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| packmule | May 14 2008, 06:55 AM Post #46 |
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One of the few gripes I have with Destroy All Monsters, the first giant monster film I ever saw(in a theater with my father when I was young kid), is that Manda doesn't really show a lot of destructive capability, at least not on a scale like Godzilla, Rodan or larval Mothra, the other kaiju part of the Tokyo attack. The other monsters were shown plowing through structures or, in Rodan's case, blowing them down. Manda just seemed to slither around. I'm not suggesting I'd be out on the streets watching Manda and going for a stroll in the park while this giant serpent was nearby. Obviously I'd be running like hell in the opposite direction. That said I would have preferred another "ground pounder" monster like Baragon or Varan as part of the Tokyo assault. My disdain for Manda in this scene is similar to that of Kumonga(or larval Mothra) in the last battle with KG: they just sat there spewing out silk at KG and nothing else. Imagine, Godzilla, Gorosaurus, Varan, Angilas and Baragon all getting in their licks on King Ghidrah. Had this been the case KG would have suffered a serious ass whooping for sure. 
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| Slainmonkey | May 18 2008, 04:48 PM Post #47 |
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I guess Toho wanted to do a fair amount with the film and it probably landed on the cutting room floor as because they wanted the film to be of a curtain size and particularly in a film about giant monsters they don't want the film to become too over long like one of Final Wars sea of flaws |
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| Rodan70 | May 18 2008, 11:34 PM Post #48 |
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More monster battles isn't bad. Hell, final Wars could be 3 hrs long and as long as it was more monster battles, I wouldn't care. Not a bunch of People flying through the air and fighting on Motorcycles. |
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| packmule | May 19 2008, 06:46 AM Post #49 |
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I actually thought, when I first saw the announcement that GFW was going to be made, that it would be, more or less, a straight up remake of Destroy All Monsters.
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| Russzilla | May 19 2008, 11:31 AM Post #50 |
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Too bad it wasn't. |
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| Rodan70 | May 19 2008, 10:55 PM Post #51 |
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It would have been awesome if it was...... but We will never know. |
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| August | May 26 2008, 04:47 PM Post #52 |
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So called "2nd String Monsters," such as Varan and Baragon would have been more involved in the action of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, but creating new suits was not possible for one, and too late for the other—which is why Gorosaurus gets so much screen time. If they had a bigger budget for the monster suits, we would have seen them kicking major ass. As for Manda. while he cannot smack and stomp—neither can a snake (they are both serpents)—he could certainly squeeze the life out of another monster. It would have been cool to see Manda wrapping himself around Ghidorah in the finale. You can see all of the monsters participating in Toho's official 1968 tie-in manga for the film:  As it is, to me, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS rawks! |
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| Ro-Dan | May 26 2008, 06:09 PM Post #53 |
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I would say that was one of the fans' chief complaints about that film. |
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| Rodan70 | May 31 2008, 02:00 AM Post #54 |
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I just wished that we could get a good dvd release for these other classic movies with some audio comentary and trailers. |
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| packmule | May 31 2008, 08:00 AM Post #55 |
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I've seen repeated references at message boards that that's unlikely to happen, regarding Destroy All Monsters(1968) that is, until ADV Film's rights to this title on R1 (North American) DVD rights lapse. Perhaps at that time someone like Mediablasters(under their "Tokyo Shock" label) might purchase the rights to DAM on R1 DVD and release it with some good features/extras. My feelings regarding the ADV Films R1 DVD of Destroy All Monsters are mixed: I'm glad they released this film. I remember when I bought the first ADV release of DAM at Suncoast Video. I was delighted to have this title on DVD, finally. The fact it has absolutely no features of any kind is very disappointing. Click the link to see Anthony Romero's review of the 1999 ADV Films R1 DVD release of Destroy All Monsters: http://www.tohokingdom.com/web_pages/dvd/dam_adv.htm And Mr. Romero's review of Destroy All Monsters-50th Anniversary Edition: http://www.tohokingdom.com/web_pages/dvd/dam_50_adv.htm |
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| josh TX | Jun 4 2008, 01:39 AM Post #56 |
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I was actually kind of pleased with the way things ended up turning out for the final battle with KG, because it really gave Gorosaurus a once in a lifetime opportunity to shine when he probably wouldn't be given a chance otherwise. He redeemed himself for getting his ass kicked by Kong, and you could argue that his kicks to KG were among the most damaging of assaults on the three headed beast. |
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| packmule | Jun 4 2008, 09:06 PM Post #57 |
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A member of the Classic Horror Film Board mentioned seeing an ADV Films R1 DVD two pack of DAM/Gamera Guardian Of The Universe at Best Buy. Anyone here come across this two pack?  http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.c...c/16958?page=-1 |
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| Rodan70 | Jun 5 2008, 12:58 AM Post #58 |
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It was nice seeing a different monster in the mix |
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| Rodan70 | Jul 1 2008, 12:42 AM Post #59 |
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Now, I have the American International Pictures version of Destroy All Monsters. It's very different than the ADV Films version, which is the one on DVD in the U.S. now and on the Sci Fi Channel. The AIP version was all different dubbing, much better than the ADV version, but no opening credits. |
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| packmule | Jul 1 2008, 06:44 AM Post #60 |
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It's funny you should refer to this version as I've just ordered a DVD-R of the letterboxed AIP version from an internet vendor who also lives in my hometown of Atlanta, GA. I have a copy of the AIP version of DAM on DVD-R, burned for me by an internet acquaintance, who mailed me the disc two years ago, however parts of the disc look poor. |
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