rcch comments

Posted in: Is the all-you-can-eat KFC buffet in Tokyo really as good as they say it is? See in context

Some “sensitive” people around here (just kidding ;)); I eat like a pig every day (especially on weekends), meat, salads, all kinds of fast food, rice, pasta (I’m addicted to pasta), meat, donuts, deserts, meat, sushi, meat (I like meat), everything, but ok, I’m gonna tell you a little secret, I can eat whatever I want and I’m never gonna get fat (I guess I’m one of the lucky ones); but as for KFC, I eat it a lot (yes, it’s not thebest fried chicken in the worldbut it’s still pretty dmn good) and if it’s the red hot one (extremely popularalways sold outand they only sell it in the summer and wintergo figure), my favorite, I’ll eat thirteen, fourteen, fifteen pieces, so yes, this place looks… “interesting”.

4 ( +4 / -0 )

Posted in: China demands Japan start Fukushima treated water compensation system See in context

Yes to what was said by my fellow JT readers and just to make it clear: shut the hll up, China.

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

Posted in: China demands Japan start Fukushima treated water compensation system See in context

Shut up, China—you were always one of the biggest enemies of the environment and you keep polluting the world every day AND you still managed to give us Covid and TikTok. For all the pain and suffering that we’re all STILL experiencing because of you, WE should be compensated and the truth is that you, hypocrite China, would be broke in two weeks. Let them talk, Japan.

8 ( +9 / -1 )

Posted in: Japan's Space One Kairos rocket explodes right after lift-off See in context

残念! Space ain’t easy. I wish you guys good luck. 頑張って! :)

4 ( +8 / -4 )

Posted in: Biden, Trump clinch nominations, kicking off bruising presidential rematch See in context

Can’t wait for those debates. :)

19 ( +23 / -4 )

Posted in: Good manners See in context

I saw this a few days ago and I thought: Oh, here we go. Btw, the guy in the left looks like he’s yawning. I mean, sometimes I am forced to see and(!!) hear(!!) Japanese guys yawning without covering their mouths and I feel like I’m surrounded by little kids. So, this poster doesn’t tell the whole story—they should’ve added yawns.

3 ( +5 / -2 )

Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

Today  02:18 am JST “ I happen to be in Hiroshima until Thursday. I can assure you all that Hiroshima isn't grappling with anything. “—One of the best comments in this thread.

*-4**( +0 / -4 )*

Look at the downvotes (why?). That was short, simple and objective—better than most posts here (extremely long, filled with hate, lies and distortion of reality). Long story short, it’s just a movie—you can watch it… or not! Personally, I’m a fan of Nolan’s work so, of course, I’m gonna watch Oppenheimer but I also recognize the fact that most people in Japan simply don’t care. And that’s fine. They’re not gonna become more or less ignorant or upset because of this. Again, it’s just a movie.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

“ I happen to be in Hiroshima until Thursday. I can assure you all that Hiroshima isn't grappling with anything. “—One of the best comments in this thread.

-4 ( +0 / -4 )

Posted in: Godzilla awaits See in context

A Godzilla statue stands outside Tokyo Midtown in Hibiya to promote the film "Godzilla Minus One" on Monday after the film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Cool. :) Congratulations, Gojira, you finally have an Oscar—well deserved. :) I’m gonna be honest, I’m not the biggest Godzilla fan but I’ve been hearing many good things about Godzilla Minus One so now I’m reaaally curious (… can’t wait to see this at home); and there’s a black and white version called Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color—a brilliant idea because the original movie is from 1954 (it is now considered the second best Godzilla movie, after Minus One).

1 ( +2 / -1 )

Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

My grandfather-in-law (still genki and still living in Hiroshima) was in Hiroshima when they dropped the Little Boy—he still remembers that morning but let me tell you something, this sweet old man doesn’t hate anybody and there are more people like him (who understand that war is ugly for all sides and that innocent people always pay for the actions of their leaders) which is why this article feels incomplete (I’m not saying that they forget, forgive, or that the dropping of the bomb was justifiable and even then, that doesn’t mean the US should be forgiven—it was one of the worst acts in the history of mankind). Now, even with all these complicated feelings, people should watch Oppenheimer (March 29 in Japan) because of three things—1) history isn’t going anywhere, 2) we all love (good) cinema and 3) the director is Christopher Nolan, not Michael Bay, for example; this isn’t a let’s go, USA kind of movie. Yes, I still didn’t watch it (I’ve been waiting for it to be released in Japan because this deserves to be seen in the big screen) and I know that this is a Hollywood movie and that Nolan is half American but I’m convinced that I’m not gonna be disappointed.

