Godzilla tai Megalon
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The undersea kingdom of Seatropolis is threatened when Japan begins atomic testing near Tokyo. The angry Seatopians send their secret weapon, Megalon, to destroy Tokyo and eliminate the human race. But earth gets one last chance when the sleeping Godzilla is rudely awakened! It becomes a titanic tag team of apocalyptic dimensions as Godzilla and robot superhero Jet Jaguar fight Megalon and Gigan in an all-out rubber-suit rumble to determine Earth's fate. (official distributor synopsis)
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14) GODZILLA vs. MEGALON – ORIGINAL SHOWA SERIES 1954-1974. I'm not surprised that this episode was included in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (for the uninitiated, a TV program that airs the most obscure B-movies of all time), because this is something… awful, but in the proper, fun kind of way. So, what do we have here? The civilization of 'Seatopia', an empire located under the Earth's crust with an artificial sun and a large beast called Megalon, which they send against the humans on the surface, the aforementioned Megalon (a kind of cross between a robot and a beetle with pyramid-shaped claws), a young professor and his invention: the robot Jet-Jaguar, which can fly and change its size at will, and finally Gigan, well-known from a previous episode. It must be said that this episode is one of the best Godzilla movies ever and the final 40-minute (!!!) fight is something incredible, including the soundtrack – listening to a banjo accompanied by Godzilla's fists is a truly extraordinary experience. Everything I like and dislike about the Godzilla phenomenon – infantilism, naivety, stupidity and playfulness – here is multiplied by twenty and driven to such an extreme that I simply can’t get mad.
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Godzilla vs. Megalon is a film that tries to have a story, to not be boring, and to not have empty moments. That means something is always happening, and it's not overly explained tediously. In this regard, Fukuda's films are generally beneficial for me, but he also tries to ensure that the special effects don't look bad at all. Ultimately another above average kaiju spectacle.
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