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Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:17 am
by Grievous
I've never understood how a struggling comic/manga artist
managed to score himself such a beautiful & capable lady.

Truly the most unbelievable element of Godzilla vs. Gigan...

:shrug:

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:45 am
by BlankAccount
Grievous wrote:I've never understood how a struggling comic/manga artist
managed to score himself such a beautiful & capable lady.

Truly the most unbelievable element of Godzilla vs. Gigan...

:shrug:
And he calls her a bitch.

Later she saves their asses with her kung fu. Why isn't she the main character? :lol:

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:24 am
by Grievous
Living Corpse wrote:And he calls her a skreeonk.
Yeah...what a douche nozzle...
Living Corpse wrote:Later she saves their asses with her kung fu. Why isn't she the main character? :lol:
You know what would be a cool Godzilla film?

A spy thriller set in the late 70's as 3 attractive Japanese femme fatales try to infiltrate a secret criminal organization
(which is of course an alien race setting up a colony on Earth) who have taken control of several kaiju...Gigan (rebuilt
after Zone Fighter), Megalon, Titanosaurus & Manda.

The ladies track the aliens to their secret island headquarters & send out a "special signal" (much like the one we see/
hear in vs. Gigan) that summons Godzilla, Angurius & Varan to storm the island as an epic, over the top 4 on 3 kaiju
battle begins as our heroines have to take the aliens down for good.

Throw in references to Monster Zero, Terror of MechaGodzilla, Latitude Zero, Dogora & Zone Fighter...Hell...have a Zone
Fighter cameo during the final battle just for fun.

Think Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 74 meets Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster meets Charlie's Angels meets Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Now I'd buy that for a dollar.

:thumbsup:

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:13 pm
by BlankAccount
I like the ending of this movie. It does the classic Godzilla swimming into the sun raise ending but with a twist, Anguirus get's to share the spotlight. There were two heroic monsters that day.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:37 pm
by Major sssspielberg!
Best dub ever.
"You're a hard bitch."
"What's that? Can you say that again?"
"Uh no I won't! Not with you being a black belt in karate!"
This is one of the only Godzilla movies I almost always watch dubbed.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:09 am
by szmigiel
Living Corpse wrote:I like the ending of this movie. It does the classic Godzilla swimming into the sun raise ending but with a twist, Anguirus get's to share the spotlight. There were two heroic monsters that day.
Actually it is the 1st time in the franchise where Godzilla does swimming into the raising sun.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:13 pm
by BlankAccount
szmigiel wrote:
Living Corpse wrote:I like the ending of this movie. It does the classic Godzilla swimming into the sun raise ending but with a twist, Anguirus get's to share the spotlight. There were two heroic monsters that day.
Actually it is the 1st time in the franchise where Godzilla does swimming into the raising sun.
HA! Nice.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:37 pm
by GodzillavsZilla
Major sssspielberg! wrote:Best dub ever.
"You're a hard skreeonk."
"What's that? Can you say that again?"
"Uh no I won't! Not with you being a black belt in karate!"
This is one of the only Godzilla movies I almost always watch dubbed.
I think my favorite part has to be this exchange:

"Godzilla's in trouble!"
"ok"

It really got me when I watched the movie again recently. :lol:

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:47 pm
by Major sssspielberg!
GodzillavsZilla wrote: I think my favorite part has to be this exchange:

"Godzilla's in trouble!"
"ok"

It really got me when I watched the movie again recently. :lol:
LmaI for sure!
Can't forget "ah! Oh! Cigga-rettes!"
"They're for yeewww."
Kubota (that's the one with glasses right? Gosh I hope so...) Had such smiley delivery in the dub it was great

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:00 pm
by eabaker
Major sssspielberg! wrote:Kubota (that's the one with glasses right? Gosh I hope so...) Had such smiley delivery in the dub it was great
Yes, that is Kubota. The younger character is Fumio Sudo.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:08 pm
by Major sssspielberg!
eabaker wrote:
Major sssspielberg! wrote:Kubota (that's the one with glasses right? Gosh I hope so...) Had such smiley delivery in the dub it was great
Yes, that is Kubota. The younger character is Fumio Sudo.
Oh yeah! He's as thick as two short planks! :lol:

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:57 am
by GojiDog
My feelings on this film have gone up and down and back up again.

As a kid, it was one of my favorites, and it made Gigan and Anguiras two of my favorite monsters.

As I got older, I soured on it due to clear low level production values and the (IMO) near unforgivable sin of using stock footage to pad action sequences.

Now though, I look back on this film with a level of glee. Gigan and Anguiras are the two shining stars, it is Nakajima's final performance as Godzilla, and the Scooby Doo gang of heroes are so unique weird that this movie definitely stands out. There is enough entertaining material to make me put up with the obvious flaws, if not completely forgive them.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:20 pm
by edgaguirus
The characters are a big draw for me. They're an unusual group to feature as heroes, but it all works. They prove both brave and clever, and generate some funny moments as well.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:21 pm
by _JNavs_
edgaguirus wrote:The characters are a big draw for me. They're an unusual group to feature as heroes, but it all works. They prove both brave and clever, and generate some funny moments as well.
There was like a red gem in the film that I was always so fascinated by as a kid, it reminded me of a fruit gusher. I don't remember what it was for, but it was such a weird fascination at the time

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:31 pm
by edgaguirus
You might be thinking about G vs Megalon. I don't remember any red gems or similar objects in G vs Gigan. However, you do see one of the characters find a red object on the floor in G vs Megalon.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:24 pm
by eabaker
edgaguirus wrote:You might be thinking about G vs Megalon. I don't remember any red gems or similar objects in G vs Gigan. However, you do see one of the characters find a red object on the floor in G vs Megalon.
When Ghidorah and Gigan are first summoned/released, they somehow come from exploding gems in space.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:04 pm
by Grievous
edgaguirus wrote:The characters are a big draw for me.
Kung-Fu Girlfriend & Hippie Chick are kind of hot...I mean cool...
but everyone else is a dweeb...including the aliens & Ghidorah.

Angurius & Gigan are the real stars of this show.

:P

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:07 am
by Maritonic
edgaguirus wrote:The characters are a big draw for me. They're an unusual group to feature as heroes, but it all works. They prove both brave and clever, and generate some funny moments as well.
Agreed. This has one of the best human casts in the franchise, I think. I found everything about this movie entertaining and awesome. Definitely one of my favorites.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 1:21 pm
by edgaguirus
Grievous wrote:
edgaguirus wrote:The characters are a big draw for me.
Kung-Fu Girlfriend & Hippie Chick are kind of hot...I mean cool...
but everyone else is a dweeb...including the aliens & Ghidorah.

Angurius is the real star of this show.

:P
I fully agree.

Re: Talkback Thread #12: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:50 pm
by Grievous
edgaguirus wrote:I fully agree.
Cool...

We should be friends.

:thumbsup:

No Homo...