@@BrokenCurtain He had a contingency for that, though, with his lace-grabbers, perfect for disarming swords and a piece of string clogging up his pizza cutter.
I've always considered this the most beautifully done segment of the entire movie. The story line, animation and music are just wonderful. And Taarna is a bad-a## warrior!
@@Nombrenooriginal You do know that the animation was all hand-drawn (or rotoscoped), right? No computer animation back in 1981. Not really fair to compare something from 40 years ago with modern tech.
@@Nombrenooriginal And my point is; slow... compared to what (from the same era or earlier)? Slower than anime? That's a stylistic difference. If you mean "slow to you" then that's a judgement call, based on your personal preferences. Objectively, the animation in Heavy Metal seems very consistent with the state of the art from the late 70s or early 80s.
She put her fist _thru his face._ I'll always love Taarna. I've named so many videogame characters after her, and Aviendha from _the Wheel of Time_ book series.
I think she was in a Simpson's episode. You smell the spray of a uncut cat, a male, and begin fantasizing this. Kenny had an exceptionally good time. Except her boobies were much bigger and everything had boob designs, from building towers to the shoulders of military uniforms.
@@ihcfn She was my favorite character from the Wheel of Time, along with Matt. And I've always had a thing for redheads, cuz I'm dumb like that. Every one I've ever known has had a temper that matched their hair color.
This movie always gives me such interesting feelings. It's like a song that you can't fully understand. So for me the film is about a truth that we cannot grasp. I'm hypnotized and mesmerized every time I see the film.
The ending always confused me, but here is what I think happens, I think the Loc-Nar exists in all times and realities, he is the embedment of all the evil and hatefulness absorbed into its body. I think the stories and villains from the other stories are what fueled it, and gave it consciousness, which ultimately columnated in it creating the mutant army to destroy all good in the universe. However once it met Taama, she utterly destroyed it by a noble sacrifice neutralizing the sum of the evil energy it collected, thus destroying its incarnation throughout all times and realities. Doing so created a compression in time and reality, that merged the girl from the beginning with Taarna, as she was her soul-ancestor, thus creating a world that is a fusion of all realities Loc-Nar existed in.
The end is the beginning the girl becomes Taarna and ultimately she is the woman warrior who destroys the Loc-Nar which had come to her to end her story before it could begin.
@@zorkmid1083 I think the balance must be held, one cannot exist without the other. until the cycle repeats, this time on Earth. it just move planet to planet.
@@fmlazar Both make sense. I could go with this being The First Tarakian because her "birthmark/Tattoo" is on the opposite side of her neck as opposed to the side its shown on The Taarna in the Story.
Let's here is for one of the all-time best scores by the late Elmer Bernstein, he just knocked it out of the ballpark on this one, it's worth mentioning that the theme for Taarna was first written for the film SATURN 3, but more or less no used in the final cut of that film, however he found a wonderful home for it in this movie.
This is absolutely out of context for me, but what an absolute compelling story and beautiful work. It easily conveys a tale of adversity, I can clearly sense the established connection between the heroine and her majestic steed, and their mutual agreement of universal sacrifice for the greater is haunting as they were fully assured to the end.
The great comic writer and movie ghostbuster Harold Ramis also was involved in this. I recognized his voice on another clip here. Awesome visuals ( esp the women hehe) and mind blowing stuff for its day.
I remember seeing this movie some forty years ago at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue cinema in London. Loved it at the time especially the great soundtrack. Thanks for rekindling the memories.
I wonder if her armor played a part in her initial ascension and her resilience ... the Taarna segement is clearly a prime example of a technologically decadent world/dying world theme, which means anything is possible, even armor that appears worthless but could be teeming with high tech ... the glove may also prevent the sword from "sacrificing" herself prematurely ... Once she assumes the proper grip and stance, and perhaps mindset too, her second ascension to a being of pure energy takes place ... or maybe she just looks awesome as hell in it and that is part of the reason Taarna is a modern icon now!
