I just discovered this on Hulu last night!
I am a Kaiju and tokusatsu fan, but this ,the father of all suitamation tv shows, has escaped me.
Giant Robot fights Monster, rinse & repeat.
The acting is over the top, the special effects are cheap, and the plot is pure sci-fi camp.
I LOVE IT!
The series was out of copyright for a while, but MGM got the rights to it and it’s all on Hulu.
And check out Dr. Botanus, aka Father of Destro. What were they thinking?
On that note, the badguy terrorist group on the show, “The Gargoyle Gang”
seems to have been the inspiration for much of Cobra on G.I. Joe.
Masked Blue Leader, Silver Faced minion, and the footsoldiers can’t aim.
Dr. Botanus, I presume?
This is why the internet is awesome. Here’s to you Reuben Guberman, whoever you are!
For those of you who have yet to see this survival drama, here’s a brief rundown.
Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, and Harold Perrineau all get stuck in the woods and have to fight a bear.
Plus some class issues and a love triangle.
I’ll let you see them for yourself, watch the clips.
I don’t remember falling asleep during the beginning of “The Last Samurai”.
But I woke up during this scene!
NINJAS FLIPPING OUT! oh and gaijin Tom Cruise getting nasty with the katana.
What a delightfully epic battle scene in the middle of a Cruise flick. Who’d a thunk it?!
My favorite part of this clip is at 3:42, when after fighting dozens of ninjas, THREE MORE JUMP IN.
( I suggest you add it to your Netflix queue / Public Library request list.)
It’s “Glory” meets “The Last of the Mohicans” set in “The Seven Samurai”.
H & M’s holiday commercials play around with size and proportion and what’s inside of their pastel gift boxes. Some of the boxes have jewelry, others have crowds of tiny party-goers.
One has a human head inside.
The 2 second pitch for this ad might have “Se7en meets Gulliver’s Travels in the Roaring 20′s .” (and throw in a little Michel Gondry for good measure.)
It’s a flash site, so no direct link to the clips …
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