Lets play stump the Godzilla nut...

[BigMcLargehuge]

Questions about all Giant Monster movies welcome.

[Dookus]

1. which way does he "dress"?

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. Commando

[LostInAnomie]

2. What was the name of the robot who fought alongside Godzilla in...

... Godzilla VS Megalon, and did he appear in any other movies with Godzilla?

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. Jet Jaguar

and no

[LSparkle]

3. Best giant monster movie?

I like "Rodan" best myself ... but the original "Godzilla" (in Japanese, w/o Raymond Burr) is pretty good, too.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. I LOVE Rodan

I hope someone releases it with the original Japanese language track here in the US. The relentless dubbing (voiced by Keye Luke) is really rough on the ears after a while.

Minute for minute the battle of Sassebo is the best monster sequence Toho ever did.

[flamingyouth]

7. How about STOMP the Godzilla nut?

Sorry, couldn't resist.:D

[BigMcLargehuge]

9. you'd need some big shoes

and probably a lead lined sock.

:hi:

[Borgnine]

8. Oh, I love that movie!

Matthew Broderick was great in it. I really hope they make a sequel some day.

(joking, of course)

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. Actually, the monster from that Godzilla

appears in the newest film Godzilla Final Wars

[Borgnine]

20. Seriously?

I didn't think that abomination was a part of Godzilla canon, but merely a misguided attempt by Hollywood to remake it, American-style.

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. well, Sony Pictures/Centropolis had Toho's blessing

in preproduction. They licenced the character and images from Toho. Godzilla vs Destroyah was supposed to be the end of the Japanese Godzilla films, at least for a decade or so, but Devlin/Emmerich's Godzilla was so awful they had to answer for it and did with Godzilla 2000 Millennium and the films that followed.

Zilla, as the American Godzilla is know, appears in Sydney Australia in Godzilla Final Wars and is killed by the real Godzilla. Sounds cooler than it is as Godzilla apparently dispatches 20 some odd monsters in this film.

[redqueen]

38. Whoa

Old monsters or new ones?

Why is it not as cool as it sounds?

[BigMcLargehuge]

44. apparently all the monsters fights last less than a couple of minutes

so Ryuhai Kitamura can concentrate the story on a crappy Matrix ripoff... Zilla dies as fast as Mothra, Rodan, Gigan, Ebirah, Hedora... So it's not as cool as it could have been.

[giant_robot]

11. What was the name of the monster Godzilla fights in

"Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster"?

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. Hedora

[Blue-Jay]

13. What's the history behind the name "Godzilla"? (Gojira)

according to director, Ishiro Honda, that is...

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. do you mean the origin of the name "Gojira"

or of the concept for the film? The hell with it, I'll answer both...

The name - rumored to be the nickname of a studio worker, a contraction of the words for Gorilla and Whale. It's also been said that Honda wanted to make the Japanese King Kong, which didn't appear in Japan until after 1945 and was an enormous hit (no pun intended). When financing fell through for a war epic Toho allowed him to make his monster picture.

The film- some of it is in the above paragraph. When the crew of the Lucky Dragon was poisoned following the detonation of the H- Bomb at Bikini Atol, and made news all over Japan, Honda conceive the idea of a radioactive monster, a physical representation of the destruction that atomic weapons offered to humanity. In fact, a version of the Lucky Dragon incident opens the film, only it's Godzilla not the H Bomb that poisons the crew.

[Blue-Jay]

17. Well done. I meant the story behind the actual name.

Lemme think of another.

[Blue-Jay]

18. Delete. (WTF #1)

[Blue-Jay]

19. Delete. (WTF #2)

[LostInAnomie]

14. How do those little women who speak for Mothra...

... know what Mothra is thinking. Not only that, but how do they know what each other is going to say, and then say it simultaneously?

[BigMcLargehuge]

16. They are fairies who share a psychic link with both each other and mothra

[LostInAnomie]

29. Yeah right! Sounds pretty damned far fetched to me.

eom

[giant_robot]

21. Here's a non-Godzilla question

In "War of the Gargantuas", what color was the bad gargantua, and what color was the good gargantua?

[BigMcLargehuge]

25. (Gaira) Green = evil (Sanda) brown = good

[giant_robot]

30. Damn, good job! I forgot they had names! n/t

[Blue-Jay]

22. What's the first Godzilla movie directed by Jun Fukuda?

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. Godzilla vs the Sea Monster

[ronnykmarshall]

24. What were the name of those alien women ..

that took control of Godzilla.