I like how she managed to win. She couldn’t best the bad guy’s fighting but she befriended a loyal beast. These days, they just let the Marry Sues win like it’s nothing
The modern fanfic heroine is a woman’s body acting in a way that women think men are, and then having all setbacks removed. It’s hollow at every level.
YES taarna CAN best the bad guy's fighting, she just needs to focus more in order to overpower him in battle REAL good, because taarna is STRONGER and MIGHTIER than the bad guy
The Loc-Nar made a big mistake in underestimating Taarna while the Loc-Nar was pure evil Taarna was pure good full of good and justice in her heart and it was that that led to it's destruction.
It's the unavoidable tunnel vision of an entity driven by selfishness and malice. It can't conceive of self-sacrifice in any but intellectual analysis.
The combatants in this battle ride pterosaurs, and they wield both swords and energy-driven crossbow-like ranged weapons. It’s like DinoRiders 2.0 for grown-ups!! Gotta love 1980s cartoon movies!
So wait, the loc nar was telling the little girl stories, right? So that ending bit was basically: "and then she blew me up" "... She blew you up?" "SHE DID? NOOO"
It has to be given all the different stories involved in it. Just the background scenery alone stands out with more details than most others - including Fritz The Cat.
That's the thing about being a multiversal entity, sure you can jump throughout space and time and benefit events in your favor, but a single mistake that results in your destruction will cause you to die in every universe you've been to.
Indeed. There's a certain realism in Taarna's fighting strength that most of today's female movie heroes, or male movie heroes for that matter, somehow haven't fully achieved.
This movie was trippy as hell. So she destroyed it in the future to prevent it from existing in the past? Weird.... usually it goes the other way around.
Wait was that what was happening Honestly that part was never clear to me I thought the little girl was the reincarnation of the tarakian but you’re saying she was the “great great great grandmother?”
@@craigbrown4544 Yes, the girl lives in the past before the dystopia mutant future. You can tell this by her father's space equipment & how it wasn't as advanced as what you saw from what the orb showed the little girl. At least Evil is predictably cocky & takes time to gloat, allowing good an opportunity to defeat it while it runs its mouth haha.
There hasn’t been anything impressive in cinema since 1999. And today’s standards are scrapping the bottom of the barrel with all the marvel, remakes, reboots, over reliance on cgi, lame stories and bad acting
Lord of the rings ( cartoon) and Battleship Down (cartoon)... Blew my mind as a ten year old. VHS tape. This movie was A little bit "dirty" for me at the time. I also loved to this day ,Fire and Ice.
@@milesr4609 So? She Ra is way stronger than the majority of opponents she's already fought. I wonder what you would think of the RUclips show Death Battle. They made Wonder Woman beat She Ra and cut her head off (and they said that's the most logical outcome if they were to duel).
@@Whitechapelchap death battle is bs for kids. Is biased towards the preferences of the creators...lol Discussing She ra vs Taarna makes me remember some guys discussing Spawn vs Batman and his plot armor, pure nonsense...
Taarna is the ultimate warrior 💪 for more horror movie moments make sure to turn on notifications!
I am turned on.
Help Mr out, here;
How did throwing herself into the Loc Nar destroy it?
@@TheNoiseySpectator indigestion
Static electricity
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I always felt for her flying steed, whatever it was. A strong and loyal animal.
Me too. That creature was pretty sturdy.
Even if it looked like a plucked turkey. I will agree. Loyal good steed. I would rather fly one of those bats tho.
It was a giant bird.
are you OK??
A pterodactyl
Dude brought a pizza cutter to a sword fight…
I mean he's prepared for sudden pizza party sooooooooooo...
Pretty dame effective pizza cutter… all things considered.
@@noxamillion4514 He could be defeated by a piece of string clogging up the mechanism.
@@BrokenCurtain He had a contingency for that, though, with his lace-grabbers, perfect for disarming swords and a piece of string clogging up his pizza cutter.
