- Four athletically able teenagers along with their brainy friend Billy are selected by Zordon to fight the evil of Rita Repulsa, her monsters and her minions after the witch is accidentally released from imprisonment in an intergalactic dumpster on the moon. Later in the series, the rangers are joined by Tommy, the once evil Green Ranger designed for Rita's evil, but later was deprogrammed and spent two portions of the series briefly as the Green Ranger. Over time, some rangers had to pass their powers to others as well. Action scenes and scenes with Rita were edited from footage based on Japanese action sagas. Replacement villain Lord Zedd was designed in the U.S. Written by Ondre Lombard {piero@cyberverse.com}
- 布莱德利·詹姆斯(《梅林》)将主演Netflix新动画剧《解放者》(The Liberator)。为什么是主演动画?因为拍摄方法较特殊,将用Trioscope技术,将最新的CG科技结合真人表演来呈现,据称既有动画的视觉美丽,也有严肃题材所需的丰富人类情感细节(图2为效果图)。该剧为二战题材,来自真实事迹,詹姆斯饰演第157步兵团的美军军官Felix Sparks,团员大都是牛仔、美国土著、墨西哥/美国人,Sparks就是一个来自亚利桑那的牛仔,故事聚焦他在解放欧洲的战场上一段超过500天的旅程,从进攻意大利开始,到解放纳粹的达豪集中营。Sparks强大而满怀悲悯之心,敢于无视不关心属下生死、只关心自己前途的长官。在这500天里,他从少尉升为中校,手下的人也从一个连变为10000多人,是一个杰出的“前线领导”人物。 剧本改编自Alex Kershaw的...
- 3月17日,喜剧频道将播出新动画剧《丑陋的美国人》(Ugly Americans)。该剧讲述热心肠的社会工作者Mark Lilly帮助刚刚来到纽约的「市民」融入美国社会的故事。你也注意到了这个有趣的标题和打了引号的「市民」--毫无疑问,这是一部借动画言现实的政讽作品。而所谓的「市民」……Well,并不都是人类,也有「其他人」--地狱恶魔、吸血鬼、僵尸、狼人、多头怪……所有幻想小说、幻想电影和童话里出现过的东西都有可能在剧中出现。让吸血鬼不要吸人血,狼人不要入室抢劫,胖子不要老呆在家里不进行社会活动,这些任务虽然不简单,但Mark愿意一试。让Mark心烦的不止是工作,还有他唠里唠叨的僵尸室友和恶魔女友。他真想好好睡一觉,可是当美得令人神魂颠倒的美人鱼坐在酒吧里向你招手时,谁还睡得着? ------天涯小筑