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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8470942" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 80: February 1993part 5/5Into The Dark: Ooh, James decides to go big this month, with a set of kaiju movies. Rubber suits, stop-motion and budding CGI, oh my. What combination of monsters will he choose, and how cheesy will the plots & effects be?Godzilla Raids Again gets a medium score, that's mainly an excuse to rant about how dumbed down the english dub/ edit is compared to watching the original japanese with subtitles. Hollywood ought to have a bit more respect for their audience. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Godzilla vs Megalon does not do nearly so well. By this point the series had become very formulaic indeed, with dumb writing and bad comedy like the kaiju hi-fiving each other. How do you maintain any sense of tension about the outcome under conditions like that? Gamera vs Guiron gets an even worse score. It wants to be light-hearted family friendly entertainment, but some of the jokes are weirdly dark, and seem designed to give your kids nightmares. Whether it's different cultural standards or merely being written by someone who doesn't get the finer details of human interaction, it leaves James unsettled and only interested in watching it with a little MST3K help. Yongary - Monster from the Deep is a Korean knock-off of the giant monster formula. The acting isn't too bad, but the special effects are very obviously fake and it's very formulaically written indeed. It did not do well enough to get slews of sequels, so you can visit Seoul and feel much safer than you would in Tokyo. Ultraman: Towards the Future sees James tackle a TV series rather than a film for a change. It's actually rather good. There's a reason this franchise has lasted as long as it has, and the human element is as important as the giant monsters he fights. Well worth having a dig through his various incarnations across the decades.Bloodmoose & Company manage to get the time machine working with a decent amount of precision for a change.A mildly above average issue overall, with the regular columns in particular being quite useful in their advice and managing to pick topics that aren't completely played out. Will they continue to delve into specific campaign worlds and themes next issue, or will it be another one aimed at welcoming newbies? Let's head into another springtime and see if the reception is bright or gloomy.</blockquote>

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