An Interview with WeeklyTubeShow's Remix

Interview conducted by Nelson Rolon ProjectOtaku.com 9/5/2013

[9/4/2013 9:11:43 PM] Nelson Rolon: Are you there, Remix? [9/4/2013 9:11:54 PM] Remix: Yup, yup. [9/4/2013 9:12:27 PM] Nelson Rolon: Sorry, I got home a few minutes ago and was raiding the house for food. [9/4/2013 9:13:12 PM] Nelson Rolon: Anyway, I'll demystify who I am so that this is far less dramatic [9/4/2013 9:13:14 PM] Remix: No problem, you're good. [9/4/2013 9:13:20 PM] Remix: Oh, okay. [9/4/2013 9:14:37 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah, I'm Nelson and I cofounded the site projectotaku.com. It's essentially a site for people to post anime and game reviews and news and stuff [9/4/2013 9:15:18 PM] Remix: I looked through it a couple days ago. Looked nice. [9/4/2013 9:15:59 PM] Nelson Rolon: Thanks. The other cofounder Erica does all the important stuff, in my opinion [9/4/2013 9:16:16 PM] Nelson Rolon: I just do a lot of writing [9/4/2013 9:17:14 PM] Nelson Rolon: I also like to get interviews when I can [9/4/2013 9:17:47 PM] Remix: Hey, the writing is the content. I can't imagine what's more important than that. [9/4/2013 9:18:53 PM] Nelson Rolon: Very true. I wish we had more writers, for sure. I don't suppose you'd be interested... [9/4/2013 9:19:31 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lol but this isn't an attempt to recruit you, trust me. [9/4/2013 9:19:50 PM] Remix: I don't think I'd be much help. I'm not into anime like -that-. [9/4/2013 9:20:11 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ha, don't worry about it [9/4/2013 9:20:56 PM] Nelson Rolon: I guess we can start from the end and work our way to the beginning, as far as your personal story goes [9/4/2013 9:21:16 PM] Remix: Alright. [9/4/2013 9:21:25 PM] Nelson Rolon: Have you really stepped down from doing those hilarious dubs? [9/4/2013 9:22:07 PM] Nelson Rolon: It's creepy that I asked to interview you shortly before you announced that [9/4/2013 9:23:32 PM] Remix: Yeah, it's time to move on from that shit. I'll probably still voice act for other people's projects like DBZ:A and Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, but I'm pretty much done as far as

WTS goes. Although one last Dutch video isn't out of the question. [9/4/2013 9:24:12 PM] Remix: I just want to focus all that time and effort on learning about film, fiction, and writing in general. [9/4/2013 9:24:20 PM] Nelson Rolon: I had just gotten through Black Lagoon when I saw your dubbed versions [9/4/2013 9:24:52 PM] Remix: I hadn't seen it through when I did them. I still haven't, really. [9/4/2013 9:25:15 PM] Nelson Rolon: It's pretty grim, trust me. [9/4/2013 9:25:43 PM] Remix: Probably for the better. The less I know about it, the less likely I'm going to make in-jokes about it. [9/4/2013 9:25:54 PM] Nelson Rolon: Of course [9/4/2013 9:26:47 PM] Nelson Rolon: I actually studied film for my first 2 years of college before switching over to art history. And im studying television production now [9/4/2013 9:27:07 PM] Nelson Rolon: Its cool to hear you want to pursue similar avenues [9/4/2013 9:27:34 PM] Remix: Sounds good. I wish there was some kind of film program here. [9/4/2013 9:28:12 PM] Remix: I'm in Tampa, btw. Wasn't born here, but I've been most of my life. I was actually born in South Bronx. [9/4/2013 9:28:33 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ooo. Thats crazy. I live in the Bronx now [9/4/2013 9:28:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: We must be long lost brothers or something [9/4/2013 9:29:38 PM] Remix: If you know a Ralph Irvine, tell him his girlfriend grabbed my dick on the train. [9/4/2013 9:30:20 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ah, the only Ralph I know is Ralph Moffetone, from Long Island. Maybe Irvine changed his name at some point [9/4/2013 9:31:50 PM] Remix: So, dubs. Abridging. WTS. What do you wanna know? [9/4/2013 9:32:07 PM] Nelson Rolon: Does your interest in film have anything to do with your dubbing? Or is that a "duh, of course it is?" Kinda question? [9/4/2013 9:33:55 PM] Nelson Rolon: I phrased that incorrectly, but i think you'll get what I meant [9/4/2013 9:33:58 PM] Remix: Only in the past few months has that been relevant to the dubbing. The choices that are made in terms of "writing," editing, and anything involving the use of music. [9/4/2013 9:35:03 PM | Edited 9:35:15 PM] Remix: Although, the more I learn about film in general, the more the limitations of abridging become apparent.

