by Benjamin Haines » Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:00 pm
It's been years since I've watched Battle In Outer Space and I think I've only watched it two or three times since I got Sony's Toho Icons DVD set in 2009. I should give it another go soon. Since I watched Godzilla 2000 on November 3, I've been rewatching a lot of kaiju/toku films whenever I've had the chance. In the last couple weeks I've watched The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Biollante, Mothra, and I've watched Rodan twice. I freaking love that movie and it's so short that it's easy to squeeze into the day.
I remember Battle In Outer Space as a pretty tedious slog outside of the signature action sequences. Eiji Tsuburaya and Akira Ifukube are each at the top of their game but the plot and the overall film just didn't make much of an impression on me. I vastly prefer The Mysterians. That's one of my favorite Toho flicks and I've watched it more times than I can count since 2005. I've still never seen Gorath.