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Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:07 pm
by eabaker
Woo-hoo! 64 is one of my favorite numbers (along with 4, 8, 16, and 32)! Lucky score for me!

Since a handful of these are movies I've really been meaning to watch lately, and those all happened to be space-related, I figured that'd be a good over-arching theme. So, let's choose a horror from the outer reaches, shall we?

20 Million Miles to Earth - Last time we got a lesser Harryhausen entry. Maybe we owe it to him to watch something a little more fondly regarded.

Ghidrah: The Three-Headed Monster - Enter the ultimate space dragon. Three heads, two tails, and a voice like the ringing of bells.

The X from Outer Space - Ah, the late 60s, when kaiju designs started inching further into the realm of insanity...

Gamera: Super Monster - Had they done the same basic story, but shot new effects scenes, this might well be remembered as the ultimate Showa Gamera movie. Instead, it's jsut the supreme example of the stock-footage-happy aspect of the series.

Gamera - Attack of the Legion - Who doesn't dig this movie? Is there anyone?

Oh, and, as with last week, you're allowed two votes!

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:20 pm
by Henry88
The Three-Headed Monster of course

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:36 pm
by metal_bryan
Gamera 2 is one of my favorite movies, not just kaiju movies. It easily got my vote. I am ALWAYS in a mood to watch it. :)

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:56 pm
by Henry88
13 votes in one day, not bad at all.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:46 pm
by Alpha OTS

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:12 pm
by Psycho Soldier
I've given my votes to 20 Million Miles from Earth and to The X from Outer Space. I've only seen the latter once, but I don't know how I could ever get sick of it. It's fun stuff, and that soundtrack is the best.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:37 pm
by Henry88
and we got the first tie of the night.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:57 am
by eabaker

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:21 am
by Hybrid Gojira
How exactly does this work? Are you watching the movie together? (Never saw this thread before)

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:47 pm
by O.Supreme
You vote on which film you would like to watch. Then, if you have access to the film, you are encouraged (but not obligated obviously) to watch the winning film at your leisure and post any comments. I'm guilty myself of being lax on that last part occasionally :wink: . I think watching the film as a group would be fun, but I dont have the technical know-how to do so. Some people over at TK had an "end of the world" party viewing of "The Last War" and "PON" back on 12/21/12 through dailymotion. I was able to join via a password, but not sure how someone would set something like that up.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:38 pm
by Alpha OTS

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:13 am
by DannyBeane
I went with Ghidrah and Legion. Ghidrah because its in my top 5 Godzilla movies and Legion because I just bought the Gamera trilogy Blu Ray.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:29 am
by The Real McCoy
Two choices? That's kind of cool.

Anyway, I wanted to pick 20 Million Miles as one of mine, but I don't have access to it (yet; I'm planning on buying that Harryhausen set on DVD), nor do I The X From Outer Space. Bummer.

So I went with my next two faves: Ghidrah, and the coolest Gamera movie ever: Super Monster !!! (c'mon, did you guys think I was going to pick anything else?)

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:27 pm
by MekaGojira3k
I voted Ghidrah and 20 Million Miles because...why not?
Although Ghidrah is the only thing I feel like watching.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:17 pm
by metal_bryan
I'm down for trying to schedule simultaneous viewings in the future for movies that all of us likely own (like Godzilla/Gamera movies). The only thing we'd have to do is figure out where we'll be able to get us all in a chat room.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:00 am
by Henry88
and still a tie. :lol:

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:00 am
by The Real McCoy
I can't believe three other people actually voted for Super Monster. :lol:

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:01 pm
by eabaker

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:47 pm
by DannyBeane
I'll watch Ghidrah and I'll even open up a discussion about Ghidrah. I love Ghidrah but I can't watch Guilala. Its just one of those movies that put me to sleep in 5 minutes. I think after multiple attempts I have successfully watched The X from Outer Space exactly 1 time to completion.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:06 pm
by Henry88
what I like about this movie ,Godzilla starts becoming the hero.

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:59 pm
by klen7
I am about to fire up the Toho Master Collection DVD of Ghidorah. Is there a big difference between the US and Japanese versions?

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:11 pm
by Silver Kamen

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:51 pm
by MekaGojira3k

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:25 pm
by Silver Kamen

Re: Weekly Kaiju Movie Thread #64: Terror from the Stars

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:32 pm
by klen7
^ MekaG3K is our resident boobie expert on these forums. He wouldn't let that slide :wink: