I always thought it was really cool how King Ghidorah seems to be based on iconic legendary dragons from all over the world, from the dragons and wyverns of Western and Northern Europe, the Lernaean Hydra of Ancient Greece, Zmei Gorynich from Russian folklore, and of course, Yamata no Orochi and Japanese dragons!
I have always shared this fact around. But also, a golden Dragon may be a bit of a reference to China too. Godzilla is a nuclear terror made from an American nuke. Meanwhile China started it's nuclear program in 1957/58, and the first Chinese nuke was detonated in October of 1964. Ghidorah made his big screen debut in late December of 1964. Considering the movie was rushed into production to replace Red Beard in the holiday season, I would guess that fairly recent Chinese Nuke test, influenced the production too.
Now that i think about it, Ghidorah could be the incarnation of countries with alot of power, destroying everything, everybody and every country and fighting those who are equally strong
Our Ghidorah, comrade.
Indeed 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Змей Горыныч классно выглядит ❤
I always thought it was really cool how King Ghidorah seems to be based on iconic legendary dragons from all over the world, from the dragons and wyverns of Western and Northern Europe, the Lernaean Hydra of Ancient Greece, Zmei Gorynich from Russian folklore, and of course, Yamata no Orochi and Japanese dragons!
One of my favorite episodes of MST3K. And my favorite boxset.
That is really cool! Never herd of this film and thanks for highlighting it
I have always shared this fact around. But also, a golden Dragon may be a bit of a reference to China too. Godzilla is a nuclear terror made from an American nuke. Meanwhile China started it's nuclear program in 1957/58, and the first Chinese nuke was detonated in October of 1964. Ghidorah made his big screen debut in late December of 1964. Considering the movie was rushed into production to replace Red Beard in the holiday season, I would guess that fairly recent Chinese Nuke test, influenced the production too.
Zmei Gorynich has this awesome life-size statue in Kamenka, Lipetsk that actually shoots fire from its mouths on national holidays
So Ghidorah is a commie?
I knew toho tried to make a new villain, but damn that's too evil.
Rhedosaurus vs zmei gorynych, my new dream match 🇷🇺
The middle head was somehow Russian fwi
As I was watching I felt like I had seen that film somewhere before, of course I was thinking of the MST3K episode 😅
Now that i think about it, Ghidorah could be the incarnation of countries with alot of power, destroying everything, everybody and every country and fighting those who are equally strong
I remember watching MST3K and seeing the three headed Dragon in the intro of Mystery Science Theater and almost thought it was King Ghidorah!
Oh yeah I got Muromotes on DVD good movie! Dragon looks scared from front.
Ghidorah: Eats lifeforce
Zmei Goriynych: Eats nothing.
Communist Ghiodorah Isn't real
Zmei Goriynych:
Me:❤❤❤
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comrade ghidorah
Comrade Ghidorah.