I just watched “The Mothman Prophecies” with Richard Gere. It’s based on a true story.
Apparently throughout history, these entities sometimes seen as “Mothman” appear before disasters and give messages to people in no position to do anything about the disasters.
In Richard Gere’s case, his Mothman is “Indrid Cold” who gives him vague warnings about a bridge collapse that is about to occur, and otherwise screws with Richard Gere’s head.
The bridge does collapse.
Again, it’s a “true” story and gives us all this other anecdotal evidence about Mothman having appeared at all these other disaster sites.
After giving this matter all the attention it seems to require, I have determined that the movie is based upon a true story in much the same manner that The Philadelphia Experminet and The Legend of Boggy Creek were based upon true stories.
The deal is that there ain’t no Mothman.
Mothra, on the other hand, is a menace to us all and needs to be confined to Monster Island under full U.N. sanctions.
No way! Can Mothman shed poisonous yellow dust? Can he emit lightning bolts from his wings? Does he even have wings? How about telepathic? Mothra is telepathic, as well as having cool midget Japanese identical twins for buddies.
We will, of course, be expecting a retraction and an abject apology for this unwarranted slur.
[music up]…they way he’s a baaaaaadd Mothrafu…Shut your mouth!…well, I’m talking 'bout Mothra!.. Well, we can dig it…
Reminds me of a joke variation: You have Mothman, the first Raelian cloned bay, our current compassionate administration, and an unemployed american in four corners of a room. In the middle of the room is an IOU. Who get’s to the IOU first?
The unemployed american. The other three are figments of your imagination-
Although I’ve never heard of any true story concerning Richard Gere’s character, it is said that there were a hundred sitings of the creature within one year in West Virginia.
Yes, there was a bridge that collapsed in Pt Pleasant , Va. in 1968. No, I do not believe there was a “mothman” preceding this event.
Nevertheless, The Mothman Prophecies is worth a look-see only because the most wonderfully talented and best looking actor in the world, Will Patton, is in it.
I believe you guys may be thinking of the villainous Killer Moth.
Mothman, on the other hand, was a minor character in Alan Moore’s Watchmen comic series; his only power, evidently, was the ability to glide for short distances. How this aided in crimefighting Moore leaves to the imagination, but it should come as no surprise that the character eventually became an alcoholic and was confined to a mental institution. I think Killer Moth is still out there embarrassing himself, though.
Killer Moth sold his soul to the demon Neron and is currently a mutant insect-man thing (think the last reel of The Fly), unless he’s reverted back recently.
He’s no Mothra, but considerably more nasty than he was before.