[9/4/2013 9:35:38 PM] Nelson Rolon: You want to make your own stories after a while, right? [9/4/2013 9:36:34 PM] Remix: There's only so much you can do with an existing story when all the images are composed and tailor-made for that story are all you have to work with, so yeah. [9/4/2013 9:37:13 PM] Remix: I just want to see as much as I can, read, and learn so that I can make something of my own. [9/4/2013 9:37:30 PM] Nelson Rolon: You might want to move back to NY sometime if you wanna make some good film connections [9/4/2013 9:38:01 PM | Edited 9:38:13 PM] Remix: It'll take years no matter what, so I might as well stop dicking around with making anime characters say stupid shit and get cracking. [9/4/2013 9:38:46 PM] Remix: It's taken up so much thought, it's not even funny. [9/4/2013 9:39:02 PM] Nelson Rolon: You know, voice acting is a proven way of breaking into the industry and making your own shit [9/4/2013 9:39:15 PM] Nelson Rolon: I always look to Mary McGlynn [9/4/2013 9:39:22 PM] Nelson Rolon: Or Richard Epcar [9/4/2013 9:39:47 PM] Nelson Rolon: Who voiced characters on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex [9/4/2013 9:40:09 PM] Nelson Rolon: McGlynn writes scripts and produces work now [9/4/2013 9:40:12 PM] Nelson Rolon: Directs [9/4/2013 9:40:40 PM] Nelson Rolon: I think Epcar owns a voice over studio [9/4/2013 9:40:42 PM] Remix: Depends what industry we're talking about. Because voice acting is probably not something I'd want to persue. [9/4/2013 9:41:17 PM] Remix: I'd do because it's something I'm kind of good at, but it isn't something I want to spend my whole life on. [9/4/2013 9:41:49 PM] Nelson Rolon: Of course not. And once you get enough prestige, you won't have to do it anymore [9/4/2013 9:42:06 PM] Nelson Rolon: That's what I like about Mary McGlynn [9/4/2013 9:42:12 PM] Remix: True. [9/4/2013 9:42:39 PM] Nelson Rolon: Did some Major (pun intended) roles and spends most of her time directing and writing now [9/4/2013 9:43:31 PM] Nelson Rolon: But think of it this way: no matter what you actually end up

