Posted on 08/08/2017 6:40:54 AM PDT by C19fan
He stomped over miniature bridges and buildings in a rubber suit and gave the world Godzilla, the fire-breathing, screeching monster that became Japan’s star cultural export and an enduring symbol of the pathos and destruction of the nuclear age.
Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla in the original 1954 classic, died Monday of pneumonia, his daughter Sonoe Nakajima told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He was 88.
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Thats irony on a nuclear scale!
Pallbearers will include Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, King Kong, Smog Monster, and MechaGodzilla.
It feels great to read this while drinking now on the streets of Tokyo. Thank you!
Is Blue Oyster Cult playing at the funeral?
The eulogy will delivered by his son Minilla. Zojoji temple cemetery was discovered to be too small and will be expanded to make room. This will necessitate demolishing most of the Roppongi and Minato districts of Tokyo.
Haha. You know. Touché.
RIP Mr. Nakajima. You gave life to my brother from another mother. We are the same age so we grew up together. Finally a thread where my tag line is appropriate.
Naturally.
I have to ask (even if you are a dirty rotten horde-y), who would do the best cover of the Godzilla son? FFDP? Volbeat?
RIP.
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