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    Time for another Bad Filmmakers' Spotlight: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer This duo with no film school experience has flaunted their inexperience on the big screen over the past two decades with a string of painfully unfunny parody films starting with 1996's Spy Hard and 2000's Scary Movie. The writer/producer/director duo have thrown potshots at every popular film genre or sub-genre such as chick flicks (Date Movie), epic films (Epic Movie), 300 (Meet the Spartans), disaster films (Disaster Movie), and young adult flicks (Vampires Suck and The Starving Games). To no surprise, Friedberg and Seltzer's films have been consistently under 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and they have received numerous Golden Raspberry Award nominations. Despite the overwhelmingly negative reception, their films somehow managed to rake in boatloads of money at the box office, with four of them collecting over US$80 million each. This box office streak ended with Vampires Suck in 2010, as Friedberg and Seltzer decided to go independent and have their films released on VOD. This year, the duo has two films. Superfast! is their answer to The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film was released on the same day as Furious 7. It not only is unfunny as usual, but also tasteless with its portrayal of the late Paul Walker. The second release is Who the F#@k Took My Daughter?, which is obviously a spoof of the Taken series. No release date has been set, but don't be surprised if it comes off as worse than Taken 3. Cannes: Spoof Specialists Take on Taken with Who the F#@k Took My Daughter?
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    I love how ANN dug up a 20-year-old Animerica article to quote Kawamori-san's opinion on Ultraman.
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    I don't think the franchise will be returning to ricers anytime soon, as they're happy with American muscle, European supercars, and legitimate Japanese performance cars. And yeah, "Die Hard on wheels" may not be a perfect approach to the franchise, but you can only go so far with a movie just about cars. As of today, here's how I rank all of them. 1. Fast Five (2011) 2. Furious 6 (2013) 3. Furious 7 (2015) 4. The Fast and the Furious (2001) 5. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 6. Fast & Furious (2009) 7. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) - The Highlander II: The Quickening of the whole series
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    Why is it taking so long?
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    Evolution in Music.
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    Sometimes, you have to question the Japanese on their retitling.
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    And now for some automotive news: Remember that fugly Honda Civic that was introduced in 2012? You can now kiss it goodbye, because here's the all-new Civic.
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    While you're booking your tickets to Furious 7, check these videos out.
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    This makes more sense than both movies.
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    Furious 7 Original Film/Media Rights Capital/Universal Pictures, 2015 Directed by James Wan (Saw, Insidious) Written by Chris Morgan (47 Ronin, Wanted) Based upon characters created by Gary Scott Thompson (Hollow Man, 88 Minutes) Running Time: 137 minutes Rated PG-13 for violence and strong language. Cast Vin Diesel (The Iron Giant, Riddick) as Dominic Toretto Paul Walker (1973-2013) (Chris in Timeline, Jerry in Eight Below) as Brian O'Conner Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (The Scorpion King, Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as DSS Agent Luke Hobbs Michelle Rodriguez (Diana in Girlfight, Trudy in Avatar) as Letty Ortiz Tyrese Gibson (Epps in the Transformers trilogy) as Roman Pearce Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (Anthony in Crash, Jim Bravura in Max Payne) as Tej Parker Jason Statham (Frank in The Transporter, Turkish in Snatch) as Deckard Shaw Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandrei in Game of Thrones) as Megan Ramsey Kurt Russell (Snake Plisken in Escape from New York, Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China) as Mr. Nobody Djimon Hounsou (Juba in Gladiator, Korath in Guardians of the Galaxy) as Mose Jakande Jordana Brewster (Jill in Chuck, Chrissie in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) as Mia Toretto Elsa Pataky (Chris Hemsworth's wife) as Elena Neves Tony Jaa (Ting in Ong-Bak, Kham in Tom Yum Goong) as Kiet John Brotherton (Nova Starblaster pilot in Guardians of the Galaxy) as Sheppard Ali Fazal (famous Indian Muslim actor) as Safar Ronda Rousey (female MMA champion) as Kara Noel Gugliemi as Hector Lucas Black (Frank in Sling Blade, Kruger in Jarhead) as Sean Boswell Luke Evans (Dracula