@moira @ottaross Eegah is the greatest giant caveman rock 'n roll movie ever directed by Arch Hall Sr. #Monsterdon

When I think about this movie in the future I will definitely think of Katsura as having been the star character #monsterdon

i think we've seen at least 20 Ishiro Honda films #monsterdon

@Lazarou @kurth Aw yeah, the ol' Irish Fuck Off Into The Ocean

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@diazona @ottaross Oh Gods, What Have I Done etc

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#Monsterdon Hoo boy. How to grade #TerrorOfMechaGodzilla. Let me count the ways…

Special effects: A, despite being very 70s
Aliens: B+, see me after class
Cyborg girlfriend: B, needed more vengeance and hate.
Dr. “Get me tea” Jerkwad Biologist: F. Who brings a biologist to a mecha fight?
Titanosaurus: A+ believable dinosaur
MechGodzilla: C+, looks like shiny car parts
Godzilla: A+ because Godzilla
Love story between hero & cyborg: F- 🤖+🫀 = 💀
Love story between Titan & Mecha: A+++

@moira @ottaross Giant caveman, huh... that sounds like it qualifies as a monster 🤔

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#terrorofmechagodzilla #Monsterdon Where everyone discovers an unknown kink for shiny metal suits.

And lo, as in the beginning, Godzilla rose out of the ocean and fucked us all up, in the end, Godzilla fucked off into the ocean. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Kaiju to the sea, forever and ever, amen.

Many thanks to everyone for joining in, many thanks to @Taweret for hosting, have a great week, see y'all next Sunday!

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Katsura and plucky reporter Yamamoto are the only female characters in this film and don't meet, as far as I can tell, so FAIL #monsterdon

A big thank you to @Taweret for hosting - Kaiju are always fun.

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@jmelesky criterion bluray had cyborg boobs #monsterdon

That was Awesome!!

Til we see you again, Godzilla, this isn’t goodbye, it’s CUL8A!

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Godzilla does the equivalent of walking into the sunset in a Western movie. #Monsterdon

@steter yes, but as a docu_drama_, I'd have to give it a solid B-, maybe even a full B. Some things aren't meant for the public, after all.

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well the Showa era went out with a bang. And many, many, many more baffling explosions. And the suit caught on fire. #Monsterdon

@apLundell #Monsterdon Just tell any scientist you’re cutting their funding.

i love that overstuffed movie! all the fights at the end are pretty fantastic, and the cyborg daughter monster controller tragic plot line gets me right here 🥺 #monsterdon

@apLundell We need a movie with aliens trying to kidnap Colonel Sanders to get KFC's secret recipe. #Monsterdon

... so, just what pronouns are appropriate for Mechagodzilla? I'll admit to defaulting to him in my head, but should one use her as Mechagodzilla has the daughter's brain? Or just use it?

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Someone compose a cyborg funeral haiku. And so another Monsterdon stumbles into the night #monsterdon

and with a slight delay, godzilla fucks off into the sea #Monsterdon

Who da fuq is "the great Mugal" I didn't even know this guy had a name lmao

btw shoutout to Titanosaurus's pectorals

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"Oh hey, dude. Didn't see you there, uh, holding your dead girlfriend's corpse. Uh. So. Uh. How's things?" #Monsterdon

There’s that garlicky Godzilla breath again!

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Mechagodzilla shuts down when the cyborg daughter commits suicide and gets blown up and/or buried by Godzilla. Except his head, which one hopes Godzilla kept as a trophy.

Titanosaurus backflips into the sea. Godzilla eventually wades out afterwards, in an artsy sunset on the ocean waves sort of way.

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Titanosaur died as he lived

Goofy. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon. Explosions and flailing Kaiju. Alien is immune to bullets, how inconvenient.

Ha! Even better. "You can't kill me!" -- immediately gets irradiated by Godzilla breath :D #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe in all seriousness I kind of have a soft spot for kaiju films where the kaiju turns out to be a person, or at least misunderstood and sympathetic

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Nyahahaha! You can't kill me! And now I'll jump off a cliff to my death! I win! #Monsterdon

godzilla obliterating the UFO's in one two second throwaway shot when that is like an absolutely essential part of the plot where the aliens now can't escape or new aliens that were coming are just dead now instead #monsterdon

Wow, everyone's fucking off into the sea this time!

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goodbye Godzilla! Goodbye Shōwa Era!

Thanks @jonny for the root post to reply to so I don't have to flood the local TL.

And, as always, thanks @Taweret for hosting!

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Ha! That was a blast. I was too busy watching to finish my bingo card. Thanks for hosting, @Taweret!

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"she's going to commit sudoku!" third generation monsterdonner

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Got your nose!
And also, the rest of your head!

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@CactuarJoe I would watch that movie

Revenge of Mecha-Katsura

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Did she say "I have godzilla's brain inside of my stomach?"
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I don't like how the aliens just have plain old handguns. They should have guns that shoot hand drawn negative scratches instead #monsterdon

Interpol guy getting lose and overpowering Alien goatee guy is a triumph. Tough break with his girlfriend catching a slug.

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Aaaaand, #monsterdon continues in its trend of having absolutely no denouement at all. Just lasers, explosions, a brief pause to look at a cyborg corpse, and it’s over.

