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Trailer Blazer: Welcome to 'The Machine Girl'

Dec 11, 2007, 10:00 AM | by Marc Bernardin

Categories: Advance Advancement, Camp classics, Film, I'm Just a Geek, Movie Trailers, Sci-Fi, Those Crazy Kids!

There are times when I think that the cultural divide that separates Japan's pop sensibility and America's is one that will never be bridged. That two great nations, once united by a common love for Godzilla and Jennifer Love Hewitt, can never again see eye to eye.

Then I see things like this — which, viewer beware, is ridiculously bloody — and realize that their brand of awesome-crazy is almost identical to ours:

To paraphrase Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, revenge is a dish best served with a Gatling gun for an arm and a "drill bra."


harry Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM EST

there's a follow up movie called the Hajirai Machine Girl (she's got 2 machine guns!), it's a blast!
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/the-hajirai-machine-girl-stars-noriko-kijima/

harry Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM EST

there's a follow up movie called the Hajirai Machine Girl (she's got 2 machine guns!), it's a blast!
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/the-hajirai-machine-girl-stars-noriko-kijima/

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1000Steps Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:35 PM EST

Er.. Holy Hell... This is why I'm still single.

Nix Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:47 PM EST

is THAT why Jennifer Love Hewitt is still famous? Japan? heh. (i know, i know, Liebgott will shoot me.)

WH Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:44 PM EST

Oh, God, I wish I hadn't seen that.

AD Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:35 PM EST

I'm sure it's a real trailer, asian cinema can get pretty wacky. Kudos for including the flying guillotine! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_guillotine Always a welcome weapon.

Daniel Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:09 PM EST

That doesn't even look like a real movie trailer to me. Just a mock trailer that's really bloody entertaining (no pun intended).

Amber Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 02:52 PM EST

Way too violent and bloody for me.

Thad Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 02:18 PM EST

Great! Looks like Tarrentino is involved. Hope they didn't show us all of the good scenes.

Jason Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:05 PM EST

Let's remember, this is Japan, a country that has made a successful film series about a teenage girl cop who uses kung-fu and a yo-yo to take down villains. While this movie seems to up the crazy from that, it's still not a far journey.

Greg Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST

Bizarre. And why is she dressed like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man?

Emily Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:55 AM EST

Hey, one of your movie items - on Paul Rudd being cast in "I Love You, Man" incorrectly identifies Jason Segel as John. I think Hollywood Reporter changed it on their site after they realized the mistake.

Sally Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:19 AM EST

Straight to video.

stephen Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:15 AM EST

That was gross. And hasn't the whole machine-gun-for-a-missing-limb thing been done already? And didn't that movie bomb at the box office?


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