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  1. Yoshi Sugawara

    Letters From Iwo Jima

    Saw this last night with my wife and brother in San Francisco. Since it had recieved barely any marketing attention, there were only a few others in the theater. It was definitely worthwhile, I really appreciated the accurate (at least for me) portrayal of the Japanese during that time...
  2. Yoshi Sugawara

    HTF REVIEW: LOST - the complete first season - ADDICTIVELY RECOMMENDED!!!

    I bought this blindly last Friday (my first blind TV series buy in a long time), and this is absolutely one of the best buys (excuse the pun) I ever made. Everything about the show is well executed, nothing is ever too over-the-top. The flashbacks are one of my favorite parts, especially how...
  3. Yoshi Sugawara

    *** Official SPIDER-MAN 2 Review Thread

    As far as superhero films, it feels like it doesn't get any better than this. I was floored at the nearly flawless blend and execution of character development, comedy, and action. I really liked the fact that the characters were the focus of the film, which makes the whole experience more...
  4. Yoshi Sugawara

    Bow-Lingual

    My fiance's parents got our dog Bowlingual from Japan a year ago - overall, it's sort of hit-or-miss. It's a toy, you have fun with what messages appear, and it's amusing at times. The problem is that our dog doesn't bark that much, unless she really has to (someone walking by the apartment...
  5. Yoshi Sugawara

    Question about TV Antennas and Reception

    My fiance called me all the way from Japan (visiting her parents) and asked me to post a question in the HTF :) She wanted to ask about powered TV antennas and whether they help in her parents' situation or not. The thing is, her parents live in a mountainous area, and I'm not sure if an...
  6. Yoshi Sugawara

    can someone translate this?

    I'm too lazy to translate it, but my brother works for GamePro and attended the FF12 press conference in Tokyo, and wrote an article: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/news/31775.shtml Also, an interview he had with Square: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/game...es/31807.shtml...
  7. Yoshi Sugawara

    Final Fantasy XII announced...

    My brother works for GamePro, and he just came back from the Square-Enix announcement in Tokyo and told me he just posted news on it: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/news/31775.shtml Just thought I'd give a shameless plug :)
  8. Yoshi Sugawara

    *** Official THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS Review Thread

    I wasn't expecting much after seeing that the majority of critics dismissed it as a mindless exercise in special effects. While I agree that there were a lot of special effects, but I felt they were appropriate in their purpose. The movie wasn't as bad as I would have been led to believe...
  9. Yoshi Sugawara

    Star Wars Galaxies, Worth it?

    I haven't played SW: Galaxies at all but the genral concensus I gather from various sites/opinions are: Pros: - nice Star Wars scenery - good social scene, encourages interaction Cons: - there's too little static content (intersting missions, etc) - character classes are unbalanced -...
  10. Yoshi Sugawara

    Need some big time resume advice!

    Not sure what you are really interested in, but how about Network Administrator, Technical Support Associate, Computer Support Specialist, or something along those lines. You might want to try mid- to small- sized businesses, as they seem like those types of companies really need the support...
  11. Yoshi Sugawara

    *** Official SCHOOL OF ROCK Review Thread

    A fun, feel-good movie that's actually a family film without you realizing it is. Jack Black is hilarious, and the kids seem very real and are likeable as well. Nice buildup to the end, and I thought Joan Cusack also did a great job. 8.5/10
  12. Yoshi Sugawara

    ***Official LOST IN TRANSLATION Discussion Thread

    The director basically said something like, "Suntory whiskey has a century of history behind it, and I want you to convey that legacy to the viewers." That "look at camera with intensity" comment by the translator just shows that she didn't really know what to say :) The bus advertisement...
  13. Yoshi Sugawara

    ***Official LOST IN TRANSLATION Discussion Thread

    A great film - Bill Murray was great, and Sofia Coppola really captured the atmosphere of Japan really well - from a Japanese perspective, nothing felt out of place at all. It was interesting for my fiance and I as Japanese speakers to see the film, as we got to see it from "both sides", so...
  14. Yoshi Sugawara

    I'm moving to Japan!

