tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post745725524247044090..comments2024-02-08T18:06:45.861-08:00Comments on The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅: Monster of the Month Giant Fire Monster: ARONAugust Ragonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708963205755568342noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post-71210896340797224282008-11-10T14:16:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:16:00.000-08:00Thanks for the kind comments, everyone! Prof., AGO...Thanks for the kind comments, everyone! Prof., AGON was conceived as a four-part mini series, and was blockaded by Toho <EM>after</EM> before it could air. According to Ohashi, once Toho discovered that it was he who designed and built Agon, they said, "Oh, it's <EM>you</EM>... Well, it's okay, then."<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>AugustAugust Ragonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708963205755568342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post-4416388353113092942008-11-10T12:51:00.000-08:002008-11-10T12:51:00.000-08:00what a great photo of the monster. that first epi...what a great photo of the monster. that first episode of Space Giants has a brief shot of a stop-motion rhamphoryncus in it. i thought that was really cool. several other episodes had some stop-motion as well.<BR/><BR/>keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>DavidX7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post-74200183820687891862008-11-10T11:35:00.000-08:002008-11-10T11:35:00.000-08:00i thought AGON: THE ATOMIC DRAGON was a pretty goo...i thought AGON: THE ATOMIC DRAGON was a pretty good show, but i had heard it was cut short at four episodes because Toho sued them over Agon's "resemblance" to Godzilla.<BR/><BR/>glad to see more monsters, i was fixin' to do a Japanese monster of the week feature at my blog but didn't want to swipe your idea!Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post-39024446656541358842008-11-10T00:43:00.000-08:002008-11-10T00:43:00.000-08:00Lee,I can't seem to find any official stats for Go...Lee,<BR/>I can't seem to find any official stats for Goldar (aka Captain Magma) in the usual Japanese resource books. So, I would assume, in comparison to the monsters in the seris, that he would be approximately 40 meters tall—similar to Ultraman.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>AugustAugust Ragonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708963205755568342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3252368450821139612.post-77754978920293452162008-11-09T18:29:00.000-08:002008-11-09T18:29:00.000-08:00August, can you tell me how tall Goldar was in the...August, can you tell me how tall Goldar was in the TV series "Space Giants"? I have a few episodes taped on VHS but it's hard to guess how tall he is. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>ARON is a very cool looking monster!Lee Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015885097106983451noreply@blogger.com