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#1 by Blake Matthews on August 15th, 2008
These are actual movies?
#2 by Baron Scarpia on August 16th, 2008
I don’t often swear, but I can think of no other expression for this except ‘What the fuck?’
The World Sinks Except Japan is undoubtedly one of the best film titles ever.
#3 by Todd on August 16th, 2008
Minoru Kawasaki is the same director who did the wonderful Calamari Wrestler, and who who just released a remake of The X From Outer Space in Japan.
The World Sinks Except Japan is a parody of a big budget Japanese disaster movie called The Sinking of Japan that was a big box office hit in Japan a couple of years ago.
#4 by Prankster on August 16th, 2008
I swear CONSTANTLY and I can think of no other expression for this except “My heavens! Whatever the fudge?”
#5 by El Santo on August 16th, 2008
There was also a Toho disaster movie in the 70′s called The Submersion of Japan, which was shown in America after massive re-editing as Tidal Wave. I gather that the more recent film is a remake of that one.
#6 by Blake Matthews on August 16th, 2008
Yes. Supposedly the novel of “The Submersion of Japan” was written in the 1970s and a satire of the novel “The World Sinks Except for Japan” was published shortly after.
#7 by The Rev. D.D. on August 16th, 2008
That’s RIGHT, he WAS the guy that did CW. I knew I recognized that name.
I have to see any movie called Executive Koala. Seriously.
All three of those are probably a hoot though, if CW is any indication.
I have to say, though, I’m not sure about his redux of X. Did he just try to make his own film, or did he stick close to the original? That swingin’, stylish future in the original was great, and I don’t see how you’d top it.
#8 by Blake Matthews on August 16th, 2008
I read on the IMDB that “Executive Koala” is a comedy/drama/slasher/kung-fu film.
#9 by El Santo on August 16th, 2008
“That swingin’, stylish future in the original was great, and I don’t see how you’d top it.”
You’d actually go there with the lesbian scene that keeps threatening to break out while the space captain’s rival love interests are in the shower together. Or that’s how I’d try to top it, anyway.
#10 by Hasimir Fenring on August 16th, 2008
What kills me is: At the time Japan Sinks was released, here in Korea it was widely believed that Japan actually was sinking and the movie was a forecast of the possible effects!
#11 by Todd on August 16th, 2008
“I have to say, though, I’m not sure about his redux of X. Did he just try to make his own film, or did he stick close to the original?”
From what I understand, it’s more of a “re-imagining” ( or re-imaganering?), since it’s more of a political satire. But it does have Guilala in it.
That said, I know absolutely nothing about Rug Cop, though it does sound like it may be an idea whose time has come.
#12 by lyzard on August 17th, 2008
By the way, for the benefit of those pushy people for whom the image is not all they need, Synapse will be releasing these three on 19th November.
#13 by The Rev. D.D. on August 17th, 2008
El Santo: I can’t say I can argue with that logic.
Todd: “Political satire,” eh? Hrrmmmm.
I suppose I’ll give it a shot at some point, but my enthusiasm’s not where it is with the other ones…
#14 by Rel on August 18th, 2008
I love this man’s work. The Calamari caught me entirely off guard – I remember babbling to my friend about what a masterful thing it was, a many layered examination of the meaning of fair play in an unfair world, the dissolution and salvation of the Japanese character, only a squid can show us what it means to be a man… he just stared, but I swear, it’s all in there. The World Sinks stuck with me too, a very different bit of business. I can barely remember Rug Cop, but the rest is all splendid.
#15 by Dave Causey on August 18th, 2008
Liz,thank you for posting this! 3 sure-to-be classics,they WILL be added to my collection! ‘Executive Koala-GO!
#16 by lyzard on August 18th, 2008
Welcome! And – welcome!
#17 by rjschwarz on August 19th, 2008
If Japan is sinking I suggest the large number of giant monsters stomping around probably has something to do with it.
#18 by Blake Matthews on August 19th, 2008
If Japan is sinking, maybe the Earthquake Beetle died and is already decomposing.
#19 by KeithA on August 20th, 2008
Gotta say I prefer the original Japanese cover for Executive Koala:
#20 by lyzard on August 20th, 2008
The re-design was probably intended to sway those poor naive souls out there who don’t understand how frikkin’ scary koalas are.
#21 by El Santo on August 21st, 2008
“those poor naive souls out there who don’t understand how frikkin’ scary koalas are”
Do tell…
#22 by cloudyvortex on August 23rd, 2008
Sad to say (if I’m ruining lyzard’s sarcasm), koalas actually are vicious critters that attack violently if disturbed (my kinda varmint, really). Zoo keepers and anyone else handling them have to take the kind of care usually reserved for big predators. Second nastiest marsupial after the Tasmanian devil, and it’s not that distant a second.
#23 by lyzard on August 23rd, 2008
Ah, no, I was serious. Dead serious, as you might say. The perfect example of the standard Australian tactic of “sit here and look adorable until they get real close, and then—”
#24 by supersonic on August 28th, 2008
I hope that’s not what you’re doing to us here…