#it’s based on seven samurai/the magnificent seven btw
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disasterhimbo · 2 days ago
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[ID: a gif set from A Bug’s Life in which Hopper makes a speech to the other grasshoppers.
He says, “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food; it's about keeping those ants in line.”
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A Bug’s Life, 1998
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stirringwinds · 2 years ago
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one of my fav fun facts about alfred is that he's described to be a bit of a film buff. do you think that only refers to his own hollywood movies or is he an appreciator of foreign indie films too? your hetalia headcanons/drabbles are so interesting btw, i love them!
thank you anon! when it comes to this, i generally lean towards alfred embodying the more well-travelled and cosmopolitan side of america, so i'd say he definitely appreciates all sorts of foreign films too. he might enjoy some hollywood cliches a little too much lol, but there's hollywood has long been influenced by foreign cinema to begin with.
this is one thing i see him and kiku often doing together, actually. specifically because japanese cinema and culture has a pretty significant influence on hollywood. for example; akira kurosawa's postwar films, like the incredibly influential Seven Samurai— which is what the 60s western Magnificent Seven is directly based off. as well as his The Hidden Fortress, which Lucas took inspiration from for the original Star Wars. and there's also ofc godzilla, the mecha genre, and other films like the Matrix and the original Ghost in the Shell manga.
i also see Alfred being fluent in spanish (especially due to the influence of his neighbours) and german by the 1900s, so that also made it much easier for him to appreciate a lot of older foreign films in their original languages without any dubbing. so the 1920s german film Metropolis and its dystopian sci fi themes—he's watched that too, besides english-language british films. and since alfred generally enjoys action films, he's watched many hong kong martial arts films and crime thrillers too. there's also the fact that alfred himself can be rather a showman who revels in the flair of a performance, so he finds the dynamic dance choreography of bollywood films appealing too. there're many more films he enjoys, and i think he finds it interesting to watch foreign films both for their aesthetics and different cultural perspectives, the same way he enjoys reading widely and meeting new people. so yes, i'd see alfred as that film buff who enjoys world cinema.
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