5 ( +6 / -1 )

Posted in: 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68 See in context

I grew up watching Dragon Ball. And it’s still part of my life because I play Legends and Dokkan. Rest in peace, Toriyama Akira. And thank you.

5 ( +7 / -2 )

Posted in: Haley suspends her campaign, leaving Trump as last major Republican candidate See in context

Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday …

About time.

-5 ( +3 / -8 )

Posted in: 3 in China found guilty of operating Japanese anime piracy site See in context

Japanese anime”? Anime means Japanese animation—you can call it Japanese animation or just anime.

0 ( +6 / -6 )

Posted in: Hungary's parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO bid See in context

Putin didn’t want NATO to grow in Eastern Europe but(!) there’s something called Northern Europe; last year, we added 1300 km to the alliance’s frontier with Russia and now Sweden (pretty close to Russia I’d say). Article 5, my Nordic friends, you can relax now. Welcome, Sweden. :)

14 ( +14 / -0 )

Posted in: What are some movies that left you so confused at the end that you couldn't really figure out what they were about? See in context

purple_depressed_baconFeb. 16  06:36 pm JST

Not just the end but the entirety of Mulholland Drive. I've seen it twice and still haven't got the foggiest what it's about.

..

garypenFeb. 22  11:33 pm JST

purple_depressed_bacon [ Not just the end but the entirety of Mulholland Drive. I've seen it twice and still haven't got the foggiest what it's about ]

The big hint is at the very beginning, right at the end of the opening credits.

Mulholland Drive. A masterpiece and one of my favorites.

(one of my old posts here on JT:)

… I'll admit that ( especially if you're watching it for the first time ) it can be pretty confusing, but 

( WARNING! )

( SPOILERS! )

things get easier after we realize that she was dreaming. Then it's just putting the little pieces together and separate the "dream" from "reality". Essentially, the movie is about Hollywood and broken dreams.

For those of you that ( probably watched it recently and ) need some help in understanding the movie; some key explanations:

"The dinner", which is the beginning of everything.

The characters here will be incorporated into the paranoid fantasy of Diane's 'romanticized Hollywood' dream: The director talking about the pool man becomes the director in her dream, also with Diane's idea of the pool man. The fat man watching her as she drinks her coffee becomes the gangster who doesn't like his espresso. Coco, the director's mother, becomes her landlady. The cowboy-hat guy becomes the cowboy-hat Hollywood power figure. The girl who kisses Camilla becomes the "Camilla Rhodes" in the dream part. And of course, Camilla, her ex-lover, becomes the dependent, loving person Diane wants her to be: "Rita".

About the ( strange ) "Espresso scene":

( plausible explanation )

The reason this was in Diane's dream was because during the real life dinner party, when Diane hears Adam's news that his divorce resulted in him getting the pool while his wife got nothing, the coffee that she's drinking tastes bad to her in light of this news, and she goes to look away. (In a traumatic moment like this, a person's brain can memorize anything) And who does she see? The guy that is going to eventually turn up in her dream as an Italian mobster, who ruins all of Adam's plans for his own movie. In this way, Diane manages to get revenge on Adam in her own dream world.

About the blue box and the club Silencio scene:

Inside the box, Diane has hidden away all her anguish, hysteria and depression – the components of her real life. Locking the box would mean hiding the reality, and constructing her fantasy. So when Rita opens the box, the dream falls apart. The blue box appears in Betty/Diane’s lap at the end of the opera. This is the culmination of her fantasy. Or rather, it signifies Diane/Betty waking up. The magician is forcing her to face the truth; to deconstruct her fantasy, to open the box and let the harsh truth come out. In this "Silencio" club scene, when Diane realizes she is dreaming, she shakes uncontrollably. This means that on the edge of reality/waking, her subconscious could no longer repress her memories of murdering the woman she loved. The box can be seen as a symbol of Camilla's death and inside it Diane's guilt, which she kept locked up by her fears (the bum). Once Rita/Camilla unlocks it, the dream-cowboy says, "It's time to wake up."

