TALKBACK: Yog Monster From Space!

[TylerPreston20]

[LoneWolfandCub]

It's one of my favorite films...I saw it on its initial release at a drive-in (I'm showing my age). Fortunately, I have a DVD of the film with the AIP dub which is great. The funky jazz music during the end credits was always a jarring event. I would say for most of us, it's a very nostalgic film, although not one of Toho's best, but one of it's last gasps.

[klen7]

Saw these and thought they were great.. i actually tried to make the first one before... (see our Weekly viewing thread of Space Ameoba for that mess)

[H-Man]

I watched this with a friend yesterday, and I'd forgotten what a tease the title sequence was. These three ridiculous monsters photograph really well together. It's a shame that Gezora doesn't show up in the monster battle. Can you imagine how goofy that would have been?

[eabaker]

[Russzilla]

^Im almost amazed at how they kept the Gezora suit upright so much. I swear that thing looks like it's very top heavy.

[Rodanex]

Finally got around to seeing this movie. As others have said, it's not a great movie, but it's fun for what it is.

A few funny things struck me about the characters. Tsuchiya plays a biologist sent by the resort company to do...what exactly? I know Kubo's character is supposed to photograph the island to help the company promote their resort, but I don't think they ever explain what Dr. Miya is doing on the expedition.

I also love the convenience that Kudo just happens to glance out his window at the precise moment the Telios 7 crashes, and it just happens to crash land near the island he is later asked to photograph.

Sahara is great as Obata, though I found it amusing that upon being confronted about his stealing of the resort plans, he immediately admits he's a corporate spy and hands the documents back to Ms. Hoshino. I really don't see his motivation for doing so. He says something like "Our lives are more important than this." Gezora has attacked at this point in the movie, but Obata hasn't even seen the monster with his own eyes, and is skeptical that any monsters exist. I think it would have made more sense if he came clean about his agenda after narrowly escaping one of the monsters, or something like that.

Speaking of the monsters, I was a little confused if these are supposed to be monsters that already existed, but were possessed by the aliens, or if they were normal animals that were enlarged to become monsters, and they just happen to resemble monsters from the local folklore. Either way, they're a lot of fun to watch, especially during the ending battle. I love the moment in the the commentary track where the interviewer asks producer Fumio Tanaka if there was one alien that was hopping from body to body or if there were multiple aliens; Tanaka just laughs and says "I don't really know."

This movie reminds me a bit of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster...four people get stranded on a south seas island, including a criminal who redeems himself by the end of the movie and both movies feature multiple monsters, including a giant crustacean.

[MekaGojira3k]

Sahara really steals the show, but this is my 2nd favorite Akira Kubo performance.

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[Reaper G]

Strange to see Yoshio Tsuchiya in the "generic professor" role.

[MekaGojira3k]