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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 07:47 AM
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Ooooooooooh-NO there goes Toto go go GODZILLA
Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 07:49 AM by underpants
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/godzilla_conference

LAWRENCE, Kan. - He's attacked other monsters and terrorized Japan for decades. Now Godzilla is confronting academics who want to wrestle with his legacy.

The University of Kansas plans to pay homage to the giant lizard later this month, organizing a three-day scholarly conference for the 50th anniversary of his first film.

It's not just about celebrating campy creature features. Planners want to provoke discussion of globalization, Japanese pop culture and Japanese-American relations after World War II.

For example, the first Godzilla film came only eight months after the United States tested a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.


The movie — in which H-bomb testing disturbs Godzilla's undersea habitat and transforms him into a behemoth with fiery, radioactive breath — reflects anxiety and a feeling of helplessness in the face of a nuclear threat, Igarashi said.

This one looks more like a giant pigrat. :shrug:

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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 07:51 AM
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1. That's Gorosaurus
Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 07:51 AM by BigMcLargehuge
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 07:53 AM
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2. Oh
Thanks....and I went to college :silly::spank:
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 08:42 AM
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3. there goes Toto????
I think that's "ohhh no, there goes TOKYO, oh no Godzilla!"


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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 08:48 AM
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4. The conference is in Kansas
Get it? Kansas....Toto..... :shrug:
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 08:51 AM
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5. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I see. (backs away slowly)
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