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One week, 30 hours, and £2045 later – The Post 30 Hours Of Dragonballs Post

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As some of you might have noticed, between 10am on Friday the 13th of September and 4pm on Saturday the 14th of September I watched a hell of a lot of Dragon Ball to raise money for the homeless charity Crisis UK. And, I’m very happy to say that, as per the spoiler in the title, quite a lot of cash was donated. That is wonderful and has been celebrated extensively, but as I finally escape the jetlag of having done that I thought it warranted a bit more discussion and a look under the hood of what’s involved.

I promise I’ll try not to be too self-indulgent
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Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scold Myself With Tea (1977)

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As this film was made in Czechoslovakia during the Communist dictatorship, I went in assuming I would miss most of the cultural references within. I have some limited knowledge of Russian Science Fiction of that era, especially Solaris and Stalker, so I know that the genre was often deeply metaphorical, but comedy tends to hinge on the context of its time. I left feeling that I knew nothing more about that part of that then nation’s history, but with a deep awareness that some films are just damn funny and fun to watch.
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Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)

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There is a lot of bad that can be said about this 1987 Troma Entertainment film, so let’s get it out of the way first and then focus on the interesting bits. It’s got very low production qualities, some of the acting is so wooden that you’d think the performers were cabinets, and its central premise and title are pure shock value. None of the people involved went on to do anything of any significance, it’s not notable for inspiring any other specific works, and it’s basically 81 minutes of musings strung together on one very daft idea. Serious Critics hated it then, Serious Critics hate it now, and Roger Ebert lasted 30 minutes before junking it in as he was bored.
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Teenape Vs The Monster Nazi Apocalypse (2012)

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I uncovered this film because someone asked me if there were any King Kong Vs Nazi films. I couldn’t find any such a thing, but I did find this 78-minute Z-movie masterpiece. Produced in the halcyon days of 2012, when having Nazis in a film wasn’t a political statement but an excuse to be brutally violent towards the obviously-bad guys, it’s a near-perfect, no-budget bit of filmmaking that just does its own thing. Its own thing is brutally stupid violence and a plot that feels like Hellboy on some very bad drugs. So, please be warned; this is not for the faint-hearted or easily offended.
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