So i was talking to my friend the other day and he said,
"Eamonn, did you hear there will be a Ghostbusters 3?
..."Yes i did hear about that..."
"How will they manage that? Make a film about charectors we haven't heard from in 30 years?
...Oh you mean, like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEpCUB8IjzM
Yes that's real.
In 1997 Sony television created a 40 episode season of a new ghostbusters team. Named EXTREME! Ghostbusters to remind us what decade it's from. Extreme is noted for it's darker take on the franchise, as well as being a fond favourite of older fans of GB.
So lets dig for this rare tv gem this is the first 2 episodes of Extreme Ghostbusters.
So this first episode, Darkness at Noon, Part 1, starts with a cutaway scene of subway workers breaking through a wall, when a green gas manifests itself into a demonic queen. We then get another hit of that AWESOME-SAUCE Intro Song. It was Sang by Voice-actor Jim Cummings, the voice of Robotnik. This is not the first time he sang in a cartoon, he was actually Jeremy Irons Singing voice in Loin King and Christopher Lloyd's Singing voice in Anastasia
So lets start.
We Start we it really all began for the 'Busters, the New york Metropolitian College. Egon Spengler(Maurice Lamarche) Has returned to teaching and his surprised that his class of 97 has doubled.
Doubled to 4!
They are slacker Eduardo(Rino Romaro), Wheelchair bound athlete Gareth(James Marsden) African-American preppie Roland (Alfonso Ribeiro) and Goth Kylie(Tara Strong)
While Kylie and Roland have enrolled into Egon's class of Paranormal Studies of their interests of Ghosts and Mechanics respectively, Gareth was spurred by hero worship, and Eduardo is in it for the"Easy As"
Egon is given a teaching assistant it turns out to be Janine who implies that Egon and her were an item.
Wait did they put Lewis on the bus?
She tell us that Egon still lives at the firehouse with Slimer.
Speaking of which, Slimer (Billy West) is minding his own business when the PKE Readings goes off the scale. The demonic Queen reveals her name has Archira, Daughter of the Gozerian, Destroyer of Civilisations. When Slimer bolts to the college, Roland offers to drive everyone to the firehouse. While there, they watch a news report of the opening scene in the subway. As Egon investigates, The New Mayor calls him a con-artist. At the Firehouse Kylie steals a Ghost-Beacon to use in a seance. That night, Kylie uses the device with intent of contacting her Grandma. Instead she gets possessed by Achira as her vessel to spread her disease. Her first victim? Egon. Crippled by debilitating boils, Egon has no choice but to train his students to be a New Generation of Ghostbusters, thus ending Episode 1
After a run-down at the beginning of episode 2, The rag-tag team go out on patrol trailing, unbeknownst to them, a possessed Kylie infecting the disease to passengers on a subway. The screams distresses a blind man Until Kylie/Archira lies to him not to worry while infecting him. Very effective Nightmare Fuel.
After the team splits from him, Eduardo is confronted by Kylie who chats him up, before she can kiss her (And Eddy points that she's "LEGAL!") The others return. After debating if the protons will kill Kylie, Eddy jumps the gun by shooting Archira out of Kylie. Trapping the spirit is unsuccessful as Eduardo forgot to bring a trap.
Returning to the firehouse, Egon is disappointed that his equipment is not strong enough to deal with this more advance creature. Thankfully, Roland is a mechanical prodigy that tunes up the ECTO 1 (even adding a wheelchair ramp) And resigning the rectangular traps in circular ones, designating Kylie as the Trapper.
Archira reveals her plan, her victim's boils are in fact EGGS that hatch miniture versions on Archira. the plan is implied that the boils devour the weakened victims.
So lets wrap this up
The XGB's Trap Archira(If you watched this on Disney, the entire strobe lightning sequence was edited by the Nazi Rat!) And as Roland thinks it's all over the subway crew releases an entire cloud of Ghoulies.
THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!
With rumours of Ghostbusters 3 making the rounds, Jeff Kline and Harold Ramis are constantly asked if this series will the plot to the sequel. And why not? For a cartoon, the characters are relateable and likable. The ghosts are no longer played for comic effect, thanks in part to the darker art-style and depiction of actual Legends, they also dealt with real issues that were written extremely well, such as respecting elders(Riddle of the Sphinx),Infatuation(Sonic Youth),Fear(Fear itself) Abusive relationships(The Crawler) and Racism(The True Face of the Monster)
As for why it never got a second series, put it down to Executive Meddling. The higher up at Columbia thought the show was too politically correct. No, that will be November's Entry.
