tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post6161811460289791768..comments2024-03-22T12:27:50.002-07:00Comments on Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: Thai-style Kaiju: The films of Sompote Sands Part VToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-1840307675513826632008-05-22T14:04:00.000-07:002008-05-22T14:04:00.000-07:00Thanks, duriandave. You and Sompote Sands have ins...Thanks, duriandave. You and Sompote Sands have insured that I will never again be able to watch a kaiju movie without seeing all kinds of disturbing psychosexual overtones in it.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-20482611164551091342008-05-22T11:59:00.000-07:002008-05-22T11:59:00.000-07:00I think part of the appeal with kaiju is the feeli...I think part of the appeal with kaiju is the feeling that... yeah, I could be in that suit wrestling with my buddy or trampling miniature cities.<BR/><BR/>A far different appeal is to be had from the fantasy of being very large to the fantasy of being very small. Of course, it depends on how you situate yourself as a a viewer in this giantess film I found on YouTube...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEqWvpuwW0" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEqWvpuwW0</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-21923803695564461422008-05-22T10:47:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:47:00.000-07:00Sorry, I meant The Noble War, not The Nobel War. A...Sorry, I meant <I>The Noble War</I>, not <I>The Nobel War</I>. As far as I know, Sompote Sands never made a film about competition for that coveted Swedish prize.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-86780746998976032092008-05-22T10:40:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:40:00.000-07:00Yes, we should all enjoy Wise Kwai's blog while we...Yes, we should all enjoy Wise Kwai's blog while we still can, because apparently I've killed his brain.<BR/><BR/>It's a good point you make, one driven home by the CGI versus suitmation sequences in <I>Big Man Japan</I>. I think that the design considerations -- absent when working with computer images -- that go into creating something that a human being actually has to wear results in a very particular type of whimsy that CGI just can't duplicate, and which is a big part of the fun of kaiju movies.<BR/><BR/>From the description of <I>Norasinghavatar</I> it sounds like a Ramakien-based "mythological" in the tradition of Sompote Sands' <I>The Nobel War</I>. Not to suggest that one followed the other, of course. But given Sasanatieng's affection for Thai cinema past, who knows?Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-77764816506652913462008-05-22T09:44:00.000-07:002008-05-22T09:44:00.000-07:00I'm not sure yet if I want to delve into the mind ...I'm not sure yet if I want to delve into the mind of Sompote Sands, but I just read on Wise Kwai's Thai film blog about Wisit Sasanatieng's kaiju short "Norasinghavatar". He says, "They look like CGI animation but they are not. They are live action, heavily processed in Wisit's colorful style in post-production." Did you read about this? Here are some <A HREF="http://twitchfilm.net/site/entry-images/category/C41/" REL="nofollow">pictures</A> I found on Twitch. I don't know... I've got to wonder if the unique pleasure of watching kaiju can still be had when the giant heroes and monsters stop looking like people wearing suits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-65841458974131871962008-05-22T09:39:00.000-07:002008-05-22T09:39:00.000-07:00Brain melted. Can't think of anything to say.Brain melted. Can't think of anything to say.Wise Kwaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462741207572023832noreply@blogger.com