am sorry, this movie is a tragedy. we shall refere to it henceforth as the Ballad of Mothra, her Egg and the misunderstood Gojira

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i know Mothra is a moth but i can't unsee Butterfree whenever i see it.

GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL!!!

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emo pixies. and here i thought they were post-punk/grunge

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Ishiro Honda was making millions with movies deemed too trash by the elites so he could shit on capitalists, all day and all night and am here for it.

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well, that was more fun than the standalone Mothra movie i remember seeing.

added bonues: i learned how to stream 4k from the Archive with the added subtitles from OpenSubtittles.

total gamechanger!

thanks @Taweret@octodon.social and to the #Monsterdon shenaniganders for these wonderful shenanigans.

am so glad to be back enjoying these shenanigans with you all 😘

Capitalist-on-Capitalist violence 🥰

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#monsterdon Did Godzilla... just get its tail stuck in a tower, then panic a bit, and when the tower fell over on Godzilla it freaked out a little bit?

...is Godzilla a cat?

Godzilla is the anticapitalist monster we didn't ask for but we absolutely needed.

fuck that pig, Godzilla. fuck that capitalist pig!

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FAUX FUR CAPELETS are all the rage these days. Mothra Pixies were ahead of their time or we're going back to 1960s fashions for a lack of imagination 🤨

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#monsterdon There's just something so wonderfully wholesome about miniature war machines engaging in tactical combat with a man in a large rubber suit. It warms the heart.

the blues and greens are so awesome

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Are they pulling Mothra out of retirement for this?
Poor old girl

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"Please keep a radio or television close to you at all times"

*scoffs in 21st century. We have both, in our pockets....and it spies on us.....oh

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"Mothra As Anti Fascist Liberator"

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#monsterdon Serious question for just a second: what is Godzilla's motivation in this movie? What is he supposed to be after, or trying to get away from? He's pretty much just stomping around directionlessly to wherever the plot needs something to happen so that either humans can be terrible to each other or Mothra can be blustery.

"I am more afraid of getting fired than I am of godzilla"

Fucking Capitalism once again

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#Monsterdon I never realized just how “Sashay Away” Godzilla was in some of these early 60’s movies. Yeah, that’s it, throw those hips Godzilla! :D

our heroine is rocking that 1960s working girl's outfit. here's Sofia Loren in a similar get up

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BTW²
had no idea Tubi has the movie with subtitles.

if you are using any of the remastered HD versions found at archive.org, they do not have subtitles... BUT!

if you stream the movie using VLC, the player has a menu option for SUBTITLES.

so download the subtitles from OpenSubtitles and append them to your stream. i did have to set the sync (found in TOOLS) to -20,000 fps so the titles match the correct frame.

it seems to work and the video is a better quality than Tubi's.

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SAYONARA MOTHRAFUCKERS!!!

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Godzilla,...mate.... you're fighting children!

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Ishiro Honda really... and i mean, REALLY hated the Japanese government, didn't he? it's shocking he could get away with making these movies. i guess the film elites thought of them as trash.

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first the baby teeth, now the puking.

the babies are puking webs all over Godzilla while playing peekaboo. the old G didn't stand a chance.

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Are they expecting those two maggot things to fight Godzilla because that's a lot to put on them right out the egg

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Hieronimus Bosch knew what was up with Mothra and her egg

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h/t BoschBot
https://mastodon.social/@boschbot@botsin.space/111995609866171729

They don't need tanks, they need giant biomechanical robots piloted by teenagers going through issues

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Rather than fight each other the monsters should unite against Humanity, how many times must this lesson be told?

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#monsterdon I legitimately did not foresee a close-focus gun murder happening in a Godzilla movie. Dang.

#monsterdon Yesssssss, Mothra fairy musical interlude!! God I hope there's a tap-dance number in the middle of this

oooh! oooh! we're coming to the part where Japanese show us they can outdo gringos in their Orientalism.

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Go on big lizard, fuck up some Industry! Anti-Fa!

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As a child I used to think the evil in these movies were exaggerated, but watching those Capitalists fuck with that egg I understand now

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Capitalism Exploiting (tiny) Women Alert!

The monsters are going to be SO pissed

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"It does not mean any harm but when it goes looking for food it will destroy everything "

Same

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baby teeth are no joke

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Mothra's babies be like...

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am allergic to moth dust (or dander or whathever that dust is called).

true story this time and for reals.

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you think the emo Pixies were singing the Mothra song but what they were saying was, to keep your egg private, you gotta use MO-ZI-LLA-YA! MO-ZI-LLA-YA!

true story.

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It’s really so sweet when they sing to Mothra. #monsterdon

Got to respect the Token Lady's dress game in this movie, every new a scene a fresh ensemble.

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this movie's aqua blue, teal color pallette is sOoOoOoOoOo 1960s.

