Musings of an Inkd Geek

As I psyche myself up for the opening of Cronenberg’s latest, Crimes of the Future, which shares a name with this early effort, I was able to track it down on YouTube and watched it (as well as a few of his other shorts). I found this one to be the most interesting of his early works.  A dermatologist named Antoine Rouge mysteriously vanishes after a disease emerges that’s caused by cosmetic products. A man named Tripod searches for Antoine, who was his mentor. He spends his days at a clinic, with an assortment of odd characters. The disease causes those who suffer from it to bleed some white, foamy substance, and has killed off the entire population of sexually mature women.  The movie has no dialogue and is narrated by the main character Tripod. In lieu of a cohesive plot, it presents mostly ideas and themes, much of them having to do with the body horror that would be present throughout the rest of Cronenberg’s filmography, including The Fly, Shivers, Rabid, eXistenZ, Video...

The final pre-order from late April was delivered this week, Godzilla 2004. Which is fitting, since he’s from the film Final Wars, the last live action movie that Toho produced before taking a 12-year hiatus, finally ending with 2016's Shin Godzilla . They next went on to do 4 anime films, but the less said about them, the better.  Like the film he’s from, this Godzilla arrived with his share of controversy; mainly complaints from certain customers about his quality control. The 2004 suit had long been a fan favorite (unlike the movie, which is either loved or hated), and fans had been making their wishes known for Tamashii Nations to finally give us a sculpt of this version. Well they finally did, and his articulation was alleged to be much more expressive than previous releases. And that is where the issues arose. Some collectors gave reports of the figure easily falling apart every time they attempted a pose, while others claimed to have gotten one with tight joints that stayed ...