For me, the single biggest was the IHOP scene--all-night diners as a hangout seem to be a peculiar to teenagers living in American suburbs, because nothing else is open in the middle of the night. In Asia, there's much more variety; more things are open (arcades, food stalls, hole-in-the-wall shops), even at 3 AM, and they are packed; the streets are crowded with pedestrians and activity. Times Square, maybe, or parts of the Las Vegas Strip, though neither of those are exactly right.
More generally, though, it doesn't feel *crowded* enough for a major Asian city. Tokyo-3 may be a modernist nightmare out of the fever dreams of Buckminster Fuller, but it's still full of people (for the time being, at least) and the scenes don't feel quite populated with enough nameless extras. The streets ought to be full of people going about their business, and the sense of crowding should be omnipresent.
Unless, of course, your Tokyo-3 is designed to be empty, in which case I take it all back. ;)
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Date: 2008-08-13 01:03 am (UTC)More generally, though, it doesn't feel *crowded* enough for a major Asian city. Tokyo-3 may be a modernist nightmare out of the fever dreams of Buckminster Fuller, but it's still full of people (for the time being, at least) and the scenes don't feel quite populated with enough nameless extras. The streets ought to be full of people going about their business, and the sense of crowding should be omnipresent.
Unless, of course, your Tokyo-3 is designed to be empty, in which case I take it all back. ;)