Musings of an Inkd Geek

Last night I came across this ultra cheap movie from the late 70’s. Despite being of the super low budget, homemade variety, it managed to stay entertaining and fun for its hour runtime. A NASA space rocket crashes to Earth on its return trip from the planet Venus. While there, they (the astronauts) collect some goo that they bring back in canisters. 2 kids come across the canisters in a lake. One kid gets bitten on the ankle by an animal that goes into a hole in the ground. The other kid dumps the contents of the canister into the hole, causing the critter to mutate into a giant monster that then kills them. Some random dude is driving when the monster runs in front of his car, getting hit. He goes to inspect and finds a giant arm, which he wraps up and takes home. He calls his buddy to come over and check it out, but the arm is still alive and sneaks off, scratching his friend in the foot and causing him to go rabid and murderous. 2 detectives are called to investigate the recent inc...

Ultraman Decker aired its series finale last Friday, ending the 32nd entry into the long running Tsuburaya franchise. I found it to be much better than the uneven mess that was Trigger, though not as great as Z. The series began with a swarm of spheres from space attacking both the Earth and the recently colonized Mars. The main character Kanata bonds with Ultraman Decker during an attack, becoming his human host. Kanata joins the newly formed GUTS Select to help fight against kaiju threats, bonding with his new teammates. It was eventually revealed that Professor Asakage was secretly an alien named Agams from an Earth-like planet named Bazdo. The sphere had invaded his planet, killing his wife in the process. He blamed Earth’s technological progress for the Sphere having found his planet, so he was now working with them to help them destroy the Earth, so he can have his vengeance on the ones he held responsible for his loss. When he revealed himself to Decker and tried to kill him, a ...