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Been quiet here for a while I see. I've been at my brother for a bit over two weeks, and while he's been at work I've watched a billion films using his Netflix. How people can complain about Netflix' selection is beyond me. You've got old films, new films, films within all genres, b-films, a-films and so on. Excellent! The Black Klansman - Old school blacksploitation film about a man who gets his kid killed by the KKK and goes undercover. This was propably made as a very serious film, but in 2014 it's hard to take it that serius. The black man is almost as white as me, the acting's poor, the dialouge cheesy and so on, but it's geat entertainment nonetheless. Bamboo Gods and Iron Men - More blacksploitation, this time with a badass James Iglehart in the main role. Cheesy as fuck, but entertaining! Liked it a lot. 1313: Cougar Cult - I'm just gonna post someone elses review of this, because I can't do it any better: Cougars? More like velociraptors! These worn out cows moo about the mansion rubbing on mostly naked 20 something young men (who are not packing quite as much in those tidy whites as one might expect). When the old cows get going, these ridiculous clip art cougar faces (generated by a 486 computer, no doubt) appear over their real faces. Then we get generic halloween music, or the occasional dramatic score from the 1950s. WTF? This isn't even close to being softcore porn, it is just a bunch of gay actors wondering around in their underwear, (or rubbing their naked chests obsessively as if they have the hives), in a nursing home, dodging mid-90's special effects. Saw it with my brother and we both laughed our asses off during this film. What a film. This is an actual picture from the film: The fact that there's about 10 other 1313 films isn't but shocking to be honest. He even had what I'd cal a decent budget for this film. 1.000.000 USD should be enough to at least get better effects than this. Hah! Drug War - Johnnie To deliver the goods as usual. This isn't as deep as his other films, and there's not that much to dwell into here. The pace is insane and it's all just brutally awesome. 21 Jump Street - Hilarious film, and I am looking forward to the sequel. War of the Arrows - Lovely South-Korean period drama set to the second Manchu invasion of Korea. It's about an archer who risks his own life to save his sister. Great, great films with a good story, great acting, brilliant set pieces and action out of another world. Loved this film! Solomon Kane - Surprisingly good Sword & Sorcery film from 2009. I've had this on my watchlist since forever, but that was only because the poster is great. Didn't expect anything to be honest. But what I got was a great S&S film that managed to evoke the S&S feeling from the great 80's. Solid plot, solid acting, solid special effects, solid directed and lots and lots of badassery. The ending was a bit disappointing, but nothing too shabby. Double Dragon - Every single human being who grew up in the 90's knows Double Dragon, and everyone who grew up in the 90's have spent almost too many hours on the badass game. This film came in the middle of the 90's and is really fucking bad in a good and entertaining way. Nothing here actually resembls Double Dragon. The characters, both good and evil, and awful, the dialogue's campy at best , the acting's horrid and the special effects are really bad, even for being made in the mid 90's. Despite all of this, the film's entertaining as fuck. Everything's stupid, retarded, idiotic and what not, but yet the film's more badass than a fucking train. All that's missing is some neon lights. That would have perfected the film. Hot Rod - Great, silly, stupid comedy with a great Andy Samberg in the lead. Over the top and stupid. Liked it! Virgin Witch - Great occult and erotic horror film from the early 70's, with the beautiful sisters Vicki and Ann Michelle in the leads. It's slow, and focus a lot on showing skin, but I really liked it. Got The Wicked Man feeling at times. Lovely! Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame - Great action adventure with Andy Lau. Loads of brilliant kung fu and generel badassery. Some some of CGI sucks, but most of the time it works really well. I did miss a bit more crime in the film, though. But it was great anyway. Miami Connection - Look at that beauty of a poster. Doesn't it kind tell you everythig you need to know about this brilliant piece of cinema? You've got one gang that's a bunch of nerdy taekwondo synthrockers, and another which are drug selling biker ninjas. You've got loads of violence and blood, acting the world haven't seen anything like since this film and dialogue that sounds as if it came straight from god's own mouth. Brilliant! And that soundtrack, guys. That fucking soundtrack. Awesome! One