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Bogmeister · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:50 pm Post subject: Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection

Icons of Sci-Fi : Toho Collection is a DVD of 3 classic Japanese sci-fi films and is available this week (today, in fact).

The films are:

Mothra, The H-Man and Battle in Outer Space. These were previously available only as DVD-Rs or on VHS. See it here, on Amazon.com

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To read more about The H-MAN at ALL Sci-Fi, click here: The H-MAN

Bongopete · Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:36 am Post subject:

In my opinion, the best of the three is 'The H-Man'. A rather atmospheric movie...not badly dubbed at all (though I find it a bit amusing that the dubbing is nice and clear but with a fake Japanese accent for all the characters).

'Battle in Outer Space' has some nice effects but as a kid, I remember that the scene we all loved to see was when the moonships pass the wreckage of the earlier destroyed space station, the effects include a couple of bodies that fly past along with the debris. We just thought that was SOOOOO cool!!!

Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:06 pm Post subject:

The current price on Amazon is under $10, which seems like a pretty good deal. Very Happy

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bulldogtrekker · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:02 pm Post subject:

In my opinion, Battle in Outer Space is the best of the three and easily worth $10.

I have owned this collection for a few years and the case for the three DVDS is very odd; they are stacked one one another like sliced cheese.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:12 pm Post subject:

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I've recently watch a few of the Kaiju movies, attempting to find one I really liked — without much luck.

However, I agree that Battle in Outer Space is the best of the Japanese science fiction movies.

I'll bet the Monsterkids in the 1960s loved it! Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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WadeVC · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 12:28 am Post subject:

Bud Brewster · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:46 am Post subject:

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Good point.

All Sci-Fi tends to include movies that aren't strictly science fiction, just because people who enjoy that genre also include the quasi sci-fi ones as well.

When we were kids we didn't have a strict definition of science fiction, so we enjoyed stories that had the "look" of sci-fi, and that nurtured our life-long love for the genre.

But the movies which definitely fit into the fantasy category are in the "Movies in Other Genre" forum, just to keep us moderately true to the name All Sci-Fi.

After all, Mostly Sci-Fi just doesn't have the same ring to it. And it wouldn't look as cool our official T-shirts. Cool

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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WadeVC · Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:09 am Post subject:

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:34 pm Post subject:

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Wade, I have never seen that concept more concisely stated hre on All Sci-Fi!

As you stated so well, we're dedicated to the imaginative literature, comics, serials, movies, and TV shows which seduced our imaginations in the days of our wildly enthusiastic youths! Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)