But the real meddling came out to why so many cartoons where in the 90's were cancelled: Money!
Despite winning an award from the Los Angeles Disability Committee for the Character of Gareth, and the fact he became the De facto new leader, the toyline did not think anyone would buy a wheelchair bound action figure.
Well, Despite all the Meddling XGB Was pretty the successor the series needed.
(Eamonn goes to his fridge to the floating head of 80's Lad. The food is floating around the head on a static background)
-Let me Guess, there is no 80's Lad, only Zuul?
-Save me, Enlightened Dude, some Totally Bad Shit is about to go dow...
(the static covers 80's lad's face as his screams become digitised. the face less head now discourteously Speaks in a digitised woman's voice
Saving 80'S LAD
80's lad is now...SAVED!
BEGINING UNIVERSAL HARD RESET!
DELETE ALL ORGANIC FILES!
I don't know who you are, bucko! But you are not Human! You are an Android, But me?
I AM A MAY'UN!
(Punch!)
(CLANG!)
(Gripping fist) OWWW! WHY DO WE INTERNET REVIEWERS ALWAYS PUNCH ROBOTS? IT NEVER WORKS!
Okay HAL, This will reconfigure you Fucking Settings!
(Eamonn Arm glows with Silverly Flames)
HADOU-KARA PUNC-
DETCTING CORRUPT FILES! CONTINUE?=Y/N
N=RETRIEVING DATA LOGGING OUT...
(the static defragments back into the fridge interior)
Joe-jack! I saw 80'S LAD! His head was floating in the fridge then it turned into a silver head with a sat nav lady voice that tried to delete me!
(Joe-Jack shoots Eamonn with a Tranquilizer Dart!)
CREDITS
Extreme Ghostbusters review as Written, compiled and Edited by Eamonn Bermingham
With Music
Exteme Ghostbusters Theme
Extreme ghostbusters is property of Disney.
All Rights reserved.
Follow me on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePathofenlightment.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Tekken month: Eamonn reviews Tekken: blood vengeance
WE END ENLIGHTENED TOWERS' REVIEW HALF OF TEKKEN MONTH
With an example of a Tekken film done right. Is it any good? Yes. Is it the greatest Amime ever. no it's not. But find out for yourselves as we dig into Tekken blood Vengeance
I've tried my best to show you an image but its so famous by now that it has being dubbed the cover that "launched a 1000 shippers!"
For those who hav'nt, It's Xiaoyu holding Alisa in the style of La Pieta in a warzone. The dark clouds and offsetting sunrise makes it a striking shot, but the lighting and position of Alisa's Robotic Rump makes it look like Xiao has no skirt on.
As the story progresses you'll find out that Xiao will wear LESS Around Alessa!
The film starts as a women on a motorbike is playing chicken with a truck. As the truck explodes the woman takes of her headgear to reveal herself as Nina Williams. the truck driver reveals herself to be Anna Williams who wears that delicate and highly flammable silk quipo even when driving trucks full of explosives.Anna challanges her sister to a fight and the williams do what they are good at. Not being the Bread in a Kazuya sandwich, but kicking each other's asses.
I must share these first 5 minutes with you. The Animation is great, the dialogue syncs with the lip movement, and the moves are true to form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLilTU1kQ0
So Nina avoids arrests as she gathers intel for Jin on the "M" Project. He tells Nina to go to Russia to get "it"(Alissa). Meanwhile, at G-Corp, Anna shows Kaz a picture of the only survivor of the M(utare) Project, Shin Kamiya. Anna plans to emotionally blackmail Ling Xiaoyu into becoming a spy for G-Corp.
We cut to Ling Xiaoyu, who is just a normal 19 year old girl...who is just so happens to be an Martial Artist who rides a panda like a horse and own her own theme park!
Y'know, Completely Normal!
After being expelled from school by Ganryu, Anna hires Xiao as her protege in the spy world.
As for the time-line, this happened after Tekken 4 as Ling didn't recognise Anna. Causing people to spectulate (and they are right) that Anna didn't actively compete in the 3rd tourament. we are told that later heihachi died in the Honmaru Fire. And alessa's campaign mode took place during tekken 5.
Ling is told to shadow Shin, the last and only survivor of the Mutare Project. Transfered to Kyoto-go High, we get our first cameo as Lee is now a teacher of robotics to a Class of one.
Given how much fans hated combot that comes to no surprise!
