It’s really not something that’s bound to come up in most history classes, but America has this odd tendency to remake anything that’s vastly superior to what it churns out. Take, for example, the field of electronics: Japan makes these killer gadgets and doodads, which are in turn copied and produced by manufacturers in the States. The same goes for automobiles. The reasoning behind it all is simple: why would you even think about being a dirty Commie rat and shelling out the big bucks for some fancy-pants import when you can buy the much-cheaper, far inferior US equivalent (which, interestingly enough, is comprised of goods that are usually exported from China and Mexico) and support our own non-national laborers abroad? [Read the rest at Cinema Sentries.]
The Magnificent Seven / Return of the Seven Blu-ray Reviews: MGM Reissues Half of a Previously-Released Set
Posted: 9 September, 2011 in Movies/TVTags: Claude Akins, Fox, MGM, remake, Return of the Seven, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Magnificent Seven, Warren Oates, Western, Yul Brynner
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