There has never been a game like Blood since and no FPS ever really came close to combining horror with atmosphere the way it did. Although it did not have much interactivity other than weapons and alternate uses of weapons, it remains the single best adventure game I have ever played. The sequel was good but not even close to the magnificence of the original. Production values are high throughout and the same retro vintage macabre theme unites the whole thing. The models for the game were captured from physical armatures and they have a kind of stop motion quality that is both hilarious and frightening at the same time. The boss fights are epic and keep the action flowing from chapter to chapter. A lot of exploration is permitted and some of the secret areas are worth the price of the entire game on their own.
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1974)
Transcendental. Clairvoyant. Visionary.
23 September 2022
The Americans butchered it. If you see the original Japanese movie you will realize you are watching one of the most incredible apocalyptic flicks ever made. The shocking imagery and the setting is far more relevant to our world now than it was then and it almost seems comical some times how prescient the film was about the last days.
The final scene with the two mutant children fighting in radioactive ash over a worm of some kind was really disturbing. Toho should be very proud of the original, it is one of the best things they ever made.
I don't know how the author of the script knew what our days would be like but it's an uncanny look at the future in the 1970's that was revealed to be spot-on for the 2020's. The gender bending youth who literally become obsessed with suicide by jumping their motorbikes off a cliff into the ocean is just too close to the bone to right now.
P. S. The score by Tomita is possibly the best music score I ever heard in a 1970's film. It is sad, evocative, dramatic, heart rending and exciting at just the right times and with just the right emphasis. It is never maudlin and seems to draw forth the very essence of what is meant by an end-time eschatology.
The final scene with the two mutant children fighting in radioactive ash over a worm of some kind was really disturbing. Toho should be very proud of the original, it is one of the best things they ever made.
I don't know how the author of the script knew what our days would be like but it's an uncanny look at the future in the 1970's that was revealed to be spot-on for the 2020's. The gender bending youth who literally become obsessed with suicide by jumping their motorbikes off a cliff into the ocean is just too close to the bone to right now.
P. S. The score by Tomita is possibly the best music score I ever heard in a 1970's film. It is sad, evocative, dramatic, heart rending and exciting at just the right times and with just the right emphasis. It is never maudlin and seems to draw forth the very essence of what is meant by an end-time eschatology.
Hardware
(1990)
Brilliant Low Budget Post Apocalyptic Cyberpunk
29 November 2021
Made for an amazingly small amount of money the film manages to cram a lot of context, atmosphere and background into an hour of entertainment.
Viewers who complain about the resemblance to "Terminator" show they have not been exposed to much science fiction. The premise of military robots activating after World War III has been around a long time, James Cameron settled out of court with Harlan Ellison for this reason because he drew on many ideas from this author as well as Philip K. Dick. The film seems to blend a lot of ideas into an interesting and thrilling movie on a very small scale with an antagonist who seems even more indifferent and murderous than Arnie's "Terminator" ever was. The military robot is cunning, relentless and lethal and it gives us a sense that the war this narrative is following must have been a very ugly one while it lasted. The conclusion is suitably satisfying and also appears to be hinting the audience that it is not quite over when it ends. I saw it when it came out in Times Square and really enjoyed it then ... it was only many years later I was able to appreciate how clever it was for the time.
Viewers who complain about the resemblance to "Terminator" show they have not been exposed to much science fiction. The premise of military robots activating after World War III has been around a long time, James Cameron settled out of court with Harlan Ellison for this reason because he drew on many ideas from this author as well as Philip K. Dick. The film seems to blend a lot of ideas into an interesting and thrilling movie on a very small scale with an antagonist who seems even more indifferent and murderous than Arnie's "Terminator" ever was. The military robot is cunning, relentless and lethal and it gives us a sense that the war this narrative is following must have been a very ugly one while it lasted. The conclusion is suitably satisfying and also appears to be hinting the audience that it is not quite over when it ends. I saw it when it came out in Times Square and really enjoyed it then ... it was only many years later I was able to appreciate how clever it was for the time.
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