#Paul Verhoven

[guycourtheoux]

TERRIFIER 3, un film slasher, terriblement violent au point d’être interdit aux moins de 18 ans

Voilà le genre de film que je découvre. Je n’avais pas vu les deux premiers volets, réalisés par Damien LEONE, mais je pense que cela ne doit pas être grave. On comprend , dès les premières minutes que nous sommes très loin de Bambi ou Blanche Neige. Il faut avoir le cœur bien accroché, parce que l’on se dit….non, cela ne peut pas aller plus loin, mais je dois bien vous avouer que SI, ON VA…

[psiotechniqa]

shit I didn't even know that Verhoven made the triple-boobie movie

[geekynerfherder]

WOW x WOW presents 'Buried Connections', a group art exhibition featuring over 60 international artists.

Selected art by Alexandra Verhoven, Kelly Sux, Paulette Jo, Paul Barnes and Angelika Rasmus

The online exhibition opens Friday March 3 at 7pm UK on the WOW x WOW website and will be on view until March 24.

[wanderersrest]

An Abbreviated History of Mecha Part 3.2: Condition Green (1986-1990)

Welcome back to An Abbreviated History of Mecha! Last time, we covered the first half of the 80's with a bit too much of a focus on the works of one Ryousuke Takahashi. If you remember from the last post, I also covered one series in particular: Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I'm bringing it up here so that it'll be fresh in your head: Galactic Heroes would be one of many Original Video Animation (OVA) series that would be released in this time.

It should also be noted that, unlike last time, there would be a new medium for mecha stories to flourish in: video games! While video games existed at least since the late 70's, it would be in the 80's where they would become mainstream.

Anyways, let's get down to business. Now, before I throw each and every one of you into the bay!!

The Five Star Stories (1986)

Created by Mamoru Nagano, the Five Star Stories would be his first major solo project after leaving Sunrise due to the higher-ups constantly blue-balling him. Covering at least five books and a couple of OVAs, the Five Star Stories is one of the true classics of the canon of mecha.

Now if you want to get an inkling of what he did before the Five Star Stories? I'll cover that next time.

Metal Armor Dragonar (1987)

Coming off the heels of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Sunrise was eager to fill in the void that Gundam left in its wake. And that's where Metal Armor Dragonar comes in. While I felt weird referring to Layzner as being Gundam-like, here I don't. Dragonnar was made first and foremost to fill in for Gundam, especially after the lackluster performance of ZZ.

Robocop (1987)

Also in 1987, we would see the release of Paul Verhoven's Robocop. Robocop is a part of that generation of 80's films where the original movie's deep scathing criticism would be watered down by corporate America's need to constantly make money off of each and every remotely popular series. And while that may be true, the original Robocop still holds up as a scathing criticism of American capitalism in the 80's.

Rockman/Megaman (1987)

(I just found this gif on Tenor. If anyone knows who to source it to, please let me know.)

1987 would also see the release of Capcom's Megaman, one of the icons of the halcyon days of gaming. Sporting his arm-mounted Mega Buster, Mega Man would run through multiple stages in an attempt to stop Doctor Wily and his army of Robot Masters. Megaman would become one of the more iconic of Capcom's roster of characters, though over time he'd be left behind in favor of other characters like Ryu from Street Fighter, Dante from Devil May Cry, and my personal favorite, Rathalos from Monster Hunter. Fortunately, the Blue Bomber would never truly be forgotten, especially with the surprise release of Mega Man 11 in 2018.

Warhammer 40,000 (1987)

Man, 1987 was a packed year for mecha, wasn't it.

In 1987, Games Workshop would release the first edition ruleset for Warhammer 40,000, the sci-fi spinoff to their popular Warhammer Fantasy setting. The grim dark future of the 41st millennium is filled to the brim with all sorts of mechanical monstrosities, from the hulking Imperial titans, to the crimson-robed tech priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the mechanical hordes of the Necron.

A fun thing to also note is that, due to both series having a big modelmaking scene, Warhammer 40k tends to see an overlap in fanbases with Mobile Suit Gundam. It certainly helps when both peddle in plastic crack, and as someone who is addicted to the Gundam variety, game respects game.

