by ebirahsmeg1 » Sun Aug 10, 2003 7:40 pm
The best group of Showa films was what I like to refer to as the wonderful "Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah trilogy" in "GvstheThing, Ghidrah the 3 headed Dragon, and GvsMonster Zero". Those films were wonderfully tied together. GvstheThing was one of the best filmed G films ever, Ghidrah the 3 headed Dragon was one of the most fun G films, introduced what would become Godzilla's worst enemy and most powerful foe in KG, and had one of the best climatic monster fights ever. GvsMonster Zero continued the fun and spirit of those 2 films and also introduced the "aliens invading earth" angle, which at the time was a new idea for a G film before it got overdone to death in later films. However, it fell short of GvstheThing and Ghidrah because of that rediculous Godzilla shimy dance, but it made up for it with spectacular destruction and battle scenes along with one of the most controversial battles at the end (did GandR really win? Or was it KG? The most debated battle after the Kong/Godzilla battle). No G films since have matched the height of fun, adventure, and spectacle of those 3 films....