doing in the industry, you'll start out as a lowly production assistant [9/4/2013 9:43:56 PM] Nelson Rolon: You won't stay down there if you can show people you're good at certain things [9/4/2013 9:44:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: That's what I've learned after 4 + years studying film and art and helping other people with their early film careers [9/4/2013 9:45:27 PM | Edited 9:45:36 PM] Remix: Yeah. I guess it wouldn't hurt to break in as Clueless Jogger #2 on an episode of Digimon. Sounds about as good as any other way. [9/4/2013 9:45:34 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lmao [9/4/2013 9:46:01 PM] Remix: At least it would be something I know I can do. Haha [9/4/2013 9:46:35 PM] Nelson Rolon: One thing I've heard from not only my professors, but working professionals is that studios hire people who can be a "total filmmaker" [9/4/2013 9:47:19 PM] Nelson Rolon: If you don't want to be Clueless Jogger #2, you have to start learning as much as you can [9/4/2013 9:47:38 PM] Nelson Rolon: All that Youtube shit makes everyone a filmmaker now [9/4/2013 9:48:41 PM] Nelson Rolon: Which actually contradicts everything I just told you about getting your foot in the door with voice acting. But dont forget voice acting is still a skill [9/4/2013 9:48:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: Boy, I'm horrible at pep talks [9/4/2013 9:50:10 PM] Remix: Oh, it's definitely a unique skill to have. No doubt I'll keep voice acting for TeamFourStar whenever they want me to. Those guys are so big, I'd be crazy not to stay invloved in some way. [9/4/2013 9:51:10 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah, keeping connections is the best thing for you to do now [9/4/2013 9:51:31 PM] Remix: By the way, what they do is pretty brilliant. They're basically retelling an existing story with their own characterizations. It's like a unique reprise of an existing song. [9/4/2013 9:51:43 PM] Remix: Or composition. Whatever. [9/4/2013 9:52:04 PM] Remix: Although in a filmic sense. [9/4/2013 9:52:11 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lol, composition is probably the better word for the context [9/4/2013 9:52:22 PM] Nelson Rolon: A score, perhaps [9/4/2013 9:52:46 PM] Remix: Whatever you can compare an existing narrative to. [9/4/2013 9:53:14 PM | Edited 9:54:46 PM] Remix: You can really pick anything since film uses a combination of just about everything.

[9/4/2013 9:53:33 PM] Nelson Rolon: A Hollywood remake, then? [9/4/2013 9:54:13 PM] Remix: Ouch. See, that's a good enough reason for me to stop doing it. Haha [9/4/2013 9:54:43 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lol, didn't mean to shatter your hopes and dreams [9/4/2013 9:55:19 PM] Remix: I have no hopes and dreams in abridging, don't worry. [9/4/2013 9:55:33 PM] Nelson Rolon: Good, I'm guilt-free now [9/4/2013 9:56:17 PM] Nelson Rolon: What exactly is your relation to Team Four Star? I'm a little foggy on the details [9/4/2013 9:56:42 PM] Nelson Rolon: In my naivetay I assumed you did all the voices for everyone on your YouTUbe channel [9/4/2013 9:57:09 PM] Remix: I play Kami on DBZ:A, Walter on Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, and other bit parts. [9/4/2013 9:57:26 PM] Remix: On WTS, I'm practically everyone unless stated otherwise. [9/4/2013 9:58:42 PM] Nelson Rolon: so Four Star's got plenty of other voices. wow, i didn't know there was a dubbing network lurking on the internet [9/4/2013 9:59:08 PM] Remix: There's a whole "Abridged Community." [9/4/2013 9:59:16 PM] Remix: Kind of a fuckin' joke, really. [9/4/2013 9:59:30 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ah, that makes sense now that I think about it. [9/4/2013 9:59:37 PM] Nelson Rolon: Why a joke? [9/4/2013 9:59:55 PM] Nelson Rolon: Is there no actual structure? [9/4/2013 10:00:01 PM] Remix: Have you seen some this shit? Haha [9/4/2013 10:00:20 PM] Remix: By some, I mean most. [9/4/2013 10:00:25 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah, I have, though there's too many abridged vids to keep up with [9/4/2013 10:00:36 PM] Nelson Rolon: So the good ones are Four Star? [9/4/2013 10:01:14 PM | Edited 10:01:17 PM] Remix: Pretty much. There are a couple of others, but TFS is head and shoulders above the rest. [9/4/2013 10:02:31 PM] Nelson Rolon: I'll keep that in mind. Kinda works like AMVs, I guess. There's one in a thousand that I might end up liking

