bill
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Post by bill on Mar 16, 2010 17:35:43 GMT -5
Hey everyone! I am new to the forum and was wondering if anyone has interest in hearing the guys do a podcast focusing and Godzilla and other "atomic horror" movies? There certainly is enough material there for a show, from the original "Gojira" to "Them" to "The Incredible Shrinking Man" to"Planet of the Apes" to "The Day After"...the list goes on and on.
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Post by Scary Gary on Mar 16, 2010 19:07:01 GMT -5
I'd second a Godzilla show. Godzilla is what I cut my teeth on. My most prized childhood toy was my Rodan (until I got me an AT-AT after ESB).
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Post by Captain Midnight on Mar 16, 2010 20:36:59 GMT -5
I'd second a Godzilla show. Godzilla is what I cut my teeth on. My most prized childhood toy was my Rodan (until I got me an AT-AT after ESB). I'll third that. As a small child, I wanted to be Godzilla when I grew up. Screw being a police man or a fire man. |
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maarow
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Post by maarow on Mar 16, 2010 22:39:26 GMT -5
My best friend in fourth grade was an uberfan of Gojira. I never really got into it, but I wound up seeing a lot of the movies, playing with the toys, and reading the comic books, as a moral support kind of thing. I even watched a few episodes of that terrible cartoon, where the monster looked nothing like Godzilla and had an annoying sidekick that could talk, Gadzookie. Gag.
One of my most vivid memories from that time is the cover of a comic in which Godzilla quite amiably shows up after the Titanic sinks to warm up the water with his urine fire breath and thus enable more people to survive. I admit it would have made the James Cameron film more interesting.
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Post by Peekysdad on Mar 17, 2010 2:43:05 GMT -5
"Atomic Horror" seems too broad a subject to tackle all together, but I love all those kinds of films. I would gladly tune into a giant monster or Godzilla podcast. That's a pretty massive undertaking itself when you consider all the eras that the Godzilla franchise has been through from 1954 to the present.
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bill
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Post by bill on Mar 18, 2010 7:50:12 GMT -5
Just imagine...Godzilla, plus the Titantic...plus James Cameron...plus 3-d! Quite possibly the end of civilization as we know it!
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Post by Scary Gary on Mar 18, 2010 8:49:18 GMT -5
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man.
Godzilla!
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo,
Go, go, Godzilla!
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maarow
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Post by maarow on Mar 20, 2010 16:47:07 GMT -5
P.S. According to IMDB, "Unbeknownst to many people, [Akira] Kurosawa had always wanted to make a Godzilla film of his own, but the executives at Toho Co., Ltd. (the Japanese studio that produces all the Godzilla films) wouldn't let him because they feared it would cost too much."
IMDB isn't the most reliable source in the world, but what an interesting film that would have been.
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Post by badgerangel on Apr 24, 2010 23:33:42 GMT -5
All I can say to this is "Yes, please."
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Post by bmoviegeek on Jul 15, 2010 23:35:47 GMT -5
This is a fantastic idea! The Kaiju genre is one of my favorites, ever since my mom introduced me to Godzilla when I was very young. I can remember staying home sick from school and watching Godzilla marathons as far back as the fifth grade. I think I still have some VHS recordings. The original Japanese film is an extremely poignant piece of cinema, very reflective of the fears and tribulations of the times, and I really think Tony and Ted could do the film justice. The episode could center around the juxtaposition between the horrific, intense atmosphere of those early Japanese films and the relative light-hearted treatment of the atomic threat in the American film counterparts. I would be very excited for an episode like this!
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misterd
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Post by misterd on Jul 17, 2010 0:48:08 GMT -5
I remember years ago reading a Tarantino interview in which he said he'd have loved to do a Godzilla movie from the point of view of the people in the street. Sound familiar?
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james
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Post by james on May 5, 2011 6:41:18 GMT -5
Resurrected to add another "me too"  Though while I understand Godzilla may not be everyone’s cup of tea how about a general giant monster episode? Godzilla, King Kong, The Host, Tremors, Attack of the 50ft Woman, Daimajin, Gamera, Tarantula, Cloverfield, Monsters etc. |
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Post by Scary Gary on May 5, 2011 7:07:45 GMT -5
Deadly Mantis
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Post by Demon Sprocket on May 10, 2011 10:26:10 GMT -5
Resurrected to add another "me too" Though while I understand Godzilla may not be everyone’s cup of tea how about a general giant monster episode? Godzilla, King Kong, The Host, Tremors, Attack of the 50ft Woman, Daimajin, Gamera, Tarantula, Cloverfield, Monsters etc. Mothra, Rodan. I loved all of those monster movies when I was a kid. Add me to the want to suggest/listen list. |
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Post by morbid831 on Jun 2, 2011 14:57:46 GMT -5
Godzilla and Gamera definitely deserve a HorrorETC discussion. The newer films of the 90's and the millennium series are very entertaining and have some pretty impressive special effects.
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