The Gamer's Quarter

[Shapermc]

So I recently found out about Suda 51's new game Heroes and there seems to be a movie out even. This feels more like his next real project than anything else that has come out with his name on it, and it also looks like it is coming out for the Wii, which makes things interesting. Anyways, if you liked Killer 7 I highly recommend checking out the trailer.

This won't probably come out for like 3 more years is Killer 7 is any kind of indication, but I will have my eye on it the whole time.
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[Dracko]

I can't say I'm fond of the voice acting. killer7's was good, but I'm really not feeling this.
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[Shapermc]

The voices (even the english ones) from Killer 7 got re-dubbed from the Japanese version of the game to the English one. That was a Japanese commercial.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

[Dracko]

That's interesting. I'd have to hear the voices for the Japanese version of killer7 to know what that implies for the English dub, though.

Also, !
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[Lackey]

The voice-acting seemed entirely appropriate to the content of the video.

11th best hitman! No WAY!

EDIT: a comment on the aesthetics: the credit roll at the end seemed more accomplished than the in game work. At least; they suggest something modern and maybe even subcultural but the scenes from the game confound that impression.
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[Shapermc]

[TheRumblefish]

This really reminds me of Seijun Suzuki's Surreal Assassin films "Branded to Kill" and "Pistol Opera" respectively. Both films are as close as you can get to Killer 7's style, but bare no political ties within the stories. It's narrative is more personal which seems like what Heroes is intending to be.

Also it draws comparisons because of that Assassin ranking, Suzuki used that in both of his surreal assassin films. Also the main characters of both films were ranked three in the system, and had to deal with a plot of other up and comers. Quite interesting really.
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[Mir]

[Shapermc]

You know, when I was watching HeROes trailer as soon as that girl said "Now you are ranked number 11" Shishio Joe popped into my head. I figured that reference might be a little obscure, but yes, I am hoping for heavy surreal influence on this...

and the smell of rice.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

[dark steve]

shaper we are beasts

This game looks ridiculous. Are trashy videogame aesthetics the new New Wave?

[Shapermc]

[Mr. Apol]

[TheRumblefish]

[helicopterp]

[TheRumblefish]

[Shapermc]