Showing posts with label Reviews And Shout Outs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews And Shout Outs. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2024

PREVIEW: Pachishohma, Volume One

Inspired by the real-world phenomenon of Pachimon (unofficial Japanese bromide cards featuring dubious reworkings of pre-existing giant monsters), I've been taking all my past fanart illustrations and portraits to rework them as parody characters, inserted into comical photo-collage backgrounds, coining my process as Pachishohma (Pachimon + Enshohma).

I'm gathering all these gag monsters into an art-book for this coming October. With additional creature contributions by my friend Mark / Hawanja, who is also serving as an editor and co-writer, alongside author Patrick Galvan and comedian Banjo Wilkins as extra proofreaders, I'm presenting a preview of the book thus far below - enjoy!








One of Mark / Hawanja's contributions.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Kaiju Videos for August 22nd 2021

We're back again (well, just me and me alone...F*****g typical) to present a huge listing of interesting giant monster-related and adjacent videos from YouTube.

Direct from Brandon Tenold Cult Movie Reviews:

Last time he took on King Kong, now Godzilla faces his toughest foe yet: An adorable butterfly monster.  It's the 1964 kaiju film "Mothra Vs. Godzilla", AKA "Godzilla Vs. The Thing"!

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/MQptUjV-cbo




TitanGoji takes a quick look at 10 unmade live action manga and anime adaptations.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/kC1_HZtu93U

Direct from PBS's Monstrum:

Swooping down from the heavens on a fire ball, the Kasha drags the bodies of the dead to the underworld for a life of damnation. Most frequently depicted as a demonic, flaming cat, the kanji for ‘Kasha’ actually translates to “Fire Cart”—so why did this malevolent yōkai take on a feline appearance? Featuring the author of numerous yōkai books, Hiroko Yoda, this episode explores the religious and artistic history of the Kasha and takes a look at the significant role of cats in Japanese culture.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/LRNMa65cuEo


Direct from Toy Galaxy:

Mobile Suit Gundam ( 機動戦士ガンダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu, also known as First Gundam, Gundam 0079 or simply Gundam '79) was a ratings failure causing the episode count to be reduced and the story cut short. But it did introduce the world to RX-78-2. Then Bandai stepped in with their model kits and created what would eventually be known around the world as Gunpla. Mobile Suit Gundam was eventually imported to the US where it was again a ratings failure... twice!

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/cbZGWJl5-2g


Direct from Kyoto Video:

So you think anime was better in the olden days back when we didn't have cute girls doing thing and just had manly men scream and shoot guns from their giant mecha? Not so fast, it turns that even in the days of VCRs did anime centered around cute girls exist. And out of all them, Twinkle Heart might just be the most cloyingly cute!

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/ktju5ObwXbc

In Japan Hero's latest video, they take a closer look at the history of Shiro Jishi Kamen ( 白獅子仮面 ). Shiro Jishi Kamen / White Lion Mask is an often overlooked TV series from the golden era of tokusatsu heroes.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/4jL35Uzuwbs

Good Bad Flicks takes a look at the history of the 1988 remake of The Blob. Directed by Chuck Russell.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/HL1knEirJXY


For a second-but-no-less-positive opinion on the Blob remake, here's Red Letter Media's take on the film.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/hBOrprigQu8

Direct from Vintage Henshin:

2021 marks the 55th anniversary of Ultraman, and yours truly actually had a hand in the festivities! On this episode of Vintage Henshin EXTRA, we'll take a look at what went into making TokuSHOUTsu's ULTRAMAN DAY ULTRATHON!

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/Y01T6umQegY

Mercury Falcon does a retrospective on the often overlooked yokai and swords fantasy drama Dororo.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/eZ0qDsbh5nQ

Direct from MONSTROSITIES Tokusatsu Vlog:

Take a trip to Seibeun Amusement Park in Japan and jump on GODZILLA THE RIDE: GIANT MONSTERS ULTIMATE BATTLE! Filmmaker and author Norman England reviews the kaiju attraction which was overseen by film director Takashi Yamazaki (RETURNER, ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET).

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/kVIUcv5Rij8

Monday, August 9, 2021

Kaiju Videos for August 9th 2021

Here's some intriguing kaiju and other giant monster-related videos to for me to share and for you all to enjoy. I will be keeping up this feature as-often-as-possible for the remainder of 2021.

