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Godzilla Island Story Arc 8
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Godzilla Island – Story Arc 8

April 27, 2008By

Godzilla Island – Story Arc 8


1997

Directed by Shun Mizutani

Godzilla Island keeps on going. If you are wondering why you stepped into the middle or something, go here to get to the first story. If you’ve been following along, they you’ve noticed an increase in quality of the stories as the series progressed. Unfortunately that all goes down the drain now as we get stuck with a clip show! Although they do explain a few things about Godzilla Island that wasn’t mentioned before, mostly we just waste time for five episodes. And there’s no fights! Gah! anyway, here’s the cast:

G-Guard Commander (Jiro Dan) – G-Guard Commander runs the Godzilla Guard unit on Godzilla Island. He’s all alone except for sassy robot Lucas, so of course he’s bored out of his skull normally. He seems to have been stationed there because it’s a low-priority assignment they could dump someone who can’t work under pressure, because that’s exactly what he is. Luckily Torema shows up to save his pants. I do not know if he has a name but it may be Oji.
Torema (Maimi Okuwa) – A mysterious young girl who shows up one day on Godzilla Island right when the dastardly Xiliens begin to attack. She repels the attack, joins the G-Guard, and begins her fight against Zaguresu the Xilien because Xiliens destroyed her home planet (I think that’s what happened – she may have been from future Earth.) Has psychic powers and her own spaceship called the Panatolute.
Zaguresu (Naoko Aizawa) – Evil Xilien woman who invades Earth using giant monsters and her giant Independence Day/V rip-off spaceship. Enjoys laughing evilly while contemplating the latest diabolical schemes. Follows the Xilien leader Giant Emperor’s orders, because that’s what they do on Planet X. Sheep! Her spaceship is named the Vabaruda.
Lucas (Kenichiro Shimamura) – Annoying robot, Godzilla Island-style! Makes sarcastic remarks, and seems to be even mean at times. An annoying Kenny kid in floating metal sphere form. He must be destroyed! Translates from monster language to Japanese.
Narrator – (Yutaka Aoyama) – He’s not a character but the guy who recaps the previous episode in the beginning of the episode. That means thirty seconds of each three minute episode is Narrator recounting events, padding running time beyond levels I want to think about. He’s a typical Japanese male announcer, amazingly excited and epic about even the most mundane things.

InMovie News

Hobgoblins 2

April 24, 2008By

Hobgoblins 2’s trailer is on the net at youtube. Director Rick Sloane returns with a whole new cast playing the exact same characters in the sequel no one asked for. But sometimes the best gifts are those you didn’t know you wanted. Anyone who saw the MST3K version of the original knows the horror of Hobgoblins, but also the joy of Mike and the Bots fighting back the only way they know how. Sloane would be wise to invest in RiffTrax doing a commentary track for his movie, he would triple DVD sales overnight. And if Hobgoblins reaches number three, they tie Munchies for number of sequels to a Gremlins ripoff. But watch Gerome the Gnome come out of nowhere with a new trilogy to claim the title.

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Godzilla Island – Story Arc 7

April 24, 2008By

Godzilla Island – Story Arc 7


1997

Directed by Shun Mizutani

Okay, by now we can ditch the identical openings, because any regular readers are by now familiar with the origins of the show, and any new readers need to get their butts over to March of Godzilla Story Arc 1 to get caught up on why we’re featuring a show that has monster toys waved around in front of the camera. We are a long way from being done, but are making rapid progress. We’re covering episodes 51-63 of the 256 total Godzilla Island episodes, which makes us a little under 25% completed (24.6% for you math geeks.) The plots are getting more involved, newer, badder monsters are arriving each week, and giant flaming head enters the equation! So let’s get to the cast and then get to the show. March of Godzilla Island continues…now!

G-Guard Commander (Jiro Dan) – G-Guard Commander runs the Godzilla Guard unit on Godzilla Island. He’s all alone except for sassy robot Lucas, so of course he’s bored out of his skull normally. He seems to have been stationed there because it’s a low-priority assignment they could dump someone who can’t work under pressure, because that’s exactly what he is. Luckily Torema shows up to save his pants. I do not know if he has a name but it may be Oji.
Torema (Maimi Okuwa) – A mysterious young girl who shows up one day on Godzilla Island right when the dastardly Xiliens begin to attack. She repels the attack, joins the G-Guard, and begins her fight against Zaguresu the Xilien because Xiliens destroyed her home planet (I think that’s what happened – she may have been from future Earth.) Has psychic powers and her own spaceship called the Panatolute.
Zaguresu (Naoko Aizawa) – Evil Xilien woman who invades Earth using giant monsters and her giant Independence Day/V rip-off spaceship. Enjoys laughing evilly while contemplating the latest diabolical schemes. Follows the Xilien leader Giant Emperor’s orders, because that’s what they do on Planet X. Sheep! Her spaceship is named the Vabaruda.
Lucas (Kenichiro Shimamura) – Annoying robot, Godzilla Island-style! Makes sarcastic remarks, and seems to be even mean at times. An annoying Kenny kid in floating metal sphere form. He must be destroyed! Translates from monster language to Japanese.
Narrator – (Yutaka Aoyama) – He’s not a character but the guy who recaps the previous episode in the beginning of the episode. That means thirty seconds of each three minute episode is Narrator recounting events, padding running time beyond levels I want to think about. He’s a typical Japanese male announcer, amazingly excited and epic about even the most mundane things.
Giant Emperor (???) – Giant flaming head who commands the Xiliens and Planet X. Do not look behind the curtain. The great and powerful Giant Emperor commands you, and can hear your sarcastic backtalk! Still, being a flaming head in space has got to be pretty boring.


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Crawler – Killdozer but not made for TV!

April 22, 2008By

In the tradition of Killdozer and that guy who went crazy and turned a bulldozer into an armored death machine that was on the news comes Crawler!
crawler
The plot:

A group of construction workers
fight for their lives as their 50 tons bulldozer
appears to have a life of its own, and
an insatiable hate for the living.

Written by Sv Bell and Robbie Ribspreader.
Sv Bell is also Producer / Director

Yes, an ancient evil possesses another bulldozer and people get bulldozed. To death. By evil. Dozer evil. As Killdozer is still MIA on DVD, it is good to see more bulldozer terror. No word on if there will be a tie-in Marvel Comic like Killdozer got.

Official site
teaser trailer:

With all the fancy, crazy construction machines that are out there it is a wonder there aren’t more movies like this.

Thanks to Avery for another scoop! A bulldozer scoop!

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