Patlabor (1988)

Created in 1988 by the collective known as Headgear (which includes famed director Mamoru Oshii among its ranks), I would consider Patlabor to be one of the greatest love letters to mecha ever created. Patlabor is a series where a lot of worldbuilding was added to justify the existence of the giant robots that the creators love so dearly. Something to take note of while watching Patlabor is the general optimism the series brings to the table, even though the series is often grouped together with shows like Armored Trooper VOTOMs.

Most of the series would release between the the end of the decade, but one entry in this franchise would release during a rather rough moment in Japanese history. I'll cover it at some point when I get around to the 90's. Let's just say that if you know what the phrase "Kill Wyvern" is, you'll probably recognize what it'll be.

Also, not to toot my own horn or anything, but I did a write about Patlabor back in the day. So feel free to check that out as well if you have the time.

Cyberpunk 2020 (1988)

(Footage from Cyberpunk 2077)

In 1988, Mike Pondsmith would release the first edition of the Cyberpunk 2020 ruleset, because this is the 80's and tabletop RPGs are kind of the thing (Satanic Panic notwithstanding). In a move that will surprise no one, this series would help to codify a lot of tropes associated with the cyberpunk genre, including at the very least the concept of cyber psychosis.

In 2012, former Internet darling company CD Projekt Red would announce that they would be working on a video game adaptation of Cyberpunk called Cyberpunk 2077. Let's just leave it at that, as I don't really have nice things to say about CD Projekt Red.

Dragon's Heaven (1988)

From mechanical designer Makoto Kobayashi comes 1988's Dragon's Heaven. This extremely stylish and artistically unique OVA is a product of what happens when you give someone who's career started with building garage kits the budget to make an OVA. You want to know where the budget went to? It went into making the models for the main mecha of the OVA. Don't take my word for it? Here's Kenny Lauderdale talking about exactly that.

And in case anyone's wondering, Makoto Kobayashi has, in fact, worked on Gundam before. He's the one who designed Zeta Gundam's Baund-Doc and The O.

Ghost in the Shell (1988)

Also releasing in 1988 is the manga Ghost in the Shell. Created by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell would become an important series in the worlds of cyberpunk and anime, especially with the film that would release in 1995 directed by Mamoru Oshii. Specifically, this movie along with Akira would be some of the first anime that would really show that people outside of Japan had an interest in anime. Ghost in the Shell would also come to be one of the more influential works out there, as it would be the basis for the Wachowski's iconic movie The Matrix.

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989)

1989 would be greeted with the introduction of two (of many) culturally important mecha OVAs. The first is Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, which is also the first Gundam series to be directed by someone not named Yoshiyuki Tomino. War in the Pocket would be a great reminder of why Gundam works as a story, but it would also be one of the Gundam stories with, in my humble opinion, the strongest anti-war messages of the franchise.

Gunbuster (1989)

The other would be Studio Gainax's first official (meaning not the Daicon short) animated series, Gunbuster. Arguably one of the most hot-blooded mecha series out there, Gunbuster is a series that tries to ground itself with real world physics before going "eh," throwing it all in the waste paper basket, and deciding that all we need is HOT BLOOD. This would be the first of many of Gainax's hits, and it would be the first of what I'm going to be referring to from here on out as Gainax's Elite Four.

Conclusion

We've covered a lot of series, but you might be asking yourself things like: "What was going on with Nagano?"

Don't worry, my friends. We still have one more part for the 80's. And in case you're wondering why I saved this part for last, it's because Tomino's output in the 80's is pretty legendary due to how iconic pretty much every series is. Granted, not everyone talks about these series in this day and age, but anyone who's talked about mecha in any capacity will more than likely be able to recognize at least one of these series.

You will see the tears of time.

[vveirdvvitch]

Tonight’s film is….

Starship Troopers dir. Paul Verhoven

Starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, & Denise Richards

Satire. Delicious.

[admiralgiggles]

August reads.

Starship Troopers was quite different from what was depicted on film and though I enjoy the movie, I kind of wish Paul Verhoven stuck with the book in his adaptation. He found the book to be boring. I highly recommend the book.

[radish-club]

I'm not super well versed movies and film makers to have opinions that are all that insightful but I feel like I would want to see a Paul Verhoven Conan the Barbarian adaptation and Edgar Wright direct a Discworld movie.

