I just had a blast watching the Buck Rogers serial from 1939. Divided up into twelve twenty minute segments, the serial originally played before the feature film that the audience had payed for. Full of guts, fists and action Buck Rogers didn’t disappoint. Read more…
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The blog AltJapan has reported on a momentous find for mecha fans. Anime fan Roger Harkavy has discovered a box that belonged to Imai Company that contains artwork from Artmic Studio. The box contained black and white production drawings for Genesis Climber Mospeada and Super Dimensions Cavalry Southern Cross. He has made the file available to mecha fans everywhere. AltJapan has the full report. You will certainly want to download the PDF and take a look at the designs that almost made it into Mospeada. I was fascinated by the rare look into the show Southern Cross was originally meant to be.
Tags: Mospeada, Southern Cross
After seeing the original movie I decided to see how the classic was updated for a more recent audience. In 2008 The Day The Earth Stood Still was remade with Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly. Did the remake stand up to the original? In one sense it did and in another sense it didn’t. Let me explain. Read more…
For years I’ve been hearing about the 1951 movie The Day The Earth Stood Still and when I learned it was remade in 2008 I became even more curious. I rented it this weekend and can now share my thoughts on what is one of the most influential science-fiction films for English speakers. Read more…
I watched Terminator Salvation (2009) last night after waiting for it to come out for rental. I was pleasantly surprised. It was a great movie. Read more…
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My Gundam Unicorn novels arrived! The series has 10 volumes and, unfortunately, they are in Japanese so I can’t read them. I was hoping for mecha profile pages but sadly there are none. Still, the black and white illustrations throughout the novels are really nicely done. Also, each volume has a color illustration or two towards the front. Can’t wait to get a new scanner and upload the images!
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Promotional poster outside the mall.
From October 19th through the 27th in Bangkok, Thailand a large Gundam exhibition was held in the Siam Paragon shopping mall to celebrate Gundam’s 30th anniversary. My father was on the scene to take photos. I wish I could have been there! Read more…
After a long wait, I got my rental copy of Star Trek (2009) this weekend. The special effects in movies these days are so good that I’m willing to give any science-fiction movie a chance. Star Trek wasn’t that great a movie but it was worth watching. I probably would have given it an “ok” rating if it weren’t for the amateurish and annoying cinematography tricks. More on that below. Read more…
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Gundam Unicorn anime
If you’re anything like me you’re waiting anxiously to hear about the anime for Gundam Unicorn. It’s been too long since we’ve seen new anime in Gundam’s U.C. universe. Even longer since we’ve seen something new that happens after the One Year War.
MyAnimeList reports on a Japanese report from Anime!Anime! that indicates Gundam Unicorn won’t air on television. Bandai Visual has decided to try movie theaters and the Internet to hook new viewers instead of the traditional boobtube.
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Netflix has been good to me this week and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) showed up in the mail. This is a great movie and gets a hearty “thumbs up” from me. Great special effects, lots of action and Godzilla is well represented. Read more…
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