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Pixelated Audio is back from another VGMCon in Minnesota, this time about space! Joining Gene once again from last year are Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels and Carlos from Heroes Three! We did a similar panel last year; we take a broad theme and make it educational, and then use it as an excuse to cram in all sorts of VGM examples. We had some tech issues and lost some of the recording but we were able to rescue it with a more laid back "part 2" we recorded in the hotel room as a way to fill in gaps and riff for a while. Prepare for launch on this massive double episode clocking in at almost 2 hours! We discuss space, its influence on games and computing, and a wide range of games that have a direct or sometimes tenuous link to space. We've got a ton of music this episode so we hope you enjoy it. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder. If you'd like to follow along with our slides that we used during the talk, feel free to click through. If the presentation doesn't show up below, click here. Track list 0:00:00 (Bedding) Map Screen - Mass Effect (Various, 2007) - Sam Hulick 0:06:15 (Excerpt) introduction to "From Here to Infinity" narrated by Patrick Stewart 0:09:42 Intro Cutscene - Frontier: Elite II (Amiga, 1993) - David Lowe 0:27:18 Hyperspace - Star Control II (PC, 1992) - Riku Nuottajärvi 0:31:57 Alpine Start - Star Trek: New Worlds (PC, 2000) - Jeremy Soule, Inon Zur 0:35:19 Main Theme - Space Engineers (PC, 2019) - Karel Antonín 0:41:11 Happy Daymare - Xexex (Arcade, 1991) - Konami Kukeiha Club Motoaki Furukawa (Carol Queen) Hidenori Maezawa (Michael Oldriver) Satoko Miyawaki (Rosetta Stone) Akiko Hashimoto (Shanghai Manmos) 0:45:13 Space Port -Juggernaut- - X-Men: Children of the Atom (Arcade, 1994) Takayuki Iwai (ANACHEY··TAKAPON··) [main composer on track] Shun Nishigaki (SYUN Nishigaki) Hideki Okugawa (HIDEKI OK) Isao Abe (Isao ··oyaji··Ave) 0:47:44 Hydra (Stage 1) - Gradius IV (Arcade, 1999) - Konami Kukeiha Club Atsuki Watanabe (Atsuki) Harumi Ueko 0:52:09 Pretty G - GuitarFreaks / DrumMania (Arcade, 2000) - Zonlu (Sunday Records) 0:57:17 Space - Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (SFC, 1993) - Noboru Yamane 1:04:48 I Want to See the Starlight (Jolyne Kujo's Theme) - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (PS3, 2013) - Chikayo Fukuda 1:11:50 UFO Ending - Silent Hill (PS1, 1999) - Akira Yamaoka 1:18:06 (Bedding) World 2 (Moon) - Treasure Master (NES, 1991) - Tim Follin 1:20:00 (Bedding) Team Selection - Blades of Steel (NES, 1988) Shinya Sakamoto (S. Sakamoto) Kazuki Muraoka (K. Muraoka) Atsushi Fujio (A. Fujio) Kiyohiro Sada (K. Sada) 1:21:30 (Bedding) Item Acquisition - Super Metroid (SNES, 1994) - Kenji Yamamoto 1:21:42 (Bedding) Welcome to Chessmaster - The Chessmaster (SNES, 1991) - Peter Stone 1:22:24 (Bedding) Item Acquisition - Metroid Fusion (GBA, 2002) - Minako Hamano, Akira Fujiwara 1:22:41 (Bedding) Title Theme - Sorry! / Aggravation / Scrabble Junior (GBA, 2005) - Mark Cooksey (possibly) 1:23:46 (Bedding) Course Clear (Out of This Dimension) - Star Fox (SNES, 1993) - Hajime Hirasawa 1:24:11 (Bedding) Title Theme - PGA Tour Golf (SNES, 1992) - Rob Hubbard 1:24:50 Title Theme - PGA Tour Golf (Genesis, 1991) - Rob Hubbard 1:28:53 (Bedding) Deep Core - Phalanx (SNES, 1991) - S. Yamaguchi 1:29:32 (Bedding) Dr. Wright - SimCity (SNES, 1991) - Soyo Oka 1:34:12 (Bedding) Title Theme - Space Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) - Scott Marshall 1:34:39 (Bedding) Round 1 – Remlia Castle - Astyanax (NES, 1989) - Toshiko Tasaki 1:37:18 (Excerpt) pre-launch voice clips - Space Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) - voiced by David Crane 1:45:29 Ball Launch + Main Play 2 - Star Trek 25th Anniversary (Pinball, 1991) - Brian Schmidt 1:47:52 The Moon - Ducktales Remastered (Various,
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we conclude our first look into the works of Zhang Yimou with the 2018 desaturated wuxia epic, Shadow!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comZhang Yimou Q&A at TIFF in 2018Come see Carlos host a talk back for the premiere of Africa: A Kung Fu Story along with Executive Producer and Composer of the film, Arnold Cifax Jr.! June 5th, at the Milwaukee Art MuseumTimestamps(0:00) Intro(2:24) Carlos on a panel about Africa A Kung Fu Story(4:03) Our Shadow history(5:53) Shadow is a mixed bag visually(15:41) Pretty with no charisma(20:40) Shadow Visuals(29:31) Getting into the movie itself(30:09) Amazon synopsis(30:37) (56:53) Final thoughts(58:57) Overall Zhang Yimou thoughts(1:07:04) Plugs and training for next week(1:07:35) Surprise Fanmail section!(1:13:38) Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comFull episode with gifs here!