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This movie is still a definite classic. Love the rotoscoped artwork animation.
How old is this movie?
@@nike80nl it came out in the 80s
@@cyklonus1 strange that i missed it. I have seen the most from the 80's
I survived the 80s,
and 70s,
and 1/2 of the 60s,
and i still watch this whenever it's on.
@@nike80nl 1981!
This movie has been in my top 5 since it released in theaters, I will always love it.
"Taaaarna...do not sacrifice yourself. You...cannot...destroy.....meeeee." Percy Rodrigues' voice was magical.
Sounds like a baby imitation of James Earl Jones ... voice over!
Sounds like the mutant voice from total recall. Where Arnold was talking to klattoo (forgot name)
@@markserpa9066 Kuato.
Thumbs up for her being a guest fighter in Mortal Kombat 12..if and when that happens 👍🏼
Thats an awesome idea id pay to see
Taarna be a badass edition for Mortal kombat 12
Or Atari. 😁
She kind of takes a long time to get dressed first though!
MK12: Yaaah, were gongto have to pass on that idea...muuuu-ok?
Elmber Bernstein deserved an Oscar for his work on this movie.
My fave! Got the Taarakian crest tattoo when I was 21. Amazing animation, a stellar soundtrack & sci-fi. I mean what more could you want. 😍
I was tempted to get the Taarakian symbol tattooed too, but I’m a wimp.
@Lily_of_the_Forest it's heckin faded- I need a touch up real bad. The red ink. 😅
I've always considered this the most beautifully done segment of the entire movie. The story line, animation and music are just wonderful. And Taarna is a bad-a## warrior!
The animation is pretty slow
@@Nombrenooriginal You do know that the animation was all hand-drawn (or rotoscoped), right? No computer animation back in 1981. Not really fair to compare something from 40 years ago with modern tech.
@@sfperalta i'm not comparing it, i'm saying is just a little slow
@@Nombrenooriginal And my point is; slow... compared to what (from the same era or earlier)? Slower than anime? That's a stylistic difference. If you mean "slow to you" then that's a judgement call, based on your personal preferences. Objectively, the animation in Heavy Metal seems very consistent with the state of the art from the late 70s or early 80s.
@@sfperalta slow :d
She put her fist _thru his face._
I'll always love Taarna.
I've named so many videogame characters after her, and Aviendha from _the Wheel of Time_ book series.
I think she was in a Simpson's episode. You smell the spray of a uncut cat, a male, and begin fantasizing this. Kenny had an exceptionally good time.
Except her boobies were much bigger and everything had boob designs, from building towers to the shoulders of military uniforms.
Aviendha 👍
@@ihcfn She was my favorite character from the Wheel of Time, along with Matt.
And I've always had a thing for redheads, cuz I'm dumb like that. Every one I've ever known has had a temper that matched their hair color.
@@JohnSmith-mk1rj Lol, I agree with your choice of Matt also. He had the best character arc of the guys.
I named my youngest daughter Taarna, she is in her 30s now and a total warrior.
Kind of incredible how much this movie stands out for it's time. Mature, space-themed animation was either something Japanese, or Heavy Metal.
Check out "Allegro ma non troppo" from early 70s. The mature version of Disney's Fantasia.
the film is so artistic not just different artists but the actual explosion of a model makes it feel different
Incredibly 80s-level special effects. It's campy and it works.
That’s a badass right hand. Right through his face. Excelllent follow through
This movie always gives me such interesting feelings. It's like a song that you can't fully understand. So for me the film is about a truth that we cannot grasp. I'm hypnotized and mesmerized every time I see the film.
That bird is durable. Damn.
No... Just very committed and determined
The ending always confused me, but here is what I think happens, I think the Loc-Nar exists in all times and realities, he is the embedment of all the evil and hatefulness absorbed into its body. I think the stories and villains from the other stories are what fueled it, and gave it consciousness, which ultimately columnated in it creating the mutant army to destroy all good in the universe. However once it met Taama, she utterly destroyed it by a noble sacrifice neutralizing the sum of the evil energy it collected, thus destroying its incarnation throughout all times and realities. Doing so created a compression in time and reality, that merged the girl from the beginning with Taarna, as she was her soul-ancestor, thus creating a world that is a fusion of all realities Loc-Nar existed in.
