brb in China
The unreality of manga adaptation and vfx work, and Hong Kong martial arts popularity influences
The unreality of manga adaptation and vfx work, and Hong Kong martial arts popularity influences
One of the best "early" entry points into the sukeban / delinquent girl / pinky violence genre exploits (Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss if you want before the "true" pinky component). Great genre mashup where the script overtly covers much of the cultural/genre background information, has lead actress's that are willing to lean into the Toei/Nikkatsu 1971 shift into the lewd, and covers much of what has previously made up the subgenre.
The way Curtis created an aesthetic in TraumaZone and then using it again in this as a comparison of Russia/UK by flattening them out as failing empires in need of new ideas being eaten away by burgeoning elite capture is a great deconstruction of Fukuyama-esc narratives
Curtis positions both economies using 'rational thought' to justify decisions made which we understand to be failures, informing the deep complexity of the economy conflicting with capital and ideology that continues to be expanded,…