SoCal just got hit by a 7.2 earthquake.

[ManaByte]

Been shaking for a good 45-60 seconds. Really big one. Things fell over and broke.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

California

[Dickie Dee]

another nap tragically interupted?

[ManaByte]

People felt it down in San Diego. I'm near the desert and it's really hit hard here. Started slow and then BANG everything started to fall, kitten went nuts, dogs were hiding in their houses. Huge.

[ManaByte]

They're saying it was a 6.9 off Baja CA. That's the same as the Loma Prieta quake 11 years ago in San Francisco.

[Diunx]

We don't care, california is not a third world country.

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[ManaByte]

We don't care, california is not a third world country.

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Well it was technically centered South of the border in Baja.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

We don't care, california is not a third world country.

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Considering how fucked up the economy is over there, it practically is.

[Cheebs]

We don't care, california is not a third world country.

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Considering how fucked up the economy is over there, it practically is.

California will be cool again once Jerry Brown is back to being governor this fall. Till then lol California.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

didn't feel a thing 

[Oblivion]

I felt some shaking, and I thought I was still drunk from yesterday. Thankfully I was far away from the epicenter.

[ManaByte]

People are stuck in elevators in downtown LA and as far as Anaheim.

[ManaByte]

People trapped in elevators at the Disneyland hotel.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

There was a 4.9 a couple of weeks ago that I DID feel, woke me up in the middle of the night even.

[Madrun Badrun]

California

But their beaches aren't just pebbles!

[The Dark Shake 3000]

California

But their beaches aren't just pebbles!

And their governor is an action superstar!

[ManaByte]

Upgraded to a 7.2. Someone I know works at a liquor store and they lost A LOT of bottles.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Upgraded to a 7.2. Someone I know works at a liquor store and they lost A LOT of bottles.

They're gonna need 'em, living in California and all.

[Ichirou]

We're due for a really big quake here, from what I've heard.

[Diunx]

At least America took godzilla from you guys so thats one less thing to worry about.

[Ichirou]

They're making a new American Godzilla movie, btw...

[The Dark Shake 3000]

I'm pretty sure they still make Godzilla movies in Japan, they just suck so nobody really cares about them. Kind of like the DTV American Pie sequels here.

[Great Rumbler]

I'm pretty sure they still make Godzilla movies in Japan

They actually haven't made a new one since Final Wars in 2004.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Eh, that's still not too far back.

[Great Rumbler]

Eh, that's still not too far back.

True, but there were two stretches [from 1991 to 1995 and 1999 to 2004] where they were coming out with a new one every year.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Eh, that's still not too far back.

True, but there were two stretches [from 1991 to 1995 and 1999 to 2004] where they were coming out with a new one every year.

Just like American Pie

[The Sceneman]

Eugene Levy will do anything for money!

[Bebpo]

Felt it a bit.  No damages though.

[Saint Cornelius]

People felt it down in San Diego.

nearly dropped my fucking bong!

[etiolate]

Been in Cali for 30 years and have yet to feel a quake.

[Cheebs]

They're making a new American Godzilla movie, btw...

Have you ever seen the original one? Unlike all the weird sequels it was actually a pretty serious really well done film.

[Ichirou]

I was like "wtf are you smoking" but then I realized you were talking about the original Japanese Godzilla, not the "original American" Matthew Broderick abortion.

distantmantra sent me a DVD of the first Godzilla movie.  It's pretty fucking awesome.

[Great Rumbler]

I watched the original Godzilla [NOT the Raymond Burr American version] a few months ago and it was pretty good, definitely had more depth than most of the ones since.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

They're making a new American Godzilla movie, btw...

Have you ever seen the original one? Unlike all the weird sequels it was actually a pretty serious really well done film.

GOJIRA is indeed awesome, and stars Takashi Shimura, probably the best non-Mifune Kurosawa regular.

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is also entertaining as hell, because it's literally Gojira with a random American douchebag cut into the film through movie magic to make it appeal to us more sophisticated lightskins.

[Cheebs]

They're making a new American Godzilla movie, btw...

Have you ever seen the original one? Unlike all the weird sequels it was actually a pretty serious really well done film.

GOJIRA is indeed awesome, and stars Takashi Shimura, probably the best non-Mifune Kurosawa regular.

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is also entertaining as hell, because it's literally Gojira with a random American douchebag cut into the film through movie magic to make it appeal to us more sophisticated lightskins.

