On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:13:24 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
<Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:48:01 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:02:19 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <tlbm2k$3acth$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>> <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of
>>>>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ --
>>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to the
>>>>>>>> original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is probably
>>>>>>> the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it stayed away
>>>>>>> from the "main story line".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>>
>>>>The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by
>>>>Kawajiri Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire
>>>>Hunter D: Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this
>>>>newsgroup is Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>>
>>>(Hal Heydt)
>>>Is that the atrocity that had the dying Lensman giving a young
>>>(teenaged?) Kimball Kinnison his lens to carry on the work and used
>>>vanBuskirk as comic relief? If so, I don't want anything to do with
>>>anything else he did. I dislike directors that butcher the original
>>>work.
>>
>> Isn't that something Green Lanterns are known to do from time to time?
>
>It has been pointed out by many people that the Lensman movie has a lot
>more in common with Green Lantern than the Lensman books.

Sounds like the rather obvious similarity before the First Batman
Abomination ("Battyman Begins" or some such dreck) and (I think) /The
Shadow/ -- young man travels to Orient, picks up skills, returns home,
is followed by enemies, uses skills to defeat enemies.
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."

On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
<Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:57:48 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:41:24 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>> <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of
>>>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ --
>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to the
>>>>>>> original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is probably
>>>>>> the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it stayed away
>>>>>> from the "main story line".
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>
>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>
>>>The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by
>>>Kawajiri Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire
>>>Hunter D: Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this
>>>newsgroup is Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>
>> Oh dear, I found the wrong one on Amazon.
>>
>> The one being discussed here isn't available for streaming.
>>
>> I'll be checking out the director and adding any that look reasonable to
>> the list, so thanks for pointing him out.
>
>VHD:Bloodlust, my favorite of his movies looks to be missing from the web
>but Retro Crush seems to have a few of his works available https://
>www.retrocrush.tv/search?s=Yoshiaki%20Kawajiri for free viewing(with
>ads) but you have to sign in(it is free to make an account) for the R
>rated ones.

It doesn't seem to have an app for my Fire HD 6; the web site
[https://www.retrocrush.tv/devices] suggests it is mostly for TV sets.

>CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early Cyberpunk OVA's
>with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex and violence angle as well as
>just being weirder.

The first isn't available; the second is on Freevee. Both are series,
not movies. I put the second name on a scratch list as a possible
series to watch, as Freevee (as IMDbTV) starting working for me when I
subscribed to Prime.

>WICKED CITY is a bit like Men in Black but with demons instead of aliens
>and replacing Will Smith's character with a hot female demon. It also
>has a lot more sex and violence.

And is available on Pluto TV and Tubi. Tubi won't work (the app "isn't
available" for my Fire HD 6, I tried when trying to stream /The Case
of the Lovely Legs/ (Plex had both it and an app that was available,so
I was able to stream it). I just installed the Pluto TV app, and this
will make for a good test subject, as it were. Not for a while,
though.

>DEMON CITY SHINJUKU is boring.

I'm sorry to hear that, but then, it appears that it is also ...
unavailable for streaming.
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."

On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:22:30 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
<Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 +0000, Magewolf wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:57:48 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:41:24 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>> <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of
>>>>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ --
>>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to the
>>>>>>>> original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is probably
>>>>>>> the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it stayed away
>>>>>>> from the "main story line".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>>
>>>>The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by
>>>>Kawajiri Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire
>>>>Hunter D: Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this
>>>>newsgroup is Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>>
>>> Oh dear, I found the wrong one on Amazon.
>>>
>>> The one being discussed here isn't available for streaming.
>>>
>>> I'll be checking out the director and adding any that look reasonable
>>> to the list, so thanks for pointing him out.
>>
>> VHD:Bloodlust, my favorite of his movies looks to be missing from the
>> web but Retro Crush seems to have a few of his works available https://
>> www.retrocrush.tv/search?s=Yoshiaki%20Kawajiri for free viewing(with
>> ads) but you have to sign in(it is free to make an account) for the R
>> rated ones.
>>
>> CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early Cyberpunk OVA's
>> with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex and violence angle as well
>> as just being weirder.
>>
>> WICKED CITY is a bit like Men in Black but with demons instead of aliens
>> and replacing Will Smith's character with a hot female demon. It also
>> has a lot more sex and violence.
>>
>> DEMON CITY SHINJUKU is boring.
>
>Actually all but DEMON CITY SHINJUKU are premium ,sorry. I clicked on
>the first episode of CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and it started playing and then
>I tried WICKED CITY and got the "needed the free login for content" so I
>sent off my message but just now I got around to closing the page and saw
>the little premium tag.
>
>It does look like GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE is free with ads on Amazon.