( the blonde wig: the dream begins to break down once Rita dons the blonde wig, making her look like Betty. This is a way of showing that Diane is beginning to realize that "Rita" is just a fiction of her own mind. Diane IS "Rita", hence their resemblance in the dream's waning moments. )

( at Winkie's ( which is where Diane hires the hitman to kill Camilla ), the waitress's real name, Betty, is the name Diane takes in her dream persona. In Diane's dream, the waitress becomes "Diane". )

The ending:

As shown on her face when she wakes, Diane is forced to face the fact that it was all a dream, the sadness of her own life, and the guilt brought on by having her ex-girlfriend murdered. Diane's neighbor knocks on her door, which is what actually woke her up, to tell her there have been detectives looking for her, additional confirmation that there has been a murder. She starts reflecting on how she came to be in this position, from Camilla's coolness to her flirtations with Adam to the unforgivable humiliations at the party. In her kitchen, Diane says excitedly, "You've come back", to "Camilla" before quickly realizing it was just another hallucination/fantasy. The final breakdown / hallucination starts with the bum dropping the open blue box (the murder realization), and then comes the crushing guilt. The escaping little old people (the ones who are possibly her parents or grandparents) remind her of how far she's come and how much she's changed and also how she couldn't possibly face those people again, knowing what she's done. (When we first meet Betty, she is saying goodbye to this old couple, on to a better, brighter future in Hollywood.) As her guilt and the reality of what she's done overwhelm her (and with the hallucinatory breakdown of the old couple attacking), she shoots herself in the mouth.

...

Naomi Watts said in an interview: "Diane is the real character and Betty is the person she wanted to be and had dreamed up. Rita is the damsel in distress and she's in absolute need of Betty, and Betty controls her as if she were a doll. Rita is Betty's fantasy of who she wants Camilla to be."

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

Posted in: Japan slips into recession, becoming 4th-largest economy, behind U.S., China and Germany See in context

All those zangyous, ganbattes and gamans will be lost in time… like tears in rain…; smh, Japan.

-3 ( +2 / -5 )

Posted in: Patrick Mahomes rallies Chiefs to second straight Super Bowl title, 25-22 over 49ers in overtime See in context

I watched the whole thing and what a game that was(!)—the best offense against the best defense—there was a little bit of everything and the OT brought us that extra excitement; congratulations, KC; overall, I think SF is a better team but Mahomes makes the right decisions at the right time—one of the best QBs of all time, probably the goat—Brady has 7 but if we compare Patrick Mahomes (28) to a 28 year old Tom Brady, Mahomes has 16 more regular season wins, 4 more playoff wins, one more SB appearance and he has now the same number of SB wins (3), plus he’s a three time mvp.

2 ( +7 / -5 )

Posted in: NATO leader says Trump puts allies at risk by saying Russia can 'do whatever the hell they want’ See in context

[ Speaking Saturday at a rally in Conway, South Carolina, Trump recalled how as president he told an unidentified NATO member that he would “encourage” Russia to do as it wishes in cases of NATO allies who are “delinquent.”

“‘You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?’” Trump recounted saying. “‘No I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.’” ]

Well, as usual, the meaning behind Trump’s words is being distorted by the press (but he makes it easy to criticize his stupid commentshe doesn’t care if he sounds presidential or not but)—only a fool would think that Trump, or any other American President would let the Russians do “whatever the hll they want” with an ally of the US,

but(!)

and this is important:, the way the US looks at “ NATO's front-line countries, like Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia … “ aka Eastern Europe is a little bit different…; but

Trump needs to be aware of the importance of Article 5(!);

“‘One for all and all for one.’ This NATO creed keeps more than 950 million people safe," it said.

Under NATO’s mutual defense clause, Article 5 of its founding treaty, all allies commit to help any member who comes under attack. The article has only ever been activated once – by the U.S. in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

-6 ( +4 / -10 )

Posted in: Christopher Nolan wins top directors award for 'Oppenheimer' See in context

Well deserved, Nolan, congratulations.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Posted in: Taylor Swift reaches LA in journey from Tokyo to Super Bowl See in context

I’d like to add something to my previous post: I’m still young and I know three, four, maybe five songs and of course, I’m not alone in this… not everyone who doesn’t know Swift’s work needs to be “old”; but, like I said, I’m gonna check some songs and videos including her latest album, I mean, now I’m curious…; as for her connection to Travis, well, who cares—real football fans only care about the game and the game is in a completely different universe.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

Posted in: Taylor Swift reaches LA in journey from Tokyo to Super Bowl See in context

I was reading this article last night, and at that time, she was already on her way to Las Vegas, relaxing in her private jet(!)…, so… reading this now makes me wanna lmao…; “epic”? Pfff, no. It’s hard for me to understand this whole Taylor Swift fever thing, hmmm, … but I don’t have anything against her or her success…, … I guess I should check some songs and videos on YT later, hahah…; now let’s talk about the important stuff—tomorrow is national holiday in Japan(!) so we can all watch the Super Bowl tomorrow morning—how cool is that(!) :), … to all the fans: have a great time.