Direct from MONSTROSITIES Tokusatsu Vlog:

The story of how a tokusatsu technique created for the original MOTHRA (1961) was passed on to the original Kamen Rider and continues to be practiced to this very day.

https://youtu.be/Y1U2ixUKlMk



In Japan Hero's latest video, they take a closer look at the history of the Robot Detective TV series ( ロボット刑事 ) including a brief look at some abandoned giant robot concepts.

https://youtu.be/jRJwT0JPOEg



Linkara's History of Power Rangers returns with a relatively (relatively) short and coherent recap of POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS, the first of the Hasbro-era of the franchise but produced with creative talents from the previous vanguard. The whole of Beast Morphers is available on Netflix and I might give it a watch as it's a far better alternative to the one-episode-every-rare-blue-moon-year scheduling Nickelodeon was and still is infamous for.

https://youtu.be/rh4AwC_3lL0



Direct from Toy Galaxy:

Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトルーパー, Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā), is a Japanese anime series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise somewhat riding the popularity of Saint Seiya. Ronin Warriors first aired on American television during the summer of 1995 and subsequently appeared through syndication, as well as the USA Network and later on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami. Besides being known as Ronin Warriors, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers in some parts of the world it was known as Samurai Warriors.

https://youtu.be/alcszGmKcak


After almost a decade of waiting, the 25-year-old journey finally comes to an end. Here's Yoko Higuchi's review of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time in anticipation for its international streaming release on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

https://youtu.be/hGT6F_sWs5s



Direct from Ben G. Thomas:

Sometimes the fossil record preserves some truly extraordinary glimpses into the past life on our planet, including traces of prehistoric animal behavior. In this video we're exploring 5 examples of such remarkable fossil finds - moments forever frozen in time.

https://youtu.be/Yru5uzBZOw4



TitanGoji takes a look at the 2005 adult oriented Japanese superhero series GARO which went on to become a successful multimedia franchise.

https://youtu.be/3Ge9UP67XwE



And finally, TitanGoji looks at the legacy of SHIN GODZILLA five years after its debut:

https://youtu.be/z42i49mGizU



Thursday, July 29, 2021

Kaiju Videos for July 29th 2021

Here's some intriguing kaiju and other giant monster-related videos to for me to share and for you all to enjoy. I will be keeping up this feature as-often-as-possible for the remainder of 2021.

Direct from Matt Draper:

A comprehensive look at The Millennium Era of Toho Godzilla, including a look at the history of Roland Emmerich's Godzilla '98, how Toho returned Godzilla ahead of schedule with Godzilla 2000, and the many reboots and evolutions found within The Millennium Era, covering 6 films made from 1999 through 2004. This is Part 3 of an ongoing Godzilla series.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/8o-_VPDC4-8


Direct from MONSTROSITIES Tokusatsu Vlog:

A look at GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT's beautiful yet briefly seen version of Mothra.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/NhyLpqHXBxs


In his latest video essay
"How Toei Changed Sunday Mornings", MercuryFalcon takes an extensive look at The Toei Fushigi Comedy Series: a loosely connected franchise of lighthearted fantasy adventures and mystery comedies that had major influences on the creation of SAILOR MOON and how it all came to an unlikely but satisfyingly end in a kaiju-filled crossover with the one and only ULTRAMAN.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/PecckVgJvSE


Direct from Supervoid Cinema:

After Sam Riami's 'Spider-Man 4' never happened the character was rebooted with 'The Amazing Spider-Man'. There were ambitious plans for a whole slew of movies set in that universe. Drew Goddard was at one point time attached to write and direct a 'Sinister Six' movie for Sony, as part of 'The Amazing Spider-man' and when that fell apart he would be offered a potential 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' reboot (Which later became Spider-Man: Homecoming). Here's the story of why complete with dinosaurs and giant monsters attacking New York.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/vS42hyhnMSc



Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Godzilla: Singular Point, First Episode Impressions



Thanks to the magic of the mighty Surfing Shark of V.P.N., I was able to view the first episode of GODZILLA: SINGULAR POINT which is being released on Netflix Japan on a weekly basis instead of a full season drop (still no word of an international release date though one is still coming this year).

Similar to the first act of "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe" (1995), the first episode is a slow burn building up the mystery behind a missing scientist and a haunting 1930s love song that's somehow being used to summon and/or resurrect the ancient monsters, with the 'Rodan the First' only appearing in the closing minutes to menace our heroes (as seen in the Toho Animation video clip released recently online).

I'd go more into the plot but, unfortunately, no English subtitles were available to me. However, unlike other untranslated kaiju media heavy on dialog, the human cast instantly made an impression with their appealing character designs alongside quirky personality moments and related visual gags, all of which kept my interest. 

