Episode 53 - Bottom of the Barrel

Henshin History

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THIS WEEK: Abandoned by Alexa at the eleventh hour, Van and Sven make the mistake of examining a Cyborg 009 spinoff, here reimagined as the exploitation film 009-1: The End of the Beginning. Join them as Sven scrambles for anything to talk about but the movie itself; the Metal Gear Solid jokes continue unchecked and unabated; Koichi Sakamoto needs to get more raw potatoes in his diet; Van's plot predictions end up right for all the wrong reasons; and at long last, Sven finds his hill to die on.

Content warning: This film contains gratuitous blood & gore, non-explicit sex, sexual assault, suicide, and incest.

TOPICS:* 009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013)* The premise of 009-1* Koichi Sakamoto* Dramatis Personae* Human trafficking, homicide, and titty bars* Mylene's story* Dr. Klein's inept hostage situation* The kind of really misogynistic nature of the movie* PS2 CGI helicopters* Calling Mylene a "monster"* Deus Ex: Human Revolution & Mass Effect* Fake pool lesbian party* Swimming pool fight scenes that refuse to do Scarface* Silent Hill* The worst scene in the movie* Chris's contradictory (and deeply creepy) motives* Forgotten character development* Post-credit stingers of no significance

MUSIC:* “Fight! Seven Riders!! Showa Rider Taisen” – Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Megamax* RIDER CHIPS – “Fight! Seven Riders!” – Pachinko Kamen Rider: Full Throttle

NEXT WEEK: The end of Kamen Rider V3.

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