It's almost the end of GOvember and I haven't showcased any of the Godzilla-esque Comics that I own. I'll provide a few covers daily until month's end. I'll start with the Best Series Ever! (Slightly out of order.)
Be sure to click on the pic to Kaijusize it.
Today I watched King Kong (1976, TV version with extra footage) and King Kong (2005), the Director's Extended version. I'm not sure what was added to either, although I can think of something missing, mainly some of Jessica Lange's naughty bits in one scene.
Yesterday, when I bought a ton of Kuji, I lamented that I didn't clean out this one store of all its Ichiban-Kuji thus ensuring that I get the A, B & Last One prizes. I went back there today and, sure enough, someone had liquidated all its prizes. Sigh. I went to a neighbouring store and chose three random cards and scored the A Prize!. Now I don't need to buy any more and try and complete my set in the second-hand market.
I chose Godzilla vs. Biolante because it is one of my faves and since it has a cool poster.
I notice that there are five Godzilla movies on my Twitch channel tomorrow. Not working does have its advantages. (I won't be making money, though neither will I be spending any.)
I just found out that November 16th is National Fast Food Day. Too bad these Godzilla burgers weren't offered again. (Click for some pics from a Godzilla -1 promo.)
Here are a few ads I've scammed featuring Godzilla chowing down on Fast Food.
Someone overdid it.
A healthier choice.
This one is fairly recent, from Texas. Looks messy.
Speaking of Tacos, I ate at a local joint last night. Pretty tasty!
Unless you have a death wish, don't try the raw jalapeño, the pickled ones are fine.We met the guy who grows them in the pub downstairs and they're grown in my old stomping grounds of Watari.
I'm pleased to announce that I completed my new Godzilla Gatcha set. The rare one is Baragon.
We also have my personal favourite from this set, the rarely represented Gorosaurus.*
Also a Radon from '64.
And Gojira himself from 1968.
*Gorosaurus just happens to show up in one of the movies I watched today.
It is also starring birthday girl Mie Hama who is a spry 81-year old. Here she is at 80.
I also saw her in the last half of You Only Live Twice (1967). Hopefully I'll get to see it in its entirety when the marathon repeats itself. After Kong, she was in a romantic comedy called Kitchen (1989) but it wasn't very good. I saw her as a princess in Samurai Pirate (1963) or The Lost World of Sinbad. Then she was in two spy comedy thrillers from 1965, 100 Shot, 100 Killed and International Secret Police: Key of Keys. I had a hard time distinguishing these. Another movie similar to Samurai Pirate (a lot of the same cast) was Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966). Showing now is a musical called You Can Succeed, Too (1964). I'm going now watch it instead of blogging further.
ps. Yesterday I told the punchline to a joke I hadn't fully perfected yet. Here goes.
How did the cannibal feel after he consumed the second woman? Gladiator 2!
Satori(覚 さとり) are strange intelligent ape-men. "Satori appear to travelers on mountain roads, or folks living in
mountain huts far from civilization. If the opportunity presents itself,
they gladly dine on anyone they can get their hands on. In cases where
they encounter a lone human female, they often take her away into the
mountains and rape her. Satori are most well known for their uncanny
ability to read people’s minds and then speak their thoughts faster than
the individuals can get the words out themselves. This makes it very
difficult to hunt, trick, or escape from a hungry satori. However,
should something unforeseen happen, such as being unexpectedly hit by an
object, satori grow very frightened and run away. One of the only ways
to avoid being eaten by one of these yokai is to completely empty one’s
mind; with no mind to read, the satori grows bored and wanders away."
I'm about 1/4 the way through a 48 hour marathon of Japanese Horror, and the movie that's on now (Exte) is one that I've seen twice before. I gave a very brief review of it last year. I came home from work today while Unholy Women (2006) was on. Too bad, I missed most of the first part (Katakata/Rattle Rattle), it seemed to be the best one. Well, what do ya know, I can catch up on it here. The second part was about a girl with a sack over her head who was beaten a lot (Hagane) and the third part (Uketsugu Mono/ The Inheritance) had child abuse going on which was unsettling. So seek it out if you wish, I've linked to the only worthy section.