[9/4/2013 10:03:51 PM] Remix: I honestly don't think it's been exploited to its full potential, but there really aren't enough days on the calender to waste on changing the abridging game. : P [9/4/2013 10:04:46 PM] Nelson Rolon: It's all downhill from here, is what you're saying [9/4/2013 10:04:57 PM] Remix: In the end, it's still a riff on pre-existing and copyrighted shit. At best, it's kind of just practice in editing and filmmaking. Kind of... [9/4/2013 10:05:36 PM] Remix: Unless somebody comes at it like some kind of filmmaking virtuoso or some shit, yeah. [9/4/2013 10:06:20 PM] Nelson Rolon: I respect your goal to further your career, then. Or at lest, your desire to start a career. That takes some serious balls. [9/4/2013 10:07:58 PM] Remix: It's tough. It's kind of daunting to leave something you're fairly comfortable with to pursue something so big, knowing that so many other people are after the same thing and won't hesitate to step on you to get it. [9/4/2013 10:08:10 PM] Remix: But, fuck it. Can't be scared. [9/4/2013 10:08:29 PM] Remix: My generation is full of pussies. I don't want to be one of those. : P [9/4/2013 10:08:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: Amen. [9/4/2013 10:10:23 PM] Remix: By the way, I just want to mention: A big reason people in abridging and in a lot of other things make all the same pop culture references is because they share a very, VERY small frame of reference. [9/4/2013 10:11:34 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lol, sounds like something I would learn in a film course [9/4/2013 10:11:44 PM] Nelson Rolon: You've been reading some textbooks, I see [9/4/2013 10:11:59 PM] Nelson Rolon: Doing your homework, as it were [9/4/2013 10:12:29 PM] Remix: Homework is probably better. Even with what little I know, that much is apparent. [9/4/2013 10:12:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: This related to everyone being pussies? I can see that making sense if everyone is afraid to branch out [9/4/2013 10:13:12 PM] Nelson Rolon: Sticking to what you know always feels better [9/4/2013 10:14:16 PM] Nelson Rolon: Or even worse, always doing what the guy next to you is doing [9/4/2013 10:16:17 PM | Edited 10:18:46 PM] Remix: It... CAN be related to them being afraid to branch out, yes. I have a friend who's a bit older than I am that I often talk about this with. He's seen and read so much more shit than I have it's not even funny and according to him, all these things were so ubiquitous and accessible in the past that all you really had to do was go outside.

[9/4/2013 10:17:57 PM] Remix: I think a lot of people our age are dying for something new or different, but have no inkling of what's already there. Hence why I'm trying so hard to learn as much as I can about film, film history, film anything. And this branches out into countless other things as well. [9/4/2013 10:18:05 PM] Remix: All you have to do is look. [9/4/2013 10:18:25 PM] Nelson Rolon: But people don't look, and that's the problem. [9/4/2013 10:18:50 PM] Remix: They don't know what to look for, maybe. [9/4/2013 10:19:40 PM] Nelson Rolon: That's a positive spin on it. Probably closer to the truth. [9/4/2013 10:20:12 PM] Remix: Picture this: In the future, some famous artist or whatever is being interviewed and when he's asked what his biggest influences are, he basically gives you what was available to him. [9/4/2013 10:20:21 PM] Remix: Duck Tales. [9/4/2013 10:20:30 PM] Remix: Or fucking Darwing Duck. [9/4/2013 10:20:36 PM] Nelson Rolon: lmao. that'll be an interesting day [9/4/2013 10:20:46 PM] Nelson Rolon: this a future where ducks are the dominant race? [9/4/2013 10:21:38 PM | Edited 10:21:47 PM] Remix: A future where kids cartoons from the 80s and 90s are the main pools of reference. [9/4/2013 10:21:58 PM] Nelson Rolon: But I see what you're saying. We have to look further back in time, maybe a lot further, for good ideas [9/4/2013 10:22:08 PM] Nelson Rolon: Different ideas, in any case [9/4/2013 10:22:30 PM] Nelson Rolon: Studying film is a good fit for you, then [9/4/2013 10:24:03 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ask anyone if they've seen a film older than their grandparents and you might get a definite "No." [9/4/2013 10:24:52 PM] Remix: Definitely. It's probably a big reason why people can't come up with anything different. Hence shit like abridging. It's almost like postmodernism imploded on itself. Haha [9/4/2013 10:25:07 PM] Nelson Rolon: that's some deep shit [9/4/2013 10:25:08 PM] Nelson Rolon: wow [9/4/2013 10:25:31 PM] Nelson Rolon: damn, that's a good line [9/4/2013 10:26:23 PM] Nelson Rolon: ha, abridging really is postmodernism imploding on itself [9/4/2013 10:26:41 PM] Nelson Rolon: you study philosophy at any point?