In addition to the previously mentioned "Gamera" comparisons, the first episode's atmospheres and the near future world presented within was also reminiscent of "Ultra Q" and early Showa-era science fiction films like "The Mysterians" (1957), "The H-Man" (1958), and "Rodan" (1956): a virtually quiet, normal world on the eve of a monstrous cataclysm or an otherworldly event.





The twist was that Godzilla was dead all along!


Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Daimajin and the Nerds Who Love Him

Our incredibly fearsome hero, ladies and gentlemen.

After the surprised success they had with the very first Gamera film, Daiei Films continued dipping their toes into the giant monster genre by producing AND releasing three films all within 1966 featuring Daimajin, a giant stone idol and supernatural deity who comes to life  to brutally punish mortal villains in feudal Japan.


The Daimajin trilogy joined the popular giant monster boom of the 1960s with the highly praised samurai period dramas of the same decade, resulting in a unique if brief series of dark fantasy films.

The channel Up From the Depths recently finished up their trio of video reviews on Daimajin presented here because why not (I felt like it, okay).

DAIMAJIN: The last remaining members of a royal family call upon their god to save their village from a brutal warlord.


RETURN OF DAIMAJIN: Two peaceful kingdoms call upon their god to save them from a rival invading clan.


DAIMAJIN STRIKES AGAIN: Four boys set out through the Majin's Mountain to rescue their family members from enslavement at the hands of a rival clan.


Last but certainly not least is a fantastic video lecture from the always awesome Maser Patrol discussing both the Daimajin trilogy alongside other giant-monsters-meet-samurai properties. Tons of cool obscurities and educational history points to chew on.


Since I too am a nerd who loves him, here's some more Daimajin images to end the post on.
Daimajin parts the waters, from "Return of Daimajin" (1966)
Daimajin in his inert statue form and his living form on the warpath.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Up Mill Creek: The Ape

In the suspect tradition of Fractured Flickers, Mad Movies, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax, blah, blah, blah, comes the first episode of a new comedy-commentary series entitled UP MILL CREEK (WITHOUT A PADDLE), staring Brayton Conner, Andres Perez, and Raf Enshohma (hey, that's me).

In this inaugural pilot, the three jerks talk over the 1940 Boris Karloff vehicle THE APE with humorous results. Mockery aside, we're very happy with how this pilot turned out and I'm pleased to share that there's more episodes coming.



Here's the full uncut recording session for the episode complete with an unused pre-show segment based around the Gumby short Lion Around. Unlike the completed episode, this unlisted extra is something I'm less proud of but sharing it here for posterity sake (plus future blackmail).



Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Giant Monster Videos for March 17th 2020

I'm back and I have tons of articles coming up alongside some much needed updates to older preexisting ones. Until then, here's some giant monster-related videos for your viewing interest especially in this time of forced isolation (thanks for nothing, viral-lifeforms and tRump).

First up is the trailer for Minoru Kawasaki's latest giant monster comedy, MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS.



Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/uAADM0nhJBs

From GORIZARD: I decided to compare the quality between Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock's original 2000 DVD release against their 2020 Blu-ray release of GAPPA: THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER (aka MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET)


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/XlMu15rpvXA

From Wikizilla: A profile on Zone Fighter, the 70's Toho TV hero who fought beside Godzilla.


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/b-OB9evpZB8

Also from Wikizilla: In the first episode of a new series where we look at the impact of kaiju throughout the world, we kick things off in the United Kingdom!


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/aIFjX7ITSNw

From Up From The Depths: A franchise as long and diverse as Godzilla is bound to contain its fair share of funny and wacky moments, and in this video we're counting down some of the best, including some underrated moments you may have forgotten! You're not gonna want to miss this!


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/pFPOEB6KIqA

From Linkara's Atop the Fourth Wall: In this Patreon-sponsored episode, Linkara looks at a crossover between Justice League and Power Rangers!


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/auOJgUZZ1v8

JohnnyBaak shares some interesting facts about the classic monster movie THEM.


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/2Oqma3Oc47I

KaijuNoir and friends review the illustrated novella KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND, the first and arguably the best in artist Joe DeVito's King Kong series... And long before said artists horrifically confusing title choices in proceeding sequel novels and comics.


Direct link for the above video: https://youtu.be/CKTucUvYt4w

Thursday, November 21, 2019

COPPA: It F***ing Sucks!

Dear Readers of Mine:

I'll do my best not to get political on my blog here, especially since the main focus for it has always been sharing artwork and giant monster-related trivia, but I'll gladly make exceptions for insidious situations such as the Federal Trade Commission's latest naked attempt as screwing over the lowly citizen (you and me alike) COPPA.

