Post by kupokpok on Aug 22, 2008 0:22:53 GMT -5
What have we been watching?
TV? TiVo? Movies? Stuff on Youtube?
Stuff only you've heard about?
Here's one of mine from the last column:
It's this Sentai-ish show from 2006 that was aired at 3am called 'Garo'. The premise is 'what if we took a power rangers show, jacked up the adrenaline levels, added some J-Horror elements and marketed it to teenagers and young adults?'
The result is an unhealthy amount of awesome.
The story centers around Kouga (white trenchcoat in the link) , a young rich kid who's secretly the latest of a noble line of demonhunters (the demons in question are dubbed Horrors- and boy are they). Armed with a magic sword, a very magical suit of armor, a talking ring, and a Horror-detecting lighter, he goes out and fends off whatever monstrosity has snuck out of hell and into our world.
During a routine 'exorcism', a young artist (Kaoru, the girl in the vid) is caught in the crossfire and doused with Horror blood. Having been infected, Kaoru is now a favored prey for the Horrors (apparently Horror blood is like ketchup- makes humans taste better), and Kouga decides to use her as bait.
Also included: People get possesed, others get eaten, a rival appears, there's a romance, old evils left undisturbed... and a mute butler who can kick everyone's a$$.
Did I mention this is from Japan?
BitTorrent/LimeWire download site (you'll need to scroll down):
tvnihon.com/tracker/browse.php?cat=43
If you're interested, the viewing order is: Episodes 1-25, Garo Gaiden, and Beast of the White Night.
TV? TiVo? Movies? Stuff on Youtube?
Stuff only you've heard about?
Here's one of mine from the last column:
It's this Sentai-ish show from 2006 that was aired at 3am called 'Garo'. The premise is 'what if we took a power rangers show, jacked up the adrenaline levels, added some J-Horror elements and marketed it to teenagers and young adults?'
The result is an unhealthy amount of awesome.
The story centers around Kouga (white trenchcoat in the link) , a young rich kid who's secretly the latest of a noble line of demonhunters (the demons in question are dubbed Horrors- and boy are they). Armed with a magic sword, a very magical suit of armor, a talking ring, and a Horror-detecting lighter, he goes out and fends off whatever monstrosity has snuck out of hell and into our world.
During a routine 'exorcism', a young artist (Kaoru, the girl in the vid) is caught in the crossfire and doused with Horror blood. Having been infected, Kaoru is now a favored prey for the Horrors (apparently Horror blood is like ketchup- makes humans taste better), and Kouga decides to use her as bait.
Also included: People get possesed, others get eaten, a rival appears, there's a romance, old evils left undisturbed... and a mute butler who can kick everyone's a$$.
Did I mention this is from Japan?
BitTorrent/LimeWire download site (you'll need to scroll down):
tvnihon.com/tracker/browse.php?cat=43
If you're interested, the viewing order is: Episodes 1-25, Garo Gaiden, and Beast of the White Night.