[ SECRET POST #4004 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4004 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Hey Say JUMP]


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03.
[Jeff Goldblum]


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04.
[Criminal Minds]


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05.
[Fullmetal Alchemist the movie]


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06.
[Parks and Rec]


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07.
[Brick]












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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno dude, even things like Death Note- the canon worked because Japan generally has a culture that encouraged falling in line, not making a fuss or standing out, which is why Light and his death note felt like a manifestation of that wanting to speak up and stand up for your beliefs but not being able to due to societal pressure. There's no such cultural implication in a USian society, and definitely not to the same extent, not enough that it made the whole premise as biting/intriguing.

What's novel about a white USian male getting his hands on a mass killing device?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, that's a good line, but a death note is clearly not the same thing as a machine gun.

I think a lot of the cultural details are slightly different, and you'd definitely have to change some bits and pieces slightly and emphasize slightly different things, but the fundamental conceit is powerful enough and universal enough that I think you could easily make it work. It's relatively translatable.

[(Anonymous)]

yeah in Texas we jes call that buyin' a gun.

[(Anonymous)]

There wasn't really much stopping him from saying "fuck it" to that pressure until he got a supernatural notebook. He never showed any inclination to go into politics or law enforcement prior to that, so it isn't as though he was being kept down by The System.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I meant Light symbolises that desire, the impact of the narrative is a wish-fulfilment for its audience--the people that are being kept down by the system.
It's like how jdorama like Hanzawa Naoki doesn't really translate to international audience, cause 'what's so special about arguing with your boss?' When for domestic audience it is as far fetched and as such it felt 'special' watching somebody do that on TV.