sex and zen ( chinese : 玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑 , " the carnal prayer mat 's stash of illicit love " ) is a 1991 hong kong erotic comedy film directed by michael mak and starring lawrence ng and amy yip .

the film is loosely based on the carnal prayer mat , a chinese erotic novel by 17th century author and playwright li yu .

sex and zen

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this cast list of who was in sex and zen includes both lead and minor roles . ( 10 items )
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sex and zen
is to be released in south korea on may 12 and in france , india and italy in june .
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the high sex quotient in sex and zen , which does boast gorgeous sets and costumes , is its raison d’etre . but where’s the zen , unless it’s in the throwaway about that quest for happiness or maybe just a teaser for a sequel ?
the women of 3d sex & zen : extreme ecstasy . who will survive , and what will be left of them ?
sex and zen cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of sex and zen actors includes any sex and zen actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each sex and zen actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of sex and zen have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
amy yip in sex & zen . no , it’s probably best if i don’t explain this to you .
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sex and zen : extreme ecstasy ( 2011 ) aka 3d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy ( 3d rou pu tuan zhi ji le bao jian ) . hong kong erotic comedy . stars : hiro hayama , tony ho , leni lan . director - christopher sun . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
elvis tsui in sex & zen ii . probably my second favourite chinese film star with an inappropriate english name , just behind hitler wong .
4d sex and zen will actually be the third film in the series ; the first , of which the 3d version was a remake , came out in 1991 .
finalmente in italia sex and zen 3d ! il film che in patria ha battuto
avatar
. tutti in fila per la nuova esperienza dei sensi . dal 30 settembre al cinema urltoken
3d sex & zen : extreme ecstasy is now available on dvd from metrodome in the uk , and on video - on - demand . try urltoken for the other films in the series .
you may say you’re over the whole 3d fad but we here at the alamo drafthouse beg to differ . how can you truly be over a gimmick unless you’ve seen said gimmick applied to sex ? that’s right , we’re bringing 3d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy to katy , texas .
supposedly based on an ancient chinese tale called “the carnal prayer mat , ” as was the 1991 2 - d “sex and zen , ” christopher sun’s “3d sex and zen” is the story of a feckless ming dynasty scholar , wei yangsheng ( hiro hayama ) ; his long - suffering wife , tie yuxiang ( leni lan ) ; and the evil prince of ning ( tony ho ) , who spends a good part of the movie torturing them .
sex is a difficult , time - consuming and exhausting business in
sex and zen ,
employing ladders , braces , ceiling mounts , loaves of bread , dildos , and positions only a chiropractor could understand , or treat . but all comes full circle when mei yang , now nearly blind , ends up in the brothel where his wife works , and learns a valuable lesson .
in the same way that chinese manufacturers solve problems by marshaling vast amounts of cheap labor , “3d sex and zen” gets around the demands of story and performance through the deployment of brigades of female breasts . they are bared , squeezed , licked , slapped , punched and pressed against glass in a profligate manner that says , we can do this all day , and all night too . prosthetic penises receive even rougher treatment , being sliced or snipped off with some regularity . sex in this film looks so nonecstatic that a better title might have been “3d sex and zen : zero child policy . ”
the trailer for the latest sex & zen film is funny for all the wrong reasons . i might skip watching it after reading your review , although those 3d bullets whizzing at ya…
sex & zen ii ( 1996 ) . stars : lorretta lee lai - chun , elvis tsui . director - chin man kei . hong kong erotica . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
sex and zen
is trully a gem . it combines beautifully good looking women with gorgeous bodies , humor , plot , and ending with a moral . i think it inspired after copycat movies to follow , but then none that came after it could achieve the climax
sex and zen
had achieved . without giving too much away , watching
s & z
is like watching a hong kong swordsplay movie but this is on the topic of sex . a trully unique experience that can only come out of hong kong movies . a 8 / 10 on my book .
to go with the heightened sensory experience , shiu also promised that 4d sex and zen would include more intense sex scenes . “this time we will be paying more attention to that , and will be enlisting the aid of experts from japan to direct these scenes , ” he said . shooting on the film is scheduled to begin at the end of this year . [ twitch ]
the cantonese historical fantasy “ 3d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy ” was banned in mainland china but is now rolling out in cities across the united states and canada . the chinese government has committed either an astute piece of film criticism , an insidious act of cultural terrorism or both .
sex and zen
is a nostalgic reminder of the soft - core sex films of the 1960s , before
i am curious ( yellow )
and
deep throat
began the hard - core revolution and turned adult films forever away from sex and towards plumbing . it is interested in how the characters look . it has a plot . it wants to be beautifully photographed ( although it was too saturated in reds for my taste ) . it has a sense of humor , teaches a simple moral , and in amy yip it has a heroine who i would not have to be dragged kicking and screaming to see again .
as extra insurance ( sex doesn’t always sell ) , sex and zen also delivers a tangled story of romance , fantasy , magic and wisdom ( happiness lies in real love , not carnal acts ) and sets this hodgepodge in a dynasties - old setting of royal sybarites , magicians , wealthy dabblers , religious sages , sinister villagers and warring factions ( dagger knives and all ) . much of the action ( and that can be read both ways ) takes place in an elevated stony tower of curvy hallways and vast chambers worthy of any lord of the rings , harry potter or disney fairytale setting .
stephen shiu , the producer behind the steamy 2011 blockbuster 3d sex and zen , told the daily chilli newspaper that he intends on using a vibrating seat technology in hong kong theaters for the film ' s sequel , 4d sex and zen : slayer of a thousand from the mysterious east . the first film beat out the hangover , part ii when it came out in june with an opening day take of hk $ 2 . 79 million ( $ 360 , 000 ) , taking the island ' s box office record from avatar .
as of monday ,
3d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy
has earned $ 4 . 1 million in its home market , $ 1 . 75 million in taiwan and $ 870 , 000 in australia , where it has been screening in brisbane , melbourne and sydney at movie theaters catering to ethnic chinese communities , publicist carmen wong said tuesday .
apparently , this tradition of each sequel going bigger than the last isn’t just a hollywood thing . it seems the folks behind that avatar - defeating chinese softcore film 3d sex and zen are determined to get even wilder this time around , and they’ve figured out just the way to do it . after the jump :
how do you take 3d big screen sex to the next level ? by making it 4d , of course .
i wonder what the original title
yu pu tuan zhi : tou qing bao jian
means , but the english title
sex and zen
sums the movie up nicely , if you translate zen as
you know , asian stuff : drinking tea , silly daggers , eating rice , kicking the stuffing out of your opponent
. sex and zen is an interesting and genuine asian twist on your average softcore / erotic skin flick , a tasty offering of steamy sex scenes which are loosely tied together by an story . for my taste , the storytelling was a bit too loose and erratic as i ' m a big fan a of plot , narration and development . i found myself wondering somewhere in between the rape scene in the fabrics warehouse and the calligraphy - by - shoving - a - brush - up - your - unspeakables segment how it all fits together . overall it ' s well worth a viewing , but because of the surreal and incongruent storytelling it didn ' t really grab me .
however ,
sex and zen ,
a remake of a 1991 hong kong movie by the same name , still has a long way to go before beating the cumulative take of
avatar ,
which raked in a record $ 23 million in hong kong and then another $ 400 , 000 with an extended version .
what follows in droves are intrigues involving the nearby ancient village and its evil mayor ( lau shek yin ) , stolen artifacts , battles fought with swords , guns and flying daggers , prisoners taken and tortured , the evil prince thwarted and a sweet ending . and , of course , lots of sex tossed in wherever possible .
the chinese blockbuster 3d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy is coming to the alamo drafthouse — mason park . don ' t miss this darkly comic take on sexual exploration and liberation during its run in katy . until you ' ve seen gratuitous nudity in 3d , you ' ve not seen the format used the fullest of its abilities .
