invites you to
Private EventSPACE BATTELSHIP YAMATO(AKA STAR BLAZERS-THE MOVIE) FREE with rsvp at the ROXIE (Event Over)
- When:Sun 6/3/07 (12:30AM)
- Cost: FREE with rsvp
SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (aka Star Blazers-The Movie)
Leiji Matsumoto, 1979,
Japan
Just rsvp here to attend this free screening . After you rsvp just
go the the ROXIE and we will find you on the list.
Sunday, June 3, 1230p
With the exception of bell-bottoms on their uniforms, Star Blazers
is one of the greatest, most eclectic stargazing sagas of all time.
In an era when animation depicting technological advances was still
in its infantile stages (late 1970s), the producers of Star Blazers
have done such an excellent job of keeping the viewer fixed on the
characters, dialogue, story plots, and vivid battle scenes.
This was the best animated series of its time. Star Blazers was
made at a time when American cartoons were trite junk like "The
Super Friends" and "The Brady Kids." When Star Blazers hit
syndicated TV in America in the early 1980s, it was still
categorically more engrossing than any American cartoon, any
American science fiction... heck, it was better than 90% of
American TV period.
In case you missed the plot summary: hostile Aliens (the Gammalons) attack Earth and defeat all of her military might. The Gammalons then proceed to launch a years-long nuclear attack against Earth which renders the entire surface unfit for life. Cowering in caves, humanity awaits its final extinction...
Until a message is received from the Planet Iscandar, offering aid. Iscander can provide "Cosmo DNA," which can resuscitate the Earth's entire ecosphere. Iscander also provides the blueprints for a powerful interstellar propulsion system: the wave motion drive. Desperate beyond measure, Earth refits one single starship, the Argo, with the wave motion drive, and sends her and her brave crew to cross 100,000 light years of Gammalon territory to reach Iscandar.
Right away, one can see that this cartoon has a much more intelligent plot than any shows intended for kids and adolescents. It is also notable that this series is a serial: each episode is part of a larger, evolving story. It would be decades before any American shows that are not "soap operas" would develop this format (like Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The plot is also dead serious: the world is ending, and ending in a way that was plausibly frightening to Japanese kids in the wake of Hiroshima and American kids in the wake of Three Mile Island.
In case you missed the plot summary: hostile Aliens (the Gammalons) attack Earth and defeat all of her military might. The Gammalons then proceed to launch a years-long nuclear attack against Earth which renders the entire surface unfit for life. Cowering in caves, humanity awaits its final extinction...
Until a message is received from the Planet Iscandar, offering aid. Iscander can provide "Cosmo DNA," which can resuscitate the Earth's entire ecosphere. Iscander also provides the blueprints for a powerful interstellar propulsion system: the wave motion drive. Desperate beyond measure, Earth refits one single starship, the Argo, with the wave motion drive, and sends her and her brave crew to cross 100,000 light years of Gammalon territory to reach Iscandar.
Right away, one can see that this cartoon has a much more intelligent plot than any shows intended for kids and adolescents. It is also notable that this series is a serial: each episode is part of a larger, evolving story. It would be decades before any American shows that are not "soap operas" would develop this format (like Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The plot is also dead serious: the world is ending, and ending in a way that was plausibly frightening to Japanese kids in the wake of Hiroshima and American kids in the wake of Three Mile Island.
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