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Sailor Moon Super S The Movie - Black Dream Hole [VHS]

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1 star:		(11)

 

 

I have the dub and the sub versions, and to make life easier, I'll divide the parts into good, bad, and the treats:

The BAD: The voice for Diana( Luna and Artemis's feline daughter ) does NOT match at ALL! It sounded like a grown woman with a nasal problem. They should have just asked a small kid to do the voice. Also, another thing that might disappoint the hard-core Moon fan is that there's no special footage in the video when they show Sailor Moon's attack( "Moon Gorgeous Meditation" ); they just show her do a team with Rini's attack into the Dream Hole with no special shots. Another thing is that you don't get to see the transformations of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Oh well...

The GOOD:(There's lots) The graphics are spectacular! If the graphics and animation on the R and S movies were 5-6 on a scale of 1 to 10, this movie's animation would get 11! You can actually see good art details of the attacks, the backgrounds, and the characters! Very nice! Also, we get a peek of the dub's version of the new Sailor powers: the crystal transformations of the Inner Sailor Scouts, the attacks("Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!", "Mars Flame Sniper!", "Jupiter Oak Evolution!", "Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"), and the planet treasures of Uranus and Neptune( "Space Sword Blaster!", "Submarine Reflection!"). Also, we get to see Diana, Luna and Artemis's daughter. As an extra bonus, the voicers of the enemies and Perulu(the fairy that befriends Rini) are great and are really believable. No problem there. Oh yeah, and during a battle sequence, when Sailor Moon is trapped in a dream world, and she meets with Darien, the background plays the song "Nothing At All" which ACTUALLY fits the mood! Excellent choice for the movie!

The TREATS: First, the moral( for you parents out there ): the moral in the video is that the kids are being kidnapped because the enemy wants to keep them in a dream world forever where they'll never experience pain and never face reality. But in the video, Sailor Moon realizes that it's better to face the real world because no fantasy world can provide love and friends. Plus, it's not always bad to face a bad day in life because you have friends and family to help you deal with it. After all, some things are too good to be true, and you can't see through life thinking that way. Nice, if not preachy, moral. Also, the plot of the dub follows the plot of the sub, MORE or LESS, so I don't want to hear any complaints about the dub not following the sub! Also, I got used to the voices of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, REALLY!( Trust me, if you watched the Sailor Moon S series on Cartoon Network at 4:00 P.M., you'll get used to the voices and think that they fit too ). So overall, the voices of the characters did pretty well, except Diana.

So is it worth buying? Yes, in a nutshell, because there's hardly any bad parts or nudity( think a plastic Barbie doll engulfed in light ), all the voices in the dub are the same ones from the past, there's some humor, the dub left most things in, and this is the only time you can see the English version of the Super attcks, transformations, and more of Mini Moon( surprisingly, I'm actually used to that name too, thanks to the Cartoon Network's showings! ). Plus, it has a nice plot, so I'd doubt you'd get bored brainless from watching this video.

As the third consecutive Sailor Moon film, SailorMoon:SuperS features an absolutely lovely musical score, and is without a doubt the most beautifully animated SM adventure yet! It's obvious the studio put a lot of money into this production. It also has an incredibly charming opening credit sequence that is probably the cutest part of the entire film series!

The fairly straightforward plot introduces the evil Lady Vadiane, a giant magical being who sends her 3 Fairy minions to Earth to capture children. She plans to use their 'Sugar Energy' to power a giant black hole with which to absorb the entire Earth! After Chibi-Usa (Rini) is captured in one of the raids, it's up to the Sailor Team to rescue her and save the world yet again.

Some familiarity with the original series might be helpful before watching since the girls all have new attacks, and new Senshi and a new feline character have been added to the cast. It's not absolutely necessary though.

There is some implied nudity in the form of drawn outlines of the girls bodies in rainbow colored energy forms. But parents would probably be hard-pressed to find this one scene offensive for younger viewers.

In fact, it's probably younger fans who'll get more out of this one, with it's colorful attacks, cute production designs, and nonstop action. For more mature SM lovers; aside from the usual powerful bonds between the girls, some fun moments with Usagi(Serina) and her long-suffering boyfriend Mamoru(Darien) and the usual comedic bickering between Chibi-Usa and Usagi, there isn't a whole lot here. Good heros need good enemies and in this case, Vadiane just doesn't cut it. She's a very powerful being, but an extremely one-dimensional one. There's no explaination of exactly WHY she wants to destroy the Earth, other than just being evil. This really hurts the films sense of drama, as the evil Queen just becomes another straw figure to be easily knocked over by Usagi and friends. It's such a pity that an otherwise fine production has to fall down in this one respect. I know it can be difficult to creat an interesting character with less than an hour of screentime to work with, but surely a few throwaway lines couldn't have hurt.

