Is Mr. Kenneth Newquist’s so-called Monster Week 2010 an examination and retrospective of movie monsters or a damning, behind-the-scenes exposé that will bring all of the Overlords’ schemes into light? Is Jaws a ground-breaking horror film that set the trend for summer blockbusters or a misunderstood documentary? Just how blurry is the line between fantasy and reality? Answer: Not Blurry Enough.
- No one, not even SyFy, has made a creature feature spotlighting a havoc-wreaking shetland-bonobo hybrid, but the Overlords may be willing to option them for the screen.
- Overlord Miller reveals the shocking true origin of St. Patrick’s Day.
- Technically, it’s DOCTOR Mega John Cmar.
- “ant fungus exploding head” can be simplified to Cordyceps.
- Cat sharks and chipmunk spiders. You’re welcome.
- Did we miss any Monster Classifications?
- Mythical Monsters (hydra, minotaur)
- Natural Monsters (Jaws, Lake Placid)
- Science (Man-Made) Monsters (Godzilla, Sharktopus, Them!)
- Extraterrestrial Monsters (The Thing, Critters, Predator)
- Perhaps we shall do a monster contest. Nominate your favorite monster in the comments.
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Favorite monster of all time would likely be Brundlefly. Nasty, scary, and oddly handsome.
Seth Brundle is an interesting character. On one hand, he’s working on something that would (in his own words) “change the world,” and not just a little; Brundle’s invention has the potential to all but eliminate costs associated with transportation of goods and people, be those costs measured in time, money or environmental impact.
On the other hand, Brundle is doomed the moment his telepods turn the baboon inside-out and kill it. Brundle is, in fact, double-doomed because not only is he experimenting on animals, he’s killed a non-threatening animal. Either of these alone is typically enough to doom a character to an unpleasant end, but taken together they pretty much seal his fate.
You know, every time I am at work, listening to a podcast, and try to go to Nuketown, the office filter claims it is “too violent” for me to go to that site.
Hats off to you, sir.
I still root for the cat-snakes.
While I really like the originality of Cloverfield and the unabashed cheeziness of Mansquito, I’m going to have to go with Protoclown. I might have a different favorite if I spent more time thinking. There’s just something about a massive muscular shirtless clown with the mentality of The Hulk, a certain je ne sais pas. He had me at “CLOWN SMASH!”