I'll be honest, back in the day, I used to not like Monster Zero at all...I thought it was boring and featured nowhere near enough monster action.
It's only in the last few years that I have come to consider it in my top 5 favorite Showa films (with Gojira, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla).
Ghidorah used to be one of my favorites by a country mile, too...but i personally just find everything about MZ to be Ghidorah, but done better...
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TALKBACK #5: Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster
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by jellydonut25 » Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:07 pm
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by king_ghidorah » Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:24 pm
Word, if Ghidrah had Nick Adams in it, it would have been perfect!!
And Monster Zero...Gamera can go into space, for some reason though, Godzilla in space doesn't work for me...meh
And it's the same monster roster has the previous film minus a monster....like taking a step backwards really...
And Monster Zero...Gamera can go into space, for some reason though, Godzilla in space doesn't work for me...meh
And it's the same monster roster has the previous film minus a monster....like taking a step backwards really...
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by The Real McCoy » Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:46 pm
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by The Real McCoy » Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:43 pm
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by The Real McCoy » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:28 am
Ponies! They're everywhere! 
The whole "Aliens using monsters as tools of destruction" was never a favorite plot of mine. Which is crazy, because some pretty good Toho monster flicks use that formula. I like some of them, but for my favorite bad guy to be nothing more than a puppet never really registered with me.
The whole "Aliens using monsters as tools of destruction" was never a favorite plot of mine. Which is crazy, because some pretty good Toho monster flicks use that formula. I like some of them, but for my favorite bad guy to be nothing more than a puppet never really registered with me.
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by jellydonut25 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:12 pm
I pretty much agree with that take. The movies that bookend this one are probably in my top 5 favorite films in the series (Mothra DEFINITELY is), and so it makes this film pale in comparison a little.
It's still better than most of the Heisei or Millenium eras though and the later half of the Showa era.
Not every movie can be a homerun.
Some are just good. This movie is just good.
It's still better than most of the Heisei or Millenium eras though and the later half of the Showa era.
Not every movie can be a homerun.
Some are just good. This movie is just good.
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by The Real McCoy » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:19 pm
Monster Zero is structured better, that much is true. Things seem to jump around a lot in Ghidorah, which breaks up the pace here and there. I enjoy it more than Monster Zero, but I can agree that the latter is a better film.
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