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We have to start A.'s religious education. The other day, when I blurted out "Oh, my God!" because his sister was rocking the recliner maniacally while she was standing in it, ready to tip--A. corrected me: "Oh my Godzilla!"

The problem is Mrs. Malkhos and her family would look askance at me if I began meals by libating to Apollo.

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[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

O.O

I am verklempt! Thank you! I think I will go post these on men_in_full as "eye candy."

:goes off to take cold shower:

OK, now back to Gojira:

Our kids went through a looooong anime phase, including peripatetic study of Japanese, etc. and so we picked up a bit of Japanese culture here and there. We got very interested in kaiju ("monster") movies, and were really fortunate to be able to see Gojira in the original uncut Japanese awhile back.

Have you seen it? It was like seeing a whole other movie, needless to say. The hospital scene was very moving, especially without all the interspersed Raymond Burr footage.

All through it you get this strong sense that Gojira is this "force of nature" - he's not good or evil; he's just been awoken by human stupidity, and humans pay the price. There is a strong streak of fatalism throughout.

I just thought of the sumotori because I remembered how they trained, with great emphasis on leg and rear end strength as well as arms and back. The whole point is to have a very low center of mass, so not to be toppled off balance easily. It's very "chthonic," and in some ways so is Gojira.