The end is the beginning the girl becomes Taarna and ultimately she is the woman warrior who destroys the Loc-Nar which had come to her to end her story before it could begin.
@@fmlazar I thought the girl was the founder of the Tyrakians (sp), that's why Loc-nar wanted to kill her. Instead he helped create them.
@@zorkmid1083 I think the balance must be held, one cannot exist without the other. until the cycle repeats, this time on Earth. it just move planet to planet.
@@zorkmid1083 It's not spelled out either way, it's certainly not an invalid conclusion. Your take is just as valid as mine.
@@fmlazar Both make sense. I could go with this being The First Tarakian because her "birthmark/Tattoo" is on the opposite side of her neck as opposed to the side its shown on The Taarna in the Story.
Bought the DVD many years back in Dolby DTS. Love the sound and the animation. Still watch it now and then.
Let's here is for one of the all-time best scores by the late Elmer Bernstein, he just knocked it out of the ballpark on this one, it's worth mentioning that the theme for Taarna was first written for the film SATURN 3, but more or less no used in the final cut of that film, however he found a wonderful home for it in this movie.
Finally! Someone is giving Elmer Bernstein the credit he deserves!
Bernstein did the score? No wonder it sounds familiar. First score that came to my head was the original *"Ghostbusters"(1984).*
Her theme is very beautiful . Ive always loved it.
This and Conan the barbarian from Basil Poledouris, two of the finest soundratcks from the 80's.
This is absolutely out of context for me, but what an absolute compelling story and beautiful work.
It easily conveys a tale of adversity, I can clearly sense the established connection between the heroine and her majestic steed, and their mutual agreement of universal sacrifice for the greater is haunting as they were fully assured to the end.
To be completely honest, it's Heavy Metal. Context doesn't exactly exist for the stories.
It's a shame Taarna never got a game made out of her adventures.
There is a similar character in the game Drakan, Drakan 2
Funny you say that, because Krystal from _Star Fox_ has a _lot_ in common with Taarna.
I love that shot where she takes off his helmet and then bashed his face in.
Taarna sure knows how to finish a fight.
Absolute fantastic work in animation.
It's certainly a nice reminder of how much simpler the animation universe once was.
The great comic writer and movie ghostbuster Harold Ramis also was involved in this. I recognized his voice on another clip here. Awesome visuals ( esp the women hehe) and mind blowing stuff for its day.
If I stuffed that much cosmic dope up my nose, I'd be able to see ghosts and weird monsters too. 😉
I remember seeing this movie some forty years ago at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue cinema in London. Loved it at the time especially the great soundtrack. Thanks for rekindling the memories.
Yeah, it's a shame there weren't more movies like this being pumped out. This and Fire and Ice are brilliant.
Well the sequel was put out, but that was Heavy Metal 2000 and it was awful!
@@Bipbop66 Indeed. I wouldn't say awful, but it could have been much better.
Did the sequel have anything to do with the first?
Taarna is my favorite Heavy Metal warrior. After her is my #2 fave, Den. 💪 👍😁
Sir Den, leader of the Order of Not Hanging My Dork Out.
3:03 Taarna made the first fatality in modern history!
Taarna Wins, Flawless Victory, FATALITY!
Watched this on 3.5 grams of mushrooms and this scene repeated itself like 50 times in my head lol.
Ahh the colors the colors
What mushroom is that?
First time I saw this great movie was on On TV
Shoutout to an unheralded hero of this scene: whoever did the bird's death cry at 0:34. 🤣👍
I was a teen when this movie first came to theater's. Awesome sitting in front row seats with the jammin music.
Just gotta love that deathpunch there at the end'/!!!