Short for The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA is a openly naked excuse for both the Federal Trade Commission and big corporate government in general (regardless if there's a republican or democrat in office) to ruin the lives of regular citizens, consumers, and aspiring creators alike.

It's also terribly telling how YouTube (the company and its holders alike) is playing dumb and trying to wave COPPA off as some minor inconvenience in their own videos on the matter, suspiciously buried beneath some lesser-yet-no-less-vexing changes to their service.

Like many of my closest friends, I absolutely hate that we have to fight against this establishment-based madness seemingly every day now (SOPA, Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai, etc) but COPPA, by comparison, is truly heinous and needs more way attention before it's to late.

Link to a Major Petition Against COPPA: http://chng.it/kLnwsSJzFv


Link to FTC for Comments (try to be civil, please): https://bit.ly/31XAEXJ

The following collection of videos that are also about COPPA and how we can, hopefully, fight against it.

Please share this article wherever and whenever you can,
-Sincerely Enshohma


Brian Hull - Coppa and the Future of My Channel.



Direct from Faith's Take: All of your favorite creators could be losing their livelihoods thanks to YouTube complying with COPPA. Go give them all the support you can. It could be the beginning of the end for us all starting on January 1st.



Direct from Creator Fundamentals: Fight Back Against FTC COPPA. The upcoming changes regarding YouTube FTC COPPA are very concerning to many creators. They could mean a significant loss of revenue and other obstacles that will be difficult to overcome. BUT there is still time to fight back! Watch this video to see what YOU can do before time runs out.


Chadtronic - Marking “Not For Kids” Doesn’t Protect You - COPPA Update


Direct from Anime America: Amazing Channels like Phantomstrider, Chadtronic, Arlo, and myself could be in trouble if the FTC carelessly judges our channel because we talk about animation and video games; two categories that are "mostly" associated with children. Because Youtube broke the law, a lot of channels could potentially shut down if the FTC "believes" they are exclusively targeting children. Lets make our voices heard! Animation and video games are NOT all for children!



Direct from Ian Corzine: YouTube is not telling you the whole truth about COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) and the consequences are disastrous. FTC fines of $42,530 per video, video de-publication, and worse the loss of your channel. In today’s video, I take you through an in-depth history of COPPA, YouTube & the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), including when the FTC fines YouTube. I tell you what you can expect from COPPA & YouTube as of January 1, 2020.



Sunday, August 11, 2019

Devilman 2004 Is Terrible and You All Know It!

FINALLY! I've been vindicated!

Kind of.

YouTube producer and reviewer TitanGoji​ (an extremely nice fellow in person) does a great service towards an ungrateful tokusatus fandom, huh, I mean "humanity" and shares his extremely negative (rightfully so) review of the truly terrible live action film adaptation of demonic superhero manga DEVILMAN (2004).



Seriously, it's nice to see someone relatively popular among the current tokusatsu fandom lay into this film because this crummy mess has TOO MANY DAMN defenders online! Perhaps loyal Devilman fans who's never seen this film what-so-ever but will defend the franchise regardless and at all costs? Or an anime fan who doesn't like it when their genre-of-choice is being criticized even if said criticism is limited to one minor aspect that really does suck regardless?

Even I know that's a stupidly blind thing to do! Fandom loyalty isn't worth dying on a poorly rendered hill of CGI demon bodies for!

Seriously though, this film is terrible and makes most other anime-to-live-action-adaptations look like honorable B+ efforts by comparison - something that TitanGoji goes into further detail towards the end of this accursed film and the sordid production history behind it.

Friday, April 19, 2019

Good Bad Flicks vs The Giant Monsters!

There is an alarmingly massive amount movie reviewers and related retrospectives online with an even smaller number of which dedicated to some semblance of serious film appreciation beyond the mainstream weekly film review outlets. Than there are those bizarre yet wonderful movie lovers who balances both extremes but never abandoning the latter (analysis) over the former (funny business).

Among this rare breed is the always entertaining YouTube channel Good Bad Flicks, overseen by its uniquely named host Cecil Trachenburg.

Recently, Good Bad Flicks posted a sincere video asking for help to keep up their channel's quality so that they won't have to resort to desperate advertising measures as The Unfathomable Beast Dubbed YouTube continues to breath down their undeserving backs (excessive word usage is fun).

Seriously though, this channel could use all the love and support it can garner (here's the Patreon page) even if its just through shared awareness among your own friends online.



