This act of kidnapping causes the natives to appear, giving us another ethnicity in this film. The natives appear out of nowhere and start banging drums.
Eventually this and the protests of the other explorers (both the japanese and also the russamerican doctor background character doctor) convince the russamericans with guns to unkidnap the tiny women.
I found some documents on Infant Island but they were all blacked out
While the Japanese explorers act civilized, the Russamericans decide to kidnap the tiny women, lifting them up like barbie dolls and then pulling a gun on the other explorers.
“Wouldn’t it be better just to leave this island alone?”
What if more humans had this attitude about more things? The world would be a much better place.
#monsterdon Is it the flag of Japan on their helmets or is it just a blood type blot test card?
"Clark Nelson. History unknown."
All we have is a rental record for a column in Trafalgar. #Monsterdon
I'm into "petite" but 6" tall is taking it too far.
#monsterdon
#monsterdon There we go, they are pocket sized fairies! Also, we're all happy to see them!
White Guy just tries to command the Indigenous people with English...
#monsterdon That was a land speed record to hentai tentacle porn. Ohhhhtay.
"I wonder? Vampire plant?" #monsterdon
SOS alarm by Hammond Organs
Same for "Extremely Small Humans!"
#monsterdon With that rifle he's a danger to everything in the air... BIRDS TOO!
I love how the White Guy is like just some simple background character that seems to be along for the ride...
Nice of this mysterious island to have a built-in alarm system
I like how our shore party is anti-radiation suits because we remember that the island was radioactive.
I have no comment regarding tentacles in a Japanese movie. #monsterdon
vampire plant sounds like a #monsterdon movie
Tentacles!
so the dramatic music is because they found a whole forest in the middle of a rock.
how do you say cayo in English? cay?
Anyway we're going on a science mission to the island via boat. The ambassador from Russamerica is there so I can know what I sounds like when I try to speak in Japanese. I think both of our scientists are there. And the rectangular reporter is there, disguised as a boat staff guy who tried to spy on the Russamerican guy, almost leading to him getting shot by the grumpy Russamerican until one of the scientist saved him.
Got a free 1/8th at the dispensary last week and just opened it. Mellow, but strong. If someone wondered why they call it being 'stoned' this is what I would give them. Really heady buzz. #monsterdon
[menacing jungle orchestral sting]
why do all the _uniforms_ have eject buttons?
"Your protective equipment is thoroughly reliable and no emergency should occur."
Well they dead for sure!
#monsterdon He gets officous sneer award. Ahhh-oooh-gah!
I wonder what the fairies are doing
#monsterdon It's not an old rag! It's the Shroud of Turin!
"Your improper cleaning materials disgust me"
🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️
⁉️ TRIVIAZILLA 🦋 🏙️💥🐛
Jerry Itô's slow stilted delivery of his Japanese dialog works for his character being a foreigner speaking Japanese.
But this was not intentional. Jerry Ito had only been studying the Japanese language for a short time and was not completely fluent.
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@steggy Yeah, it makes me feel uncomfortable watching young Japanese men smoke American cigarettes for some reason
#monsterdon You can't have a scientific expedition without a marching band.
So we can get more antics, the journalist lady and her partner go to interview another science master. we know the following things about the science master:
1) he does not want to be photographed
2) he has pet mice
3) he thinks that polynesia used to be a big continent that sank like atlantis; while this is somewhat silly, because this is a kaiju movie he is probably right in this universe.
We now get Mothra's made-up country, Rosi-something or other, which is like a nonsensical cross between the USA and the USSR that are doing atomic testing and own the "Infant Island" where the crashed sailors lived.
If you're watching the Japanese version, their ambassador shows up and speaks in very... measured Japanese; probably transcribed for the actor.
@snow @Binder today’s #Monsterdon movie is Mothra!
Guillotines you say.... :blobcat_thinkingsmirk:
Trust everyone on #Monsterdon to immediately fall in love with any real animal on screen
Hrm, this movie technically pre-dates plate tectonics becoming the consensus
There was a shipwreck in a radioactive zone a few minutes ago. Now there's a mouse in a man's pants. A lot of people having a hard time. #monsterdon
@_L1vY_ Lol like this one:
#Monsterdon
So infant-isle
I wonder if the voiceover call specifically asked for people with Japanese accents? #Monsterdon #Mothra 🪰🎥
Just one fella wearing a mask. Seems strangely familiar.
The bad feeling is your hair falling out
There is only 1 helicopter in Japan. Its call sign is... wait for it ....
"Helicopter".
#Monsterdon #Mothra
Launching my #monsterdon thread for Mothra, the movie with a giant moth!
