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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:11:45 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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> >> I KNOW I've seen an action movie in which the purported main character
> >> dies a third of the way through. The rest of the movie focussed on his
> >> father out seeking revenge. I wouldn't have minded seeing the physicist/
> >> love interest character from The Saint fighting her way out of a hostile
> >> russia after Val's character had been gunned down.
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> >Awesome, let me know if you remember the name.
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> The various Russian film companies have recently (last 10 years) taken
> to doing James Bond type action movie clones. One caveat: The James
> Bond type character almost always dies before the end, usually before
> he sees the success of his actions. I note in passing that this
> appears to largely be a cultural expectation: Russians apparently
> culturally require their heroes to be demonstratedly mortal, or at
> least tragicly if subtly flawed (a cultural requirement for mortal
> flaws as vs Grecian idealism and perfection?).
Well, yeah - the recent Chinese action flicks (John Woo being the most
prominent name) do this, as well. Frequently they die in completely
pointless and painful methods. I love it! It's even worth the terrible
dubbing (for some reason the video stores near by house don't seem to have
many subs)...
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01147" HREF="msg01147.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 20:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01204" HREF="msg01204.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01232" HREF="msg01232.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01283" HREF="msg01283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01126" HREF="msg01126.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01156" HREF="msg01156.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
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