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maximilianjenus
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:31 am
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ah, duke togo, if you watched yuki yuna, this is why togo mimori is named like that,
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RAmmsoldat
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
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Location: North wales coast
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:59 pm
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Jonny2x4
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:44 am
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| Quote: | | You could almost argue that Dawson and the other characters are the stars of the film from an emotional perspective, with Golgo acting as a dispassionate and unstoppable force of nature. |
That's pretty much the norm for most Golgo 13 stories. There are some stories where he doesn't appear at all until the end, if at all.
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Hawkmonger
Joined: 30 May 2014
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:55 am
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Absolutely gutted we never got The Professional over here in the UK on BD. GUTTED I SAY!
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HdE
Joined: 17 Nov 2015
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:01 pm
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The popularity of Golgo 13 mystifies me. I found the movie thoroughly horrible and laughably bad when I first saw it. And a recent re-watch for the sake of my Youtube channel has done nothing to change that opinion.
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BadNewsBlues
Joined: 21 Sep 2014
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:15 pm
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| Quote: | | too tough and too resourceful to die,. |
As much as I like Golgo 13 let's not pretend he isn't protected by the armor of plot from time to time.
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:55 pm
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Hde: Well, like I always say, if it's good enough for Luc Besson and the Wachowskis, then it's good enough for everyone else. 
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HdE
Joined: 17 Nov 2015
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:43 am
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| GATSU wrote: | Hde: Well, like I always say, if it's good enough for Luc Besson and the Wachowskis, then it's good enough for everyone else. |
That response kind of indicts itself, I'd say.
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MadHi
Joined: 10 Mar 2014
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 5:33 pm
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This movie is... meh. The movie's major weakness is the fact that it is a movie. But I would certainly recommend the TV series because it gets straight to the point. Tells 50 different stories with each one taking up a full episode, therefore nothing gets stretched out. It's more about HOW Golgo 13 will achieve his goal as opposed to just being a macho badass, which he is in the show but his intelligence and professionalism has a much stronger impact on each of the episodes than the movie. And I never felt they repeated anything. The only predictable element is he's going to hit his targets in the end, but you never know how and it doesn't take the piss.
I wouldn't recommend the movie as an introduction. Just a bonus for established fans, and even then it's not so great. And I love 80's style action movies.
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FrameFreeze100
Joined: 02 Dec 2011
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:01 pm
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| HdE wrote: | | The popularity of Golgo 13 mystifies me. I found the movie thoroughly horrible and laughably bad when I first saw it. And a recent re-watch for the sake of my Youtube channel has done nothing to change that opinion. |
The TV series is a better adaptation; it's also episodic so you can enjoy it slowly or marathon it. Personally I think Golgo 13 is a lot more interesting than James Bond (who he apparently was slightly based on)
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uguu
Joined: 02 Oct 2010
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:25 pm
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The TV series is too bland looking for me; I'd much rather just read the manga. The movie has a story that manages to be decent enough to make it more than just a movie to watch ONLY for the presentation, even thought-provoking as far as the villain's psychology and his son, and the presentation can be absolutely mind-blowingly stylish and inventive.
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