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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

DeathNote ….. I guess ( Salty review )

By Corey Floyd
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Netflix released their American adaption of Death Note. In Japan, there are several Live action Deathnote Films and two of them sit between 70- 82% on rotten tomatoes so I wondered why the need to do this. You can watch The original anime on Netflix right now. Perhaps this is an attempt to Show people a anime story without subjecting them to animation. Naturally, the purists of the anime are highly against this. It's understandable Hollywood executive has shown that they don’t understand anime or at least have no respect for it. Exhibit A: Image result for dragonball evolution gif
But I try to give this a chance since I have seen American adaptations of Asian pieces work perfectly as well. When I saw that Netflix hired Adam Wingard to direct I got a little excited. Wingard is a director who has been very successful in horror. Wingard who already has made a name for himself with bone chilling pieces like you’re next andImage result for you're next movie gif his installments in the VHS series were as scary as and scary as they come. It would seem that this is a winning combination. So the questions is ……………… WHY DID IT SUCK!!!!!!! Related image
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Let’s start with bad casting Nat Wolf plays Light Turner. His most commonly seen in teen related tearjerkers such as  “The Fault in Our Stars and  Paper Towns. The 23-year-old felt he was pressing up against a glass ceiling of being typecast. I supposed this was his breakout role. Well, he did break the glass ceiling to bad the shards cut his wrists in the process. His portrayal of an American version of Light Yagami is so far off a stormtrooper would have hit the mark first ( Star wars Joke ). He comes off very stiff. He’s not believable especially when he screams at the first site of Ryuk. The tone shift between this Light and the Japanese version is staggering. They should have look for someone with more experience.  Matt Wolf career is in the Note for sure.    Lakeith Stanfield plays L. the private eye with a genius I.Q.  Stanfield has been one of the hardest working men in Hollywood over the last few years from Straight outta Compton to Atlanta he is everywhere like a young Samuel L Jackson. Is portrayal of L  is very good. He also gives the vibe that makes you think of the group Anonymous vague, mysterious and threatening. I have to admit casting Sanfield gave this a slight racial undertone of being sick and tired the white savior trope and call him out for he really is a murderer. His performance was top notch and very close to the original character in my opinion. Image result for ryuk netflix gif Ryuk was voiced by Willem Dafoe. One of Hollywood's creepiest and most talented actors. Most nerds know him as the Green Goblin from Sam Raimi’s Spider Man. This man career is paved in iconic disturbing characters good & bad so when it was announced that he would play Ryuk I felt that was the best casting choice in this film or just the best thing about this film period.   Image result for willem dafoe gif
What I found interesting about his performance was he was just the voice.  He didn't do the makeup and effects work. Which is shocking to since he put on that ridiculous goblin costume as well as full drag for The Boondock Saints. Jason Liles is who we see in the film he’s done some other creature work as well MIB 3 and Conjuring 2 just to name a few. The combination does work well and is the best performance in this feature.

When the movie was over I bet you were sitting there like.Image result for what happened gif  Why did this suck so bad?  A pretty okay director, sub- par leading role but good supporting cast.  I think it was the film's presentation. When I look back at the Anime and the Japanese films of the same name I realize they wanted to tell a fleshed out story characters and their respective arcs. We didn’t get that here, we couldn’t get that here in 90 minutes. Yes!! Ninety damn minutes. Even the original version was 2 hours long and was two movies. Even with a good supporting cast the fact that there was no care to tell a good story it’s an insult to people who already know the material. Even though this film was not made for them they are the reason you even made the attempt in the first place. If you are new to Death Note the main character will throw you out of it cause his acting is as stiff as Kristen Stewart in anything. To be honest I feel like Wes Craven would have done a better job with this. Oh… wait
If hey were smart they could have just re wrote this and we would have a better product. It would have been a B+ sadly I’m giving this moving a big  F+

Friday, August 25, 2017

The Anime Season So Far Summer 2017

By Luiggi Cavanna

It is that time again where I talk about a few anime of this season that have caught my attention, and believe me it was hard because this season look so underwhelming, welcome to “The Anime Season So Far”. I could literally just fill the blog with how awesome Owarimonogatari 2nd season was, but that will mean that I’ll have to talk about the whole monogatari series in general, and Owarimonogatari technically was a movie divided in 3 parts. So just watch Bakemonogatari and if you like it, welcome to the fandom, here’s your toothbrush, don’t get spooked by the spooky Ougi and remember Kaiki best girl. For now, let’s talk about a few shows that are not sequels that came out this season.

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But for real, it was so GOOD!!

You know, I almost skip this season all together, but thanks to third parties I end up watching the following shows. Actually thanks to a Facebook video I end up watching “Gamers!”

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Pretty much I started watching because I love fighting games.

Before you go jumping into this anime like, “oh boy an anime about gaming”, not quite. At it’s core this show is a romantic comedy, the chaotic type at that. The gaming part is the reason why our characters interact with each other, but the meat of the show is in all the crazy misunderstanding that the characters find themselves in each episode.

