{"id":7180,"date":"2010-04-24T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2010-04-24T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T22:44:04","slug":"brainspasm-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/04\/24\/brainspasm-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainspasm Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been a bit hectic for the Backbrain, hence the slowness of new material appearing here. However, I have been adding some image-heavy updates to our sister site, <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadbrainspasm.blogspot.com\/\">Undead Brainspasm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News on a new low-budget superhero flick from independent filmmaker Brett Kelly: <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/undeadbrainspasm.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/low-budget-superhero-antics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Avenging Force: The Scarab<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (US-2010; dir. Brett Kelly).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scarab-premiere-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7181 aligncenter\" title=\"scarab-premiere-logo\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scarab-premiere-logo.jpg\" alt=\"scarab-premiere-logo\" width=\"286\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scarab-premiere-logo.jpg 372w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/scarab-premiere-logo-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update on <em>Ghost in the Shell<\/em> creator Mamoru Oshii&#8217;s follow-up to his live-action sci-fi epic, <em>Avalon<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadbrainspasm.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/more-on-oshiis-assault-girls.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Assault Girls<\/em><\/strong><\/a> [aka Asaruto g\u00e2ruzu] (Japan-2009; dir. Mamoru Oshii).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0001-assault-girls-still02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7182 aligncenter\" title=\"0001-assault-girls-still02\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0001-assault-girls-still02.jpg\" alt=\"0001-assault-girls-still02\" width=\"428\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0001-assault-girls-still02.jpg 674w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0001-assault-girls-still02-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Below is a gallery of images from the film. The Brainspasm article includes many more, as well as the trailer and DVD artwork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7187\" title=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_08\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_08.jpg\" alt=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_08\" width=\"460\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_08.jpg 499w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_08-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7186\" title=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_07\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_07.jpg\" alt=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_07\" width=\"460\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_07.jpg 499w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_07-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7185\" title=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_01\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_01.jpg\" alt=\"cap_assault_girls_tr_01\" width=\"460\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_01.jpg 499w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/cap_assault_girls_tr_01-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0012-assault-girls-still13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7184\" title=\"0012-assault-girls-still13\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0012-assault-girls-still13.jpg\" alt=\"0012-assault-girls-still13\" width=\"461\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0012-assault-girls-still13.jpg 889w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0012-assault-girls-still13-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0007-assault-girls-still09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7183\" title=\"0007-assault-girls-still09\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0007-assault-girls-still09.jpg\" alt=\"0007-assault-girls-still09\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0007-assault-girls-still09.jpg 888w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/0007-assault-girls-still09-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And one last snippet: Dean Devlin, who helped director Roland Emmerich perpetrate the 1998 US version of Godzilla &#8212; known without much affection by the fans as GINO [Godzilla In Name Only] &#8212; comments via Twitter on news that Legendary Pictures is to produce a new Godzilla film, one much more faithful to the spirit of the iconic King of Monsters than the Devlin\/Emmerich effort: &#8220;Now I have to hear all over again how our version sucked.  Arrg.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Electric44\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>)\u00a0 At least he has no illusions. [I should point out that, personally, I quite liked Emmerich&#8217;s Godzilla, when seen as a generic giant monster film. It was only as a Godzilla film that it sucked.]<em> Info via Avery Guerra.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been a bit hectic for the Backbrain, hence the slowness of new material appearing here. However, I have been adding some image-heavy updates to our sister site, Undead Brainspasm. News on a new low-budget superhero flick from independent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/04\/24\/brainspasm-updates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44,3,93,71,62],"tags":[230,232,234,231,1431,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7180"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7198,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions\/7198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}