Wednesday February 15, 2012

Maria's past comments

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    Maria

    Poor man, and his poor family. What are the chances he had been reported missing by his family, but the coppers hadn't doen anything? But I'm just being cynical and that's not the point. I hope thay catch the driver - if this happened over the wekeend, alcohol may've been involved.

    Posted in: Man killed in hit-and-run incident found in drainage ditch days after death

  • -2

    Maria

    She said Paul McCartney asked her to bring tea for him.

    What a stupid comment. She's trying to make him out to be uncouth. a) He shouldn't have had to ask; and b) Before he said this, she (or someone) had probably said something like "Can I get you anything?"

    George, bles his heart, seemed like a good man.

    Posted in: Event marks 10th anniversary of George Harrison's death

  • 2

    Maria

    @kazetsukai: What's your point? because I don't see any kind of opinion, theory or idea in your post either...

    Posted in: Korean drama backlash

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    Maria

    The poor man. 24 is so young, and to die so slowly, in pain and confusion,, probably without a familiar face near yours. I hope the presence of the cabbie and hospital staff helped him a little.

    Posted in: Man dying of stab wounds asks taxi driver to take him to hospital

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    Maria

    Here's another book, for comparison - one of The Guardian's Books of the Year:

    People Who Eat Darkness (Jonathan Cape) by Richard Lloyd Parry is a chilling account of the murder of Lucie Blackman in Japan 11 years ago. Parry shows a rare compassion and a refusal to judge: despite the horrors of the crime, almost the most upsetting feature of his story is the blameless ordinariness of the life Blackman left behind in England.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/27/people-who-eat-darkness-lucie-blackman-review

    Why doesn't Fujioka want to play him, or indeed Sagawa? Is he too pretty?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

  • 3

    Maria

    Give me a bus stop, I could show you the same level of pole-dancing skills as she has.

    Posted in: Chiaki Kuriyama shows her pole-dancer form

  • 0

    Maria

    I'd like to know for sure though, and there's no need for it to be a secret, is there. JT,did you ask?

    Posted in: The incident grabbed a lot of social attention. But we have no intention of casting Ichihashi in a positive light.

  • 0

    Maria

    Will Ichihashi get any money from this?

    Posted in: The incident grabbed a lot of social attention. But we have no intention of casting Ichihashi in a positive light.

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    Maria

    I wonder why Fujioka didn't choose Joji Obara's story? Covers all the bases and more - drugs, rape, murder, foreign as well as Japanese victims, the seedy world of hostessing, police incompetence,dismemberment and concrete... I mean, there's one crazy-ass criminal whose psyche is worth probing, and the film would at the same time "asks Japanese society to take a good look at itself ". Plus much more time has passed, the case is closed, the facts are in. ... Oh wait, I know why - Obara hasn't been good enough to write a book from his perspective, that can be easily remade into a script. Fujioka would have to write the pesky thing himself (or pay someone to do it), and why do that when you have Ichi The Killer's take on things? (hey, cool title eh).

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    Yep, that's me. But really, have a read of j4p4nFTW's posts, where s/he contradicts her/himself a lot. Super-fun reading.

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    He knows what will get attention and what will not.

    So he's doing it for the money then, not for any deeper social agenda, to point out the shortcomings of the police, as you wrote before. Capitalising on the murder of a young girl because she was a foreigner, and that's more sensational, bums on seats. Just for the money. That's a pretty dark aspect of society right there.

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

  • 3

    Maria

    Dammit - poor editing messed up my grand retort...of course I meant "bastardised, movie-mobster spelling". I should've just stuck with "wrong" or "lazy". Like the recent spate of people misspelling "Voila" as "Wallah". I mean, really, what's the online dictionary for anyway?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    Oh dear lordie! Ben you did make me larf with that! Thank you - your post scored one for the Luvvies and artists, especially that wonderful bastarded movie-mobster spelling at the end - wonderful! But seriously now - no I can't be bothered to read all your posts, especially overwrought ones. But you did most recently write that "Anyone with an inquisitive mind interested in criminal psychology and the human capacity for evil" would want to see the film, so stands to reason they'd want to read the book. Not you then? And it is as much my right to complain about the bad taste and incredibly poor timing of a project like this (even if it is by an real, ahem, Artist) as it is his right to make it, m'kay ducks?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    Just curious - you seem to think it's a story worth knowing and retelling; I figured you must have read it. Why wait for the film, as the book is straight from the horse's mouth, as it were?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    Ben4short: Have you read the book?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    j4p4nFTW: You wrote: "There is also the problem of fetishistic treatment of the murder of a foreigner when many, many murders of ordinary domestic people go unreported every day. "

    But is it not a Japanese actor/director who, by choosing to make a film about Ms Hawker's murderer (Ms hawker herself just an ordinary person who was trying to liver her life), is fetishising it? Why hasn't he chosen to make a film about the murderer of any number of poor Japanese victims, thus raising awareness of the unreported deaths of "domestic people" and the incompetence of the Japanese police? Why is Fujioka pandering to this "subtle racism" by focussing on the poor Caucasian victim, when there have been so many poor Asian victims? Why does he need to crib from Ichihashi's book?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    In other news: extensive research reveals that the Pope is Catholic.

    Posted in: Rice from 5 Fukushima farms shows high radiation levels

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    Maria

    Some really good points y'all. You're quite right that freedom of speech, expression of views etc. is paramount; though I would argue that consideration for the family is, too - barely a year (?) since Ichihashi was sentenced. And of course, countless books and films have been made of murders, many showing sympathy for the murderers; though how many of them are based on books BY the murderers themselves? I wonder how Fujioka's film will show police incompetence, if it's telling the story of the man on the run? A poster above suggests the film may touch on : " ...the problem of fetishistic treatment of the murder of a foreigner when many, many murders of ordinary domestic people go unreported every day..." This is an interesting comment - how was her death fetishised? Because the British press paid attention? Because British women in Japan paid attention? Because her parents came over to keep awareness of their daughter's murderer? What does j4p4nFTW mean?

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    The guy heading the movie, Dean Fujioka, can be found on FB, if anyone wants to ask him why he feels this is a good movie to make. Me, I think best-case scenario he wants to make money out of making Ichihashi into some kind of solitary her

    Posted in: Book by killer of British woman to become film

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    Maria

    @dentshop: Fair enough - I see what you mean! I'll get my gold spray paint!

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