All in all though it's a good adventure to add to your Sailor Moon collection, but definately purchase the R and S movies first.

O.K. I've seen all three Sailor Moon movies and this is definately my favorite one! For all of you people out there that live in North America and haven't seen any new Sailor Moon stuff this is the movie for you! It has all of the scouts (except Saturn ^.^)in their new uniforms and they have new powers. The movie is centered on Chibimoon,in case you don't like Chibimoon, but it's still a great movie. One of my favorite parts was when Usagi asked Mamuro who he loved most, her or Chibi. Well, the movie is about Peruru, a fairy boy, and how he doesn't want to take little kids and put them in a dream world. He meets Chibi and he feels, now more than ever, that kids shouldn't be put into a dream world. Eventually Chibimoon gets kidnapped and its up to the scouts to save her and the other kids. I wont tell you how it ends, since it's better to see the movie than me telling you. I hope you enjoy Sailor Moon SuperS as much as I do.

Frankly speaking the target audience for the Sailormoon series should never be small children - premature love, gays, lesbians, transexual characters were all too often in the series, which I think strong parental guidance is needed to explain them to small children.

Nonetheless, the SuperS movie should still be a good choice in a way that the plot is developed in a much sensible way. Although as usual Mr. Tuxedo Mask is nothing more than low level supporting character (which happened since the S series and particularly true in the Sailor Stars series), the parts of other characters are fairly equal and balance. If you love Chibimoon, probably you would enjoy watching her using the Moon Gorgeous Meditation instead of the useless Twinkle Yell. Also, this is the place where Uranus' Space Sword Blaster and Neptune's Submarine Reflection first appeared (although the action development of these two attacks are much better in the Sailor Stars series).

One point worth mentioning is that in the Japanese original LD format, it is quite strange that in some of scenes, the picture quality shows some sudden down turns from time to time, which makes the movie very odd while watching it.

Anyway, if you are a big fan of the series, just could not miss it. It is also a good choice before watching the Sailor Stars sequel.

I have heard that a lot of people don't like this movie because it has to do a lot with Chibi-Usa. Two words people... SO WHAT? No, she is not my favorite senshi, I will admit that, but I don't hate her. Yes, she is annoying, and can act like a brat, but as I recall when I was her age, when my brothers were her age, and probably when everyone else in the world was her age, we all were annoying little brats at one point or another. Chibi-Usa is in the top five of my favorite senshi, so I have nothing against her.

Okay, now on to the movie. This movie rests forever the myth that Usagi hates Chibi-Usa and vice versa. Usagi jumped into the Black Dream Hole after Chibi-Usa with out hesitation even after Peruru warned her that she would never come out. Yes, they may fight a lot, but this movie brings out that Usagi does love Chibi-Usa unconditionally and would even die for her, and same for Chibi-Usa for Usagi. After all, what kind of relationship would a mother and daughter have, especially if they were very alike in personality, with out fighting?

I will give this movie 5 stars because it has action, Mamo-chan, and is really sweet. E-mail me if you have any comments about my review or you just love Sailor Moon in general! Ja ne minna!

Sailormoon SuperS the movie was in my opinion the best and cutest of all the three movies. The scene in the kitchen never ceases to crack me up,Moonlight Densetsu has the most adorable animation to go with it,and the seiyuu (Japanese voice actresses) are incredibly good, not to mention all the bakground music is befitting to the scenes. However, the dub dissapointed me a lot. Most of the music was changed so that it was the opening song played over and over again. almost all the diolauge in the movie was changed. All the girls' cute antics sound completely ditzy, and phrases such as , "This is totally hard to mix," "way cool," "meatball head mom from the future" "evil sick cow," and "you psycho" were added to it. The entire funny conversation with Diana was changed of course, and to top it all off Diana's voice is one of the most awful ones they could have picked. The touching or cute scenes are all just extra-cheesey. The voice actors didn't convince me half as much as the Seiyuu, and 3 very noticeable cuts were made,Usagi spanking Chibiusa, Tuxedo Kamen (Mask) getting thrown hard against a ship,and the Sailor Soldiers' transformation wearing off, The dub is a real dissapointment to fans of the original such as myself, so if you're considering purchasing this video dubbed, get the subtitled version.

Before Christmas I purchased the video's for the R and Super S movie, and I was really quite taken by both, R for its sincerity and SS for its fun plot. The Super S movie turned out to be my favorite of all the movies, (I purchased the S a few months ago,) because its storyline was well written for people who weren't interested in seeing a new part of the series, just a nice adventure set aside from what was going on in the television. This was the first time (for me) where Chibi Usa started to look and act more grown up. Her relationship with the boy Peruru in the movie is sweet and innocent and you kinda wish something had happened between them. Sailor Moon showed some real grit and guts and for once, as a mother to Chibi Usa and as the leader of the senshi, and happily, like R, she didn't bore the main villain with a long speech. If you're a Sailor Moon Fan who has yet to see what's to become of the senshi in later series, this gives you a slight taste of everything save for the plot. This movie is strictly for fun.

