{"id":10869,"date":"2010-05-14T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10869"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:00:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T20:00:27","slug":"heavy-metal-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10869","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Metal (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Wow! 18 years of nothing and now twice in one day. What a place!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster-181x270.jpg 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Heavy-Metal-Poster.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA glowing green ball of evil affects all those across the galaxy who come across its path.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animated Features<\/li>\n<li>Episodic Films<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heavy_Metal_%28magazine%29\">American comic magazine<\/a> of the same name, this animated sci-fi film (kept out of video circulation for years given music licensing issues) has a cult following, but is most definitely not for all tastes. In fact, given the ample presence of cartoonish violence, over-sized bosoms, and gratuitous sex, its target demographic seems to be exclusively horny teenage geek-boys. None of the episodic vignettes are especially noteworthy or memorable, and the animation itself &#8212; despite being the result of <a href=\"1,000 artists working in five cities simultaneously\">&#8220;1,000 artists working in five cities simultaneously&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; looks pretty much like what you&#8217;d see on Saturday morning television. Feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Occasional snippets of reasonably impressive animation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/heavy-metal-animation2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/heavy-metal-animation2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10871\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though I&#8217;m slightly torn, given its undeniable cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082509\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/08\/07\/movies\/heavy-metal-adult-cartoon.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/heavy-metal-1981.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=108&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/heavy-metal\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wow! 18 years of nothing and now twice in one day. What a place!&#8221; Synopsis: A glowing green ball of evil affects all those across the galaxy who come across its path. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Animated Features Episodic Films Fantasy Science Fiction Review: Based on the American comic magazine of the same name, this animated sci-fi film (kept out of video circulation for years given music licensing issues) has a cult following, but is most definitely not for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10869\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66371,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10869\/revisions\/66371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}