[9/4/2013 10:27:05 PM] Nelson Rolon: or sociology? [9/4/2013 10:27:51 PM] Remix: Not seriously, no. I'm certainly well-versed in either one of those things. I'm familiar with certain figures in Philosophy, though. [9/4/2013 10:29:17 PM] Remix: I can't really expound on any of it. That's the problem with not being all that articulate about certain things. [9/4/2013 10:29:58 PM] Remix: I haven't flexed those muscles enough. [9/4/2013 10:30:10 PM] Nelson Rolon: You might want to read some Jean Baudrillard, i like him [9/4/2013 10:30:22 PM] Nelson Rolon: Simulacra and Simulation [9/4/2013 10:30:31 PM] Remix: ^^^^ [9/4/2013 10:31:13 PM | Edited 10:32:59 PM] Remix: I read about that in a Film Theory book I bought a while ago. Also in a Tarantino book I have as well. [9/4/2013 10:32:27 PM] Remix: Really interesting shit. As a matter of fact, those concepts have had my head spinning when it comes to abridging and just about everything since I've read about them. [9/4/2013 10:33:18 PM] Remix: In terms of references, basically. [9/4/2013 10:33:35 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah, man. Memes and simulacra will do that to you [9/4/2013 10:35:40 PM | Edited 10:35:48 PM] Remix: Just about any piece of information or art or any form of communication that requires an understanding uses reference. But, now I'm just being really obvious. However, the thought comes into play when you start to look at references in jokes and things like that. [9/4/2013 10:37:39 PM] Remix: Whether you make a joke about something, it's a reference. Whether it's something from pop culture or something anyone would be familiar with, like a chair or a rock or some shit. Still a reference. [9/4/2013 10:38:54 PM | Edited 10:41:50 PM] Remix: I think the people who get all bent out of shape about referential humor are the people who feel excluded. But, who's fault is it that those people don't get it? [9/4/2013 10:39:40 PM] Remix: It usually isn't the reference's fault, I can tell you that. [9/4/2013 10:41:42 PM] Nelson Rolon: Well, we'd have to push that to its logical conclusion: jokes are both pretty colloquial at times, and loaded with references other cultural groups can't reasonably be expected to know. Mass culture is a recent phenomenon in human history, but at some point there's going to be too many pop cultural references to bother knowing about [9/4/2013 10:42:15 PM] Nelson Rolon: Exclusion is an inevitablilty