“many men want to be like mei yeung - sheng , ” claims the opening narration of sex & zen ii . um , really ? were they looking away from the screen during all the genital mutilation and violent death in the first film ? that may be the case with simon khan ( elvis tsui ) , a full - blown sex fiend with three wives and a spam javelin capable of castrating a bull in a penile tug of war . you don’t get to have a sex drive this powerful without also having issues with female sexuality , and they manifest themselves in a massively protective attitude towards his daughter yau ( loretta lee ) .
sex and zen 3d : extreme ecstasy is the world’s first 3d erotic film . directed by christopher sun and banned in mainland china , this surefire cult classic in the making is adapted from the ancient chinese text the carnal prayer mat and follows scholar wei yangsheng as he sets out to become a better lover for his beautiful new wife . peppered with humor , high–drama and endless eroticism , this new film delivers a bevy of unparalleled 3d effects and glossy cinematography that you won’t want to miss .
the film’s poster features a pair of come - ons : a bevy of women dressed as if for work in a shenzen karaoke parlor , and the tagline “the first 3d erotic movie . ” that claim is false on two counts . there have been many 3 - d pornographic movies ( who can forget “blonde emmanuelle in 3 - d” ? ) . and there’s nothing erotic about “3d sex and zen . ”
sex and zen 3d : extreme ecstasy is an elaborate costume drama with loads of sex and a plot knottier than a fallen ball of yarn . most definitely , the easily offended better head for the hills , although the film is more soft - core phony than graphic x . audiences are spared penetration shots or real genitalia , although phony penises , many in startling iterations , abound , as do some flashes of female pubic hair . the 3d is merely one more of the film ' s visual extravagances , but viewers beware : some pretty weird stuff springs forward . as the asian film industry and their western partners contemplate how the west can be won , new china lion is wisely focusing for now on reaching filmgoers of chinese heritage in north america . with sex and zen , available to theatres in both 3d and traditional 2d formats , the initiative is trying for an edgier crowd that goes for things alternative .
more sex & zen sequels followed : another one from wong jing in 1998 , and a retrospectively - retitled ‘early years’ prequel made four years before the original . by the turn of the century , it was assumed that the series was spent . but that would be to ignore the viagra - like powers of the third dimension , as in 2011 sex & zen : extreme ecstasy was hyped up by its opportunistic producers as “the world’s first 3d erotic movie” . i suspect the equally opportunistic producers of the stewardesses would take issue with that , particularly as they made their film in 1969 . and other people might take issue with the word ‘erotic’ .
( 1987 ) and numerous imitators about a battle with a sex - changing sorcerer . while such a story might have been okay on its own , as a sequel to the sublime
the soft - porn movie “3 - d sex and zen : extreme ecstasy” pulled in 13 . 1 million hong kong dollars ( us $ 1 . 7 million ) on its opening weekend in hong kong , topping the box - office chart for the four - day period ending sunday , according to the local motion picture industry association .
3d sex and zen is a movie that has to be seen on the big screen and the alamo drafthouse – mason park is the only place you’re going to be able to do that in houston . don’t miss this film’s limited engagement on the big screen . tickets are available to purchase now . ( due to the graphic nature of the content , no one under 18 years old will be admitted . )
the success of the first sex & zen more or less assured a sequel , but it would be five years before sex & zen ii hit the screens . there’s no real connection to the first film : we have a new director ( chin man kei ) , an almost entirely new cast , and a worrying name suddenly appearing in the producer credits . wong jing is one of the most notorious hacks in hong kong cinema : for the last three decades or so , he’s been using the hot cinematic trend of the day as the basis for a series of slapdash spoof movies with terrible jokes . which is sort of what he’s done here , but in a good way .
the film , which reportedly heated up box office in asia , australia and new zealand but was banned in mainland china , is certainly edgy—there are lots of orgies , loads of breasts bared , frequent couplings assuming a variety of positions and sex acts , girl - on - girl action , s & m , icky forms of torture , outrageous sex toys and other paraphernalia , creepy castrations and weird penis enhancement operations , etc . at the very least , no filmgoer who braves this journey will be left high and dry : if the body doesn’t tingle ( in spite of so many loud moans and bumping sounds ) , at least minds boggle .
granted , 3d sex & zen : extreme ecstasy is streets ahead of the other two films in technical terms – it’s glossily shot , and its subtitles are in something approaching grammatical english , even if they are a bit small . ( they are small , it’s not just my eyesight . ) but the beauty of its photography just makes its torture porn posturing even more unacceptable . if you have to go for one of these films above all the others , i’d suggest that it’s the least known of the three that comes off best – sex & zen ii , where tragedy is repeated as farce . hell , if a confessions film had ended with robin askwith’s veiny bang stick exploding , i’d have enjoyed it . wouldn’t you ?
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but in spring 2011 , a film came out whose performance was spectacular enough to make global headlines : a 3d production whose opening weekend effortlessly outgrossed that of avatar . how did it do that ? well , a title like 3d sex & zen : extreme ecstasy definitely helps . the film had a reasonably solid theatrical run worldwide , including here in the uk , where it’s just been released on dvd in smudgy red / blue 3d . western viewers may not realise , though , that this is merely the most recent entry in a hong kong movie franchise that’s been running for two decades now . in asia , they’ve been wildly popular and successful : but here , the sex & zen movies are barely known outside of a small audience of grimly masturbating fanboys .
3d sex an zen depicts the erotic exploits of a young ming dynasty scholar . as the scholar seeks a cure for his erectile dysfunction , he experiences a cornucopia of learning from a school of masters . when watching the film , you can expect “items” of all shapes and sizes ( and from a variety of species ) , bouncing breasts , beheadings and more — all in three glorious dimensions . producer stephen shiu yeuk - yuen compares watching the film on the big screen to “ ( being a ) voyeur near someone’s bed . ”
michael mak’s 1991 film sex & zen is based on a classic literary source – li yu’s the carnal praying mat , a book that’s been “banned for 400 years ! ” if you believe the video sleeve . its central character is mei yeung - sheng ( lawrence ng ) , a libertine who we first encounter having an argument with wise old man the sack monk about the nature of sex and pleasure . will this argument come around again to haunt him in the final scene ? of course it will : but we get to watch mei’s sexual misadventures on the way to his comeuppance .
the sex and zen series has been going strong in china since 1991 when the first film , a hong kong erotic comedy directed by michael mak loosely adapted “the carnal prayer mat , ” a chinese erotic novel by 17th century author li yu . two sequels later , director christopher suen finally realized what it was was missing — 3d . don’t believe us ? the film actually out grossed james cameron’s avatar in hong kong !
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what’s that ? you were expecting to find this sexy or something , were you ? well , sorry about that . chinese audiences loved sex & zen , and it racked up a cool twenty million hk dollars at the box office despite the most restrictive certificate the censors could throw at it . but the main pleasure that a western viewer can get out of the film is trying to reverse engineer chinese sexual attitudes out of it . and the first thing you notice is just how adolescent the approach to sex is . size is everything : all too often , mak is happy to point his camera at a large pair of bouncing breasts and just leave it there for ten seconds . the sex scenes aren’t in the least bit erotic – they’re shot with the aesthetics of a kung fu movie , where the outrageousness of the physical contortions depicted outweighs any attempt at real world biology , or even physics .
hong kong is home to the world ' s third largest film industry after hollywood and bombay . the movies tend to emphasize action , and lots of it . but according to the press release , the 200 films covered in stefan hammond ' s and mike wilkins ' s sex and zen and a bullet in the head are not just chop - socky . rather , these movies are
sexy , fast - action supernatural ,
not to mention historical and occasionally downright silly ? even without the awkwardly translated subtitles like
suck the coffin mushroom now
or
i know it , he is not an idiot , he is sexual detour
that by themselves are worth the price of admission . copyright 1996 reed business information , inc .
wei discovers that he’s a lousy lover , in a long , grimacing sequence that is the odessa steps montage of premature ejaculation . this drives him into the arms of the prince and the many women who inhabit the prince’s pavilion of ultimate pleasure . that in turn spurs a convoluted and incomprehensible revenge plot and a lot — a truly impressive amount — of tedious though often violent , thoroughly soft - core sex .
