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- From: upham@cs.ubc.ca (Derek Upham)
- Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies,rec.arts.movies,rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Live-action "Monster City"?!? (was Re: Latest Tsui Hark Movie)
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:34:50 -0800
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- [Cross-posting to rec.arts.anime, removing soc.culture.hongkong]
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- jangi@hilbert.coe.northeastern.edu (Shrirang Jangi) writes:
- >Have you seen the Tsui Hark produced (directed?) "Monster City" that came out
- >last year starring Jacky Cheung the singer? It was based on the Japanese
- >cartoon of the same name but without the graphic sex. IMHO it was a fairly
- >boring movie. The special effect that worked so nicely in Swordsman and
- >Once Upon a Time in China just doesn't work for fantasy non-martial arts
- >film like Monster City.
-
- No, I haven't heard the slightest about this film, anywhere. Let's
- see if anyone on rec.arts.anime has heard of it. I can believe what
- you were saying about the special effects, though. When I saw the
- live-action "Peacock King", most of the special effects were too
- ``obviously'' special effects, and I'm not sure why. Perhaps the
- modern setting was enough to mess up my suspension of disbelief.
-
- Derek
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