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Wunderland, a review by Antares

Wunderland (2018) 5/100, Hurricane (2018) 60/100 - YouTube tossed a pair of war films at me last night from 2018. I'm not going to say much about them, but I would like to say this...Films about World War II are no longer necessary! Everything that has needed to be put on film concerning that war has already been done and directors and screenwriters who are the grandchildren of those who fought in it are not qualified to give those events an honest rendering. The former film is so poorly written, acted & directed, it boggles the mind that someone put up the amount of money necessary to make it. Historical inaccuracies at every turn and some mind numbing wokeness thrown in to make it a complete shit sandwich. The latter film really makes me long for the hallowed war film days of Tora! Tora! Tora! or The Battle of Britain. You know, when they used ACTUAL airplanes from the era to create the flight sequences. CGI air battles are comical and defy all the laws of physics. A better story for this film and Stefanie Martini doing her best imitation of a fully clothed Kate Winslet.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on January 2nd, 2022)

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, a review by Antares

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) 82/100 - OK, so picture yourself in the offices of Daiei Studios back in 1964 and you have had tremendous financial success with the seven Zatoichi films you've released in just two short years. How do you keep it fresh? Well... first you hand the director's reins to Kenji Misumi, who helmed the first film in the series and gave birth to the golden goose. He's probably one of the best directors on your lot, and can balance a good story arc with thrilling action. Next, you throw a twist at both Zatoichi and the viewers. You give him a companion for the film, but not just a simple tag along partner, you give him the responsibility of returning an infant to the father that's never seen him, all the while, avoiding repeated attempts by ronin bounty hunters who will stop at nothing, to remove Ichi's head from his body. Audiences may have had mixed feelings for this film, especially if they were getting used to the ramped up energy of the previous ventures, but for my money, this is the best film of the series so far. Misumi weaves humor, tragedy, pathos and humanity into a rich tapestry of emotional entertainment which gives this film a depth I hope is present in the other four Zatoichi films that Misumi would direct down the line. If I had to pick the one film for a newbie to start with in this successful franchise, it would most definitely be this one.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 29th, 2014)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Futurama: Season One (1999/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (Germany) Length: 286 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Commentary, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish

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Futurama
1.01 Space Pilot 3000
Writer: David X. Cohen (Writer), Matt Groening (Writer)
Director: Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo
Cast: Billy West (Fry/Farnsworth/Zoidberg/Various (voice)), Katey Sagal (Leela (voice)), John DiMaggio (Bender/Various (voice)), Dick Clark (Himself (voice)), Leonard Nimoy (Himself (voice)), Tress MacNeille (Various (voice)), Dave Herman (Various (voice)), Kath Soucie (Michelle (voice))

I have been a fan of this series since day one. It's nice to finally see the first episode again. It has been awhile. I forgot that it started out with Fry running from Leela because he wanted to avoid to have a career chip implanted. They have dropped this concept later it seems.
And sure enough, you can really see Nibbler's shadow in the scene where Fry falls into the freezer. It was an episode in a later season which revealed that it was no accident that he was frozen, but caused by Nibbler when he travelled back in time to ensure Fry being frozen.
Is it me, or are the voices that Billy West is doing (Fry/Farnsworth) a little different than later in the series?

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 20th, 2011)