Post by sageuk on Aug 28, 2014 21:16:08 GMT -5
(Green alien looking Iron Man?)
There's a new show coming out in Korea, though its not exactly what I call a Kdrama, and its usually what one would expect to air in Japan. Specifically, it's a tokusatsu, a genre in the vain of PowerRangers. In fact, Power Rangers veteran director Koichi Sakamoto is making this under Gunblade Industry SPC, a subsidiary of A mate Inc., a South Korean-based production company.
The overall plot is nothing special. Just a typical superhero team vs evil forces plot.
In a special video message from Sakamoto, he stated "'GUNBLADE' includes all the action elements, sci-fi elements and fantasy elements that kids like."
"GUNBLADE" is the tale of the extraordinary "Gunblade Team," a six-member special missions unit, assembled to protect and defend humankind against the evil Dr. Dexter and his super computer, "Olympus." Seeking assistance to carry out his diabolical plan to destroy the Earth, Dr. Dexter resurrects an ancient destructive clan, "Gothic," who had been sealed away for evildoing. Now with the threat of humanity becoming extinct, the Gunblade Team must stop Dr. Dexter from destroying the Earth. Equipped with the "GB Drive," a special smart phone type device, GUNBLADE members can use its applications to transmit high-tech weaponry, assist in a variety of attack skills, garner protection by an impenetrable shield and even transform into a special armored suit.
The $20 million budgeted production is scheduled to begin filming this August and will be on-air in Korea as early as March 2015. "GUNBLADE" will be distributed throughout select Asian markets in June and September 2015 and is planned to air in Europe and the United States by January of 2016.
"GUNBLADE" is the tale of the extraordinary "Gunblade Team," a six-member special missions unit, assembled to protect and defend humankind against the evil Dr. Dexter and his super computer, "Olympus." Seeking assistance to carry out his diabolical plan to destroy the Earth, Dr. Dexter resurrects an ancient destructive clan, "Gothic," who had been sealed away for evildoing. Now with the threat of humanity becoming extinct, the Gunblade Team must stop Dr. Dexter from destroying the Earth. Equipped with the "GB Drive," a special smart phone type device, GUNBLADE members can use its applications to transmit high-tech weaponry, assist in a variety of attack skills, garner protection by an impenetrable shield and even transform into a special armored suit.
The $20 million budgeted production is scheduled to begin filming this August and will be on-air in Korea as early as March 2015. "GUNBLADE" will be distributed throughout select Asian markets in June and September 2015 and is planned to air in Europe and the United States by January of 2016.
Here's a bit of a preview for this show.
Many of you will probably view this as ridiculous, and I bring this one up because of it. I've heard tokusatsu has been dwindling in Japan-I never thought Korea would ever make one though. Wonder if the superhero movie craze contributed to this?