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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to African-Americans who have left DU (xpost from AA) [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)The Emperor of Japan asks America to send it's best military soldier (of course Tom Cruise) to his kingdom so he can train the ignorant peasants about modern warfare. Of course Tom becomes super ninja samurai bad ass General America and saves the day.
The ninja movies/tv shows always made me laugh when I was a teen (1980s) they were so stupid and cheesy.
It takes a Japanese man his entire life studying and trying to master ninjitsu...yet somehow an American always comes along and learns ALL the skills in about 20 minutes of movie time. Then after another 10 minutes he is the Grand Master of Flowers and knows the super secret level 20 quivering palm strike! Bad guy (who also has spent a lifetime learning martial arts) now all the sudden gets his ass handed to him and the end of the movie we see Dash Handsome kissing the girl and getting a nod from his sensei.
So stupid.