Since this is a blog primarily dedicated to overlooked giant monsters (something I've strangely gotten a lot of negative flack for from mainstream Godzilla fans), the following collection of videos feature such 'Fantastic Gigantics' in no particular order:

Baby: Secret of The Lost Legend Review

Island Claws Review

Grabbers Retrospective

Monsters Retrospective

Troll Hunter Retrospective

The Stuff Retrospective

Jurassic Park III Retrospective

Moontrap Review

Up From The Depths Review

The Crater Lake Monster Review

Arachnoquake Review

Peter Benchley's The Beast Review

Spiders Review

Robot Jox Review

Robot Wars Review

The Blob Review

The following films discussed by Good Bad Flicks do feature giant monsters in them, they're tertiary elements compared to the bulk of said stories but I wanted to share these Good Bad Flicks episodes regardless:

Spaced Invaders Review

Ghostbusters II Retrospective

In The Mouth of Madness Retrospective

The Guardian Retrospective

My Science Project Review

Killer Klowns from Outer Space Review

The Relic Retrospective

Rare Exports Retrospective

Mosquito Retrospective

Hulk Retrospective

Crash and Burn Review

Krull Review

Prophecy Review

The Guyver Review

Howard The Duck Review

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Decline And Fall Of Nostalgic Networks

I know you younger people and more tech savvy individuals are enjoying the virtually unlimited promise of streaming services with the variety of programming it offers.

However, with the way things are going now, with every company creating their own streaming channels, limiting their libraries to only the most marketable and recent fair, a reliance on syndicated show packages from the same handful of entertainment monopolies, and phasing out older films and television shows in turn, I feel like it's only a matter of time until streaming services will become the same miserable wasteland that modern cable television has long ago become.

A television wasteland where we literally have thousands channels but with nothing interesting to view beyond the same 44 reruns of BIG BANG THEORY and the original CHARMED scattered across multiple networks.

I don't care if you're a fan of BIG BANG THEORY or not, but 20 channels playing the same set of episodes is NOT a good thing: that would be like going to a grocery store that only sells french fries and only the same brand of french fires in all fifteen of its aisles.

You probably don't believe me, of course, but this nifty video from FredFlix perfectly illustrates the wonderful if not offbeat variety of film and TV programming we use to have on cable entertainment, back in the day when you could be up at 2AM and have a wide choosing of rarely shown movies to watch as opposed to today.


Thursday, December 6, 2018

Items From Hawanja - December 2018

My dear friend Hawanja offers the following unboxing video of the Thundercats Savage World figures; give it a watch if you can!




And while we're at it, here's Hawanja's review of the She-Ra revival.





Thursday, October 4, 2018

The House of Wu: A Fallen Kingdom Review

I along with friends and fellow nerds KaijuNoir and Brayton sit down and share our audible thoughts via podcast on one of the year's more decisive-yet-belittled films Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom. Take a listen and enjoy.


Monday, August 27, 2018

The Aquabats' Super Kickstarter!

ARTICLE UPDATE: Here's a new Kickstarter video by The Aquabats!​ discussing their now newly rebooted campaign.



So... Yeah, this happened as burning testament to why I prefer not to cover current events: The Aquabats have wisely decided to reboot their Kickstarter campaign to more realistic stretch goals and limit their AQUABATS! SUPER SHOW! as an easier to produced web-series based on the success they've been having with the previously shared online mini-series.

On one hand, I'm happy for them to lower their ambitions to something more manageable and easier to attain but, on the other hand, I'm reminded why I shouldn't touch current news and related reviews and leave that work to the in-the-know professionals.

Articles on pre-existing obscure and lesser-known giant monsters coming up in September, you know, the EASY stuff!

The Aquabats! From left-to-right: EagleBones Falconhawk (Ian Fowles), Crash McLarson (Chad Larson), The MC Bat Commander (Christian Jacobs), Jimmy the Robot (James R. Briggs, Jr.), and Ricky Fitness (Richard Falomir)

Living in Los Angeles back in the early 1990's, a local Orange County station would aired a late, late, late night music video show entitled ARE-OH-VEE which played alternate and punk rock music videos too obscure or offbeat for 120 MINUTES. It was on this program that me and my two younger brothers were introduced to the humorous group known as THE AQUABATS through their host segments for Are-Oh-Vee and through their music video SUPER RAD:



Taking their name from some fairly obscure Hanna-Barbera monsters (from MIGHTY MYTOR AND MOBY DICK THE SUPER WHALE), The Aquabats were equally influenced by the campy superhero shows on yesteryear, particularly the 1960's BATMAN and numerous Japanese-based productions like ULTRAMAN and JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT.