[szaller]

3 years later

Ezt a faltól-falig polcot a saját kezeimmel csináltam, miután a boltban kapható legnagyobb DVD-tárolót kinőtte a gyűjteményem. Mostanra lett tele.

Mit hol találok?

Nagyjából kontinens -> ország -> rendező -> időrend alapján vannak a fontosabb filmek, a maradék ábécé-sorrendben a megfelelő országon/régión belül.

Kék keretben az ázsiai filmek, zöldben a magyarok, narancssárgában az európaiak, és lilában a zenei témájúak (van itt koncert, doku, musical).

Legfelül horror (H), mese (M), és természetfilmek (D) vannak. C betűvel jelöltem a klasszikusokat (kb. 1920-60), a jelöletlen alsóbb polcokon pedig, mint az olcsó borok a boltban, az angol nyelvű filmek sorakoznak. Majdnem Hollywoodot mondtam, de abból itt nincs sok.

Akkor van némi kavarodás, ha egy különleges kiadvány nem fér el a polcon (pl. Ingmar Bergman 54 filmje az M betű felett bújkál), vagy ha egy rendező országot vált (Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Asghar Farhadi, Antal Nimród, Fliegauf Benedek, Hajdu Szabolcs, Luc Besson, Paul Verhoven, Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Miloš Forman, Oliver Stone). Ez utóbbira az a megoldás, hogy ha van magyar vonatkozás, akkor megy a zöld szekcióba, ha ázsiai, akkor a kékbe. Ha mindkettő, akkor szívás. Ez nem egy videótéka, úgyhogy elég, ha én értem a logikáját!

[catholic-character-tournament]

How is Robocop losing? His superpower is literally being Catholic. All the other robocop prototypes unalive themselves, but robocop's faith cannonically keeps him going. It is his Catholicism that lets him overcome OCP's programming and to do good works. Practically all of Paul Verhoven's films have subtle Christian symbolism woven into them. Robocop is shown to practically walk on water in one scene. We also have to mention his whole Jesus-coded death/resurrection. All I'm saying is robocop deserves to be recognized as the Catholic icon he is.

Unrelated but Robocop (1987) is free on youtube right now

justice for robocop ✊

[whatwillyouhaveafter500years]

Tangentially related but we really need some satire movies that can provide the level of social and political commentary only present in the mind of someone who hates America as much as Paul Verhoven does

[willzilla2000]

Willzilla's DoubleBillzillas #1.

What did you watch?

Robocop (1987) and The Blob (1988)

What are they?

Robocop is a science-fiction action film about a cop who gets shot. His remains are recycled by a heartless corporation to make a robo-enhanced super policeman. Annoyingly for them, his memories come back and he goes on a revenge mission against those that killed him. It was directed by dutch provocateur Paul Verhoven and written by Ed Neumire, a pair who would reunite for Starship Troopers .This film was made as a deliberately over-the-top satire of American action cinema but can 100% just be thoroughly enjoyed at face value. It's one of my favourites of all time.

The Blob marks the end of the fantastic decade-long run of 50s horror/ sci-fi remakes that began with Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers and encompassed The Thing, the Fly and Little Shop Or Horrors. The director/ scriptwriting team behind Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (Chuck Russell, who would go on to direct The Mask and Frank Darabont of Walking Read and Shawshank Redemption fame) made a gloopy, gory, pastiche of 50s B-movies. It has great effects work by the guy who does the Jackass "Bad Grandpa" make-Up and puppeteers Chucky.

Why these two?

Character actor Paul McCrane gets dissolved in both films (off screen in The Blob, and very memorably on-screen in Robocop)

What's your first memory of these films?

I watched Robocop at around 11 at my neighbour's house. We kids had been left unsupervised with the video player and a schoolmate called Michael had smuggled his parents copy of Robocop over, mainly so we could see the melting flesh scene.

The VHS cover of The Blob shat me up in my local branch of Ritz Video.

Does this work as a double bill?

Yes. After the anti-corporate anger of Robocop, it's nice to slip into something that mainly wants to just entertain.

[megashadowdragon]

Helldivers 2 vs Starship Troopers

These political systems are actually not the same.

youtube comments

Helldivers 2 is what Paul Verhoven thought Starship Troopers actually is.

