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samuraiwalt



Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:28 am Reply with quote
I was checking the Encore Action channel's schedule to see what they're showing on Animidnight next month and on Feb. 12 they're going to be showing Avalon. I couldn't find this listed in the ANN anime encyclopedia. So I looked in the people encyclopedia because it's directed by Mamoru Oshii and it said Avalon was a live action movie. Does any body know what this movie is about?
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Sword of Whedon



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:27 am Reply with quote
It's an Oshii mindfuck movie, basically there's a VR MMORPG called Avalon that plays like Counterstrike. You advance levels and such, with the ultimate goal of reaching the top level. The lady has lost friends in the game, more and more all the time so she decides to go for the top level

That's about all I can say without spoilers.
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Arkard



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:39 pm Reply with quote
Plus its set in Poland so you "know" its good Wink Wink
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JETBLACK87



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:24 pm Reply with quote
It is really good. It is also really screwy. I don't know how Encore plays there foreign films, but it's probably gonna be the terrible dub or the terrible subs(dubtitles).
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Haiseikoh 1973



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:43 am Reply with quote
Arkard wrote:
Plus its set in Poland so you "know" its good Wink Wink


The fact that they use a Kalashnikov PK, a Dragunov SVD, a fleet of T-54's, and the Mil Mi-24 makes it good.
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JETBLACK87



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:34 pm Reply with quote
Plus it has the Mauser C-96 that is in most of Oshii's movie.

In case you don't know. It's the gun Han used to shoot at Greedo after dodging his shot.
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Sir_Brass



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:02 am Reply with quote
JETBLACK87 wrote:
Plus it has the Mauser C-96 that is in most of Oshii's movie.

In case you don't know. It's the gun Han used to shoot at Greedo after dodging his shot.


Actually, that's a Blastech DL-44 heavy blaster pistol. The PROP was based on the Mauser C-96, though.
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JETBLACK87



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:19 am Reply with quote
Sorry, I was trying to make a joke.
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Sakurazukamori



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:38 am Reply with quote
Avalon is very good movie of Oshii. It's an original concept because there's no clear frontier between reality and virtuality (unlike Matrix) and there isn't quote without sense (unlike Matrix)
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