You can clearly see the influence in the following videos featuring their 1999 demo pilot for a planned Aquabats television series and a tongue-in-cheek recounting of the band's history with such failed pilots before finally finding success on The Hub cable network:





Even though The Hub eventually went under after a relatively short time in existence, THE AQUABATS SUPER SHOW lasted for an impressive 21 episodes: the following video gives one a taste of the series' bizarre style and hyper-kinetic energy:



If you want to delve even deeper into the Aquabats' rabbit hole, all their second season episodes are (at the time of this writing) accessible for free on their official YouTube channel. Here's four such episodes that also happen to be my personal favorites:

RETURN OF THE AQUABATS: https://youtu.be/KlPqCW24B90

THE ANTIBATS: https://youtu.be/rCMtjswEd6Q

SHARK FIGHTER: https://youtu.be/aLk-hMC3al0

KITTY LITTER: https://youtu.be/3yBbs7zzqmo

By this point in the article, you're either fully on board with this particular flavor of madness or have grabbed your computer with both arms and threw it out the window, cursing both me (Enshohma) and The Aquabats in tandem. If you're among the former then congratulations because I'm about to discuss the band's highly ambitious (some may even say foolish) Kickstarter that is coming to a close this very week.

At the time of this writing (where have a read those words before?) the campaign only has five days left and is just half-way to its end goal so any support at this point would be welcomed.

KICKSTARTER PAGE CAN BE FOUND HERE!

The Aquabats have also uploaded a related mini-series that continues from their series with this first episode explaining the campaign in full... After the parade of celebrity guests of course.


The here's the rest of the mini-series complete with recaps from the band's channel re-posted here for a narrative sake:

After The MC Bat Commander visits The Wizard of Hollywood, he's on a mission to gather a LEGION OF RIGHTEOUS COMRADES to help make MORE MUSIC & MORE TV. But first... The Bat Commander must find his best homies - THE OTHER AQUABATS!



The MC Bat Commander continues his mission to gather a Legion of Righteous Comrades and find all of his fellow Aquabats. This time, he's off to find Jimmy the Robot at his cool job in the arcade... until things don't go exactly as planned.



It's Episode 4 of The Bat Commander's quest to gather The Legion of Righteous Comrades and his fellow Aquabats. Are the Commander's dance moves rad enough to save his friend? Did Jimmy the Robot survive the belly of the mechanical beast?



After a desert scrapper dance off, The MC Bat Commander and Jimmy the Robot go to find Eaglebones Falconhawk. But can they overcome his job security? Will Eaglebones' boss tolerate The MC Bat Commander's inability to use an inside voice?



A lactose-laden terror revealed itself at Eaglebones' place of work, and now it's up to our heroes to deal with the milky madness so that they can continue to find their friends and gather a Legion of Righteous Comrades! Can The Aquabats survive the flaky furor of POWDERED MILK MAN?



After a narrow escape from the dreaded Powdered Milk Man, our heroes continue their quest to find all of The Aquabats. As the guys find Ricky, a beef with some beach bum bullies may end up becoming the least of their worries!



RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST:

The Aquabats' Official Facebook
The Aquabat's Official Web-Site
Billboard's Article on The Aquabats' Kickstarter Campaign
The Aquabats Super Show DVDs For Purchase, Direct From The Bats Themselves

Saturday, June 16, 2018

The Angry Red Video Omnibus

At first I was just going to share Brandon Tenold's latest review for THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959) but, instead, let's do a whole line up of related videos.

Here's the original theatrical trailer for the film over-hyping the Cinemagic technique, courtesy of Scream Factory:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/cBAJEczBaHY

Next, Brandon's humorous take on the film with title card art by yours truly. Wait for the twist ending:

TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/QDK8PcuyzuY

Next up is the uncut voice-over I did for the previous video, poking fun at the otherwise ominous Martian warning from the film's end. The skit was also inspired by Brandon's numerous subscribers who keep requesting film reviews from him for good or ill. Big thanks to Brayton Conner for the video editing:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/pw5EyNmcm5k

Now for some second opinions on the film, starting with Kaiju Movie Reviews:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/lGkyFew3nTE

Here's The Retro Nerd Girl rather affectionate review for the movie:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/iJpvZe-VXAg

Here's Gary and Iain of Off The Shelf Reviews share their thoughts on the film:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/xLCmQxY3tCw

And, finally, a nearly hour-and-a-half podcast from Film Struck:


TEXT LINK: https://youtu.be/WHLCRok13fI

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Review All Movies Is Finally Here!

Here it is! The most glorious movie review podcast series in the history of the universe is finally here at last. You're ALL welcome.



