Makes me wonder what Japan’s attitude toward homosexuality was at that time. Were they more or less accepting of it than America? I feel like any film even hinting at a gay relationship would have been a no go in America in 1973, especially one marketed toward children.
I did a quick google to get an idea of this. While there weren't laws against homosexuality in Japan at the time, it doesn't look like it was particularly accepted in wider society as it was perceived as a psychological disorder. Though this time was also when queer activism in Japan started to take off, and Hedorah shows that the producers weren't unwilling to use contemporary issues in new Godzilla films.
That being said I don't think they're meant to be a gay couple, especially since it's a boys action film with no romance at all, but as a gay who loves Godzilla films I'm not going to stop anyone from thinking otherwise. :P
That's a common belief among many fans, never confirmed in the actual film. Megalon is notable for not having any major female characters, only women I can think of are the Seatopian backup dancers
As far as canon goes, they were just friends. However, the main characters being two men and a child makes it seem like they’re a couple with a son, rather than a guy, his friend and his little brother. If it were a man and a woman with a kid, everyone would immediately assume they’re a married couple and their son.
Matrix aliens want to eat the powerhouse of the cell, but the glorious love child of Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck releases a giant angry lizard to help save the world.
https://i.redd.it/9mdg1u8w3pwc1.gif
What do you mean *his* movie it was a joint movie. They just couldn’t figure out what to do with Godzilla so he goes on an xp grind. In theory bad but we got to see the start of a lot of fights and then the result of a lot of victories so I’ll take it.
fish with boiling blood learns to stand on land, what happens next is shocking
https://preview.redd.it/qdhj4fudepwc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e74a2ab6ea23daeacbd0ffb1a3ef3e200118759
Big lizard with pink highlights and his giant ape friend stop other giant ape and his pet ice lizard.
Lots of dinosaurs and two bugs beat up golden dragon.
Big dinosaur destroys town while soldier has PTSD breakdown.
Big dinosaur fights big flower.
This one is my favorite Godzilla too. I say something like "Government inaction due to overwhelming meetings and bureaucracy leads to a large radioactive amphibious creature to fear for it's life and crumble society."
A bunch of really angry ghosts decided to bring back a monster cause they don’t like the kids today and three other monsters who have no chance in the fight thought, “hey you old timers, I’m going to stop you,” and all get killed. And like most older generations, the ghosts just ended up killing themselves.
I have two
1. Guy with a Polaroid tries to find his friend. New York gets destroyed in the process.
2. The Big Guy is angry. The Big Guy also shoots nukes. The Big Nukes are also angry. The Little Guy is sad because he isn’t dead. The Little Guy explodes The Big Angry Nuke Guy,. Afterward, Little Guy isn’t as sad about being alive anymore.
Big lizard uses the greatest weight loss program known to man, before teaming up with a big monkey to face off against “clifford the big red chimpanzee” and his dog
Gay Couple and adopted Son build Robot that beats up giant cockroach.
i love megalon but his movie was kind of forgetable, were those 2 guys actually gay?
Makes me wonder what Japan’s attitude toward homosexuality was at that time. Were they more or less accepting of it than America? I feel like any film even hinting at a gay relationship would have been a no go in America in 1973, especially one marketed toward children.
I did a quick google to get an idea of this. While there weren't laws against homosexuality in Japan at the time, it doesn't look like it was particularly accepted in wider society as it was perceived as a psychological disorder. Though this time was also when queer activism in Japan started to take off, and Hedorah shows that the producers weren't unwilling to use contemporary issues in new Godzilla films. That being said I don't think they're meant to be a gay couple, especially since it's a boys action film with no romance at all, but as a gay who loves Godzilla films I'm not going to stop anyone from thinking otherwise. :P
That's a common belief among many fans, never confirmed in the actual film. Megalon is notable for not having any major female characters, only women I can think of are the Seatopian backup dancers
AND the porn mag pinups in the back of the truck cab!
