
Separate threads for discussion.
Monster Discussion #5: Rodan (Showa)
Monster Discussion #8: Meganulon (Showa)
The original thread if there was one has apparently vanished, so here we go again discuss the 1956 Kaiju classic Rodan!
SuperMonsterZero wrote:Mire Goji. That must be the Godzilla from the Italian Dogora poster.
tymon wrote:Man, it really makes me laugh when I remember that all this drama is centered around a fictional, giant atomic monster. Damn you, Godzilla!
Gawdziller wrote:Doesn't matter what's moot or not. We'll just move onto the next thing to skreeonk about, then tangent onto something unrelated and skreeonk about that, and get trollbaited back on topic so we can skreeonk some more. It's the circle of life.
SuperMonsterZero wrote:Mire Goji. That must be the Godzilla from the Italian Dogora poster.
tymon wrote:Man, it really makes me laugh when I remember that all this drama is centered around a fictional, giant atomic monster. Damn you, Godzilla!
Gawdziller wrote:Doesn't matter what's moot or not. We'll just move onto the next thing to skreeonk about, then tangent onto something unrelated and skreeonk about that, and get trollbaited back on topic so we can skreeonk some more. It's the circle of life.
tymon wrote:Man, it really makes me laugh when I remember that all this drama is centered around a fictional, giant atomic monster. Damn you, Godzilla!
Gawdziller wrote:Doesn't matter what's moot or not. We'll just move onto the next thing to skreeonk about, then tangent onto something unrelated and skreeonk about that, and get trollbaited back on topic so we can skreeonk some more. It's the circle of life.
Giga Kaiju wrote:They were made like that for publicity purposes, most likely. Similar to how Mothra looked like a mallicious insect when in reality it wasn't the case.
tymon wrote:Man, it really makes me laugh when I remember that all this drama is centered around a fictional, giant atomic monster. Damn you, Godzilla!
Gawdziller wrote:Doesn't matter what's moot or not. We'll just move onto the next thing to skreeonk about, then tangent onto something unrelated and skreeonk about that, and get trollbaited back on topic so we can skreeonk some more. It's the circle of life.
HayesAJones wrote:Godzilla 2000 wrote:Its harmless fun, pure and simple.
As opposed to those dangerously fun movies.
GalacticPetey wrote:This movie's quality improves by 50% when viewed past noon.eabaker wrote:edgaguirus wrote:Great for any afternoon. Or late night movie.
But not the morning. No, no... Never the morning.
SuperMonsterZero wrote:Mire Goji. That must be the Godzilla from the Italian Dogora poster.
GodzillaFanatic2001 wrote:I remember someone mentioning that they were attempting to reconstruct the American cut using the Japanese version. Anyone know if this is still happening, or what it's like so far?
Monster Zero wrote:Where did a lot of the strange designs of Rodan on the Japanese posters come from?
Legion1979 wrote:Monster Zero wrote:Where did a lot of the strange designs of Rodan on the Japanese posters come from?
The Japanese posters and publicity photos for Rodan use a pre-production maquette. A similar maquette of Angilas can be seen on the original Godzilla Raids Again poster and a lot of publicity shots as well. Same with Mogera, whose maquette looked a lot different from the finished costume.
ebirahsmeg1 wrote:Here is an article/blog David Kalat wrote on Rodan this past April:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Rodan: http://moviemorlocks.com/2015/04/25/how ... ove-rodan/
SuperMonsterZero wrote:Mire Goji. That must be the Godzilla from the Italian Dogora poster.
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