[9/4/2013 10:44:09 PM | Edited 10:44:26 PM] Remix: Which is why it's so mindboggling that a lot of people share this very small and mostly fleeting frame of reference when it comes to art or any kind of culture. There's so much out there. To me it's scary. Even worse when I think about how little -I- know. [9/4/2013 10:44:34 PM] Nelson Rolon: I think that's when artists and similarly educated people have to put their knowledge to work and say, "We're gonna reference things no one in our culture knows about." That's when "original" and "inspirational" work gets made [9/4/2013 10:45:00 PM] Nelson Rolon: Everything else that's made is usually there because it's trendy at the time [9/4/2013 10:46:02 PM] Remix: Hah! You should follow the cookie crumbs from any aspect of Quentin Tarantino's films. You'll end up in places you might have never known existed. [9/4/2013 10:46:13 PM] Remix: Even outside of the realm of film. [9/4/2013 10:47:01 PM] Nelson Rolon: Tarrantino's exceptionally good, I'll give you that [9/4/2013 10:47:44 PM] Remix: Well, the reason I bring him up is how he unabashedly references other art. [9/4/2013 10:48:11 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah, usually East Asian cinema [9/4/2013 10:48:36 PM] Remix: A lot of people shit on him for the derivativeness (sp?), but doesn't anyone with an influence do that in a way? [9/4/2013 10:49:03 PM | Edited 10:49:12 PM] Remix: Hell, by him being so up front about it, I've learned so much just by trying to find where he got shit from. [9/4/2013 10:50:34 PM] Nelson Rolon: All things come from other things. People aren't raised in vacuum. Some directors deliberately hide those references, or genuinely think they invented them themselves. As far as originality, I'm sure that if someone came up with something all their own, there's still going to be a few examples of it in other works unrelated to them [9/4/2013 10:51:37 PM] Nelson Rolon: I'd like to think there's such a thing as "originality," but that might be a matter of time and place. If an old idea has a new context, it's "original" [9/4/2013 10:52:11 PM] Nelson Rolon: Tarrantino is actually pretty "original" for not caring to hide what his inspirations are [9/4/2013 10:52:16 PM] Remix: I definitely appreciate his openness about it. He's an extremely intelligent guy and I think he knows that people out there would look at the references that way. [9/4/2013 10:52:56 PM | Edited 10:53:03 PM] Remix: When it boils down to it, Tarantino's films are a gateway drug to film in general. [9/4/2013 10:53:52 PM] Nelson Rolon: It sounds like you've found a favorite filmmaking auteur. [9/4/2013 10:55:27 PM] Remix: Yeah, no matter how snobbish I might end up in 10 years, he'll always be ground zero for me.

[9/4/2013 10:56:04 PM] Nelson Rolon: Tarrantino's pretty rare as far as filmmakers go. If you study film long enough, you'll surely find other tastes you'll like [9/4/2013 10:57:06 PM] Nelson Rolon: For me, I've come to appreciate Zhang Yimou, for example. A Chinese filmmaker who makes what are probably the most visually beautiful films Ilve ever seen [9/4/2013 10:57:31 PM] Remix: Oh yeah. I even somehow got into this director named Jim Jarmusch just by going out and looking. [9/4/2013 10:57:38 PM] Remix: Fucking love his shit. [9/4/2013 10:57:39 PM] Nelson Rolon: Ahhh [9/4/2013 10:57:51 PM] Nelson Rolon: I need to see a Jarmusch film [9/4/2013 10:58:01 PM] Nelson Rolon: Now i feel so stupid [9/4/2013 10:59:19 PM] Nelson Rolon: Maybe I can suggest a few books you should read [9/4/2013 10:59:23 PM] Nelson Rolon: Film books [9/4/2013 10:59:30 PM] Remix: Dead Man might be the best one I've seen and I couldn't even tell you what the fuck it was trying to say. Once you see it or any of his movies, you'll see what I mean. But, by God, if his movies don't have the most unique sense of humor. [9/4/2013 10:59:34 PM] Remix: Yeah, man, shoot. [9/4/2013 10:59:44 PM] Remix: Oh, and check out Ghost Dog. [9/4/2013 10:59:57 PM] Nelson Rolon: With Whittaker? [9/4/2013 11:00:07 PM] Remix: Yeah, that's a Jarmusch film. [9/4/2013 11:00:18 PM] Nelson Rolon: Oh, Ive seen that [9/4/2013 11:00:47 PM] Nelson Rolon: In class, actually [9/4/2013 11:00:56 PM | Edited 11:01:03 PM] Remix: That's basically what his films are like. They have a really deadpan sense of humor. Which is a perfect mix with Bill Murray in Broken Flowers. [9/4/2013 11:02:18 PM] Nelson Rolon: If you ever make it back to NY, I'd suggest taking up classes at my old school, Purchase College [9/4/2013 11:02:40 PM] Nelson Rolon: The Cinema Studies program would be right up your alley [9/4/2013 11:02:59 PM] Nelson Rolon: A little depressing but right up your alley [9/4/2013 11:03:08 PM] Remix: Depressing why?