[BigMcLargehuge]

27. Assuming you mean the Killaaks from Destroy All Monsters

[ronnykmarshall]

28. Ding! Ding! Ding!

I love the Killaaks.

[BigMcLargehuge]

36. G Fan used to run some cool fanfic

about a war between the Kilaaks and the aliens from Planet X

[Lautremont]

31. Who would win in a fight between The Mighty Peking Man

and Yeti: Giant of the 21st Century?

[BigMcLargehuge]

32. Mighty Peking Man

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[BigMcLargehuge]

34. All Hail Grovelbot!

[giant_robot]

37. Cool pic!

That guy looks familiar...

[BigMcLargehuge]

45. certainly does!

[Blue-Jay]

35. What's the name of the unmade movie that was scrapped

by Tomoyuki Tanaka prior to filming the original Godzilla?

Extra Credit: Why was the first movie scrapped?

[BigMcLargehuge]

41. can't remember the name

was scrapped for budgetary reasons

[sakabatou]

63. Who was the original mosnter supposed to finish off Godzilla

instead of Destroyah?

[BigMcLargehuge]

76. originally pitched it was Ghost of Godzilla

where Hesei Godzilla would fight a ghost of 1954 Godzilla... but it was scrapped... In fact there were several possibilities for the film that would be Godzilla vs. Destroyah including another Kong, Mecha Kong, and yet another outing for King Ghidorah.

[sakabatou]

115. Yep.

I miss my G parties... where my frinds and I would watch 2 to 3 different Godzilla films...

[Blue-Jay]

66. bzzt AND bzzt.

(sorry it took me so long to reply. Mac problems)

Some history: On March 1, 1954, the hydrogen bomb was tested at Bikini atoll in the South Pacific. Unfortunately, the Japanese fishing boat Daigo Fukuryo Maru ("Lucky Dragon"), was too close to the testing site. All members of the crew ended up with severe radiation poisoning. The radioman named Aikichi Huboyama finally died on 9/23/54 after a painful six months. This was HUGE news in Japan at the time.

Meanwhile....

Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka had gotten the approval to film Beyond The Glory. Everything was ready to go: the funds, the script, the crew, the actors, etc. Upon arriving in Indonesia, Tanaka was advised that his two stars had been denied work visas by the Indonesian government, therefore the film was scrapped.

On the flight back to Tokyo, Tanaka tried to figure out how to spend the money that he had been allocated. Mulling over recent news events, he got the idea to combine an American-style monster movie with a serious message about the threat of radiation and nuclear weapons tests.

Thus, a monster was conceived and cinematic history was made.

What do I win for stumping the Gojira genius?

[BigMcLargehuge]

78. thanks :)

I had the Lucky Dragon part right, and I knew it was meant to be a war film but I couldn't remember the name. I never knew about the Indonesian visa thing.

:)

[jpgray]

39. Why do so many kids in these movies wear tiny pants?

Followup--why does Jet Jaguar look like a robotic Jack Nicholson with a blue dickey?

[BigMcLargehuge]

42. 1. tiny pants increase their brain size

so they can direct Japan's entire defense network.

2. Because Nicholson is so cool.

[redqueen]

40. What's the name of the three-headed dragon type monster

that was also in Godzilla vs. Gigan.

Have you played War of the Monsters? :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

43. King Ghidorah

yes I have War of the Monsters and I also have Godzilla Save the Earth ;)

[redqueen]

53. Right on!

I heart King Gidorah. :)

[giant_robot]

46. Name the monster (and movie) made in North Korea by a

South Korean director who was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-Il.

[BigMcLargehuge]

47. Pulgasari

[giant_robot]

48. Well done. Bizarre story. n/t

[BigMcLargehuge]

51. it's supposed to have a story

similar to the Daiei Majin films, I've seen it available on VHS but haven't ever bought it.

[giant_robot]

52. Oh, I meant the story of how the movie was made!

I haven't seen Pulgasari, but I'm sure the plot is pretty bizarre as well. I heard there were communist themes in it (go figure).

[BigMcLargehuge]

54. The story of how it was made is easily better than the story of the film

or so I am led to understand.

:)

[underpants]

49. What is the best way of removing a stump?

Hmmm?

