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Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.  Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory  n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.  What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.  On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.  One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.  Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.
美版恐龙战队 电影版
美版恐龙战队POWER RANGERS系列开山之作,该片是由美国SABAN公司1993年向日本东映公司买下该公司的《超级战队系列》的海外改编版权后而来,战斗场面大多剪辑自日版。  美版恐龙战队POWER RANGERS第一季60集  第一季改编自日本东映1992年的第16部作品《恐龙战队兽连者》,所以该片在国内引进播放时也被译成《恐龙战队》,但美版之后每年都有一部,都是改自日本恐龙之后的战队.美版战队POWER RANGERS  美版战队POWER RANGERS第二季52集 美版战队第2季,乍得爵士出现,把Rita放逐进太空,亲自指挥对付战队,而Zordon为了应对此情况把队员们的ZORD从恐龙升级成了雷电ZORD。  其实,第2季的机器人剪辑自日本东映的第17部战队作品《五星战队大连者》,也就是恐龙之后的作品,而美版中,除了白衣战士的服装造型来自五星外,其他队员仍保留恐龙的服装造型  美版战队POWER RANGERS第三季38集 美版第3季,自然是按顺序改编自日版的第18部战队《忍者战队隐连者》,所以美版的这季也充满了忍者的风格。最后10集因为剧情原因,外星战队登场,所以片名也改为了《ALIEN RANGERS》,而外星战队的服装就是真正的忍者战队的造型。  美版战队POWER RANGERS ZEO全集(第四季) 第4季,改编自日版《超力战队王连者》,从这季开始,美版开始紧跟日版的服装,穿了三年的恐龙服终于换了。  剧情紧跟第3季,指挥中心被炸毁后,队员们从废墟中找到了ZEO水晶,没想到水晶完好无损,指挥中心开启了自我重建系统,新的指挥中心出现了,Zordon把ZEO水晶变成了新的力量给队员们,这就是POWER RANGERS ZEO。敌人是新出现的机械帝国  美版战队POWER RANGERS TURBO全50集(第五季) 第5季,改自日版《激走战队车连者》,所以汽车是该季的主题,故事中期,队员进行了大换血,老队员们完成了历史使命,把接力棒传给了新人。故事的最后,指挥中心再次被毁,队员们得知了Zordon在外星被抓的消息,毅然飞向宇宙,拯救Zordon,之后就是国内没再引进的《太空篇》附带TURBO的电影版,讲述第4季ZEO到第5季TURBO的过度.  美版战队POWER RANGERS IN SPACE全43集(第六季) 美版第6季,改自日版《电磁战队MEGA连者》。故事紧接上一季,队员们来到太空,碰见了一个新的红衣战士名叫Andros,于是组成了新的SPACE战队,而敌人的女头目则是Andros的妹妹,最后,红衣战士找到了Zordon,Zordon为了拯救全宇宙,下令红战士把自己的罐子敲碎,发出的冲击波消灭了大多数敌人,而Rita和Zedd夫妇,第5季的女魔头Divatox被变成了人类,红战士的妹妹也恢复了记忆,至此早期美版战队的系列故事结束,从第7季LOST GALAXY开始剧情发展就和日版一样,每年独立了  美版战队POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY全45集(第七季) 美版战队第7季,改自日版《星兽战队银河人》,从本季开始,美版每季的故事都是独立成章,本季的故事发生在一个类似超时空要塞一样的大型移民船上,上面有城市  美版战队POWER RANGERS LIGHT SPEED RESCUE全40集(第八季) 美版战队第8季,改自日版《救急战队》,本作的战队队员是由军方从各行各业选出的优秀精英,是一个全公开的组织,所以不用象之前的战队那样隐瞒身份  美版战队POWER RANGERS TIME FORCE全40集(第九季) 美版战队第9季,改自日版《未来战队时连者》。日版是讲述2000年世纪末的末日的,而美版则是2001年,就有点怪了。本作首次同时出现两位红战士  美版战队POWER RANGERS WILD FORCE全40集(第十季) 美版战队第10季,改自日版《百兽战队牙吠连者》,风格如其片名,非常野性的战队,并且其中有一集里,历代的9位红战士和本作的红战士共10人一同登场,对付机械帝国的残党  美版战队POWER RANGERS NINJA STORM全38集(第十一季) 美版战队第11季,改自日版《忍风战队破里剑者》,又一部采用忍者题材的战队,不过忍者放在美国感觉有点怪  美版战队POWER RANGERS DINO THUNDER全38集(第十二季) 美版战队第12季,改自日版《爆龙战队暴连者》是继《恐龙战队》之后再次以恐龙为题材的作品。值得一提的是曾经在前5季中出演汤米的演员Jason D.Frank再次在本作中出演汤米,作为该战队的创立者兼指导者,功夫不减当年。  美版战队POWER RANGERS SPD全38集(第十三季) 美版第13季,2005年作品,改自日版04年《特搜战队刑事连者》,剧情和日版类似,只是有点夸张  美版战队POWER RANGERS MYSTIC FORCE全32集(第十四季) 美版战队第14季,改自日版《魔法战队魔术连者》,可能是那段时间流行《哈里波特》,所以战队也搞了一回魔法风格,个人认为魔法这种题材更适合美版  美版战队POWER RANGERS OPERATION OVERDRIVE全31集(第十五季) 美版第15季,改自日版06年《轰轰战队冒险者》,曾一度谣传里面的蓝战士是科比出演的,结果一看是个亚洲人。该季是美版15周年,所以其中有一集是前几代老队员客串
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