1 ( +3 / -2 )

Posted in: Putin, in rare U.S. interview, says Russia has no interest in wider war See in context

“ Putin made the comments in a more than two-hour interview … “

Well, two hours(!)… and I don’t wanna say anything before I hear the whole thing; some of you have a lot of free time and spend the whole day commenting on JT but not me, I’m at work and kinda busy so I’ll leave this for later…; … but it looks like the same old dirty Russian propaganda…; hard to justify an armed invasion and the torture and deaths of thousands of innocent people…; … still an interesting interview, though.

2 ( +5 / -3 )

Posted in: Is Japan’s custom of slurping noodles irritating, and why do people do it? See in context

Yes, it’s irritating, annoying, disgustingbut my mom always told me to respect and accept other cultures—at the end of the day I choose not to be an ignorant a-hole. “Yes, that’s disgusting… but I hope you’re enjoying your noodles.”

-4 ( +2 / -6 )

Posted in: Takeaways from Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again See in context

[ “ The justices sounded highly skeptical of the effort. “

“ From across the court's ideological divide, there was near consensus that the Colorado arguments were flawed. “

“ The provision doesn't spell out any procedures or even the meaning of “insurrection.” It just says anyone who engaged in one can't hold office. “

“ They hoped for a Supreme Court affirmation that the former president did engage in insurrection and threaten the Constitution with his campaign to stay in office after his 2020 loss. But the justices weren’t going there. “

“ Kavanagh noted there is a federal law against insurrection and it bars those convicted from holding office. Trump has not been charged with violating that law.

Trump would like the high court to declare him not responsible for the violence on Jan. 6. There was little indication that would happen because the matter barely came up. “ ]

This ain’t rocket science—most people from both sides agree that Trump should be on the ballot…; it ain’t pretty to see the democrats and some republicans doing everything they can to bring him down…; we’ll have a Trump–Biden rematch this year—get used to it.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

Posted in: 'We don't give a damn about the feelings of Japanese concerning the so-called Northern Territories:' Medvedev See in context

[ "We don't give a damn about the 'feelings of the Japanese' concerning the so-called 'Northern Territories.' These are not disputed territories but Russia," said Medvedev. "And those samurai who feel especially sad can end their life in a traditional Japanese way, by committing seppuku (Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment). If they dare, of course." ]

Lmao, what a clown.

11 ( +18 / -7 )

Posted in: Aso's comments about Kamikawa expose Japan's ongoing sexism impasse See in context

Note:

In my previous post, the “greater than” symbol was supposed to be between “men” and “women”. = “gender inequality”.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Posted in: Aso's comments about Kamikawa expose Japan's ongoing sexism impasse See in context

( 1 ) [ “ But Professor Toko Tanaka from the University of Tokyo, a specialist in gender studies, criticized Aso's comments for perpetuating stereotypes that a woman's value lies in her looks and youth, noting that male politicians would not be subjected to such value judgments.

Japan continues to lag in gender equality within the political sphere, with a dismal ranking of 138th out of 146 countries in the Political Empowerment subindex of the World Economic Forum's gender gap report. “ ]

( 2 ) [ “ In a Mie Prefectural Assembly committee session last December, a male member commented on the appearance of two high school girls he saw at a local event, saying, "The two were very beautiful. I thought they scored 100 points without a doubt."

A female councilor swiftly condemned the comments, saying individuals are unique and should be accepted for who they are. She expressed concerns about the impact of objectifying young people and called for the government to address the issue. “ ]

Great article(!)—some smart, courageous people out there but(!) Japan still has a long way to go—you see… it’s all connected—the whole { “men women”/“women have to be cute”/kawaii culture } thing is a web of outdated beliefs and ideas that are deeply ingrained in Japanese society.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Posted in: Japan's moon lander comes back to life See in context

Japan's moon lander comes back to life…

よかった! :)

4 ( +6 / -2 )

Posted in: Aso praises Kamikawa but says she is ‘not very beautiful,’ and calls her ‘Kamimura’ See in context

[ “She speaks her mind and arranges meetings with the people she needs to meet by herself without the help of diplomats.”

He was impressed that Kamikawa met many of her counterparts one-on-one at the United Nations General Assembly soon after she became foreign minister last September. “No Japanese foreign minister has done something like that before. She is a new star and could inspire new stars to emerge in politics.” ]

You couldn’t say that without a “but”, right, Mr. Taro(?), there’s always a “but”, smdh; Japan needs to get rid of these useless dinosaurs—these oyajis expired” a long time ago.

4 ( +5 / -1 )

Posted in: What TV shows have you binge watched and what is the longest amount of time you spent doing that? See in context

Haaa NemuiJan. 27  08:24 pm JST

Cool…; but… after True Detective, people usually don’t wanna stop there (because, again, it’s that good) so let me just say this: Mare of Easttown and Fargo (S1, 2 and 5). ;)

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Recent Comments

Popular

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites


©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.