of the most badass films from the 80's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqwntLBY9tA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtyOwcQo-w All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - Great slasher with a bit of originality in this. I was really surprised by this film, and Amber Heard really impresses me. The Thieves - OK, though a bit disappointing heist film. You've got a brilliant cast and stuff, but the problem starts when they try grabbing around way too much at the same time. It's just too much happening at the same time to be honest. But it wasn't bad. I was entertained. Masquerade - Brilliant period drama from South Korea, set in the middle of the Joseon dynasty. It's a film that both cheer youand touch you, much due to the brilliant portrays by Lee Byung-huns (who plays to characters). And the visuals are stunning. It's almost a chamber film where everything happens inside, but the few shots outside will take your breath away. Beautiful film! Chocolate - Crazy martial arts film about a autistic girl that learns martial arts by watching films (Ong Bak, Tom yum goong) and playing games. A lot of the martial arts you've seen before in the two metioned films as she copys them, but that doesn't matter at all. Crazy! The story isn't all that, even though I liked it, but it's all about the acton here, just as in Ong Bak and Tom yum goong. After this film was finished I realised that the director is noone other than Prachya Pinkaew, the man behind Ong Bak and Tom yum goong, so no wonder it gave me much of the same feeling. Anyway, great film. Crazy, insane and intense! Humanoids from the Deep - Great 80's monster horror that will give you nothing knew to chew on, as you've probably seen everything before. But who cares? It's a huge fucking cheese party, and cheese being soem of the best in the world (both on film and as food) I just can't conplain about that. Brutal, mutant fishes comes u from the deep and kills the men and rapes the beautiful women. Don't need more than that. And the Alien-scene was brilliant, just as it is in Alien. Bloody Birthday - Great arly 80's slasher with some really creepy kids. Liked it a lot! Galaxy of Terror - In the wake of Alien and its succes we got a billion clones, and this is said to be one of them. I disagree with that. Yes, there's a lot fo Alien elements in the film, but not enough to call it a cloen or rip off IMO. Cool characters, great mongoloid dialogue, awesoem monsters, good set design and geat gore. And ONE scene with Taaffe O'Connell that's out of this world. Amazing! Produced by b-film legend Roger Corman, so you kind know what you get. Forbidden World - Another Alien clone, and this time it's actually a clone. Great one as well. Badass effects, badass monster, badass characters and lots of blood and gore and stuff. Cheesy as fuck! Produced by b-film legend Roger Corman, so you kind know what you get. Piranha 3D - Amazing remake of an even more amazing film. This reall caught me off guard. Thought it was really, really good. Lots of blood and gore, titties and asses, and last but not least hungry pianhas. Cheese fest deluxe, but that's how we like it, right? Loved the cameos by Richard Dreyfuss and Christopher Lloyd. Fantastic! This movie should be perfect together with a six pack of beer and some friends. Piranha - Had to see it again and it is still amazing. Despite being a Jaws spoof, I think it's more or less on the same level as Jaws. No Jaws rip off are better than this. Brilliant film! Deathstalker - Boobs & sorcery part 1: Deathstalker is a Sword & sorcery film that was released in 83, not too long after Conan the Barbarian which was a massiv success, and in known Roger Corman tyle (who was the producer) it tries to cash in on another films' success. This isn't a very good film, but it's a very entertaining film. The whole film isn't much more than lots and lots of tits, blood and violence. Awful, but awesome film! Barbarian Queen - Boobs & sorcery part 2: Another sword & sorcery film produced by Roger Corman, from 85. Tried to cash in on the current sword & sorcery trend that was at the time. Not as violent as Deathstalker, but it's much of the same anyway. Lana Clarkson has the lead, and she also had a rather big part in Deathstalker where she did nothing but walk around topless and fight now and then. A bit more dressed in this, but she still don't mind showing some skin, and she shows exactly what she's got, just like most other female characters does. Another so bad it's good type of film. Awesome! Lana Clarkson's bloody beautiful, by the way. Mmmmh! C.H.U.D. - Great b-film that was butchered when it was released, but that has gained some kind of a cult status in the later years. Deserved as well, because this was awesome. Not very good, but very badass and very entertaining!