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comFull blogpost with gifs here!Timestamps(0:00) Intro(0:52) Why House of Flying Daggers(10:58) The cast and crew(18:15) Yimou's approach changing over time(27:08) Back of the VHS(27:44) Movie Discussion(1:11:31) Final thoughts(1:14:21) Plugs and Training for next week
This week on the show, we welcome back Heroes Three doll Matthew Tucciarone to discuss electricity demons, if it's cheating to hook up with a computer program, and who and who isn't a Friend of Craig in 1998's VIRTUAL GIRL! patreon.com/swimfans swimfanspod.com
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're in the thralls of preparing our VGM CON panel, so please enjoy this short discussion on Cause: The Birth of Hero and a little preview of our upcoming panel!Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com
Today on Heroes Three our very regular hosts have a very normal time talking about the very regular film The Avenging Fist directed by Andrew Lau from 2001!Full cast and credits at HKMDB http://swimfanspod.com/
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we discuss the worldwide hit film Hero from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen!Full cast and credits at HKMDBCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comFull blogpost with gifs here!
Welcome to the latest episode of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are continuing our look at the works of Zhang Yimou with 1994's To Live, starring Ge You and Gong Li.Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoTimestamps(0:00) Intro(1:01) Why To Live(15:05) Technical aspects of the film(20:55) Novel talk(22:46) A bit about puppets(25:34) Movie talk(41:50) Tanget on 90s alt comedy(42:41) Movie talk 2(1:07:59) Book ending and final thoughts(1:13:41) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we begin an arc discussing the work of Zhang Yimou, beginning with Raise the Red Lantern (with a touch of Red Sorghum for comparison) from 1991 starring Gong Li.Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoFind us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comTimestamps(0:00) Intro(0:57) Why no Red Sorghum?(4:38) Zhang Yimou Background(7:51) Different kind of movie for Heroes Three(9:21) Matthew's limited Yimou experience(10:52) Gong Li and Red Sorghum(14:24) Movie Discussion(1:09:18) Final Thoughts(1:13:29) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we're warming up with another look at a handful of animated shorts.Ek Cup Chaha from 2019 by Sumit YempalleThe Boy Who Cheated Death from 2024 by Pipou Phuong NguyenGurren Lagann Parallel Works episode 8 from 2008 by You YoshinariOnimusha 3: Demon Siege intro cinematic from 2004 directed by Takashi Yamazaki, with fight choreography by Donnie Yen and Kenji TanigakiCheck out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comTimestamps(0:00) Intro(01:05) The Heroes Three catch up(05:42) A Cup of Tea(11:37) The Boy Who Cheated Death(16:02) Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Ep 8(26:51) Onimusha 3 Intro(39:31) Plugs and training for next week
Happy Holidays from Heroes Three! This week we are closing out 2024 with Marty's host pick, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai directed by Wong Jing and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gong Li! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB!Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (3:00) Production background (6:36) Carlos and Matthew Initial Thoughts (8:40) Hong Kong cross talk with hollywood (11:01) Movie Thoughts (16:05) Gong Li: Too Hot for Taiwan? (26:22) Back to the movie (58:40) Possible releases in the US (1:01:14) Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow (1:03:10) Final thoughts and plugs
Welcome back to Heroes Three! Host picks continue with Matthew's choice, and he brought the Bong Joon-ho monster film from 2006, The Host! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Making of The Host documentary Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:35) Carlos's "The Host" history (2:58) Marty's "The Host" History (8:01) The strengths of this movie (13:05) The cast (16:29) Carlos plot recap (20:18) Movie discussion (54:30) Final Thoughts (56:06) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three! Some host picks to close out the year and Carlos brings one of his all time favorites, Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories from 1995! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at Anime News Network! