Pshaw, even the Japanese love Rock, Paper, Scissors.

When Takashi Hashiyama, CEO of a Japanese television equipment manufacturer, decided to auction off the collection of Impressionist paintings owned by his corporation, including works by Cézanne, Picasso and van Gogh, he contacted two leading U.S. auction houses, Christie's International and Sotheby's Holdings, seeking their proposals on how they would bring the collection to the market as well as how they would maximize the profits from the sale. Both firms made elaborate proposals, but neither was persuasive enough to get Hashiyama’s business. Willing to split up the collection into separate auctions, Hashiyama asked the firms to decide between themselves who would get the Cézanne's "Large Trees Under the Jas de Bouffan", worth $12-16 million.

The houses were unable to reach a decision. Hashiyama told the two firms to play Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who would get the rights to the auction, explaining that "it probably looks strange to others, but I believe this is the best way to decide between two things which are equally good".





Oh, and it's a national thing. Since 2002 when the "sport" held national championships there have been 9 Canadian "medalists", 5 American, and 1 British.

I like asian horror quite a bit more than western horror. It's because it's more disturbing than scary. The movies set up the characters really well in the beginning so you connect with them and then throw in a twist right near the end. If you don't have the attention span to last until the good stuff I can see why you wouldn't like it.

I've seen asian horror that I don't like, but often times those movies are sequels being pushed because the original did very well.

You also have to keep in mind that most asian directors aren't making these movies for American's they're making them for themselves and the people around them. What the Japanese find scary, you might not.

I definitely agree.

Fucking let this thread die...It's an incoherent pile of wank which has no basis or grounding - and in fact is just completely wrong.

Bump........

Haha...Damn you! :p