# Attack of the Amazing, Colossal MONSTERS!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591 "2005-12-01T18:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/1 "2005-12-01T18:55:32Z")
The premiere of the new **King Kong** is two weeks away. So I thought it might be appropriate to start a new thread to round-up and discuss / debate / quibble / flame about our favorite monsters - be they from film, comic book, old mythos, tall tales, print or what have you. And I’m not talking piker man-size cobbled together jobs like Frankensteins’ lab accident. I’m talking city destroying, clear signs-that-the-Apocalypse-is-upon-us, Lovecraftian-sized behemoths. Giants like, like, well - KONG! Who’s your favorite? Whom do you think is wimpy and ridiculous? Who is unfairly neglected? Which perverse monstrosities could take out what freakish abominations? Let’s say, for example, Godzilla, Kong, Cthulhu & the Midgard Serpent all descend upon…oh, Sheboygan, all intent on devouring the city. Angered at seeing they have competition, these creatures duke it out for the right to lay waste to the fair metropolis. Which one emerges from the tussle victorious? My personal favs - [Fin Fang Foom](http://monsterblog.oneroom.org/meet_the_monsters/fin_fang_foom.html) - Jack Kirby monsters just rocked. **N’yarlathotep** , “black goat with 1000 young” - or something such as that. Oft mentioned, but AFAIK was never actually featured in any Lovecraft story. Still, with a name like that you know it had to be one bad-ass creature. **the Kraken** - from “Clash of the Titans”. Ray Harryhausen, you are a god. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/2 "2005-12-01T19:09:17Z")
I say - Hello Balrog, goodbye Sheboygan ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/3 "2005-12-01T19:20:39Z")
I’ve actually been to Sheboygan. Whachoo got against Sheboygan??? Now Oshkosh. Those guys are just asking for it. B’gosh. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/4 "2005-12-01T20:09:04Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Let’s say, for example, Godzilla, Kong, Cthulhu & the Midgard Serpent all descend upon…oh, Sheboygan, all intent on devouring the city. [You bellowed ?](http://69.13.44.3/image/9540)😃 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/5 "2005-12-01T20:32:52Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > **the Kraken** - from “Clash of the Titans”. Ray Harryhausen, you are a god. Meh; not even Ray’s best work. I’d go for The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/6 "2005-12-01T20:39:28Z")
I always thought _Gorgo_ was one heck of a monster. One of the few colossal creatures that was female. Folks made a mistake capturing her baby! > **[Gorgo (1961) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/)** > > Gorgo: Directed by Eugène Lourié. With Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes. Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/7 "2005-12-01T20:42:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I always thought _Gorgo_ was one heck of a monster. One of the few colossal creatures that was female. Folks made a mistake capturing her baby! And one of the few (possibly, the only?) monster movie where the monster escapes alive at the end. Dang, shoulda put that in a spoiler box… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/8 "2005-12-01T20:45:24Z")
“descend upon…oh, Sheboygan, all intent on devouring the city.” I just had a mental image of a small group of teeny, tiny people, far away on the horizon, wearing winter coats and toques, waving pennants in the air and yelling, “yayyy!”… My vote goes for Ancalagon the Black. What’s that, you say? You just want tiny little monsters, only capable of destroying one city at a time, rather than driving an entire continent beneath the waves with the force of their fall? Well, okay. I say, “Monsters from the _ID!!!_” Hey, they’re invisible. With big, cool footprint special effects. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/9 "2005-12-01T20:44:24Z")
Yer all full of it. Reptilicus, now there’s a monster. Shot radioactive toothpaste out of its mouth, it did. Let’s see Sheboygan or any other monster deal with radioactive toothpaste! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/10 "2005-12-01T20:56:17Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, okay. I say, “Monsters from the _ID!!!_” > > Hey, they’re invisible. With big, cool footprint special effects. Good choice! Hard to fight something you can’t see. How about Rodan? Eats everything but the shoes. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/11 "2005-12-01T21:00:07Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I always thought _Gorgo_ was one heck of a monster. One of the few colossal creatures that was female. Folks made a mistake capturing her baby! > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/) Waaaaait a minute. How do we know most monsters are male? Have you ever actually seen King Kong’s penis? Wasn’t the latest Ferris Bueller version Godzirra a mommy? Or do boy-monsters lay eggs? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/12 "2005-12-01T21:05:06Z")
In a related vein, I’ll toss in a vote for one of my all-time favorite computer strategy games that deserves a mondern-day remake: [**Crush, Crumble, & Chomp!** The Movie Monster Game](http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/gamesd/crushcrumblechomp.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/13 "2005-12-01T21:06:53Z")
There’s only one monster made of turtle meat. Of course, I’m talking about Mothra. Maybe Gamera too, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/14 "2005-12-01T21:13:15Z")
Some buddies of mine in the Montreal Science-Fiction and Fantasy Association made _Beavra!_, available for download [here.](http://www.monsffa.com/monsffahtml/video.html) Spent a whole eight bucks on production, they did. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/15 "2005-12-01T22:02:23Z")
Wasn’t there another old computer game that featured diffirent monsters? A marshmellow man, a giant lizard, ect? This was on the old green and white screen… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/16 "2005-12-01T22:11:35Z")
> [@detop](#): > > [You bellowed ?](http://69.13.44.3/image/9540)😃 Yep. I had that game as a kid. I knew someone among the Teeming Millions would get that reference! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/17 "2005-12-01T22:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > One of the few colossal creatures that was female. You’ve never been to the Old Country Buffet on half price night, have you? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/18 "2005-12-01T22:19:27Z")
“Dinsdale…” ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/19 "2005-12-01T22:26:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Meh; not even Ray’s best work. I’d go for The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Beat me to it. Such fond memories I have of watching this one as a little kid. Wasn’t the monster actually called a Raytosaurus? I’ve also always been fond of the cyclops from the Sinbad movie…blanking on which one exactly, I loved them all. Mothra will always have a special place in my heart. Any monster that comes with a miniature singing fanclub is special. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591/20 "2005-12-02T00:34:31Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > You’ve never been to the Old Country Buffet on half price night, have you? You’re too kind, gentle sir 🙂 **Favorites** : [ul] [li] the rhedosaurus from _The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms_, the first monster movie I remember.[/li][li]_Gorgo_, how often does the monster win in one of these movies ? (and she laid waste to London for a change)[/li][/ul] **Worst** : [ul] [li]_The Giant Gila Monster_[/li][li]_Reptilian_, a cheap Korean knock-off of Godzilla[/li][/ul] _Reptilicus_ should be on this list, but it gets point for being set in Copenhagen. and the worst overall monster is… [The Giant Claw](http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/cop/images/00000307.gif) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-amazing-colossal-monsters/333591.md?page=2)