Godzilla vs. Megalon

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Randomly picked one of the remaining 20 odd Godzilla films I've yet to get through. This one's a doozy.

So the people under the sea are fed up with our surface dweller ways and send Megalon to destroy us. And coincidentally a scents has made a robot called Jet Jaguar which when threatened can think for itself. It somehow programs itself to grow large and protect us humans.

So where is Godzilla in all this? Some research reveals this was originally Jet Jaguars film but they thought a new character wouldn't sell on his own, so they made it a team up at the last minute. And sure enough Godzilla comes in to help his robot buddy out. They can somehow communicate with each other, which is hilarious to behold.

Megalons brother Gigan (who presumably was killed in a previous film) joins in and the final fight is really fun. Godzilla gets a new "flying judo kick" move. they battle it out and the good guys, i.e. Godzilla and Jet Jaguar win. Hooray!

It's really very very kiddy stuff. The music is just ridiculous and hilarious. It's very unintentionally funny though. Seeing guys in rubber suits do wrestling and martial arts moves with the occasional fire bomb thrown in is goofy fun.

There was a car chase and an annoying kid in there too. Eh, no one cars about the human stuff.