About that trip-wire scene...

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danwangkw	About that trip-wire scene...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 137 (01/03/04 01:08:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None In that scene where the kids stumble upon the trip-wires, the bunch of them saw Boy #9 Masakatsu Taguchi (minus his legs) dangling from above. Was he hung up at that spot by Wild Seven member or was his body tossed up by the impact of a mine he stepped on? Looks weird because he later dropped down as though he was part of a booby trap.
mikejonas	Re: About that trip-wire scene...	#1	[-]
Posts: 2447 (01/03/04 01:19:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I think that given how soon the single mine blast was before the others arrive (and it was my impression that Totsuka and a couple other "Squad 2" girls were with Taguchi when it happened, and they were knocked down by the blast), Taguchi was tossed up by the mine and somehow got suspended where he got suspended, gradually slipping off later.
danwangkw	Re: About that trip-wire scene...	#2	[-]
Posts: 137 (01/03/04 01:46:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Makes sense...but there's just something whacky about that scene. Like something from Loony Tunes involving a road runner, a coyote and dynamites.
falkenGTS	isn't it odd	#3	[-]
Posts: 2585 (01/28/04 16:52:12) P1aying the Game Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That he's not screaming his head off due to the absence of both legs (I think below the knee) and that he's not dripping blood? Also I think he would have died of blood loss quickly as a result, not from slipping off the wire and then setting off more tripwires. That scene is weird.
mikejonas	Re: isn't it odd	#4	[-]
Posts: 2447 (01/28/04 17:29:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I believe their intent was that Taguchi was shocked and wasn't fully comprehending of things--much like the soldier from Saving Private Ryan who stops to pick up his dismembered arm. And he was dripping blood from his legs, though not gushing fountains Crazy-88 style; watch them (well, the stumps) closely. And note the close up of Hosaka gasping just before we see Taguchi--Taguchi's blood drips down to Hosaka's face.
falkenGTS	Re: isn't it odd	#5	[-]
Posts: 2585 (01/28/04 18:26:53) P1aying the Game Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	True, in that scene from SPR the guy's arm was blown off at the socket and he wasn't gushing either - maybe an explosion would somewhat cauterize the wound so it wouldn't bleed as much vs. a sword cut like in Kill Bill (when The Bride dismembers Sophie Fatale). Also if the blast was strong enough to propel him like 20 ft. into the air he likely got shocked and shaken up pretty bad so he was pretty numb and the pain was largely dulled. Details, details, details.
athena2824	Re: isn't it odd	#6	[-]
Posts: 128 (01/28/04 22:45:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I think we're underestimating the filmmaker's intention of allowing the film to continuously oscillate between melodrama and camp. -Athena
falkenGTS	Re: isn't it odd	#7	[-]
Posts: 2585 (02/27/04 14:23:21) P1aying the Game Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This largely answers my previous question about the relative lack of blood that Taguchi was dripping. Although being blown so high into the air would likely mean he had stepped on or tripped more than 1 mine/booby trap. from Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds An Oral History by Eric Hammel p. 411-412 *Quote:* on the afternoon of March 31, the NVA mortarmen popped a round in when nobody was looking. The thing came out of nowhere and exploded in the trench. I heard a yell for a corpsman and ran down there. It had gone off knee-to-waist-high, right where Sergeant Ferrari was standing. One of his legs was blown off and the other was hanging by a thread. There was no blood; the heat of the exploding round had cauterized the wounds. -1stLt Nick Romanetz Charlie Company, 1/26 Brief BG here about the siege of Khe Sanh Combat Base: www.pbs.org/battlefieldvi...index.html "Let's discuss this like men: with guns." -Tommy Vercetti
sammm		#8	[-]
Posts: 4 (06/14/09 14:34:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Quick question....is the boy with no legs hanging from the tree hiroki from the first one? luks the same guy..thought he might be making a cameo!
Niida		#9	[-]
Posts: 110 (06/18/09 06:03:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Prob not lol. But I am glad someone made this thread cause I actually was about to ask about this scene aswell. When the explosion happens I think Taguchi was the only one there cause it takes the others a while to get to him. Does that mean they sent him ahead to check for traps or something? There are other minor parts of this scene that are confusing so were things cut out of it? Like I've been thinking of getting "Revenge" just to see more bonus parts and is there more to this part in "Revenge"? Like for example showing Taguchi actually step on a mine? My BR fanfic in the "Im making my own Br story" thread wont have alot of updates after a couple weeks due to me moving to the city. I will try to work on it when I can until I get my own laptop. So please dont get mad if my story isn't updated often.
Valatunda		#10	[-]
Posts: 776 (06/19/09 02:37:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	No I don't think so, someone else played that character's role. When the explosion happens I think Taguchi was the only one there cause it takes the others a while to get to him. I think three other girls were already there when the others came, one of them being Totsuka Honami.
Niida		#11	[-]
Posts: 111 (06/23/09 10:13:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ok possibly. so does anyone know if this scene was edited? My BR fanfic in the "Im making my own Br story" thread wont have alot of updates after a couple weeks due to me moving to the city. I will try to work on it when I can until I get my own laptop. So please dont get mad if my story isn't updated often.
Niida		#12	[-]
Posts: 113 (07/02/09 13:14:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	echo...echo...echo... My BR fanfic in the "Im making my own Br story" thread wont have alot of updates after a couple weeks due to me moving to the city. I will try to work on it when I can until I get my own laptop. So please dont get mad if my story isn't updated often.
Valatunda		#13	[-]
Posts: 778 (07/02/09 23:20:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sorry, but I couldn't tell you. Corvettezo6 and Mike Jonas might know though.
corvettezo6		#14	[-]
Posts: 1434 (07/03/09 13:16:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Requiem From explosion of landmine - "Mission 3: Break in" 41:25 - 44:50 on dvd = 205 seconds Revenge From explosion of landmine - "Mission 3: Break in" 47:16 - 50:55 on dvd = 219 seconds Now, the most obvious addition is Risa Shindo asking how everyone can fight and kill so easily to which Riki gives her an answer. However, the arrangement of some of the scenes during the landmine sequence and the placement of some of the cuts is different between Requiem and Revenge. For the most part Revenge benefits from the changes, and as well the subtitles are a bit different and more clear. Revenge as a whole is about 20 minutes longer than Requiem, but very little of that goes into extending the landmine scene. I find the sequence flows a lot better in Revenge, but don't expect any major changes. I still say if you can pick up Revenge easily enough and for a price that is of satisfaction - then go for it. Some of the other changes and additions in the movie are more significant and IMO make the film much more enjoyable. Around a year ago I had written up a 3 page definitive comparison between the 2 versions of BRII, however I never got around to typing it up, and it seems to have disappeared now. Perhaps some point in the future I will revisit doing a break down of the two, just seems most people are never interested in BRII.... Anyways, hope this has been somewhat helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions, I'll try to be around more frequently. Cheers In Memory of Miyuki Kanbe (May 7th 1984-June 18th 2008) "and my idols walk next to me, I look up but then they fade away..." "I wanna be just like the sky - just fly so far away to another place" My drawings: Izumi v2.0 Haruka Kuze Yumiko & Yukiko Ai Maeda Kotohiki Kawada Mitsuko Mizuho Izumi Hiroki Last Edited By: corvettezo6 07/04/09 16:18:41. Edited 1 times.

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