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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,420 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:14 PM Sep 2020

CometTV has been showing Godzilla movies all day. On now: "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep"

It's described thus:

Godzilla and Mothra team up to destroy a giant shrimp. Akira Takarada, Toru Watanabe, Hideo Sunazuka.

It's in Japanese too. It's not hard to follow.

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CometTV has been showing Godzilla movies all day. On now: "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 OP

An omen perhaps cutroot Sep 2020 #1

Fun fact: Originally intended to be a King Kong vehicle. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #2

cutroot

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1. An omen perhaps

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:40 PM

Sep 2020

Grokenstein

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2. Fun fact: Originally intended to be a King Kong vehicle.

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:52 PM

Sep 2020

Toho wanted to follow up on the financial success of King Kong vs Godzilla with a franchise starring the monster monkey, but shortly before shooting it was decided to convert it to another Godzilla flick instead. This is why Big G's behavior is so unusual, and the island has random kaiju lurking about. (Kong would get both an anime series--known in the US as The King Kong Show--and a movie based on that series--King Kong Escapes--within the next couple of years.)

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