[9/4/2013 11:03:51 PM] Nelson Rolon: Just the types of films, I mean. I quit the program because of moody european films [9/4/2013 11:04:02 PM] Remix: Haha [9/4/2013 11:04:07 PM] Nelson Rolon: Lars Von Trier really takes the cake [9/4/2013 11:04:29 PM] Remix: Did you get into Jean Pierre Melville? [9/4/2013 11:04:38 PM] Remix: That's a bad motherfucker right there. [9/4/2013 11:04:45 PM] Remix: Check out Le Samourai. [9/4/2013 11:05:02 PM] Nelson Rolon: Hm, I'll note that down [9/4/2013 11:05:17 PM] Nelson Rolon: Any actual samurai in it? [9/4/2013 11:05:27 PM] Remix: Heh, no. [9/4/2013 11:05:30 PM] Remix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Samoura%C3%AF [9/4/2013 11:05:39 PM] Remix: Just give it a glance over. [9/4/2013 11:06:38 PM] Remix: And check out the films it influenced. Drive, Ghost Dog, etc. [9/4/2013 11:07:03 PM] Nelson Rolon: Yeah [9/4/2013 11:07:12 PM] Nelson Rolon: Even a John Woo film [9/4/2013 11:08:11 PM] Nelson Rolon: I'm pretty sure Ive seen The Killer [9/4/2013 11:08:36 PM] Nelson Rolon: Years ago [9/4/2013 11:09:46 PM] Nelson Rolon: Well, I've gotta say this has been the most interesting interview I've ever conducted [9/4/2013 11:10:06 PM] Nelson Rolon: More like a genuine conversation, for sure [9/4/2013 11:10:40 PM] Remix: I still need to get into more Hong Kong stuff. I tried going through the Shaw Borther canon, but stopped. I got get back on that. However, while I was doing that, I found a possible source of Tarantino's inspiration. A major one, at that. And I haven't heard or seen anyone make a mention of it. [9/4/2013 11:11:02 PM] Remix: The Bells of Death. A straight-up revenge movie, basically. [9/4/2013 11:11:03 PM] Remix: One sec. [9/4/2013 11:12:02 PM] Nelson Rolon: Sounds like it would have inspired Kill Bill

[9/4/2013 11:13:19 PM] Remix: Nope. The Hans Landa opening of Inglorious Basterds. [9/4/2013 11:13:48 PM] Remix: Lemme just copy/paste something I said somewhere about this. [9/4/2013 11:13:55 PM] Remix: "The bandits are in this cottage as the protagonists mother tries to retreat across the field. The main antagonist aims his arrow at her, which is already somewhat similar to the opening scene from Inglorious Basterds (2009) when Col. Hans Landa aims his pistol at Shoshanna; apart from the fact that this guy actually shoots the woman. But, what really gets interesting is that immediately after he shoots her, he and his cronies hear the other family members hiding under the floorboards and take it one step further and executes one of them through the floor!" [9/4/2013 11:14:46 PM] Nelson Rolon: Shit [9/4/2013 11:15:20 PM] Nelson Rolon: I don't think I've heard that mentioned before [9/4/2013 11:15:59 PM] Nelson Rolon: And that's funny considering I hung out with film buffs all the time [9/4/2013 11:17:03 PM] Nelson Rolon: But you're right, that's spot on [9/4/2013 11:22:41 PM] Remix: Hold on. Some shit is going down over here. [9/4/2013 11:25:41 PM] Nelson Rolon: A fight? [9/4/2013 11:29:32 PM] Remix: Something like that.