing up their arms and, on the Dubbed English soundtrack, shouting yay! when Speed won a race. But watching the same thing now with A., its obvious they're shouting banzai! Godzilla makes the same gesture at one point in his fight with King Kong. There must be many other such subtleties.
Incidently I've been saving these for you for a while, I guess this is as good a time as any to pass them on: