tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post6105611197881682207..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Hayao Miyazaki Image Boards For Castle in the SkyDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-34249955997499671772009-05-09T20:04:00.000-05:002009-05-09T20:04:00.000-05:00well thank you for a lovely, lively , interesting,...well thank <I>you</I> for a lovely, lively , interesting, and interestingly illustrated blog!<br />(and i hope you don't mind if i sometimes voice some of my crankier opinions too in your comments - i love ghibli's work too much to keep quiet about the things i don't like!)asukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591719367939228084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-25511942731204980802009-05-07T22:00:00.000-05:002009-05-07T22:00:00.000-05:00Hmm, that's a good reference to Little Prince and ...Hmm, that's a good reference to Little Prince and the 8-Headed Dragon. Let me check that one out....<br /><br />Okay, I watched the first few minutes of that movie (I downloaded it during the short time it was on YouTube), and I think you have a point. The title sequence is very similar to the style of Miyazaki films such as Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, and Mononoke. There are a series of bronze sketches in the background, which may or may not be connected to the mythology in the movie. It's an interesting visual style, very different from the rest of the movie, and a nice show-off from the Toei artists.<br /><br />That's a very keen eye you have. I hadn't thought of that before. I may just have to post some screenshots from 8-Headed Dragon one of these days.<br /><br />I also forgot completely about the seperate score Hisaishi composed for the Disney DVD. I just hated the Disney dub so much for all its alterations and intrusion. His music as it originally stood was perfectly fine, and the moments of silence are crucial to Miyazaki's films.<br /><br />The Disney dub followed the standard Hollywood thinking that movies should be VERY VERY LOUD ALL OF THE TIME!!!! This is the same logic that the music industry has used in pursuit of their Loudness Wars. It's just annoying, condescending, and more than a little rude. It certainly isn't something you do to another person's work.<br /><br />This is why I couldn't come near the Disney DVD of Castle in the Sky. Ghibli's Japanese DVD is far superior in every way. But I've written about that on the blog in the past, and no need to repeat that all over again.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for your comments. They're always greatly appreciated.Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-74399056045433325812009-05-07T19:13:00.000-05:002009-05-07T19:13:00.000-05:00thanks for those beautiful drawings. i have to adm...thanks for those beautiful drawings. i have to admit that the opening sequence is my favourite bit of <I>laputa</I>. and is it terribly cheesy of me to admit that i'm rather fond of the souped-up music that hisaishi did for it in the english dub?<br />i love the whole idea of the opening sequence giving the historical or legendary back history, a as miyazaki had also done in <I>nausicaua</I>, and had been seen in toei's <I>little prince and the eight-headed dragon</I> too - though that may or may not be a significant reference point, i don't know.asukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591719367939228084noreply@blogger.com