[BigMcLargehuge]

50. Dispatch "Mogera"

it has drills for hands

[BigMcLargehuge]

55. kick

:kick:

[redqueen]

56. Did you used to see these on Sunday mornings as a kid?

I did... I wish some station would play them again. One of the local UHF stations here played either a monster movie or a kung fu movie. Now that is quality TV!

[BigMcLargehuge]

67. Saturday afternoons for me

Creature Double Feature :)

[General Zod]

57. What movie did Manda, the giant snake, 1st appear?

[BigMcLargehuge]

68. Atragon

[DrWeird]

58. In the late 70's/ early 80's Godzilla cartoon series...

they scraped the original roar, and replaced it with one from an American voice actor. What character from a campy American sitcom was that voice actor better known as?

[BigMcLargehuge]

75. Ted Cassidy

AKA the voice of Lurch

[democracyindanger]

59. Godzooky?

Does the mere mention of that name give you diarrhea? It does me.

[BigMcLargehuge]

69. Nah, I remember the cartoon pretty well from when I was a kid

I was always aware that the cartoon Godzilla series was different from the movie, and at the time every saturday morning cartoon show had a dumbass animal sidekick.

[Padraig18]

60. Godzilla vs. Mothra-- who wins?

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

61. Some scenes from that classic ...

and a few sound bites

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/gvsmothra/gvsmothra2.wav

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/gvsmothra/gvsmothra4.wav

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/gvsmothra/gvsmothra5.wav

[BigMcLargehuge]

70. Humanity

Elder Mothra dies protecting the egg. Then the Larvae drive off Godzilla before returning to Infant Island. The fishermen also win because Godzilla stomps on that asshole Torohata, the one who robbed them of the Mothra egg in the first place.

[Padraig18]

72. Cool!

I've never watched the movie before, but now I think I will, based on your precis.

:)

[the Princess]

62. Two giant brother monsters

One Brown - one green. One lived in the water - one lived on land.

Name the movie.

[BigMcLargehuge]

71. War of the Gargantua

AKA Gaira ta Sanda

Gaira was green
Sanda was brown

This came up earlier in the thread ;)

[ronnykmarshall]

83. Name that great song from that film.

Remember that hot blond mama sanging at that roof top night club and Green Garantua almost eats her.

Just sing a few lines of it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

85. The Words get Stuck in my Throat

nearly as bad as Tivoli Nights from Reptilicus

[ronnykmarshall]

89. YES!!

I love that part.

Where else but Japan can lousy lounge singer get work singing shitty songs?

[BigMcLargehuge]

91. Copenhagen

ever see Reptilicus?

[the Princess]

95. Oh no my dear - the best part of that movie

Is when the Green Gargantua is eating people and spitting out their clothes. It makes me roar everytime! LOL

[ronnykmarshall]

100. I love that part!

Used to scare the crap out of me as a kid. But now as jaded adult, I thinks is funny as shit!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

90. I'm still looking for a yellow dress like she wore! nt

[ronnykmarshall]

87. Bonus question ....

Name another monster film that the female scientist played it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

88. Why, that's Miss Namikawa from

Godzilla vs Monster Zero

[ronnykmarshall]

92. Yup!

http://www.cultsirens.com/mizuno/mizuno.htm


She was one hot piece of sushi!

[Worst Username Ever]

64. Please summarize the plot for Godzilla '85.

Never got around to seeing it, and I remember being in third grade and this was THE "big-budget" spectacular movie-to-see of the year. Advertising everywhere. I was too young to see it, and no else seems to have seen it either. A summary?

[DrWeird]

65. Yeah, I checked that out from the library when I was in 4th grade.

Can't remember the plot details, only it was your pretty standard Godzilla movie only "big-budget" in the Godzilla sense of the word. There was a boring scene early in the movie where some guy demonstrates the tensile strength of some new kind of thread by leaning out a highrise apartment balcony. Even as a kid I thought "boy, that's going to be some important plot element later in the movie." Only it never panned out. Wtf?

[BigMcLargehuge]

74. That was actually from King Kong vs Godzilla

and that high tensile thread was use to attack the sleeping ape to baloons for transport to Mt. Fuhi where he would face Godzilla in the final showdown.

[DrWeird]

99. I'm pretty sure I saw it in Godzilla 1985.

Did they just splice the footage into a new movie?

[BigMcLargehuge]

101. nope

that scene is in King Kong vs Godzilla not Godzilla 85.

