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Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

To be honest I dont think I'd ever display a clean look however I would want the clean sculpt so for me my ideal set would consist of

1x Clean Sculpt
1x Blooded Sculpt
1x Blooded Tracksuit
1x Biker Suit

I'd definitely want a setup where I had both the track suit and biker look

Looks like the SUperset for you! :lecture
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Honestly I didnt like both Kill Bill as well as Taxi Driver... Taxi Driver is considered a classic I know, and Kill Bill has a huge amount of pop culture cult following. But both movies really didnt have an impression on me... Same with movies like Gangs of New York and all which seems to be so popular.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Looks like the SUperset for you! :lecture

I know :(

Wake do you expect these still be available to order through CS come the end of the month? While I'm here I guess I should probably ask how long is a piece of string :lol
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

I know :(

Wake do you expect these still be available to order through CS come the end of the month? While I'm here I guess I should probably ask how long is a piece of string :lol

I honestly have no idea. I'd be speculating wildly to say otherwise. There's a ton of interest and admiration for the figure but the true voting is with the wallet.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Maybe im letting my enjoyment of the Kill Bill movies color my opinion, but I dont think Taxi Driver is that great. If that movie came out today nobody would bat an eye at it. Not even on the festival circuit. I know some of you are cringing at my words. LOL

Cringing? I just projectile vomited everywhere ;)
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Wake payment is due at checkout through cinemascale? I fully intend on paying but don't have all the dough ready!!!
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Maybe im letting my enjoyment of the Kill Bill movies color my opinion, but I dont think Taxi Driver is that great. If that movie came out today nobody would bat an eye at it. Not even on the festival circuit. I know some of you are cringing at my words. LOL
I suppose you could argue the same about Duck Soup, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, A Clockwork Orange, or Wizard of Oz, because they all may seem a bit quaint in hindsight by those unfamiliar with how film has progressed, understanding how so many movies now are built off the themes and ideas established by those earlier films that have become so ingrained in the collective filmgoer's consciousness. But I don't agree with you on another level, because we just don't see actors putting on Deniro Bickle type performances much today. Your Ryan Goslings or Brad Pitts may try, but no one apart from a Daniel Day-Lewis or Gary Oldman could come close. The level of preparation he did for the role, and how convincing the performance was are all at the peak of what you see in film. Then there are all the themes and subtexts explored by Scorsese, the way the story is told cinematically, the way he produces atmosphere that also set it apart.

Kill Bill are good, fun films, and I want a figure of the Bride to put on display with my Pulp Fiction guys. But they are not in the same league as a classic like Taxi Driver IMO. Are they more fun, and is the action more exciting? Sure. But that is by design. The violence in Taxi Driver is supposed to be brutal and ugly.

I totally get axe's opinion, though, in that I think you have to have gone through certain experiences or maybe lived in certain environments to be able to relate to that character and film. It certainly isn't for everyone.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

I was just talking to Marf about this on FB...

There's a news article floating on my FB timeline today about how famous graffiti artist banksy was selling original work on NYC street on a makeshift table for $60. Didn't advertise who it was. Sold like $420 worth. Banksy prints usually sell for tens if not hundreds of thousands.

A limited edition print of Love Is In The Air -- the image of the man throwing a hand grenade of flowers, which was stationed on the center of the table -- sold for $249,000 at Bonham's last June.

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Article HERE


Anyway, my point is this... sometimes the 'FRAME' of the art is what sells it or makes renowned. I think Sam you look at it as an amazing performance by one of the greatest actors of our generation and Im saying your view is colored by what DeNiro went on to accomplish later on... Same goes for Scorsese.

Taxi Driver is FRAMED by the AFI 100 slot. But if Kill Bill had been made in the 1980s? We might have seen that movie in that coveted spot.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Well I could similarly say that your perception of Kill Bill is framed by all the Tarantino hype we get nowadays, which affects which movies succeed nowadays vs. which ones don't. And similar to some others, you may not "get" Taxi Driver because you simply can't relate to it and what Scorsese was really trying to do. But I don't really assume either of those things. There are lots of reasons why people may like or dislike a film.

But there's no way Kill Bill could have been made in the '80s (or '70s, as Taxi Driver was), because it is built on all the stuff that came later. Maybe if it did somehow come out back then, it would have been more important, but it didn't. The fact that some films were so revolutionary when released is a testament to their greatness. That's part of why the Sergio Leone films are as great as they are, and Star Wars, and Hitchcock, and Scorsese, and Kubrick, etc.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Got the CS email for preorder but can't find anything to preorder...the banner says ORDER but its not a clickable link for me.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

And also, I don't think Deniro ever really did better than Bickle in any role. Maybe Jake Lemotta (from another Scorsese film).
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Try now.... sorry for that the email went out earlier than it was scheduled to. Apparantly the time zone was incorrectly set.
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

I was just talking to Marf about this on FB...

There's a news article floating on my FB timeline today about how famous graffiti artist banksy was selling original work on NYC street on a makeshift table for $60. Didn't advertise who it was. Sold like $420 worth. Banksy prints usually sell for tens if not hundreds of thousands.

YUP! :lecture Tons of NYorkers walked right past that stand....Lottery Ticket just sitting there. :thud:
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

Sorry about the confusion with the launch! Im still learning with these things! LOL. Learning CURVE. Will be fixed for Kirk
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

hmmm...i tried to go through the process to test the waters but i am not able to order anything....as soon as i put something in the cart....it takes me to a different screen that asks to join the emailing list....:-/
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

That's not emailing list. It's asking you to register.Im going to remove that function. One second.

EDIT: Done
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

is there some sort of lag time for it to kick in?...cause i just tried it and it sent me to the same screen i mentioned...so i just registered again...LOL....you prolly got my info...check and let me know you got it...:)
 
Re: [iminime] The Deadly Vipers - The Angry Bride, The Yakuza Queen

is there some sort of lag time for it to kick in?...cause i just tried it and it sent me to the same screen i mentioned...so i just registered again...LOL....you prolly got my info...check and let me know you got it...:)

Definitely should NOT be there anymore. I just tried it myself with no probs.
 
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