[fomapan]

The online right's dedication to missing the point of Paul Verhoven's Starship Troopers movie is truly addicting entertainment to me. Verhoven really set a trap for these people by making that film.

[thesexiestselkie]

Sam Levinson really thinks he's Paul Verhoven lmao

[david-deactivated69420]

the barbie movie should have been directed by paul verhoven.

[sjbattleangel]

Ugh! Yep. Steven Universe is considered by many to be completely identical to hateful bile like The Turner Diaries. You know? Because an incredibly diverse, queer friendly animation milestone created by a non-binary, bisexual Jewish woman and one of the most horrific acts of Neo-Nazi hate speech committed to page are totally the same! (Sarcasm) It gets worse! Cartoons considered "Irredeemable Media":

Steven Universe

She-Ra

Star Vs,

Voltron: Legendary Defender,

Young Justice,

Most Disney films

TMNT 2012

My Hero Academia

Naruto

Kill La Kill

Dragon Ball Z

AKIRA

Anything by Satoshi Kon

Evangelion

Heavy Metal

Anything by Ralph Bakshi

Teen Titans (GO! and '03)

Anything by Greg Weisman

Anything by Don Bluth

Ren & Stimpy

Rick & Morty

Futurama

The Simpsons Comics considered "Irredeemable Media":

Anything by Dan Slott,

Anything by Geoff Johns

Anything by Jason Aaron

Anything by Jonathan Hickman

Anything by Grant Morrison

Anything by Scott Snyder

Anything by James Tynion IV

Anything by Joshua Williamson

Anything by Marjorie Liu

Anything by Devin Grayson

Anything by Vita Ayala

Anything by Ann Nocenti

Anything by Rick Reminder

Anything by Chris Claremont

Anything by Jeremy Whitley

Anything by Sina Grace

Anything by Adam Glass

Anything by Brian Michael Bendis

Anything by Joe Glass

Anything by Leah Williams

Anything by Katsuhiro Otomo

Anything by Marv Wolfman

Anything by G. Willow Willson

Gail Simone's entire Birds Of Prey run

Anything by Gail Simone

Anything by Tom Taylor

Anything by Tom King

The entire X-Men series

The entire Deadpool series

The Dark Knight Returns

The Killing Joke

Watchmen Video games considered "Irredeemable Media":

Grand Theft Auto

Doom

The Last Of Us 1 and 2

Wolfenstein: The new Order and The New Colossus

Bayonetta

Tomb Raider (old and new)

Fire Emblem

Ninja Gaiden

Dragon's Crown

Ratchet and Clank

Jak and Daxter

Sly Cooper

Persona

Final Fantasy

Sonic The Hedgehog

Street Fighter

Soul Calibur

Halo

Bioshock

Bioshock Infinite

Metal Gear Solid Films considered "Irredeemable Media":

Everything by Stanley Kubrick

Everything by Brian De Palma

Everything by Quentin Tarantino

Everything by Clint Eastwood

Everything by Tim Burton

Everything by Wes Anderson

Everything by Dario Argento

Everything by John Carpenter

everything by Sergio Leone

Everything by Sam Peckinpah

Everything by Rian Johnson

Everything by J.J Abrams

Everything by Matt Reeves

Everything by Sam Raimi

Deadpool 1 and 2

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Everything by P.T.A Anderson

Everything by Tim Miller

Everything by Steven Soderburgh

Everything by Oliver Stone

Everything by Gaspar Noe'

Everything by Paul Verhoven

Everything by David Cronenburg

Everything by Alfred Hitchcock

Everything by David Lynch

everything by David Fincher

Everything by Lars Von Trier

The Mad Max series

The Matrix

The Indiana Jones series

The Star Wars series

Any film from the 80's

The entire horror genre

Nearly all of the MCU

A.N: This list is MOSTLY satirical. A.N.N: Yes, it's Toxic Purity Culture. A.N.N.N: This is stupid.

What the fuck is irredeemable media? I thought it was The Turner Diaries and Nazi shit but people are saying Steven Universe is irredeemable? Classic literature?

The hell are they smoking?

Yeah, "irredeemable media" is basically just another purity culture term. It basically just means "anything and everything I don't like" at this point.