jmovie: Taitei no Ken

 *ahem*

THIS WAS POSSIBLY THE MOST VASTLY ENTERTAINING THING I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR!

*hem*



Generic plot synopsis because I could not possibly do any better myself:

Synopsis: Free-spirited wandering swordsman Yorozu Genkuro (Abe Hiroshi) easily towers over everyone with his tall, lanky stature and all-mighty "Sword of Alexander". His larger-than-life sword is one of three sacred objects carved from orichalcum, an otherworldly metal that brings its owner superhuman powers. He who possess all three objects will rule the world, and Genkuro is on a quest to find the other two items - a cross and a dagger - and a man worthy of wielding such powers. On the road, he rescues and befriends the lovely Princess Mai (Hasegawa Kyoko), who is on the run from the Tokugawa, and her scrappy ninja bodyguard (Kudo Kankuro). This turns out to be the beginning of a myriad of troubles for Genkuro as there are a plentitude of Tokugawa assassins and warriors, not to mention an alien-possessed bear hunter, out to get the princess.

Other points of import:

1)  It has spaceships dueling in space, saying "prepare to die."
2)  The heroine, Mai, is possesed by and alien, Ran.
3)  Both Mai and Ran have a crush on Genkuro.
4)  There's this awesome samurai girl who calls herself Botan who just completely randomly shows up, saves everyone's butts, then disappears again.
5)  It has KRYPTONITE!  They say it's something else, but I say it's kryptonite.
6)  It has its own versions of Yukimura Sanada and Sasuke Sarutobe (all versions of them make me bouncy thanks to Samurai Deeper Kyo)
7)  All the women stare longingly at the giant sword and want to touch it.  It's amazing.

The only thing needed to make this perfect was Nakama Yukie.

( commentary laden pics )

jmovie: Taitei no Ken

 *ahem*

THIS WAS POSSIBLY THE MOST VASTLY ENTERTAINING THING I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR!

*hem*



Generic plot synopsis because I could not possibly do any better myself:

Synopsis: Free-spirited wandering swordsman Yorozu Genkuro (Abe Hiroshi) easily towers over everyone with his tall, lanky stature and all-mighty "Sword of Alexander". His larger-than-life sword is one of three sacred objects carved from orichalcum, an otherworldly metal that brings its owner superhuman powers. He who possess all three objects will rule the world, and Genkuro is on a quest to find the other two items - a cross and a dagger - and a man worthy of wielding such powers. On the road, he rescues and befriends the lovely Princess Mai (Hasegawa Kyoko), who is on the run from the Tokugawa, and her scrappy ninja bodyguard (Kudo Kankuro). This turns out to be the beginning of a myriad of troubles for Genkuro as there are a plentitude of Tokugawa assassins and warriors, not to mention an alien-possessed bear hunter, out to get the princess.

Other points of import:

1)  It has spaceships dueling in space, saying "prepare to die."
2)  The heroine, Mai, is possesed by and alien, Ran.
3)  Both Mai and Ran have a crush on Genkuro.
4)  There's this awesome samurai girl who calls herself Botan who just completely randomly shows up, saves everyone's butts, then disappears again.
5)  It has KRYPTONITE!  They say it's something else, but I say it's kryptonite.
6)  It has its own versions of Yukimura Sanada and Sasuke Sarutobe (all versions of them make me bouncy thanks to Samurai Deeper Kyo)
7)  All the women stare longingly at the giant sword and want to touch it.  It's amazing.

The only thing needed to make this perfect was Nakama Yukie.

( commentary laden pics )

Bones: The show that lets me use "smitten"

 I love Bones for many reasons.  It is far from the best show ever and has it's share of flaws, but it has a delightful cast of characters, leads with great chemistry, and very good, fun dialogue.

But most importantly, it lets me refer to grown men as "smitten."

( 3 smitten men )

( and on a different note... )

Bones: The show that lets me use "smitten"

 I love Bones for many reasons.  It is far from the best show ever and has it's share of flaws, but it has a delightful cast of characters, leads with great chemistry, and very good, fun dialogue.

But most importantly, it lets me refer to grown men as "smitten."

( 3 smitten men )

( and on a different note... )

You know there's a problem with a book...

...when you spend the first 400 pages wishing the dragon would roll over in her sleep while on the road and crush the hero into smithereens.

If Murtagh doesn't show up soon in Eldest, I may scream.

You know there's a problem with a book...

...when you spend the first 400 pages wishing the dragon would roll over in her sleep while on the road and crush the hero into smithereens.

If Murtagh doesn't show up soon in Eldest, I may scream.

Eldest: OH GOOD GRIEF!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I made it through Eragon accidentally CURSING AN INFANT TO LEAD A HORRIBLE LIFE and not even warranting a slap on the wrist with it "oh, well that was bad of you...here, let me teach you to speak the language properly so you won't have further goofs" and then having it passed off as a good thing(sadly, before they changed it to a good thing, I was thinking that couldresult in a good story 16 or so years later...)

But now?

Well, I was going to try to post it word for word, but I started gagging.  Basically, Eragon's oh so convenient "destiny" that makes him capable at everything and the perfect hero has now made him  absurdly pretty, but still manly enough that he can't be called pretty.

*gags*

Behold Eragon, the ultimate Gary Stu.

Everyone be happy that I did not have internet access the first 400 pages.

Murtagh, please show up and break his nose...

Eldest: OH GOOD GRIEF!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I made it through Eragon accidentally CURSING AN INFANT TO LEAD A HORRIBLE LIFE and not even warranting a slap on the wrist with it "oh, well that was bad of you...here, let me teach you to speak the language properly so you won't have further goofs" and then having it passed off as a good thing(sadly, before they changed it to a good thing, I was thinking that couldresult in a good story 16 or so years later...)

But now?

Well, I was going to try to post it word for word, but I started gagging.  Basically, Eragon's oh so convenient "destiny" that makes him capable at everything and the perfect hero has now made him  absurdly pretty, but still manly enough that he can't be called pretty.

*gags*

Behold Eragon, the ultimate Gary Stu.

Everyone be happy that I did not have internet access the first 400 pages.

Murtagh, please show up and break his nose...