This last part of the movie was legit really badass.
Taarna eres mi orgullo, una luchadora incansable
I’ve always loved that fist through the face , That is “Metal”!
Phantastic movie, loved it back as it was in the cinemas, still love it 40 years later. I have the DVD and the soundtrack on vinyl.
I stayed up late and watched it on Cinemax. My parents wouldn’t let me watch it.
What does "phantastic" mean ?
I wonder if her armor played a part in her initial ascension and her resilience ... the Taarna segement is clearly a prime example of a technologically decadent world/dying world theme, which means anything is possible, even armor that appears worthless but could be teeming with high tech ... the glove may also prevent the sword from "sacrificing" herself prematurely ... Once she assumes the proper grip and stance, and perhaps mindset too, her second ascension to a being of pure energy takes place ... or maybe she just looks awesome as hell in it and that is part of the reason Taarna is a modern icon now!
@thefantasyzone19I read that website too. It was cool!
Really, it was a team effort: Taarna and her pet bird thing.
I like how she managed to win. She couldn’t best the bad guy’s fighting but she befriended a loyal beast. These days, they just let the Marry Sues win like it’s nothing
Also the scene before this, they had captured her, stripped her, and tortured her. So she didn't have an easy go of it at all.
And they would animate her like a dude, *cougth* *cougth* Teela (he man) *cougth*
The modern fanfic heroine is a woman’s body acting in a way that women think men are, and then having all setbacks removed. It’s hollow at every level.
@@zerobyte802 Underrated incel comment, truly.
YES taarna CAN best the bad guy's fighting, she just needs to focus more in order to overpower him in battle REAL good, because taarna is STRONGER and MIGHTIER than the bad guy
I feel sorry for the mutant leader. He was probably a nice man till he got covered by the green goo from the volcano.
That lightning looks like something out of HeMan any second I expected her to yell " I have the power ! "
Taarna spoke not one word, and yet her character always stood out the most.
Heavy Metal ! Thanks for sharing
The Loc-Nar made a big mistake in underestimating Taarna while the Loc-Nar was pure evil Taarna was pure good full of good and justice in her heart and it was that that led to it's destruction.
It's the unavoidable tunnel vision of an entity driven by selfishness and malice. It can't conceive of self-sacrifice in any but intellectual analysis.
That backhand tho. 😆🤚🏼💥
The combatants in this battle ride pterosaurs, and they wield both swords and energy-driven crossbow-like ranged weapons. It’s like DinoRiders 2.0 for grown-ups!!
Gotta love 1980s cartoon movies!
What an awesome scene amazing
Love this movie 💛
So wait, the loc nar was telling the little girl stories, right? So that ending bit was basically: "and then she blew me up" "... She blew you up?" "SHE DID? NOOO"
Lol
That Wyeth ref at the end ❤
3:07 Is my new favorite 1 second loop. "Tah-oop!"
Excellent movie. One of my favorites.
This should have been how Game of Thrones ended.
This is better than Game of Thrones!
Yep.
Great female character/warrior without her being tacky.
Have seen the movie at cinema then and had the soundtrack on tape...brings back memories
Greatest animated movie of all time
It has to be given all the different stories involved in it. Just the background scenery alone stands out with more details than most others - including Fritz The Cat.
We need Kenny man .love this series .I'm 36 qnd grew up with this show in my life
Best positive outcome to a movie ever 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Pretty cool cartoon. Kinda what this generation needs
I guess the closest thing might be Death, Love, and Robots? I heard that it was inspired by heavy metal.
@@bezoticallyyours83 is full of woke bs. Nothing close to this...
I would love to see Taarna in Mortal Kombat
I hear ya, if taarna WAS seen as a DLC, and hopefully the mutant leader would be in it as well, I'd play as her and beat mutant leader up badly.👊💀
Just watched this movie earlier this week after years of it on the shelf.
Taarna is my long lost love.
That's the thing about being a multiversal entity, sure you can jump throughout space and time and benefit events in your favor, but a single mistake that results in your destruction will cause you to die in every universe you've been to.
