http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 2 Oct 2004 03:37:24 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/09/132640.php#comment-88343 Aaron, Thank you but I don't know how much of an honor it is! Asian horror is too large a subject. After years of work, I just self-published my book unedited. I thought no one would notice. Now, it's in more than ten university libraries typos, wart and all. I still think your review on Kairo hits the nail on the point, far more than the others I've read. Too bad about "The Cure" though. It should been a lot better. I expect great things from Mr. K and keep up the good work yourself! 88343@blogcritics.org Sat, 2 Oct 2004 03:37:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/09/132640.php#comment-63425 Holy shit, Laurence, i just caught on! You wrote the Asian Horror Encyclopedia! How the hell you doin', friend? Wow! Keep up the good work, man. I'm honoured as all motherfuck to have your comments on this here articlet. Thanks! 63425@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 May 2004 17:09:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/09/132640.php#comment-63413 Laurence, thanks for the comments! There i was thinking The Duke's critique of The Internet What Can Kill You was gonna get all lost in the midsts of time and so on, unloved and scarsely mentioned. Good for you! I agree with you, Kairo is incredibly thought-provoking, and offers no simple soloutions. It's a decidedly idosyncratic affair, and it's a shame it hasn't saw a UK or US release (to the best of my knowledge. certainly not in the UK anyhow). I tihnk the most important aspect is the atomisation of society on account of the technology and what not, but you're right, there's also a dreadful sense that the world will end without anyone knowing a terrible lot about it. It just bleeds out one day. Scary notions. Thanks again, much appreciated. (My, how the Duke has grown since this review. I didn't count one "Motherfucker" anywhere in the text!) 63413@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 May 2004 16:00:43 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/03/09/132640.php#comment-63412 Kairo is thought-provoking film, a rare quality these days. It's not just a critique of Internet culture and the lack of intimacy in post-modern times. It's an apocalytic vision of the civilization ending with a whimper instead of a bang. It doesn't offer any simple answers or rationalization but suspends the viewer in a state where the otherworldly fuses with the "real" world. 63412@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 May 2004 15:47:43 EDT