Super Hero Taisen Z - Our 2 cents

Just finished watching the subbed version of Super Hero Taisen Z with Rena. And as usual, it was the case of too many characters and seriously the plot doesn't even matter most of the time. It's fan service the entire way, and many of the nostalgic teams and characters show up for no reason at all. At perhaps that's the whole point. I'm not one to critique shows obviously aimed at children, so you won't get too many complains from me. If I were to complain, usually it's how they completely did certain individuals out of character: doing some thing they would never do back in their own series.

Nonetheless, I guess Rena had a good time remembering all the older Sentai Teams. She recognised most of the Sentai cameos, including the monsters, which was pretty impressive since even I cannot differentiate which monsters are from which series half the time. Her sole complaint: waiting for Gaim's appearance, not knowing that this movie was released before the debut of this year's Rider. Well, what can I say? We had a blast watching and will keep watching as long as they keep making them :)

Welcome to Sean's room

It's been much too long since I've last posted. I've been neglecting this blog for too long since I've not been doing any new videos of late, and that work has been keeping me rather busy. Nonetheless, since the last update we've finally shifted to our new place, and along with that comes my own room (at last). Since the inception of the original designs by our ID, I've requested for display shelves. Lots of it. And he followed my requests. Here's the video of my room, where I've finally got the area to display stuff I've been keeping for years. It might look at lot, but most of them are not really expensive and you're looking at a collection over a decade. Lastly, enjoy the video! :)

Remaking Robocop

The new Robocop remake just released its first trailer this week. To me, the movie is iconic and defines the entire genre of sci-fi action flicks. Well at least in the 80s. Back as a kid I was totally geeked out by this movie and I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. Saying I'm a big fan is an understatement. Although the sequels and the series and other spinoffs were pretty much terrible, the original stands out and I believe many guys my age still love Robocop until this day.

I'll just sum up my initial thoughts in this short blog post. Firstly, I felt that the technology was too advanced for a Robocop movie. With that kinda high technology drones and cyborgs, Robocop becomes irrelevant. Not to mention I love how Robocop moves in the original. Here he jumps around and rides a motobike. Too advanced, I say. I also didn't like how he can flip his visor around like Ironman. In the original, you never get to see the human in him when he first appears. The whole process of finding himself via lost memories was the draw of the movie, and the picture you see below is the money shot of the movie: the first time we see his eye after he becomes Robocop. In that instant, you realise that Murphy was still alive.

This of course links to the scene where he unscrews his helmet, and sees himself via a cracked mirror for the first time. Even without much dialogue, you cannot help but feel for him and how he has lost everything and has become a product working for a large evil corporation. But in the remake, he runs around, fires double uzis, and flips his visors around. I'm not too comfortable with that but I'll hold on to my hopes. And yeah, I did get goosebumps hearing the line "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." But context is important. If he says that to any random thug I'll get pretty disappointed. In the original he says this to Clarence Boddicker, as both Alex Murphy and Robocop, and that's what made it standout. Till the next trailer these are my thoughts for now :)