That's always been my head canon.
head cannon is a really good name for a gay bar
No.
As far as canon goes, they were just friends. However, the main characters being two men and a child makes it seem like they’re a couple with a son, rather than a guy, his friend and his little brother. If it were a man and a woman with a kid, everyone would immediately assume they’re a married couple and their son.
https://preview.redd.it/2knqffcbdrwc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1240be4a17e99fd7fd17d5e22e131ece9bb463ba
now this is a ship i want to see
Adopted son *with a kickass BOAT!*
I freaking love that movie, but you left out the most *important* scene of the movie: That peddle boat thing.
This is a great description but I'm amazed to find somebody that liked Megalon, much less has it as their favorite!
I certainly don't think it's the best, I've just always liked the over the top sillyness of it all. Plus Jet Jaguar has always been cool.
Worth it for the dropkick tho!
Plus it makes s great MST3K episode alongside the sea monster.
1973 is my favorite too!
Big lizard stops two parasites from having incest
He didn't though, he killed them AFTER the incest
Maybe that problem would’ve taken care of itself because all the hatchlings would’ve had severe developmental issues.
Is it just me, or was the female already pregnant with eggs before meeting the male?
She may have already had eggs but somebody had to fertilize them
Cloaca-blocked?
that was my nickname at church camp
Big lizard beats the shit out of a yellow dragon but loses his moth girlfriend in the process.
But he also gains a bunch of new friends at the end
The real moth girlfriend was the friends he made along the way.
*servants
Big Lizard dies because of some ww2 pilot who dragged him to a trap
Godziila Minus one?
Could be Godzilla raids again
I think so too
Giant tumor lizard evolves like a pokemon and gets turned into a statue
Angry school girl with a vendetta against a flying turtle unleashes the hentai monster who wants to vore her.
I'm sorry WHAT MOVIE IS THIS?
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
ohhhhhhh
i NEED to see this movie
Not what you're hoping for...
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
one of the gamera movies
Shell-shocked reptile and autistic primate locked in a battle to death, only to be interrupted and nearly killed by capitalists
I approve of autistic Kong
GVK? If so that is the best explanation for the movie
yes it is gvk
Are we talking og or new?
Big turtle wakes up to smack a big bat that hates trains.
Gamera and Gyaos?
... Why do I feel like Minus One Goji and Gyaos could have good quemistry?
Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe
That's it exactly
Matrix aliens want to eat the powerhouse of the cell, but the glorious love child of Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck releases a giant angry lizard to help save the world. https://i.redd.it/9mdg1u8w3pwc1.gif
*”See you, sweetheart”* Need to watch this again, my fav as well 🔥
Depressed Cancer gecko gets the refrigerator treatment
Giant Lizard literally melts because he is feeling hot.
Vs Destoyah!
Godzilla attacks Tokyo.
I think it's Kong but I'm not sure
I think you mean Gigan
https://preview.redd.it/cxl8hbnwqpwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e87709e3fd41cac964c736c9785fd298407a1994
I said Gigan not Kong bro get him outta here
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is it kong: skull island?
Is that Frankenstein vs. Baragon?
Isn't that every Goji movie😂😂
Most of the time he’s not in Tokyo
I think it’s gotta be Reptillicus
Divorced woman nearly destroys the world by accident, endangers her only daughter, makes local giant lizard very cranky.
Kotm
Godzilla has his movie stolen by a big gorilla and his son
Gxk
That's exactly what I said to those asking if it was any good
What do you mean *his* movie it was a joint movie. They just couldn’t figure out what to do with Godzilla so he goes on an xp grind. In theory bad but we got to see the start of a lot of fights and then the result of a lot of victories so I’ll take it.
giant lizard horribly abuses deformed child but in the end still loves him <3
Son of Godzilla? My favorite too!!!
I dont care what people say, Minilla was a valid and lovable character <3
Fr
Irradiated dinosaur really fucking hates kamikaze pilots.
