You know, I always wondered why he was called Jet Jaguar. Now I know why: they decided to call it Jet Jaguar. #monsterdon

@blogdiva also the statues are probably not 3 million years old!

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goddamn drivers always dooring cyclists and speeding off

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Tracking in deep sea sand makes it sound like they were attacked by human sized kaiju.

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EUREKA!

WE"VE CREATED A ROBOT THAT CAN DO THE ROBOT.

SCIENCE IS COMPLETE!

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"I'll call him Jet Jaguar!"

You will? ...Why? #Monsterdon

🗿🗿🗿🗿 #monsterdon

They built a robot. In the "geology lab". As you do.😂

I love this movie

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Mecha Jimmy Carter is complete!
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Only in Japan does a motorcycle get that miniaturized

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Oh, good. They found Jet Jaguar's head.

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Is this going to be “iron man but instead of knockoff Elon musk it’s a Japanese gay dad” because that sounds pretty good actually #monsterdon

Subtitles say

"Geology lab"

with the sarcasm quotes

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this is no EARTH vicks cough drops!

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This kid’s voice is breaking me up #monsterdon

Okay, it’s a gay family home, not a villain’s lair. Don’t sniff or eat the powder. #monsterdon

Meanwhile, groovy flute car chase.

"...looks like sand"
"but tastes like paprika!"

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Weird interior design choice. Just dangling cubes with pictures of cars on them.

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Only the Olds will recognize that that car is REALLY WonderBug. #monsterdon #GodzillaVsMegalon

Dude, your DANGER light is on. Shouldn't you, like check something? Or is that just a novelty danger light? #monsterdon

Loving the “Chekov’s headless robot”, though. #monsterdon

the 70s in japan were so 80s

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They stole Jet Jaguar's head?

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"Oh, I'll go off chasing the bad guys and you stay home and play with sand.....again"

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The fashion, the fish bicycle thing, the car, the brightly-colored pocket doors, the weird hanging photo blocks… this is a 1970s that I apparently missed. #monsterdon

Why didn’t Chitty Chitty Bang Bang get proper billing in this film? #monsterdon

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🚨 LOOKOUT 🚨

👀 Note when the red sand is being tested by scientists.

Look for a sign that says "Honda Labs". It is a tribute to Ishiro Honda, the director of the *good* Godzilla films.

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This bachelor pad is the most hilarious 70s brutalist nonsense.
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#Monsterdon I absolutely love the way a chop to the back immediately disables someone and renders them unconscious. Imagine my disappointment as a child when it did not work on my siblings or cousins.

They escaped in the foley van! After them! #Monsterdon

I'd kick his ass for wearing that outfit, too. #monsterdon

there is just a kind of '70s grooviness about this one that i can't resist #Monsterdon

"...why is your arcade full of henchmen?"
"No idea, but one of them left a lego!"

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Excellent vehicles so far.

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@Lazarou The monster here is intolerance #monsterdon

Meanwhile the 3rd Doctor is running after these two, trying to get his car back...

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@Lazarou I'm going to see if I can maintain the belief that same-gender pairing is the norm in this timestream, not the exception #monsterdon

#monsterdon Do they ever explain whose kid that is?

Does he belong to one of the scientists? Or does he just hang out with them?

low tide? #monsterdon

@Bluedepth I think that's a real thing - liquefaction - but it would probably be giving the filmmakers too much credit to assume they put it in intentionally

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they are really spending on fx on this first 10 minutes! thisis going to be a good kaiju movie
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Somebody flushed the lake ...

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#Monsterdon how convenient that the child's two dads were carrying the lightest rope ever

This is a lot of exploding water for the total lack of a monster popping up out of it

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ROOOOOOOOOOOXAAAAANNE~
You don't have to put on the red light ~
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aw, RIP dolphin paddle boat. #monsterdon

Sure pull him from the raging water into the flying boulders

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If you lived in a world where every nuclear test resulted in pissed off kaiju, would you continue nuclear testing? If so, why? Discuss.

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Critical Safety tip: Never picnic without your grappling hook. #monsterdon #GodzillaVsMegalon

For the love of Godzilla why? Why this? #Monsterdon

props for the miniature lake, that's pretty nice, particularly on this budget

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And we open with a ✅ Child in Danger! #Monsterdon #MonsterdonBingo

Excellent shaking and rolling around on the ground. 10/10 could make it look real on the Enterprise.
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“life-rope gun”? The 70s were wild. #monsterdon

That does not look like a hi-performance boat

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ok this boat is even better than the banana submarine from Tentacles!