The streaming industry is a confusing hodgepodge of sites, not really
the ideal from my point of view.

Thanks for the information.
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."

On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:18:11 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:57:48 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:41:24 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>> <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of
>>>>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ --
>>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to
>>>>>>>> the original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is
>>>>>>> probably the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it
>>>>>>> stayed away from the "main story line".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>>
>>>>The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by
>>>>Kawajiri Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire
>>>>Hunter D: Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this
>>>>newsgroup is Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>>
>>> Oh dear, I found the wrong one on Amazon.
>>>
>>> The one being discussed here isn't available for streaming.
>>>
>>> I'll be checking out the director and adding any that look reasonable
>>> to the list, so thanks for pointing him out.
>>
>>VHD:Bloodlust, my favorite of his movies looks to be missing from the
>>web but Retro Crush seems to have a few of his works available https://
>>www.retrocrush.tv/search?s=Yoshiaki%20Kawajiri for free viewing(with
>>ads) but you have to sign in(it is free to make an account) for the R
>>rated ones.
>
> It doesn't seem to have an app for my Fire HD 6; the web site
> [https://www.retrocrush.tv/devices] suggests it is mostly for TV sets.
>
>>CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early Cyberpunk OVA's
>>with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex and violence angle as well
>>as just being weirder.
>
> The first isn't available; the second is on Freevee. Both are series,
> not movies. I put the second name on a scratch list as a possible series
> to watch, as Freevee (as IMDbTV) starting working for me when I
> subscribed to Prime.

Technically GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE is a series I guess but with only two 50
minute OVA's ever released it is shorter than a lot of modern movies.

>
>>WICKED CITY is a bit like Men in Black but with demons instead of aliens
>>and replacing Will Smith's character with a hot female demon. It also
>>has a lot more sex and violence.
>
> And is available on Pluto TV and Tubi. Tubi won't work (the app "isn't
> available" for my Fire HD 6, I tried when trying to stream /The Case of
> the Lovely Legs/ (Plex had both it and an app that was available,so I
> was able to stream it). I just installed the Pluto TV app, and this will
> make for a good test subject, as it were. Not for a while, though.

That is strange,as I remember it I have both of them on my old fire
tablet but I do not think I have watched anything on them in over a
year. Maybe they took Tubi off since then and I failed to notice.

>
>>DEMON CITY SHINJUKU is boring.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that, but then, it appears that it is also ...
> unavailable for streaming.

On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 17:59:10 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
<Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:18:11 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:57:48 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:41:24 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>>> <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of
>>>>>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ --
>>>>>>>>> well,
>>>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to
>>>>>>>>> the original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is
>>>>>>>> probably the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it
>>>>>>>> stayed away from the "main story line".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>>>
>>>>>The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by
>>>>>Kawajiri Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire
>>>>>Hunter D: Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this
>>>>>newsgroup is Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>>>
>>>> Oh dear, I found the wrong one on Amazon.
>>>>
>>>> The one being discussed here isn't available for streaming.
>>>>
>>>> I'll be checking out the director and adding any that look reasonable
>>>> to the list, so thanks for pointing him out.
>>>
>>>VHD:Bloodlust, my favorite of his movies looks to be missing from the
>>>web but Retro Crush seems to have a few of his works available https://
>>>www.retrocrush.tv/search?s=Yoshiaki%20Kawajiri for free viewing(with
>>>ads) but you have to sign in(it is free to make an account) for the R
>>>rated ones.
>>
>> It doesn't seem to have an app for my Fire HD 6; the web site
>> [https://www.retrocrush.tv/devices] suggests it is mostly for TV sets.
>>
>>>CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early Cyberpunk OVA's
>>>with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex and violence angle as well
>>>as just being weirder.
>>
>> The first isn't available; the second is on Freevee. Both are series,
>> not movies. I put the second name on a scratch list as a possible series
>> to watch, as Freevee (as IMDbTV) starting working for me when I
>> subscribed to Prime.
>
>Technically GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE is a series I guess but with only two 50
>minute OVA's ever released it is shorter than a lot of modern movies.