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The show’s practically a giant misunderstanding.

I like how this show builds your expectation towards something and then just buggers off into a different direction. This works in part because we are use to shows of this kind and we know how they normally go, so when they shoot into a complete opposite, and wacky situation, it does bring out some laughter. Also it helps that it has two male lead characters, one serving as the straight man to the stupidity of the other. Believe me, this show wouldn’t be passable if we only the had the plain super nice, but dim witted, main character in a harem situation.

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This show is walking a fine line though.

I really hope this show doesn’t crash and burn because it is walking a fine line, after all comedy is a tricky thing. I mean I have enjoyed it so far but at the time I’m writing this I’m on episode 5, and it was a rough one! This episode went overboard with the misunderstandings, even our straight man indulged in unhealthy amounts of stupidity! I understand though that anime has those episodes and let’s hope for this show to bounce back. Now from a romantic comedy that focuses a lot on the comedy side let's go to one that is into the romance part a bit more.

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Tsurezure Children

Tsurezure Children is a breath of fresh air when it comes down to the genre and the key is variety. The diversity of perspective is what sets this show apart. We don’t have a lead couple we have multiples, we don’t have just one story we have many to pick from. From the perfect couple, the guy that just can’t tell the clueless girl he likes his feelings, to the A grade student and the delinquent, pick and you will find a good fun story to follow.

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He is a d`ck and she totally needs stop pretending to be a delinquent.

When it come to downsides, I guess that if you find a couple unbearable you’ll have to wait until the story moves to the next one. To be honest it's a solid show so far, so if you like romance and comedy this is your show. Enough of romantic comedies though, let’s talk about some fantasy and boy I have a show for you.

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Deceivingly cute, but you know that someone is going to get mangled.

Made in Abyss is just incredible! So far. It has such a great, and solid, first episode that people could use it as a guide of how to make a first episode, it’s that great. The first episodes tell us so much about the world without a long winded exposition that when the show decides to give us an explanatory speech about this world, it does it in front of a gorgeous view and we are ready to listen.

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Tell me more!!

What is it about then? In a island, many years ago, a giant hole was discovered! Ok,listen it gets better. This is no ordinary hole, it’s filled with relics and artifacts that are worth fortunes, so people decided to build a town around it and dive into the abyss to acquire these relics, similar to a gold Rush town. The abyss is not a friendly place though. The abyss is inhabited by monstrous creatures, and also, there's some mystical forces that affect any person diving in commonly known as “the curse of the abyss”.

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I really like this little map that appears at the end of an episode telling us where they are at that moment.




The curse of the abyss works similar to divers sickness in the real world. Ascending back to the surface from the abyss puts a strain on the body, and the deeper you go the worst the curse gets.

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From puking, bleeding out from every orifice in your body, to losing your humanity
or a gruesome death, it gets harcore down there




I don't want to give too much away, part of the fun is discovering things for yourself, but definitely recommend checking this one out. I mean, it's been awhile since we had a good fantasy anime but believe me, I could’ve made a whole blog about this anime alone but I’ll wait until it's done.

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You know I’m going to say it again, the cutesy looks scares me! I watched Madoka Magika, I know how
F’ed up cutesy anime can get!

I have some thoughts about some other shows this season. I like the fate universe, the characters are great for other media like video games. I’m really addicted to the mobile game Fate/grand order, but they need to chill with the anime. After all, the whole “this hero was actually a female” loses its impact after the 100th time, and maybe they could make another fighting game please.

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Oh jeez I don’t know, F’ing Saber maybe!?




“Centaur no Nayami” your expository speech at the beginning of the series left me with more questions! If everything has six limbs, what about the Sheep people eh? Do the horns count as limbs? Do you know what horns are? Do they beep beep like the sheep? Oh! And did you have to have an episode about the main characters checking each others vaginas? You know, if you take the whole “monster girl” thing out of the show I would be a bland slice of life anime. I know they are trying to touch on topics of discrimination and stuff, but I’m distracted by whole lot other stuff. By the way “Hajimete no Gal” is just trash, and it’s not even good trash that’s worth trashing. I couldn’t go pass episode 2 so I’m gonna leave it at that.

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I’m done watching anime for a bit.

So what are you thoughts on this anime season? Any show that you want me to check out? Please don’t say “Hajime no Gal”, but let us know. Now I return to the deepest darkest corners of my dwelling. Good-bye for now my friends.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

DEFENDERS REVIEW ( SPOILERS ALERT)

