Was feeling a bit under the weather today, and now i know my Yuzo bluray is the cause 😆 Fortunately, a few lysol wipes and a healthy dose of Minus One should help clear it right up 😁 Thx for the diagnosis, Dr. Omni!
(7:41) I really do like the design of this monster but the name does sound kinda generic. Also I know this is a low budget movie and all but if it had a bigger budget then I think the suit would look even more impressive. But given how you described Virus King's role in the movie it probably wouldn't change much, and it's a shame a cool looking monster like that was wasted. 🤔☣🦖🧪🤷♂ (15:00) And the alien is a "Boohbah" apparently? If you know you know lol.🛸🪤👽🌈🕺
Thank you for suffering through a terrible movie so we don’t have to, I wonder if the disease came from the movie being so bad it physically hurt you. I like hearing about obscure monster movies so it’s always unfortunate when they disappoint, I really should get around to watching that one fog horn Kaiju movie, it’s been on my to do list for a while. Hope everything is going well
Pure review excellence as always Omni Viewer and Snazzy Chapeau!!!!!!! Thank you exceedingly, it is magnificently appreciated!!!!!!! Virus King is an impressive looking monster, that in spite of his weak performance and meaningless appearance in the film, hopefully will be given a second chance, to unlock his potential on screen, and be counted amongst cinema history's greatest and most memorable monsters. As for the rest of the film, well, at least it exists lol.
If you did not have your life flipped upside down by the Covid lockdowns and mandates, this movie will probably go over your head. My ex-employer forced me out of my job with their vaccine mandate and had to grab whatever work I could. I could relate to the anxiety and insanity Yuzo had to go through to rebuild his life. The film is a satire, so of course there are exaggerated elements, but it hits all the right emotional beats. I feel that Yoshikazu Ishii made a movie for those of us who had our livelihoods taken from us.
So, I get what you're saying, but consider this: The original 1954 Godzilla was made for people who had been directly affected by nuclear testing and attacks. If Yuzo goes over my head because I did not lose my livelihood, shouldn't Godzilla also go over my head because I was not aboard the Lucky Dragon No. 5? Yet I lived through the pandemic. I experienced the isolation, the discomfort of masking, the hypocrisy of politicians, the frustration as "two weeks to flatten the curve" became a year, the helplessness of knowing that people I cared about were giving into their fear and there was nothing I could do to snap them out of it. My life was as turned upside-down as anyone else's, because nobody came through that event without being affected somehow. Yet here I am, having watched one of the few movies set during that time, and I never once felt that the movie understood a single thing about what living through the lockdowns was really like. It just felt like set dressing that was only used every once in a while. Instead, I feel a greater connection to a movie that was made decades before I was born based on events I never lived through, and I knew it was a great movie even as a child who did not have the full context for it.
If I were to incorporate the pandemic into a kaiju flick, it would be connected to the carcasses of beaten monsters. With few exceptions, kaiju flicks rarely address what happens to these multi-ton rotting masses. My story would basically involve a black market of kaiju parts being sold as miracle cures or aphrodisiacs, which eventually give rise to a novel virus.
This rings like a lot of Japanese "nonsense" slapstick sketch TV shows. YZUO seems to be inspired by the works of the extremely prolific gonzo indie director Minoru Kawasaki, who pioneered this type of genre/monster filmmaking. Some of filmography includes THE CALAMARI WRESTLER, EXECUTIVE KOALA, CRAB GOALKEEPER, MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G4 SUMMIT, MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS, KAIJU MONO, KOALA EXECUTIVE, and many more, including his latest, CYBORG SHITASUKE, which will be released this month in Japan.
I'm actually quite fond of Kawasaki's work, having seen most of the movies you listed. His brand of humor is outlandish and strange, but it works. YUZO might be comparable to MONSTER X STRIKES BACK or MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS in terms of concept, but not in terms of execution. If I were to name what's missing, I guess it would be that Kawasaki's movies make sense in their own bizarre way. Everything that happens in them is ridiculous, but the ridiculousness stems from the premise. For example, the kaiju in MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS are creatures that, when normal-sized, are considered edible. How do you defeat them? With a vinegar cannon and a giant robot chef, and the result is turning a stadium into a delicious seafood bowl. Totally outrageous, but the internal logic all stems from the premise of the monsters being food. In YUZO, the title character loses his job during the pandemic, so then he gets drunk in a bar that's run like a Broadway show, then takes a job where he has to work with a furry and a psychotic Bruce Lee fan, then a monster suddenly appears and briefly generates a parallel universe when it explodes. What's the internal logic? How do these events connect on any level other because they were written in that order? Cartoon logic is still logic, after all. What we see is the difference between writing "and then...and then...and then..." and writing "but then...therefore...until".
This channel is simply delightful in bringing to light things that just aren't well known. First time for me was After King Kong Fell.
At least the monster looks good.
Am down sick. A great blessing for the day!
Also... now I want to design a monster ACTUALLY connected to and based on the pandemic... hmmm.
I got the notification and clicked as soon as I could! Great job as always
Huh. I'm not gonna lie, I actually kinda want to watch this now just because of the strangeness.
Was feeling a bit under the weather today, and now i know my Yuzo bluray is the cause 😆 Fortunately, a few lysol wipes and a healthy dose of Minus One should help clear it right up 😁 Thx for the diagnosis, Dr. Omni!
