Escape . . . Into the Future

[mechanikong]

Anyone ever wonder about the end of Invasion of the Astro Monsters where the controller says something along the lines of "we must escape . . . into the future" right before they blow up? Was that a reference to a possible unexplored angle where the Xians invented a time machine? It would have been cool if the Xians appeared in another Showa film to get revenge on the earthlings. But unfortunately, that never came into fruition.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

I've always thought that the leader was just mumbling something crazy. Those sound waves were messing everyone else up, I guess they were messing him up too.

Its like listening to a drunken bum: He has no idea what he's talking about, and you should never really listen to him.

[Kubo]

I've always sorta wished that they did escape into the future and then there would be some subtle nod towards their return in the future. Sadly, when I really look at it, it seems like he just went insane. Though he did push that one button right when they blew up...hmmm....

[GotengoXGodzilla]

I've always sorta wished that they did escape into the future and then there would be some subtle nod towards their return in the future. Sadly, when I really look at it, it seems like he just went insane. Though he did push that one button right when they blew up...hmmm....

For all we know, he hit the Self-Destruct button.

[Giga Kaiju]

Escaping to the future as in Going to a "Better Place" for eternal rest, i think.

[Rody]

For all we know, he hit the Self-Destruct button.

I think that's exactly what he did.

[Godz]

In a fan fic I've been working on for years...I linked a heavily modified version of "Godzilla vs King Ghidorah" into the Showa universe, where the Futurians were those Xians and their descendants who did indeed escape into the future

[Arbok]

Maybe it's just their cultural belief that their reborn in the future when they die.

Shrugs.

This is always the way I interpreted it as well: that the controller was referring to a belief of what happens when they perish. :xilien:

[JVM]

They went into the future, evolved drastically, and then launched their least in-genius plot yet in the futuristic year of 2004...

[menschenjaeger]

I always liked the Controller's death ("escape!") scene. Classic villain meltdown.

[o.supreme]

They went into the future, evolved drastically, and then launched their least in-genius plot yet in the futuristic year of 2004...

Darn you beat me to it!.

Its like listening to a drunken bum: He has no idea what he's talking about, and you should never really listen to him.

(Real life experience from walking in down town San Diego during SDCC)
Me and 3 friends circa 1997 age 21

Bum: "Hey Guys, you gotta quarter? You see I'm trying to get back to L.A., are you goin' there? Can you help me out? Oh this beer in my hand, I dont know where it came from, I don't want this beer. Hey guys, come back, where you going?"

[Kubo]

I always liked the Controller's death ("escape!") scene. Classic villain meltdown.

Too bad nothing that cool ever happened again... *flashback to Kilaakians emotionlessly falling down and turning to their rock form*. The only thing comparable in the Showa series is the Chairman's rant before Godzilla tower goes boom.

[edgaguirus]

From watching the Japanese version, the Controller was talking about death. He blew himself and his invasion force up.

[RedZillaKing]

This is friggin' hilarious. I just watched this movie on Netflix and was like dafuuggggg? When he said that. Awesome death scene, awesome movie.

[Goji]

I just watched this movie on Netflix and was like dafuuggggg?

Did you not remember that line from previous viewings, or something? I'm just making the assumption that you've already seen this film countless times. I always saw it as a pretty stand-out line in the American version.

[Showa Gyaos]

I don't know, the ape man laughing before jumping in the sea in TOMG was kinda epic.

Technically, he was shot and then fell into the sea.

[RedZillaKing]

Did you not remember that line from previous viewings, or something? I'm just making the assumption that you've already seen this film countless times. I always saw it as a pretty stand-out line in the American version.

I admittedly hadn't seen the American version of the film in a while. I was "too cool" for dubs for a long time and have gotten back into watching the American version because my wife doesn't like the subs. When the commander said that my wife and I looked at each other in surprise, lol.

[TokyoVigilante]

Invasion of Astro-Monster is one of the films that I watch dubbed 9 times out of 10; hearing Nick Adams real performance is great and whoever did the dubbing for the Xilian Controller did an absalutely beyond perfect job. I can't imagine him any other way. Not to mention the iconic one liners he has.

I will show you. . .The Monster Zero!

[RedZillaKing]

It hit me like a fat sack of nostalgia watching the dubbed version on Netflix the other day. I fell in love with it all over again. Guess it goes to show you're never too cool for certain things.

[menschenjaeger]

The Controller's hand gestures....