fafhrd
09-01-2004, 11:47 PM
Just saw one of the Kaiju Big Battel dvds today, and suffice to say, it's completely screwball.
Kaiju is the Japanese word for monster, and it's commonly used to refer to the Japanese monster movies, like Godzilla, Gamera, or Ultraman. Basically, monster movies with guys in giant rubber suits
And combine that with pro wrestling. Literally.
It's cheesy as hell, the suits are total cream cheese. They don't have the budget for something really high tech. But they make do. You see limbs getting ripped off (and the requisite fake blood squirting from the stump!), monsters acting in totally silly fashion, intermixed with highly sloppy wrestling work. The whole production is done with their tounges firmly planted in both cheeks.
Evne the announcer's got a great gimmick- the way they did his makeup, hairdo, and costume makes him look like he's out of a really old school anime- like Astro Boy or Gatchaman.
It's zany, well thought out, totally psychedelic, ****ed up, fun.
Check it out for lots of laughs.
Fafhrd
Kaiju is the Japanese word for monster, and it's commonly used to refer to the Japanese monster movies, like Godzilla, Gamera, or Ultraman. Basically, monster movies with guys in giant rubber suits
And combine that with pro wrestling. Literally.
It's cheesy as hell, the suits are total cream cheese. They don't have the budget for something really high tech. But they make do. You see limbs getting ripped off (and the requisite fake blood squirting from the stump!), monsters acting in totally silly fashion, intermixed with highly sloppy wrestling work. The whole production is done with their tounges firmly planted in both cheeks.
Evne the announcer's got a great gimmick- the way they did his makeup, hairdo, and costume makes him look like he's out of a really old school anime- like Astro Boy or Gatchaman.
It's zany, well thought out, totally psychedelic, ****ed up, fun.
Check it out for lots of laughs.
Fafhrd