Quote from Imagi-Movies Vol 1 no. 3 by Jeffrey Combs in an interview from 1994:
"Combs' most recent big-screen appearance was a scene-stealing turn last year in Stuart Gordon's FORTRESS, a relatively lavish science fiction prison breakout movie that proved a tremendous overseas if not at home.
"I played a character named D-Day, sort of a frightened little farret-like inmate, a retro-'60s kind of guy, who manages to stay out of everyone's way and survive in this hideous enviroment," he explains. "As the story unfolds, he turns out to be a techno-wiz and explosives expert, and he proceeds to help in a big way when Christopher Lambert devises a plan to break out. He saves the day, when it looks like all else has failed, and dies- a heroic end. I was pleased with how it turned out. The role really builds and expands as the movie goes along." "
The Guyver will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 21 via Unearthed Films. Also known as Mutronics, the 1991 sci-fi superhero film is based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Yoshiki Takaya.
Special effects legends Steve Wang (Predator) and Screaming Mad George (Society) co-direct from a script by Jon Purdy. Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, Jimmie Walker, Michael Berryman, David Gale, and Jeffrey Combs star. Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator, Society) produces.
The Guyver has been newly restored in 4K from the original, R-rated 35mm camera negative with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 options. The 4K edition includes a soundtrack CD and a booklet. Special features are listed below.
Disc 1 - 4K UHD:
Audio commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, moderated by Budget Biomorphs: The Making of The Guyver Films author Dom O’Brien (new)
Disc 2 - Blu-ray:
Audio commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, moderated by Budget Biomorphs: The Making of The Guyver Films author Dom O’Brien (new)
Interview with producer Brian Yuzna (new)
Interview with co-director Screaming Mad George (new)
Suit tests with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)
Outtakes with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)
Gag geel with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang (new)
Production & artwork gallery (new)
Alternate title sequence
Trailers
Disc 3 - CD:
Original soundtrack composed by Matthew Morse (Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker)
When a researcher at the Chronos Corporation is mysteriously killed, his daughter (Vivian Wu), her boyfriend, Sean (Jack Armstrong), and a rogue CIA agent named Max Reed (Mark Hamill) all suspect foul play. Sean discovers a top-secret suit of Chronos armor called "the Guyver," which fuses to his body when he tries it on, turning him into a supremely powerful cyborg. Chronos' evil CEO, Fulton Balcus (David Gale), is enraged and sends a crew of mutant alien monsters to get the Guyver back.
Somebody posted a video of a clip from the interview where he talks about sandwich time and I don’t remember who it is if someone can find that I’ll be forever grateful
abese it amuses me that the simple fact that the re-animator fandom does not take into account that herbert west is really a canonically queer character, from what I have seen is not something very talked about in the fandom, but yes, Jeffrey combs in an interview said in a nutshell that herbert is asexual so yes west is an asexual icon haha
Jeffrey Combs on getting into character playing Poe.
I get the sense through hours of watching interviews that Jeffrey is a man of intense feelings. His Delta Flyers interview goes into some of the most sorrowful losses in his life.
[Sarah, Interviewer]: How do you get into the character of Poe? How'd you create it?
[Jeffrey Combs]: Well, you know. Uh. Every life has loss in it. And, and so that's really, uh-- And I do think I have a melancholy aspect to me. Uh, a nostalgia and a, and a, and A certain sadness that I can certainly wallow in or tap into. Uhm, you know I've had loss in my life and uh and so it's not so difficult to extrapolate and, and, and grasp to the tenth square root the loss that, that Poe had. So it's not so difficult for me to, to, to sort of get a glimpse of that.
Honestly it's hard to come up with theories since there's been no new info about the show aside from that cryptic interview and the combiner toys.
These are some things I'd love to see happen aside from Mandroid coming back:
-Terrans that aren't associated with the Maltos and have no desire to do the whole family thing
-Some sort of consequences from the Emberstone cracking in the Season 1 finale because I'm frankly sick of the whole conveniently getting new powers thing
-A flashback to The Battle of the Bay
-Jeffrey Combs voicing Ratchet again if the character appears
-A human/Transformer relationship
-Thundercracker because he seems like a perfect fit for the show