IMDb has it as a "TV Mini Series", dated "1989-" (which, to me,
implies it is still going) but only 2 episodes.

>>>WICKED CITY is a bit like Men in Black but with demons instead of aliens
>>>and replacing Will Smith's character with a hot female demon. It also
>>>has a lot more sex and violence.
>>
>> And is available on Pluto TV and Tubi. Tubi won't work (the app "isn't
>> available" for my Fire HD 6, I tried when trying to stream /The Case of
>> the Lovely Legs/ (Plex had both it and an app that was available,so I
>> was able to stream it). I just installed the Pluto TV app, and this will
>> make for a good test subject, as it were. Not for a while, though.
>
>That is strange,as I remember it I have both of them on my old fire
>tablet but I do not think I have watched anything on them in over a
>year. Maybe they took Tubi off since then and I failed to notice.

Tubi is still listed in the App Store, but was said to not be
available for my device when I tried to acquire it. This was not very
long ago; the streaming of one Perry Mason mid-30s movie caused me to
purchase the entire set of six (on Warner Archive).

The last time I checked (and it has been quite a while), the Fire HD 6
was no longer available for purchase. I don't recall why I checked on
this; it was and still is performing quite well.
>>>DEMON CITY SHINJUKU is boring.
>>
>> I'm sorry to hear that, but then, it appears that it is also ...
>> unavailable for streaming.
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."

On 11/27/2022 8:40 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 17:59:10 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:18:11 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early Cyberpunk OVA's
>>>> with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex and violence angle as well
>>>> as just being weirder.
>>>
>>> The first isn't available; the second is on Freevee. Both are series,
>>> not movies. I put the second name on a scratch list as a possible series
>>> to watch, as Freevee (as IMDbTV) starting working for me when I
>>> subscribed to Prime.
>>
>> Technically GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE is a series I guess but with only two 50
>> minute OVA's ever released it is shorter than a lot of modern movies.
>
> IMDb has it as a "TV Mini Series", dated "1989-" (which, to me,
> implies it is still going) but only 2 episodes.
>
That most likely is a matter of IMDb not seeing an official cancellation
announcement for an obscure show and not having the staff to properly
maintain their information.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 3:27:05 AM UTC-6, Hamish Laws wrote:
> On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 3:54:33 AM UTC+11, Paul S Person wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
> > <tednolan>) wrote:
> >
> > >In article <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c...@googlegroups.com>,
> > >Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> > >>On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown wrote:
> > >>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've encountered.
> > >>
> > >>Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of course, that movie
> > >>might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
> > Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
> Considering how different the story is it's not a remake.
> >
> > How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
> Because bottling lighting is damned tough
> Ghostbusters II had the same cast as the original ghostbusters and wasn't anywhere near it for quality

Mileage varies, I actually like G2 _better_ than G1...with the caveat that they are effectively two different genres. Same cast, same background world, but the 'feel' is different.

G1 is straight comedy, with the occasional SFnal, fantasy, and horror tinge here and there. It's basically all played for laughs. And it is _hilarious_. Ghostbusters 1 is a far better comedy movie than Ghostbusters 2.

Ghostbusters 2 has plenty of comedy elements and often plays for laughs, but it's not a pure comedy, it's comedic horror, which is a related but different genre (or maybe better a different _subgenre_ ) than the straight comedy of G1. G2 is a far better comedic horror movie than G1.