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two bandits and their female partners accost a mysterious and talented traveler who seems destined for great things , but who has a secret taste for torture .
saimun chien is a follower of zen sex secrets and believes it is his right to take the wife of any villager as his . his daughter yaiu wants to go to school so he insists that she dress as a boy and wear chastity armour that will mutilate the hands and genitalia of anybody who touches her . at school , yaiu is attracted to fatau but he has his penis shredded by the armour when he discovers she is a girl . they travel to the scholar happy taoist who offers fatau a mechanical prosthesis as replacement . happy taoist is then killed by the mysterious mirage lady in order to obtain a book of magic called secrets of virginity , which can allow her to change her appearance and devour her partners essence . so disguised , mirage lady becomes yaius idiot brother lungs bride and then starts devouring all of chiens wives .
despite the charming cast , 3d sex & zen : extreme ecstasy is a disappointment which does not live up to its hype . as an erotic movie , it is not as satisfying as a hard - core pornographic movie . as a drama , it has paper - thin and inconsistent characters . that the main character and his wife suddenly miss each other is totally without substance . as a result , it fails to touch some members of the audience and the delivery of the message becomes very weak . on the whole , it is a cult movie mixing pornography , foul language , jokes , romance , gore and action . however , it falls between two stools . you are advised not to take the plot seriously and expect any hard - core images , or you may be disappointed . a similar korean movie , a frozen flower , is highly recommended .
hey , it ' s no masterpiece . it is what it is : soft - core eroticism . but on that basis , it succeeds , which is why i am giving it three stars . all criticism is subjective , all star ratings are relative , and if you have read this far you want to know if
sex and zen
is a superior example of its genre . it is . if there is the slightest doubt , stay around for the closing credits , which begin with gigantic block letters reading :
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while i have a great fondness for this awful gem , i just don ' t buy that bit . two women ? in that position ? with a flute ? there ' s just no way . the first thing that sold me on this movie was the flying medieval thief guy . everyone knows that any film is made intrinsically better by the inclusion of an amusing flying thief . ; ) the amusing preparation of the young scholar ' s wife for her first sexual experience was the second . especially , the look on our hero ' s face as he attempts to deal with it ! this movie is very silly and surprisingly strenuous in sections ; two memorable scenes include a rampant , gymnastic almost - rape among bolts of hanging silk , and an incredible cardiac workout underwater . if you like silly martial arts movies and sex , you will probably enjoy sex and zen . it is softcore , so you don ' t really see anything more than breasts or the odd bum . the subtitles are unfortunately a little hard to read , but the entertaining action speaks for itself .
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the movie represents abusive sexual activities , not really bad performance with the actors but the storyline and the direction is very complicated and frustratingly lacking . an example of misconceptions '
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sex and zen ( 1992 ) is one of the most popular of the category iii genre films . this film has reached a far more mainstream audience world wide . it has appeared in art house theaters and video stores . to give you an idea about this movie i am going to pose a question for you . what does amy yip , a man who loves the ladies and a horse have in common . alone , nothing at all but watch the movie and you ' ll have a good idea . bizarre erotic fun from hong kong ( courtesy of category iii ) . in cantonese with english sub - titles . stars amy yip , lawrence ng , carrie ng and kent cheung . a strange period piece that ' ll have you wanting more . don ' t fret , they made a few more sequels that were even more sexually charged than the first film . for shame the chinese government put an end to this films . they saved the film making industry ( for awhile ) . highly recommended .
there ' s no zen here , which someone slapped on the english title , just the sex . a needy imperial scholar goes around trying to have lots of it . we see areolas rubbing together . two women in all fours share a flute . calligraphy brushes , whips and chains , some bondage . it has proper decor and costumes , a sense of plot . it ' s still emmanuella stuff . the same thing grates as in all the other skin flicks . is sex just two bodies slathering together ? in a teenager ' s mind maybe or if sexy means seeing a boob . or is it a matter of context you inhabit , in which you change someone ? more proper to call it sexual or erotic , it has started long before you enter the room and glows long after . women know about this more than we do . mind blowing sex is always with someone you know or can harness yourself in a context in which you do ; the rest is monkeying around to extinguish a boner . so what ' s sexy about a thing like this ? what ' s deviant or risky ? cardboard characters who we don ' t know in the slightest go around rubbing themselves on each other . one pretends to be ravished , another pretends to be aroused at being whipped . it ' s like fake bondage for a penthouse spread .
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trust me and trust those reviews that bash this movie . the trailer looks awesome , but the movie sucks . it got a good box office gross because is the first 3d porn ever , but is nothing more than bad actors with bad actings . the scripts try to make this in to a pornographic art movie , but this isn ' t porn so you can skip it if you ' re looking for lot og good sex scenes . there is rape , torture , and penis swapping . it ' s just horrible and this is disgrace to even real porn and watch the original one if you ' re looking for better storyline .
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extreme ecstasy is somewhere between a remake and a ( hawk , spit ) reimagining : it doesn’t exactly follow the plot of the original sex & zen , but there are enough plot points in common to satisfy the purists . once again , there’s a young libertine wei ( hiro hayama ) who marries a woman in haste ( tie , played by lan yan ) – only this time , it’s premature ejaculation that proves to be his downfall . one - push wei decides that a larger giggling pin will help him get over his problems , and a pair of cowboy surgeons fit him up with one from a passing donkey . wei goes on to live a life of sexual excess on the premises of the dodgy prince of ning ( tony ho ) : meanwhile , his neglected wife tie is reduced to using the domestic staff for comfort , a decision which will have terrible consequences for everyone .
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trekmovie ‘s also got a couple of small quotes from quinto and zoe saldana about the production . quinto told e ! that the sequel is still evolving , and that nothing’s set in stone at this point . “what you guys are going to see has yet to be solidified , decided [ and ] defined and that’s the great part about working with someone who is so mind - bogglingly talented as j . j . abrams , ” he said . quinto also spoke about the film’s “overwhelming schedule , ” adding “i love to work hard and i’m certainly doing that right now . ”
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i have been a hong kong cinema fan for years , and there was lots stuff in here i didn ' t know . the review style is short and to the point , plus there ' s a 10 best section , as well . . .
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and felt the scenes weren’t intense enough , by seeking out japanese av industry experts to direct the new film’s erotically - enhanced scenes .
yangsheng’s strong card is his ability to spot forgeries in the prince’s art collection . he wins the prince’s favor and joins in the action , even though his master monk budai ( wong shu tong ) and an elderly couple teach that true happiness outlives carnal pleasures . the indulgent yangsheng caves to the decadent lifestyle of the prince and his harem . he gains access to the prized pavilion of ultimate bliss and to lovemaking expert ruizhu ( saori hara ) , where they go at it for days . eventually , trouble at home catches up with the scholar’s passionate excesses , and wife yuxiang wants a divorce . but yangsheng returns to the tower and encounters sadist dongmei ( suou yukiko ) , who enjoys the excruciating pleasures of getting tattooed and argues that yangsheng’s small penis is the source of his problems . he then meets the androgynous elder of ultimate bliss ( vonnie lui ) , an old man in a beautiful woman’s body , who further ministers to his needs .
( 1991 ) , a delightful blend of erotica and comedy that was made with considerable style . this was followed by the far more raucous
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but there’s a more disturbing undercurrent going on here . aside from the old fashioned gross - out laughs that come from having horse tadgers flying around all over the place , there’s all manner of penetration with foreign objects ( one scene with a flute anticipates american pie by eight years ) and forced sex that gradually becomes consensual ( all the s & z films have suffered at the hands of the uk censor for this particular reason ) . and it leads to an unpleasant conclusion : mei eventually realises the folly of his libidinous lifestyle , and all it takes to reveal this to him is the love of a good woman . when i say ‘love’ , i mean ‘violent death’ , unfortunately . but it’s depicted as the ultimate tragedy for him rather than her , which leaves a nasty taste in the mouth .
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when this movie first came out , i never expected it to be the classic that it has become . it ' s really a somewhat unlikely , and silly story about a man who doesn ' t know a good thing when he gets one , and ruins his life . hong kong actress amy yip who was known for her nice figure was the attraction for seeing this movie . the other attraction that was somewhat unexpected was the scene between rena murakami , and isabella chow . rena was starring in both japan , and hong kong in the early ' 90s , and was a much sought out talent . if you see this scene , you can see why . this movie received lot of endorsement from hong kong penthouse magazine when it first came out , and probably this publicity helped in making it the commercial success that it was . it ' s a lavish production for a cat iii movie , and is made very well . the success of this movie seemed to benefit future up coming stars that has appeared in part 2 , and 3 of this movie , like siu qi . so it had rather wide reaching effect as well . not an artistic movie , but good entertainment from the ' 90s hong kong .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
new prostitutes susan , fanny and chinyun are inducted into the fragrance house brothel where they are trained in the ways of lovemaking by their veteran madam tall kau .
just imagine ! visceral stereostopic 3d scenes of chinese beauties ( with some played by japanese av stars ) and ponytailed ming dynasty dudes performing acts most of us usually…ah , um…with the added sensation of a vibrating seat…er , okay . it might be best to let the previous sentence go , and just leave it at that .
