Season Two Episode Twelve: Godzilla vs. Megalon
Network: Comedy Channel
Riffers: Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and Crow
Mads: Dr. Clayton Forrester and Frank w/Assistants Gerry and Sylvia
Plot Synopsis:
The mighty Godzilla and Jet Jaguar the Robot battle to save man from Megalon and Gigan, sent by undersea dwellers from Seatopia who are intent on destroying the surface dwellers of Earth because of all the nuclear testing done by the surface nations.
Host Segments:
Prologue: JatBs act like a morning TV show.
Segment One/Invention Exchange: Joel attempts to explain what pain feels like to the Bots. JatBs and the Mads both come up with easy-to-make Halloween costumes.
Segment Two: To redirect Joel's attention, Crow and Tom come up with their own Godzilla style monsters, giving them increasingly implausable and flowery abilities as they attempt to one-up each other.
Segment Three: JatBs use a James Bond style theme song on keyboard and footage from the movie to make a montage based on their "Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy" riff.
Segment Four: Crow and Tom do their own increasingly dark take on the Orville Redenbacher grandfather and grandson commericals.
Ending Segment: Joel gives Crow and Tom new arms, though Crow isn't exactly happy with it. the Jet Jaguar fight song is translated. Joel reads two letters, while Frank plays video games.
Stinger: Godzilla leaps/falls off a cliff into the sea.
Review: How the mighty have fallen. This has to be the worst Godzilla film ever made. Hell, the movie is less about Godzilla and more about Jet Jaguar. It's as though Godzilla is just the advertised extra here. What a shame.
The good news is that this movie did give us plenty of great riffing. This movie definitely has some of the better riffing material of the early seasons, not to mention the Host Segments were pretty damn funny as well. Combine all that, and you got one hell of a movie. What's even better is that the final movie of the second season is Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster, so be prepared for a double dose of Godzilla! 9/10
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