Next up I watched "Pulse" (2001) which I found rather dull, lots of ghostly dudes and disappearing people. Apparently it was popular enough to be remade in America and spawn two sequels.
I kind of enjoyed "Marebito" (2004) about an underground dwelling vampire gal. If that's your cup of tea, it's worth seeking out.
Exte ended and "The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch" (1968) has just started. It's worth watching, pretty creepy and it also almost satisfies my Junjo Ito quota for it is based on a work by his mentor, Kazuo Umezu, 蛇娘と白髪魔, Hebimusume to Hakuhatsuma.
Fortunately, since I watched it last year (see link above), it makes for good background viewing so I can keep typing as I watch it.
"Pyrokinesis"is up next. That may be my last viewing before I nod off. It was called Crossfire stateside.
I had a costume party (thanks to my suitcase full of attire) and it went over well with my class of engineers who really got into it. The other class wasn't quite as enthusiastic.
Here I am with one of the lads. (I'll upload pics of the gals once I can figure out how to blur their faces.)
I treated myself to some Halloween goodies from the Supermarket, neither were very good.
To match my Yokai theme, here is another monkey of sorts, when King Kong fought the JLA.
Here is Chimp with a bow tie by Mr. Ito.
As for a fellow blogger, Chad Savage, fits the bill.
I'm going to lie down and watch the rest of Snake Girl. I'll update you on what other flicks I view tomorrow. (It's nice to have three days off in the final hours before Samhain.)
I did not expect Day 28 of GOvember to end up this way, but it did.
I had two extra lessons at my Airline School today, so I got home late. By the time I ate dinner, King Kong Lives was half over. To be followed by the 1976 King Kong. (Sentence fragment alert!) I settled down, finished watching the ending of KKL with a very kawaii Linda Hamilton and decided to crack a beer and watch Dino de Laurentis's King Kong. What follows are snippets of me spamming a friend as a running commentary throughout the movie.
My rankings of Kong movies varies as I watch each film. #1 is ALWAYS 1933 KK, #2 is Skull Island, #3 is 2005 KK. '76 just bumped Peter Jackson. (If I re-watch PJKK, my ranking may change again.)
Addendum: a pre-Alien & ET Carlo Rambaldi did the special effects.
Apologies for the WTC gag.
Then King Kong Lives starts again as the Twitch cycle repeats itself.
I left the comfort of my headphones and tv for I just got to the part of KKL that I'd already seen.
This screenshot of King Kong Lives is far superior to the actual movie.
At this point, I dozed off at my computer and woke up two hours or so later.
That's where I find myself now. So, lets just add a quick GOvember Godzilla entry as I'm running out of days in the month.
These are Godzilla Finger Puppets, Series 1.
Let's see if I can find series 2.
There we go. I don't have any work tomorrow (another reason for my weekday drinking binge), so I might just watch PJKK or KKSI tomorrow.
I had a lesson this morning and when I got home, I watched the last half of Godzilla vs. Megalon (which is having its 50th Anniversary). Not the best movie, but the Jet Jaguar song is fun.
Then I caught Godzilla vs. Biollante. This was my favourite Heisei Kaiju and the first bootleg Godzilla movie I'd ever rented. Hear her roar!
Finally, was King Kong vs. Godzilla. A fun romp with a little casual racism.
Gee, Michael, that's an odd trilogy of movies to watch. That's because they're the first three movies in a marathon.
It's gonna be a busy month!
Meanwhile, here is round two of my stuffed Kaiju, the medium-sized ones.
Those cost a fortune in UFO Catcher!
Also tough to catch (above). Below I won in my first try! (Then dropped a lot trying for a second one.)
There's a zippered pouch in his neck, large enough to place a wallet. I should keep some cash in there for emergencies.
I found these three in a Mandai a few years back, and fairly inexpensively.
I'm going to scam a photo of me from Halloween holding my other medium Gojira.
No! That's not it.
Here he is getting some action on Halloween night at the pub!
I'm off to another party tonight. There may be a few costumes, I think I'll just take a few masks. But I can't get too wasted, I need to be alert for Godzilla: Minus One tomorrow!
