Mothra (1961)

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I think they're not taking it serious enough.

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Spuro wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:04 pm I think it was pretty obvious based on the context of that post that they were talking about Toho's kaiju and sci-fi output...
And yet even the main site covers plenty of non sci-fi stuff, as Toho is a prolific and diverse company. Either way, it's not worth getting offended over.
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goji89 wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:01 pm I think they're not taking it serious enough.
You're right. I don't think they understand how much the Hiroshi Inagaki essays I assigned are going to impact their final user grades on the main site (and colleges and employers check these things out).
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Uh.... my dog ate mine?
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Major sssspielberg! wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:52 am Uh.... my dog ate mine?
Tell you what, if you can get this thread back on topic, you get automatic A's for the rest of the year,
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Well... Mothra did have some of the most impressive, sprawling miniature work in the Showa series. Especially for the scale they were working in. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they have to scale Mothra down a bit for Mothra vs Godzilla?
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Major sssspielberg! wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 2:13 pmCorrect me if I'm wrong but didn't they have to scale Mothra down a bit for Mothra vs Godzilla?
They did. The Mothra larva in this movie is 180 meters long, while the ones in MvG are just 53 meters long. And the Imago is 80 meters long with a wingspan of 250 meters, while MvG’s is 65 meters long and only has a wingspan of 135 meters. Godzilla would have looked absolutely puny if Mothra was the same size she was here in 64.

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In terms of props they definitely scaled the Larva down, good god, even the small one for the Tokyo Tower scene looks massive compared to the ones in 64.

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GodzillavsRayquaza wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:29 am Added in 3 minutes 21 seconds:
In terms of props they definitely scaled the Larva down, good god, even the small one for the Tokyo Tower scene looks massive compared to the ones in 64.

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The scenes involving the large prop (33 feet long) are some of my favorite monster scenes in the entire Toho canon.
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Happy 60th to the best fucking kaiju Toho made and probably their most influential non-Godzilla output in the kaiju genre.
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Happy birthday Mothra! Love this movie to bits.
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I watched this movie on Easter, since I got the Blu-ray of it that day.

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Happy 60th to the Queen of the Monsters! :D
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Happy birthday. I'll have to watch this movie soon.
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In addition to the excellent effects, the movie also has a strong musical element. The opening credit score has a more friendly tone than previous kaiju films, but it matches the tone of the film. The songs performed by the Shobjin are well choreographed, and their voices are lovely.
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Am I the only one who really craves a Birley's every time I watch this, despite never having one?
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I'm not a soda drinker. I'll watch this film with a peach tea.
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This film is better than every Godzilla film outside of Mothra vs Godzilla (1964).

Fight me outside a Shoney's. Bet.
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Moth wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:29 am This film is better than every Godzilla film outside of Mothra vs Godzilla (1964).

Fight me outside a Shoney's. Bet.
I think it's on near-equal footing with the 1954 Godzilla. I give the nod to the earlier film, but Godzilla and Mothra pretty much stand head and shoulders above nearly every other tokusatsu film, IMO. Only a few others are really close, including MvG.
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