Was noticing recently how many MST3K movies feature a giant threat, whether it’s a classic kaiju or enlarged animal or giant human or colossal alien. I thought it might be nice to take a census of these in poll form. Vote for your favorite each time, and I’ll start with the kings of the monsters:
MST3-Kaiju
Gamera
Godzilla
Gorgo
Reptilicus
The Beast Of Hollow Mountain
Yongary, Monster From The Deep
the enemies from Atlantic Rim
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I didn’t add all the foes of Gamera and Godzilla, but they are present in spirit. More polls coming, and let me know if I overlook any entrants.
And finally, because I want to get these all posted before I head off, it’s those lumbering humans that haunt our dreams. How many sins must a man commit in a single lifetime?
They Might Be Giants
The Amazing Colossal Man/War Of The Colossal Beast
Though I enjoy the Deadly Mantis and both of the giant spider movies are among my favorite episodes, I simply love the personality that Joel gave to the gila monster.
The mantis was well done, but for sheer goofiness, the giant spider housed in a VW is delicious (to kind of quote Vincent Price in the Alice Cooper song, “Black Widow”)
Alien Bigguns is a close one, crawling eyes are creepy, giant guardians are hilarious, and giant robots with nipples make me ask, “why, do they serve a function, do they turn other robots on?”
And finally, while I love Tor and Kiel, Glenn is the biggest and the best and most philosophical. Oh how I wished he could have popped up in the VotG to show those punks a thing or two (about a thing or two)