Epinions Recent Reviews for IkariGendou

Evil Rising "From Hell"

Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:06:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - The Whitechapel Murders of 1888, committed by the man who became known as "Jack the Ripper," has provided fodder for many films, much speculation, and a myriad theories of what really happened. Now that the truth has been uncovered, in the form of...

Mike's Cheese Cuttings

Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:16:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - "Unparalleled ignorance" is the term that leapt to my mind upon reading through Mike Nelson's travesty; other words included "bitter," "unproductive," and "flatulent," as well as various epithets I'd best not list here.

Nelson's work as the...

A Saturday Matinee flick

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:43:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - First, the joke of the movie: "Commander Bowman," which was the name of Keir Dullea's character in "2001." Now we can get down to the rest of the show.

The positive thing about movie trips to Mars is that we've become to...

Biased Opinion from the Writer/Director

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:44:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - I had been hired by A. D. Vision to write and direct dubs of various anime, and this was the first series that they handed me. I was able to produce the first four episodes (two tapes) before the balance of the series was usurped and destroyed by...

A Biased Opinion from Pipi

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:05:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - Yes, I am one of only two voice actors for the dubbed version of this hentai (erotic anime) who will admit it. The other is Rob Mungle, playing the role of the hapless doctor in the first of the two episodes. I provided the voice for Pipi, manservant to...

Clever, Crude, Funny, and Tasteless

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 17:44:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - In the parody genre, you have everything from brilliance to outright stupidity. In the former category, you have Mel Brooks ("Spaceballs", "Men in Tights"), and even some of his stuff can miss the mark. The Zucker Brothers...

The FrankenCharly that Tron Built

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:03:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - First warning: This film has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the Stephen King short story that appears in the collection "Night Shift." I have the uncomfortable feeling that someone gave King the nod since he had the title first. I...

Almost Enough to Be Proud Of

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 20:31:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - This film is almost enough to make a person proud to be an American. It chronicles so much of the passion, the dreaming, the truly honorable desire that lay behind much of the motivation to become a separate country. Unfortunately, not only was history...

The True Meaning of Yuletide

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 02:39:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - When writing a review, wherein one expresses one's own opinion with full expectation that others will have their own, the following is probably a ridiculous statement, but I'll make it anyway: This is, unarguably, the best rendition of A Christmas...

Damned Beyond Redemption

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:38:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - I'm beginning to believe that director Jack Smight is the Kiss of Death to any film. He's done "Airport 75," "Airport 77," "Loving Couples," "The Illustrated Man," and this lackluster production. He seems to...

Fun, Games, Murder, and Truth

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:23:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - I can no longer remember which version of Albee's work I saw first, this film or the play. I know that I've never seen the play live on stage, and I'm not sure that I would have enjoyed the play if I had simply read it first. What confuses me now is...

Even Rotten on the Inside

Fri, 3 Nov 2000 04:07:05 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - The overall poor ratings of Chase may have their roots internally, if the corporate computer help desk of Chase Bank of Texas is anything to go by. I worked there for about a year, and I discovered more than one occasion of what I could only term a...

Truth's Horse Ain't Dead Yet

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:05:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - People have expressed the opinion that commercials by "The Truth" -- a rather militant anti-smoking brigade -- are "flogging a dead horse." People are changing, and fewer people are smoking, and things aren't that bad, and the...

Oh Lina, How They Killed You...

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:37:08 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - First warning: I'm a voice actor in this show, so I'm bound to be prejudiced. Second warning: I love good anime, and this show didn't make the cut.

I provided the voice for Joyrock, the demonic frog which Lina has to face down in the second...

Discovering Our Own Wings

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:53:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - If only we, as children, never lost our ability to believe that we can fly. Remember when we ran through yards, convinced that with just a little more wind, we could just take off? Even poet William Blake -- oft cited in this novel -- believed that we...

Enterprise: Could only have been better if it were FREE!

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 03:41:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - My second-hand 86 Mustang (more often referred to as my 86 Mistake) was in the shop -- again -- and in Houston, a car is vital. (Go ahead, try the bus system when you've got two bad knees and a hip problem, not to mention trying to get anywhere in a...

Cautionary Tale Coming True

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:27:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - This book was so terrifying to me that it took me three tries to get all the way through it. (I was aided, in the end, by an unabridged reading from Recorded Books LLC, which I also highly recommend.) What terrifies me now is not only that it is...

The Ultimate "Fun Horror Movie"

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:27:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - Honed by years with Chris Carter's "X FILES," director James Wong has caught the irresistible bug of "funny horror." There is a cliche nature to horror, since there's little ground that hasn't been exploited. The most recent (and...

Native Heart, Bleeding

Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:48:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author IkariGendou - It is sometimes difficult to read Sherman Alexie's work -- not because it is in any way poor, but because it is so crystalline, so sharp, that it cuts deeply into your mind as you read. This most recent collection of his short stories, "The Toughest...