what it does well … it does very very well. and in its own way. the frights are not the same as those in the resi series or the silent hill series.
what it does badly … like plot. well, i can forgive it for that after seeing all that it does well.
got a buddy coming over to play guitar. i, a very bad guitarist, am helping out a complete beginner.
then we play some fatal frame. and he jumps. the frights get your heart pounding. and i jump. and i have played the game. even when you know that something is coming, you jump.
why is fatal frame not being published in the west? why is nintendo not letting another publisher take this to the west? sorry for fans of the series … but us over here in japan don`t have it all good here either – madworld wasn`t released here.
yeah yeah, japan. runs like a swiss watch. the anti-individual collective loving home of the most anally retentive people on earth.
guilty as charged.
but don`t expect anyone to follow the rules about zebra crossings.
see, there are rules about the rules. yes, there is a law saying that walkers take priority at zebra crossings, but i think that most people think that drivers have priority over walkers, so the zebra crossing rule is not followed. sometimes i have had the shits with it, and brazenly walked across a zebra crossing, giving the driver an angry “don`t even think about running me over” stare while they give me a “how dare you! i should run you over for your insolence!” stare.
even did my really angry stare and held my arm out when this one car kept on coming.
you can pretty much expect any other rule to be followed, religiously. just not this rule. because it breaks unspoken community hierarchy chains.
that is the town featured in the new doco “the cove”. the town that broome just cut its sister town ties with. probably some of the kids i teach are from families that hunt dolphins.
saw some shorts for the “cove” and i am not really sure if i want to watch it. got the feeling that i would be bashed around the head a bit with the sight of screaming bloodied dolphins as they are hacked to pieces. without seeing a bunch of cows, chickens or pigs being killed, i would perhaps feel the movie was lacking a sense of comparison. i would wonder if i was being emotionally manipulated.
dolphins are beautiful. so are cows. beauty has never been a reason to not eat something.
not sure i am for or against dolphin eating. not sure it matters. it would take a lot to get dolphin killers in japan to give up the practice. more than just a couple of protests and a doco.