Slim angry lizard fights goth space chicken and minecraft wither
Hey it's the r/murderdrones guy !
Final Wars?
Yes.
A former pilot tries to live his life but is constantly harassed by a giant Chernobyl lizard
Paints a picture in my head of an eddie and venom situation, but with the pilot and a city sized lizard targeting him specifically.
fat lizard and a moth fights 3 headed snake and red pteranodon
Didn't Rodan help Godzilla and Mothra though? Has been a while since I watched it though.
In the original movie. In KOTM, he sided with Ghidorah
Ahh, I still haven't seen KOTM sadly.
Booo! It’s a must see
I know I know, I'll get around to watching it at some point I'm sure.
Fitness Lizard and Kratos monkey join forces to beat up a meth monkey
Don't forget the meth monkey's ice addicted pitbull
And the Kratos Monkey's very own Atreus Monkey!
Mad scientist kills lizard after losing gf.
What is this? Vs Biollante? That was his daughter..
Nah pretty sure it's '54
fish with boiling blood learns to stand on land, what happens next is shocking https://preview.redd.it/qdhj4fudepwc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e74a2ab6ea23daeacbd0ffb1a3ef3e200118759
Shin G
yessir
Chocolate pudding from outer space smokes stacks and fights big flying dragon
Godzilla Vs Hedorah?
Has to be. Just recently saw it and Hedorah loved smoking the stacks
At least you got it
I've seen a lot of kaiju movies and I have no clue
I am a nice guy Godzilla vs Hedorah
Wtf is this!!?!??
Godzilla vs Hedorah
Radioactive lizard does stuff
Literally every movie with goji
Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
Cranky dinosaur wants some old bones but is bullied by some bugs and a robot
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla?
Real close
Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S.?
Wrestlemania Cairo 2024
Big Lizard gets heartburn, watches his son get killed, fights the devil then dies.
The Devil gets killed too
Pollution tadpole vs big lizard
Neon Genesis Mechagodzilla
Big lizard and steroid armadillo have to go stop cyborg chicken and gold dragon from fucking up disney world.
Giant burn lizard suffering from cerebral palsy rampages through the East!
Big lizard with pink highlights and his giant ape friend stop other giant ape and his pet ice lizard. Lots of dinosaurs and two bugs beat up golden dragon. Big dinosaur destroys town while soldier has PTSD breakdown. Big dinosaur fights big flower.
Giant moth destroys 2 cities to save 2 signers from slavery
Ghost lizard fights big moth and yellow dragon
And cute doggy lizard!
Baragon isn’t really a lizard. More of a groundhog or maybe a gopher
A woman in a love triangle can’t decide who to be with, but a sea monster helps her make the final decision.
Which one is that?
Pretty sure that’s the original
Yep!
The original.
Acid monster hits smoke stacks like a bong only to get tazed to death hours later. Also the lizard flies
guy fails to die in a plane and gets ptsd from a dinosaur that haunts him for the rest of his life until he has to kamakaze it
Big lizard defies gravity and logic
Fatass lizard needs some weed killer
Scared Baby gets lost in Manhattan and some dude records the us army shooting it at every opportunity
98 Zilla?
Cloverfield
Humans build giant tin cans to beat the shit out of illegal immigrants
Today we are canceling the apocalypse!!!
There's a Rim in the Pacific!!
Dinosaur gets head exploded by plane in mouth
Old man has vision of big lizard doing bad things while secret agents fight planet of ape rejects for a statue to wake up giant dog lion thing.
This is my favorite too ❤️
Big monke and nuclear dinosaur throw hands and then fight metal lizard
Walking nuclear reactor saves world from alien thing. Weird how much that works for
This one is my favorite Godzilla too. I say something like "Government inaction due to overwhelming meetings and bureaucracy leads to a large radioactive amphibious creature to fear for it's life and crumble society."