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Making Memories Documentary Read the Memories short by Otomo here! Animation Obsessive's great writing on Magnetic Rose here! Weird cel wobble from Fist of the North Star Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:52) Why Memories (2:49) Carlos Memories memories (7:54) Marty's surprising Memories memories (11:27) Matthew's Memories first time (16:10) Production History (19:26) Based on a true story?? (20:53) Wrong info online (23:08) Magnetic Rose (37:11) Stink Bomb (52:54) Cannon Fodder (1:04:56) Final thoughts (1:09:51) Outro and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three, we make a brief Halloween diversion to look at Bollywood horror with the Ramsay Brothers' Purana Mandir (1984)! Watch it (stretched out but in full) on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X400ruYdui0 Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:24) Raat thoughts (2:10) Purana Mandir discussion (37:42) Lily Li RIP (39:09) Outro and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three! This week Summer of Ninja ENDS as we are joined by Leon from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss the apex of 80s ninja cinema, Revenge of the Ninja from Sam Firstenberg and Cannon Films starring Sho Kosugi! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Check out Leon and Shaz at Hong Kong & Beyond! YouTube & Podcast Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:55) Our history with Revenge of the Ninja (9:26) Production Info (18:42) Revenge of the Ninja Trailer (20:14) Movie Recap (1:00:13) An aside on nunchucks (1:08:52) Back to the Movie (1:25:04) Leon plugs (1:26:36) Our plugs
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take on another double feature, Chang Cheh's Five Element Ninjas from 1982 and The Super Ninja from 1984-ish. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB & HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:12) Why these two (4:56) 5 Element Ninjas Reputation (7:07) Chang Cheh and Shaw Brothers (11:07) Chu Ko Choreo (13:32) 5 Element Ninjas Discussion (35:51) Break Time (38:27) The Super Ninja (57:19) Plugs and Training for Next Week
The Summer of Ninja doesn't stop here at Heroes Three podcast. This episode we are very excited to be joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the directorial debut of the legendary Corey Yuen, Ninja in the Dragon's Den from 1982 starring Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada! Check out The Fanatical Dragon on Youtube! The Fanatical Dragon Patreon Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Some great additional finds for the film at Vintage Ninja! Japanese Program Stills Part 1 and Part 2! Ninja Vinyl with a wonderful rip of Legend of a Ninja and it's B-side, Silver Moon! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:07) Seasonal films, Conan Lee, and Ng See Yuen (11:16) Releases of the film (16:12) Spanish dubs and new dub crew (21:28) BotVHS (22:04) Movie Recap (1:37:54) Fanatical Dragon Plugs (1:40:16) Johnny saying really nice stuff about us (1:41:43) Our plugs
Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week another guest emerges from the shadows to help us discuss a double feature of ninja magic! Joey Weiser is here to talk about both Watari, Ninja Boy from 1966, and Samurai Reincarnation from 1981! Full cast and credits - Watari and Makai Tensho Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find Joey Weiser and his work here! Tragic-Planet X and Instagram Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:48) Why these movies (2:35) Joey's history with these films (5:38) Carlos history with these films (6:55) Marty Thoughts Watari Ninja Boy (10:01) Marty Thoughts Makai Tensho (14:31) Matthew's thoughts (15:32) Watari Ninja Boy (41:10) Samurai Reincarnation Makai Tensho (1:08:14) Wrapping up (1:11:56) A brief bit on Ninja Scroll (1:14:49) Joey plugs! (1:17:09) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're celebrating our 7th anniversary! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take a look at some of our favorite ninja in video games. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with videos and gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:12) Ninjas in Games overview (2:22) Ninjas Hayate (0:12) Ninjas in games overview (2:22) Ninja Hayate (6:51) Ninja JaJa Maru Kun (11:52) Legend of Kage (14:01) Ganbare Goemon (19:58) Ninja C64 (21:18) The Ninja Master (22:54) Ninja Warriors (26:31) Final Fantasy (28:49) Street fighter (30:42) Shinobi (33:37) Shadow Dancer (34:13) Ninja Gaiden (38:45) Ninja Spirit (40:19) Mirai Ninja Cyber Ninja (42:22) Final Fight (46:01) Wrath of the Black manta (47:55) Ninja Turtles (54:06) shadow of the ninja (55:02) Ninja Golf (56:17) Fatal Fury (57:04) Sengoku (57:45) Yo Noid (1:01:00) Mortal Kombat (1:03:56) Fighting game ninjas (1:04:43) Matthew's Bloody Roar story (1:06:48) Hagane the Final Conflict (1:09:13) Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (1:10:52) Metal Gear (1:15:10) Open the floor to other ninjas (1:15:44) Mark of the Ninja (1:17:15) Ninja Five-0 (1:19:08) Ninja brain dump (1:21:36) Plugs and training
Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week we are thrilled to be joined by Keith J Rainville, the masked lord of Vintage Ninja, to discuss the criminally under-represented Castle of Owls directed by Eiichi Kudo from 1963! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Make sure to head over to Vintage Ninja for all your ninja needs! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:17) Keith talks Vitage Ninja (8:26) Why Castle of Owls (21:14) BotVHS (22:05) Movie Recap (1:41:32) A brief bit about the remake (1:47:38) A prayer to the physical release gods (1:51:38) Go to vintageninja.net! (1:52:06) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we begin the Summer of Ninja. Join us as we enter the shadows to discuss Shinobi no Mono from 1962 directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and starring Raizo Ichikawa! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blogpost with gifs here! You can get the Radiance Shinobi no Mono set here US or UK
Your favorite Movie Cenobites are back to talk with beloved guest and Heroes Three co-host Matthew Tucciarone to discuss everything-but-the-kitchen-sink narratives, runaway train pacing, and being full of bugs in an eternal night in 1998's DARK CITY! Check us out on Patreon! swimfanspod.com
Pixelated Audio is back from a wonderful weekend at VGMCon in Minnesota! Gene was slated to represent us but along the way drummed up a party including Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels, Carlos from Heroes Three, and Thomas Kresge head of the Game Brass (check out their new album Barrel Brassed)! When in Minnesota do as the Minnesotans do, as the saying goes. We had a fun time talking about all manner of VGM related to the Midwest; the region itself, games about the area and made there, as well as composers from the area. Getting more specific we cover pinball and edutainment in some level of depth before the panel devolves into talking about Shrek, cheese, and endless trips cross country. It's a fun journey through a diverse range of VGM and we hope you enjoy the show we put together. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder. Track list 0:00:00 (Bedding) "The Creek" WolfQuest (Minnesota Zoo & Eduweb 2007) by Tim Buzza, additional music by Ben Woolman 0:14:52 (Excerpt) Suzanne Ciani Creates the Soundtrack for a Pinball Machine YouTube 0:15:51 (Excerpt) Xenon gameplay (Bally 1980) all audio by Suzanne Ciani (video courtesy of London Pinball) 0:18:19 "Main Theme" Pin-Bot (Williams 1986) by Chris Granner 0:22:24 "Speak Softly, Love" feat. Slash from The Godfather Pinball (Jersey Jack Pinball 2023) by Thomas Kresge 0:26:38 "New York City (Action)" X-Men Legends (Raven Software 2004) by Rik Schaffer 0:33:34 "Title Theme" Oregon Trail Deluxe (MECC 1993) by Lon Koenig and Larry Phenow 0:36:47 "Gimme Mo' Torque" Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (DC version, 1999 Luxoflux) by Christian A. Salyer, Eric Klein, Javier Marquez 0:40:26 "Tracking Trouble" Puzzle Agent (Telltale Games 2010) by Disasterpeace / Richard Vreeland) 0:47:04 "Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream" Hypnospace Outlaw (Tendershoot 2019) by Hot Dad / Erik Helwig / "Chowder Man" 0:49:11 "Kitchen Music" I Am Bread (Bossa Studios 2014) by Black Heron (Leo Chilcott and Murugan Thiruchelvam) 0:54:48 "Protector's Enclave" Neverwinter (Cryptic Studios 2013) by Kevin Manthei 0:58:44 “Let's Break Physics (Main Theme)” Unstable Scientific (Studio Castle Soodalkov TBD) by Super Marcato Bros 1:04:29 "Exploration" WolfQuest by Tim Buzza 1:21:09 "The Creek" WolfQuest by Tim Buzza Additional things mentioned during the talk Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) The Story of The Oregon Trail - Gaming Historian YouTube Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins - Twin Cities PBS Ben Hanson travels the roguelike Oregon Trail - Video Game History Foundation R. Philip Bouchard (lead designer of the 1985 Oregon Trail) Personal website | died-of-dysentery.com | Died of Dysentery book, history of the game Minnesota things! Level with Emily Reese podcast home | PA episode with Emily VGMCon Games Done Quick Other things mentioned Airport CEO - game | soundtrack Fight'N Rage - game | soundtrack SML Podcast
