Now that’s a cool poster. You know this is going to be a fun film!
Sometimes I find a film so mis-titled that I have to follow breadcrumbs to find the original title and a decent review. This film is crazy enough to deserve that kind of research.
So what is this film about? You can read the intro same as me, from TUBI:
“When the earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists* travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.”
Now we know that the real hero of this movie is The Golden Bat. And the actual title of the movie is also The Golden Bat, somebody just retitled it in hopes of appealing to a broader audience. The Golden Bat is a very important superhero, as the trivia from IMDB points out:
“(The Golden Bat) is considered to be the world’s first comic book superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese kamishibai character Prince of Gamma (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters Superman (debut 1938) and Batman (debut 1939).”
Sure enough there is a superhero with a skull mask made of gold, who wields a dapper cane that shoots laser beams at the bad guys. There is a villain wearing a big hoodie, who has a goofy claw and never leaves his pedestal. There’s a werewolf. And a whole paramilitary group wearing foil clothing. And endless action!
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary until a dapper looking guy in a gold mask zaps you with his laser cane! See you all next week, for another round of movie roulette! Who knows what we will get?
*Heheheheheheh. A group of UN scientists go in search of a bat. What could go wrong?
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(h/t: The Hyperbole)
I think Godfrey Ho made a Golden Ninja.
He did make a movie called “Golden Ninja.” Different movie from this. Sorry I’m late. Got a haircut.
Just one 🙂
Yes, these people are Japanese, not Korean.
There is a third “Golden Ninja” movie made about bank robber hunting a treasure. It was very confusing trying to find decent info on this one based on the crap re-done title.
And yes, I had hair 2,147 trimmed by 1/4 of an inch. It was getting out of line and needed a lesson.
Is that thing in the bottom right a prototype of the doomcock?
Could be. In the movie it is even crazier.
Head’s up you will need to turn on captions on your TV/computer. There isn’t an overlaid translated caption, and it is not dubbed. There are captions though.
I can’t believe they got Toshiro Mifune to put on that aluminum foil suit.
The white turtlenecks the UN staff wear are pretty fly too. You can’t eat anything with that on. Or pick up a cat.
I like the motorcycle helmets with the big plexi bubble swing down shield. Those need to make a comeback.
Fuckin’ A right they do.
Squirrel!
I don’t want to glorify a villain but wolfman’s pretty bad-ass.
He does look awesome.
‘let’s protect earth together’
‘sure thing, guy who just had me kidnapped.’
’15 degree north’ *puts X about 5 degrees north*
Its a fun watch, at least it isn’t slow.
It’s another movie by a comic book writer so it flies along. Kind of like “Green Slime.” That was by a comic book writer.
Golden Bat is a pimp cane popping fool. He bursts more melons than Superfly.
Is Superfly on Tubi? What about The Mack?
Original 1972 Superfly is behind a paywall, there is no free way to see it. I blame Apple since they have it streaming on AppleTV+, so they must have sewn up the rights recently. But why?
The Mack is not available for streaming, anywhere for some reason. Must be tied up in copyright hell.
Damn lawyers.
What annoys me is that no one who had anything to do with making those movies is going to get any money Apple makes from it.
I watched The Mack on Tubi at some point during the plandemic. I think it rotates on and off of it.
“Put a ninja on it.”
I tried three times to make out the make of that awesome car used by the villainess. Fender mount mirrors, swoopy body work, sealed front grill meant some kind of rear engine thing. It was “Cara…” something.
I didn’t find anything here: https://www.imcdb.org/
Renault Caravelle?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Caravelle
Huh…basket of deplorable moment from Biden…maybe.
Granted, his supporters will clap like seals
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1763319967657734245
Neanderthals ya hear.
I don’t know one person who denies climate changes. What’s in question is what’s at fault and what,if anything, should be done about it.
My first thought but they can’t help themselves.
The left is expert at using language for propaganda purposes. See: “black lives matter”, “affirmative action”, etc. ad infinitum.
“gender affirming healthcare”
“reproductive healthcare”
“undocumented immigrant”
“living wage”
“fair share”
Unhoused person
Does a vasectomy/tubal ligation qualify as “fertility treatment”?