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a recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people ' s wives , based on his philosophical differences with the sack monk . he encounters the flying thief , who agrees to help him find women , but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse ' s . the scholar has a surgeon attach said unit , and he ' s off and running on his mission , only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle , such as jealous husbands and treacherous females .
very good movie , seen in trailer . must be a good one ! . . . is there an english audio for this movie when on dvd someday . i just dont like subtitles only . hate to read , while enjoying the 3d movie , right ? when this movie goes on dvd or blu - raydisc , is it on red and blue or green plastic glasses as 3d or does in 3d tv and and a 3d blu - ray player . then im in trouble . dont have it yet !
directed by christopher sun ; written by mark wu , stephen shiu and stephen shiu jr . , based on ancient text “the carnal prayer mat” ; director of photography , jimmy wong ; edited by asrael chung and mathew hui ; music by raymond wong ; art direction by tony yu ; costumes by cindy cheung ; produced by stephen shiu and stephen shiu jr . ; released by china lion film distribution inc . in cantonese , with english subtitles . running time : 2 hours 9 minutes . this film is not rated .
the world of hong kong cinema is fascinating and this book is a perfect tour guide for those wanting to start dipping their toes into this wonderful pool of cinematic insanity . hong kong cinema may draw plenty of inspiration from the west , but the works that it has produced are unlike anything else out there . there ' s a sense of reckless abandon that permeates so much of what hk filmmakers craft and this book is an excellent primer on the films that are among the realm ' s most influential and important works .
a recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people ' s wives , based on his philosophical differences with the sack monk . he encounters the flying thief , who agrees to help him find women , but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse ' s . the scholar has a surgeon attach said unit , and he ' s off and running on his mission , only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle , such as jealous husbands and treacherous females . written by ed sutton
mei yang marries the beautiful and pneumatic yuk heung ( amy yip ) , but their wedding night is not successful , in part because of his bizarre bondage practices , in part because she swallows the egg she was supposed to hold in her mouth , for reasons still obscure to me . he then sets out on an odyssey to conquer other women . when his equipment is found to be lacking , he has a rather advanced transplant operation involving a horse and ends up as a cross between john wayne bobbitt and man o ' war .
in an attempt to settle down , mei gets married to huk - yeung ( amy yip ) : but their wedding night turns into a bit of a disaster , climaxing in mei accidentally slicing open his tummy truncheon . ( be warned , penile mutilation is a major comic theme running through this franchise . ) before too long , mei is mucking around with other women again , leaving huk - yeung alone in the house with only a series of oversized calligraphy brushes to keep her company . but he’s still not satisfied , and so takes the only course of action he can see open to him : he gets a doctor to replace his crimson crowbar with that of a horse . once all the grafts have healed , mei is able to throw himself into his sex life with even more abandon , and inevitably this is where things start to go horribly wrong for him .
far from the orbit of planet hollywood , the new cinema of hong kong beckons . gone are the flying pigtails and contrived fist - thuds of your father ' s favorite chopsockies . these are punch - straight entertainers , movies juddering with the excitement that put the
motion
in motion pictures . dodge a thousand bullets as you contemplate the heroic gangster - knights of master director john woo . watch international superstar jackie chan perform action - comedy on the edge of peril . wrap your imagination in the fantasy of director tsui hark , who proffers comely ghosts floating on silk , otherworldly romance , and no - joke witches and demons . and there ' s much more ! fighting femme flicks featuring fatales hiking up their designer dresses and bouncing spike heels off the bad guy ' s forehead . stylish tragedies rivaling the best of hollywood noir . brain - boiling monster weirdies to delight the grindhouse faithful . subtitles that mangle the english language into fabulous new mutations .
wei yangsheng accompanies his friend as he goes to court tei yuxiang as a potential bride . however , yangsheng dazzles yuxiang with a drawing he makes of her and proposes to her instead . after they marry , she remains sexually disappointed because yangsheng does not take long in the bedroom . yangsheng decides to leave yuxiang and joins the prince of ning in his cliffside pavilion where the prince collects the rarest things in the world . there yangsheng indulges himself among the princes many wives and learns much about pleasure . when one of the women refuses him because of his small penis size , yangsheng decides to undergo an operation to receive a transplanted donkey penis . yangsheng then becomes caught up in a convoluted revenge plot launched against him by the prince and in various conspiracies to overthrow the prince .
ming dynasty scholar wei yangsheng ( hiro hayama ) arrives here after having married the lovely tie yuxiang ( leni lan ) and realizing that their all - too - hurried lovemaking leaves her cold . at the tower , he hopes to hone his amatory skills and falls under the spell of the decadent prince of ning ( tony ho ) , who oversees orgies with his concubine of beautiful women .
and i do mean terrible . the original film’s cheerful anything - goes perversity , with a side order of sexual violence , has its priorities completely reversed in this one . the sense of ridiculousness is still there – not for nothing is the last line of the film “fuck , what nonsense” – but there’s a much nastier edge to it all . for every amusing sequence where wei parades his new bacon bazooka in a cheesy kill bill parody , there’s a bit where a minor character is raped to death ( in a scene so gratuitous , it’s been completely removed from the uk release without any obvious impact to the story ) . even the much - vaunted 3d is poorly used , with no real attempt at using it to enhance the sex scenes . and there’s a lazy will - this - do quality to the plotting which stops even the most outrageous twists in the tale from being amusing : two of the major baddies literally die from falling over in the final reel .
strong is taking over from brown and steven knight , who previously wrote a script for the film . strong’s talents will next be seen in jay roach’s game change , which airs on hbo later this month .


only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986 , and a feature-length film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes .

the aborted 65-episode sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the rest of the robotech expeditionary force ( ref ) during the events of the robotech masters and the new generation series .

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the third and final series of comics dealing with the robotech ii : sentinels storyline .
robotech ii : the sentinels book 1 6 : the best laid plans . . .
robotech / forums / robotech ii : the sentinels . . . seriously , animate the series already !
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robotech ii : the sentinels was a movie released in 1988 on vhs by palladium books .
here are the first five minutes of robotech ii : the sentinels . lion force voltron is still cool .
robotech ii : the sentinels roleplaying game is a sourcebook for palladium books ' robotech ii : the sentinels line of the robotech roleplaying game . it is set during the sentinels era . along with the mecha and character profiles , it also includes adventure seeds for further play .
sentinels ( robotech ii : role playing game ) by kevin siembieda * * brand new * * .
‹‹ robotech ii : the sentinels . . . seriously , animate the series already ! robotech : the movie - - good or bad ? ››
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though i know slim to null about robotech ii : the sentinels i’m willing to help out in any way shape or form .
robotech ii : the sentinels was dropped by eternity comics in april 1994 leaving book 3 and the rest of the series in general unfinished .
' robotech ii : the sentinels ' was supposed to be a sequel to the original robotech series . unlike the original series , it was intended to feature only original animation .
_ robotech ii : the sentinels _ : as above , but for the robotech expeditionary force ' s adventures on tirol and other invid - occupied worlds . robotech ii : the role - playing game , the sentinels . copyright 1987 , by kevin siembieda . 160 pages , $ 14 . 95 . cat . no . 557
robotech ii : the sentinels was a planned 65 episodes continuation of the original robotech series , with animation by tatsunoko productions and a brand - new story written by carl macek .
