GO GO, GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!

various | June 25, 2004 | Long Cut

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PING! You might like this little journey back to childhood fun...

[PatrickHenry]

Godzilla is a wimp. Now this was a movie:

[PatrickHenry]

And this was a great movie (Starship Troopers):

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Hey, no argument there. I have the "Starship Troopers" SE DVD at home.

Guns, gore, action, nudity...what more could you ask for?

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Spiders make good Godzilla-snacks. He's defeated them every time he's faced them.

Kumonga, here, was regularly mauled...

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I'm no thread-nazi. ANY giant monsters (or even small ones) are welcome here!

If it's fun and cool, I say let's deal with it!

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From the "scenes I'd like to see" file...

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I can see you like Big Bug movies!

[PatrickHenry]

And others too:

[My back yard]

I love Godzilla! How could I not? He's everything we rednecks love . . . something big and loud that kicks ass, and probably tastes like chicken.

I think Xenalyte says it well. Ping.

[Fedora]

Thanks for the ping!

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[LongsforReagan]

I always had a place in my heart for Jet Jaguar. Also who was the reptilian bird monster (not Rodan) who emitted a laser beam from his snout? His name began with a V..

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You might have me stumped on that one. "V", flying bird monster...Maybe VARAN?, from, "Varan the unbelievable"?

If that's not your critter, maybe someone on the PINGZILLA list can help. Check some of the Kaiju links at the start of the thread...you should be able to track him down.

[LongsforReagan]

I used to think Varan too, but the fella I am thinking about fought with Gammera I believe.

Varans pretty cool though!

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You might be thinking about Gyaos. That was Gamera's big nemesis.

I searched for your critter at Toho Kingdom...they've got a full list of all Toho monsters.

Only other "V" name I can think of are "VIRAS", which was a squid-like alien.

[LongsforReagan]

I found him....


Gyaos.


http://gojistomp.org/gfacts/gameramonsters/showagytrain.jpg

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Here's a good drawing of the latest version of Gyaos. Is this something like what you recall?

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I thought so! That's the original, from back in the '60's. The newer one, which I piuctured above, is Gamera's nemesis in the '90s series Gamera movies. Which. BTW, are regarded by Kaiju fans as the absolute best movies of the type ever.

I know, I know...GAMERA? Best EVER?

Trust me, see Gamera, Guardian Of The Universe, Gamera 2: Advent Of Legion, and Gamera 3: Revenge Of Iris. All are out on DVD from ADV Films, and if you like giant monster movies, you'll be glad you did.

[Xenalyte]

What about ULTRAMAN!!

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