He’s just a dick. He doesn’t have any more people to lose, really.
Also how DARE the climate change! It must always be the same! No matter what!
Well, that about does it.
/Scratches the Bidens off the Christmas card list
Is it just me, or are the people in the background what you would expect as enforcers in a dystopian sci-fi flick?
Tubi looks way cooler with the rebranding of their logo and the new color scheme, it was way overdue
The airplane company I work for just updated their logo. Upper management is SUPER excited about it. It will surely result in increased sales!
I am underwhelmed.
Dis u?
😂
A good logo, goes a long way. Same concept applys to slogans “make America great again” , sold thousands of hats.
And the Dems still found a way to turn that one around for their dopey supporters.
It freaked me out when it changed. I think it was yesterday. I went to eat dinner came back, the logo had changed. WTF? I am already liking it.
Not a fan of the rebranding. Same with Pluto.
Related: I can’t believe there are companies that ditched Saul Bass’ masterwork for modernist crap.
What year was this movie?
We weren’t supposed to notice the granddaughter has boobs.
“A live-action film version of Ōgon Bat was released theatrically by Toei in Japan on December 21, 1966, starring Sonny Chiba as Dr. Yamatone”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bat
What was interesting is that the date on a lot of the promotional materials I found indicated 1965. I think this sat around for a bit until marketing figured out how to sell it.
The poster you posted says 1967.
There were others I downloaded but did not add in. I try to stick to one image a post. Great images exist for this movie. Too bad Wikipedia didn’t have anything on the critical reception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hatoyama
“This is the second live-action film of Golden Bat, the first being Golden Bat: Phantom of the Skyscraper from 1950.”
https://the-golden-bat.fandom.com/wiki/The_Golden_Bat_(1966)
Yes, no footage exists of the supposed 1950 film. It is such an odd superhero. I remembered it because of Fantomas, which I had seen footage from in the 1980s. That was prior to the internet age where you can dig and find out all about a subject. Having this fil, pop up at all is pretty exciting. Rare as hen’s teeth, so to speak. Nice to finally see it.
Yes, definitely!
From what I read above, Ōgon Batto is the world’s first superhero.
It’s a bold claim. Maybe it is true?
Holy Shit!
When the bad guy threw the men off of his screw tower and it cut to toys being dropped down the prop, I almost choked laughing.
My wife wants to watch it this weekend now.
It is great. And all the pimp cane justice is pretty hilarious too. And the little girl just loves him, with his skull face and maniacal laughter.
Did you get remarried?
No, she is Japanese and I have gotten her to watch some “B” movies.
She actually really liked Bubba Ho-Tep.
RJ, I found your car!
It’s a 1966 Renault Caravelle 1100 S Coupé [R1133]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Caravelle
Thanks! That was going to haunt me. That thing is awesome looking. In real life it probably took several minutes to go from 0-60.
“In 1964, another R8-derived engine of 1108 cc was introduced to the Caravelle, producing 55 hp (41 kW). This model was tested by the British “Autocar” magazine in November 1965. The car had a top speed of 89 mph (143 km/h) and accelerated from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 17.8 seconds.”
Slow, yet fun?
It weighed less than 1,900 lbs. so probably.
The original engine was 600 cc and 15 hp. Now that would be slooooow.
I think it went on strike before getting to 60.
And it smokes constantly while bitching about Americans? Petrol/wine dual-fuel capable?
Tough on crime conservative with the ultimate gotcha:
You aren’t going to freedom your way out of this problem, libertarian.
Yea…I should grant the government broad, sweeping new powers to fight crime that basically only impacts people who choose to live in blue shitholes and other gang members.
I noticed today prices at an HEB plant nursery have doubled since Cap’n PP took over. 3% inflation reported by the feds? Please.
You’re blaming inflation for doubling the prices, but it’s probably more indirect as they’re making up sales lost to people prioritizing eggs/beef over landscaping purchases.
Lower demand is not usually “fixed” by doubling prices. Quite the opposite.
My bad, i should have said “trying to”/”think they can”.
Maybe they can make it up in volume, failing that they can write it off for the insurance money.
