The ROSSMAN and Jedi
MasterThe Legend
of Black Heaven is one of the coolest
shows I've ever fucking seen. It's that simple. How do you
make such a perfect show, you ask? Well,
you start off with an interstellar war being fought with big
ass space ships and an "ultimate weapon" that uses
some rock music (mostly John Sykes' Cautionary Warning)
as power to laser the enemy. Then you take a rugged and worn
out mid-thirties office worker (Oji) who used to be part of
a kick ass metal band in his younger days but who's now stuck
in the rut of boring employment and a dull wife. Mix in some
hot alien women who have to get the ex-rocker to take up the
guitar again in order to save their fleet and Earth (which
is right behind the alien defenders' final line of defense).
That
is the recipe for greatness! Sounds dumb, you say? Well, first
of all YOU SUCK! And second of all you've obviously never
seen
it or you'd know that you firmly have your head up your ass.
The final whole of this anime goes so far beyond the sum of
its parts that it made me play the air guitar whenever Oji
(and eventually the rest of his band) started jamming....
in space.
And you have to remember that they never ever play any of that
crappy Japanese pop music that fills up the soundtracks of
so
much sub-par anime today. They use good old English/American
rock!
Throughout the course of the 13 episode series
there's lots
of sneaking around from wives, bosses and kids for the whole
band, and many zany and screwy Three's Company-style
misunderstandings, but it still rocks. And as opposed to
so
many movies and shows I've seen recently Black Heaven is
paced perfectly. Each situation and circumstance leads to the
next and builds to a nice pitch until the final half hour
finalé, which is basically the last stand for mankind
and the big push for the weird looking bad guys (well, their
ships are weird, but we never do get to see what they really
look like.... unless they really are the ships themselves...
but now I'm just rambling.... as I tend to do when confused...
which happens a lot unfortunately). It was such a fucking
shweet
ending too. Yeah, you might be able to see it coming from 2.5
miles away, but it's still cool. And the keyboardist with
six
arms was one of the best villains I've ever seen (and the way
he really died in the States was the funniest goddamn thing
I've ever seen ["Say 'hi' to the gang in Jersey, bitch!"]).
In
the end I have to give The Legend of Black Heaven: Hard Rock
Saves Space an "A+". The DVD collection had
some of the best digital video I've ever seen and one of the
most kickin-est soundtracks ever recorded. It is my "space
invader"! |
BOB From the FutureHard Rock
Saves Space is one of the "Holy Shows" in my
time. We worship Oji and especially Miss Layla (the green eyed,
green
lipped blonde bombshell from space) for their courage and determination
in the face of adversity and overwhelming odds. And their songs
kicked ass too. Their music inspired our world just like Bill
and Ted made their future most excellent. We party on
to Saint John James Sykes' guitar solos every Tuesday night
from 6-8PM (unless it's a full moon, then we must rave until
at least 10:30)! Hail Oji!! Hail St. John James Sykes!! And
hail Black Heaven!!!
I find
that I must give Black Heaven a 42 lasergun shot salute! |
KIFF and JAIMEJaime:
I didn't like all the loud music all that much, but that office
working guy who played the guitar was cute... well, for a cartoon.
I just wish that he'd shave that stubble every once in a while.
If I were his wife though, I'd 'uv castrated him a long time
ago to make sure he wasn't playing "doctor" with that
alien girl behind my back!
Kiff:
Uhhhhh, what did Jaime say?.... Yeah, I liked it too. It was
okay.
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