. . . no contest , macross ii . big west had deeper pockets to fund and organise macross ii with . harmony gold…did not .
robotech ii : the sentinels was divided into
books
, to follow the paperback novels from which the animated series scripts were derived and later adapted into comicbook form .
there were comics and novels spawned , and even an rpg ( palladium ' s robotech ii : the sentinels ) . however , the question of what happened during the sentinels ' timeline was never fully answered in an official capacity .
well , it seems that macross ii wins by a landslide vote . besides , what was so good about the sentinels movie , anyway ?
palladium also published a separate rpg based on the macross ii anime , but this was entirely unrelated to the robotech continuity .
partially outlined in robotech art 3 and verified at conventions and in interviews . minmei is the mother of zor . the last episode of robotech would have been the first episode so that the series would have no beginning or end . robotech was never completed because robotech ii : the sentinels was cancelled .
forums of megaverse - official forum for megaverse of palladium books ( including robotech & macross ii sub - forums ) .
the robotech comic series was published by eternity comics and later academy comics and was released based on the tv show . the comics only covered the story through the opening of the fourth book . the comics continued in robotech : prelude to the shadow chronicles , finishing the gap between robotech ii : the sentinels and robotech : the shadow chronicles .
spiritual successor : although shadow chronicles retcons all versions of robotech ii : the sentinels out of existence , the prelude to the shadow chronicles miniseries also functions as a continuation of the eternity / academy comic version ; it even begins at the last panel of the last published sentinels comic .
the sentinels story has been pretty well covered in comics and books . now i don’t know how much of the sentinels story will remain canon , but i expect a lot of changes to the sentinels storyline .
the core robotech continuity accepts only the
broad strokes
of the sentinels era , although the finished animation is canon .
second thoughts was the planned fourth episode of robotech ii : the sentinels . as the series was shut - down three episodes into production , only the script has ever been released of the episode . it would have been the first appearances of many of the central sentinels designs , including the revamped destroids .
the history of robotech vol . 1 : harmony gold & the birth of robotech
la résistance : scott bernard ' s rebellion against the invid ; the sentinels .
robotech ii : the sentinels was an attempt by harmony gold usa to continue the original 1985 robotech television series . only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986 , and a feature - length film was released fr . . .
robotech : the shadow chronicles was completed and screened at film festivals in august 2006 . it was the first original , animated robotech production since the release of robotech ii : the sentinels in 1988 . shadow chronicles was released theatrically in january 2007 and released on region 1 dvd in february 2007 .
there were five sentinels novels published by del rey books . each
book
of the sentinels comic corresponded to a novel in the paperback series .
robotech ii : the sentinels had a special issue between books 3 and 4 . feeling that the series was getting long , and wanting to bring in new readers , publisher jean elane wanted us to do a summary issue recapping the events in the sentinels story from book 1 to book 3 .
eventually , shoji kawamori will finally get control of the macross saga and would go on to write his sequels . so robotech ii was planned first , and was the seed for macross ii , macross plus , macross 7 , and macross frontier .
3 . 3 . 1 : the comico robotech adaptations 3 . 3 . 2 : the comico graphic novel 3 . 3 . 3 : robotech ii : the sentinels 3 . 3 . 4 : robotech ii : the malcontent uprisings 3 . 3 . 5 : robotech : the legend of zor 3 . 3 . 6 : robotech : cyberpirates 3 . 3 . 7 : robotech : return to macross 3 . 3 . 8 : robotech : invid war 3 . 3 . 9 : robotech : invid war aftermath 3 . 3 . 10 : how many of these titles are still in print ?
robotech ii - the . . .
this video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by harmony gold usa , inc .
in one corner , we have robotech ii : the sentinels - harmony gold’s first attempt at expanding the robotech universe . the series was to have been 65 episodes long , but only three episodes worth of footage were made , in which hg combined into one movie .
i think so too , i know some of the robotech fans are not interested in robotech ii : the sentienels at all . but some of the fans including ourselfs are . in my opinion , it deserved to be either remastered or remake . even better why don’t they do both ( remastered & remake ) robotech ii : the sentienels ?
macross ii . while i dont watch it as much as…say…macross : do you remember love ? , i do watch it more then robotech ii : the sentinels ( mainly because i had to have my copy imported , and can no - longer play the regional - coded disc , so y’know , a waste of $ 80 ) .
ragtag bunch of misfits : scott bernard ' s rebellion against the invid ; the sentinels .
the robotech franchise officially disowned the continuity of the novels in 2005 with the creation of robotech : the shadow chronicles .
robotech ii : the sentinels was picked up by academy comics in the summer of 1994 . publisher jean elane wanted to continue the series right where eternity comics had left off , so the first issue of sentinels from academy comics would be book 3 # 9 , published in september 1994 . this is also when we started coloring the covers ourselves !
i already mentioned that macross ii was not produced by studio nue . it was animated by aic and oniro .
i think this would be a perfect way to put the sentinels to rest after all these years , and a nice treat to all of us who actually liked the sentinels .
robotech ii : the sentinels is a robotech comic series released by eternity comics and academy comics in between 1988 to 1996 . the comic is a partial adaptation of the novel series and a partial adaptation of the cancelled tv series , taking their own twist on the story . the comic was ended in 1996 when academy comics lost their license to print robotech comics .
since the faltering robotech ii : the sentinels series in 1987 , several projects have emerged under the robotech banner , with mixed success . released in 2006 , robotech : shadow chronicles followed on from the end of the 1985 series . robotech : shadow rising is a planned sequel which has so far failed to materialise . robotech : love live alive came out on dvd in 2013 . a series called robotech : academy was put on kickstarter in 2014 , but failed to raise the requisite funding .
it ' s obvious that the initial designs were copied verbatim with very few changes , most in terms of clothing . even the poses haven ' t been altered . the similarities prove beyond doubt that harmony gold ' s original plan was to make
robotech the movie
directly continue on to
robotech ii : the sentinels
through these characters . in my opinion the original concepts that harmony gold devised for
robotech the movie
and
robotech ii : the sentinels
were far more interesting than the final products that finally reached audiences . it’s a shame that outside interference and financial problems got in the way of what could have been excellent continuations of the “robotech” franchise .
7 ) _ ref field guide _ : an illustrated reference work for the _ sentinels _ book . robotech ii : ref field guide . copyright 1989 , by kevin siembieda . 144 pages , $ 14 . 95 . cat . no . 558
harmony gold attempted to produce several follow ups ( see robotech : animated sequels and spinoffs ) to the original series , most notably robotech ii : the sentinels . the project fell through due to problems with toy licensing and changes in the japanese yen - us dollar exchange rate , among other reasons . the sentinels saga continued to be chronicled in the novelizations by jack mckinney and comic book adaptations by the waltrip brothers .
in the end , antarctic wound up publishing a series entitled sentinels : rubicon with a different creative team , but it was set in the post - new generation era and had nothing to do with the novel of the same name , nor did it have much of anything to do with the original robotech ii : the sentinels property outside of a few side references .
the “sentinels” animation is bittersweet , for sure . that small sample of what might’ve been .
robotech ii : the sentinels was originally planned to be a cartoon series on television , but that production was never fully realized . harmony gold , the owners of robotech , decided to have the sentinels produced as a comic book series instead . eternity comics , a division of malibu graphics , purchased the rights where it was adapted by editor - in - chief chris ulm and creative director tom mason .
robotech ii : the sentinels is the black and white comic book adaptation of the failed film of the same name , and the longest - running robotech spinoff to date . artists jason and john waltrip adapted the original jack mckinney novels into comic books , though they diverged from the novels as the story progressed . the sentinels comics were originally published by eternity comics , then academy comics . the storyline abruptly ended when academy was unable to renew their license with the rights holders . the comics license passed to antarctic press in the late 90 ' s , who published the sentinels : rubicon , which draws its name from the title of the fifth sentinels novel . however , the rubicon comic , instead of completing the sentinels story , is set years after the end of the sentinels campaign , and was not illustrated by the waltrips . it was not popular with fans , due to the poor artwork and the lack of connection to the sentinels . it was cancelled after only two issues .
it’s agred that we need somthing to fill the gaps in robotech , much as i loved sentinels the problems with it ae fare too great .
this one is obvious , with studio nue spending much more money on animation style than sentinels . however this may have been fauted by the financial isues that plagued the production of sentinels .
sentinels featured bizarre aliens , including big - breasted amazons known as
praxians
.
palladium books , past and current publishers of the robotech role - playing game , was the first company to release southern cross , new generation , and robotech ii : the sentinels on vhs home video . these vhs videos were available via mail - order , as well as some direct - market game and hobby shops .