Apples and oranges.

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote in
news:tm0bb2$1njaf$1@dont-email.me:

> On 11/27/2022 8:40 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 17:59:10 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 09:18:11 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:52:00 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
>>>> <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> CYBER CITY OEDO 808 and GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE are both early
>>>>> Cyberpunk OVA's with GOKU leaning more heavily into the sex
>>>>> and violence angle as well as just being weirder.
>>>>
>>>> The first isn't available; the second is on Freevee. Both are
>>>> series, not movies. I put the second name on a scratch list
>>>> as a possible series to watch, as Freevee (as IMDbTV)
>>>> starting working for me when I subscribed to Prime.
>>>
>>> Technically GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE is a series I guess but with
>>> only two 50 minute OVA's ever released it is shorter than a
>>> lot of modern movies.
>>
>> IMDb has it as a "TV Mini Series", dated "1989-" (which, to me,
>> implies it is still going) but only 2 episodes.
>>
> That most likely is a matter of IMDb not seeing an official
> cancellation announcement for an obscure show and not having the
> staff to properly maintain their information.
>
It's more likley that, given the wiki origins[1] of IMDB (before
"wiki" was in the lexicon), whoever first entered the listing
didn't have that information (and, conceivably, it was added in
1990, when the show was still potentially in production), and
nobody has touched it since.

[1]It began as a searchable list in rec.arts.movies in 1990, moved
to the web in 1993, incorporated in 1996, and was sold to Amazon in
1998. It's still largely operated as a wiki, though there's full
time staff now as well. Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive
history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb#History

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In article <tlovrh$ohoi$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 11/24/2022 2:02 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <tlbm2k$3acth$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:04:31 -0800, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/19/2022 9:05 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:01:45 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf <Magewolf@nc.rr.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:54:25 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18 Nov 2022 16:17:34 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
>>>>>>> <tednolan>) wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article <8e55c00a-3e47-4b6c-97e3-386ea8f7fbb5n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 3:51:01 PM UTC-7, David Brown
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> First, Ghostbusters 2, possibly the most reviled sequel I've
>>>>>>>>>> encountered.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Surely Ghostbusters 2016 has it beat by a country mile? Of course,
>>>>>>>>> that movie might be considered a re-boot rather than a sequel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re-make. And not that good a re-make at that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can it copy so much from the original and still be ... less?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would go with "Highlander II"..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, I liked both /Ghostbusters 2/ and /Highlander II/ -- well,
>>>>>>> the Renegade Version of the latter, which appears to be the only
>>>>>>> version on DVD. (The difference is whether the Immortals are
>>>>>>> traveling to Earth through /time/ or /space/. And a few other
>>>>>>> details.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I always (from when I first saw it in the theater) thought
>>>>>>> /Highlander II/ would have worked better /without/ tying it to the
>>>>>>> original. I enjoy it, IOW, as a straight action thriller.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you seen Highlander: The Search for Vengeance? It is probably
>>>>>> the second best Highlander movie. Partly because it stayed away from
>>>>>> the "main story line".
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I found the first two quite sufficient.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it is on Amazon, so I will give it a try. Perhaps next month.
>>>>
>>>> Its something of a Japanese Anime take on the Highlander theme.
>>>
>>> The only reason I found out about it was that it was directed by Kawajiri
>>> Yoshiaki. Famous for Wicked City,Ninja Scroll,and Vampire Hunter D:
>>> Bloodlust but perhaps his most on topic work for this newsgroup is
>>> Lensman: Secret of the Lens his first job directing.
>>
>> (Hal Heydt)
>> Is that the atrocity that had the dying Lensman giving a young
>> (teenaged?) Kimball Kinnison his lens to carry on the work and
>> used vanBuskirk as comic relief? If so, I don't want anything to
>> do with anything else he did. I dislike directors that butcher
>> the original work.
>
>So, you don't watch pretty much anything Hollywood makes then. :P

(Hal Heydt)
No, I don't. Next question?