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Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965); Discuss the film here. (aka "Monster Zero")
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I do think we become more tolerant of decisions
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I noticed, Kimi, that the print for Invasion of The Astro Monsters(1965) looks more crisp than the one for Ghidrah The Three Headed Monster(1964)-I've seen this mentioned at a few other boards as well. You notice this? heyo
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I noticed, Kimi, that the print for Invasion of The Astro Monsters(1965) looks more crisp than the one for Ghidrah The Three Headed Monster(1964)-I've seen this mentioned at a few other boards as well. You notice this?


Yes, I did notice the difference, but then I've always thought, even with the VHS that I've seen, many prints of, Ghidrah, do look just a little flat or dull.
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IMO Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965) has a better than average English dub-tell me Kimi, when these kaiju films have a decent dub do you prefer to watch them in English dubbing or in Japanese language with English subtitles? heyo
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IMO Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965) has a better than average English dub-tell me Kimi, when these kaiju films have a decent dub do you prefer to watch them in English dubbing or in Japanese language with English subtitles?


I'll still watch the film in it's original language, but do put the dubbed version on when I put the disc on to go to sleep to. I watched the Japanese language, English dubbed and commentary track for this film, though, all was enjoyable and as you said with the dub, well done.
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...when I put the disc on to go to sleep to

lol You use these DVDs to help you fall asleep?
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You use these DVDs to help you fall asleep?


Any DVD I try and watch at night is often a sleeping pill. tongue-1 The other night, I popped in one of my favorite DVD-Rs, Joan Crawford's, Berserk! and I saw maybe five minutes of it, before I was asleep and awoke several hours later, with it still playing. freak out
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Any DVD I try and watch at night is often a sleeping pill
I'll have to try that sometime when I have insomnia. Of course, I could also try watching some overnight Sci-Fi Channel "original movie"...that might put me to sleep. tongue-1

Topic: I now have three(3) copies of Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965), in varying versions: the Classic Media R1 re-release(which includes both Japanese and American versions), the R3 disc( lbx and in Japanese language) and the SIMITAR DVD Monster Zero(lbx and English dubbed). I fear I may end up with multiple copies(versions) of a whole lot more titles before the dust settles. freak out
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I now have three(3) copies of Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965), in varying versions: the Classic Media R1 re-release(which includes both Japanese and American versions), the R3 disc( lbx and in Japanese language) and the SIMITAR DVD Monster Zero(lbx and English dubbed). I fear I may end up with multiple copies(versions) of a whole lot more titles before the dust settles.


I know how you feel, I have some double dips on some titles, but see myself holding on all copies, because of bonus features and such. Just what I need, more DVDs and less space! tongue-1
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I know how you feel, I have some double dips on some titles, but see myself holding on all copies, because of bonus features and such
Same with me. Most of my "double" dips are Showa Toho films, though some are Heisei and Millenium "Godzilla" features as well.

Topic: here's another quickie image I enlarged and sharpened up to make into a wallpaper, of sorts:
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That's very nice work, Lee. thumbs up Since you're so handy with the wallpaper chocies, is there any change you might be able to whittle down photos and such for avatar use? Just a thought. Mr Green
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That's very nice work, Lee. thumbs up Since you're so handy with the wallpaper chocies, is there any change you might be able to whittle down photos and such for avatar use?

I can do that-not a problem. I have an Adobe Photoshop program in my computer for image manipulation. I haven't mastered all of it's functions but I have become proficient enough at it's use to resize images. If you have any specifics in mind regarding avatar(s) let me know and I'll try to accomodate you. :)
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If you have any specifics in mind regarding avatar(s) let me know and I'll try to accomodate you.


Thanks, Lee. :) I have attempted to resize some faves in the past, with little luck. eh?
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I have attempted to resize some faves in the past, with little luck.

Send me the images as email attachments or post them here, one at a time if your dialup will allow, and I will work to resize them for you in that way. Just a suggestion. :)
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Send me the images as email attachments or post them here, one at a time if your dialup will allow, and I will work to resize them for you in that way. Just a suggestion.


Thanks, Lee, I'll gather some up and send them to you, one at a time, so not to overwhelm you. :)
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This film is one of the best showa's, its got great little fights and to me is better then Ghidorah the three headed monster.

I liked the Special Effects for its time and rodan looks nice, So does Godzilla, King Ghidorah is kicking extra tail in this one.

