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The author was halfway thru the story when she decided it was time to title her book. She thumbed through a Japanese/American Dictionary and came across the word "ring" and thought it fit well (the spiral, the dna double helix, the loop) and the Japanese, don't ask me the rules I don't know, add u's to the end of some English words, like pants are "pantsu". I had thought it was in regards to the circular light from within the well also.
Heh you went through Loy's list...and I don't know why. Wouldn't it have been easier just to say that you never saw those movies?
As for subtitles and that line about reading movies and "If I wanted to read I'd grab a book" schtick: bullshit. I don't know how long it takes, but you do get to a point where you can quick dart your eyes down, get the dialog, then look back at the visuals. And it isn't like the text is seperate from the movie, it's right there at the bottom! I am not trying to be a movie snob, but the reading movie line always irked me.
"City On Fire", that was Chow Yun Fat. I had a copy of that movie just cause I was a fan of him but that is without a doubt where he got the idea for "Reservoir Dogs". Remember in "Dogs" where they talked about the heist and you never really saw what happened? "City On Fire" is more of an actual movie complete with those scenes. Both "Ring" and "Reservoir Dogs" leave something to the imagination, which works better IMO. For a culture accussed of requiring happy endings (hush pervs) and stories that spell out everything, I think it's great that sometimes we are the better of the two.
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