It gets funnier every time

Good post.

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

*4th idiot raises hand*

I see what you're saying dude, but allow me to break this down why there is a difference with Kill Bill, Sin City, etc.

These movies are MEANT TO BE THIS WAY. They fuse a bunch of genres together, with the Japanese manga and anime, 70s kung fu genre, etc (in Kill Bill's case), set in a real modern world, and applying the comic-book style to it, via the 'blood spraying out of the head like a fire hydrant'. Now, we all know that doesnt happen in real life. If the movie had been just a regular action movie or something, like Lethal Weapon or Goodfellas and people's arms sprayed blood like a volcano, it would look utterly retarded. However, in Kill Bill, it works, because it is fusing 2 genres together. The movie was intended to be that way and used a unique writing and direction approach, which was done fantastically by Tarantino.

But alas, i dont believe Carpenter intended this whatsoever in EFNY. That film had about the most serious, dark and dystopic looking themes and backgrounds, along with the music (which Carpenter himself scored), as you can get, and honestly, i have not seen that duplicated since. Its truly a work of art, not to mention the movie's focal point of corrupt fascist authoritarian regimes and how this movie predicted literally EVERYTHING on the verge of being rolled out now. Its ending embodies everything peace should be about (scientific discovery, music, art, poetry, etc), and throwing away (as Snake did) the garbage that brings nothing but death and slaughter.

Concerning EFLA though, yes, it was definitely campy, much more lighter, and had dark humor throughout the film, sometimes too much. What i think tends to happen, is people who like this film (me, i like it for what its about and its deeper message) try and justify its place by saying it was no different than the 1st as far as the campiness or whatever, or wasnt meant to be taken seriously. Well, that is just dead wrong, because i simply cannot get how someone can see both movies having the same 'skin.' Its pretty much on edge of being night and day.

There was also no hint at EFLA being some stab at HW/Special FX industry, fusing multiple genres together, or doing things intentionally, ie, over-exaggerating some action scenes to the point of absurdity. However, the latter took place, due to just rushed and bad production concerning that component. Hell man, we had movies several years before this that looked as good as CGI today. There really was just no excuse for it :-/...especially with a 50mn$ budget. I mean, i think its safe to say the tidal wave scene was arguably one of the worst scenes in movie history, if you were to make a top 50, it would surely be up there lol.

And yes, people are more awake today to many of the treasonous filth we have ruling over us, all their greed and malfeasance that runs deeper than the proverbial matrix rabbit hole and the illusion of choice, not to mention, many of the authoritarian bs being put in place where again, the police state being depicted in both movies, is virtually here right now (cameras every where you go, license plate readers, Stop and f'ing Frisk, and other unconstitutional crap)...So yea, theyll appreciate this movie more now, than they did in 96. But Carpenter should have put a bit more effort into ELFA on the CGI/Tech aspect of it, because had that happened, the people scoffing at it, wouldnt have been so distracted and likely not missed the great moral to the story.