At a time when there was precious little live-action Kaiju-fighting ROBOTs on TV, I was literally starved for anything.
So every now and then I would chance upon a random Godzilla movie on Saturday afternoon and this one had Jet Jaguar!
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| I am from the planet Remulak... er.. France, I mean. |
A complete non-sensical Ultraman-like robot. How does he gain sentience? How does this simple robot have the energy to create mass to be Godzilla sized? Why does he become dumb as a stump after the fight is over? Why is he smiling like the freaking Joker?
All good questions. All questions that I did not care about because I got a live-action Kaiju-fighting Robot teaming up with Godzilla!
Sure, Captain Cosmic (God Rest His Soul) eventually brought me "Space Giants", "Ultraman", "Spectreman", and "Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot"... All of which I loved dearly.
| Space Giants and Gandalf |
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| Ultraman (1966) - His breast enhancements were still settling into place at the taking of this photo. |
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| Resting Frown-Face Spectreman |
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| I would have literally killed for a voice-activated-robot-controlling watch like that. ..as a child of course. |
What I REALLY wanted and I longed for Red Baron Super Robot which I finally got on DVD somewhere in the 2000s.. but that's a different subject.
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| Ear lasers? Shoulder AND Breast Rockets? Upside down jet wings? He's got everything! |
ANYWAYS, but I think I watched "Godzilla versus Megalon" before Captain Cosmic got "Space Giants" on KTVU Channel 2. It is all a little hazy now.
But Happy 51st Birthday "Godzilla versus Megalon" - You brought me Jet Jaguar and I think I love you.
Captain Cosmic (God Rest His Soul) eventually brought me "Space Giants", "Ultraman", "Spectreman", and "Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot"... All of which I loved dearly.
ReplyDeleteAmen to all that - Also fond memories from that time of Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] and Voltron... Much later I found Lupin III which I would recommend today. Some of these old shows are one YouTube...