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Invid wrote:heckboy wrote:I havent seen too many anime's but the title alone Photon Space Sailer Starlight Odin sounds amazing! in a bad way.
To be fair though a lot of anime have long titles like this that sound silly when translated, even the great ones. I mean, who'd guess that Super Dimensional Space Fortress Macross was the title of a good show? (although, to be fair, it was intended to be a parody even if the fans took it seriously 
) It's even more fun when they use English titles because they think it's cool. One of the best cyberpunk shows is called... Bubblegum Crisis. Why? Because the creators said the situation was like a bubble that was about to burst. The sequel was going to be called Bubblegum Crush until they found out US fans thought it sounded like a soft drink, so they changed it to 'Crash'. Given how bad that show is though the new name is more descriptive then they intended.
Bubblegum crash! I like how the change crush to crash but left bubblegum, haha, great!
I was looking around and read about a movie called The Underground Comedy Movie, written and directed by that shamwow guy?
I read that it's probably growing some cult recognition. Anyone seen it?
Invid wrote:DorkmanScott wrote:Actually, that's kind of an oversimplification. I understand it looks that way, a la ROCKY HORROR, but THE ROOM is a phenomenon unto itself.
To be a truly "so bad it's good" film, the creators have to have intended serious art and that's the case here. You also can't predict what will get this kind of attention, or try and intentionally create it. The creator of Rocky Horror learned that.
The original poster asked for other recommendations. I'll mention one well known in anime fandom: Photon Space Sailer Starlight Odin. This early 80's movie was an attempt to create a new franchise to replace the old tired Yamato/Star Blazers series. The plot: a new experimental space ship which looks like a 19th century clipper ship (with full sails) picks up a spaceship wrecked teen girl among ruins of an unknown alien race. The crew of cadets mutiny so they can go exploring, and this unarmed ship manages to defeat whole alien battle fleets while the girl keeps chanting "Odin... Odin!"
Yes, it's that good
For the dub they hacked a good hour out of it, but you really have to experience the uncut subtitled version which still gives the translator nightmares. The movie just gets so MUCH wrong, it's amazing. You can see what they were trying to do, and just watch the execution fail utterly. One example: to give the movie a modern flavor, they use a Japanese band singing English 80's metal music (verging on Hair Metal). Ok, cool, I can get behind that, and the opening scenes of the crew running to their post to the pounding beats is great. However, for whatever reason they only had the group write two (count them, 2) songs... and then reused each one a half dozen times. The pain...
Most anime fans just think of this film as unwatchable crap, but I firmly believe that understood properly it's a classic of how NOT to do things and can be enjoyed as such.
I havent seen too many anime's but the title alone Photon Space Sailer Starlight Odin sounds amazing! in a bad way.
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DorkmanScott wrote:BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR looks like it's a fellow-traveller down OMG IS THIS FOR REAL Street. Can't get a legitimate copy though. I would have bought the DVD if it was still available. I did find a torrent of the film, haven't watched it yet.
Have not seen Birdemic but have heard glorious things. will do so immediately. thanks
This movie was hilarious! Does anyone know of any similar ones?
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