Get ready to strap in with Johnny Spoiler and Jordan Savage as we tear through the latest and greatest in the binge-worthy universe! We're not holding back on anything, from the anime hijinks of Black Lion OVA 1992 to musing over HBO's rebranding shenanigans. Michelangelo as the brooding survivor in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles twist with the possibility of an R-Rated TMNT movie? You bet we've got some hot takes on that. Plus, we're turning the nostalgia up to eleven with Interstellar's IMAX return, marking a decade since it first blew our minds.
Hold onto your hedgehogs, folks! The buzz is real with Keanu Reeves potentially bringing some serious 'whoa' to Shadow in "Sonic 3." And the remake wheel keeps spinning, with "Sleepy Hollow" and "The Four Seasons" stirring up the pot. We're dishing out the deets on Amy Adams' transformation into "Nightbitch," and you won't want to miss our intrigue over Pamela Anderson's "The Last Showgirl" and the promise of a live-action "Masters of the Universe." We're bringing the curtain up on all the quirks and question marks of the latest film buzz.
Wrap up your day with a dose of laughter as we switch gears to comedy's finest with Tom Segura's sitcom dreams and Nikki Glaser's roasting expertise. We can't help but skewer the anime scene with its outlandishly named characters and storylines that defy gravity. Join us in rating the watchability of animated escapades with a touch of our trademark humor. It's a full plate of entertainment talk, served up with a side of snark and a sprinkle of insight – all waiting for you on Binge-Watchers Podcast.
Tonight’s movie is Black Lion or Fear the Black Lion OVA (1992) - It is (supposedly) 1580. Oda Nobunaga is on the verge of ruling Japan, with the aid of a powerful enforcer named Ginnai Doma - a samurai who has been turned into a ninja-killing cyborg. But an Iga ninja named Shishimaru is determined to avenge his brethren, at any cost.
Bonus Episode:
Our Fist of the North Star review:
One of the best anime ever drawn! Fist Of The North Star Animated Featured from ‘86. And a few cherry-picked headlines from the greater universe of tv, movies, and pop culture - stay tuned or fast forward - LETS GO!!!
So this movie is like if you dropped Bruce Lee into Mad Max’s universe and asked him to save us all … then you would arrive at Kenshiro who is a supernatural martial artist betrayed by his brothers and his best friend over a woman, so that he is out of the way for the friend to steal the girl and one of evil brothers to win the mantle of a magical power Ken is supposed to inherit. Note when this movie was made the same animation team working and airing the anime show also worked on the movie … Based on an incredible manga called Fist of the Big Dipper.
This is noted as John Cena’s favorite anime.
James Avery, aka Shredder, aka Uncle Phil does the voice of fang in the English Dub.
Hokuto no Ken was released in Japan on VHS in 1988, two years after its theatrical release. The late release was due to the decision to animate a new ending. Unlike the theatrical version, in which Kenshiro falls unconscious during the final battle, the revised ending has both fighters still standing when they're about to deliver their mutual finishing blows before they're interrupted by Lin.
A version of the Italian dub that was released on VHS by Granata Press in 1993 under the title Ken il Guerriero was based on a workprint cut which features some of the violent scenes that are blurred out in the Japanese theatrical version (such as the scene in which Shin engraves the seven scars on Kenshiro's chest) without any discoloration or blurring.
Vampire Hunter D of the 1985 anime movie of the same name makes a cameo appearance as a villager in the scene where Raoh's second-in-command, Uighur, reveals the pot of flowers to the people. Similarly, Kenshiro makes a cameo in Vampire Hunter D as a villager during the scene where the Count's messenger arrives in the village to give the candle to Rei Ginsei.
We discuss our favorite fights in the movie, how the anime may have inspired a popular video game, and how the live action adaptations of anime are usually bad.
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