February 16, 2005

Godzilla thinks of the children. Photos from a stone-cutting shop in Japan. A bit of fun for a bleak day [via boingboing].

The rest of the site has some interesting pictures and commentary on contemporary life in Japan. want to see if we can get bulk discounts on the zilla?

posted by patita 19 years ago
  • We could get one big MoFi plot, give #1 the Godzilla stone, and the rest of us would have ruined skyscrapers with half-eaten corpses dangling out the windows for our headstones.
  • Lovely. Cheers
  • MCT, would that be MY half-eaten corpse, or just part of the sculpture?
  • ('Cuz I'm fine either way. Just want to know.)
  • OK I know we're all pretty tight monkeys and everything here but I think I'll pass on actually being buried with you guys.
  • mct, that is a beautiful idea. #2 could get Rodan, unless he prefers Mothra. Or Gigan. though I suppose a King Kong should be in there somewhere, for continuity.
  • I think King Kong would suit #2 best. Did Godzilla and King Kong ever inhabit the same city?
  • tracicle, DUDE, the original godzilla spin-off movie was "godzilla vs. king kong". it is the only other movie in which godzilla is a bad guy. (spoiler: king kong wins) godzilla then goes on to appear in a series of monster movies in which...he (?) defends japan from the horrors of motha, rodan et. al. (yes, I lived for the 4:30 movie monster week as a child)
  • Kingukongu tai Gojira from 1962.
  • Oh man, I feel so lame. I've seen all the other Godzilla vs $monster at various times, and somehow missed that one. /shame
  • well, it would be heading your way forthwith, but the DVD is now an out-of-print collectible and priced out of this monkey's range. ah well. this reminds me--did anyone get to see the redone Godzilla film, where they corrected the dubbing and removed Raymond Burr?
  • I want the one with the penguin.
  • ooh! penguin! I was distracted by the robust gentleman when I looked at that before.
  • That's not a penguin. It's a kappa. See also.