bmwracer wrote:
That doesn't make it right. :beaten: :sweat:
Well, to Westerners and people with western tastes it's not right, but then Japan is Japan, and there's a good reason why we find that country so weird.
Most of the younger generation here in the Philippines grew up watching anime and tokusatsu with their repetitive storylines, unchanging action sequences and all that. So when we watch Gokusen 1, 2 and 3, even though we know that it's the same thing over and over, the mere fact that we like it supersedes any expectation of something new.
As for the movie being one, long 2-hour episode, Japanese tv-to-movie translations are not what most Westerners expect. When an American tv show becomes a full-length film, it becomes grander in scope, the characters are brought into a bigger world and unfamiliar circumstances happen. If that formula were applied to a Japanese show made into a film, the Japanese audience would be perplexed.
Remember the reviews on the Simpsons Movie?
It's an Asian thing, just like rice... the side dish might be different, but essentially it's the same thing everyday and we like it.
(Although I should say that I'm pretty sure Gokusen 4 will never happen.)
