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Anime film wows all
General Mars
By: Craig Eisenberger
Issue date: 1/7/05 Section: Entertainment
Originally published: 1/7/05 at 9:15 AM EST
Last update: 1/7/05 at 9:17 AM EST
Originally published: 1/7/05 at 9:15 AM EST
Last update: 1/7/05 at 9:17 AM EST
The effect of a metallic humanoid crushing a person's skull between their palms is just a freaking amazing thing to witness. And with no mouth, he did it without any expression, which made it all the more cool.
The overall plot of the movie is rather simple and straightforward. Girl has been fighting in a world of war.
Robot-looking suits come and attack her while other robot-looking suits defend her, only to knock her out and take her back to their city, Olympus. If you haven't been paying attention, this is the most obvious hint that the names are based on Greek mythology.
Once in the city the chick learns that the metal dude is someone she once knew, her one-time partner in war and lover. (All I can think of the latter is the sound of a hydraulic pressure and an automated voice saying "Warning - please stand clear. Three feet clearance required.") So after that she gets a tour of the city, attacked by the bad robot-looking things again, and then she meets the seven old dudes who rule the city.
From there she undergoes "training" which is just her looking better than everyone else in ESWAT (their version of the police). She then gets in one of the robot-looking things, and learns to operate it just seconds before an alarm sounds and all hell breaks lose. Doing the only thing a girl can do, she locks, loads, and kicks some ass.
Then there is some plot stuff after that, establishing that the Military, under General Uranus (the name is a joke enough) is against a group of genetically engineered people called Bioroids.
Another "they are evil, kill them" v.s. "let's all get along" archetype, however this one works because it is just a means of going from action sequence to action sequence, which really makes the movie awesome.
I won't reveal too much of the plot to this one, or the ending other than to say it is a good ending, not to be confused by some anime endings that leave the viewer going "What the f....?"
So what do you get when you take one part hot combat chick, a giant robotdude who was once a commando and love interest of aforementioned chick, join them together in a peaceful Utopia that somehow happens to recently have a lot of killing and violence, and give them big robots to get inside, huge guns, the ability to fly and kick more ass than ever though possible? You get my dreamworld ... if only I was a robotdude.
Appleseed is scheduled for release in select cities Jan. 14, 2005. For all you who will have to wait to see it ... you suck, I rule, I am the freaking man. And by the way, [TEXT CUT FOR PLOT SPOILAGE.]
The overall plot of the movie is rather simple and straightforward. Girl has been fighting in a world of war.
Robot-looking suits come and attack her while other robot-looking suits defend her, only to knock her out and take her back to their city, Olympus. If you haven't been paying attention, this is the most obvious hint that the names are based on Greek mythology.
Once in the city the chick learns that the metal dude is someone she once knew, her one-time partner in war and lover. (All I can think of the latter is the sound of a hydraulic pressure and an automated voice saying "Warning - please stand clear. Three feet clearance required.") So after that she gets a tour of the city, attacked by the bad robot-looking things again, and then she meets the seven old dudes who rule the city.
From there she undergoes "training" which is just her looking better than everyone else in ESWAT (their version of the police). She then gets in one of the robot-looking things, and learns to operate it just seconds before an alarm sounds and all hell breaks lose. Doing the only thing a girl can do, she locks, loads, and kicks some ass.
Then there is some plot stuff after that, establishing that the Military, under General Uranus (the name is a joke enough) is against a group of genetically engineered people called Bioroids.
Another "they are evil, kill them" v.s. "let's all get along" archetype, however this one works because it is just a means of going from action sequence to action sequence, which really makes the movie awesome.
I won't reveal too much of the plot to this one, or the ending other than to say it is a good ending, not to be confused by some anime endings that leave the viewer going "What the f....?"
So what do you get when you take one part hot combat chick, a giant robotdude who was once a commando and love interest of aforementioned chick, join them together in a peaceful Utopia that somehow happens to recently have a lot of killing and violence, and give them big robots to get inside, huge guns, the ability to fly and kick more ass than ever though possible? You get my dreamworld ... if only I was a robotdude.
Appleseed is scheduled for release in select cities Jan. 14, 2005. For all you who will have to wait to see it ... you suck, I rule, I am the freaking man. And by the way, [TEXT CUT FOR PLOT SPOILAGE.]
