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The Movie Thread Reloaded

Started by Apparition, January 03, 2018, 11:10:35 PM

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Omega

#150
December 11, 2018, 08:07:17 AM
Also. Finally got to see a pair of anime that were suggested viewing in an old issue of Polyhedron. Which also gave a good overview of why some names are spelled differently.

First up is "Tenku Senki Shurato" (Shurato of the Heaven Wars) aka "Legend of the Heavenly Sphere Shurato": This is one of those "abducted to a fantasy world to champion a cause." sort of series from 1989-1990. Two friends are whisked away to a fantasy world. One being the reincarnation of a legendary hero, and the other inexplicably becoming evil. Interesting in that unlike most such shows the hero in this one has about zero support and things go downhill for a while. Good art and apparently was fairly popular in Japan. Not quite my thing but I got a few episodes at GenCon and finally gave it a look after decades.

The other is a weird one called Project Zeorymer, aka Hades Project Zeorymer: This was a 4 part OAV loosely based on a manga series. Frankly it didn't make alot of sense, but my copy was untranslated which made it a little harder to parse a few particulars. But the gist of it was fairly easy to figure out. A young man is abducted to pilot a super mecha stolen from some sort of organization that has taken over with these mecha what are incredibly destructive. It is also interesting that the villain actually sends an escalating number of units to take on the Zeorymer instead of just one at a time. Also good art, if occasionally choppy.

Third up was Bubblegum Crisis. One of my players has the set on DVD and plan to have a look at it soon. I have only seen parts of it over the years.

ArrozConLeche

#151
December 11, 2018, 10:07:06 AM
Quote from: Omega;1068208Third up was Bubblegum Crisis. One of my players has the set on DVD and plan to have a look at it soon. I have only seen parts of it over the years.

The original one or the remake? I hated the remake.

Omega

#152
December 11, 2018, 09:35:40 PM Last Edit: December 11, 2018, 09:46:34 PM by Omega
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1068217The original one or the remake? I hated the remake.

He has both and was not very impressed with Bubblegum Crash either so it is low on my priority list.

ArrozConLeche

#153
December 17, 2018, 09:49:00 AM
Ah, Bubblegum Crash wasn't nearly as good either, but I was talking about the reboot. I tried to watch with an open mind, but it just wasn't my thing.

Omega

#154
December 17, 2018, 05:47:47 PM
So there is a 3rd version? Never heard of it. Probably why.

Much like the 3rd or 4th remake of Gatchaman which retained the title and that was about it.

danbuter

#155
February 25, 2019, 05:16:17 PM
I watched Battle Angel Alita. It was pretty good. Fantastic combat scenes, and the actors were great. They did westernize it a bit, adding in a little extra romance than was in the source material, but I guess that's unavoidable nowadays.
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#156
February 26, 2019, 07:01:20 PM
Quote from: danbuter;1076532I watched Battle Angel Alita. It was pretty good. Fantastic combat scenes, and the actors were great. They did westernize it a bit, adding in a little extra romance than was in the source material, but I guess that's unavoidable nowadays.

Eh. I liked Battle Angel Alita for it's really strange aspects. Chips for brains, split personality cyborgs, uncomfortable questions about human nature and how it could swing hard from a romantic view of humanity, to a horrible dystopian view of humanity.

I'm expecting the film to have scrubbed about 99% of that, and left the cyborg fights and replaced all the dialogue with Hollywood cliches.
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ArrozConLeche

#157
February 27, 2019, 09:13:37 AM
It's stupid of me, but I can't get past the anime eye thing. I think a review on Forbes was mixed about the movie too. They also felt the eye thing was weird.

Omega

#158
February 28, 2019, 05:58:54 PM
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1076846It's stupid of me, but I can't get past the anime eye thing. I think a review on Forbes was mixed about the movie too. They also felt the eye thing was weird.

Battle Eyeball Alita.

Thornhammer

#159
March 04, 2019, 07:37:37 PM
Anyone else just flat-out not give a fuck about Captain Marvel?

Snowman0147

#160
March 04, 2019, 11:19:43 PM
Quote from: Thornhammer;1077624Anyone else just flat-out not give a fuck about Captain Marvel?

I am skipping that movie.

Ratman_tf

#161
March 05, 2019, 02:23:04 PM
Quote from: Thornhammer;1077624Anyone else just flat-out not give a fuck about Captain Marvel?

I'm looking forward to Shazam!

Marvel Studios could make a talking raccoon work, but I think even they can't save Captain Marvel.
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HappyDaze

#162
March 06, 2019, 12:49:15 AM
I've got tickets for the family to see Captain Marvel this weekend. I don't imagine it will be all that different from the rest of the Marvel movies, and they've all been fairly entertaining even if they're starting to feel like "too much of the same" to me.

ArrozConLeche

#163
March 06, 2019, 09:54:02 AM
Quote from: Thornhammer;1077624Anyone else just flat-out not give a fuck about Captain Marvel?

I personally don't care much for superhero movies, except Batman and maybe Superman.

jhkim

#164
March 06, 2019, 03:22:01 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1077811I've got tickets for the family to see Captain Marvel this weekend. I don't imagine it will be all that different from the rest of the Marvel movies, and they've all been fairly entertaining even if they're starting to feel like "too much of the same" to me.
I thought the most recent spate of Marvel movies had nicely distinct style from each other - like Doctor Strange with its world-folding psychedelics, Guardians of the Galaxy with its 1970s music theme and humor, Thor: Apocalypse with its heavy metal quirkiness, Black Panther with its afro-futurism, along with Spider-Man: Homecoming and its high school drama.

The exception was Infinity War, which I thought was an awful formulaic mess with no style at all.

I'm cautiously optimistic that Captain Marvel will be more like the other Phase 3 movies - which is to say, not like them, but having a style of its own.
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