Yeeep. And Gojira was directed by a guy who often did second unit on Kurosawa movies. He even was a full on co-director with Kurosawa on Dreams. Kurosawa always wanted to do a Godzilla movie but Toho wouldn't let him because they feared he'd go over-budget. I wonder how that movie would have turned out.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Toshiro Mifune in a rubber suit, stepping on buildings.

[Great Rumbler]

Toshiro Mifune in a rubber suit, stepping on buildings.

I'd be down for that.

Edit: Man, it's been too long since the last time I watched an Akira Kurosawa movie. There was a stretch where I watched quite a few of his. I've seen Dreams, Kagemusha, Sanjuro, Yojimbo, The Bad Sleep Well, The Hidden Fortress, The Lower Depths, Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, and Stray Dog, but it's been probably at least two years since I last watched one. Someone suggest one that I haven't seen and I'll put it in my Netflix queue.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Ran is probably the best that you haven't listed. I would definitely seek it out.

[Cheebs]

Check out Dersu Uzala too. I really love that one but it tends to get ignored since it is the one film of his not in Japanese. Although it was the only film he won an oscar for.

[Great Rumbler]

Ran is probably the best that you haven't listed. I would definitely seek it out.

Done! I also put Rashomon on there since I haven't seen it yet either.

Check out Dersu Uzala too. I really love that one but it tends to get ignored since it is the one film of his not in Japanese. Although it was the only film he won an oscar for.

Alright, I'll put that one in there too. It'll probably be a decade before I get to it though, my Netflix queue is longer than Willco's list of rejected board game-based screenplays.

[Cheebs]

Oh and High & Low! My favorite Kurosawa movie probably. Shocked Shake didn't mention that one, he loves that movie.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Oh and High & Low! My favorite Kurosawa period. Shocked Shake didn't mention that one, he loves that movie.

I could have sworn he listed it :'(

But yeah, High and Low is fucking great. Probably better than Ran even. If you can stomach a slow burn police procedural, it's one of the best I've seen.

[Great Rumbler]

Alright! I'll put that one in there too, but that's IT!

[Cheebs]

Pretty much everything of his I have seen is great. Only one I didn't get into was Dodesukaden. It's a about a distinguished mentally-challenged boy who thinks he is a train.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Pretty much everything of his I have seen is great. Only one I didn't get into was Dodesukaden. It's a about a distinguished mentally-challenged boy who thinks he is a train.

The Arvie Story :tbslol

[Cheebs]

Pretty much everything of his I have seen is great. Only one I didn't get into was Dodesukaden. It's a about a distinguished mentally-challenged boy who thinks he is a train.

The Arvie Story :tbslol

 

[Great Rumbler]

Hey, Cheebs, have you seen any of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's movies? He and Akira are two of my favorite directors, I could watch just about anything from them and just absolutely love it. KK's style is quite a bit different from AK's though, it's very surreal and blends and twists various genres together in very strange ways. Check him out if you haven't already.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Didn't he do Tokyo Sonata? That was pretty good.

[Great Rumbler]

Didn't he do Tokyo Sonata? That was pretty good.

Yeah, that's his latest. I'm still waiting for it to hit DVD.

[Ichirou]

They're making a new American Godzilla movie, btw...

Have you ever seen the original one? Unlike all the weird sequels it was actually a pretty serious really well done film.

GOJIRA is indeed awesome, and stars Takashi Shimura, probably the best non-Mifune Kurosawa regular.

Nah, that's Tatsuya Nakadai (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low, Kagemusha, Ran).  Shimura is definitely a close third, though.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

Nakadai was only in a handful of Kurosawa films, though. Shimura was in as much if not more than Mifune iiirc.

[Ichirou]

Six movies is enough to make him a regular, IMO, especially when Kurosawa's filmography is like 30 films.

[The Dark Shake 3000]

He was in six? WTF? All I remember him in is maybe four.

[Ichirou]

Have you seen Hara-Kiri and Kill?  He is so fucking awesome in those, too.  He and Mifune are like the kings of jidai geki to me.

[ch1nchilla]

We're due for a really big quake here, from what I've heard.

~8-9.0 is supposed to hit Tokyo any time now. I'm sure it's the same for you (where do you live, btw?), but we get an earthquake at least once / week.

[Ichirou]

I'm in Saitama.

[ch1nchilla]

I'm in Saitama.

Come booze / game / whatever in Shinjuku sometime!

[TEEEPO]

Nakadai > Mifune

i said it. bitches.

human condition trilogy

[Ichirou]

Nakadai > Mifune

i said it. bitches.

human condition trilogy

It's neck and neck, dude. They both rock.

[TEEEPO]

Kobayashi > Kurosawa