Comments on: Why I Want to Hang out with Watanabe. http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/why-i-want-to-hang-out-with-watanabe/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: risa http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/why-i-want-to-hang-out-with-watanabe/comment-page-1/#comment-998 risa Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:32:13 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=270#comment-998 Hi Michael- your posts are great- I so enjoyed reading them! you bring a great deal of knowledge to your writing on the work, and that gives you a thoroughly enjoyable ability to make sweeping statements, which i admire. i have a penchant for this myself. i will go back to your blog to post- i happened upon it during scheduled blogger downtime. i am still talking about samurai champloo. i think hip hop has a certain power to shake a little celebration and, secretly, a little politics, into anything. the hip hop elements in samurai champloo are tied to the moments of self-aware humour. it's got embedded in it an ideal about playing with things, screwing with them even, and that allows different kinds of sideways truths to get poked at. and i do always appreciate funky individuality! glad others out there are into it as well! Hi Michael- your posts are great- I so enjoyed reading them! you bring a great deal of knowledge to your writing on the work, and that gives you a thoroughly enjoyable ability to make sweeping statements, which i admire. i have a penchant for this myself. i will go back to your blog to post- i happened upon it during scheduled blogger downtime.

i am still talking about samurai champloo. i think hip hop has a certain power to shake a little celebration and, secretly, a little politics, into anything. the hip hop elements in samurai champloo are tied to the moments of self-aware humour. it’s got embedded in it an ideal about playing with things, screwing with them even, and that allows different kinds of sideways truths to get poked at.

and i do always appreciate funky individuality! glad others out there are into it as well!

]]> By: Michael http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/why-i-want-to-hang-out-with-watanabe/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Michael Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:06:02 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=270#comment-995 Wow - I can't believe I just found someone who posted a blog entry so similar to mine (and yours is 36 days earlier than mine). I loved episode 11 - it revealed a side of Jin that we don't get to see again until the last three episodes, and really set him in a class of his own: a true samurai. The fact that most of the series focuses on Mugen disappointed me a bit, but I was glad that Jin got this one utterly captivating chance to shine. And I too would savor the chance to meet Shinichiro Watanabe. You're right, and the quote you found is great, he does have an incredible talent for combining the best elements together. It's a gift that few people have. Great post - it makes me glad to know that others appreciated Samurai Champloo's funky individuality as much as I did. Wow – I can’t believe I just found someone who posted a blog entry so similar to mine (and yours is 36 days earlier than mine).

I loved episode 11 – it revealed a side of Jin that we don’t get to see again until the last three episodes, and really set him in a class of his own: a true samurai. The fact that most of the series focuses on Mugen disappointed me a bit, but I was glad that Jin got this one utterly captivating chance to shine.

And I too would savor the chance to meet Shinichiro Watanabe. You’re right, and the quote you found is great, he does have an incredible talent for combining the best elements together. It’s a gift that few people have.

Great post – it makes me glad to know that others appreciated Samurai Champloo’s funky individuality as much as I did.

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