Comments on: OMG! Bey Logan on Attack of the Show! Some other guy appears too.

By: Smallfish

Smallfish — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:49:24 +0000

Congrats! It is awesome to see you on TV! Anyway you seems handling well about camera interviews… look foward to your further updates. It would be nice if you can put some subtitles on the video clip. Keep up the good work! =)

By: curelover

curelover — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:33:35 +0000

Awesome … so good to see you on camera talking about all your HK film knowledge. Keep up the great work! The host seemed a bit of a tool though, like in other segments about HK.

By: V

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:33:32 +0000

This is great! You look good on camera I like how you acknowledged Peking Opera Blues, but was a bit surprised because the question was to name your favorite HK movie. Now, after reading the comments, I see that Chungking Express is still 1st on your list Perhaps it’s a good thing that G4 used the Peking Opera Blues part of your answer, because that will spike interest in viewers who haven’t seen the movie.

I wish the segment was longer though. Is there going to be a Part 2? Now that they’ve covered the essential genre of martial arts, may be G4 could do a bit on Hong Kong crime movies.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:31:54 +0000

Haha, my reputation has not yet grown to the point where I can charge for public appearances. It probably never will either. I still struggle to get my emails answered.

I realized before I agreed to appear that their demographic would skew towards the “chopsocky” image. G4 is a channel for geek culture - games, movies, comics, etc. - and Chungking Express is tough to sell to that crowd. If I had used this as an attempted opportunity to evangelize the crowd, I just would have been cut.

My appearance on G4 may not have changed that perception, but hopefully it’ll send a couple of people to the site - which I think does present a less stereotyped view of Hong Kong Cinema. I really only did this for fun. Besides, my parents like to see me on TV.

And about Bey Logan again, I sometimes wonder what would happen if I ever had a job like his, acquiring Asian films for western distribution. I’m sure it would be impossible to maintain my own personal beliefs on subtitles, localization, etc., if I intended to keep my job. Jobs, like life, require compromise, and I think you can quadruple that for the film business. This is why I gave up film production in the first place. That, and I have no talent.

And yeah, my voice is rather disappointing. I would love to have that deep Takeshi Kaneshiro voice, but it just wasn’t in the cards. I’m sure it has cost me dates.

By: willow

willow — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:25:45 +0000

I only watched it up to your “segment.” You are so camera-friendly! haha. ;D

By: PantyHose Hero

PantyHose Hero — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:40:18 +0000

How much did they pay you to do this? HK movies isn’t just chopsocky! I would love Bey Logan to keep quiet.

By: eliza bennet

eliza bennet — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:08:50 +0000

Oh I love to be able to write a blog of my own but I’m simply too lazy. I actually tried twice to keep a blog about Turkish films but as I said I’m too lazy and I don’t have much talent. I highly admire people who can write well (like our Kozo) and have the guts to put their thoughts out for everyone to read.

By: glenn

glenn — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:01:34 +0000

Well I guess the good things about Dragon Dynasty so far are that they are just retitling things — I’ve not heard any horror stories yet of them recutting or rescoring films;

And they are not interfering with online retailers who are selling legitimate HK products in other regions — unlike when they leaned on monkeypeaches for linking to legit sellers of the Chinese dvd of Hero even while they were sitting on the film for another year (I really need to read that book about the Weinsteins as it supposedly covers all that kind of stuff).

AND..after that ramble…Yes, Kozo, your voice is totally higher than what I expected. Maybe it was just the TV sound. That’s not a bad thing but a bit jarring for a split-second.

But, on the whole, you seemed like the expert you are. And you were NOT a loud fanboy like that network probably expected to go with their “chopsocky” montage.

And Eliza, I see you on all the same blog boards as me but you don’t have a blog? (Not that I update mine very much)

By: eliza bennet

eliza bennet — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:10:28 +0000

>>>>>I first answered Chungking Express>>>>

I don’t particularly care for Bey Logan but I respect his knowledge. As for Fist of Legend I really think that it has the best martial art scenes in film (for me), I like the story too, and even though Bruce Lee version is also very good, I like this one better since it has better pacing and visuals (I liked Bruce Lee better as the angry lead though)

By: CHW

CHW — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:06:30 +0000

Supercool, Kozo! I must say, your voice sounds different than how I imagined it would sound.