Lather's Blather Episode #04: Waylaid By A Noisy Pair of Hellspawn

I missed my self-imposed deadline, but not by much! The longest and most difficult to record episode to date in the short history of the show is now available through the current suspects and your feed of choice.

Direct download, as always, is also available.
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From the news segment: the Russian Robocop, although it really looks more like R2-D2 or maybe a Dalek. As I said, its first day on the job didn't go that well.

Also, the HRP-3 Promet from Japan, designed by Yutaka Izubuchi or Mobile Police Patlabor fame. You can see it in action by following this link.

Sandy Frank might be the source of all our pain,
but Joseph Lai can bring his share of the hurt as well.
Damn you, Joseph Lai. Damn you to hell.

Super Mazinga 3!

Enjoy this still frame, since actual animation of Mazinga 3 is a rare thing.

The Flying Saucer of Whistling Irritation.

This is how the sickness starts, with cold sweats
and a feeling of abject horror (yours, not the character's).

President Andrew! (stop laughing)

Evil green Space Mom! (okay, laugh)

These are not little people. They're children.

Piss-poor comic relief robots.

This is how the sickness progresses: drowsiness and nausea.

First it's a lame flying saucer... but then it's a lame giant robot!

This is what happens when annoying children strip you of your robot skin.

No, seriously. Naked robots.

At this point in the review, my ENEGR level is dangerously low.

The vaguely Yamato-esque destroyer escorts of President Andrew.

Don't all giant robots have hatches in their faces?

The useless Prince Orion.

Model sheets? Who needs those?

Yup, Robot Dog. President Andrew's ultimate weapon.

GLOWING PAWS OF MILD FRUSTRATION.

Will you still respect me in the morning?

Final stage of the sickness: spontaneous human explosion.

Ah, sweet release...


Originally I'd planned to review Space Thunder Kids, but found a review on the Teleport City website that I thought did a better jon of describing the schizophrenic smorgasbord it had to offer. You should read this review.

Praise Bob!

"Model sheets? Who needs those?"

Gentlemen, behold! Crappy giant robot action!

This isn't nearly as thrilling as you think it is.

I'll let...

...these pictures...

...speak for themselves.

Diatron 3

Crappy comic relief robot Baipam.

Precision micros--errr--telescope.

Goblin bacteria have the Cavity Creeps beat by a mile.

Spears? Against a giant robot?

This is meant to represent the inside of the human body. For serious.

The annoying General Mary.

A castle. Inside the human body.
Not shown: noodle trees, bread trees, ice cream springs,
goofy kings who don't seem to rule over anything.

The eeeeevil Castle Lameskull.

Alas, poor Scope Dog...

I knew him, Horatio...

The much-anticipated shower scene.

Notebook doodles can be deadly.

Burning justice...or mild indigestion?

Checker and Chally. What they're doing in a human body is a mystery for the ages.

Needs more exploding goblins.

The much-awaited Diatron 5.

The only attack made against the big bad guy--the dreaded 5 Beam!
Or whatever it is! Because it wasn't named! GAH!

And because I promised it, here is the Rogue's Gallery of crappy Korean anime.

And also becaue I promised it, the Korean super robot version of Macross, known as Space Gundam V! I am speechless.




But wait, there's less! Here's the opening sequence for Space Gundam V.

Rock'em Sock'em Robot Jox

As I alluded to in episode 3, I was invited to be a guest reviewer on an episode of the always entertaining Greatest Movie EVER podcast.

As of this morning, the episode is up and available for download. You should run, not walk to www.fearthegooberzilla.com and check it out.

We reviewed Robot Jox, a realtively low-budget direct-to-video release featuring giant robot combat. And angry Russians. And chainsaws.

Lather's Blather Episode #03: Kick Some Grass!

There can be no second chance when kung-fu is used for evil! I'll discuss Shaolin Soccer, an outrageous and highly-larious action romp that mixes high-flying comedy and the Beautiful Game.

After seeing this, crushing beer cans with your head doesn't quite stack up anymore.

Team Shaolin takes the pitch, their first step towards glory.

Smoking on the pitch is a cardable offense.

"Your free kick skill is weak."

The disgraced "Golden Leg" Fung

"Steel Leg" Sing. He's lithe, and he'll surprise you.

Tai Chi breadmaker Mui.

Weight Vest

Iron Shirt

Iron Head

Hooking Leg

Empty Hand

An early glimpse of Steel Leg's soccer prowess. Too bad he didn't score!

Hung, our villain and magnificent asshole.

Yeah, there's a lot of action like this in the film.

And this too.

This is not how to sell the public on Shaolin kung-fu.

The trailer for the Miramax version of the film. It gives no clue of an English dub and, in my opinion, gives away too much of the film's final match. I took this episode's title from the typically vapid Hollywood tagline.


Here's "Into the Future", performed by Andy Lau.
Nice music video with a few more clips from the film.

Available for direct download and as a streaming file from the Gcast box on the right-hand side of the page.

Some news on the Westworld remake

I have my wife to thank for pointing me to an article on the Sci-Fi Channel's website concerning the purported remake of 1973's Westworld, which was the subject of episode 1 of the podcast.

Not really a lot of info there, but it does confirm that things are moving about in pre-production.


If you're curious about the status of episode 3 of the podcast, rest assured that as of right now it'll meet the biweekly deadline.