Godzilla tai Megalon
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Nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia, causing a series of environmental disasters that nearly wipes out Rokuro, the schoolboy protagonist at the center of this film. To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs. Meanwhile, Rokuro’s brother creates Jet Jaguar, a flying robot with a built-in moral compass. The inevitable matchup of Godzilla and Jet Jaguar versus Megalon and Gigan decides the world’s fate. (Criterion)
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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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"Gojira vs. Megaro" is a film that aims to have an engaging story, to not be boring, and to not have any dull moments. That means it keeps going, something is always happening, and it is not overly explained. In this regard, Fukuda's films are generally beneficial to me, but he also tries to make the special effects look good. Ultimately, it is another above-average kaiju spectacle.
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