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Cannon Busters (2019)
A great start!
I hear what all the other critics are saying about this series being derivative of better anime but let's be real, all anime is derivative of the best anime, how can it not be?
Personally I was excited to watch this series. As a hardcore anime fan I've seen everything and in recent years I've found fewer series that can hold my attention. So what's so different about this series? If you don't know, it's the brainchild of American storyboard artist Lesean Thomas who worked on great american anime series like Boondocks and Black Dynamite. I was super excited to see what he would do with his own project, I was not disappointed.
What I responded to when I first started watching anime was that glimpse into Japanese culture but now that I'm older I'm ready to see what people like me, who are not Japanese but grew up watching Japanese anime have to add to this art form and apparently so does Japan.
This summer Japan announced a program to expand anime production overseas. Japan wants more countries to get involved to expand this incredible art form to every corner of the globe. I feel that this inclusiveness will only make anime better in the long term.
To be honest Cannon Busters is far from perfect but it's not bad either. I found that I really enjoyed the world that Thomas created and all the different characters, especially these diesel female fighters mixed in with robots, lizard people, cat people and to be frank, black people. This new anime world is what captured my imagination and got me to stay through all 12 episodes.
My only major criticism is that I feel this 1st season really needed to be 24 episodes. I think the constrains of 12 episodes stifled the story. In 24 episodes we would of seen the prince grow more, his relationship with Hilda and Oden could have been explored more, and Sam, Philly the Kid and Casey would have had more time for their adventure.
This was a great break for the series creator Lesean Thomas and from him I expect even greater series to come. I'm certain that before we know it American anime will be adding more and more titles to that greats anime list. We just need to give it time and nurture our homegrown talen. I think Cannon Busters is worth a look and I look forward to its maybe future.
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
The Hard Truth: I did not like this movie
David Lynch is on of those film directors that you can't help but to hear about in film school or in any circle of movie buffs but though I have tried to find all the fantastic qualities that my friends and classmates find in this film, it is something that I just can't see for myself. That is why I have to say: I DO NOT LIKE THIS FILM. Strangely and maybe speaking to the greatness of this filmmaker I do not like this film for all my usual reason. For one, the movie IS unique and imaginative. I can see in the film that the David Lynch was trying to say something and not just please the masses; finally the acting and cinematography were suburb, but in the end I was left exhausted. Mulholland Dr. sets its self up just like any mystery film and this engages the typical viewer to try and solve that mystery. But in the last 30 minutes (when the movie starts to fall apart for me) I'm still looking for answers while David Lynch has gone on to something that is just beyond my rational mind. I've been told that I'm not innocent enough when I watch David Lynch films and maybe that's true, but when I compare Mulholland Dr. to The Straight Story (the only David Lynch film I've ever loved) I tend to believe that David Lynch is still experimenting with the way he tells stories on film and being a true artiest cares little for what he losses in the wake of his creation.