Huge thanks to friends and film researchers Jason Brown, Daniel Roach, Sandra Alucard, Eric Hurd, Lucas Gabat, Jack H. Hogson, Peter Serafinowicz, Tyler Shewchuk, Kevin Derendorf, Gail Linda Lewis, and M.A.R.C. for gathering the film titles used in this video which can also be viewed below:

Locomotive Moves Towards Camera
Couple Dances On Camera
Dog Looks Into Camera
Kids Swim In Water For The Camera
Old Crone Washes Dishes For The Camera
Sensual Arab Woman Belly Dances For The Camera
Paint Drying For The Camera
Grass Grows For The Camera
An Octopus Sleeps For The Camera
Clouds Move In Wind For The Camera
Hispanic Monks Do Backflips At Gunpoint For The Camera
Norma Desmond Looks At You Through The Camera
Old Crone Washes Dishes For The Camera 2: Wash Harder
Nothin’ Really Happens On Camera
The Great Barn Hootenanny
The Sinful Robbing Of A Train
Norma Desmond Is The Goddess Of The Screen
The Little Dutch Boy Who Saved Pittsburgh
It Came from Canada
Death by Stupidity
Norma Desmond Saves The Puny Dutch Boy
The Night The Reindeer Died
The Adventures of Mister Negro
Norma Desmond Saves The Reindeer
The Year Of Five Seasons
Fritz Lang’s Big Futuristic City
The Year Of Norma Desmond
The Silent Mute
The Four Seasons Of Norma Desmond
Mister Negro Goes To Town
The Royal Rascal
Norma Desmond Is The Royal Queen
Count Orgoff, The Jewish-Looking Vampire
Attack of the Centaur Women
Day of the Weasel
When Dinosaurs Cooled the Earth
The Golem vs. the Mechanical Thugs
Survival of the Dimmest
Norma Desmond, Vampire Hunter
The Orchid Thief
Norma Desmond Saves Hollywood From Itself
The Witches Of Lawndale
The Giant Stegosaur Who Ate The Big Apple
Norma Desmond, Dinosaur Slayer
Professor Julius Tannen's Talking Pictures Demonstration Film
Norma Desmond Presnest Professor Julius Tannen Is A Big Fat Charlatan!
The Musical Singer
The First Talkie Movie
Another Talking Feature
Catch Them Eskimos, The First Talkie Comedy!
Behold! Norma Desmond Speaks!
The Fall of the House of Usher
Midgets On The Moon
The Duelling Cavalier
The Curious Case Of The Southern Vapors
The Purple Rose Of Cairo
Joe Louis Meets Frankenstein
Massacre in Flatworm Flats
Sins of Madame Mantis
My Face Is Made Of Skin
Norma Desmond Sings Better Than Don Lockwood
The Phantom Creaks
Cat and the Canadian
Abbott and Costello Meet King Kong
The Ape Who Challenged Chicago
The Fall of the House of Usher II: Sink Even Deeper
Authoritarianism: The Golden Future Of America
Slap My Bottom And Call Me Daisy!
The Tap Dancing Fool
W Is For Woman
Monday Is Unfun
Waiter, There's Coke In My Coke!
Norma Desmond, Queen Of Hollywood
Ten Little Rabbis
Norma Desmond's Revenge
The Man Who Said Ouch
Angels With Filthy Souls
King Cod
Norma Desmond Versus King Kong And Wins Too!
The White Goddess Of Canada
Angels With Even Filthier Souls
Norma Desmond Burns Hollywood Down: A Grand Farewell
Tilly Tallman, The Duke Of Limbs
My Left Foot Ran Away
G-Men Ghosts
Frankenstein Conquers Broadway
A Room With No View

The Eradication Of The Irishman: A Government Sanctioned Training Film In Ten Parts

Here Comes Jimbo
The Amazing World Of Kevin Derendorf
Return of the Thinner Man
Cow-Handed Fred
Jimbo Flys Again
My Dog, The G-Man
I Bury The Dead
The Carl Brothers In Automobile Antics
Thar She Blows
Abbott and Costello Meet The Hunchback
Jimbo Meets The Creep
Jimbo In The Navy
Son of Fu Manchu
The Vampire Dame

Intelligence, Enemy Of The Common Man - A Government Sanctioned Training Film In Ten Parts

