Rich Grise wrote:
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?

The problem there is that in the movie the only time the Rodans actually
flap much is when they initially take off and when they are destroying
objects on the ground. In the air they just seemed to be gliding and
banking.

However a couple of Falcon species have been clocked at 150-160 mph
while in a dive.
The Rodan body is much more streamlined and has a much greater wingspan,
however the wings also don't look very aerodynamic.
(Yep I have the DVD in front of me!)



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


The ending of the Rodan movie I have shows them dying in a volcano. But
I think it was "Destroy all Monsters" that showed at least one still
alive on monster island.


I had one playing a while ago and my nephew complained about "how bad
the computer graphics" were. Tying to explain things like claymation and
animatronics as well as forced perspectives and model shooting to
someone who has only seen CGI stuff for the most part was interesting.

I will say that some of the stuff they came up with for weapons and
models of them were interesting. Those big laser and maser dish weapons
are rather strange....

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Steve W.