24. "maybe Whedon was hung up on minutiae." In response to In response to 22
I took it as a representation of the standard death countdown, but cool.
>people don't care who gets killed first as long as they get killed in a cool way.
the Japanese and American competition could have been (more) interesting in this regard. they're portrayed as the two leaders of the genre, but in recent years have used different methods: torture porn vs. psychological threats (hence the ghost in their simulation). does violence necessarily define horror?
of course, it ended up being just a nod to Asian genre interpretations. like most ideas in the movie, it's underdeveloped satire.