Yesterday, when I suggested that 7 Nations should defend the Folks who did NOT elect trump I got upstairs to the TV Room and to my delight, the 2016 version of "The Magnificent Seven" was being broadcast, which, of course, WAS NO COINCIDENCE . I `consulted ` Mary Jane`, and together we viewed what I consider to be one of the most POIGNANT Films, of this our Modern Times .
A kwik* reminder that "The Magnificent 7" of 1967 (?) was an HOMAGE to my ULTIMATE Director and Film-Maker Akira Kurosawa whose "SEVEN SAMURAI" was released in 1954 .
The plot-line of 2016 follows, more or less, that of Kurosawa's --- a village is being ripped-off by a cadre [small army] of outlaws, and roughnecks who are commanded by a regional Criminal . These thieves steal almost ALL the produce of the year's harvest, leaving the villages barely anything on which to live . The Elders insist that the Council seek-out and HIRE individuals that can defend them, preferably by Destroying the army . Their Efforts snag an out-of-work Samurai who has Sympathy for the Villages and reluctantly agrees to aid them AFTER he solicits Others .
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