Why does everyone seem to dislike this movie? It was wonderful (MUCH better than S). The animation was better than the other two and the use of camera angles was breathtaking. It also had a very good plot and it DID NOT CENTER AROUND CHIBI MOON! If anything it centered around Sailor moon, Peruru (a fairy) and chibi moon pretty evenly. Anyone who despises the "spore" will think different, of course (you always notice things you dislike first), so I don't reccomend this to haters of Chibi Moon or cute things like fairies and such. If your not sickened by small amounts of cuteness, this is a fun and touching movie (Peruru is a great character) that is only defeated by R. Plus, this movie proves what everybody knows. Chibiusa has more Sugar energy than 27 cities worth of children=)

I see that i dont stand alone when i say that Sailor Moon SuperS the movie was not exactly what people had hoped for. After Sailor Moon R all fans had high hopes for the following movies. While hearts in ice filled the expectations of viewers, SuperS left fans a bit dissapointed. Perhaps it is due to the inconsistancy it has when it comes to the actual series or maybe it is because the story line has left much to be desired. Im not exaclty sure, but what i am sure about is that having been a long time sailor mooon fan and own and seen every episode made, SuperS just does not live up to the standard.

You're probably wondering then why i gave this movie four stars then...well even tho it is not the best sailor moon movie....it is still good to watch and kill time. Plus it still has its moments which help to redeme it some in my eyes. The best scene in the film is right after sailor moon breaks free of the dream box and must carry chibi-moon out of the black dream hole. She starts being assalted by fire that quickly starts to sap her strength....she then calls on the power of the other senshi and after gaining their strength she is able to bust through the fire and out of the dream hole.

Now, the part i did not like was the whole thing with the outer senshi, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto, coming back. The whole thing doesnt make sense because those senshi dont come back till the fifth season Stars. If you have watched Stars you will realize quickly that when they come back it is the first time, not the second like the movie would suggest. So, the whole thing doesnt quite fit in with how the series was put together which can get confusing. If their going to make a movie with the return of the outer senshi, then they should at least make it so it fits in with the series first. (plus it would have been great if sailor saturn was in it too!) But aside from the fact that their coming back does not fit the series, they make a great contribution to the film and make it worth watching which is more than likely part of the reason for bringing them into the film. Its great to see the outer senshi again and their entrance during the film rises the susopension a bit and makes you shout a hurrah! for sailor moon.

What i find somewhat humerous in this movie is that once again, chibi-usa falls in love with someone she can never be with. While there may be hope for her and Helios, there is none with Mamoru or Paperu (i think thats how it is spelled). She tends to always like the ones she cant be with. Like the whole love thing with Mamoru is sooooo wrong that it makes me sick whenever is see her fawning over him. She knows that he is her father....so why in the hell is she trying to come between Usagi and him sometimes? EW! If i were usagi, i would tell chibi-usa that she would become celebate so she wont exist if she doesnt keep her paws off Mamoru....heheh....that should get her. But the whole love thing between her and paperu i must say is cute since they are little kids.....ahhhh...young love...hehehe....too bad they dont know about they REAL good parts of love yet. ^_^

Well, if your a big sailor moon fan like myself i would urge you to get this film so you may watch it and add it to your sailor moon horde. Its not a bad movie its just not the best either. The story line is fun and i definitly love the music in it, thats for sure. I urge you, like in all the films, to NOT watch the english version...it is down right horrible. At times the voices are just annoying and the voice acting is just poor....i havent seen an anime yet where the voice acting was good....i wish that the producers would stop half assing the voice overs...because if they are just going to do crap like what is in this film then they might as well just keep it subtitled. But of course it is good for your little kids because they dont know good acting yet plus any parts you might see unsutable for your kids have been cut out, like when usagi spanks chibi-usa (which i dont exaclty get why it was cut but oh well)....but the japanese version is uncut an made for those who truly love and worship sailor moon. Buy this film and keep on loving sailor moon. ^_^

I dont care what any of you other people think, but Sailor Moon SS rocked. I am 13, and even at my age this movie kept me interested the whole way through. Once, I Watched it with my cousins who pretty much hate any thing even vaguely related to sailor moon, but at the end they were astonished. Some of the content IS oriented towards adults, but on the other hand, some could do for my 6 year old sister. If i had a chance to change one thing though, I'd like to see Sailor Saturn, the Sailor Stars and Chibichibi in this one. When are we gonna get a chance to see them? Oh well, for Sailor Moon fans or non Sailor Moon fans, this is recommended by me to all of you.