Steve W. wrote:
Rich Grise wrote:
Paul K. Dickman wrote:
"rangerssuck" wrote in message

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Folks, I have studied this situation very carefully. I have been
watching it closely since the late 1950s, and we have a "Perfect
Storm" of disaster brewing. This is not a left-wing issue. It is not a
right-wing issue. It is a world issue.

A large earthquake off the coast of Japan
A large Tsunami (though back in the day, we called them "tidal waves")
A leak of atomic energy from a nuclear reactor

Add all of those together, and you can only end up with one scenario.
Mark my wors - you heard it here on rcm first. Within the next week,
we'll be seeong the return of none other than,,,

GODZILLA

This will be accompanied by large portions of the Japanese people
moving their mouths out of sychronization with their voices.

Raymond Burr has been notified,
GREAT SCOTT!!! YOU'RE RIGHT.
Quick, somebody call MOTHRA.

Doesn't anybody remember Rodan?

Godzilla, Anguirus, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Kamacuras, Gorosaurus,
Jet-Jaguar, King Caesar, MechaGodzilla, Destroyah, Meganulon, Hedorah,
Monster X are all ones I remember.

King Kong, Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan are ones I recall having there own
movies with no other monsters.
Probably a bunch more that I don't recall.

OK, given that the original Rodan came out in 1956, when I was seven, I
was very, very impressed - he was seen flying over 35,000 feet at supersonic
speed - so, here's a question: Is it theoretically possible, given
infinitely strong materials and infinite strength, would it be even
theoretically possible to fly supersonically by flapping one's wings?

I remember one famous line - the Japan Air Force guys are looking at
movies or radar traces or something, and one of the guys says, "... that
big - could it fly?" (even at seven years old, I thought, "Well, duh, of
course it can fly - we can see it flying right here!") Rodan had just
knocked a jet fighter out of the air, and the only thing left was the
pilot's helmet, with a streak of blood in the middle of the forehead.

Wiki has a lot more about Rodan than what I remember; I don't remember
Rodan ever encountering Godzilla.

Cheers!
Rich