Sweet! I liked the 1995 movie, though, but I was expecting more jokes about Dante Basco's rise from this movie to being the American Dragon and heir to the Fire Nation. Meh, whatcha gonna do >.>
Adaptation Terrors of Fist of the North Star
Written by MarzGurl Tuesday, 02 November 2010 21:33
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11.02.2010 - 23:14 | Da_Foo
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I'm not the only one to remember this turd. There are so many things I could rattle off about how awful this is, including Aussie Kenshiro with a mullet, but I'll leave it at how much it pained me to watch this movie and that it stands as an example of why I thoroughly hate the '90's.
And it wasn't straight-to-video originally. It premiered on HBO! :-)
:-/
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11.02.2010 - 23:35 | Goombasa
Y'know, with all the crotch-shots in this anime, I'm almost positive that Steven Segal might have had something to do with this, lol.
Very well done review, especially your reaction to the film overall. Very passionate.
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11.02.2010 - 23:37 | Darks63
Ty for the heads up about the Fist game being released here.
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11.02.2010 - 23:38 | TragicGuineaPig
Tony Randall? Didn't he star in that TV show, The Odd Couple?
Is it my imagination, or does that one guy at 5:48 look like one of JeWario's alternate identities?
Also, at 9:30, I half expected to hear Soulja Boy "music" kick in.
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11.03.2010 - 01:21 | PeskyBug
Good I'm not the only one seeing things. xD
Kind surprised MG didn't mention on the JewWario look-alike.
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11.02.2010 - 23:51 | Deimos1984rd
Oh god this movie hurts me in so many ways.
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11.02.2010 - 23:52 | Grimfang
in the words of the great NC: FUCK THIS MOVIE!!!!!
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11.03.2010 - 10:58 | jurf-rokstar
FOREVER!
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11.03.2010 - 00:09 | skzip888
Some of the best MarzGurl so far. Keep up these new, essay-style reviews.
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11.03.2010 - 00:45 | Sketchney
I recently met Dante Basco ('Ru-fi-oooooo!!!') and he was really, really nice to chat with. I didn't know he did voice work on so many anime/manga. If I'd known about this movie at the time, though, I would have had to congratulate him on being one of the only saving graces of it LOL
This is one of my favourite MarzGurl vids - it just made me laugh so damn hard :) Looking forward to more!
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11.03.2010 - 00:52 | Otaku_fan01
this movie...i'm already dead. T_T
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Sadly, you could definitely see the wasted potential of this movie. Kinda like Cool World.
Anyway, I really think this is quite possibly your best video. You've really improved your pacing for the review, you vocal delivery more varied and expressive, and your jokes are better.
I loved the time-of-birth and time-of-death gag for when Rufio died, and your delivery on the corset joke gave me small cramp from laughter.
Keep up the good work.
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11.03.2010 - 01:04 | TrencherI will go buy the game this day! Thanks for telling! Fantastic review, incredibly funny and great points about nut shots and stuff. You should do more straight reviews they are very funny!
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11.03.2010 - 01:21 | FullmetalNinja25
*Glares At DVD Cover for Fist Of The North Star and points at it*
Omae wa mo shindeiru!
*Performs Hokuto Hyakaretsu Ken*
ATATATATATATATATATATATATA TATATATATATATATA!
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11.03.2010 - 01:22 | LordNiftyPretty cool review. I think that it could have used some South Park dialogue about Cartman threatening to kick people in the nuts, and actually showing some footage of Rufio's death(at least the similarity was noticed, though). Finally, will Doug seek vengeance for your purloining of his "Seriously" bit?! I guess only time will tell...
Seriously, though, nice review.
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This movie is to Fist of the North Star what Dragonball Evolution is to Dragonball. Your review gave a lot about the flaws of the movie and how it doesn't work with the anime/manga.
1. Isn't the Nanto Seiken a martial art about slashing your enemies with air pressure and about being swift and graceful like a bird?