I've heard the new Behemoth 3-4 time now and I am very impressed. By far their best since Zos Kia Cultus, and I would not be surprised if it grows to become a lot better than ZKC as well. At times it makes me think of Satanica. The melodies and the black metal inspiration. Very satisfied!

On my phone, so I won't respond to all that. But if one choose music as a job to earn money, but fail to do so, then they obviously suck at their job and disbandment are but positive. Good riddance and so on. One can't just start a band and expect to become rich over the night. Start it as a hobby and see how it goes. If it goes well, quit your job. If not, keep it as a hobby, unless it's something you don't really give a fuck about. Then just forget about it. My point, which obviously didn't come through, is that if you actually care about what you're creating you won't give up after a year or two just because you didn't make money from it in that short time.

Small bands from all over the world are poor and what not, yet most of them are fully capable to continue their band, recording albums and releasing them, and play live now and then despite never having played for a crowd bigger than 30, and despite never having been paid anything for their lives. It's in fact the opposite, they have to spend loads of money to be able to play live. Money ain't that big of an issue unless you:'er into it because of the money. Lack of money might hold you back a few years. You might not get to record and release it right now, but waiting a year or two should'n make you disappear, unless you're into it for all the wrong reasons. Even the heroin addicts living on the streets here, with no income whatsoever other than the bottles they find on the street and what random people give them, are capable of recording and releassing here. How? They save small amounts of money whenever they can to be able to fullfill their dreams, even if it takes them a decade. Spirit!

Pathetic, and they are obviusly in it for the wrong reasons.

Blood Red Throne last saturday, and Alcest a couple of nights ago. Both were great. Especially Alcest were amazing. Everythig was close to perfekt. Dat sound!

Brilliant band.

The Internship - I like both Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, but this didn't go very well. The fact that the whole film feels like a two hour long Google add doesn't bother me, but the lenght and the quality of the script did. This is something we've seen hella lot better many times before. Insidious: Chapter 2 - I had massive expecations to this after the great Insidious and even better The Conjuring, but I have to admit I was a bit disappointed her. I liked this a lot, but it just isn't nearly as good as the first one. The atmosphere is great both in the real world and the darkness, but not as good as in the first one, and the story wasn't as good. But as I said, this was a very good film. I just love James Wan. He's not Ti West, but these are the best western directors in the genre at the moment. Love 'em both to death.

My mistake, sorry. Maybe they don't feel like it's worth the trouble? I've got no problem with it whatsoever anyway, and I see no reason not to support these bands if I get the chance to do so.

You're Next - Great home invasion-slasher with a few elements that makes it a stand out film in this genre. Well done! Sharni Vinson were actually were good, and Ti West's cameo made me go "HNGH!!!". This did not disappoint, despite my high expectations. Cujo - Pretty good Stephen King adaptation that's both enjoyable and entertaining, without being a masterpiece. People who claim there's no good Sthephen King adaptions must be braindamaged.

I buy music and merch for my myself, not to support anyone. However, if I help artists getting a bit more money that's great, no matter what they use the money on, be it to record music, go on tour, buy expensive clothes, pay prostitutes or buy drugs. That's none of my business and they are free to spend it on whatever they want without me complaining about it. Do you think most Japanese bands decides where their CDs and merch should be sold? I'm sure most bands would want their CDs to be sold anywhere in the world, but at the end of the day that's not up to them to decide, but the label they're signed to.

Then they shouldn't release anything.

They've always been a shitty and uninteresting live band, but if I had to choose I'd go for the first one. It sucks, but at least it has some charm, unlike the newer one which is just boring. Ruki does absolutely nothing for me nowadays, except for annoying me.

I hate Ruki's vocals nowadays, but I love his vocals on the early Gazette releases. I think he started getting worse from NIL and on. Can't stand him now.