Xiao is surprised at how easy-going Kyoto-go is compared to Mishima-Tech Bumping into Alissa Bosconovich as Xiaoyu looks on in slow motion at her ass running away. On top of the school, Shin tries to kill himself but Xiao saves the Ungrateful Cunt. Searching his dorm that night, Ling spies shin having a shower,but turns to see Alissa also watching. Shin reveals that he has a tattooed arm that faintly looks like True Orge's Snake Arm and he is guarded by a Crow
Making contact with Anna, Anna tells Ling to find out what is making Shin invulnerable.
In Class Lee is giving a Chekov's Lecture about the Obligatory Supernatural Tekken boss.Shin tries to play Alissa and Xiao against each other. But Xiao presses shin about his disappearance. but says he cant remember, he gives a Humans are Bastards Speech before his tattoo glows and growls like True Orge
Alissa is confused about her feelings for shin, So she planned on winning the Prom queen title at the mokujin festival, It's there that Shin is Kidnapped. realizing this, Alissa reveals herself as a robot who hard resets into Assassination Mode.
So Alissa and Ling have a fight and despite her sweet nature, Alissa has chainsaw arms, bomb heads and robot wings. The fight is interrupted when Anna turns on Xiaoyu, but Panda helps them escape.
In the forest, The girls are hiding. Alissa's override is over, returning her to her previous state. Jogging past them is an unexpected savior, Lee.
Using his Mansion as a base, Xiaoyu and Alissa Discover that the Mutare Experiment was a transfusion of Orge's blood to build an army of super-soldiers. They find that Heihachi's name is being used as Shin's Legal guardian.
As Ling takes a shower she gets a text from Lei Wulong telling her they never found Heihachi's body in Honmaru. Stepping out of the shower, She see Alissa and Panda watching cartoons. Alissa tells Ling she plans to save Shin out of her feelings of love for him. Ling asks if those "feelings" are just programmed.
And that is the wrong things to say to that charecter!
BACKSTORY!
Despite Alissa being introduced as a playable charector in T6:BR, She has being a plot device since tekken 1. After suffering a car-crash that put her in a coma, Dr bosconovish devoted his life to Cyrogenics and robotics. When G-Corp attacked his lab, Alissa's human body was destroyed but her human memory was digitised and put in a robotic body.Dr .B has being missing since 5 and Alissa is searching for him.
As the G-Corps plan to seize Lee's Pimp Pad, Alessa and ling get close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPcQWfPkds
Hear that? that is the sound of 1000s of nerd's wrists breaking typing Ships that will turn Alessa into a robotic Russian Lesbian Schoolgirl
Russian...Lesbian...Schoolgirl.....What does that remind me of?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGBaXPlri8
Nina reconnects Alissa's MishimaNET link telling Ling that the lab is now Kyoto castle's Mokujin exhibition.
Finding Shin in the castle. they learn he lured the 3 generations of mishima to take them out, while expositing while they each want his M-cells. Jin, to cure his Devil Gene, Kaz to enhance his and Heihachi to turn back the clock. Shin goes to attack 'Hachi. as he does his strentgh leaves him. with a few blows Shin is murdered.
The Mishima's fight over Shin's body, destroying kyoto castle in the process. Dispatching Heihachi. Kaz becomes Devil Kaz. Alissa intervenes but Jin uses a voice command to deactivate her. Kaz steps on Alissa, breaking her in half. Jin turns into Devil Jin but loses control but its a bluff he can control it and defeats his father.
Heihachi opens the golden coffin and releases a spirit that combines all the Mokujins into one giant version.
we will refer to this creature as the "Earth Goddess", the combined consiousness of all mokujins and trees is superpissed at humans right now!
The Goddess attacks ling but panda helps her owner.The goddess is convinced that humanity is worth saving but Heihachi breaches its heart and takes control.
So let's wrap this up!
A double-team Devil Lazer/Sky-Rocket SuperPunch destroys the earth goddess and 'hachi. Jin recognises the Irony of an animal and a robot saving the world from a manmade evil, and tells Xiao that next they met, prepare to kill him. And so the film ends in Heihachiland, as Xiao convinces a repaired Alissa to join the next tourney, as she has motion capture data of the 3 Generations.
THIS FILM IS...ACCAPTABLE!