2. How could they killed off Bat. He's Bat! He's technicly the main character outside of Kenshiro. Hell, the time skip is mostly centered about him and Lin (Or Rin according to the translation of the video game).
3. Is that Kenshiro? He's a disgrace to the man himself. Not that Ken already has angst but he's reacting better than punching.
4. At least they didn't have Rei, Yuda, or Souther (Or Thouzer according to the game) or better yet, no Toki or Raoh (I hate to see How Raoh will look inb that movie, or his horse).
Seriously. It's like DB:E but at least, with this DB:E, I have this "fun to watch" badness but this movie... it's just leave a bad taste.
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I don't mean to be nit-picky but that little "pokety-poke" bit with the presure points is based on a real style that Bruce Lee did indeed use. It's called "Wing Tsun" but the strikes were supposed to be like being hit with jack hammer... Watch "Ip Man" for a more true to life version of a really impressive Kung Fu Style. Other than that awesome of a little known anime adaptation. Can I request a review of the "Guyver" live-action series? A manga adaptation with Mark Hamil, Jimmie Walker, and David Hayter so bad it's actually kinda' fun to watch if you keep your expectations low..
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11.06.2010 - 16:55 | Phred
Any show with Solid Snake in it is badass. No exceptions.
And I'm surprised you didn't make a Zuko reference, you had Dante Basco in a pseudo-anime, sheesh, missed a big opportunity there.
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11.03.2010 - 01:31 | shadowform
Dude - I've seen this movie and it's really not that bad if you can get over the fact that it's not a carbon copy of the manga or a big-budget film.
Sean Penn turns in a really good performance as Jackal and is pretty obviously loving playing a villain, and that huge dude - Goliath - is former wrestler Vader.
Aside from this, you missed the biggest botch of the movie: in the scene where Kenshiro goes through a few dozen goons, one of them changes jackets between takes.
Really, it's not that bad. If you like cheesy, campy kung fu movies it's definitely worth a watch. If you're a die-hard fan of the manga that wants to see the story brought to life verbatim, probably not so much.
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REB BROWN THE ANIME!
Seriously. If they cast Reb Brown in the movie, it would have been awesome.
BLAAAAGH!
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11.03.2010 - 04:37 | jalford
If you need an actor who looks like their head is constantly going to explode, then you call CHRISTOPHER PENN!
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11.03.2010 - 05:40 | CrimsonMoonMistI wa-s shock-ed how silly they could make Freakin' Kenshiro look in a fight.
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I got this movie for one of my close friends and I would not watch it with him. Sadly he never watched all of it.
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11.03.2010 - 07:22 | TBTabbyOH GOD THAT WAS AWFUL. I don't know if it's possible to make Kenshiro's Hokuto Hyakaretsu Ken look cool in live-action, but this film gives me little hope.
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11.03.2010 - 07:45 | timotakaOh boy. This movie looks... not *quite* as bad as I've heard it to be. The scenery is nice and the results of Ken's fighting is reasonable. I'm surprised at how well Costas Mandylor pulls off the screen presence Shin should have. Groomed and well-dressed, yet badass. Still, overall verdict is lousy. Story of Ricky shows how to do something like this right.
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11.03.2010 - 07:54 | LordOrin
JewWario cameo at 5:58 :P
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11.03.2010 - 09:46 | SketchneyLMAO! Good spot - the similarity is kinda scary hehehe :p
'Won't somebody *please* think of the children!!!'
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11.03.2010 - 08:02 | pharmmajor
Wow... and I thought I saw the worst of this movie from Benzaie's review. Clearly I did not. Great job Marz.
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11.03.2010 - 08:16 | Gaiash
Poor Shonen Jump, having not one but two of their manga poorly portrayed in live action.
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11.03.2010 - 08:17 | Shinigami
This movie is defenetly shame for awesomes that is Hokato no Ken as anime and manga.
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11.03.2010 - 08:41 | Runba
I'll pretend you know jack and shit about Fist of The North Star.
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11.03.2010 - 08:46 | pharmmajor@17:38 - though Bat dies, La Resistance lives on!
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