Kerry Evans Culture Editor Douglas College Events Noon at New West presents Martha Brickman, harpsichord Baroque Music for Harpsichord Performing Arts Theatre October 24th at 12:30 p.m. Literature Alive presents Brad Cran, poet Room 3408, New West Campus October 26th at 11:00 a.m. Gallery Events Urban Ink Productions The Firehall Arts Centre Rare Earth Arias October 17th-26th at 6 p.m. Vicky Marshall Still Life Paintings Tickets available through Ticketmaster The Tea Party Canadian Rock Trio Orpheum Theatre October 29th Tickets available through Ticketmaster Gwar Gore-rockers from Antartica Commodore Ballroom October 27th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets available through Scrape, Zulu, Scratch, and Noize! Records Musical Events Bobby Previte & Bump plus Michael Occhipinti “Creation Dream” Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre October 25th at 8:00 p.m. The exhibition is of a survey of the artist’s still life paintings dating back to 1984. Evergreen Cultural Centre October 27th — December 7th Call 604-927-6550 for further information. Concerts Mindless Self Indulgence With special guests Richard’s on Richards October 25th at 7:30 p Salif Keita Commodore (868 Granville St.) October 28th at 8:30 p.m. Mark Helias’ “Open Loose” Western Front (303. E.8th Ave.) i at. Game Review Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counter Attack Nick Hogg Op Animaton Released by: Bandai Entertainment Running time: 130 minutes © page 10 Well twelve years after its theatrical release we finally get an offi- cial English version of Char’s Counter Attack. Just about every Gundam fan out there was waiting for this film, and thankfully it's doesn’t disappoint. Audio is redone to include Japanese and English 5.1 channel surround sound options, along with a two-channel sound for both languages. The video quality is good considering that this was in theaters 12 years ago. Although this isn’t as flashy as any of the newer stuff, its nice and still entertaining, and as a side note this film has the first appearance of computer animation being used in anime. The disc doesn’t really contain much except the movie, a few trailers for things, the original movie trailer and a really weird music video that’s not quite worth watching. The menus are straightforward and easy to navigate, although that’s mostly because of the lack of extras. One thing about the package that impressed me was the DVD Slip cover with an embossed gold Zeon symbol on a reddish brown back- ground, this look very impressive. And the DVD itself has a reversible cover; depending on weather you want Char with his Sazabi, or Amuro, with the Nu Gundam. Char’s Counter Attack is a grudge match that has been ten years in the making between Char Anazable, and Amuro Ray. Why all the hostility between these two? Well besides being on separate Call 604-254-0355 for further information Mall Talk Vancouver Society of Storytelling Oakridge Centre, in Vancouver October 26th and 27th at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Call 604-876-2272 for more information Theatre Events Zarathushti International Film Festival Films exploring the Persian culture Presentation House Theatre October 25th-27th at 8:00 p.m. Contact the box office at 604-990-3474 for further information. Obsession An evening of new plays Vancouver East Cultural Centre October 29th-November 9th Tickets available through Ticketmaster Misc. Halloween Haunted: The | sides of a horrific war, Lalah. She was a student of Char’s who fell in love with Amuro, and in a subsequent battle, got between Char and Amuro while they were fighting and was killed by Amuro. This is all set along the backdrop of determining the path that humanity should choose to take. As the film opens, an asteroid courtesy of Char is plummet- ing towards earth while Gundam and the other Londo Bell Forces try to stop it. The plot plays out very well, although it’s Gundam so we all have some idea what the story's going to be like anyway. But the plot’s not why one would watch Gundam; you have lots of mobile suits in epic space battles. The space bat- tles are amazing, they're large, they're epic, and filled with explo- sions. I have to say how much I missed seeing funnels zipping around space blowing stuff up, nothing’s cooler than funnels in this reviewer’s mind. And as soon as someone invents funnels, I’m going to be the first person to buy them, provided I can import them from Japan. Overall it was a great movie redone, with great sounds, and nicely packaged in a collector’s sleeve. Although keep in mind this is coming from the guy who has a small plastic Gundam army. But if you like Gundam, robots, epic space battles, or just have some obsessive need to watch every anime every made, then this a disc not to miss.