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| 2008-07-25 19:06 |
| Golgo 13 - Episode 11 - Dead Angle |
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Two departments of the US government pit Golgo 13 and the young sniper Katz against one another, as Golgo attempts to kill a Jordanian envoy and Katz tries to stop him.
Oh, and we also get the most Osamu-Dezaki-y episode of Golgo 13 TV yet.
By which I mean… POSTCARD MEMORIES~!~!
And in a callback to Dezaki’s cinema outing with Golgo 13, a CGI HELICOPTER~!~!~!
While I’m not expecting this to be Dezaki (I’m assuming he’s busy with Ultraviolet & Cobra), I would be interested in seeing who directed this, as I’m surprised with not seen the Postcard Memory technique used more often in the series. Admittedly the episodes tend to be packed as it is and there may not be time such a pace slowing technique, but it’s almost something you are expecting from the series.
Storywise, it’s another mind game as people try to out-think Golgo, with some modern politics thrown in as background. It is a shame the television isn’t as brave as the manga and refuses to use caricature when real people turn up. This episode’s US Secretary of Defense looks nothing like Robert Gates, and only looks like Rumsfeld if you squint and imagine glasses.
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| 2008-07-21 17:34 |
| Golgo 13 - Episode 10 - The Target Who Came Back |
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We now return you to your irregularly scheduled hitman themed content.
If this TV series has had a moral so far, it is “Do not dick around with Golgo 13″. And I’m sure you’d agree that’s a lesson we take with us in our daily lives. We should be thankful we have this series to teach us this, as to actually learn it as a character in Golgo 13 tends to involve a bullet through the temple.
This episode opens with a hit on a mafia boss who had turned himself into the FBI, and the story proceeds to get more complicated from there. In fact, it’s the most complex story we’ve had so far into the series.
And also one of the cheapest. The good news is that this time the budget shortcuts are also visually interesting. We’ve had shots where we’ve seen a Golgo’s eye view through a sniper sight, now we get shots from the same distance, this time without the benefit of magnification. It’s a credit to the animators that the small blobs Golgo shoots at are still recognisable as people, and it’s an different perspective to what the series has shown so far.
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| 2008-07-18 07:08 |
| Bert and Ernie Ante Up |
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Bert and Ernie Rap - CollegeHumor video.
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