Category Archives: Curiosity

Monster Ducks

Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

Another monster from the Great Age of Monsters! An article in the journal Pal­ae­on­tol­ogy for 26 September describes the skull of a monstrous prehistoric seabird dated as some 50 million years old. The bird is interesting in being the size … Continue reading →

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Eiji Tsuburaya and Orochi

Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

Seen here is famed Japanese SFX creator, Eiji Tsuburaya (Gojira, Ultraman and lots more), with Yamata-no-Orochi from the film Nippon Tanjo [lit. The Birth of Japan; aka The Three Treasures] (Japan-1959; dir. Hiroshi Inagaki). The eight-headed dragon was obviously a … Continue reading →

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Fights We’re Yet To See

Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

Worth1000’s most recently completed Photoshopping contest was Versus 2 — “I’d Pay To See THAT Fight!” Some unusual contests resulted. Here’s some relevant to us: Check out all the entries here.

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Hollywood Zombies

Posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back, I posted about a series of cards called Dinosaurs Attack! Now I find there’s a cool set about all those pesty rotting corpses in Tinsel Town — Hollywood Zombies! Here’s a news cast all about the living … Continue reading →

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Vehicular Cuteness

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check out this Nissan concept car — an all-directional electrical vehicle complete with cute Japanese robot computer system. It just not much use for escaping from giant monsters … Nissan unveiled the electric-powered Pivo 2 concept car in the lead-up … Continue reading →

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Giant Robot in Space!

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 by Robert Hood

This one’s not fiction! The report comes from Wired News (via Iain Triffitt): Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a “monstrous” two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein from its transport bed. … Continue reading →

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Scary Green Giant

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 by Robert Hood

Here’s an ad from the 1950s that featured a stop-motion Jolly Green Giant. It apparently scared the kids so much the ad was withdrawn and further ads only showed the Giant from a respectable distance. That sinister face! Argghhh! What … Continue reading →

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Neon Genesis didn’t lie!

Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 by Robert Hood

Here it is, proof that all those daikaiju attacks on Japan have resulted in their cities being built to retract underground prior to “an incident”. In this video, you can see the buildings rising again, once the kaiju was dealt … Continue reading →

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Self-portrait

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 by Robert Hood
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Making zombie roaches

Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 by Robert Hood

Oh, man… now this is definitely the stuff of horror stories — a tale of the wasp bokor and its zombie slaves.

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