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Heavy Metal – (1981 movie)

2016-01-10

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal

A girl kills her father, blows up her house to hide the evidence and flees the scene.

While this might have been good at the time, and particularly notable because of the nudity, it’s only vaguely entertaining like a sort of late-night TV-movie. It’s too low-brow compared to science f
iction movies, too adult compared to fantasy movies and too childish for grownups.

Based on Heavy Metal (magazine)

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I’ll add notes when I re-watch this.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/
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In a future Tokyo which has survived a massive explosion, a highschool student motorcycle gang stumbles into a military research program whose earlier efforts lead to that disaster, and they become embroiled in the revived project.

A genre-defining movie on so many levels. It portrays a world unique to those unfamiliar with manga (a form of Japanese comics) and has both great storytelling and incredible animation.

The Looking Planet – (2014 movie)

2016-01-01

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3042716/

Space-Mexican construction workers build the universe, and an idiot child turns out to be the god of Deism. Or something.

Very well-crafted, if loosely written.

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Monkey King – Hero Is Back – (2015 movie)

2015-12-08

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Monkey King - Hero Is Back (2015) poster 12

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4644382/

Something about trolls and such, and a little boy who probably becomes a hero.

I didn’t get very far into this. It’s way too over-the-top childish for my tastes. I would recommend this be watched by a parent with their kid. It seems action-packed yet “safe”. Nobody dies, even through major fight scenes.

Properly titled Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)
西游记之大圣归来 or Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai in Chinese
You may think that “is back” would mean this is a sequel. It is not.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020990/

A standard Robot Chicken, but with various skits parodying the Star Wars franchise.

Have a half hour to waste? Give this a shot, but if you don’t like it within the first few minutes go do something better; Robot Chicken is hit-and-miss.

Properly titled Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Continues with Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

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Space Adventure Cobra – The Movie – (1982 movie)

2015-10-11

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163494/

A space-pirate with a huge bounty on his head shags a hottie who turns out to be a crazy magic-woman who was whoring herself so he’ll help her.

This is probably good if you’re into anime. I’m not, so it’s exaggerated and boring to me. Maybe I’m disinterested because it builds on the universe of a whole manga and not much could fit into the length of this movie.

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Futurama – (1999 show)

2015-10-09

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149460/
https://www.cc.com/shows/futurama

A failure of a delivery boy is frozen for a thousand years, where in the year 3,000 he’s an interstellar delivery boy who continues to fail a lot.

A hilarious and intelligent show, with many subtleties. Watch an episode or three, and if you’re interested then you’ll enjoy the rest. Highly recommended.

I watched a couple of seasons before my interest petered out. I want to do other things with my time.

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