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're discussing the iconic yet elusive 80's anime masterpiece Macross: Do You Remember Love? from 1984 directed by Noboru Ishiguro and Shoji Kawamori! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blog post with gifs here! Check out Dude, You Remember Macross? podcast Also, check out Coop's writing on Macross and much more! Mari Iijima speaks on Macross and Minmay! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:14) Our Macross History (5:21) Macross localization history (10:45) Production history (23:00) Three pillars of Macross (29:30) More stand out stuff (32:55) Animation cel talk (36:29) Let's talk about the movie! (41:40) Western release of DYRL (46:44) Back to the movie (1:16:07) Wrapping up (1:18:48) Macross video games (1:24:42) Live action Macross treatment? (1:27:03) Other Macross media (1:33:37) Plugs and training for next week
The dove-of-honor and Heroes Three cohost Matthew Tucciarone joins us to dig up some songs that we wouldn't want to tell our friends that we kinda like - this is Shame Songs! swimfanspod.com
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're wishing you a happy Songkran as we close out our first look at the high impact action of Thailand cinema with Prachya Pinkaew's Tom-Yum-Goong from 2005 starring Tony Jaa with action by Panna Rittikrai! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blogpost here! Tom-Yum-Goong BTS! Terry Yum Goong! Tom-Yum-Goong the Game?! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:18) Why Tom-Yum-Goong (16:17) Back of the DVD (16:59) Movie recap (51:09) Where we complain about modern action for 9 minutes (59:47) Back to the movie (1:30:29) Final Thoughts (1:34:45) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're discussing the break out role for JeeJa Yanin in Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate from 2008! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Making of Chocolate Vignettes Full blogpost with gifs here!
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're leaving our village, heading into the big city, and we can't return until we've discussed the ins and outs of Ong-Bak! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blogpost with gifs! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:13) Our Ong-Bak history (5:54) Tony Jaa the new Jet Li?? (12:26) Influences and inspriations (14:27) The supporting cast (18:57) Versions and music (24:55) Back of the DVD (25:29) Movie recap (1:30:23) Final Thoughts (1:32:39) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're beginning an arc on the hard hitting action from Thailand with Panna Rittikrai's directorial debut, Born to Fight from 1986! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Watch Born to Fight! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:02) Panna Rittikrai (2:10) Our home movie experience (6:53) Amateur energy (complimentary) (15:36) The repeated shot (18:50) Working class hero (20:18) Muay Thai and MMA (25:42) Back of the VHS (26:24) Born to Fight talk (57:03) Plugs and outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast, we ring in the new year with 5, count 'em, FIVE animated shorts from India, Japan, and Thailand! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost here! 1. Wade 2. Kick-Heart 3. Hidari 4. On Your Mark 5. Nine Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:55) Giveaway Winner (1:38) Godzilla Update (6:31) Animated Shorts! (8:33) 1. Wade (14:09) Ramayana Talk (15:25) 2. Kick-Heart (24:24) 3. Hidari (28:52) 4. On Your Mark (35:49) A Bit About Thai Animation (37:50) 5. Nine (42:25) Outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are looking back on 2023, and closing out our arc on Yuen Woo-ping directed films with the excellent Iron Monkey from 1993! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. This is the last episode where YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET! We will pick a winner at the end of January, 2024. Send us an email or write us a review and you will be entered to win! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:00) 2023 in Review (11:00) Back to Iron Monkey (36:27) Back of the VHS (37:03) Movie Recap (1:50:34) Final thoughts
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are continuing our look at films directed by Yuen Woo-ping with In the Line of Duty 4 starring Cynthia Khan, Yuen Yat Chor, and Donnie Yen! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Continuing this episode and until the last episode in our Yuen Woo-ping arc YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET! Send us an email or write us a review and you will be entered to win! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Donnie Yen Interview Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:55) Giveaway! (2:13) Marty's Godzilla Minus One thoughts (9:13) Back to In the Line of Duty 4! (19:44) Back of the VHS (20:22) Movie Recap (1:19:50) Final thoughts
This week, we welcome back Heroes Three legend Carlos Leon-Roman to talk Category 3 film, the agonies and ecstacies of low-budget action, and several fun facts about boba in 1991's ROBOTRIX!