BY COREY FLOYD

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Marvel’s Defenders came out Friday and of course, I entered BINGE MODE!!!!. If you have not watched the other Netflix Marvel series and attempt to Jump into this one you will be lost So do yourself a favor and watch those first. For everyone else let’s break this down.
The Hand is the main Bad Guys of this series. If you followed Daredevil and Iron Fist you should know about the underground group of ninjas dedicated to world domination. And can be resurrected from the dead. The leaders of the Hand are visually the most diverse group  Madam Gao who you have seen in Daredevil & Iron Fist, Bakudo from Iron Fist. Sci Fi royalty Sigourney Weaver plays what appears to be the Leader of the hand Alexandria.  
As well as guerilla style member Sowende and their hunter Murakami. When All else fails they have their ace on the hole “The Black Sky” and all powerful assassin which is a resurrected Elektra who died at the end of DD season 2.  
It’s like an evil version of the Captain Planet and the  Planeteers.    LOL. Seriously I’m not gonna go through everything but I there are a few things on my radar that we gotta talk about. I will attempt to not spoil everything but……… I said I’d try.
Jessica Jones and Luke Cage don’t contribute much to the story. For the most part, their commentary is what I enjoyed. They didn’t provide much to the progression of the story. In some scenes, it felt like they could have been replaced with furniture. Also  Image result for luke cage getting punched gif Luke spends most of this series getting his ass whopped!!!. I understood when he went against Iron Fist but when a member of the hand just kicked him to the ground its just seemed so weird. Even Elektra kicked him unconscious. Luckily they wrote in 2 parts where he was useful like breaking a door so the cops couldn’t follow them. Even Jessica only had a few contributions to the series other than being a Jerk. Holding an elevator by its Cables so Iron Fist and Luke could escape and when Iron Fist went rogue and she knocked him out other than that.
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Misty, Claire, Colleen.  Colleen’s and Claire were pretty essential to the team. Colleen being a former member of the hand feels she has to help put an end to them. Claire is the voice of reason as well as the field medic cause every team needs a healer (Gamer Joke!!) Then we have Misty Knight the street wise detective with a hero's heart. I say that because she wants to be more than a cop but she cannot abandon her sworn duty. She dances a line between wanting to help the gang and locking them up. Eventually, she joins them but the inevitable happens in the process loses her arm. Maybe next time we will get what I know I’ve been waiting for.

Well, guess it’s time to talk about our main characters. Despite this supposing to be an ensemble piece. The series has Matt (Daredevil) retiring after season 2. But as the story unfolds around him he is conflicted about putting the suit back on. Until he sees Elektra. His love her made him suit up. His character arc was very simple and sweet and a boring cliche. Don't wanna give away too much so I will leave it at that. Now it’s time for the weakest link. Iron Fist sucks. Finn Jones needs to be replaced as well as his writers. His character arc had him doubling down on his white savior mentality which I already found perturbing and now he’s rich & Naive on top of that. His character sets the team up for more failure than Daredevil. Finn Jones went from a D to a D+ when it comes to fighting choreography. It’s actually quite insulting. Several scenes had a scenario where he was wearing a hoodie during the fight and when the fight was over than he would take it off. Is he locked into his contract? I hope not cause this was a bad move. Overall the show was meh. Grade C-  You know what spoiler alert PUNISHER is not in this so D+. But he has a sweet trailer that you can check out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfBd-Oyhug which will be coming out later this year. Next time you hear from me I should be talking about Deathnote.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

BATMAN & Harley!! Review (A few spoilers)



By Corey Floyd

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While the DCEU is trying to get their act together their animated movies have always been a hit. They have been dark, violent, gritty film series. Recently they lightened up with an old school Batman & Robin DVD featuring the Adam West. Then I saw a trailer for Batman and Harley.

I got very excited the animation style was a homage to the Batman: Animated series which is also celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary this year. Wasn’t sure if this was gonna be a serious romp or not but I was ready nonetheless. Also, everyone loves Harley we can’t get enough of her. So why not do a feature where she works with the dark knight in her own special way  

The movie Villians Poison Ivy & Floronic Man (Walmart brand Swamp Thing) trying to turn the entire world inhabitants into a plant Hybrid. Batman and Nightwing are on the case and realize they will need Harley’s help since they are longtime friends and a formidable team when they worked together.

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This feature had its fair share of meta jokes. Nightwing finds Harley working at a restaurant where the female servers are dressed as scantily clad villains and heroes and

of course she dresses as …………………..herself.

 There was also a great fight scene between her and Nightwing which she won. What followed was what I can only describe as a 50shades of Harley between her and Nightwing.  
Despite some very adult scenes here and there, this was a fun cartoon. It also had a great scene that played back to some Golden and Silver age villains at a bar where Harley graced us with a musical number. There also a message about climate change and taking care of the environment. To be honest I felt like Bernie Sanders was about to show up.   Related image Kevin Conroy returned as the voice of the bat and Loren Lester as Nightwing / Robin. We had a different Harley this time Melissa Rauch played her voice. Which fits perfectly since she is Bernadette on THE BIG BANG THEORY  here’s a sample https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyAkev_nv0A . It was an awkwardly funny movie. It felt more like one of those serious/funny
episodes from their last season.
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Was it odd? Yes. Was it funny? Yes. Will I watch it again? Hell YES!! make sure you go out and grab your copy for your collection. I have to give this movie an A. It gave me something new from the material that I already know about. It was also very funny which was unexpected also the after credit scene I was done. Here a clue: WIPEOUT  
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