Magic was in play.
The Year this movie came out was "Playboys Most sexy Movie of the year."
Hey thats a pretty neat video guy!
I still have my VHS copy of this movie.🤣
save it, physical copy > digital
Great movie from my high school days!
I could not stop think of the realistic house explosion in this movie.
And this is how you create strong female heroic leads
Indeed. There's a certain realism in Taarna's fighting strength that most of today's female movie heroes, or male movie heroes for that matter, somehow haven't fully achieved.
I love this Film and the music too
I love this movie ❤❤❤❤❤❤.
I remember first seeing this movie when I was home sick from school back in the 80s.
I knew Cheeks would save the day!
This movie was trippy as hell. So she destroyed it in the future to prevent it from existing in the past? Weird.... usually it goes the other way around.
Way before the Star Trek:TNG episode(s), ‘All Good Things’…
I think its plan was to take her ancestor out in the past, but she beat him to it in the future....trippy indeed lol
Wait was that what was happening
Honestly that part was never clear to me
I thought the little girl was the reincarnation of the tarakian but you’re saying she was the “great great great grandmother?”
@@craigbrown4544 Well… Yes? 😄
@@craigbrown4544 Yes, the girl lives in the past before the dystopia mutant future. You can tell this by her father's space equipment & how it wasn't as advanced as what you saw from what the orb showed the little girl.
At least Evil is predictably cocky & takes time to gloat, allowing good an opportunity to defeat it while it runs its mouth haha.
4:57 KA-BOOM!!!!! 💥💥💥💥
She becomes the light.
Love this movie
It's like Thundarr the Barbarian, but with bloodshed
Perfect comparison!
I love a lot this movie! ❤️
Очень удобные костюмы у персонажей.. ☺️
Awesome saund
I love this movie. I have the album on vinyl. I believe I have the movie also.
While nothing too impressive by today's standards, for it's time this film's animation was incredible.
There hasn’t been anything impressive in cinema since 1999. And today’s standards are scrapping the bottom of the barrel with all the marvel, remakes, reboots, over reliance on cgi, lame stories and bad acting
@@totallybored5526 whst about Steamboy, studio Ghibli's modern movies, and some other anime non mainstream modern movies?
When this first came out I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Now it just looks like some of Napoleon Dynamite's doodles.
This video just saved my brain cells.
This movie was pretty darn cool. I wish they had included the ending.
“In some worlds I am worshiped as a god.”
Poor bird guy, loyal
Cant wait for the live action of Taarna…Wowzerz! Have you seen the promo?
Lord of the rings ( cartoon) and Battleship Down (cartoon)... Blew my mind as a ten year old. VHS tape. This movie was A little bit "dirty" for me at the time. I also loved to this day ,Fire and Ice.
Saudade.. Muito bom
Que animação show gostei
taarna and red sonja would be a good team.
No. Taarna and She-Ra ⚔. But they have to fight each other first 🙃 🥸🤪
@@Whitechapelchap She ra is wsy stronger than Taarna, she is on He man levels...
@@milesr4609 So? She Ra is way stronger than the majority of opponents she's already fought. I wonder what you would think of the RUclips show Death Battle. They made Wonder Woman beat She Ra and cut her head off (and they said that's the most logical outcome if they were to duel).
@@Whitechapelchap death battle is bs for kids. Is biased towards the preferences of the creators...lol
Discussing She ra vs Taarna makes me remember some guys discussing Spawn vs Batman and his plot armor, pure nonsense...
@@milesr4609 Don't get me started about Batman fans. Lol
So much fun 😊
Excellent Video!!!! I Own Both.
There she goes!
Great movie great story
What is the name of that music playing after the animal is on the ground
I keep the Locknar in my safe, for my children to discover. My friend will bury me with my 10 X 8 mm Fiat wrench from my old 1972 spider.
Is this a series I can watch somewhere?.
I cry every time!