Stump BigMcLargehuge with Kaiju (Giant Monster) trivia!

[BigMcLargehuge]

Cmon, it's not too late, I'm sort of bored... Lay it on me.

I will answer one question at a time. If I am forced to use the IMDB I will say so, and in what capacity (occasionally it's to correctly spell names like Kumi Mizuno... and very rarely to find a producer name)...

Japanese films especially welcome.

[democracyindanger]

1. Who is Gojiro and what is the origin of his name?

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. LOL, Gojira was a stage hand (grip) at Toho friendly with Ishiro Honda

Gojira is also the combination of two words for Gorilla and Whale.

[seemunkee]

3. While Dr. Cube ever triumph?

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. Not if American Beetle has anything to say about it

What's really the question is who is the father to Mung Wun's baby.

[tigereye]

5. why did they raise the red lantern?

( I know, wrong genre, but I just wanted to say hi!)

my monster trivia knowledge is sadly lacking. I only know who the Mothra sisters are, and that is about it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. question disqualified...

haven't seen Raise the Red Lantern (though I am guessing it has something to do with prostititution?).

How are you Tigereye my friend?

[tigereye]

10. uh, not exactly

a morality tale of a rich guy having too many wives for his own good, prior to Mao. not as much fun as Mothra, either.

I am good! We watched the last part of the Dr. Who/ Tom Baker "Key to time" series. My son is developing a very good Dr. Who lexicon.

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. Here's a pic of my fav Dr. Who villain for your son!

Davros!

[TroubleMan]

7. WTF is up with Godzuki?

nt.

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. Added by Iwaio Takamoto at Hanna Barbera to make the

Godzilla Power Hour more accessible to little kids.

A travesty really... as was Minya

[TroubleMan]

9. A travesty is right...LOL

nt.

[Blue-Jay]

11. How did Akira Ifukube make Gojira's roar?

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. Leather glove running up the strings of a contra bass

slowed down, reversed, and slowed again.

[Blue-Jay]

16. Well done!

Although I thought it was a resin-coated rubber glove. (maybe that's just because I have a few lying around, though)

[TroubleMan]

14. Okay, with the Shogun Warriors toys, what were the weapons for the 24"

Godzilla toy?




....

I had all but one of the 24" shogun warrior toys as a kid, including the Godzilla one, so that's how I know this one.

Also, this might not qualify as a movie question, because it's about toys and not a movie.

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. flaming tongue (all two inches of it)

and flying atomic fist.

[TroubleMan]

18. Correct, and everybody broke the flame lever.

nt.

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. my friend had all of them except the Shogun Warriors Rodan toy

we destroyed them through YEARS of play as kids.

[TroubleMan]

27. I had Rodan, but I didn't have Goldorak

because I don't think Goldorak was released in the US...I could be wrong.

Those were some durable toys, I put them and the Micronauts threw some hell, and they held up really well. I wish I still had some so my kid could play with them.

[BigMcLargehuge]

28. My friend sold the remains when he has his comic store

got a boatload of cash for them. He wishes he had them back now though.

[Blue-Jay]

17. First Godzilla movie NOT directed by Honda?

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. Godzilla Raids Again (AKA Gigantis the Fire Monster)

Dir: Motoyoshi Oda

[Blue-Jay]

21. What in the hell were those tiny Japanese women singing about?

[BigMcLargehuge]

22. Mothra

Two songs - The Mothra Song and Sacred Springs.

One brings the giant Moth from Infant Island. The other hatches the egg with the next generation of Mothra larvae.

My ALL TIME FAVORITE Godzilla film is the 1964 Godzilla vs Mothra.

[Blue-Jay]

23. How many men did it take to operate Ghidra?

[BigMcLargehuge]

24. 8

one inside, one for each wing, one for each tail, one for each head. One more for the harness when he was seen flying.

[Blue-Jay]

25. What was Gigan's unusual feature?

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. which one?

the sawbelly, the hook hands, or the single laser eye?

[Blue-Jay]

29. I always thought the buzzsaw belly was funny.

[BigMcLargehuge]

30. same here

and impractical too (not that ANY of the weapons in the G-films are all that practical).

[Blue-Jay]

31. What was "King Ghidra" king of?

[BigMcLargehuge]

32. Depends on the film where he appears

Destroy All Monsters calls him King of Space.
Monster Zero infers he is King of Planet X.
Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster (I only have the dubbed version) doesn't specify.

[Blue-Jay]

33. Heh!

That was the first one I asked that I didn't figure there was a real answer to!

[BigMcLargehuge]

34. LOL!

Learn something new everyday :)

Also
- in the Heisei series he is a creation of the American time travelers.
- in the Millennium Series film GMK he is the last defender of Japan

[Blue-Jay]

35. Which movie was stupider?

King Kong vs Godzilla (intentionally dumb)

or

Godzilla vs. Biollante (unspeakably dumb)

[BigMcLargehuge]

36. I have never seen the Japanese print of King Kong vs Godzilla

But the American inserts with the UN TV station are awful and the use of the stock music from Creature from the Black Lagoon instead of Ifukube's score is a crime. Still, this is the most watched in my collection.

I LOVE Godzilla vs Boillante. That is my favorite of the Heisei series.

[Blue-Jay]

37. I dunno.

Boillante was a combination of Godzilla DNA, bits of a dead girl, and bean stalks. Sounds more like the average composition of a landfill in Red Bank to me.

:D

[BigMcLargehuge]

38. I sort of liked that angle

and the supporting characters, Major Nakajima and Goro were great to watch. I also liked the politics with the thinly disguised Saudi's (Saradians) as the real villains.

Godzilla vs Space Godzilla was way dumber. Godzilla cells from the burnt Biollante + Mothra fairy dust traveling through a black hole, merging with crystals, and coming back through a white hole as Space Godzilla.

The hell?

[Blue-Jay]

39. Haven't even thought of that one for years.

But now that you mention it, I suspect that drugs were used heavily when the screenplay was being written.

Fairy dust?
Crystals?
burnt Biollante...(shrooms?)