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Post by Preston on Jul 20, 2004 18:11:08 GMT -8
In the episode "The Guests," I was wondering why the alien left an EXIT door for each human by which anybody could escape. Obviously by leaving such an easy escape route, anybody can escape at any time. That does Not make any sense because, after all, the alien needs the humans as specimens in order to conduct his study. Doesn't this episode remind anyone of that Japanese movie WOMAN IN THE DUNES in which a drifter is stranded in a sand pit with a woman? Has any Outer Limits fan ever made comparisons between the two?
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Post by celamowari on Jul 21, 2004 11:24:17 GMT -8
Any of you OL fans know?
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 21, 2004 12:07:19 GMT -8
I sure don't!
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 21, 2004 15:32:20 GMT -8
Is that from OL Classic or the new shows?
I read "Woman of the Dunes" and saw the movie oh... 12 or 14 years ago in college. Kobo Abe's been one of my favorite authors since then. Another great book of his is "The Ark Sakura", about a guy living in a giant bomb shelter.
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Post by Preston on Jul 22, 2004 15:21:13 GMT -8
Because you mentioned writer Kobo Abe, then let me also recommend writer Edogawa Rampo. He is regarded as the greatest mystery writer from Japan. He created a detective character AKECHI KOGORO whose adventures were adapted for television. I used to watch those adaptations during the 1970s at the same time all those tokusatsu shows were all the rage...and STILL ARE, thanks to this Xenorama site! So have you read Egogawa's book TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION? It has been translated into English.
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Post by Lunkhead on Jul 24, 2004 6:27:01 GMT -8
Some of the episodes had a bit of ambiguity. Just my interpretation, but I assumed the alien needed willing subjects who would stay intentionally. Tess mentions that her father saw it as an opportunity to retreat from the world and remained for his sake. The silent film star probably wanted some type of immortality. The husband and wife (who were not madly in love) also developed a sense of security in the house. It was an odd bunch. Whatever their original reasons, they all stayed too long with their years waiting for them through the exits. Possibly there may have been other guests who chose to leave in time.
I've never seen or read this so I can't comment.
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Post by Shonokin on Jul 24, 2004 8:01:36 GMT -8
Because you mentioned writer Kobo Abe, then let me also recommend writer Edogawa Rampo. He is regarded as the greatest mystery writer from Japan. He created a detective character AKECHI KOGORO whose adventures were adapted for television. I used to watch those adaptations during the 1970s at the same time all those tokusatsu shows were all the rage...and STILL ARE, thanks to this Xenorama site! So have you read Egogawa's book TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION? It has been translated into English. Yeah, Rampo is great! There's a movie that actually saw an art house release in the mid-90s called "The Mystery of Rampo" which is quite good and I dare say even Lovecraftian in it's bent up, dual reality. Do you know where he got his pen name? From his favorite horror writer, Edgar Allen Poe.  |
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Post by celamowari on Jul 24, 2004 16:25:17 GMT -8
And what a delightful pun it is!
Edogawa Ranpo = Edoga Aran Po (Edgar Allen Poe)
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Post by Preston on Sept 3, 2004 13:45:45 GMT -8
Let me ask you, Shonokin, that because you seem to have gotten plenty of exposure to Edogawa Ranpo that maybe you have seen his adaptations. In my case, during the 1970s,I saw a number of made-for-tv movies adapting Edogawa's character AKECHI KOGORO. This version starred actor AMACHI SHIGERU in the lead role. I don't think that version was ever broadcast again, so the only other way you can catch at least the actor AMACHI is his samurai roles such as when he guest-starred in one of Ichikawa Raizo's NEMURI KYOSHIRO films. That was the 8th NEMURI film entitled BURAI KEN (Outlaw Sword). Later on, AMACHI went on to do a samurai TV-series EDO NO KIBA (Fangs of Edo). But he is known for Mostly his AKECHI KOGORO role. What I wanted to ask you, Shonokin, concerns the latest Revival of the Akechi character, this time starring actor TAMURA MASAKAZU. It was shown here in Hawaii recently but I missed it, so I was hoping if you could tell me about it. This especially interested me because that aforementioned actor MASAKAZU also did a television series version of NEMURI KYOSHIRO which even surpassed RAIZO'S theatrical films. MASAKAZU is one of the three sons of old-time actor BANDO TSUMASABURO. The other two are TAMURA TAKAHIRO and TAMURA RYO, but the most popular and most successful of them has been MASAKAZU, mostly due to his NEMURI KYOSHIRO series. So here's hoping you, Shonokin, can tell me about MASAKAZU'S version of Edogawa's AKECHI KOGORO.
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