This post is dedicated to
Elim, a very nice girl, my big-sis-in-Christ and my princess's mentor. She also has a very distinctive writing style which I'm starting to adopt a bit.
I'm doing this because I love
my princess very much and we've been together for two months since today spoilers too. <3>In fact, a few days after the seventh Harry Potter book came out, I looked up the storyline on Wikipedia... never mind.
So without further ado, I present a post dedicated solely to Detroit Metal City spoilers. For those who don't want your impressionable mind tainted, you are free to leave...
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*DMC SPOILERS*I will not give a blow-by-blow account of the story, but it's basically about a guy (Negishi) who's stuck in a job he's got true talent for, but hates. Classic? However, he sucks at his dream (playing pop). So, how will he reconcile the two?
Actually, for a seemingly cheesy little manga-turned-movie, DMC explores many issues:
THE MUSIC WAS WRONG.I've already talked about this. The music wasn't Death Metal at all. The girl band was probably the funniest. They sang a hate-filled song ('Castrate, castrate, castrate them all!') in fast pop rock style. How interesting is that?
Oh and they had a real musician as Jack il Dark: Gene Simmons. No wonder his music sounded so '80s.
POP JUST SUCKS.Negishi-kun, like it or not, is ten times the man when onstage as Johannes Krauser II than his usual retarded self. And I spit on people who chase after 'trendy'. And trample on them. With my combat boots. 'Trendy' is a meaningless word. People create trends, after all. We rockers are creating our own 'trendy' every day. Don't be a blind follower. Ugh. And did I mention how stupid he looks when he plays pop? At least the dog is cute.
DON'T BE A FALSE IDOL.When I said Krauser is ten times the man normal Negishi is... I don't mean I approve of him flinging up Aikawa-san's skirt though. Just because you're a metalhead doesn't mean you have to be a Satanic a-hole. And when people look up to you, it's probably time to rethink your image a bit. Which was what Negishi (as Krauser) did, when he gave his little brother a wake-up call from DMC-induced punkhood. That's right. Punks like this give metal a bad name.
CHASING YOUR DREAM.There's a lot of talk about dreams in this movie, starting with the recurring catch-phrase 'No Music, No Dream'. But what if you fail at your dream? In the movie, Negishi was told by the producer after singing for him that he was 'frivolous' and should go sing in the streets. What do we make of that? In the words of one of our lecturers,
'Success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. However... many people don't have that 1%.'So what do you do when you aren't cut out for where your dream goes? Should you disregard the naysayers and continue the pursuit? Or rethink your career path? There really isn't any easy answer to this. The producer of course had a vested interest in condemning Negishi - he was after Negishi's sweetheart. In any case, he spoke truth - Negishi sucks at pop. At the end of the movie, he had no career progress as a pop musician.
There's another side to this, though. Part of Negishi's acceptance of his alter ego Krauser was the fact that through him, many people, including his bandmates, were able to realize their dreams.
Music helps people dream. 