"BLACKOUT" (2020, Belgium) AFLEVERING 1 ＆ "The Expendables 3" (August 2014, USA)

Jueves, 1 de enero de 2026: 

 That evening, I watched the following recorded programs in my Japanese-style room.

 Recorded onto a USB HDD connected to a DIGA (2017 model). Broadcast on BS12 on October 22, 2021, starting at 9:00 PM.

 Friday's Killer Street "BLACKOUT" (2020, Belgium. 10 episodes. Originally in Dutch with Japanese subtitles), Episode 1 (AFLEVERING 1).

 Interesting. It's not flashy, but the technical quality is excellent. The opening and ending music is also good (English songs).

 I'm not good with mystery stories, and I can't maintain my concentration unless the tempo is good, but mystery stories that link political power and crime are interesting.

Next.

 Recorded onto the built-in HDD of a DIGA (2017 model). Broadcast on BS12 on December 28, 2025, starting at 6:00 PM. The film "The Expendables 3" (August 2014, USA, original language: English, subtitles: Japanese).

 This is my second or third time watching it. It was incredibly entertaining.

 It's so powerful it's hard to believe it was made 12 years ago. The fact that international superstars appear one after another in supporting roles is a testament to the personalities of the main cast.

 The director of this film was born in 1978, making him 35-36 years old at the time of production. And he's Australian.

 This is the strength of America.

 Under the current circumstances, it's unimaginable for us Japanese to imagine a Japanese person in their 30s making a film in America, using English and featuring many world-famous stars and film industry heavyweights from the US, UK, and Hong Kong.

 As we Japanese live in an isolated, closed-off, autistic, self-sufficient, xenophobic, and island culture, we have a very poor grasp of foreign languages, and our starting line is completely different from that of English-speaking people.