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.

[Living Corpse]

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

Shrugs.

[King Caesar]

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.

[Tyler]

Reminds me of Scorsese's Cape Fear where as Max Cady is drowning he's just screaming and going off in tongues. He found some sort of bliss in death.

[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.

[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.

[Living Corpse]

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

Ha! Good one JVM.

[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?"

[King Caesar]

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.

[Living Corpse]

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

[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.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ Damn right.

The controller's pained and panicked babbling as his plans crumbled around him make the finale SO MUCH more satisfying. I still get a charge watching those Xian bastards get their due.

[Tyler]

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

They had melted faces in TOM.