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# Plus...
Also used in crazy Japanese film Battle Royale:


(rear_endo, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:09, archived)
# wow have you seen that?
i couldnt find it showing anywhere near me.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:10, archived)
# Curzon Soho, I think
You're right, it was radio signals, and they had to keep moving around the island as well, because certain sectors became 'hot' and would blow up any neck bombs in the area.

Bonkers film.
(rear_endo, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:12, archived)
# the film was ok,
but mostly style over substance it has to be said.
If you were thinking "hmm, I know I'll try and make a cult film the kids will love and adults will be awfully shocked by", you'd make that.
(I helped save b3ta! pep, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:25, archived)
# Maybe
but I was over there when it was released and saw the hysteria about juvenile crime...
This is a country that is currently shitting itself because as far as they can see , the kids are going out of control.Young people don't want to work in the oppressive environment their parents accepted, there have been several murders caused by teenagers and the Japanese don't know how to deal with it.
The measures they are talking about are extremely right-wing and ANYTHING that causes them to pause is a good thing.
Besides which it has KIDS BLOWING UP!!!!!!
Yees!!!
(Jesus, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:35, archived)
# no country knows what to do
with violent kids and/or teenagers - look at the insanity that's still going on the with Bulger killers over here. I wonder if it did make them pause, did it work do you know?
You're right tho - kids blowing up - hoorah! Might nip out later and blow some up meself
:)
(I helped save b3ta! pep, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:40, archived)
# Nah it didn't really stop them
though I mean, the Japanese penal system is a total joke.
It's a mixture of naivete about crime and who commits it ( Koreans and Chinese , according to them) and fascism ( regular beatings for prisoners, no jury system, no rights for prisoners) which has left them in the position of not being able to do anything.
Then again in the 2 years that I lived there I never once locked my front door so they must be doing something right...
(Jesus, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:48, archived)
# what were
you doing there for 2 years?
(a friend of mind got busted in spain for drug dealing. He got put away in prison for a while no interpreter, no explanations, no one told him how long he'd be in there... after a month they let him go. Odd. He was guilty but odd nonetheless. He thought he might be in there for years)
(I helped save b3ta! pep, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 13:54, archived)
# Same as everyone else over there
Teaching English.
It's funny, I miss and and don't miss it in equal measure.
On the one hand, good money, good food, some beautiful places no crime, you feel totally safe , hardly ever rains....
On the other hand, rampant racism, sexism and conformity as an art form.
(Jesus, Sun 28 Apr 2002, 14:12, archived)