Who remembers American Pop (1981) and Rock and Rule (1983)?

  • Drahken
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    		 Nope, haven't seen it. ....Or at least I don't think so. However, when I was looking it up just now, I saw a screenshot of a face in the palm of a hand, which I'm certain I've seen somewhere.




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    "In the very first book D is staked and essentially killed/drained of all life. His left hand comes to his rescue (though it was severed from the arm) and eats a mound of soil that itself digs from the ground, and sucks in a large amount of air. It mildly complains of how long it will take due to having only two of the four, (that would be the elements required). This eventually brings D back to life."

    ^This is the scene I remember the hand from, so apparently i did see a vampire hunter d movie (though I don't know which one, and i don't remember anything other than that 1 scene).
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  • Pinface
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    Oh yes but what about Vampire Hunter D?
    "Nobody wants to see vampire killers or vampires either! apparently all they want are demented madmen running around in ski-masks hacking up young virgins"-Peter Vincent from Fright Night.
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  • Drahken
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    		 *points back to his first post in this thread, where he already mentioned having watched robot carnival*
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  • Pinface
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    		 Anyone also remembers Vampire Hunter D and Robot Carnival as well?
    "Nobody wants to see vampire killers or vampires either! apparently all they want are demented madmen running around in ski-masks hacking up young virgins"-Peter Vincent from Fright Night.
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  • Lottech96
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    		 here's a funny story I remember watching Rock and Rule as a young kid and Not knowing the name . So when Heavy metal came out. I was like "hey this that Rock and Roll movie!! Let's watch!!" Boy was I surprised to see my first set and Cartoon/Animated titties on screen!! (let alone the bush that followed) we quickly changed the channel before our Ma came in.. We were on a holy kick at the time. but sure was a shocker.
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  • Dyzfunk7ional
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    		 I remember watching Rock and Rule around the time it was released. American Pop a couple of years later like mid 90's.
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  • OldSchool6239
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    		 I totally did my report on the first one dang I feel stupid. But I do favor the second one a little more that's why I put that one up. I really didn't know that Bakshi didn't have anything to do with that one. Steve Kranz and he were pretty good business partners and freinds though, I'm pretty sure his influence was there reglardless of what the internet says. He had to have talked to the artistis given advice wondered how eveything was going during the whole project.
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  • Drahken
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    		 I've seen & liked wizards, saw fire & ice, it was "ok", I don't know if I saw his LotR one or not (I know I saw the rankin/bass hobbit & return of the king ones).
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  • stake n sheak
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    		 Bakshi made the first Fritz the Cat movie, but ultimately was not involved with The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat.

    I like all of his stuff. Think my favorite is Coonskin aka Street Fight aka Bustin' Out, which updates Br'er Rabbit for 1970s Harlem.

    Drahken if you're so inclined, you might check out Wizards, the first Bakshi film I saw. It's fantasy and not in a modern setting. Same with Fire and Ice (not related to that book Song of Fire and Ice). He also did a version of LotR, but I haven't seen that.
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  • Drahken
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    		 I didn't see nor even hear of rock & rule back in the day, though I have seen parts of it on youtube more recently (I keep meaning to watch the whole thing, but somehow never get around to it. The same goes for starchaser.)

    Robot carnival I saw on TBS or TNT at like 3am back in the mid 90s or so, plus I had rented it either a little before or a little after that (likewise for the heavy metal movie).

    As for american pop.... I saw parts of it, and parts of at least one other very similar one by bakshi (hey good lookin and/or heavy traffic, perhaps). I couldn't stand either of them. The stories were slow & didn't seem to have any plot (ie, just a bunch of random daily events), plus I've never been into such urban type movies.
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  • OldSchool6239
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    		 Heck Yea Baski flicks all the way. I did a report in one of my classes on The NIne Lives Of Fritz The Cat.The man is a living animation legend he gave a face to Rotoscope animation, an amazing style to this day in my opinion. I still have American Pop on VHS really good movie very trippy especially when they hit the sixties era LOL. My "ol" man showed me Heavy Metal for the first time back in 93 when I was thirteen, it's really good I don't like the sequal though that to me wasn't all that great. Rock and Rule is good to best scene in that is of course the introduction of the villian Mok performed by LOU REED HELL YEA ! !

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGIZp9bBK4&list=PL5F3CF4F089F2E462&index=7&feature=plpp_video



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  • Pinface
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    I remembered when i was 11 going on 12 on a friday night and Saturday night before spring break on TBS they were showing cool adult animated cult movies like Heavy Metal, these movies, Vampire Hunter D, and Robot Carnival as i had to watch them thanks to my local city's TV guide, loved them especially R & R. I did rented this movie plus VHD and RC in their uncut video rental versions from some of my local video stores and made myself copies of them on a second VCR my family had and bought Heavy Metal with American Pop when i was 14 and 15.

    American Pop is quite a unique work of adult animation that left an impression on me as it became one of my fave animated movies as it has an awesome soundtrack and a good generations story plus Richard Moll was a voice in it as a few characters for he has been one of my fave actors of all time.

    Rock and Rule is a fun movie i enjoyed as it was something different from Nelvana who were known for CareBears, Ewoks, Droids, Beetlejuice and Adventures of TinTin. Susan Roman from Sailor Moon was terrific as the voice of Angel and i had a crush on Angel since and Don franckes from the X-Men series with My Bloody Valentine (1981) and Heavy Metal was fantastic as the voice of Mok and the soundtrack was dazzling.
    "Nobody wants to see vampire killers or vampires either! apparently all they want are demented madmen running around in ski-masks hacking up young virgins"-Peter Vincent from Fright Night.
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