After Live Action. this is a step-up from that turd. But first negatives. Unless you follow the game Series, you will be lost to the plot. Second the unlikable one-shot Charecter of Shin. If you wanted to tell us Orge was returning in the game, give us Orge and not this whiny, suicidal floppy haired pansy boy who couldn't take a punch. Next negative the annoyingly perky nature of Alissa. Why would a killer robot act like she does? okay i said she was human before a robot but why would anyone act like a giggly bimbo when on a mission? I refer to a scene where they are entering Mishima-tech and Alissa says she would rather find embarassing Yearbook photos of Ling!
Now the postives!
Animation was slick, mouth movement lined up and story fitted the world we knew, rather that disregard it completly. Namco overlooked the production (for a change!) the script was written by Dai"Cowboy bebop" Saito and produced by Digital frontier, All Anime heavyweights.
So Tekken: Blood Vengeange. A tekken film done by people who know what they're doing!
CREDITS
Tekken blood vengeance review was written, edited and compiled by Eamonn Bermingham.
With clips from:
Tekken Blood Vengeance
Music:
All the things she said by TaTu
All clips belong to there respected owners.
Tekken is property of Namco/Bandai and blood vengeance is produced By Digital frontier.
All rights reserved
Follow me on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePathofenlightment
With an example of a Tekken film done right. Is it any good? Yes. Is it the greatest Amime ever. no it's not. But find out for yourselves as we dig into Tekken blood Vengeance
I've tried my best to show you an image but its so famous by now that it has being dubbed the cover that "launched a 1000 shippers!"
For those who hav'nt, It's Xiaoyu holding Alisa in the style of La Pieta in a warzone. The dark clouds and offsetting sunrise makes it a striking shot, but the lighting and position of Alisa's Robotic Rump makes it look like Xiao has no skirt on.
As the story progresses you'll find out that Xiao will wear LESS Around Alessa!
The film starts as a women on a motorbike is playing chicken with a truck. As the truck explodes the woman takes of her headgear to reveal herself as Nina Williams. the truck driver reveals herself to be Anna Williams who wears that delicate and highly flammable silk quipo even when driving trucks full of explosives.Anna challanges her sister to a fight and the williams do what they are good at. Not being the Bread in a Kazuya sandwich, but kicking each other's asses.
I must share these first 5 minutes with you. The Animation is great, the dialogue syncs with the lip movement, and the moves are true to form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLilTU1kQ0
So Nina avoids arrests as she gathers intel for Jin on the "M" Project. He tells Nina to go to Russia to get "it"(Alissa). Meanwhile, at G-Corp, Anna shows Kaz a picture of the only survivor of the M(utare) Project, Shin Kamiya. Anna plans to emotionally blackmail Ling Xiaoyu into becoming a spy for G-Corp.
We cut to Ling Xiaoyu, who is just a normal 19 year old girl...who is just so happens to be an Martial Artist who rides a panda like a horse and own her own theme park!
Y'know, Completely Normal!
After being expelled from school by Ganryu, Anna hires Xiao as her protege in the spy world.
As for the time-line, this happened after Tekken 4 as Ling didn't recognise Anna. Causing people to spectulate (and they are right) that Anna didn't actively compete in the 3rd tourament. we are told that later heihachi died in the Honmaru Fire. And alessa's campaign mode took place during tekken 5.
Ling is told to shadow Shin, the last and only survivor of the Mutare Project. Transfered to Kyoto-go High, we get our first cameo as Lee is now a teacher of robotics to a Class of one.
Given how much fans hated combot that comes to no surprise!
Xiao is surprised at how easy-going Kyoto-go is compared to Mishima-Tech Bumping into Alissa Bosconovich as Xiaoyu looks on in slow motion at her ass running away. On top of the school, Shin tries to kill himself but Xiao saves the Ungrateful Cunt. Searching his dorm that night, Ling spies shin having a shower,but turns to see Alissa also watching. Shin reveals that he has a tattooed arm that faintly looks like True Orge's Snake Arm and he is guarded by a Crow
Making contact with Anna, Anna tells Ling to find out what is making Shin invulnerable.
In Class Lee is giving a Chekov's Lecture about the Obligatory Supernatural Tekken boss.Shin tries to play Alissa and Xiao against each other. But Xiao presses shin about his disappearance. but says he cant remember, he gives a Humans are Bastards Speech before his tattoo glows and growls like True Orge
Alissa is confused about her feelings for shin, So she planned on winning the Prom queen title at the mokujin festival, It's there that Shin is Kidnapped. realizing this, Alissa reveals herself as a robot who hard resets into Assassination Mode.
