"ninjaHELL! Presents: Telezonia" Program Description

Here is the other entry of ours into the Ikkicon 4 program:

ninjaHELL! Presents: Telezonia
Back in the late 70s, the now Bell Communications was in trouble. If they couldn't improve their public image, they wouldn't last much longer. Their solution? The weird and laughably bad “Telezonia” - an musical educational special designed to teach children how to use a telephone. Designed to be as politically correct and racially tolerant as humanly possible, its full of accidental racism and sexism, plot-holes, possible pedophiles and children stupid enough to willing follow badly dressed strangers into magically grown telephones. Needless to say, Bell Communications was later broken up by region. And this special is one of the memorials to their legacy.

And Kubu-kun The Sound Ninja and Tsuba-kun The Bullseye Ninja are ready to rip Telezonia to shreads. Come hear their new RiffTrax before it's available to purchase on rifftrax.com! Buy your own copy on DVD! See what you can't see by watching the DVD! [Insert interesting fact about the show here]! Wondering what ninjaHELL! is and who these guys are? Check out their blog at www.ninjahell.blogspot.com.

"A Very Merry ninjaHELL!" Program Description

Here's what is going to be in the program at Ikkicon 4:

“A Very Merry ninjaHELL!”
Kubu-kun The Sound Ninja and Tsuba-kun The Bullseye Ninja, those crazy ninjas from The Village Hidden In Plain Sight, are back! And this time, not even the holidays are safe – its a ninjaHELL! Holiday Special! But its not just the wintertime holidays, every holiday is fair game. From Halloween to Easter, from Christmas to Yom Kipur; if there's a weird, bad special made of it, they'll make it pay. With holiday themed prizes, odd costume changes, an appearance by Ninja Santa (for everyone in line before the show), and reminders that your childhood was not as bright or cheery as you remember, this ninjaHELL! will be one to remember.
Wonder what ninjaHELL! is? Its a clip show of the weirdest and baddest of educational specials, war time and corporate propaganda, movies, and television. Accompanying these is the funny commentary provided by Kubu-kun and Tsuba-kun, two ninjas from The Village Hidden In Plain Sight. Still confused? Check out their blog at www.ninjahell.blogspot.com for more.

Poster Contest

I've been trying to come up with a good poster for Ikkicon 4's "A Very Merry ninjaHELL!", but my drawing skills are limiting me.

That's where you guys come in - Create a poster and the winner will get the first spot in the line for the event. Send your images (PNG, JPEG, or GIF only) to kubukunthesoundninja@gmail.com by November 30th. Good Luck!

Horror Documentaries

I went and saw the film "Paranormal Activity" this weekend. I cannot recommend this film enough: the characters feel real, the camera work is very stable and creative, the story is compelling and creepy, and the demonology mentioned is very accurate. The premise is simple - girl moves in with guy, guy finds out that his hot girl is being stalked by a ghost, guy buys camera to film the supposed ghost, guy acts like a cocky bastard and eggs the ghost-kinda-thing on, turns out the ghost-kinda-thing is actually a very angry demon and all Hell breaks loose.

Interested in finding out more, I found out about the first horror film done in this style. It's called "The Last Broadcast," a documentary covering the bizarre murders of three TV show hosts in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. This film blows "The Blair Witch Project" out of the water. Check out the Trailer here, and beware - the last 10 minutes of the film are the scariest I have seen in a while:


And here's the trailer for Paranormal if you want to check it out:

...frickin school...

Uhh, school and life are really taking it out of me. Ikkicon's ninjaHELL schedule has changed a bit. Instead of the two ninjaHELL! Presents panels, we're only going to have one.

Remember Telezonia? Yeah, dial that number and beat yourself with all of the dirty, sticky change that comes out of the pay phone that no one uses anymore because cellphones are way better, because we're bringing it back. And performing the RiffTrax for it live. And hopefully selling it on disc.

The fanfiction pannels are still up in the air, but A Very Merry ninjaHELL! (ninjaHELL! 4) and ninjaHELL! Presents: Telezonia are solid as a rock.

Telezonia Update

Tsuba and I are 25% through scripting our commentary for Telezonia, which we will be selling on RiffTrax.com when we are finished. Also, we're working on a full commentary for both of our "ninjaHELL! Presents" Showings during Ikkicon 4.

What are the full films we are probably going to make fun of?

• Phantom Raiders - A film where the bad guy defects to Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and a military ninja and the bad guy's son have to bring three retired military heroes out of drug dealership and into the military's special force unit "The Phantom Raiders". Did I mention the exploding ninja stars?
• Solar Adventure - A South Korean animated children's film featuring children fighting off alien invaders with the help of some special friends. ...and by children's film, I mean horrible piece of anti-communist, anti-North Korean propaganda. That's totally what I meant.

Our goal is to finish Telezonia by Thanksgiving, so we can finish the commentary and skit scripts for both of these films. We'll keep you posted!

And We Were Wondering

Would you guys be interested in us doing full commentaries available through RiffTrax?