And so the Showa era fucks off into the sea one last time. Great watch everyone. Thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting. There's a lot to unpack in that one. #monsterdon #TerrorOfMechagodzilla

and so Godzilla fucked off into the sea and all was well

except for the thousands of deaths

ty for joining, everyone!!

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I really wanted more of Itchy Nose's story

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Bye bye Goji-chan, have fun fucking off into the sea!

Another #Monsterdon in the books. I'm surprised how coherent the feed was from the middle of the movie forward, I expected true chaos the whole way through from multiple cuts.

And there we have the Traditional Fucking Off Into the Sea, and all is right with the end of the movie!

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up next, John Carpenter's Mechagodzilla. OBEY

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#monsterdon Meanwhile Titanosaurus has a headache and calls a timeout.

Ops, the head was /not/ the weak spot #Monsterdon #TerrorOfMechagodzilla

Stop, drop and roll Godzilla!
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G, stop punching the metal robot. You're hurting yourself more than him. #Monsterdon

there's like six movies worth of stuff going on right now

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Spaceships show up out of nowhere, okay...

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Again, with the "let's put our mission-critical equipment on shelves, instead of spending an extra $20 on a proper rack-mount"? On a helicopter? To go fight a Kaiju?

This is some grade-A Tesla, non-union-shop BS

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#LookForTheUnionLabel

Seems like Mechagodzilla is carrying all the load on the alien side of the fight #monsterdon

"You're a cyborg. Katsura I still love you."

Let's hear it for interspecies (consenting) relationships!

Oh wait, she sheds tears and has a human heart. Maybe she's just been brain washed and isn't a cyborg? Uh, confused...

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#monsterdon I didn't know it was godzilla mating season. But whatever.

Mechagodzilla's brain is in her stomach???? lol

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Punching a robot actually seems kinda stupid

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Aaaaaand the Godzilla suit is fully on fire now

Godspeed, man o_o; #Monsterdon

she doesn't have a human heart tho. she has phone cords and xmas lights. we saw them

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...Wait, Mecha G has cannons in his KNEES? That recoil's gotta be a *bitch.* #Monsterdon

"My Cyborg Girlfriend"

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Mechagodzilla is much scarier looking without his head, like Michael Bay's take on Tom Servo #monsterdon

Nice of the alien to unmask itself in death. Now we get to see whether the power of love can melt the iron heart of a cyb—oh, wait, she’s been shot, nevermind. #monsterdon

oh now he's got a cylon backup head? okay I guess they really did think of everything

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Mechagodzilla with rays and missiles comin out of every orifice

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gotcher HEAD

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Meanwhile the electrical engineer's pals are helping him out by clustering around and asking "Is it done yet?" Relateable #monsterdon

so the plot was all just some weak-ass shit to support the kaiju fight scenes. #monsterdon #TerrorOfMechagodzilla

Mechagodzilla does have a pretty impressive capacity for blowing things up

I mean, sure, some of those things are his own control circuits, the ground he's standing on, his inventor's daughter... we don't worry about that though

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"Katsura, this isn't really you!"

Subtitles: Silence!

Dub: SHUT UP, YOU!

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Ok, I don't know Kaiju biology, but missle goes in belly, and smoke comes out mouth?

This ain't good. Maybe call the elves for Mothra? Maybe whoever has Ghidorah's number?

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I know it's difficult, but it's important to not tie up your prisoners near a sharp rock.

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#Monsterdon #TerrorOfMechaGodzilla Having used up all their ammunition trying to bother Titanosaurus, the JSDF does not at first send any war machines to try to stop the Mechagodzilla-Titanosaurus team, but they later try to help Godzilla with some fighter jets that Mechagodzilla blows up. It's the thought that counts, I guess.

#monsterdon Illegal snout grab!

So far Godzilla is having a bad day. #monsterdon

godzilla: #monsterdon

Well, we didn't get #TransPride Mechagodzilla but we DID get #RainbowPride Mechagodzilla!

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<Godzilla roars>
Translation: "...this is called the found out part!"

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ANOTHER KAIJU HAS HIT THE TOWERS #monsterdon #terrorofmechagodzilla

Firing a BAZOOKA from a helicopter?!?

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I wonder why the ultrasonic weapon also requires a guy with a totally-not-an-RPG. Maybe it's a tracker so they can aim at Titanosaurus consistently?

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I did not have "titanosaurus kissing godzilla to death" on my bingo card

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Just straight up jumping on Godzilla’s grave. #monsterdon

:bing: do Kaiju use the Marquess of Queensberry Rules for fistycuffs?
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#monsterdon the aliens are weird.

Awww, they're kissing. Maybe they're making friends. #monsterdon

Titanosaurus, why aren't you a gentle lover?

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Godzilla's arm movements while running are just the best

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"...and that's why only Godzilla trees grow here"

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Don't squash my people! **I** squash my people.

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I can't not like Mechagodzilla blowing up building minis with his eyes. Haven't we all wanted to do that? #monsterdon

Just once they should give Godzilla googly eyes. That would be funnier than the nose bite fight scene. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon The humans are just ignorant and want war between dinosaurs.

Do those missile fingers respawn or something?

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#monsterdon Seems unfair that the aliens get a Titanosaurus AND a MechaGodzilla. We should bring in Mothra to even this out (and do more damage).

gotcher nose

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Look Bob, I got this with my ray gun eyes, we don't need all that.

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