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A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018)
An amazingly O.K. show
Though it wasn't great, A.I.C.O Incarnation definitely was not bad or mediocre. It wasn't great either though. It was OK. Netflix has been pumping out anime like crazy so it would be easy for this title to slip under the radar. The story takes place in the future where Artificially Intelligent Cellular Organisms (AICO) are created to advance humanity's medical knowledge in the hopes that one day they could make human beings immortal. However, an incident occurred that created the "Burst" a mass of cellular organisms that swarmed over Kurobe Gorge, consuming anyone and anything in its path before its advance is halted but not reversed. Aico Tachibana is just a normal school girl until she (quite literally) runs into a recent transfer student named Yuya Kanzaki, who, after a daring escape from several government spies, reveals to her that she was in a car accident that nearly killed. Her father, Yura Tachibana, created a duplicate body and brain for Aico. A complex and and top secret surgery was performed that switched the brains of Aico and the duplicate, placing her brain in the duplicate body and the duplicate in the real body. It was successful, but the surgery made the duplicate brain panic and create malignant matter at an alarming pace. In order to stop the "Matter" that has filled the gorge, Aico, Yuya, and a group of mercenaries have to traverse through the gorge and reach the research facility to perform the same surgery and stop the burst once and for all.
I thought that the story was just the average sci-fi plot that didn't show me anything new, with the secondary characters being blander than a bag of rice. But the animation more than makes up for these problems, and we can all thank Studio Bones for this. Bones has been going above and beyond the call of duty in its titles like "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", "Mob Psycho 100" and most notably " My Hero Academia", and this show is now different. The action scenes are wonderfully choreographed and with "Matter" seeming bright and alive, making you feel that it has a mind of it's own. Thought some other animation studios would have cut corners and used copious amounts of CGI, Studio Bones goes that extra mile in providing a vibrant setting with wonderful animation. Thought the plot and characters were not great, I kept watching to see those beautifully rendered scenes and backgrounds. If your bored and looking for a binge watch on Netflix, look up this title
Justice League (2017)
A way too serious, totally generic, bland action film that thinks its a superhero movie.
When you think superhero films, you probably remember such hits as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers. The last thing that comes to mind is any DC movie that has come out in recent years. Many people thought that after the end of the Dark Knight Trilogy that we would see a resurgence in the DC nostalgia that made the company bigger than Marvel at one point.
Those hopes were dashed when Man of Steel turned out to be a dark, gritty CGI mess that tried way too hard to be relevant. The moody and drab undertone of the film made us feel to glum to remember the old Saturday morning cartoons that were filled with fun, adventure, and action all rolled into one brilliantly performed show.
Next was Batman v Superman which had been hyped for three years, and all we got was eight minutes of fighting and over two hours of talking and exposition that we just didn't care about. Suicide Squad was lacking in the department of character development. Instead the producers wanted big names and flashy effects to sell the movie. That didn't work.
Finally, we have this: take all the previous DC movies mentioned (Except the Dark Knight Trilogy, the only films DC got right), put it in a blender while adding aqua man, flash, and cyborg, blend it all together, then turn off the lights. The resulting disaster is Justice League. This is what you don't do with superhero films. It would be like Joss Whedon making the Avengers in 2005 with Iron man being made eight years later.
The movie does not follow any of the source material, instead relying on Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot to carry the weight of the film. Everyone else just seems to be along for the ride with none of the other characters getting their own movie yet, so we have no idea what their motivations for joining the Justice League are.
The film once again goes into dark and gritty territory with everything happening at once with little to no previously known information about half the main characters. Anyone who isn't a comic book junkie was asking "Why is there a robot and a fireman in this scene?" Just another too serious flick that betrays the source material and hopes that big Hollywood names will save it (Spoiler alert: they don't).
Boku no hîrô akademia (2016)
A breath of fresh air not only for the superhero genre, but for anime in general. Tohru is best girl.
I first heard of My Hero Academia through and AMV on YouTube. I thought it was going to be a cutsie shonen battle anime, but after watching the first season, I realized that I had stumbled upon something truly special.