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are continuing our look at films directed by Yuen Woo-ping with Mismatched Couples from 1985 starring Donnie Yen and YWP himself! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Continuing this episode and until the last episode in our Yuen Woo-ping arc YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET! Send us an email or write us a review and you will be entered to win! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs Teresa Carpio's 1985 album, Why Give Up? Shirley Tan Speaks About Mismatched Couples Kenny Perez's Dynamic Wushu!
Halloween isn't over for us just yet. This week Heroes Three podcast discusses the magical kung fu fantasy, The Miracle Fighters from 1982 directed by Yuen Woo-ping and the Yuen Clan! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Starting this episode and until the last episode in our Yuen Woo-ping arc YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET! Send us an email or write us a review and you will be entered to win! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:35) Why this movie (13:48) Back of the VHS (14:22) Movie Recap (1:18:10) Final thoughts (1:22:34) In the Line of Duty Giveaway! (1:24:23) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast Marty starts us on an arc covering podcast favorite Yuen Woo-Ping with the Yuen clan action comedy from 1980, The Buddhist Fist! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlitoCheck out the full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:48) Why this movie (4:52) Simon Yuen (7:42) Peace Films (10:59) We like the movie BECAUSE of its flaws (14:55) No wikipedia article (17:53) Back of the DVD (18:31) Movie Recap (1:31:29) Final thoughts (1:35:21) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are joined by Swimfans host Alex Hocking to discuss the 1963 Japanese creationist myth animated feature by Toei Animation, The Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon! Full cast and credits at ANN Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Find SWIMFANS online - https://linktr.ee/swimfans Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Animation Obsessive takes a look at the Dance Sequence in Little Prince! Sadao Tsukioka Discusses Animating on the Film! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:22) Why this movie (4:28) Big video game influence (5:15) Famous staff (6:51) Wind Waker and Samurai Jack (7:47) Move looks real good (10:57) Releases of the movie (13:13) Japanese mythology (21:57) Susano and Tsukuyomi (23:04) Ifukube is real good (25:57) The Fire god (29:59) Amaterasu and Takamagahara (34:56) Dance sequence (39:41) Orochi and the Village (47:46) Art quality isn't a linear progression over time (52:05) The value of "I could do that" (54:05) Alex's thoughts (57:56) Aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pan and scan (1:00:23) Final thoughts (1:02:19) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are closing out our summer of G with the beginning of the Reiwa era! Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi bring to us their take on Godzilla with 2016's Shin Godzilla! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blogpost here! - https://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/2023/09/115-shin-godzilla.html Great Disasters podcast covers the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Animatronic Shin Goji Clip Kaiju Masterclass Talks Godzilla Redacted, a History of Military Oversight in Kaiju Film! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:09) Why Shin Godzilla (11:38) Marty's thoughts (17:00) The movie is divisive (31:50) Back of the VHS (32:38) Movie recap (1:35:00) Thoughts on whole Godzilla Arc (1:43:22) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are making our way into the Millennium series of Godzilla films with Shusuke Kaneko's vengeful take on the big G, Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidora: Giant Monster's All-Out Attack! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.comDownload the episode here! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blog post with gifs! Kaiju Masterclass Interviews Shusuke Kaneko! Gamera 2 Trailer(the best) Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:13) Why GMK (5:05) Godzilla '98 (6:40) Japan response (10:20) Biollante is Jurassic Park, GMK is Anaconda (11:25) Sets and CG (14:42) Back of the VHS (15:33) Movie recap (1:26:38) Final thoughts (1:31:07) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're celebrating our 6th anniversary with Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent, talking about the recent G-Fest and having some fun discussing some of the unmade films of the Godzilla series! Check out Vintage Henshin on PATREON! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Ode to the Maser Tank! Check out the A Space Godzilla translation at Maser Patrol - PART 1 PART 2 Godzilla vs Charles Barkley Kiyotaka Taguchi's Daikaiju Bugon trailer! