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Dear Spike Lee

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Re: Dear Spike Lee

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Post by batbomb »

danso wrote: post #8

Whew...I thought this was going to be an indictment of the Oldboy remake. Sure, the original was great, but I was interested in how an American director would handle the material. That said, this was probably not the kind of controversy Spike Lee needs attached to this project. side note: Roger Ebert's raving review of Oldboy was what got me to watch the original Oldboy and that spurred a whole new appreciation of in…

The entire vengeance trio is amazing, but I actually like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance the most. Park Chan-Wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK is good too. You should check out Battle Royale if you liked Oldboy.

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Post by xutopia »

gkoberger wrote: post #13

Seems weird he mentioned Spike Lee (who did nothing wrong, as far as I can tell) so many times, but didn't name the agency. Seems to hurt the wrong party's reputation. Additionally, he has no apparent way to contact him. EDIT: I really don't want to point fingers with 0 proof, but Spike Lee happens to be CEO of an ad agency named Spike DDB. https://twitter.com/SpikeDDB

What! I think his post does no such thing. Spike Lee did nothing wrong and the post shows nothing but respect for him.

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Post by crusso »

bananacurve wrote: post #17

Where are the internet hippies saying everything should be free?

My question as well. I'd love to hear from the advocates of "It's digital, there is no cost to the content producer for others to make copies."

Re: Dear Spike Lee

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Post by kaonashi »

They didn't seem to use his comps… I'm assuming he had access to the same pool of photography that the finals used, but that doesn't mean they ripped him off. The work on top of the photos seems very different to me.

Re: Dear Spike Lee

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Post by devindotcom »

batbomb wrote: post #21
danso wrote: post #8

Whew...I thought this was going to be an indictment of the Oldboy remake. Sure, the original was great, but I was interested in how an American director would handle the material. That said, this was probably not the kind of controversy Spike Lee needs attached to this project. side note: Roger Ebert's raving review of Oldboy was what got me to watch the original Oldboy and that spurred a whole new appreciation of in…

The entire vengeance trio is amazing, but I actually like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance the most. Park Chan-Wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK is good too. You should check out Battle Royale if you liked Oldboy.

Funny, I preferred Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, much more grounded and less stylized.

I don't really see any parallels between Battle Royale and Oldboy. You might check out The Chaser and Yellow Sea, though.

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