My Hero Academia is set in a world where 80% of the population has been given a superpower, or a "Quirk", is they are called. No one knows where quirks came from or why people have them. Know the world is protected by Heroes who can learn how to be a hero through various schools, with the best being U.A. Academy, where the current Number 1 hero in the world, All Might, was an alumnus.
The story follows the protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, a middle school graduate who was not born with any powers, yet still yearns to become a hero. After a chance encounter with All Might, Izuku learns a terrible truth and becomes disheartened when he is told that he can't be a hero if he doesn't possess a quirk. But after trying to save his old friend turned enemy, Katsuki Bakugo, from a villain attack, All Might sees that he is wrong about Midoriya, and decides to take him as an apprentice.
The show is unlike any I have seen in recent years. The storytelling, world building, character development, everything is so well done it is a major contender to become the next shonen hit. Unlike Black Clover, which is just terrible, MHA is terrific to say the least. It is witty and fun, but also dramatic and explosive in just the right amount that you remain hooked, awaiting the next episode. But what the show does right is that it throws away the old trope of giving a shows characters new powers out of the blue, but instead takes their powers and has each character work to improve their existing power, growing in strength and experience.
My Hero Academia is the best show I have seen since One Punch Man and I highly recommend watching it. Also Tohru is best girl.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
I hated this movie. I absolutely hated it.
Of all the war dramas that I have seen over the years, (Saving Private Ryan, Tora Tora Tora, Fury) this movie is by far the worst I have seen. Even the name makes me angry. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, or if you only read the capitalized letters, WTF. People were killed in the conflict in Afghanistan and this is the best they come up with!? Frankly it is insulting to both the military and to journalism in war zones. Granted Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman did some decent acting, I can't get over the fact that Tina Fey was chosen for the leading role. She is a known SNL crony who helps push their liberal agenda on an unsuspecting populace. She couldn't even try to take her role seriously, always acting like a clueless news reporter wannabe who wants to make a name for herself. And yet a full quarter of the movie was about a bunch of reporters from all over the globe getting together in Afghanistan spending their nights drinking, partying, and shagging each other.
You know what, I take it back. This was a low point for both Robbie and Freeman. Her role in "The Wolf of Wall Street" and his ongoing role in the PBS "Sherlock" series did not deserve any of this being in this train wreck. The entire movie told me that journalists were a bunch of horny, boozing party animals who don't understand what is going on around them until a missile explodes in their face and one of their friends dies, but as long as their boss gives them a raise and a place on the evening news then I guess it's okay as long as nothing bad happens to them.
Just don't watch this movie at all. It will be another name in a long, sad list of obscure Hollywood movie titles.
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Very Very Bad!
In a world where the phrase " If it ain't broke, don't fix it" has been replaced by " If it ain't broke, use it in a way that was not meant for its original purpose", I am no longer surprised by the way Hollywood big wigs are trying to rake in the dough. Lethal Weapon is no exception; the former buddy cop genre action movie franchise that has been a good watch at Christmas time has now turned into a cheesy, terribly acted out, poorly directed television show that lacks in both creativity and interest. We all know what the characters are going to do because we have already seen the movies!!!!! People who think that this show is somewhat good are is legitimately watchable are idiots who will watch anything that was made over thirty years ago and has now been remade into a terrible nostalgia fest. Nothing will save this show; It will be canceled. Don't listen to the naysayers my ass!
Ghostbusters (2016)
This is what happens when you let the feminists decide.
I went to the theater to watch this, spent fifteen minutes in the screening room, and just walked right out. Now we know what rock bottom for Hollywood looks like; a hot steaming pile of horse s#!t. I was glad that I could get a refund, but then again, It was a waste of time to begin with. Not only was the plot similar to the original, the main protagonists were totally ignorant to their roles. They all tried to be the comic relief at the same time and were just going through the motions. They didn't even have any real chemistry together. This is why the feminists shouldn't get their way, because then the rest of us suffer through godawful pieces of cinema trash like this. Maybe next time those idiots in Hollywood won't try to remake a a popular 80's film and cast only female leads to play roles that had previously been filled by men. And now we have Lethal Weapon being turned into a TV show on FOX and a MacGuyver reboot on CBS. If someone doesn't get fired for any of this while they say "It seemed like a good idea at first!", then I don't know what else to do. I didn't even know there was a MacGuyver reboot, and yet here it is!
