Live Blog a Viewing of Godzilla vs. Megalon.

These events occurred in 197x?

We're bad!  Go ahead and test nuclear weapons near Monster Island.

Groovy opening theme song.

We meet the Kenny. (Roku?) He is the brother of the inventor. They're only 30 years apart.

Wow! That crazy dolphin water thing doesn't go fast enough in an emergency.

Flashy blinky water.

Way to go! It was a perfect shot with the tow rope. Kenny is saved!

Lake drains. Where is the water going?

Empty lake visual effect, but you really couldn't tell.

Interrupt groovy 70's tune for radio report about earthquakes that drain lakes, but the music does continue.

Let's tell the story about the lost city -- like Atlantis but not.

Our heroes must be lovers because they sure aren't fighters.

Dune-buggy away!

Our first glimpse at Jet Jaguar and he doesn't have a head.

Button and sand -- smells like plot points.

Transition to lab work. Well done!

How many vehicles do these people have?

Easter Island references. Are we trying to develop some sort of plot?

Jet Jaguar is alive!

Uh oh! the Kenny is in trouble -- like we didn't see that coming when he got on that minibike.

Gas gun -- those Seatopians...

This Easter Island dance thing is not usually there. It was probably cut from the US version because it is filled with rather poor American actors.

They are dubbing the actor from English into Japanese. The subtitles match the lip movements.

Calling cockroach monster! You'd think the Seatopians would have a monster that was sea related...

Special effect.

The Kenny is into bondage -- er -- tied up.

Hey professor, you could not tell it was metal by looking at it? You had to test it?

Jet Jaguar theme of funk

The best characters in the movie, the dumb truck drivers. Well done men.

3,000,000 years ago Seatopia sank? Perhaps they aren't Atlanteans -- since they predate Homo Sapiens, language, rock 'n' roll...

Steal a robot to make an army because it is too difficult to develop your own.

Hey the professor's friend learned to fight.

Look! torture works.

Way to not prevent him from contacting his cohorts.

70's chase Japanese style. Bullitt it ain't.

Anticlimactic chase ends with slapstick

Oh no! Jet Jaguar is bringing Megalon to Tokyo

All right! Playboys in the truck! I knew I liked those guys for a reason.

Stock military footage.

Okay you guys, just dump that bad guy anywhere.

Now, unleash the models!

While you're at it, just dump that cargo container anywhere. Into the damn? Why not!

Now the truck drivers are car thieves. Good thing our heroes have an entire garage of vehicles at their disposal or they would be pissed.

Oh yeah. They'd survive being tossed about in the container like that.

Come on Megalon -- let's see some real destruction.

Deus ex machina! Jet Jaguar is free from its evil spell.

Battle number one! Those trees are taking a beating. Here's an idea aim those weapons at the giant monster!

Why doesn't Megalon fly? It's pretty silly to hop around like that.

Get Gigan on the phone. Megalon needs some help.

Pull up you're going in too low!

I think those models were just destroyed by Megalon. I mean...

You looked for the model shop keeper, that's good enough, just take one.

Hey! Jet Jaguar speaks Godzillan.

Big G is on the way, but the city is taking a beating.

I smell an overly complicated plan to get the bad Seatopian out of the lab. It didn't work as well as they'd hoped.

Let's just let the bad guy go. The script writers will figure a way to get rid of him. And, he's dead.

Suddenly splodie!

How is that tiny robot going to help Godzilla? I'm thinking another deus ex machina.

Clearly he programmed himself to break the laws of physics.

Another vehicle...

Robots can get dizzy.

The Jag knows karate!

Megalon using all his tricks. I don't know if I would call speed burrowing a power.

Gigan shows up and makes it two against one. Good thing the monsters speak the same language so they can coordinate.

Jet Jaguar needs his tag team partner to show up ASAP.

Is Godzilla skipping? He must be giddy about the upcoming fight.

Gigan and Megalon have never heard of the atomic elbow?

G climbs into the ring and starts off strong.

Feed Megalon that tree! He needs his roughage.

Rope-a-dope is the oldest trick in the book and Godzilla fell for it!

Way to break out the atomic fire on the fly-boys!

Good thinking bugboy -- taunt Godzilla and Jet Jaguar. They're going to open a can of whoopass on you!

More fire for Gigan.

Our bad guy monsters couldn't pick up a kitty. One has hooks and the other have pointy-drilly things. No wonder they're evil!

Ring of fire!

Dancin' Kaijus WMAGNFARB.

You guys forgot that Jet Jaguar can fly. Sometimes the bad guys are so dumb.

How does that atomic fire work for you Megalon?

JJ for the atomic fire assisted body slam!

With Gigan splitting -- time for the flying drop kick on Megalon.

Bad guys defeated. Seatopians seal their entrance. We'll never be bothered by them again.

A found farewell to Big G.

Happy Jet Jaguar theme! Akira Ifikube is getting his money's worth out of the theme. He has lots of arrangements of it.

And like magic, Jet Jaguar returns to normal.

I'm sure that the rogue actions of the robot were an anomaly, nothing to worry about now.

Jet Jaguar theme with words and we're out.