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Shadow Geisha!

     I "accidentally" watched the film "RoboGeisha" twice. I went to watch it on Hulu + last night and realized too late I had already seen it. What took so long? This film has an ultimately forgettable plot, but so many memorable moments that I kept wondering whether I'd seen the film before, or just the trailer a few times. This film is so over-the-top as to be teetering on the cusp between "way too much" and "kind of awesome".      After a few rounds of reaching for the off button to end this crazy ride, only to be dissuaded by a totally hilarious bit of dialog, I eventually sat back and enjoyed the ride, probably exactly like the first time I saw it.
     Here's the story in a nutshell: Two sisters, one mean and popular, the other shy and bullied, are kidnapped by mad industrialists who are building an army of ninja-geisha in order to take over the world. Not satisfied with being mere ninja, yet not desiring to join the "goblin squadron", the two opt for robotic enhancements which turn them into naughty killing machines.

     Nevermind that the script seems written on the fly. There's some really funny shit in here. For instance: after being kidnapped and dragged to the geisha training arena to be forced to fight her sister, Yohsie screams "No! Not in THIS outfit!" "So embarrassing..."
Later, when confronted with the Goblin Squadron's ass-swords, Yoshie brandishes her own ass-sword, followed by the three of them murmuring "it's embarrassing..." for several seconds.

"it's embarrassing..."

...and then there's THIS:

     I would definitely recommend the english dub. The voice actors did a really good job re-translating and inflecting in the funniest way possible... something the subtitles fell slightly short of.
     Seriously though, the first 10 minutes are hard to get through. And if you end up hating it... I get it. It's a B movie at it's best... and, well, I'm kinda surprised I spent this much time blogging about it.