Might not be your cup of tea of course, but if you, as me, are a fan of horror then it should be worth checking out, even if only because of its cult status. Escape Plan - I've been wanting to watch this for quite some time and I finally got to watch it. Great "80's" action with Stallone and Schwarzenegger, who's both great in this film. I got a little Tango & Cash feeling by this one (a sadly underrated film), a film which saw Stallone team up with Kurt Russel. But this was a lot smarter and a lot less cheeky though. It's good to not just have these guys back doing films (Stallone never left, but Arnold), and even better is that they both delivers the goods. Way to go! This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse - This is the second installment in the Coffin Joe-troligy, following At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul. The budget must've been bigger, the nails are bigger and the amount of acid used must've been a lot bigger. This film starts off just where At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul ended, and Coffin Joe continues his search for a perfect woman to give him his perfect son. This is a great horror film with a brilliant atmosphere that's far out there. It's really surrealistic and weird, and I just gotta love that. The film is in B&W, but there's some GENIUS scenes frmo hell that's in colour, and it works so well. And hell itself looks amazing here. Great stuff. Embodiment of Evil - The third and last installment in the Coffin Joe trilogy. 40 years have gone (41 in real life), and Coffin Joe's been inprisoned in a mental ward. He's getting out, and he's going back to find the perfect girl, who can give him the perfect son. The budget is bigger, and it's really violent and fucked up. Not nearly as good as the two others, but still a solid film. Some of the torture scenes are real, which adds to the pleasure (heh). This is a violent and sadistic horror film with great violence, lots of tits and one scene that's from another world. My god, that scene was perfection. Brilliant! Breaking Bad, season 5 - Good season of a good TV-series. Well done, guys. However, people mentioning this among the best of TV-series such as The Wire and The Sopranos is nothing but embarrassing. The only thing here that's getting close to those series are Bryan Cranston which is beyond amazing throughout the whole series. But no, this isn't a new The Wire or a new The Sopranos.

Yes.

I checked their debut album earlier today because people have been comparing them to the late 90's/early 00's VK bands like Madeth gray'll, Aliene Maφriage, La'Mule, old Dir en grey and so on and I can definitely hear what people are talking about. Not quite sure what I think ofthe production after one listen though, as I've used to like it a bit dirtier than that. I thought the production sounded a bit too modern for that kind of music. But it was promising, and it's an album I'll keep listening to. Hopefulyl I'll get used to the production. I'm really looking foward to new releases from these guys.

It's obviously not as good as Rinkaku, but it sounds like it might be on par with The Unraveling, or just a bit weaker. Hard to say after just one listen.

Yes, he's not a very talented vocalist. But so what? You don't have to be very talented at what you do, be it singing, playing the guitar, bass, drums or whatever, as long as you're able to sound good and make good riffs/create good atmosphere, and you can do those things without being a very talented guitarist/bassist/drummer/vocalist. Being talented is so fucking overrated.

I don't hear any garage unk sound in Disorder, but I agree with you that it's Gazette's best, and it's their best by far. Brilliant album. Only thing that comes close in their discography are Cockayne Soup, which is also brilliant.

I'm not gonna argue with that as I don't know anything about their reasons for doing what they do. But a band can do something because they feel it's needed, while they do something else because they want money. I don't see why that couldn't be the case here. It's also possible they played two Uroboros themed concerts because they were really, really satisfied with it and felt more people should experience it. But why didn't they do it all in 2010? Because they wanted a break? That's also a possibility. But as I said, I don't know. I don't read interviews with Dir en grey (or anyone who has anything to do with Dir en grey), so I wouldn't know much about this.

Maybe they remastered Uroboros because because they weren't satisfied with the end product? That wouldn't have been a unique case, you know. Things like that doesn't always have to have a deeper meaning or anything.

I understand. But metal is a huge genre though, and a lot of the sub genres doesn't take use of any harsh vocals.

Would you care to elaborate this? I'm not quite sure I get you here. Is it because of the styles of the vocals you find in metal, or because of the lyrics you find in metal?

Unique vocals isn't equal to good or listenable vocals. Unique vocals can be horrid and unlistenable as well. I don't mind Jin's vocals at all. I'd love for this to be a throwback to old Nega or something, before they decided to swap their bass drums for a typewriter and all that shit and got bad. Something in the lines of early Nega would be very, very welcomed.