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Tonight on #Monsterdon it's a classic Kaiju Smackdown and it begins, despite the pyrotechnics, with probably the saddest nuclear explosion ever.

Follow or filter the hashtag as you would!

Surely one of these credits says "team responsible for blowing a lot of shit up" #monsterdon

Dad & Dad taking the kid out for a paddle

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We're giving this thing a go.
Was already doing a Kaiju marathon for Halloween, fits in perfectly.
This is the most #mastodon thing I know. Glad to give it a go with Godzilla.

Music is a bit odd

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#Monsterdon I NEED the fishy paddle boat!

Note to self: learn katakana better

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Wait, the second underground nuclear test in this timeline took place in... 1971? (Also, I don't think nuclear tests look that kerosene-y)

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The child is monster bait, this is not right

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You might think Godzilla is throwing his hands in the air like he just don't care, but he does care. Too much, maybe. #monsterdon

How many explosions was that before the title? One big one, maybe? #monsterdon

It's Japanese food for #Monsterdon

Definitely because I remembered what the movie was going to be and NOT because I was just making kakuni anyway

godzilla looks right at the camera and waves. he knows what he's about. #monsterdon

Godzilla is so cute how do I adopt one?

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Run away, Angi! Run! #Monsterdon

I love how this movie just goes right in there with the massive explosions

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The big G exactly how I am in the morning

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#MonsterdonAlert

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GO GO GO!!!

we have TOHO sign! #monsterdon

@trixter One of the ones I want to recommend watching is probably on archive. But it is also hard to look up since the title is just
It!
It! 1967 is hard to google. It is on daily motion atleast.
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@paco I don't even think it was really Tokyo, at least that wasn't the place being menaced, just some rural infrastructure and a deserted wasteland. That's why the military just shrugged and went away. The Seatopians couldn't have chosen a more innocuous target #monsterdon

@cargot_robbie the movie is also light on plot. i guess it's the power of Jet Jaguar's newfound free will #Monsterdon

A little funny how all bad guys where all European, western like people...
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#Monsterdon I downloaded the original Japanese audio and had it on in the background, so I'm a bit light on plot. Do we know why the robot can be a Kaiju and also human sized?

Well, that sure was a movie! A #Monsterdon movie! :godzilla:

Thank you to @Taweret for organizing these, and all other contributes and participants! 😁

This was a blast. A real classic. Thanks, @Taweret! #Monsterdon

@Infoseepage Best to check whether they're available for streaming/download at no cost to reach the biggest audience #monsterdon

@Infoseepage I sense that "the European" was to blame for that bit of set decoration #monsterdon

@moira I voted for Mysterious Island which didn't have quite enough oomph to make it #monsterdon

@RufusJCooter @Taweret That was explicitly stated! Right after the dance scene.

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@blogdiva I have thought about it and it seems that a fart would push Godzilla in exactly the wrong way. But now he's gone so science will just have to accept it as a mystery #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe The Lucha Libre vibes were strong #monsterdon

@Zerofactorial Yeah I dunno, in some of these flicks Godzilla's just kind of Kaiju Ryu, traveling the world and brawling with anything that looks strong. I keep expecting to see a second giant nuclear lizard, but blonde and wearing a red suit. #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe I didn't see that he got anything out of it, unless he likes working on his kung fu moves every few years #monsterdon

@ShiitakeToast Tale as old as time #monsterdon #GodzillaVsMegalon

@Infoseepage What, you didn't enjoy Twins of Evil? #monsterdon

@Infoseepage honest answer is just depends upon what people vote for

it's always a mix in the poll

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Anyone manage to catch a GIF of Godzilla's iconic tail surf attacks? Thanks in advance #monsterdon

@JoeWynne @Taweret @cheribaker ooh yeah there is a sale, I gotta get hooked up

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@ranjit @Louisa Maybe all the women on the surface moved down there to take up dancing #monsterdon

This is just pure movie magic!
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#Monsterdon well that was a lot of confusing spycraft followed by a mercifully fun kaiju fight and it was great :D

thanks everyone for joining us and especially to our host @Taweret for the good times

They should remake this film with Ryan Gosling as Jet Jaguar, I bet it'd be great #monsterdon