Sometimes, you forget the events which molded you into the person whom, for better or for worse(shut up, heathen naysayers!), you have become. I, as a young lad, developed a fondness for a heroic pseudo-reptilian, radioactive hero named Godzilla. Maybe you've heard of him.
As an adult, I had all but forgotten the tumult of fire-breathing goofiness with which I would layer my Saturdays as a geek in Queens with no friends and a twin brother who I abhorred. The last installment of Godzilla films which I have treated myself to were the lampooned version of Godzilla vs. Megalon of MST3K, and the original Gojira (Godzilla was a statement on the atrocities perpetrated by the US Government on an already-decimated Japan, and the anger of a people against their rogue dictator, HiroHito).
Today as I walked up and down the hurricane streets of Grammercy trying to keep my dog's pee from splashing my face in the gusts of winter, I chanced upon the saddest Corgi I had ever seen. It was old, but also grey, sad and wildly untrimmed. As a green river flowed through and under its raggedy coat, it resembled an old, used dust mop with a dog's head. In, fact, it looked like...The SMOG MONSTER!!!
If you have never had the chance to see Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster, I strongly urge you to do so. Not only is it a wacky environmental film which will make your green thumb throb, but it's a representation of young hip Japanese culture...covered in a tar-like substance, then turned into science lab skeletons. And Godzilla punches THROUGH the motherfucker!!!This film rocks. It's also known as Godzilla vs. Hedora. Enjoy the MST3K clip also.
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