Comments on: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Chris Sobieniak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7866 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:41:14 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7866 [quote comment="7862"]LOL! Fortunately I never saw that re-cut version, but I read about it. It would probably be amusing to see it just for laughs though. :P As for the dub - I guess in my mind felt to much like an old Disney movie which just didn't fit with this movie. That's just the kind of vibe I got from it. I'm really not a subtitle nut - the original just sounded better to me for some reason. But I guess to each his own. :)[/quote] True. Still Patrick Stewart nails it for me! Luke Maciak said:

LOL! Fortunately I never saw that re-cut version, but I read about it. It would probably be amusing to see it just for laughs though. P

As for the dub - I guess in my mind felt to much like an old Disney movie which just didn’t fit with this movie. That’s just the kind of vibe I got from it. I’m really not a subtitle nut - the original just sounded better to me for some reason.

But I guess to each his own. )

True. Still Patrick Stewart nails it for me!

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7862 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:23:00 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7862 LOL! Fortunately I never saw that re-cut version, but I read about it. It would probably be amusing to see it just for laughs though. :P As for the dub - I guess in my mind felt to much like an old Disney movie which just didn't fit with this movie. That's just the kind of vibe I got from it. I'm really not a subtitle nut - the original just sounded better to me for some reason. But I guess to each his own. :) LOL! Fortunately I never saw that re-cut version, but I read about it. It would probably be amusing to see it just for laughs though. P

As for the dub - I guess in my mind felt to much like an old Disney movie which just didn’t fit with this movie. That’s just the kind of vibe I got from it. I’m really not a subtitle nut - the original just sounded better to me for some reason.

But I guess to each his own. )

]]> by: Chris Sobieniak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7857 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:59:43 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7857 <blockquote>Just a small advice. If you do pick up this movie, watch it with the original Japanise audio and English subtitles. The DVD offers this as an option instead of the English dub, so I was able to compare both versions. Trust me, this is not just some sort of purist conviction that subtitles are superior. If you watch the same scene with English and Japanise audio you will see the difference. To me the original seemed stronger, more raw and emotional while the English was tad annoying. It had that “old Disney movie” quality to it which I personally didn’t like.</blockquote> I hate to be the jerk again but I actually liked the dub just as well as the original (having seen that a decade ago form nth generation fansubbed copies). Have the original on LaserDisc too. If anything, it was a vast improvement to what America had 23 years ago when some lowly distributor felt they could only market this as a 'kids movie' and preceeded to do so by editing out about 30 minutes of the film, changing the names to terribly B-movie types and gave it lackluster writing out of a Saturday morning cartoon! Lord knows it's impact was devastating... http://www.anime-games.co.uk/VHS/anime/warriorswind.php

Just a small advice. If you do pick up this movie, watch it with the original Japanise audio and English subtitles. The DVD offers this as an option instead of the English dub, so I was able to compare both versions. Trust me, this is not just some sort of purist conviction that subtitles are superior. If you watch the same scene with English and Japanise audio you will see the difference. To me the original seemed stronger, more raw and emotional while the English was tad annoying. It had that “old Disney movie” quality to it which I personally didn’t like.

I hate to be the jerk again but I actually liked the dub just as well as the original (having seen that a decade ago form nth generation fansubbed copies). Have the original on LaserDisc too. If anything, it was a vast improvement to what America had 23 years ago when some lowly distributor felt they could only market this as a ‘kids movie’ and preceeded to do so by editing out about 30 minutes of the film, changing the names to terribly B-movie types and gave it lackluster writing out of a Saturday morning cartoon! Lord knows it’s impact was devastating…
http://www.anime-games.co.uk/VHS/anime/warriorswind.php

]]> by: Chris Sobieniak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7856 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:53:50 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7856 [quote comment="7321"]Very good point - these movies seem to appeal to people of all ages. So far I saw Nausicca and Howl's Moving Castle, but I do plan to catch up on some of the other Miyazaki work. :)[/quote] Pretty much saw 'em all except for Howl's Moving Castle. Luke Maciak said:

Very good point - these movies seem to appeal to people of all ages.

So far I saw Nausicca and Howl’s Moving Castle, but I do plan to catch up on some of the other Miyazaki work. )

Pretty much saw ‘em all except for Howl’s Moving Castle.

]]> by: nata vilens http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7365 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:37:27 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7365 <blockquote>That time theme is particularly interesting to me.</blockquote> Not quite in the same same direction, but have you read some books on theme of somic serpent by Jeremy Narby? At least about jungles and what beasts could live there or in all living things. Could be a bit related to your work...

That time theme is particularly interesting to me.

Not quite in the same same direction, but have you read some books on theme of somic serpent by Jeremy Narby? At least about jungles and what beasts could live there or in all living things. Could be a bit related to your work…

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7321 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:04:28 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7321 Very good point - these movies seem to appeal to people of all ages. So far I saw Nausicca and Howl's Moving Castle, but I do plan to catch up on some of the other Miyazaki work. :) Very good point - these movies seem to appeal to people of all ages.

So far I saw Nausicca and Howl’s Moving Castle, but I do plan to catch up on some of the other Miyazaki work. )

]]> by: Tummblr http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7319 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:44:52 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7319 I highly recommend pretty much all of Hayao Miyazaki's films even to anime "newbies". They are generally short, easy to related to and understand, beautifully animated, and actually not brain-dead like 90% of Japanese anime as well as western films. Furthermore, Miyazaki's films are amongst the select few that are truly appealing and interesting to all ages and levels of sophistication; you can enjoy them with your whole family ages 5-90, or write about them for a college film class. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Films I highly recommend pretty much all of Hayao Miyazaki’s films even to anime “newbies”. They are generally short, easy to related to and understand, beautifully animated, and actually not brain-dead like 90% of Japanese anime as well as western films.

Furthermore, Miyazaki’s films are amongst the select few that are truly appealing and interesting to all ages and levels of sophistication; you can enjoy them with your whole family ages 5-90, or write about them for a college film class.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Films

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7318 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:33:37 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7318 Also, since most of our knowledge these days is stored digitally, will they actually be able to figure out how to play our movies and music? Will they ever be able to figure out how internet worked? Who knows. :P Also, since most of our knowledge these days is stored digitally, will they actually be able to figure out how to play our movies and music? Will they ever be able to figure out how internet worked? Who knows. P

]]> by: Starhawk http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7313 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:07:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/08/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind/#comment-7313 <blockquote>I always wonder how civilizations in the distant future will sift through the archaeological remains of current times, and make assumptions about how we lived.</blockquote> Yep me too. Soda bottles beer cans 500 billion AOL CDs junk cars and lots of toxic sludge. Who knows what the hell they gonna think of all that?

I always wonder how civilizations in the distant future will sift through the archaeological remains of current times, and make assumptions about how we lived.

Yep me too. Soda bottles beer cans 500 billion AOL CDs junk cars and lots of toxic sludge. Who knows what the hell they gonna think of all that?

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