@forestine That glowing radiation effect looks like something they could only do in black and white #Monsterdon

And so begins the horrible realization that modern arms are useless against kaiju. #monsterdon

seriously, tho' is that a bassoon when Godzilla emerges from the water? bass clarinet? bari sax?

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@plaidtron3000 black and white makes everything _so_ much easier

#monsterdon #gojira

Okay yes, Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata) is hotter than Steve Martin (Raymond Burr).
#Gojira #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe i was thinking about that last week. the late '60s suit like in Son of Godzilla is so much slimmer, and the actor jumps and dances around a lot more. i think this is a better kaiju shape but it's probably really heavy to wear #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Canaries? In a coal-mine? No.

yooo cool tower melting effect

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oooh, fire breath?! #monsterdon

Fuck these power lines and fuck your artillery too! Says #Godzilla
#gojira #Monsterdon

So many day-for-night shots. #Monsterdon

@RufusJCooter man's seen some shizzle #monsterdon

Taking down the... wow that's a great shot. Holy cow how long must it have taken to make those towers... anyway... taking down the electric towers cliche: CHECK! #Monsterdon #Gojira

@moira All the Single Lizards! #Monsterdon #gojira

It's wild how much better the FX are in this than in later godzilla movies. #monsterdon #gojira

Wow I am impressed #monsterdon #gojira

There's some nice bulk on that suit. #Monsterdon

CLASSIC godzilla scream

#monsterdon #godzilla #gojira

Splish splash splash splash goes #Godzilla
#gojira #Monsterdon

gojira . o O ( da fuq is this? )

#monsterdon #gojira

Like I think a different old timey style evacuation scene was how I spotted these single chicken transport baskets and they havent left the landscape of my mind since. #Monsterdon

This is kind of like when we watched Hogfather. I don't have the heart to mock it. #monsterdon

The chimes on the emergency announcement feel so characteristically Japanese, I love it

#Monsterdon

Like, this movie is TEXTUALLY about dealing with the horrors of the nuclear bomb.

We love Godzilla, but he's just a convenient vehicle to embody the abstract fear of a nuclear world as far as this movie's big strokes are concerned.

Yamane understands that any weapon that could best a beast born of nuclear fire must necessarily be more horrifying than the already-known very-horrifying thing…

#Monsterdon

godzilla, trying to take a bath: what the fuck :drgn_angry:

#monsterdon #godzilla #gojira

Haha! The very pleasant and calming xylophone prelude to the important announcement… chefs kiss. #Monsterdon

Godzilla is looking for the Tokyo Tower but it hasn't been built yet so you can't blame him
#monsterdon

THAT'S RIGHT TURN ON THE SEARCH LIGHTS SO HE KNOWS TO COME FOR *YOU* #monsterdon

dudes, he's just hanging out in the pool, splashing around, and y'all about to throw hands. how rude. #monsterdon

Welcome to my combination aquarium and mad science lab man cave basement. Care for a flash of essential salts?
#Gojira #Monsterdon

♫ Ding dong! ♫ This is a Public Service Announcement! Time to die! #Monsterdon

@diazona @starkraving666 BRB getting one of my green monochrome monitors. #monsterdon #gojira

@emma Practical thinking

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man large professor's got that staring off into middle distance down, doesn't he?

#monsterdon

GET THE BIRDS OUT OF THE CAGE PLEASE

#monsterdon #godzilla #gojira

what a kind, gentle bing bing bing considering the message is, everybody brace yourselves, we're about to really piss off a god. #monsterdon

"I'm going to ask your father's consent to marry you, just in case he gets stomped in the next attack." #Monsterdon

Imma go down to the basement and play with my dinosaur action figures!!! #Monsterdon

"Shouldn't we unlock the secret of [Godzilla's radiation resistance]?"

Yamane 😭

#Monsterdon

@starkraving666 Oooh I wonder how the viewing experience would be if the whole movie had a green tint

#Monsterdon

nothing but respect for the Professor, seriously #monsterdon

Her: "Something's come over father!"
Him: "It wasn't me! I swear!"
#monsterdon #gojira

So I guess... tonight isn't the right nice to ask about marriage.

