Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #74

[MekaGojira3k]

IT RETURNS! FOR THE TIME OF NONSENSE IS UPON US!
I'm just picking some random stuff I'm interested in
I GIVE YOU TWO OPTIONS...BECAUSE...

The First Men in the Moon (1964)

Haven't watched this in a while!

Wrath of Daimajin (THIRD FILM OR WHATEVER) (1966)


When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Another movie I haven't seen since childhood

Gehara/Negadon Double Feature



Death Kappa (2010)

[Henry88]

The First Men in the Moon for me.

[klen7]

[Alpha OTS]

I still haven't watched the third Daimajin movie in my bluray set. So that got a vote.

Also wouldn't mind some First Men in the Moon conversation.

[MekaGojira3k]

SHUT UP KLEN.
LET DEATH KAPPA REIGN.

[DannyBeane]

Tally up another one for Daimajin.

[Henry88]

[klen7]

[XvGojira]

Daimanjin for as well! I've had the bluray set sitting on my desk for months, I've watched the first two but never got around to the third.

And there was talks of a live chat with possible a stream going on. Is that still a possibility?

[klen7]

DannyBeane set up something for the last one, but it didn't work out quite right. May be worth revisiting if there is interest

[DannyBeane]

[MekaGojira3k]

The only problem with a livestream is that I don't have an internet connection where I'm living now, so it'd probably be late on a Saturday when I'd be able to do anything.

[XvGojira]

[Alpha OTS]

Count me in for a simultaneous viewing live chat thingy.

[MekaGojira3k]

Looks like Daimajin easily wins

[klen7]

doh! i prematurely posted my Konga post... this would have been a much better place for it in the conversation...

[Henry88]

nice to see a high vote count.

[klen7]

Now all we need is a high response count

[Henry88]

very sad but very true.

[MekaGojira3k]

I had always heard this was the worst Daimajin film. Return of Daimajin (Daimajin no Gyakushu…and yes I prefer the ADV titles to the way these films were referred to back in the day) is actually okay. It’s been described as a kid movie, but it’s a kid movie that doesn’t pull any punches. The effects here are top notch (most of the Daimajin effects are but these feel the most polished). I think I like this one more than the 2nd film, mostly because it feels the most distinct from the original film. I loved the hawk element and it was also nice to place a kick ass Daimajin sequence at the beginning of the film as well as the end.

Man....these Daimajin movies are so pretty. I need to get that cheap blu-ray set in the next few weeks or so. I want to see JUST how pretty they can be.

[Henry88]

could I have this week?

[MekaGojira3k]

[klen7]

You know, i have seen the first two, but never the third in this series (mostly because i heard they were all basically the same, and the second one kind of lived up to that)... anyway, I'll be a bit late on responding, but i went ahead and ordered the trilogy

[XvGojira]

So are we setting at day/time for a chat to watch this with?

[DannyBeane]

I don't think so. I'm going to re-watch this film tonight though. If anyone would like to have a discussion that would be great.