tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post960840472083366402..comments2024-02-28T16:12:37.049-08:00Comments on Nick Redfern's World of Whatever...: Mothman Vs. MothraNick Redfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198543983413599418noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-45127980048990811242014-03-10T05:08:04.122-07:002014-03-10T05:08:04.122-07:00The two Japanese girls who sang to Mothra showed u...The two Japanese girls who sang to Mothra showed up in at least two movies both with Mothra as well. A new Japanese Godzilla movie is supposed to come out either this year or in 2015. No cheesy Matthew Broderick Godzilla in it either. I have one Godzilla item that everyone loves. A small plush of Godzilla playing a rock guitar. :) George Sendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044671253698203039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-60631826341693594952012-06-23T15:20:12.840-07:002012-06-23T15:20:12.840-07:00Many thanks for the comments, Peter, much apprecia...Many thanks for the comments, Peter, much appreciated!!Nick Redfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198543983413599418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-43743144745430779242012-06-23T14:30:39.821-07:002012-06-23T14:30:39.821-07:00"Mothra" was one of the few Toho monster..."Mothra" was one of the few Toho monsters that is actually a "god" and not just an overgrown dinosaur living in the neighborhood. Nice article!<br />-Peter H. Brothers, author of "Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men - The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda."Peter H. Brothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814131023901805452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-41963418358119530062012-06-21T08:34:49.783-07:002012-06-21T08:34:49.783-07:00True, but if we analyze Mothman & Mothra as cu...True, but if we analyze Mothman & Mothra as cultural constructs —leaving aside for a minute the fact that Mothman's origin was real-life sightings— then we can see how Mothman slowly progressed from a 'bird-like' entity into a sort of humanoid Moth.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/frank_frazetta_mothman.jpg" rel="nofollow">Frazetta's iconic illustration</a> on the cover of the 1st edition of Keel's book finished Mothman's <i>MEMEtomorphosis</i>, with even the Point Pleasant folks semi-officially endorsing it when they unveiled that weird <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J5fEc_LQjio/TWFI6DSlmuI/AAAAAAAAAFk/DCoLiBPpU5Y/s1600/400px-Mothman_statue_2005.jpg" rel="nofollow">shiny statue</a> ;)<br /><br />Same thing happened with flying saucers, thanks to the liberal misquoting of Kenneth Arnold's account.Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-47191578595806984462012-06-21T07:27:43.253-07:002012-06-21T07:27:43.253-07:00Except none of the witnesses (as I understand it) ...Except none of the witnesses (as I understand it) described the creature as moth-like, but rather more as bird-like.<br /><br />In fact, if you read the eyewitness descriptions it sounds like a giant humanoid owl more than anything.<br /><br />The moth connection wasn't made until a reporter dubbed the creature "mothman" after a villain in the Batman comics at the time.Kosomothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695788197364159147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-77675897887348071432012-06-19T15:37:50.730-07:002012-06-19T15:37:50.730-07:00Hey, have you been paying attention to all the ...Hey, have you been paying attention to all the 'Baltic Sea UFO' brouhaha?<br /><br />Well, it seems they didn't find the Millennium Falcon after all *Chewie's cry* but they found some sort of weird rocky dome of stone circle at the bottom of the ocean.<br /><br />So yep, I'm thinking: Mothra's egg, baybeh!! :PRed Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-54011798740206816892012-06-19T09:45:12.353-07:002012-06-19T09:45:12.353-07:00There's been also some references that the fam...There's been also some references that the famous 'Battle of LA' incident involved a giant 'butterfly-like' object with flapping wings and all, yet Micah Hanks did a research on the original newspaper articles, and could find no such mentioning of the strange object described in such a manner.<br /><br />There WAS however, the mention of the sighting of a giant luminescent 'butterfly-like' UFO (flapping wings and all) in Keel's Mothman Prophecies, and I made a suggestion to Micah that perhaps the LA Battle rumors originated by some sloppy references to Keel's book.Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011648106646252813.post-76318197489889967822012-06-18T17:43:57.893-07:002012-06-18T17:43:57.893-07:00Mothra, one of my favorites! Nick what a neat litt...Mothra, one of my favorites! Nick what a neat little twist, bringing in a cult pop classic like Mothra and comparing some Mothy history.Regan Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com