RIP: Godzilla's next film will be his last, ending a 50-year series of 28 movies.

BBC On Line ^ | Wednesday, 3 March, 2004 | staff writer

[Tijeras_Slim]

WWUMD?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Khurkris]

AYiiiiiii...GODZILRRRRAAAA!!!

[Jonah Hex]

"Yep, every year the Missus always fixes a plate of relish with them little carrot sticks. You know, olives, pickles, scallions. Most people call them green onions, but they're really scallions. Did you ever notice that, Starter?"

;-)

[TheBigB]

Ultraman would get his @ss kicked. He can only stay in Earth's atmosphere for a few minutes at a time, remember?

[hattend]

How long would it take if he first used the kill ray instead of judo-throwing the antagonist for 15 minutes while his power is drained.

I don't remember him not being able to be in the atmosphere for a time limit but I remember him being solar powered (or whatever). When the chest decoration started blinking he had to leave for a recharge.

[G L Tirebiter]

The original included Raymond Burr's finest screen moments.

It was, fortunately, in his younger days. Later in his career it would have been easy to confuse him with the monster. </ fat joke>

[TheBigB]

Hmmm. The Specium Ray does take more energy, but since you're right in that 90% of his fights were via Judo, I have no idea. :) The stored solar energy of UltraHeroes depletes rapidly in Earth's atmosphere, and they usually can stay here for only three minutes. The warning light begins blinking red and beeping noisily when time is almost up. It is said that if the Timer expires, Ultras "will never rise again." However, in reality an expired Ultra can almost always be revived. Of course, right from the get-go, the time-limit thing was not taken seriously, and is just a way to add suspense to the storytelling.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Ultraman would get his @ss kicked.

I guess YOU haven't been keeping up with the latest advances in Beta Capsule technology. :)

[GreenLanternCorps]

"Godzilla vs. the PGA Senior Tour:"


LOL!!!

[hattend]

Now, don't take this the wrong way, but I have to laugh that you remember the show that well.

Once a fan always a fan, I guess. ;-)

[GreenLanternCorps]

Yeah, but could Godzilla have beat District Attorney Berger in court week after week? I don't think so!

[TheBigB]

True. :) Some of my favorite memories of childhood were rising at 7:00 AM on Saturday mornings to watch Ultraman followed by Speed Racer. Then the Godzilla movie matinees at the theater on Saturday afternoons. Dad would take me, then fall asleep. :) I have every episode of Ultraman on DVD, and all but two of the Godzilla films.

[TheBigB]

I must admit I have not. Enlighten me. ;)

[Tijeras_Slim]

I hate it when my bluffs get called. :)

[R. Scott]

That would be hard to pin down - any that had the little fairies(?) singing to call up the good Godzilla to save the day. He would take a licking and keep on ticking, never giving up until victorious.

[Elliott Jackalope]

Wait a minute. I thought the little faries used to sing to wake Mothra? Godzilla got woke up by an atomic blast, and Mothra got woke up by two tiny singing fairies, that's how I remember it.

Anxious Japanese person: "Can you call Mothra?"
Two tiny little faries in tiny little box, aka "the peanut twins": "We will try".

Of course, I freely admit that I could be wrong. Anyone else remember this?

Of course, "Destroy All Monsters" remains one of the all-time great moments of cinema.

[G L Tirebiter]

Hamilton Berger - what a great name.

[Radioactive]

Raymond Burr was a sodomite.FYI

[The KG9 Kid]

I'll say one thing: That Godzilla sure could act.