Monsterdon is the thing where we watch an old monster movie every week and make thousands of posts about it. Feel free to mute the hash tag if seeing thousands of posts about Mothra is not your tankard of coffee.
RE: https://piefed.social/c/bmoviebonanza/p/1670898/mothra-1962-mastodon-watch-party-this-sunday-evening
Representing Lemmy, Mastodon's fediverse sibling! #monsterdon
I see the Japanese language English sub version went with playing the credits first...
It may sound unscientific, but through Monsterdon we could observe the kaiju.
#Monsterdon #Mothra
First Burning Man, then Burnt Men & Women.
Looks like Burning Man.
"Liberals! Intellectuals! Peace mongers! Idiots"
My kind of people!
#monsterdon
do not the Martian
@GroupNebula563 and jack black... oh, nevermind #monsterdon
the science guy? you mean Bill Nye? #monsterdon #marsattacks
That guy from Only Murders in the Building is advising the President, what could go wrong?
(Pierce Brosnan with a pipe is very very right)
Thanks for the awesome time @Taweret! Might catch this nexy one until I pass out. 🤪
#Monsterdon #Mothra #RedactedMars
I gotta tell ya, that wouldn’t smell like barbecue.
Cf. last week's turkey shoot (Godzilla '98), I had zero snide toots to toot about Mothra (1961)...I simply enjoyed the flick. Merci!
@yatsu minutes later... the english really can't dub ... waaait for it ... step! #monsterdon
And Mothra fucks off back to Infant Island, where she will be at peace until she's needed for a sequel.
I'm afraid I was a bit off my game tonight (there's some local stuff happening that's got me skimming Facebook for updates) but as always it was fun to read everyone else paying honor to Our Lady of Fluff. Goodnight #monsterdon, thanks to @Taweret for hosting, and see y'all next week!
Fin. Next up on https://miru.miyaku.media/ : Mars Attacks!
Thanks @Taweret for hosting, @miru for the stream, @Cherizilla@hypertext.monster for bingo, @JoeWynne for trivia, and everyone else for joining in this life-affirming redemption from the 1998 Godzilla
That was just delightful 😀 good kaiju (movie)! #TeamMothra
Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everybody for posting! And @ryan for the stream.
Now off to watch and mock some [REDACTED] getting vaporized in Mars Attacks! on @miru
#monsterdon #mothra #mothradon
The bad kaiju destroy Tokyo.
The good kaiju destroy New Kirk City..
Hmm... :)
that was a lot more fun than 90s Godzilla.
Thanks for the stream @ryan @Taweret
#Monsterdon
didn't announce them in real time, but I got some #Monsterdon bingoes tonight!
well this one was nice to see again, thanks to the voters (FOR ONCE) for providing a lovely palette cleanser that i could enjoy despite being this sleepy xD
another job well done team
another movie launched into space
but we'll keep a copy of this one because it deserves it
and thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting ^_^
this page has a *very* detailed list of the differences between the US and Japanese versions, with timestamps, if you're curious
Ladies & gentlemen & enbies, once more, we give you: the singing Fairies! #Monsterdon
Sorry for being so tired tonight. What a great #monsterdon - thank you for a GOOD film this week, @Taweret and all of the voting crew! (No need to riff when I'm having such a good time!)
See y'all next week for I'm sure a stinkier film than this -- for all the fun!
and the shobijin fucked off back to Infant Island with Mothra, and all was well
this was fun to revisit, especially after stinky stinky 98zilla, thanks for the palate cleanser @Taweret
"What did you do with those little girls, Nelson?" Is a powerful question. At least, it used to be. #Monsterdon
AHAHAHAAHAHAHA she forgot to do her job #Monsterdon
"Later." And mother fucked off into the sky!
-fin
#Monsterdon #Mothra
Can we sent Mothra to Minneapolis, next?
That really was a delight! Thanks @Taweret, @Cherizilla and @JoeWynne for tonight's wacky and uplifting #Monsterdon
bye, mothra! don't be a stranger!
@trixter *dang* they waited a long time for that uber #Monsterdon
Mothra screaming w/ excitement because she's a big fan of the fairies' tiktok #Monsterdon
"Yay, our ride's here!"
I didn’t realize Mothra could read! #Monsterdon
Mothra coming in for a landing on VFR
Oh the flooding warehouses! Very nice models. #Monsterdon
@bstacey knew it! #Monsterdon
@trixter I can just imagine God being like "Hey Mothra, could you do me a favor, I'll totally owe you one"
Or maybe just sitting back and watching the destruction because they kind of earned it
yay to bingo
Hah, the comic relief crossing himself like a diamond was not lost on me 😂
@Mikal This is fine