My only real experience with the Alien franchise up to this point was seeing Alien: Romulus in theatres as well as some scattered clips of Alien: Isolation. Romulus definitely left me with a strong impression, wanting more; however, Alien completely exceeded all my expectations. All of the practical effects are absolutely incredible, the sound design is incredible and while the audio quality definitely feels slightly dated, it makes all of the sounds that break through all the more striking. Even…
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Malice@Doll 2001
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This was a really interesting one, I find myself wanting to compare it to “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” because the way bodies and flesh are treated in this OVA are almost a complete inverse of that film. The fleshy noises and all the fleshy creatures feel so off-putting that it makes you miss the sterility of the mechanical world.
All of the character designs are distinct and the way they all get deformations according to their own personalities created a…Translated from by
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Cutie Honey 2004
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Very fun movie, this was my first engagement with anything tokutatsu or cutie honey related and it left me wanting more.
The costumes were all wonderfully campy and the villains in partciular had so much going on that it felt like I noticed new details every time one was on screen. The absurd amount of camera angles in some scenes combined with the mixed style of using stop-motion for attacks and manga-style animation for flashbacks keeps it visually engaging. The…Translated from by
