the ringu series be a saga and and a morality play and that be amazingly direct by hideo natata and and hiroshi takahashi . rasen ( spiral ) be more poorly do and and be a little disappointing and but be still pretty good . the main problem with the inconsistency of the story line have to do with too many cook not follow the recipe . you will notice how the book upon which the movie be base do not correspond . they make for good movie in themselves and but be out of sync . the telling of the story get more off kilter with each new novel koji suzuki write . you would not really get where he go with the story until you read loop ( 2005 ) and whose movie hasn not be make yet . i hope when they do and takahashi writes and nakata directs . as far a i be concern and rasen and ringu 2 be not up to par with ringu and basudai ( birthday and aka ringu 0 ) . for those who want more meaning and sada mean pure one and ko mean girl . so who be sadako . she be the embodiment of duality . good or evil and man or woman and hate or love reality or unreality and in fact the merger of demon and woman . you have to read the manga ( comic book ) series to get the background . that duality be what be frighten and especially to people of regimented view of how the world should be . thing that be once think to be the realm of only men or woman have in modern time become blurred . japan be about 30 year behind u in the change of sex roll and etc . this be the underlying theme of the movieso how do we pick up these idea . we be of course infect by the medium and and our thinking evolves and and we be no longer who we be . there be naturally no go back . that be progress and though many fight it . what be once evil idea and become accept a every day fact . so be sadako a kind of messiah . the evil one . we also have our own duality . we can find ourselves beside ourselves with anger and or fill with manic euphoria . we can feel so angry we could . or and our happiness can seem to radiate to all . i be also really disappointed that in rasen and ringu 2 we do not see the wonderful yukie nakamura and who just knock my sock off . very charming actress . why we see a substitute in rasen only make sense in the context of alternate universe and which may be the point . where suzuki be head with this remain to be see . the movie might start wad into the matrix and which could tie the story line together . can he weave these web into a consistent story . hopefully he can keep up the good work . without the right writer and director and cast and you will get mush . if they do it right and look out . a for the american version . what a disappointment . they just do not get it . the actor be poorly cast . they do not seem to understand how beautiful and quirky people who be very intelligent and can also be really creepy and because they can see and comprehend thing faster than the rest of u and but like cassandra and be sometimes helpless to change thing because everyone else be so slow . they live a blessed and but cursed life . like sadako and their blessing be also a curse . the tension should lie in pull u and repel u . don not use gore a filler for a poorly write and cast movie . i guess too many studio executive have a hand in the broth .