[insert Flight of the Conchords “Superstraw” scene]
A good logo, goes a long way.
Convince me that the success of the Apple IIe wasn’t mostly due to that awesome rainbow apple logo they had before The Gays culturally appropriated the spectrum.
All your autist belong to me?
Yay, it’s Friday!
🌄☺
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoltwBHXCx8
🎶🎶. Great song.
Morning.
☕
Good morning, Sean and U!
Morning.
The way things were going, I was starting to wonder if I’d make it to my cube on time. I kept forgetting to do things (like grab my coat when headed to the door, pick up dressing for the breakfast salad the first time through the store, etc) or just plain getting distracted and was running behind schedule. Then you have outside events like the disabled vehicle in the intersection where I get on the highway…
Well, I’m here.
Whew! Hope things calm down for the rest of the day!
My brain is wired weird. I would have seen that as a positive that all your hangups potentially put you in a spot where you were not in direct conflict with the said disabled vehicle in the intersection. Everything happens for a reason, even if we cannot logically determine it.
PRAISE BE TO THE CUBE!
Mornin’.
I like their first album but didn’t follow them any further.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/iconic-resort-in-poconos-being-sold/article_a93e7e7c-d74b-11ee-99c2-2f0e283a4fc8.html
😱
Oh noes! They really are good rooms for sex.
Now you’re going to tell me the Borscht Belt is fading.
Mornin. Gonna go into the city and watch a hockey game, maybe grab a bite to eat or something. I have to decide today if I want to throw my hat in and be the union rep for my new shop by today. Im still on the fence with it. Regardless of what I think about pubsecs, its a contract and adherence and enforcement historically has been terrible.
Good morning, OBE & rhy!
OBE, I have no experience with unions, but I’d think the rep would get hassled from both sides. Then again, as a manager, you probably already do.
My uses for the union have obviously changed since I am no longer a single dad with youngins, which was my original motivation. I primarily pay into so I can take advantage of opportunities to drive emerging technologies being introduced or travel and train other technicians. Now? I am not sure the motivation to remain a dues paying member is there.
We have a good shop, so no issues between management and the techs. I was a manager a few years ago in a terrible shop and I believe still have a EEO claim against me (and nearly everyone else this tech went after) that isn’t going anywhere, but they hang over you for years it seems.
I served one term as a Union Steward.
It soured me greatly on Unions.
Mornin’ all!
Good morning, Beau!
Introducing Reason Plus
Good on them. Their space, their rules.
After that kicks in, I’ll see which of the trolls are paying for the privilege. I’m willing to bet the guy that got kicked out of scientology will be one.
It should clear out most of the people calling out their bullshit. They can finally be proud of their commentariat.
They need to find new revenue sources, now that the CIA stopped funding them.
Why was the Culinary Institute funneling cash to a rag like that?
Billionaires gotta eat, same as worms.
Trying to get you to eat bugs?
They had their reason.
Aaah! Don’t say it!
It.
🤣
this will improve the already fantastic quality level of the comments to stupendous
It will be like a Reddit circle jerk.
It too early in the morning to say the word! I can’t start drinking!
Trump’s effort to grandstand in court and delay all of his trials until after the election — presumably so that if he’s elected president he could make the federal cases in Washington and Florida go away — is mostly working.
But, as Naftalis says: “If you’re keeping score, Trump doesn’t need to be convicted four times.”
“Getting convicted once is devastating.”
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-2024-court-strategy-trials
Yeah; devastating for Trump’s opponents. It’s like they can’t figure out that the most devastating thing to do to Trump is to not give him any attention.
Suppose there were no lawsuits or criminal charges.
Trump: “I’m being persecuted!”
Everyone: “By whom?”
As it is, now, Trump supporters are *hoping* he gets charged with something, just so they can vote for him harder.
How dare he exercise his rights as a defendant and never mind that it was the special prosecutor that asked the Supreme Court to take up the immunity case. Accept that its rain on your leg peasants.
One of my favorite desserts was at “Bahama Breeze”, and it was some sort of banana and ice cream deal, as I recall.
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/inflation-banana-prices
Also: Huzzah for Free Trade! Down with the tariff-mongers!