Lady Loud

Our heroine, the elite soldier Deunan Knute, is forcefully being dragged in to utopian city Olympus. It is the perfect city where humans and bioroids can coexist peacefully. Or can they...? Turns out peace is threathened by human terrorists and it is up to Deunan and her former lover Briaros to regain Olympus' most vital possesion, the Appleseed, from the terrorists.
The film starts with Deunan fighting dark soldiers. They are clearly out to take her head. Then some bigger and better equipped soldiers come. First group of soldiers are being cut down like the lowly dogs that they are, and second group of soldiers take Deunan with them. All splendidly drawn and with energetic cameramovement. Plus the great soundtrack pumping in the back. The intro had me wondering if this was animè or "real" film.
Director Shinji Aramaki has done well with Masamune Shirovs manga. Of course, the ending is the usual stern warning that humans must take great care of this planet and all living things on it, in a mixture of science, sci-fi, philosophy and sentimental dribble.

Fun fact: the movement study for Deunan Knute is japanese actress Asumi Miwa. She starred as Kanna in the film
Ju-on. And what is Ju-on? The original "The grudge"!

This pic shows the cover of the comic-book that the film originates from. I promise You, she has none of that frumpy-housewife-look in the film.

Oh, and don`t laugh at right-hand-man Hades' boss. His name is Uranus.

I have added two more pics to my albums and i have tried to figure out how to allow comments on my page. Seems like no one have been able to comment... That is all taken care of now.

The pic om the left is of Mr. Narve Læret, and it is taken from friday nights talk show "Senkveld". Læret broke 90 slabs in 16.5 seconds, earning him a World record title!

Today I drove my car 270 kilometers to get to a meeting. That was one way. Then it was 270 kilometers to get back home. The way to the meeting was mildly annoying owing to the fact that I had to start at 8:30 in the morning and the roads were filled with snow. Turns out the snowplow isn't up that early on saturdays. When I got to the meeting, only two people where there; the chairwoman and me. Grrr... Meeting held, resolutions passed.

The way back was a three hour heart-pounding, knuckle-whitening, dogde-the reindeer-in-the-road, rally-for-the-advanced experience with even more snow + a strong gale. I really fought the elements that day. So why bother?

Because the meeting was for my countys annual martial arts council. And I love martial arts. And because if I don't work hard at it, noone will do it for me. The turnup was at two, remember...? It was a bloody long and hard drive but I still think it was worth it. Culture isn't something that is just happening by itself. Don't keep your distance, even when that distance is really, really distant. Sounds cheezy, but you know what I mean:)