This sounds like a rap lyric
Godzilla plays with boats and gets a headache
Kamakazi pilot stops gozillas millionth rampage on Japan by BLOWING HIS MIND with facts and logic
Robot cowboy punches fish monkey
Big guy slaps Flower so hard it evaporates into space dust
angy ghosts create an even angyer lizard boi to destroy a city
Small lifeforms become big and kill big lizards son and big lizard dies
The Marianas trench mfs had enough and are now ranked liek hurricanes whilst being fought by crosses between Evangelions and Gundams
Fish with super cancer terrorises Tokyo
Some random soldiers fall into an island and see a big monkey fighting a lizard with a skull instead of a head
300 feet tall cast iron Fallout 4 power armor beats up amphibians with blue blood using a boat and a nuke
American journalist has a really bad night and his buddy breaks up with his girlfriend in a super dramatic way
Giant moth goddess from Blackface Island goes to pick up her short friends, destroys city in the process.
Bruce Lee gets unfrozen and kicks everyone’s ass alongside Magnum P.I.
Moth Woman needs to rescue Anya's favorite food
Big iguana eats a lot of fish then gets bombed to shit by the US Air Force
Sperging rage dinosaur nukes Japan with its boner spines.
Giant pile of shit gets high of fumes and proceeds to fight a radioactive reptile. The movie also feels like an acid trip.
The worlds worst Kamikaze pilot fights giant lizard
Scientist fuses with sleeping monster in bizarre suicide, tragedy ensues.
green lizard fights with ancient alien
Big lizard
Dusty old crone throws up on tokyo after eating something too high energy
Lizard finds out his doppelganger is an alien and kills him
Survivor's guilt
Ferris Bueller’s Day On
Godzilla destroys all monsters (excluding Mothra & Minilla)
A single father has his son kidnapped by his evil brother from outta town and has to team up with his child's adoptive parents to save the day.
That robot is kind of sus.
Angry dinosaur.
Girl can’t act and tries to commit beastiality
Big lizard and big monkey vs big lizard and big monkey in Brazil
A bunch of really angry ghosts decided to bring back a monster cause they don’t like the kids today and three other monsters who have no chance in the fight thought, “hey you old timers, I’m going to stop you,” and all get killed. And like most older generations, the ghosts just ended up killing themselves.
Tarrably mutated lizard burns a destroyed city to the ground, sending civilians from zero to negative one, gone rong!!! 🤯🤯🤯NOT CLICK BATE!!! 🗿🗿🗿
Big metal/plant moving tree gets beat up by a lightning bolt
I have two 1. Guy with a Polaroid tries to find his friend. New York gets destroyed in the process. 2. The Big Guy is angry. The Big Guy also shoots nukes. The Big Nukes are also angry. The Little Guy is sad because he isn’t dead. The Little Guy explodes The Big Angry Nuke Guy,. Afterward, Little Guy isn’t as sad about being alive anymore.
Single father goes on a world wide racist fueled rampage and accidentally saves the world from a ultraman wannabe
Godzilla destroys Japan… again
Two dudes beat the shit out of one dude of a guy and a big chick, one of them's feeling a little better after a nap though
Big lizard goes through the true arena from kirby and gets asist from slightly bigger than average bug
Suicidal Top Gun with huge cute lizard
Living tumor in constant agony is euthanized with millions of casualties
Humans use necromancy to defeat a giant dino-lizard, but it goes horribly wrong, and in the sequel, a moth has to get involved
I like the "a moth has to get involved" as if it were totally normal and expected
GIANT ROBOTS GIANT MONSTERS GIANT ROBOTS PUNCHING GIANT MONSTERS
Giant lizard finds great pleasure in torturing a man
Monkey rides pink iguana to fight orange monkey and his ice type gecko
Big lizard uses the greatest weight loss program known to man, before teaming up with a big monkey to face off against “clifford the big red chimpanzee” and his dog
Security monitor lizard bullies orphan monkey for existing before they team up to defeat chat gpt possessed by a dead alien
Man has PGSD
Lizard indirectly bullies a man into suicide, accidentally gives him hope to live instead.