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"Shinzumu Happy Centre"

Already I am suspicious

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#Monsterdon I bet they had a fun time building ridiculously huge furniture for the forced perspective shots.

PIXIES!

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#Monsterdon I love these kinds of monster movies. Nobody even starts to consider what *laid* that egg. LOL.

@amyfou I love this movie, but forgot all about #Monsterdon ! I was watching Gamera v. Viras on Comet.

"Please take care of the children"

"No witnesses, got you.."

"...no!"

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#monsterdon At some point the giant caterpillars have to run out of silly string, right? And/or Godzilla will run out of rocks to melt?

NO MOTHRA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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this fight between Mothra and Godzilla is totally a misunderstanding. why aren't the Pixies not explaining it to them!!!

fuck those emo Pixies dude. this is totally unfair. Godzilla was saving the egg for Mothra!

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Big Lizard killing the greedy fucks who woke them, damn right!

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this guy's hair & hat is everything

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Siding with the Island folk here I think, why should Mothra help Japan?

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"It's cruel to allow anyone to live here in this place"

whoa, who asked you Mr Colonialist?

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Is Godzilla just Jorts? Does Jortzilla need a helper lizard? #monsterdon

"Evacuate all the landmarks, you know the drill, Monster love eating them!"

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lol, you've woken Godzilla now you idiots!

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The Hitler 'Tache guy is now heckling the public from a megaphone while dropping propaganda leaflets about a 'Happy Centre'.......again, very subtle allegories here.

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#Monsterdon The lack of shock when confronted by hilariously unlikely scale differences also make this a unique movie. Nobody freaks out. They just get on with it. A kind of refreshing directness. An earnestness for the plot. That’s what a lot of these 60’s movies had and we lost that for a bit.

"I bought this egg"

HUMANITY'S GREED ALERT!

Classic #monsterdon

That egg could just roll and crush everyone, very risky. #monsterdon

i kinda feel cheated this movie is in color; but it's in TOHOSCOPE! so it's got that going.

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“The only way to thank them is to create a better world.”

“Oh, right! Well let’s get started then.” #monsterdon

I kind of love how the larvae sound like little trains or tugboats as they putter along #monsterdon

"We've won!"

*things start immediately falling apart

Always one guy....

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Oh now, Godzilla's head is on fire!

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Everybody is just forgetting about the egg, it's like Alabama!

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go on lads, kill each other over the piles of cash, the System demands it of you!

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one time my husband was hanging up something inspirational for his work space and this is what he chose, it's been on the wall for years ... to this day he's never explained why. big #monsterdon energy.

#monsterdon Why is that skeletal turtle moving?? Is it supposed to be alive or was that just a production fault??

that guy likes his huevos hard 😏

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Godzilla expelling one of its radioactive farts is now ready to rumble

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Godzilla once again making a great entrance. #monsterdon

"Put them in the Flirting Chamber"

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"We gave you all a chance, but you failed"

Harsh but fair.

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Can't believe the with the Hitler 'tache is dooming Japan to monster ruin.....

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#monsterdon "It wouldn't want to do anything wrong, but in search of food it might cause you great damage"

_side-eyes @k8eb _

"Infant Island, where they tested the H bomb?"

Subtle allegory there.
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#monsterdon First appearance of the fairies! Bingo cards at the ready!

Drinking, smoking and sexism at the office, so very 20th Century #monsterdon

I already don't trust this politician guy, big "Mayor from Jaws vibe" #monsterdon

"Fucking off into the sea" is more formally known as Fifth Abandonment, i.e. the universal human right to forsake society, rejoin the ocean, and become a monster. This clause no longer appears in most published versions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but was still in force last I checked.

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#monsterdon Thank you and goodnight!!

YAY everyone fucks off into the sea! Good end!

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#monsterdon Oh nooooo the Mothra larvae gunked up Godzilla and rolled him into the sea! If that giant wet cat is going to be so angry WAIT WHAT THAT'S THE END?!

@coprolite9000 shameful display from the big lizard tonight #monsterdon

@jammerb she's in a no-win situation #monsterdon

#monsterdon GOT YER TAIL AGAIN

@Lazarou they must be republicans

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I wish my birth was as spectacular

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Ah, yes. They are choppering in a net full of all the fucks i have left to give.

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also, i would have loved to be one of those RC "techs" playing around with the tanks

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Sometimes I just want to yell, “Leave Godzilla alone!”
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The hitler guy is losing it in his bunker, .......more violent than the whiney German though

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This over elaborate military plan is doomed to failure

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Feeling for those two ladies having to do the whole movie in blue screen, kinda prophetic really

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#monsterdon Wait what the heck, weren't our intrepid island explorers in yellow suits just a moment ago? Why are they in suits and ties and a bonnet and a sundress now??

#monsterdon say the line, say the line..!

"It may be primitive and unscientific, but through the fairies we could ask Mothra for help"