#monsterdon #gojira

that is one grumpy professor #Monsterdon

electrical towers are like enrichment for godzilla, it's fun for him to tear the lines down

#Monsterdon

Ok, is it weird that I really like old timey style evacuation scenes, because I like to see all the stuff the people bring with them? Some great pattern fabrics in this evacuation. #Monsterdon

So he's gonna be like "I'd like your daughter's hand in-- WHOOPS GODZILLA" right? #Monsterdon

Everyone's got such good healthy knees #Monsterdon

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And life carries on. Despite all the horror surrounding them, young love still is unwavering #Monsterdon

@SarraceniaWilds should have given Godzilla a mani/pedi tbh #monsterdon

uh, this may not be a good time, young man. #monsterdon

Oof. No Steadicam in 1954, huh guys :/ #Monsterdon

can't believe they didn't even think to build a big robot copy of godzilla 🙄

#Monsterdon

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I've started singing the BöC song "Godzilla" Can't help it. I'm that age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTzb-sduiWc

Time for the electricity and army guys! #Monsterdon

"This is a special news report: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" #Monsterdon #Gojira

we've constructed additional pylons #monsterdon

"Power lines? What power lines? They are Godzilla containment fences. I suppose they might carry power from place to place in a pinch..." #monsterdon #gojira

Love the chugging tempo and impending doom the soundtrack has #Monsterdon

did you just try to pass off some farm equipment as military? #monsterdon

Anything else you need, Mr. Prime Minister?

Yes, Edward Teller's nuts in a vice.

#Monsterdon

wow 50,000 volts, I've touched a 15,000 volt line and while it wasn't exactly like being tickled, I can't imagine Godzilla caring very much about either level #monsterdon

#Monsterdon more absolutely top notch effects

I realize I'm working with Future Knowledge here, but guys? Electrocuting Godzilla just pisses him off. Don't bother. #Monsterdon

Hopeful but ultimately futile initial destruction plan cliche: CHECK. #Monsterdon #Gojira

this movie is like, 30% evacuation scene by volume. #approve #monsterdon

you're gonna fence him out...this isn't a dog this is GODZILLA! #monsterdon

@jonny truly a series about ineffective bureaucracy. Whenever I watch this one, I remember that damn, I should really get around to watching SHIN GODZILLA

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#monsterdon Bass Clarinet at 44:44, this was before Godzilla could afford a low brass section to follow him around...For real though the soundtrack in general is really stellar compared to other monster movies we've done from the era and even the later ones from this franchise

"I was just curious, geez. Now I gotta go put a splint on my foot :/" #Monsterdon

BREAKING: GODZILLA MAKES A BIG STEPPY IN THE CITY

#monsterdon #godzilla #gojira

To be fair I think the newspaper cliche was already old when this film was made. #Monsterdon #Gojira

Huhuhu erect #monsterdon #gojira

Oh love triangle time. And a goofy reporter. Raymond Burr was hotter.
#Gojira #Monsterdon

we will build a Big Fence and make Godzilla pay for it #Monsterdon

Sorry kids, we did war crimes during WWII too. We just got away with it. #Monsterdon

This is the only and I mean ONLY time that there's any excuse for the army to try shooting Godzilla with machine guns. They had to try it, but failing to learn is their own fault.

#Monsterdon

Godzilla looking more 'wet' in this version. Not sure why, but it looks good #Monsterdon

If they didn't want him to munch train cars they shouldn't have made them delicious. #Monsterdon #Gojira

this is super impressive effects work for the 50s!

#monsterdon #godzilla #gojira

a bridge? for me? you shouldn't have! #monsterdon

“I am become death.” - Gojira

#Monsterdon

As usual, godzilla is most vulnerable at the ankles. #Monsterdon

#Gojira #Monsterdon

Guess the trains don't ALWAYS run on time in Japan. #monsterdon #gojira

monoraaaaaaaaail
monoraaaaaaaaail

#monsterdon #gojira

People evacuating and repeating everything from recent memory of the American fire bombings of Tokyo. #Monsterdon

Not the train!!! Noooooooooo!
#monsterdon

Godzilla's all "MY FUCKING ANKLES! THIS IS WORSE THAN LEGO!" #monsterdon #gojira

mm, train snack. #monsterdon

Also what's it say that they did more believable processed shots in 1954 than they did in 1992? :/ #Monsterdon

IT'S BUILDING STOMPIN TIME

#Monsterdon #Gojira

"Helpless people on the subway train..." etc etc. #Monsterdon #Gojira

WE GET TRAIN! #monsterdon

Chekhov's train!

#Monsterdon #Gojira

i love you tsubaraya eiji marry me tsubaraya eiji

#Monsterdon

This movie feels way scarier than the 1999 #Godzilla and, honestly, knowing how recent the nuclear bombings were to this film makes it feel more horrifying. #Gojira #Monsterdon

Hot damn, but this soundtrack slaps

#monsterdon

Man. Imagine living through World War 2 and it's years later and all of a sudden the sirens start going off again. I don't blame the traditional Crowds of Japanese People Panicking, I'd freak, too. #Monsterdon