God Eater (2015)
A pretty good show
"God Eater", based on the video game franchise of the same name, was actually a good show to watch. It reminded me of a steam punk version of "Bleach", with bloody action and dynamic characters who use their own unique weapon. If you haven't seen it, you can watch the show for free at www.Daisuki.net.
Try to imagine a post-apocalyptic world where mankind has been nearly been wiped out by man eating creatures named Aragami. The remnants of Humanity now live in these walled-off cities. The show takes place in one of these cities in Asia; the name of the city is called Fenrir.
The Aragami are not affected by normal weapons, so a group of scientists developed a weapon that was basically a living, man-made Aragami; these weapons were known as God Arcs. These God Arcs are classified into two categories; old types and new types. Old type God Arcs usually take the form of a large sword or a gun; the gun form ones will either be semi or fully automatic. The Old types are unable to switch form, so the wielder, known as a God Eater, is stuck with whatever form they have
New type God Arcs, however, are able to switch between both sword and gun form, with the gun form also being either semi or fully automatic. Each God Arc is completely unique, and therefore only the God Eater given their weapon will be the only person able to wield it.
There is a catch; in order to use a God Arc, a God Eater has to go through a process where their DNA is fused with Oracle, a substance that is able to give life to the Aragami. The person going through the procedure is then fitted with a bracelet and can never take it off. This is the only way to use a God Arc, since they are, after all, Aragami.
That's basically all there is to the main body of the show, but as it goes on, things change. I hope people will like the show. It is very entertaining to watch.
Deadpool (2016)
Good, but not perfect
Ryan Reynolds was born to play the role of Deadpool. He even did a decent job of portraying the Merc with a Mouth in the beginning of X- men origins (except at the end where everything went downhill).
The movie was everything we could have hoped for in an R-rated Marvel Comics movie, yet I can't help but feel that there was something missing (This is just my opinion and does not reflect everyone else's)
Maybe there should have been more violence, more blood, more X-men, more... everything. Maybe when they come out with the sequel there will be more. Just hoping!
If you haven't seen the movie, just remember: IT IS NOT FOR CHILDREN!!! THERE IS A REASON WHY IT HAS BEEN RATED R!!!! R STANDS FOR RESTRICTED, NOT RED ROSES AND LOLLIPOPS!!!
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
One word: Boring
Almost everyone in the world has heard of Star Wars; if not, congratulations on waking up from your coma. Everyone thinks that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is great; those are the types of people who have been blinded by nostalgia. I am here to tell you that Star Wars VII is NOT good, but downright dull and unoriginal. J.J. Abrams may be a good Hollywood director, as he proved with "Super 8" and barely squeaked by with the 2009 "Star Trek" remake with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. But Star Wars was definitely not supposed to be one of his movies.
Let me sum up the premise for you: Take the original Star Wars script from the 70's, put it in a blender for 2 seconds, and BOOM! Star Wars VII. The franchise was supposed to be 9 episodes long, but after the more recent flops staring Hayden Christensen, it was more or less put into hiatus. After Disney ousted George Lucas and bought the franchise from him, things will never be the same.
The dialogue feels like it was written by a Chimpanzee with an IQ slightly above room temperature. The acting was right on the line between "So bad it's good" to downright cringe worthy. And the story is just one big snooze fest. The only reason it has done so well is because of decades of pop culture references and worldwide appeal. This was just a poor attempt to make another billion by Disney.
One Punch Man: Wanpanman (2015)
Best. Anime. Ever.
When I first heard of One Punch Man, I was skeptical of its premise. But after watching the first episode, I was immediately hooked! I've never seen a show that blends action and comedy so well! The music is great and the characters are very well drawn and acted out.
It may only have English subtitles and only has twelve episodes, I still am enthralled. I also heard that the release date for the second season is sometime late this year, so I don't have to go through another Attack on Titan black hole thing again.
If you are new to anime or even manga, One Punch Man is the right show for you.