Over the last couple of years I have watched a ton of Japanese movies, mostly horror*. In the middle of watching Mutant Girls Squad I realized that I have naturally picked up one piece of the language during this time, which I think is spelled “nande yo ne”. It means, roughly, “WTF?”. This is a phrase that is used a lot by both the characters and the audience during Mutant Girls Squad.
The movie is kind of a broad winking take on X-Men, and the plot such that it is revolves around strange mutant girls who live and train together. Near the end of this movie there is a fight involving one girl armed with breast swords and another with an ass chainsaw. Yeah, you read that. Ass. Chainsaw. Nande yo ne?
Mutant Girls Squad was released under the Sushi Typhoon label, which seems to have an ethos similar to Troma (creators of the Toxic Avenger) only with a dollop of that very Japanese menacing sexuality. It features blood, blood, blood, death, boobs, more blood, and cosplay nurses.
If you’re okay with that, however, it’s pretty fun. Mutant Girls Squad doesn’t take itself the slightest bit seriously —it just wants to show us some cute girls with tentacles lopping off limbs to a techno beat. On that scale it is a rousing success.
* This is a discussion for another day, but K-horror > J-horror. FYI.
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Mutant Girls Squad is currently touring North American as part of the Splatter Matters tour, which is still due to arrive in Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, and Philadelphia. Proceeds to go Japan Earthquake/Tsunami related charities.
Here’s a more thorough review and a really bloody trailer from YouTube.
Here is a photographic list of lame graffiti. Most of the list is.. kind of funny, but this standout made my afternoon:
You tell ‘em, anonymous spray paint warrior! Howard Johnson can SUCK IT.
This ad is silly.
I saw this ad yesterday on what was probably Reddit and found it baffling. What is up with the weird half-squat? I feel like I should warn her that there’s no chair there before she falls over. And the way one hand is in the air and the other between her knees? With the shoulder joint that looks pretty obviously photoshopped to me? Really?
(Seriously, look at that shoulder joint. There is something unnatural about it.)
I guess Amazon was going for some off-beat “natural” American Apparel vibe, but this ad tells me that the new Amazon Juniors clothing line is perfect for when aliens try to take over society by stealing your skin except they haven’t got the hang of movement yet. I suppose intergalactic body snatchers IS an underappreciated market segment….
Every Monday I like to post a couple of YouTube links to ease us all into the work week, myself included. Today is a sick day for me (boourns!), so I took the opportunity to scour the internet looking for the best remix of the Portal 2 theme. Oh, the sacrifices I make! Anyway, this one was the clear winner thus far:
Are you feeling all futuristic and cerebral now? Then I guess it’s time for Nyan Cat:
Wait! That KILLS brain cells, not stimulates them! Oops. True masochists might enjoy the Super Extended Version or the website version. If you’re tricky you can time both to run at the same time for STEREO NYAN, but I’m pretty sure that would open a portal for the Old Gods.
Wow, I must be getting old — I don’t remember this all happening in the movie at all….
Here is a Tumblr depicting US Supreme Court Judges and landmark cases as animals.
Why? Because it’s the internet, that’s why.
The internet loves April Fools, to a rather absurd extent. Unfortunately practical jokes are rarely done well, but as usual Google is head of the class with their many different departments. The best of the bunch, in my opinion, is this video advertising their new job opening for Autocompleters.
There’s certainly a lot of boring stock photography out there. How many times have you seen people standing around looking up authoritatively, or a young pretty woman wearing a headset next to the “live support” feature? Probably a lot. But what about, say, Hitler in a gingham dress peeling potatoes? Uh huh, you read that right.
That image comes from this collection of 60 Completely Unusable Stock Photos, which also includes the work of art seen to the left. I have been trying to grasp what the intent of the photographer was with this piece. There’s seniors, see. And they’re armed! Maybe they’re fighting.. maybe they’re laughing. They certainly look more likely to hit each other with their guns than use them. And there’s a frightened rabbit on the table, watching it all………
Consider it the David Lynch movie of stock photography, I guess.
When Tara Reid announced last year that The Big Lebowski 2 was in the works, the world was.. skeptical. (Ethan Coen, co-director of the original, is reported to have said about Reid’s announcement, “we’ll watch it when it comes out.”) Reid may have been wrong about an official sequel, but she clearly had a good sense of humor about it, seeing as she plays every role in this Funny or Die trailer.
Seriously, it’s worth watching just for her terrifyingly good Steve Buscemi impression.
Cloud Girlfriend promises to use social media to create the ideal imaginary woman who will publicly adore you on the internet. Where is the Cloud Boyfriend service?! There should be equal opportunity for creepy loners of all sexual preferences.
“My girlfriend lives in the clou– I mean Canada. She’s in Canada.”
PS: This all reminds me of Japanese love pillows (NYT article, no nudity but you might have to pay to read it!).