The DVD cover looks like the distributer is trying to get sued by Warner Brothers or Legendary
Just sounds like one of those Mockbuster that plagued the video stores
(7:41) I really do like the design of this monster but the name does sound kinda generic. Also I know this is a low budget movie and all but if it had a bigger budget then I think the suit would look even more impressive. But given how you described Virus King's role in the movie it probably wouldn't change much, and it's a shame a cool looking monster like that was wasted. 🤔☣🦖🧪🤷♂
(15:00) And the alien is a "Boohbah" apparently? If you know you know lol.🛸🪤👽🌈🕺
I saw this in my recommendation and I immediately clicked it!
Thank you for suffering through a terrible movie so we don’t have to, I wonder if the disease came from the movie being so bad it physically hurt you.
I like hearing about obscure monster movies so it’s always unfortunate when they disappoint, I really should get around to watching that one fog horn Kaiju movie, it’s been on my to do list for a while.
Hope everything is going well
You'd think a Japanese Kaiju film exemplifying the response to the COVID-19 pandemic would incorporate themes of fear and despair.
So, it's an Adult Swim show?
Unrelated I got some more figures, planning to get more but am glad your doing alright. :)
9:16 Because its easy, cheap & lazy, probably
Pure review excellence as always Omni Viewer and Snazzy Chapeau!!!!!!! Thank you exceedingly, it is magnificently appreciated!!!!!!! Virus King is an impressive looking monster, that in spite of his weak performance and meaningless appearance in the film, hopefully will be given a second chance, to unlock his potential on screen, and be counted amongst cinema history's greatest and most memorable monsters. As for the rest of the film, well, at least it exists lol.
If you did not have your life flipped upside down by the Covid lockdowns and mandates, this movie will probably go over your head. My ex-employer forced me out of my job with their vaccine mandate and had to grab whatever work I could. I could relate to the anxiety and insanity Yuzo had to go through to rebuild his life. The film is a satire, so of course there are exaggerated elements, but it hits all the right emotional beats. I feel that Yoshikazu Ishii made a movie for those of us who had our livelihoods taken from us.
So, I get what you're saying, but consider this: The original 1954 Godzilla was made for people who had been directly affected by nuclear testing and attacks. If Yuzo goes over my head because I did not lose my livelihood, shouldn't Godzilla also go over my head because I was not aboard the Lucky Dragon No. 5?
Yet I lived through the pandemic. I experienced the isolation, the discomfort of masking, the hypocrisy of politicians, the frustration as "two weeks to flatten the curve" became a year, the helplessness of knowing that people I cared about were giving into their fear and there was nothing I could do to snap them out of it.
My life was as turned upside-down as anyone else's, because nobody came through that event without being affected somehow. Yet here I am, having watched one of the few movies set during that time, and I never once felt that the movie understood a single thing about what living through the lockdowns was really like. It just felt like set dressing that was only used every once in a while.
Instead, I feel a greater connection to a movie that was made decades before I was born based on events I never lived through, and I knew it was a great movie even as a child who did not have the full context for it.
If I were to incorporate the pandemic into a kaiju flick, it would be connected to the carcasses of beaten monsters. With few exceptions, kaiju flicks rarely address what happens to these multi-ton rotting masses. My story would basically involve a black market of kaiju parts being sold as miracle cures or aphrodisiacs, which eventually give rise to a novel virus.
Just like how "Hannibal Chau" did in Pacific Rim?
@@mwizachihana9551 Never watched that
This rings like a lot of Japanese "nonsense" slapstick sketch TV shows. YZUO seems to be inspired by the works of the extremely prolific gonzo indie director Minoru Kawasaki, who pioneered this type of genre/monster filmmaking. Some of filmography includes THE CALAMARI WRESTLER, EXECUTIVE KOALA, CRAB GOALKEEPER, MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G4 SUMMIT, MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS, KAIJU MONO, KOALA EXECUTIVE, and many more, including his latest, CYBORG SHITASUKE, which will be released this month in Japan.
I'm actually quite fond of Kawasaki's work, having seen most of the movies you listed. His brand of humor is outlandish and strange, but it works.
YUZO might be comparable to MONSTER X STRIKES BACK or MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS in terms of concept, but not in terms of execution.
If I were to name what's missing, I guess it would be that Kawasaki's movies make sense in their own bizarre way. Everything that happens in them is ridiculous, but the ridiculousness stems from the premise. For example, the kaiju in MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS are creatures that, when normal-sized, are considered edible. How do you defeat them? With a vinegar cannon and a giant robot chef, and the result is turning a stadium into a delicious seafood bowl. Totally outrageous, but the internal logic all stems from the premise of the monsters being food.
In YUZO, the title character loses his job during the pandemic, so then he gets drunk in a bar that's run like a Broadway show, then takes a job where he has to work with a furry and a psychotic Bruce Lee fan, then a monster suddenly appears and briefly generates a parallel universe when it explodes. What's the internal logic? How do these events connect on any level other because they were written in that order?
Cartoon logic is still logic, after all. What we see is the difference between writing "and then...and then...and then..." and writing "but then...therefore...until".
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Huh... kinda seems like filmmakers from Japan treat Kaiju in general more like a joke or something on a checklist for no real reason.
@kanseiyamazaru435
Kaiju are more popular internationally these days, if you can believe that. GxK flopped in Japan, after all.
@@bigboi5545 Which is weird considering how for years people overseas saw Godzilla as nothing but a joke.
@@kanseiyamazaru435 Crazy what a couple of well-recieved mainstream movies and greater exposure can do for a brand, huh?
Hi Omni Viewer, Can you Review Reggo The Movie? It's an Epic Kaiju Movie
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This film looks very cracky and insane... And not in a good way.