Death’s Head Upon A Mop-Stick
The Daffy Deviations of Dr. Don't
The Dentist of Dracula
Jaws of the Werewolf
They Hunt in the Dark 
Attack of the Hyena Men!
There's a Fat Guy Stuck In The Cheese Vat
The Fussbudget Must Be Destroyed
The 15 Lovers Of Miss Blue
The Waxwork Weirdo
The Well Lit House
Chuckle Head Ed
The Biggest Boner
The Mummy's Matchmaker
Daniel Roach And His Mermaid Comedy Revue
Ghost of Kong
Son of Ygor
I Married A Black Woman And I'm Totally Alright With That
Whimper of the Werewolf
Shed of Frankenstein
The Cat Crouches
My Sassy Oriental Girlfriend
The Invisible Man Departs
The Milkman Kills At Night
The Headless Handyman
Lucas Gabet Is On The Case
Marihuana Mayhem
The 15 Divorces Of Miss Blue
The Creature of Kwyjibo Lake
The Mormons Strike Back
Shadow of the Cat Lady
Global Warming And Pollution: A Serious Threat For Our Future World
The Foggy Brute
Revenge of the Mormons
Moby Dick Meets The Loch Ness Monster
Gorillas On Broadway
The Naked Woman Moons At Night
The Cave Beast
Sam Spade: Professional Greedy Guts
Terror of the Mecca Mormons
Son of Moby Dick And The Loch Ness Monster
Rock Woodhard Goes West

The Cavemen And Their Heroic Struggles Against The Saber-Toothed Smilodon Cats Of Prehistoric Brazil

The Lost Friday
Enter the Mormon
All Hat And No Cattle
There's A Spider On Your Shoulder!
Gentleman of Four Outs
Sugar Daddies The Musical
The Terror of Regular Sized Town
Do The Ice Age Shuffle
No, Seriously, There's A Goddamn Spider On Your Shoulder!
Eric Hurd On Monster Island
Dracula's Cat
Son of the Cave Beast
The Chiropractor Always Cracks Twice
Tyler Shewchuk, Nephew Of Tarzan
The Devious Doctor Radium
Al Capone Is a Swell Guy
The Big Clam
How To Kill Your Mother-In-Law
Psychics' Get-together With Gubfield Queerborn
Kiss Me, Fatty!
Calling Doctor Camebert
The Magical Banjo of Charley Barley
Five Hours Of Sir Monty Pembury-Winchester Screaming Into The Night
The Secret Urine Detective
You Should Have Taken The Piss Out Of Me, Bub!
The Danny Dumpo Comedies (A Series Of 75 British Shorts)
The Secret Potato Garden of Betty Cumberdale
Tony, The Six Month Old Gangster
Mars Is No Place For A Dame
The Sharpest Scissors In All Of Aragorn
Bulimia Beaumont In Hair For Sale
Journey To The Center of The Sun
Manthony Popkin's Tales Of The Sleazy Night
Ghost of Planet X
The Angriest Saxophone In The World
Abbott And Costello Meet Themselves
Kali Takes A Holiday
Night of the Mormons
Gail Linda Lewis And Her American Travelogues
The Day Horrors
The Illusion of Sanity
The Temptress in the Plaid Apron
Ten Minutes 'til Bedtime
The Knock at the Screen Door
The Tail that Wags the Cradle
The Wind Whispered Boredom
Riddle Misunderstood
A Waste of a Good Afternoon
Genius Undisciplined
The Biscuit Incident: A Tale Based On True Events
Robert Mosley Versus The Robot Men
My Neighbor The Flasher
Wife of the Wolfman
Attack of Hitler's Brain
The Shape Of Lava
The Murderist
I Was Fondled By Frisky Spiders

All Hail Our Incoming Masters The Stone Giants - A Government Sanctioned Training Film In Ten Parts

Attack Of The 50 Foot Foot
Knight Of The Living Room
Godzilla Vs Boring Old Zombies
The Snow Devil Who Loved Me
The Mutants of 2051 AD
Lucas Lee The Action Doctor
The Music Man Meets Dracula
Jason Brown Is A Man About Town
It Came... From PLANET EARTH!
It Came... To Eat Brains
The Beast from the Primordial Ooze
Mant!
Codename: Dragonfly
Gaydar: The Most Unfortunately Named Monster
The Silver Eyes of Hair-Bot-001
*The Beach of Hubanta Tabbotee
Invasion of the Venus Vixens
The Brain That Ate Manhattan!
It Came To Eat... Even More Brains
Attack of The Dog Man
The Son of the Dog Man
I Was A Teenage Gorgon
Vampires of Mars
The Day The Dinosaurs Devoured Detroit
Bride from the Black Lagoon
*Elvis Meets Godzilla: Battle Of The Jumbo Kings
The Very Large Guy From Outer Space
Space Sharks and the Women who Love Them
Frogalanche
Those
The Day the Earth Stood Stiff
The Vole People
Earth vs. the Tiger
The Brawling Eye
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