Posted on 06/25/2004 3:11:11 PM PDT by Long Cut
After banging around on some threads lately, it has become obvious that a decent number of FReepers are fans of Japan’s most famous monster, GODZILLA.
This is certainly understandable; that worthy creature has appeared in 28 movies over 50 years, has had two animated TV series, as well as a series of novels devoted to his exploits. Most of the movies we enjoyed as kids, whiling away Saturday afternoons in the days before cable with those great old ‘60s and ‘70s films with the Big G and his buddies Rodan, Mothra, Angilas, and a host of others. Lots of fun memories there, right? (C’mon...how many of you almost drove Mom crazy by trying incessantly to imitate the famous roar of Godzilla...at the top of your lungs? ‘Fess up.)
Myself, I have over 20 of Godzilla’s best (and worst) films on tape and DVD, as well as Daikaiju Eiga (giant monster movies) with other famous creatures of yore...Gamera the fiery turtle, Gorgo, and King Kong.
What is it that draws us to these creatures? Why do we take such pleasure in watching men in suits trash fake cities? WHO CARES?!?! They’re FUN!
Not only that, but they are perfectly suitable for our own children, being free of the sex and profanity so common today. Heck, I still own several Godzilla toys from years ago, and some NEW ones I “impulse bought”, to my wife’s chagrin, a few years ago when the American “GINO” (Godzilla In Name Only) came out.
Godzilla is actually a great fit for conservatives, is he not? Let’s see...he is steadfast in a fight, never running from confrontation and always standing up for himself.
He favors personal weapons, bringing his famous Atomic Breath (“Assault Breath”?) everywhere, carrying it concealed until needed. He has also taught his children the safe use of this weapon, as a good father should.
He is a good family man, taking care of both of his children single-clawedly, and homeschooling them besides. In fact, when one was taken by government agents (possibly from HHS), he retrieved the lad by leveling a city. As mentioned, he taught both the proper use of FIREarms.
He disdains illegal aliens, especially those from the planet Kilaak, whom he turned to cinders himself instead of bothering to wait for the INS. Repeat atmosphere-crossers, like Ghidorah, get similar treatment. In fact, no illegal aliens have ever faced anything but trouble from the Big Guy. He even destroys their ships, to prevent recidivism.
He hates government intrusion in his private life, such as when the government sends battalions of tanks to stop him from peaceably going for a walk. Not even David Koresh, however, reduced tanks to molten slag in defense of his Liberty.
He’s a team player as well as a good leader, having rallied other monsters to a cause and leading them on to victory, that being the obligatory stomping of (illegal) space alien ass, and of course the severe beating of Ghidorah.
He has no patience with the Endangered Species Act, which he proves by mauling and torching endangered giant mantises, spiders, and moths who pester him.
Yes, there’s a lot to like about the old geezer, and I figure that this is as good a place as any to discuss his and his bunch’s finer points.
So what’s your favorite movie? Favorite monster? How about the best battle, or what fight would you like to see? Let’s chew on that for a while...it’s the weekend!
I'll take ORIONs anytime. We deploy to land bases with barracks and beer available. Bad part is flying around in planes older than I am with pilots younger. It gets...interesting from time to time, like over the North Sea at 300 feet at night in the Winter storms. With the heater broken. For twelve hours straight.
thanks for the ping.
Weirdest thing that happened to us was a methane pocket that we hit off the coast of Somalia. It made the sea look like we were cruising in milk.
Then there was a comet that covered a fifty-degree arc over the skies of the Indian Ocean in 1994. Arrived on my 25th birthday.
THEN, we saw a large, green lizard-looking beast rise out of the waters off of Japa--- Nevermind. It's classified.
I'm partial to "Paint Me" and "Rendezvous" myself. And my eyeballs are still smoking.
They're just as naughty for what they suggest as what they show...the IMPLIED scenarios get your imagination going!
And they're picture of women as they are SUPPOSED to be...curvy and voluptuous, not the stick-figures so common today.
Eye of the beholder, my friend. The love of my life would never have graced a painting like this - but I sure understand what you mean!
That's when it got crazy.
Now there are some high-priced special effects. :)
Oh, MAN!
Hey, "American Bombshell" and "American Made" are good, wholesome ones! Patriotic, too. So is "American Beauty".
They're all wholesome. REAL wholesome. LOL
I liked the line from that movie: "There's a little Godzilla in all of us!"...spoken as he's torching the city.
That's what I'm talking about!
Live=love
Dern typos!
Well, they weren't naked. And they had flags, planes, and weapons in them, at least according to rumor. I didn't see them myself.
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