NEGADON: The Monster From Mars / Studio Magara - 2005

I picked up this little Japanese gem over a year ago after reading a review about it. It is a computer generated short movie that's about a cargo-spaceship that crash-lands on the streets of Tokyo and it unleashes a giant monster from Mars. It's up to Dr. Narasaki and his mecha robot Miroku to save the Earth...

I've spent most of my life visualizing various space scenes, I get turned on with images like this one of a space station orbiting the Earth because of how realistic it looks.

I've got a little sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button over by our crashed up space capsule, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's a sample of... NEGADON!

This is Dr. Narasaki, a distraught scientist who lost his daughter in an accident during an experiment in the lab. He's also the creator of an awesome giant robot called Miroku.

Here's the space cargo ship returning to Earth from Mars as it explodes.

The pieces from the cargo ship crash into Tokyo (what else) and the Negadon monster rises from the explosion only to start destroying everything around it!

Dr. Narasaki decides it's time to bring his robot, Miroku, out of moth balls, and, it isn't long before he locates the monster with his robot sensors.

Miroku has a special drill bit that is made from the strongest metal ever made, a handy device if you have to go up against something like Negadon!

Dr. Narasaki decides he needs to take the fight into space, near the Moon, where he can grapple with the thing without destroying any more of Tokyo.

After following Miroku into space, Negadon activates its deadly weapon, ready to fight!

But, Dr. Narasaki has other plans, you can hear him in the sound clip cursing the Hellish thing.

Miroku attacks and the drill bit grinds its way through the creatures brain, then the doctor hits a button that explodes both of them into oblivion! A bitter sweet end to this tale... Eegah!! is back tomorrow for a special 4th of July post, be there!!

PORKY IN WACKYLAND - "Beaking The Fourth Wall" (1938)

I'm kicking Summer into high gear with a new feature starting tonight called The Weekly Wacko Cartoon! I've been watching quite a few cartoons lately (the internet is alive with cartoons), and it just reminds me of how much time I spent watching cartoons as a kid! I'm sure I wasted more time watching cartoons than I did movies! So I hope you dig it as much as I plan to, and without further delay, from 1938, here's the first featured cartoon in the series.......

"Porky In Wackyland!"

Looney Tunes! Two words that say it all, and the music from the mad mind of the genius Carl Stalling just punctuates the whole experience!

 

The sheer volume of work put out by Bob Clampett, Carl Stalling, Mel Blanc, Leon Schlesinger, Norman McCabe and I. Ellis is a testimonial to mad genius!

Porky Pig's first appearance on the big screen was in a 1935 cartoon called "I Haven't Got A Hat," and his voice was done by a guy named Joe Dougherty! By 1937, Mel Blanc had totally taken over the role, and continued doing the voice of Porky all the way into the late 80's! It's really hard to imagine!

This portrait of Porky in the cockpit is a beautiful exercise in simplicity!

The jokes never end, it's like their brains were on fire!

In Wackyland, this big ferocious monster turns out to an effeminate sweetheart! There are also two moons in the sky!

A flower blossoms with a drum solo!

Wackyland seems like a cross between Rube Goldberg, Basil Wolverton, and.....

..............Salvador Dali!

In 1938, "Looney Tunes" = Anything goes!!

Seriously, wouldn't you like to know the story behind each and every one of these characters?

This is the classic half-cat and half-dog creature that spends all it's time chasing and fighting itself, taking tail chasing to a whole new level!

Speaking of Rube Goldberg, the first film that ever featured what would be later known as "The Three Stooges," was written by Rube Goldberg, and called "Soup To Nuts," and was unleashed on the public on my birthday in 1930. They weren't known as the stooges yet and in fact, Moe wasn't even using the name Moe, but was billed as Harry Howard. By 1938, "The Three Stooges" were so popular that of course they'd be parodied by Bob Clampett and the gang!

Just like this blog, you want information, then you've come to the right place!

Some people don't like cartoons, because they think they are stupid! I'm just the opposite, I think you're stupid if you don't like cartoons!

Once Porky catches up with the Do-Do, everything just get worse!

Gee, maybe they weren't going extinct after all! This final shot and concept personifies what's wrong with the world today! If you don't get it, then I guess you just haven't watched enough cartoons! The internet is a classic cartoon lover's dream, between YouTube, and the Internet Archive, there's a virtual lifetime of cartoons out there that you can watch for free, so fire your therapist and your pharmacist, and get the best high-speed internet connection available, and let's all start laughing again!

THE OLD DARK HOUSE / Universal Pictures - 1932

I'll finish my June posts with this wild and crazy Universal movie that started a trend of like a hundred copy cat stories over the upcoming years, including William Castle's version from 1963 with the same name.

I have a sound clip from this classic flick for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our old dark mouse hole, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's... THE OLD DARK HOUSE!

Here are Gloria (THE INVISINLE MAN) Stuart, Raymond (THINGS TO COME) Massey and Melvyn (THE VAMPIRE BAT) Douglas as travelers on a stormy night. Gloria and Raymond are Margaret and Philip Waverton, Melvyn is Penderel.

The travelers find themselves at the musty old dark house of Horace Femm, played with gusto by Ernest (BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) Thesiger.

People today would lose their freakin' minds if they ever had to just sit in a secluded area and simply talk to the people around them!!

Boris plays the mad butler, Morgan. He seems to have some issues with Margaret...

She keeps trying to get away from the creep but he just keeps getting closer and closer!

Is this close enough for you?!!

The real crazy person enters the scene and fights like a wildcat attacking Penderel. They both end up crashing through the railing and land on the floor!.. WOW!!

Morgan tries to comfort his dead friend, he picks him up and carries him away.

Here's a nice parting shot of Charles (ISLAND OF LOST SOULS) Laughton...

Penderel survives the fall but then falls in love! Be back Wednesday to check out our first post for July as we continue down the Dusty Dungeon Trail...