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:25) G Fest Talk (19:01) We picked out onmade Godzilla orojects to talk about (19:46) Batman Meets Godzilla (Matthew pick) (28:01) A Space Godzilla (Carlos pick) (40:35) Godzilla vs. Junior Godzilla (Marty pick) (49:59) Original Godzilla Revival (Mike pick) (56:21) Our Godzilla movie OCs (56:48) Barkley v Godzilla Rematch (Matthew) (1:02:04) Dragon vs Dragon, Bruce Lee vs Godzilla (Carlos) (1:10:23) Godzilla Meets the Blues Brothers (Marty) (1:14:20) Mike's Whole-ass Film Treatment (1:26:58) Matthew talks Godzilla Comics and Kaiju Preservation Society (1:30:02) Carlos talks books (1:30:53) Outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are moving into the Heisei era of Godzilla films with the ambitious biogenetic espionage monstrosity that is Godzilla vs Biollante directed by Kazuki Omori from 1989! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Kaiju Masterclass talks Biollante! Kaiju Masterclass Kazuki Omori Interview Suitmaker Fuyuki Shinada Interview Ed G talks BvG history and behind the scenes Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:56) Koichi Sugiyama did the music! (3:08) Why Biolante (5:48) Carlos went to G fest! (9:23) Godzilla vs Biolante background (33:03) Back of the VHS (33:42) Movie discussion (1:49:40) Final Thoughts (1:51:55) Training for Next Week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we discuss the end of the Showa era Godzilla films with Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla from 1974! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Kaiju Masterclass Talks Jun Fukuda! Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:40) The kid-ification of Godzilla (7:57) TV-ification of Godzilla (13:50) Robot-ification of Godzilla (24:42) Back of the VHS - like the actual one (25:47) Movie Discussion (1:08:04) Final Thoughts (1:20:12) Outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are running for our lives as we discuss the iconic battle between two titans of cinema! Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's 1962 slugfest, King Kong vs. Godzilla! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Watch the 4K Japanese version on the Internet Archive! Read the synopsis for the proposed sequel on Wikizilla! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:37) Background since Godzilla (31:38) Book recommendations (34:15) Back of the VHS (35:06) Movie Discussion (1:36:13) Cancelled Godzilla projects (1:39:45) Outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are talking about the debut of an icon with 1954's Godzilla directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects directed by Eiji Tsuburaya! Full cast and credits at Wikizilla. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Buy Ishiro Honda A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa here Watch "Bringing Godzilla Down to Size" on Youtube See the full blogpost here! Timestamps - (0:00) Intro (6:14) Godzilla Background (45:25) Back of the VHS (46:11) Movie Discussion (1:19:39) US Version (1:27:53) Outro
This week on Heroes Three podcast we are discussing the breakthrough action parody anime, Project A-ko from 1986 directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and produced by Studio A.P.P.P! Full cast and credits at Anime News Network https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=61 Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! mailto:heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find the amazing BR release by Discotek here! Project A-Ko Secret File Find the full blogpost with gifs here Timestamps - (0:00) Intro (1:20) Enter the Dragon Screening (3:51) Project A-Ko (50:44) Training for Next Week (52:31) One Last A-Ko Thought (54:28) Training Next Week for Reals
This week, we get our flips switched with Heroes Three icon Matthew Tucciarone and talk computer magic, touching grass and trying to remember 90s computer viruses from memory in 1995's THE NET! swimfanspod.com
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're very excited to be discussing the first film to feature all three of our favorite trio. Jackie, Sammo, and Yuen Biao star in Project A from 1983! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blog post with gifs here! Hong Kong Movie Tours Project A Behind the Scenes Project A Deleted Scenes and Behind the Scenes Japanese Alternate Ending Jackie Chan Project A (1983) The Making Of Project A Interviews Lee Hoi San interview Dick Wei Interview Yuen Biao Interview Michael Lai Interview
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Welcome to Heroes Three podcast. This week we're rounding out our trio focus is on Sammo Hung, and we get a double dose of him while we discuss the 1979 kung fu comedy Odd Couple co-starring and directed by Lau Kar Wing! See the full blogpost (with gifs) here! Full cast and credits at HKMDB. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito