I'm reading Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: Unauthorized Biography of the Big G, and although it's an amazing book packed with more trivia than any geeky Godzilla fan (such as myself) could ever ask for, it still doesn't answer the one question I've always had about the original Godzilla.
When Godzilla wipes out the tank squad that attacks him, why does there seem to be a chain-link fence over the streets of Tokyo? Wires used to run the model tanks, a goof in the camera angles? What the hell is it?
Brother R
Brother Ragnarok wrote:
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> I'm reading Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: Unauthorized
> Biography of the Big G, and although it's an amazing book
> packed with more trivia than any geeky Godzilla fan (such as
> myself) could ever ask for,
Oh yeah. Great book.
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> When Godzilla wipes out the tank squad that attacks him, why
> does there seem to be a chain-link fence over the streets of
> Tokyo? Wires used to run the model tanks, a goof in the
> camera angles? What the hell is it?
>
>
Sounds like a camera angle goof to me.
I believe it has to do with powering that electrical blockade Godzilla charges through before entering Tokyo.
> When Godzilla wipes out the tank squad that attacks him, why
> does there seem to be a chain-link fence over the streets of
> Tokyo? Wires used to run the model tanks, a goof in the
> camera angles? What the hell is it?
If you're talking about the original "Godzilla," and the scene in question is within the city proper, those are electrical trolley cables. San Francisco's bus system still uses them, perhaps Boston's "T" lines still do, too; I'm sure other cities have 'em. When trolley/electrical bus lines intersect, the host of crossing cables--including extra ones to facilitate turns--make quite a mess.
Squishy wrote:
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> If you're talking about the original "Godzilla," and the
> scene in question is within the city proper, those are
> electrical trolley cables. San Francisco's bus system still
> uses them, perhaps Boston's "T" lines still do, too; I'm sure
> other cities have 'em. When trolley/electrical bus lines
> intersect, the host of crossing cables--including extra ones
> to facilitate turns--make quite a mess.
D'oh! Completely forgot about that!
Score. Thanks for clearing that up.
Brother R