{"id":84,"date":"2006-01-11T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-11T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/01\/11\/post-322-absolutely-breathtaking\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T23:22:45","slug":"post-322-absolutely-breathtaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/01\/11\/post-322-absolutely-breathtaking\/","title":{"rendered":"post 322 ~ absolutely breathtaking!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/MovieDisplay?movieid=70037672\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/70037672.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Le Portrait de Petite Cossette&#8221; (2005)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/MovieDisplay?movieid=60029594\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/60029594.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;So Close&#8221; (2002)<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 322<\/b> ~ DVDs, towers, and penthouses&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>portrait of little cosette<\/b> (netflix) ~ WOW&#8230; ab-so-lute-ly breathtaking!!!\n<p>for any fan of anime, this is a must!&#8230; for those who&#8217;ve seen the 30-minute &#8220;<b>voices of a distant star<\/b>&#8220;, this mystery\/horror anime recalls the same indescribably sublime style of moment-to-moment imagery&#8230; for those who&#8217;ve seen the schizophrenic mystery\/sci-fi series &#8220;<b>rahxephon<\/b>&#8220;, this anime recalls the same epic psychological clashes&#8230; and for those who&#8217;ve heard the piercingly haunting music of yuki kajiura (at times rivaling even surpassing the talents of yoko kanno!) from the series &#8220;<b>noir<\/b>&#8220;, this anime takes her music further into the shadowy depths of tragedy and mystery&#8230; incredible piece of animated art, hypnotizingly heart-stopping&#8230; despite only 4 of 5 stars for its three-episode brevity, the DVD and CD soundtrack are already on my WISH LIST! haha! ;)))<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ghost in the shell<\/b> ~ yet another amazing piece of anime&#8230; finally finished &#8220;gits: sac 2nd GIG&#8221; disc TWO!&#8230; ah, the cyberpunk socio-political intrigue gets even more intense!&#8230; can&#8217;t wait for disc THREE in a few weeks!\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>so close<\/b> (netflix) ~ watched the asian\/hong-kong film &#8220;so close&#8221; over the weekend&#8230; STYLISH ACTION that easily surpasses &#8220;charlie&#8217;s angels&#8221; in its sleek sexiness, and its convincingly portrayed martial arts&#8230; Qu Shi looks like an asian Angelina Jolie, while Karen Mok looks like an asian  (aka digital_sushi)&#8230; 4 of 5 stars!&#8230; ALSO on my wish list! ;)\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>dvd tower<\/b> ~ yup, with all the DVDs we&#8217;ve been getting, we bought our 5th DVD tower over the weekend&#8230; not counting bonus\/extra discs, but yes, including series discs in a season, we&#8217;ve exceeded 400 DVDs!!!&#8230; DAMN!\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>penthouse<\/b> ~ last but not least, our &#8220;penthouse&#8221; issue arrived in the mail&#8230; it&#8217;s been about 10 years since our last issues&#8230; hmmm, has &#8220;penthouse&#8221; gotten more conservative in its photoshoots?&#8230; i&#8217;ll confirm next month, hahaha ;)\n<p><i>update<\/i> ~ a-ha! i figured out why nowadays &#8220;penthouse&#8221; seems tamer in print&#8230; they advertise their webpages with &#8220;hotter&#8221; versions of the magazine shoots&#8230; yeah, makes sense&#8230; :)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Le Portrait de Petite Cossette&#8221; (2005) &#8220;So Close&#8221; (2002) post 322 ~ DVDs, towers, and penthouses&#8230; portrait of little cosette (netflix) ~ WOW&#8230; ab-so-lute-ly breathtaking!!! for any fan of anime, this is a must!&#8230; for those who&#8217;ve seen the 30-minute &#8220;voices of a distant star&#8220;, this mystery\/horror anime recalls the same indescribably sublime style of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/01\/11\/post-322-absolutely-breathtaking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[139,52,277],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-1m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":200,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/12\/25\/blog-018-lunar-impact\/","url_meta":{"origin":84,"position":0},"title":"Blog 018 > Lunar Impact!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"December 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Tsukuyomi Moon Phase | Image from Google Search my speed review: \"DOUBLE WOW! 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