godzilla.

Now *that's* how you curmudgeon.

It's August and my son is going for a casual stroll as Godzilla pic.twitter.com/SZuS9GRifJ

— GummyFredo™ (@GummyFredo) August 12, 2019

will be destroying some lawn sprinklers

rewatched Ebirah aka “Godzilla vs Sea Monster”, and “Destroy All Monsters” today
(pluto tv has a godzilla channel!)

good times

also attempted “son of godzilla” but bailed early bc 😑 never could get with that one

The Ebirah/Sea Monster one is the hidden jewel in the original run. Go Go dancing teens; fun plot. The best of these films make you think that Japan in the ‘60s was a happening place to be.

totally. and the surf guitar soundtrack rules so hard!

Final wars rules so hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlceGpbGgvE

Set between 1945 and 1947 apparently, which is a great premise but could easily go wrong. Still, I'm excited for this.

yeah excited for this

Finally watching these.

Destroy All Monsters is kicking my ass!

Minus One apparently v mealy mouthed in its politics. Set during occupation but no American characters, general sense that war is bad but no guesses on why it might have happened and whether anyone might have been responsible. I'll still watch it ofc.

seems like a weird critique? I saw it and the film isn't heavily political, but it does have a clear anti-war message, which doesn't really go beyond surface level. but the film is from the perspective of two very poor survivors, one an ex-kamikaze pilot who deserts to avoid having to needlessly sacrifice themselves, and a woman he meets afterward who is raising a child. the whole film largely takes place during the very early days of occupation and their focus is basically doing what needs to be done to survive. idk if shoehorning in the extra stuff mentioning above would have fit neatly, or at the least, was necessary. could see the critique more if an American company made the film, if they were whitewashing their past, etc.

there's a brief mention of McArthur refusing to help Japan fight Godzilla though due to fears of agitating the Soviets, and that US nuclear testing is what makes Godzilla the behemoth he is