{"id":75,"date":"2008-07-09T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T22:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2008-07-14T13:16:14","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T17:16:14","slug":"animated-movies-i-should-have-regretted-seeing-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/animated-movies-i-should-have-regretted-seeing-vol-1","title":{"rendered":"Animated movies I should have regretted seeing Part 1:<br> &#8220;Gandahar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time way back in a previous life when your pal Spooky didn&#8217;t have a sweetie or a shop to call his own.  It was a dark time.  Oh, there were highlights, like the months spent building Duke Nukem levels.  You have to be a special class of nerd to know what I&#8217;m talking about, and to understand the deep magic surrounding &#8220;sector effectors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was during this time that I came across a worn VHS copy of the animated movie <a href=\"http:\/\/jezzi.com\/ago.php?n=0767836316\" target=\"_blank\">Heavy Metal<\/a>.  Now, this wasn&#8217;t what I would call a good movie.  However, it was different, and it was the first entry on my list of animated movies that I should have regretted seeing.<\/p>\n<p>I loathe most forms of Japanese anime.  However, there is a peculiar class of animated movie that I found to be particularly interesting, and not so much because of the gratuitous boobage usually featured.  I can&#8217;t quite put my finger on the reason for the appeal, especially since the stoner plots were usually something along the lines nazi orcs pouring out of Mordor in hover-tanks to seriously kill yer buzz, dude.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, maybe it <em>was<\/em> the boobs.  Regardless, the unusual characters and sometimes disturbing stories were &#8230; different.  Unusual.  Now, everybody has heard of Heavy Metal, but I&#8217;d bet a dollar and my best zombie that not 10 of you have ever heard of most of the other movies on the list.  Some are worth the time you&#8217;ll waste watching them.  Others not so much.  And since I can&#8217;t remember the names of most of them, the point is moot.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes you come across things you never thought you&#8217;d see again.  Here is one example.  Thanks to Youtube and that one other guy who saw this great example of cinematic dreck, I present in 8 parts, Isaac Asimov&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jezzi.com\/ago.php?n=B0010SZOYS\" target=\"_blank\">Light Years (aka Gandahar)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px\">Gandahar &#8211; 1988 &#8211; &#8220;An evil force from a 1000 years in the future begins to destroy an idyllic paradise, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.&#8221;  <strong>::Nudity::<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Part 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TSiWaFUQ2aU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TSiWaFUQ2aU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/71l4f6iaMO8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/71l4f6iaMO8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 3<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bmRXrGN-wXc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bmRXrGN-wXc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eQQTgbkWKb4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eQQTgbkWKb4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 5<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8Xz2aaWzWPo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8Xz2aaWzWPo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 6<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Fmid2j2XIL8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Fmid2j2XIL8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 7<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Gd8aaFtSsYY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Gd8aaFtSsYY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 8<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hrM5ZAfQh90&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hrM5ZAfQh90&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time way back in a previous life when your pal Spooky didn&#8217;t have a sweetie or a shop to call his own. It was a dark time. Oh, there were highlights, like the months spent building Duke Nukem levels. 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