[BigMcLargehuge]

73. certainly

A ship named the Suka Maru is found with all crewmembers but one dead. He recounts the tale of giant monsters that attacked the ship. These are massive radioactive water fleas. (This subplot is sort of borrowed from Rodan where it was meganeuraon in the mines that first attacked the minor and harbingered the horrors to come).

Then, a submarine encounters something deep in the Japan Trench. It's destroyed but relays a sonar signature to America before that happens.

Japanese scientists begin tracking the origin of that signature. Finally after 30 years of calm something starts attacking the nuclear power plants of Japan. It's Godzilla, unseen since its demise in 1954. The Japanese Defense Forces battle to prevent Godzilla from destroying Tokyo. They dispatch the first Super X plane to fight the beast (it has cadmium missiles and armor sufficient to withstand Godzilla's breath, at least for a while). Meanwhile a doctor, an ornithologist specifically, isolates the bird songs that seem to draw Godzilla from one place to another and uses them to drive the beast towards Mt. Mihara.

During the climactic battle in downtown Tokyo, Godzilla is rendered unconscious by the Cadmium missiles. However, a Russian freighter triggers the launch of a nuclear warhead that explodes over Tokyo. Godzilla absorbs the radiation and awakens.

Lured to the top of Mt. Mihara, Godzilla falls into the volcano.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

77. In Godzilla v. Mechagodzilla...

What was the name of the conceptual monster for the theme park that was poking fun at teachers?
It was on paper only.

[BigMcLargehuge]

79. Shukra, the monster of too much homework

and before you ask, the other monster was Mamagan, the monster of too strict mothers.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

80. Damn, you're good!!!! nt

[BigMcLargehuge]

81. why thanks :)

[BigMcLargehuge]

82. Also, that was Godzilla vs Gigan not Mechagodzilla

:hi:

[BlackVelvetElvis]

84. What orchestral instrument did Ifukube use to create Godzilla's roar?

[BigMcLargehuge]

86. Contra bass

and a leather glove

[BlackVelvetElvis]

93. All Hail, the Godzilla master!

You broke my brain. I may be back if I can think of a question worthy of your vast knowledge.

[the Princess]

94. Big Ugly Bird

Looks like a Marionette - terrorizes New York. So bad I laughed all the way through it. Name the movie.

[BigMcLargehuge]

96. The Giant Claw

Starred Jeff Morrow.

[the Princess]

97. shit shit shit

You are good!!!! LOLOL

[the Princess]

98. Kid in shorts being bullied and lonely

draws pictures of monsters and the monsters come to life taking revenge on his bullies.

Film name?

[BigMcLargehuge]

102. Godzilla's Revenge

that's as close a guess as I have... there is a kid in short, and there are bullies, but he beats the bully (and some kidnappers) in the end after learning lessons from Minya on Monster Island.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

103. In Godzilla v. the Sea Monster...

What's the name of the boat used in the beginning and what was it being used for?

[BigMcLargehuge]

104. which boat

the Red Bamboo ship spraying the yellow liquid to subdue Ebirah, the outrigger canoe used by the fleeing natives, or the yacht that was the prize at the dance contest?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

106. The yacht..

from the dance contest.

[BigMcLargehuge]

109. Yahlen

[BigMcLargehuge]

105. I'll be back later everyone (like after 10)

use this time to research new questions :)

[Blue-Jay]

107. Who's bigger stud?

Ultraman or Jet Jaguar?

I say that Ultraman would kick his ass from here to the Sea Of China. To JJ's credit, he has a better theme song. (Joot Jag-waaaar, Joot Jag-waaaaar!)

[JimmyJazz]

108. OMG - I had the *biggest* crush on ultraman!

*sigh* I was either gonna marry him or Speed Racer....

[BigMcLargehuge]

112. Ultraman

he was an actual man... whereas Jet Jaguar was a smiling robot.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

110. I'll try one more time

On an ultraman episode (don't remember which), it was very obvious they used a recycled Godzilla costume but made one change.
What was the change?
I give up if you can answer this one.

[BigMcLargehuge]

111. The monster's name was Gomess

and he appeared in more than one Ultraman episode, the first time he had a frill, some different colors, and a different fin pattern on his back. He also had a horn and long canines.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

113. I'm done. You are the master!

[BigMcLargehuge]

114. thanks

It's been a blast! You are no slouch with the questions either :)