Sci-Fi
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the sci-fi (science fiction) genre.
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Young Frankenstein
Oh, no! Young Frankenstein is perfectly good with nothing easy for me to pick on. All I can give this one is that it was a movie almost completely focused on laughs, and I’ve laughed harder. Gene Wilder is phenomenal, yet Peter Boyle almost steals the show. It’s a waste he practically disappears from the… (read more)
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The Blob
“The Blob” could also be used to describe the quality of its screenplay. Grotesque practical effects, and some terrible green screening. A slow start with too much focus on plot and characters, but a lightly likable cast. A solid premise with genuinely tense potential, yet limited by frequent dips into B-movie self-parody. This movie never… (read more)
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise
Here are all of the ‘Ghost in the Shell: Arise’ movies I’ve seen and reviewed so far. This reboot of the classic sci-fi IP is more action-focused, and it loses something for it. (Includes movies 1-3 and ‘Another Mission’) (read more)
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Twilight of the Dark Master
Desperately seeking something as compelling as Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, I watched Twilight of the Dark Master, an OVA so forgettable that I had to pad out this blurb with anything else. (read more)
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Appleseed (1988)
An ’80s sci-fi OVA about a police officer and her cyborg boyfriend and partner, ‘Appleseed’ adapts one of the earliest works of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ creator, Masamune Shirow. (read more)
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Black Magic M-66
In a rarity, Masamune Shirow co-directs and co-writes this OVA adaptation of his own manga. In ‘Black Magic M-66,’ a sci-fi thriller, the military and a reporter must stop a murderous, rogue android. (read more)
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Gunnm
Though it’s a meager sample of its long-running, classic manga source, Gunnm still has plenty to offer for OVA and cyberpunk enthusiasts. (read more)
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Ring of Gundam
‘Ring of Gundam’ is a five-minute special celebrating the franchise’s anniversary. I’m not sure how else to describe it, other than "bad." (read more)
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Rebuild of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
‘Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0’ continues to experience diminishing returns. Everything here has been done before and better, and the allusions to ‘End of Evangelion’ only make its comparative hollowness more apparent. (read more)
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Mega Man X: The Day of Sigma
This short OVA was included with Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, a PSP remake of the SNES original. A solid retelling of the cast’s origin story. (read more)