yeah i expect there to be some alterations if there will be a sentinels . wonder what janice em’s role will be in shadow chronicles…because she is a major character in the sentinels .
in my opinion , macross ii was designed in an anime style , based off characters and mecha designs or the original macross designer .
bo ok 4 # 13 was the last issue of robotech ii : the sentinels published by academy comics in december 1996 . due to falling sales and licensing issues with harmony gold , jean elane was forced to discontinue the series , leaving the story unfinished and the readers on a cliff - hanger ending .
core books one through five covered the three segments of robotech as aired ; robotech ii covered the sentinels pilot movie and the source material that never ended up being developed . book six and lancer ' s rockers took place after the series ended , and books seven , eight , and the rest of the adventure books took place during or shortly after the macross segment .
end of the circle is a new story designed to tie up all the loose ends in the robotech universe post - sentinels . it is a creation of jack mckinney ' s and is not related to the robotech iii : the odyssey concept mentioned in robotech art 3 .
does robotech ii : the sentinels stand up on its own ? absolutely not . but for fans that lived and breathed robotech like i did , this does not disappoint . it ' s included on one of the bonus discs in the dvd box set collections of the show recently released by adv films - - make sure to watch for it .
here is some general information about the robotech universe , the role - playing game , and my robotech campaigns .
well , this one kinda isnt fair , as the production value of the sentinels plummeted as the financial woes affected the production .
gotta go with sentinels . while macross ii was set 80 years in the future , and really didnt have much direct connection to macross other than a rebuilt sdf - 1 , sentinels had all of the surviving characters , a story that connects directly to the original macross series , and even has characters and story elements from macross and next generation…
as the robotech expeditionary force prepares to confront the robotech masters at their home planet , the invid are already ravaging it .
the sentinels rpg also diverged in some respects from the story covered in the sentinels novels and comic books , having been developed independently based on the same incomplete source material provided by harmony gold . the two primary differences are the idea that the sdf - 3 left with an entire fleet of ref ships accompanying them , and that the ref and the sentinels joined in a protracted war against the invid regent . the game also suggested that members of the sentinels ' races would openly join the ref .
to get the story produced , harmony gold went over to japan and started planning robotech ii . this was before macross ii and macross plus was ever even planned . as a result , the series was produced in secret in japan . if word got out that robotech ii was a sequel to sdf : macross , the japanese fans of macross would be tickled . pink . however , we will never know the real reason why the project flopped after 3 episodes were made . carl blamed it on the dollar , but i wonder what the japanese would say ?
the rest will have to be done by the fans , as hg has no intention of bringing back the sentinels series .
however , it has been stated by the staff ( steve , tommy , etc ) that robotech ii : the sentinels is no longer canon . they didnt assign it to an alternate universe status , they just removed it completely from the canon ( actually , technically , they use the words “secondary continuity” in the sentinels faq section . however , this was done mostly because the basic premise remained…that the sdf - 3 left on the pioneer mission for the rm homeworld , but aside from that fact , nothing of the sentinels story is applicable in their view ) .
for the fool who said let sentinels die ( thele ) shut your trap ! ! ! ! i’m sick of the idiots who hate sentinels . forget them ! ! ! ! if they truly understood robotech they would know that if the sentinels ( and possibly the oddyssey saga ) were completed ( according to carl macek’s original vision ) there probably wouldn’t be these continuity problems .
palladium books , which had produced a table - top role - playing game based on the robotech series , also produced a role - playing game for the sentinels .
the _ macross ii rpg _ is based on the japanese video series macross ii , which was based on the movie macross : do you remember love ? , which was based on the macross tv series , from which robotech was derived . in other words , the scenarios are not related , though they use similar game mechanics and mecha ( being both published by palladium and written by siembeda ) tv shows , this is not surprising ) . the plot of the macross ii video series is detailed elsewhere in this faq .
robotech pen - and - paper role - playing games , based on the robotech and sentinels series , were published by palladium books from 1986 to 2001 . a new revised line began in 2008 with a role - playing game based on robotech : the shadow chronicles .
actually , no . it was their only animated attempt at expanding the macross universe without kawamori . they released a series of games which , between them and the original release ost’s of macross ii , tell the history between macross do you remember love ? and super dimension fortress macross ii : lovers again .
a couple of licensed video games were also created around the turn of the millennium : robotech battlecry and robotech : invasion .
spear counterpart : the sentinels introduced the invid regent , the estranged mate of the regess from
new generation
who served as the big bad .
while the sentinels anime shows the pollinators are not immune to captivity , in the novelization the robotech masters know that trying to simply shoot polly is a waste of their now very precious time .
tie in novels : jack mckinney ' s adaptation of the unproduced sentinels sequel , and several other original stories .
c’mon now , let the sentinels die . it was a horrible filler to begin with , and very boring .
comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series , a sequel to the robotech macross series , that was planned but never fully made . in this issue , 10 years after the events in the robotech macross saga occurred , as rick hunter and lisa hayes prepare for their wedding , the robotech expeditionary force prepares to launch the sdf - 3 and journey to the robotech masters homeworld , not knowing that a new and powerful foe has attacked that homeworld – the invid in
a new threat .
script by tom mason & chris ulm and art by jason waltrip . issue also has a rick hunter & lisa hayes pinup and a guide to
who ' s who in robotech ii : the sentinels .
cover price $ 1 . 95 .
the 1st cd , has all the bgm music played during the tv show . the 2nd cd , hass all the vocal songs played during the tv show , the sentinels and the movie , this cd also has 7 bgm played only in the sentinels , and includes an 8 page booklet .
in response to fan - rage over what happened , harmony gold planned a sequel series . robotech ii : the sentinels . the show expanded greatly doctor lang ' s role in the overall story and provided two antagonists - - the vengeful invid regent , and the megalomaniacal t . r . edwards . of the two , t . r . edwards was the worst .
palladium , 1987 . paperback . condition : very good + . pal 557 . vg + condition . crisp , glossy cover . very nice . ~ this roleplaying supplement is based on the plots , conceptual art and models sheets for the never completed and little seen robotech ii : the sentinels animated television series . ~ 160 pages .
this article is about robotech role - playing games . for other uses , see robotech ( disambiguation ) .
lonely soldier boy ii ~ an acoustic album ( 2008 ) - this is the follow up album to the original lonely soldier boy cd . classic robotech tracks are performed in a minimalist , acoustic production . ( mbm )
after many years of keeping them in storage , we are proud to announce all the original pages used in the printing of the robotech sentinels comic book series are being put up for auction . now you can own a piece of robotech history !
for all its faults , and they are many , the finished robotech ii : the sentinels animation is something that makes me smile : a taste of what could have been , an opportunity to check in on some old friends who’ve gone and grown up on me , and a brief but tantalizing look at that wider robotech cosmos that was only hinted at in the original eighty - five episodes .
but having read the mckinney novelizations and the waltrip sentinels comics , i do feel that there is a bigger , richer world to robotech than just what we see in the original tv series .
one gender race : the praxians from the sentinels . the male and female zentraedi were segregated by gender , and effectively fulfilled this trope .
the game adds additional mecha and character profiles for the sentinels era . this includes the various sentinel races . the game also creates new ref mecha .
macek’s attempt at a new series to immediately follow the macross saga was robotech ii : the sentinels . with only three episodes produced before the project’s cancellation , the completed programs were reformatted into a 75 minute movie that was released in 1992 and re - released in this dvd set . like the movie , the sentinels is interesting , but feels remarkably incomplete and ends , as one would expect , with the impression that the producers ran out of money ( which , in essence , is what happened ) .
subscribe to lord karnage & cgr at urltoken cgr comics playlist : urltoken classic game room presents a cgr comics review of robotech ii : the sentinels issue # 1 from november 1988 published by eternity comics . nine years after the defeat of the zentradi , admiral rick hunter is about to marry ( finally ) list hayes , the sdf - 3 is going to launch and the invid attack and crush the robotech masters , good times in this average but entertaining read that continues the westernized saga of robotech !
p . o . v . sequel : the first act of the movie covers the events of the final two episodes of the robotech series from the perspective of the robotech expeditionary force .