So Alissa and Ling have a fight and despite her sweet nature, Alissa has chainsaw arms, bomb heads and robot wings. The fight is interrupted when Anna turns on Xiaoyu, but Panda helps them escape.
In the forest, The girls are hiding. Alissa's override is over, returning her to her previous state. Jogging past them is an unexpected savior, Lee.
Using his Mansion as a base, Xiaoyu and Alissa Discover that the Mutare Experiment was a transfusion of Orge's blood to build an army of super-soldiers. They find that Heihachi's name is being used as Shin's Legal guardian.
As Ling takes a shower she gets a text from Lei Wulong telling her they never found Heihachi's body in Honmaru. Stepping out of the shower, She see Alissa and Panda watching cartoons. Alissa tells Ling she plans to save Shin out of her feelings of love for him. Ling asks if those "feelings" are just programmed.
And that is the wrong things to say to that charecter!
BACKSTORY!
Despite Alissa being introduced as a playable charector in T6:BR, She has being a plot device since tekken 1. After suffering a car-crash that put her in a coma, Dr bosconovish devoted his life to Cyrogenics and robotics. When G-Corp attacked his lab, Alissa's human body was destroyed but her human memory was digitised and put in a robotic body.Dr .B has being missing since 5 and Alissa is searching for him.
As the G-Corps plan to seize Lee's Pimp Pad, Alessa and ling get close
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPcQWfPkds
Hear that? that is the sound of 1000s of nerd's wrists breaking typing Ships that will turn Alessa into a robotic Russian Lesbian Schoolgirl
Russian...Lesbian...Schoolgirl.....What does that remind me of?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGBaXPlri8
Nina reconnects Alissa's MishimaNET link telling Ling that the lab is now Kyoto castle's Mokujin exhibition.
Finding Shin in the castle. they learn he lured the 3 generations of mishima to take them out, while expositing while they each want his M-cells. Jin, to cure his Devil Gene, Kaz to enhance his and Heihachi to turn back the clock. Shin goes to attack 'Hachi. as he does his strentgh leaves him. with a few blows Shin is murdered.
The Mishima's fight over Shin's body, destroying kyoto castle in the process. Dispatching Heihachi. Kaz becomes Devil Kaz. Alissa intervenes but Jin uses a voice command to deactivate her. Kaz steps on Alissa, breaking her in half. Jin turns into Devil Jin but loses control but its a bluff he can control it and defeats his father.
Heihachi opens the golden coffin and releases a spirit that combines all the Mokujins into one giant version.
we will refer to this creature as the "Earth Goddess", the combined consiousness of all mokujins and trees is superpissed at humans right now!
The Goddess attacks ling but panda helps her owner.The goddess is convinced that humanity is worth saving but Heihachi breaches its heart and takes control.
So let's wrap this up!
A double-team Devil Lazer/Sky-Rocket SuperPunch destroys the earth goddess and 'hachi. Jin recognises the Irony of an animal and a robot saving the world from a manmade evil, and tells Xiao that next they met, prepare to kill him. And so the film ends in Heihachiland, as Xiao convinces a repaired Alissa to join the next tourney, as she has motion capture data of the 3 Generations.
THIS FILM IS...ACCAPTABLE!
After Live Action. this is a step-up from that turd. But first negatives. Unless you follow the game Series, you will be lost to the plot. Second the unlikable one-shot Charecter of Shin. If you wanted to tell us Orge was returning in the game, give us Orge and not this whiny, suicidal floppy haired pansy boy who couldn't take a punch. Next negative the annoyingly perky nature of Alissa. Why would a killer robot act like she does? okay i said she was human before a robot but why would anyone act like a giggly bimbo when on a mission? I refer to a scene where they are entering Mishima-tech and Alissa says she would rather find embarassing Yearbook photos of Ling!
Now the postives!
Animation was slick, mouth movement lined up and story fitted the world we knew, rather that disregard it completly. Namco overlooked the production (for a change!) the script was written by Dai"Cowboy bebop" Saito and produced by Digital frontier, All Anime heavyweights.
So Tekken: Blood Vengeange. A tekken film done by people who know what they're doing!
CREDITS
Tekken blood vengeance review was written, edited and compiled by Eamonn Bermingham.
With clips from:
Tekken Blood Vengeance
Music:
All the things she said by TaTu
All clips belong to there respected owners.
Tekken is property of Namco/Bandai and blood vengeance is produced By Digital frontier.
All rights reserved
Follow me on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePathofenlightment
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