The X From Outer Space (Just saw it)

[MekaGojira3k]

I watched this the other night, and I really love it. It's nothing amazing, but its fun to watch and balances the kaiju-ness and comedy fairly well. I also love how bizarre Guilala is. He feels like a forerunner to things like the Chojuh of Ace. So bizarreee...

[klen7]

Yeh, my latest viewing of this catapulted it up the ranks. Still a few things I'd prefer played out differently, but it's not guilty of being boring.

[Hybrid Gojira]

^ Weird, I thought it was totally boring. Not my cup of tea, especially the bizzaro score.

[MekaGojira3k]

[lhb412]

Man, up in the middle of the night and this is on TCM.

It's frequently on TCM, right? It's like the staple kaiju film of the network. They've shown Godzilla '54 and a few other Classic Media titles from time to time, but none are in as heavy a rotation as X.

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

Happy 50th to Guilala! This interesting Maser Patrol article elucidates just how often the monster seems to crop up:

https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2017/ ... aiju-icon/

Basically: since Guilala is Shochiku's only kaiju he represents the genre if the studio or someone dealing with the studio needs kaiju stock footage.

[klen7]

^ Interesting article. A lot of stuff i hadnt heard before. Thanks for sharing

[lhb412]