as the series progressed to the robotech masters and new generation chapters , a different sound was needed to reflect these changes in the storylines . the musical team of steve wittmack and michael bradley contributed a number of pieces , including the eerie
flower of life
and their very popular songs for yellow dancer . the wittmack / bradley team was reteined to compose the songs for robotech the movie : the untold story , as well as compose the score for the sequel series robotech ii : the sentinels . for various reason , these two projects were never completed .
comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series , a sequel to the robotech macross series , that was planned but never fully made . in this issue , as the invid continue their attack on the robotech masters homeworld , cabell realizes that they are searching for the secrets of the protoculture matrix . and back on earth , as preparations continue for the wedding of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the launch of the sdf - 3 , rick and vince have suspicions about general edwards in
a new threat – part 2 .
script by tom mason & chris ulm and art by jason waltrip . issue also has a robotech pinup and a guide to
who ' s who in robotech ii : the sentinels .
cover price $ 1 . 95 .
well , there ' s not much else to tell about robotech sentinels , except perhaps that it would be another nine years before we would work on another robotech book , when in early 2005 we were asked by tommy yune , creative director at harmony gold , to co - write ( and contribute some art to ) robotech : prelude to the shadow chronicles , a new 5 issue mini - series that would finish the story of the sentinels and bridge the gap to the new incarnation of robotech . . . the direct to dvd animated movie robotech : shadow chronicles .
what does canon mean ? and what changes would be made to the sentinels story ? . i haven ` t read the comics or books and i don ` t intend to either as long as there is the smallest chance of the ressurection of the sentinels . do you guys think that they would remake even the first episodes ? and if they finish the sentinels i hope that the characters will look the same . ( the mature look )
lisa hayes is this for rick hunter ( and vice versa ) - they even make it to the altar in sentinels .
streamline pictures , founded by macek after the end of robotech , released robotech ii : the sentinels on vhs and laserdisc after the palladium books releases went out of print . in 1994 , streamline pictures also released an incomplete series of
perfect collection
vhs videos . each volume included two episodes of robotech after their corresponding episodes of macross , southern cross , or mospeada , completely uncut but inaccurately subtitled . this series allowed english - speaking viewers to see many of the changes made .
_ robotech iii : not necessarily the sentinels _ is a film that is two parts parody of and one part homage to robotech . it was put together by the fine folks at seishun - shitemasu , through the magic of some very creative editing and dubbing .
i’d rather the people who made robotech write it than one of the fans .
this article is about the 1985 television series . for the franchise , see robotech . for other uses , see robotech ( disambiguation ) .
in the other corner is macross ii - big west’s first and only attempt at expanding the macross universe without shoji kawamori and studio nue . this series ran for 6 ova episodes .
canon foreigner : most of the cast of the sentinels and shadow chronicles . thomas riley
t . r .
edwards is a particularly significant example since he served as both an evil counterpart of roy fokker in adaptations before becoming a major villain in the sentinels .
subsequent airings : robotech appeared on the sci - fi channel in 1993 , and on cartoon network ' s toonami in 1998 . toonami aired only episodes 1 through 60 , finishing the run at the end of the robotech masters story - line . toonami reran 3 selected episodes of robotech as part of the giant robot week in 2003 . kteh , a public television station in san jose , california aired the
macross
and
new generation
storylines , as well as the robotech ii : the sentinels feature . robotech formerly aired daily on the anime network . as of january 7 , 2007 , the show also airs in canada on space and retro . as of 2017 , all three sagas of robotech are currently available for streaming on netflix .
a robotech edition of the mospeada oav robotech love live alive was released in 2013 as a sequel , of sorts , to the shadow chronicles .
robotech ii : the sentinels was the comic book sequel to the popular japanese animated television series robotech . it was published by eternity comics from 1988 to 1994 and academy comics from 1994 to 1996 . in all , there were 75 issues of sentinels related books over eight years making it robotechs longest running comic book ever . and even though we didn ' t finish the series , ending prematurely with book 4 # 13 , we are extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish . we express our thanks to all those involved in the production , and our gratitude to all the readers !
robotech : the role - playing game - extensive fan - created role - playing game based heavily on palladium ' s robotech rpg .
robotech ii the sentinles is a great movie to fill us in on what has happened since the first robotech war . sure it has it ' s good and bad moments but in the end i give it a 10 / 10 . nobody can say that the marriage scene wasn ' t truly one of the most beautiful parts of the robotech series . the marriage scene has an awesome song sung by the duet of minmei and janyce . this is a must see for any and all robotech fans .
without giving too much away , _ not necessarily the sentinels _ has some very funny things to say about robotech and anime fandom in general , but don ' t take it too seriously .
took a level in kindness : robotech : the sentinels portrays rick hunter as a much wiser and kinder person than he was in the actual macross saga , which makes sense given that sentinels is set around 10 years later , which seems to have given him enough time to finally grow up and grow more into his responsibilities .
amazonian beauty : bela and gnea , members of a proud warrior race from a lady land planet , as seen in the sentinels .
i have noticed many fans wanting the sentinels to be completed , and wondering what they can do to help get this series going .
i have a close friend who feel instantly in love with robotech , and after she saw the sentinels she was at a loss as to why in this day in age we haven’t seen the series completed .
i enjoyed this
movie
, actually the start of an incomplete series supposed to span 65 episodes . a diehard robotech fan , i couldn ' t get enough of this tape , which kept the original voices of the robotech tv series while recreating the feel of the series even with new animators . sadly , the story is very incomplete , since all it takes is the first 4 episodes of what would have been a series . having read the ( complete ) robotech books , i know that the sentinels are a group of aliens the sdf - 3 is supposed to meet early in the robotech ii story , but despite the
sentinels
present in the name of the movie , you don ' t even get a glimpse of them ! i hope , probably in vain , eventually someone will pick up and finish the series .
the feature - length cartoon robotech 2 : the sentinels , expands upon the events in genesis climber mospeda , and also fills in story gaps left unplugged in macross and southern cross . the heroes and heroines pile into spaceship sdf - 3 to keep the peace in a faraway star system ; meanwhile , an alien race destroys the robotech masters . if you want to know the outcome , get robotech 2 : the sentinels ; the labyrinthine , multicharacter storyline might well blow out our word processor if we were to go into further detail . more
four months had passed without a word from the sentinels , and the members of the expeditionary mission to tirol feared the worst - even as they began truce negotiations with the invid regent himself . far away , the surviving sentinels were hopelessly stranded on praxis , a planet in cataclysm , at the mercy of the invid regis . but deep within that world ' s core were answers to the sentinels ' prayers - if they could only reach them before praxis tore itself apart .
yes , i agree but this will probably never happen… . . . sad really… . . . sentinels will never be finished… .
2017 c . e . first extrasolar colony settled by earthlings . - - vf - 2 valkyrie ii enters service with the robotech expeditionary force . vf - 4 wins the competition , and enters service as the colony protector . - - vf - xx enters service with the robotech expeditionary force for the zentraedi . - - vf - 11 is produced on a limited basis .
c’mon…macross ii . seriously , “banana moon of love” , “love you” , etc… and in all fairness , i found the bgm of m2 much better…probably because it was done by a professional studio .
elsewhere , ( in _ the sentinels _ ) siembeda takes liberties with the number of ships that supposedly departed with the sdf - 3 to tirol . according to all the known sentinels reference material , the sdf - 3 was supposed to be alone . however , siembeda seems to be attempting to address problems in macek ' s version of the sentinels ; one ship leaves , and hundreds ( fully crewed ) return . likewise , he has the ref spend an indeterminate time sweeping the galaxy clean of the regent ' s invid , where in the outlines for the sentinels tv show , the ref was to have returned not long after the capture of the invid ' s home - world .
at least macross ii didn’t have flying unicorns . and how was zor able to pilot an invid shock trooper when those things are biomechanical and don’t have controls that humanoids would understand ?
the zentraedi rebellion is a story that takes place between the end of the macross saga and the beginnings of southern cross and the sentinels . it is based strongly on the eternity comic ' s miniseries the malcontent uprisings .
hg decided to retime the scenes digitally using a tele - cine converter . this means that the final master for the sentinels actually exists on one - inch videotape . then of course , macek recut that footage again to make the sentinels feature that we all know it ( as opposed to the 3 episodes that were intended )
war of attrition : in the second robotech war , the southern cross continues to suffer horrid losses , but at the same time the robotech master ' s power reserves continue to dwindle .
the bear like kabarrans and the swashbuckling amazons from praxis , the feral natives of garuda and the human robotech heroes - these oddly match champions banded together with yet other species to form the valiant sentinels . but no fighting force could hope to dislodge the invid hordes from haydon iv , ethereal world of superscience , or spheris , crystalline globe of living minerals and murderous resonances . nevertheless , the sentinels launched their attack . . .
the few episodes that were made are available on home video and dvd , and novelizations and a comic - book adaptation of the sentinels story are also available .
i don’t care what anyone says , i love the sentinels . always have . i love the designs , i love the music , i love the story , i love the music , did i mention i love the music ? still wishing for a complete sentinels soundtrack someday… i don’t care what tom bateman says , i can dream . : )
extremely unlikely . the animated tv version of the sentinels is , in effect , on hold . there is some renewed interest at harmony gold because of the popularity of robotech on the sci - fi network , but no firm plans have been made public .
most likely , the shadow chronicles will replace the sentinels storyline . the whole point of the new series will be to find out what happened to the sdf - 3 , and harmony gold can make up whatever story it wants . the shadow chronicles will serve the same function as the sentinels : filling in the gaps between macross , the masters , and the new generation ; and establishing a final ending for the entire saga . whatever hg does with the shadow chronicles will be final . they may retain some ( or even all ) aspects of the sentinels storyline , but they are free to change it in whatever way they want . i personally liked some parts of the sentinels story ( the development of the alpha fighters , the character development of jonathan wolff , etc . ) , but there were some lame parts too ( the cute fuzzy talking bears and foxes ) . i always got the idea that the sentinels storyline was too quickly thrown together after robotech became popular . hopefully after 20 years , hg has come up with a well - thought - out story that will make us all forget about the sentinels . that , of course , remains to be seen…
but , then again , it wasn’t really a stand alone project . about the only thing that was better about sentinels was the voice acting , and the lack of hairdressers .
additionally , elements from the movie were used in the plot of the robotech novel # 20 : the masters ' gambit .
shortly after robotech 3000 was shelved , a new influx of employees attempted to restart the robotech franchise by actively reaching out to fans through an official robotech websites , seemingly the first time harmony gold had given a shit about fans since the late 1980s .
shortly after the release of the album , fans offered a great deal of favorable comments and constructive criticism . some felt that there should have been more vocal tracks from the robotech characters lynn minmei and yellow dancer . others did not understand the significance of the sentinels medley and how it fit into the robotech universe ( the robotech sequel , the sentinels , is now available on home video [ editors note : they mean the one tape . ] ) .
together
, the wedding song of rick and lisa , was such a moving composition to some fans that they played it during their own wedding ceremonies . mark
: much of the sentinels and robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie , although several of its elements were incorporated into it . to be clear , the haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that
the sentinels ' s story is continued in numerous comics and novels that were based on unused but finished scripts made for the series . however , after the storyline was rebooted , the novels were removed from continuity — the comic being continued on into robotech : prelude to the shadow chronicles .
there are no actual film masters on 16mm for the sentinels ( at least not the sentinels as we know it ) . yes the footage was shot in japan by tatsunoko on 16mm , but when the reels were delivered to hg , macek and his team realised that the “syntax of the film did not take full advantage of the footage” ( maceks words from art 3 ) .
hands down , macross ii . aside from the people big west employed to animate the feature , they also enlisted roughly 75 % of the people from macross dyrl ? to do the concept art work , and illustrational work ( hence the looks of the mardook tech to atlita ) .
optera - birthplace of the flower of life and its agents of retribution , the invid - was to be the site of the final confrontation between the sentinels and edwards and his invid allies . edwards , with lynn - minmei prisoner and a handful of invid inorganics under his control , had fled tirol for the distant planet . breetai ' s zentraedi were headed there as well - and so were the renegade forces of tesla , mutated by the fruits of the flower . the sentinels themselves were not far behind . . . and it was a battle the sentinels had to win !
later the robotech defense force announces their plans to form the robotech expeditionary force for the pioneer expedition in order to travel to the robotech masters ' s homeworld tirol to avoid a second robotech war on earth , leaving the charge of the defense of earth to anatole leonard ' s army of the southern cross , leonard complains about the expeditionary force taking all the available robotech weaponry to the mission as col . edwards watches the press conference from the tv smiling , later leonard complains in his office with rolf emerson about the expeditionary force taking the entire robotech weaponry to a
diplomatic
mission , leaving earth vulnerable to an alien invasion .
regardless of what some say , the sentinels is a great continuation to the robotech tv series . from rem and cabel ' s robotechnology / protoculture discussion ' s , to rick and lisa ' s wedding and the final battle on tirol between the regent ' s forces and the remaining bioroids . the sentinels movie remains to me a great start to the series that should have been . ( thank god for the novels and comics ) i still continually watch this film as much as the rest of the series . i find this and the robotech masters the best parts of robotech . i hope harmony gold will at some point finish it with a bunch of ova movies like the upcoming shadow chronicles .
subverted with the robotech elders who are said to be the original inhabitant of the planet tirol as they looked ancient .
gunther reinhardt was the lavender haired commander of the returning expedition . he is seen again in robotech the shadow chronicles .
along with ben dunn ' s ninja high school , the sentinels became one of the flagship titles of malibu comics ' eternity imprint . early on the story remained quite faithful to the original tv scripts , a fact that outsiders can tell only because eternity published two books containing the first eight scripts in 1991 & 1992 , but also included all - new ideas from mason and ulm . however , by the beginning of sentinels book ii in mid - 1990 , the comic book series had veered more towards the course of the novels - - whether this was due to a lack of access to the remainder of the original tv series material , a desire to present a unified sentinels front , or due to fan demand , nobody ' s ever said . still , as the story progressed all - new elements still slipped in , including an entire new subplot revolving around an underground movement within the ref , featuring brand - new characters , at the start of sentinels book iii in mid - 1993 .
north american television debut : robotech originally aired in 1985 in first - run syndication , meaning it was sold directly to local television stations without having been run on a network first—this was part of a trend in animation in the 1980s . previously , local stations would rerun theatrical cartoons like looney tunes or shows that had previously aired on network tv on saturday mornings . this changed after he - man and the masters of the universe introduced a new economic model : shows sold directly for first - run to stations , driving and funded by sales of related toys . [ 5 ] though the original robotech series did well in ratings , the attempt to cash in on toys may have doomed robotech ii : the sentinels as the original series attracted older viewers , not necessarily the children targeted by the toy line . the failure of the matchbox toy line is cited as a primary reason for the cancellation of the sentinels series .
robotech : the movie was an attempt by carl macek to adapt megazone 23 : part one for the american market , in cooperation with cannon films . robotech : the movie , also called robotech : the untold story , was a 1986 american - japanese science fiction animated film based on the robotech tv series and robotech franchise . the 1986 theatrical film used footage from part one of megazone 23 spliced with super dimensional cavalry southern cross and had only a tenuous link to the television series .
“if we are to avoid a second robotech war we must make peaceful contact with the robotech masters and establish a relationship of mutual cooperation . that is the mission of the sdf - 3 . ”
. . . . i think some of what made robotech great was its asian style animation , and sentinels had too much american influences . it kinda atered down the imagery , especially the backgrounds . ( some of them looked actually scooby doo - ish )
one degree of separation : several of the new characters are family members of characters from the original robotech .
the series continues in the masters ( “the second robotech war” ) , adapted from 1984’s japanese series the super dimension cavalry southern cross and the new generation ( “the third robotech war” ) , adapted from 1983’s japanese series genesis climber mospeada , both of which ( with the rewrites and american actor’s dubbing ) carry the robotech storyline forward to an exciting end .
comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series , a sequel to the robotech macross series , that was planned but never fully made . in this issue , as rick hunter struggles with the weight of command , minmei appears and on the robotech masters ' homeworld , the lord regent invid ' s plans to obtain the secrets of the protoculture matrix are not going well in
the inorganics .
script by tom mason & chris ulm and art by jason waltrip . cover price $ 1 . 95 .