Untold, Bard the Bowman in The Hobbit) as Owen Shaw Iggy Azalea (Australian pop singer) in a cameo Sung Kang (Raj in Live Free or Die Hard) as Han Seoul-oh (get it?) (Archive footage) Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Gisele Yashar (Archive footage) Bow Wow (washed-up rapper) as Twinkie (Archive footage) Nathalie Kelley as Neela (Archive footage) "Dominic Toretto, you don't know me. You're about to..." Synopsis All is well with Dominic Toretto and his gang when suddenly, Han is killed in Tokyo, Toretto's home is destroyed, and Agent Hobbs is put out of commission. The man responsible for these incidents is Deckard Shaw, a former British Special Forces assassin who is out to avenge his brother Owen. After a brief encounter with Deckard, the gang is offered assistance from a Black Ops unit led by Mr. Nobody to find and take down Deckard if they first accept a mission to retrieve a top-secret surveillance program called "God's Eye" from a terrorist group. "Looks like the sins of London have followed us home." Lowdown Hot on the heels of Furious 6, Universal Pictures proceeded to do a follow-up to keep The Fast and the Furious franchise running on all cylinders. Due to scheduling issues, Justin Lin stepped out of the director's chair and was replaced by James Wan. Things were going smoothly as planned. Then on November 30, 2013, Paul Walker was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles. With the loss of one of the franchise's top stars, Universal was divided over what to do with the sequel. After months of deliberation, it was decided that filming would continue with some major script rewrites and Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody as his stand-ins with major CGI work on their faces. Well, folks, Furious 7 is upon us, but how is it? "This time, it ain't just about being fast." Furious 7 continues the "Die Hard on wheels" approach from the previous film with white-knuckle car chases, intense fist fights, and unbelievable stunts. The comic relief from both Tyrese Gibson and Lucacris is still there as well. Consequently, while one shouldn't care much about the script in this sort of film, it just suffers from too many subplots and characters. Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, and Tony Jaa (making his Hollywood debut) feel like throwaway villains compared to those in the previous films. Dwayne Johnson, who helped boost the momentum of the last two films, is hardly in this one. Also, the sudden character subplots make you think the writers were scrambling to end the whole series right now. But that's not really an issue, is it? After all, The Fast and the Furious movies are meant to be popcorn action flicks, and Furious 7 delivers in spades. As for the patchwork footage of Paul Walker's scenes, the CGI work is hardly noticeable, though there are some scenes that obviously show that Jordana Brewster is interacting with a body double. "The thing about street fights: the street always wins." In short, Furious 7 is the same wild ride that you're used to with The Fast and the Furious franchise. At the same time, viewers will be in tears with the finale, which gives a proper sendoff to Paul Walker. Where this franchise will go, only time will tell. "I used to say I live my life a quarter-mile at a time. And I think that's why we were brothers. Because you did too." Rating: B "No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter-mile away, or halfway across the world, you'll always be with me. And you'll always be my brother." Links Official Furious 7 HomepageRotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% Metacritic Score: 67 out of 100 References The Internet Movie Database
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    Bandai loves to laugh at everyone's wallets. MG 1/100 Gundam Fenice Rinascita HGBF 1/100 Gundam Tryon 3 MegaHouse 1/10 PVC Gundam Girls Generation Rinko Iori (Swim Suit Ver.) HGBF 1/144 Transient Gundam HGBF 1/144 Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth Ver.GBFT To Be Released in July 2015: - HGBF 1/144 Lightning Zeta Gundam - HGBF 1/144 Dom R35 - HGBF 1/144 Gundam Leopard Da Vinci - SDBF Amazing Red Musha Meanwhile, there have been many attempts to replicate Try Burning Gundam's final round mode in episode 24: HGBF 1/144 Try Burning Gundam 'Episode 24 Kit Bash Ver.' - Custom Build
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    Ben Hardy to Play Angel
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    You'll love 00 (except maybe A Wakening of the Trailblazer).
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    Yeah, it's been in discussion since Bandai first announced the RE/100 line. Quite frankly, I don't know why the Dijeh is considered to be too obscure for the HGUC or MG lines. After all, Amuro Ray himself piloted it.
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    Fixed.
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    Wow... All this talk and no one mentioned this?
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