    Good luck on the move - Japan has 100v current, not 220 btw :)
  15. Yoshi Sugawara

    Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Demo Available

    A note about performance, I also had some slowdowns/frame rate hitches on my P4 2GHz/ 768MB RAM/ GeForce 4 Ti4200 , running at max settings - I had to turn down to 1152x864 to get better performance.
  16. Yoshi Sugawara

    Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Demo Available

    I was left unimpressed with the demo. It doesn't feel like a new game, and I think part of it has to do with the aging Quake 3 engine. Maybe I've been spoiled from the Call of Duty demo - but the level setup and design, how the characters move and "act", and the overall feel of the game make it...
  17. Yoshi Sugawara

    The next Dragon Warrior Game?

    The DW8 screens look great - but I hope they get rid of random encounters. All games should get rid of these random encounters - it's an old remnant from the 8-bit era to get around hardware limitations, and it's pretty damn annoying.
  18. Yoshi Sugawara

    The next Dragon Warrior Game?

    Dragon Quest/Warrior 4 is my favorite of the series as well. I have the DQ4 remake, and its great - they added a series of optional quests after you finish the game that are pretty challenging. DW7 was good, but didn't give me the satisfaction I got from the other ones. My ranking of the...
  19. Yoshi Sugawara

    How do i get my ribs to be tender?

    2 words: Pressure Cooker Cooking them for 15 minutes in a pressure cooker gets them really tender.
  20. Yoshi Sugawara

    Whale hunting worse than previously thought!

    I'm all for cutting down/eliminating whaling - if they're endangered, why not do all that we can to save them, I say. One reason why it's still going on is because there is demand for it. Whale meat was a part of Japanese culture, and so it's going to take some time and convincing to slow the...
  21. Yoshi Sugawara

    Relocating to Los Angeles area....

    I basically grew up in LA for most of my life, and now I'm living in Northern California. The things I don't like about LA is the urban sprawl - like Ted and others mentioned, you can drive for about an hour and still feel like you're in the same place. In the Bay Area, it's relatively easy...
  22. Yoshi Sugawara

    Relocating to Los Angeles area....

    Wow, the rent situation in LA/SoCal sounds really bad and out-of-control, it almost sounds like what it was in the boom time over here in the Bay Area. I'm paying a little over $1400 for a 2 bedroom 2 full bathroom apartment with my fiance - it's a little on the high side, but it's a new...
  23. Yoshi Sugawara

    Relocating to Los Angeles area....

    I think he means that he's going to a community college and then transfer after 2 years to UCLA. If you're going that route, Brent, I heard Santa Monica College has the highest transfer rates to UCLA. I'm a UCLA alum myself, good luck!
  24. Yoshi Sugawara

    Tooth extraction

    Wow, your story scares me - the back of my molar just broke off a few days ago while eating, and its not hurting. I thought it would be ok, but I made an appt for the dentist for this week. :)
  25. Yoshi Sugawara

    *** Official LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE Review Thread

    A very bad movie whose premise is really a hyped up sightseeing tour through different countries, sprinkled with pseudo action, slow-mo and "emotional" scenes sprinkled in between. I wasn't expecting much at all, just to be entertained with a few action scenes, but the action scenes...
  26. Yoshi Sugawara

    Does anyone here speak Chinese?

    I think the post is in Chinese - I tried viewing the page in Japanese encoding, but it didn't work - sorry.
  27. Yoshi Sugawara

    Any Japanese Members here who can get me a Famicom?

    Oof, I owned a Famicom back in the days, and I had a converter to play American NES games too, but I think it's at my parents place down in Southern California, and I don't know if they threw it out or not.... So why not just use the converter to play Famicom gameson an American NES?
  28. Yoshi Sugawara

    Ever decide not to watch a DVD because it was only DD 2.0?

    No, I used to think like that when 5.1 surround was new to me, but ultimately, it's the content that pulls you in, not the sound - because I've seen bad movies with great sound, and it's not that good of an experience.
  29. Yoshi Sugawara

    *** Official "FINDING NEMO" Review Thread

    Just saw this just a mile away from Pixar Studios, at the AMC in Emeryville, at a digital projection showing. A great film - visually immersive, good story, funny characters, snappy humor. They've consistently proven themselves as great storytellers as well as churn out the best visuals. I...
  30. Yoshi Sugawara

    Battlefield 1942 (PC) = Simply Amazing

    Desert Combat has updated infantry weapons as well as vehicles. Assault members have an M16/Ak-47, Support members get a shotgun and can place mortar launchers (which can then be used when artillery is called for), anti-tank members get a more accurate RPG and a Stinger missile launcher, and so...
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