Its good they kept out mothra.
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This film is one of the best showa's, its got great little fights and to me is better then Ghidorah the three headed monster
While I agree with you that it's one of the best Showa Godzilla films I still rank it about the same as Ghidrah The Three Headed Monster(1965). One thing I will say: the Classic Media DVD print of Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965) looks a little more crisp than Classic Media's DVD of Ghidrah The Three Headed Monster(1964).

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I liked the Special Effects for its time and rodan looks nice, So does Godzilla, King Ghidorah is kicking extra tail in this one
Agree with you about the effects. Regarding Rodan I thought his neck was overly long in the 1964 "Ghidrah" film and his beak had a curious downward curve in the 1965 film.

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Its good they kept out mothra
very funny Correct me if I'm wrong here but you don't sound like you're a fan of Mothra-if that's true then you have company here at this site because Trentonfella isn't a fan of Mothra either.
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Well... Im not a fan of Mothra, since I think she has been over-used far to much in the G-films and needs a longer break then Godzilla.
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The costumes, effects, and acting were some of the most top notch for a Showa film in my opinion. Nick Adams turned in a pretty good performance and the actors really kept the human element of the film interesting in this one. The miniatures looked great, and King Ghidorah's beam attacks looked real, especially on Planet X when you could really see the ground and rocks split as he blasted away.
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I just realized, there's no topic for Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster here. shokking

Its a Godzilla film, it needs to be here.
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I just realized, there's no topic for Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster here. shokking

Its a Godzilla film, it needs to be here.

freak out ... shokking <scratches head in disbelief> shifty eyes

I have started a topic thread for the film. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. thumbs up
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Your welcome. :)
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Your welcome. :)

I think, Matthew, that I had a topic thread for it but it may have had only a few posts and I may have accidentally deleted it a couple of months ago when I consolidated a lot of forums around this board to 'streamline" things.

Topic: Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965) has my favorite outer space aliens-I like their costumes and also appreciated the performance of Yoshio Tsuchiya as the "Controller". I have read that Tsuchiya and Nick Adams became good friends during the filming of this movie.
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is this any type of godzilla movie
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is this any type of godzilla movie

Again, I'm not sure what you're asking here. When you want to ask a general question, batrus, try and be as specific(give as much information) as you can. Thanks. :)
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Just got around to watching this one again too...this was a direct follow on from the previous and what struck me as odd is that they completely ignored Mothra's contribution. Well I guess the aliens figured larvae Mothra wasn't strong enough to worry about. It was pretty entertaining but I definitely like Ghidorah, there was still some great scenes of destruction but the final battle seemed over abit fast for me....never the less it was one of the better Alien invasion plots in the Godzilla films and Godzilla victory dance doesn't fail to make you laugh.
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but the final battle seemed over a bit fast for me
I feel likewise. In a film where we see cool looking flying saucers, ruthless aliens, Nick Adams jacking up a few of the aliens and Akira Kubo acting like a poor man's nutty professor, I always have a blast watching this movie, and of course there are the monsters. I didn't like the first battle on Planet X and I've always had great disdain for the "jumping shie" by Godzilla.

I liked the final kaiju battle but it did seem short. I especially liked Rodan lifting up Godzilla and using G as a flying battering ram against KG. thumbs up
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I didn't like the first battle on Planet X and I've always had great disdain for the "jumping shie" by Godzilla.

The funny thing is that goofy moment didn't bother me all that much as this was the first were they started to really kick into camp value with the really cheesy aliens and the god awful costumes....the previous installment was for more serious comparatively except for when Godzilla and Rodan laughed at each other when Mothra sprayed web in their faces. Bit a goofy moment like Godzilla victory dance seemed to be in character as the film was already pretty goofy.
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I also wasn't enamored with the implied love angle between Glenn(Nick Adams) and Miss Namakawa(played by Kumi Mizuno). I don't blame Nicky boy for wanting to tickle Kumi's fancy, so to speak, but I've just never been an advocate of these implied romances in kaiju films.
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I also wasn't enamored with the implied love angle between Glenn(Nick Adams) and Miss Namakawa(played by Kumi Mizuno). I don't blame Nicky boy for wanting to tickle Kumi's fancy, so to speak, but I've just never been an advocate of these implied romances in kaiju films.

I have to agree with you there, also it seem to be tacked on as the only thing that really came out of it was her mentioning their weakness in the note.....other then that it seem to have no real point.
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