My brother and I used to watch the "Not So Great Movies" on City TV out of Toronto every weekend when we were kids. I loved all these terrible, wonderful monster movies. I still do. :)
As an unrepentant G-fan I can tell you Kaiju and Roll-playing go together like Reese's and Icecream.
November 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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War of the Gargantuas! I haven't seen that one in ages. These movies are all classics. Why'd Toho even bother to put the human casts in anyway? The monsters were the real stories.
Thanks for the glimpse. Please, keep on gathering! Love to read more.
Yeah, funny stuff all around. I updated the post with the "Safety Dance Gamera" in honor of Dave's favorite from these. :) Worth a look and a few laughs...
That's one of the things I miss - all the monster movies that used to be on TV in the afternoons around 30 years ago, along with shows like Ultraman and Johnny Sokko's Robot. :D
Count Gore De Vol from Creature Feature was also Captain 20, hosting Sci Fi movies on channel 20 in the Washington D.C. area. I remember being a proud member of the Captain 20 Club around '75 - '76. :D
I live in downtown TO (I remember CityTV's Not So Great Movies) and I love that this all started in Lake Geneva. The map of where people lived and the Horticultural Hall, where the first GenCons were, is nifty. It's all so small town. People didn't seem to think they needed to move to New York or L.A. to succeed. I love that about this story. What's that American word... Midwestern. This story is so Midwestern. I think it's more inspiring, because of that.
I am glad that this has stirred so much discussion and thought; and that Havard even linked to it from his blog and "stole" (his wording) my improvised map, too; shame, shame, Havard... ;)
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Close this window Jump to comment formMy brother and I used to watch the "Not So Great Movies" on City TV out of Toronto every weekend when we were kids. I loved all these terrible, wonderful monster movies. I still do. :)
November 15, 2010 at 10:59 AM
As an unrepentant G-fan I can tell you Kaiju and Roll-playing go together like Reese's and Icecream.
November 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM
War of the Gargantuas! I haven't seen that one in ages. These movies are all classics. Why'd Toho even bother to put the human casts in anyway? The monsters were the real stories.
Thanks for the glimpse. Please, keep on gathering! Love to read more.
Ciao!
GW
November 15, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Pretty cool stuff
November 15, 2010 at 12:12 PM
I used to watch them on WCIX' presentation of Creature Feature on Saturdays.
November 15, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Yeah, funny stuff all around. I updated the post with the "Safety Dance Gamera" in honor of Dave's favorite from these. :) Worth a look and a few laughs...
November 15, 2010 at 1:58 PM
That's one of the things I miss - all the monster movies that used to be on TV in the afternoons around 30 years ago, along with shows like Ultraman and Johnny Sokko's Robot. :D
November 15, 2010 at 2:29 PM
...Ah the Creature Feature days
Count Gore De Vol from Creature Feature was also Captain 20, hosting Sci Fi movies on channel 20 in the Washington D.C. area. I remember being a proud member of the Captain 20 Club around '75 - '76. :D
November 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Great stuff Rob! I love seeing the map showing where you guys were all living. I will have to check out all of these monster movies now :)
November 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM
That neighborhood map is incredible.
I miss the Saturday afternoon horror/sci-fi shows.
For those interested, there's a great B-Movie podcast on iTunes here:
cultofuhf.squarespace.com
November 15, 2010 at 6:36 PM
I live in downtown TO (I remember CityTV's Not So Great Movies) and I love that this all started in Lake Geneva. The map of where people lived and the Horticultural Hall, where the first GenCons were, is nifty. It's all so small town. People didn't seem to think they needed to move to New York or L.A. to succeed. I love that about this story. What's that American word... Midwestern. This story is so Midwestern. I think it's more inspiring, because of that.
November 15, 2010 at 6:42 PM
@brasspen: I completely agree. I don't think anything like TSR could've been born in a busy city.
There is an element of 'hunger for new worlds' in all of it - an extension of the archetypal farmboy dreaming of distant lands.
Through TSR's role playing games, Pulp fiction and all of its exoticism and majesty, somehow came to life and made us all instruments of its flight.
November 15, 2010 at 7:09 PM
i used to love those movies when i was a kid. king kong vs godzilla was one of my favorite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PBbK8tkTE8
November 16, 2010 at 5:16 AM
I am glad that this has stirred so much discussion and thought; and that Havard even linked to it from his blog and "stole" (his wording) my improvised map, too; shame, shame, Havard... ;)
November 18, 2010 at 6:31 AM