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The armored bulldozer scene

posted 8 years ago by aussersein
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I understand that the director is trying to make a fun and action-packed film, but I didn't agree with the presence of the armored bulldozer scene in the film. It was over the top, and, forgive me, it betrayed Kurosawa's original vision. This is supposed to be a story of the power of friendship among a hopelessly outnumbered team who defeat impossible odds. The scene where the magnificent seven weld armor plates onto a bulldozer they found in an abandoned sawmill and roll through town killing the bandits one by one seemed out of place (given the otherwise Old West setting), and it diminished the sevens' ultimate victory.

Anyone else agree?

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[–] gigantisaurus 8 years ago

I disagree. I thought it fit fine with the story and was true to the resourcefulness of the group. Also, it reminded me of the movies "Tremors", and that's just a good movie.

[–] hammerbutt 8 years ago

It was a steam powered bulldozer I didn't see any problem

[–] mefanch 8 years ago

Completely disagree, Kurosawa's original vision was an epic tale of the class struggles of the peon-proletariat against the neo-bandit-bourgeoisie paradoxically defended by other bourgeoisie-ronin, in a classic example of existential thought process showing that nothing ever changes in this absurd world. Best exemplified with the quote from Shimada: "The farmers have won. Not us."

As such, the armored bulldozer a metaphor for the working class ironically armored (as if a mythological knight) destroying the bandits one at a time with steam powered engines fits perfectly.

The laser blasters may have been a bit much though. ... spoiler?

[–] aussersein 8 years ago

Slut Barf.

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[–] dayvit78 8 years ago

Was this in the movie? I just saw it in theaters last night and I didn't see it. Our screen did shut off twice for "technical difficulties" so the projectionist could have skipped the scene when he turned it back on.

[–] CyberVerm 8 years ago

It was a homage to Kurosawa's film, in that movie the seven samurai ride a mechanized godzilla to victory.

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[–] speculator-1 8 years ago

FFS!

Does nobody use the spoiler markup any more?

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[–] lovecomesagain 8 years ago

@dayvit78: That really sucks!! It was one of the best scenes in the movie. The background score, thrill and the buildup - amazing.

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[–] bhikkhu 8 years ago

Was this in the movie? I just saw it in theaters last night and I didn't see it. Our screen did shut off twice for "technical difficulties" so the projectionist could have skipped the scene when he turned it back on.

It was right before the alien landing.

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[–] bhikkhu 8 years ago

The armored bulldozer scene was a homage, not a betrayal, of Kurosawa's classic film.

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[–] Smokey_T 8 years ago

If they wanted to pay homage they should have kept the gay love triangle between the young Katsushirō, Kambei, and Kyūzō. Although arguably it is a love quadrangle after Kikuchiyo joins the group and attempts to seduce Kambei.

[–] JdgMoonbox 8 years ago

The scene where the magnificent seven weld armor plates onto a bulldozer they found in an abandoned sawmill and roll through town killing the bandits one by one seemed out of place (given the otherwise Old West setting),

It'll be clear that I hadn't seen the movie, but when you say, "bulldozer," do you mean in the familiar sense of a tractor with a forward facing blade and tank treads? That was invented in 1926 (as nearly as historians of industry can document), and if the story was set at a time after the bulldozer was invented, why do they have a Gatling gun instead of a machine gun with the improvements that Hotchkiss and Maxim made to it?

Or do they mean a predecessor of the modern bulldozer? I have heard the term used for a blade dragged by a tractor, but from your description, that's not what the 7 used. Your description sounds like they used "hillbilly armor" to make a tank, something that was invented in 1914 after the armies of World War I started digging the trenches that characterized that war.

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[–] TwoFourSixOhOne24601 8 years ago

No, it had nothing to do with farming equipment. It was Paul Buñion's giant bovine, Blue. It got really drunk and passed out, so they strapped armor on the dozing bull and controlled it telepathically via a shared dream with the Indian chief.

[–] Tyler-A-Arse 8 years ago

I don't recall any bulldozer scene.

[–] mx334 8 years ago

It is just a con put on by some studio people to do a hype to get people to watch. Don't fall for it. Its like they did with that gay franco guy movie and north korea.

[–] Tyler-A-Arse 8 years ago

Thanks. That's pretty pathetic, though.

[–] mx334 8 years ago

At least this movie won't be as bad as that CHIPs remake is.

[–] Toshi51 8 years ago

Coincidently, I had the exact same thought while watching this dog of a movie. An armored track dozer with two guys armed with BARs was exactly what was needed. This could have happened before or after they discovered the Curtis Jenny biplane abandoned by General Pershing during the Mexican Incursion of 1916.

After all, time is a ribbon which twists.

[–] mx334 8 years ago

That spider thing from wild wild west in this.

[–] Toshi51 8 years ago

Definitely!