The 1950's were a time of great change across the world. It was a time of innocence, a time of unease, a time of innovation, a time of recovery. Most of the world was busy getting itself back onto it's feet after World War II. Wondrous new inventions were becoming available to the public, such as television, and houses were painted in outrageous colors. In the United States, the baby boom was in full swing and the country became engulfed in the Cold War. And aside from all of the impacting events going on all across the world, modern cinema was experience the golden age of B-movies. I won't bother to explain what a B-movie is - if you're here, you should already know. But anyway, the 50's brought us such gems as
Them!,
Killers From Space,
Beginning of the End,
The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy,
The Incredible Shrinking Man,
Attack of the Crab Monsters,
It Conquered the World,
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,
The Thing, and so many more. But most importantly, a small movie called
Godzilla, King of the Monsters was released in Japan. A large beast is awakened by atomic testing and comes ashore to Tokyo. Finding their military all but useless against this unstoppable force, the people of Japan and the world can only watch as the city is decimated. With the cooperation of a scientist, the monster is finally killed, but not until it has left it's permanent mark on the people left in the wake of it's destruction. The movie had (and continues to have) a resounding impact on those who watched it, and it has changed the face of giant monster films, for better and for worse.
Ten years later, a rival company creates a movie with a similar plot, only this is a giant turtle, named Gamera. Gamera films were nothing more than a shameless rip-off, but they left an incredible mark on filmdom - the Kenny. Kenny's are evil and vile, like Communists. But that's another story.
Around the same time as the Kenny reared it's pudgy head, a Godzilla movie was released called Son of Godzilla. While introducing the son of Godzilla, the movie also started the neverending debate of Godzilla's sex. Godzilla's son, named Minya, is just an ugly, grey creature, resembling Barney the Dinosaur, only stupid. This was expanded in another movie called Godzilla's Revenge, which if you care about living, you won't bother to see or ask about it. And this leads me to the point at hand.
In 1978, the world came to an end. Hanna-Barbera (who made all your favorite non-Warner Bros. cartoon characters) obtained a license to create a cartoon series featuring Godzilla. The cartoon was about a few annoying people and their boat named after a breed of cat, going on adventures which always led to them meeting some giant monster, and using a signal device, Godzilla would come to their rescue. Now while that isn't exactly a recipe for disaster, a little something extra was added to the pot that turned it into something even the guys from Tom Green wouldn't touch. It was Godzooky. Godzooky was Hanna-Barbera's Minya, gone horribly awry. It was green, like Godzilla, and about the size of one and a half people, or Andre the Giant. It puffed out smoke and had little wings and flew around and was just generally annoying. Oh, and Godzooky was the back up "Godzilla-Getter" when the signal device failed. Not to mention Godzooky ruined the show's one redeeming quality - it's introduction song.
And so with no further ado, I give you a mishmash of movie reviews, general ramblings, complaining, and message of peace, love, and MAXIMUM HAMMAGE.
Reviews:
The Snow Creature
