GHWP Live Tweet August 7, 2015 - Midnight Spectreman

Tweet Selections:
Go! Greenman Episode 52
Spectreman Episode 38 - Advance Toward the Sphinx
Spectreman Episode 39 - Operation: Break Into the Monster Zone

     Prior to Greenman, #Bmoviemaniacs will be running an episode of The Outer Limits, so GHWP may start a little later than usual. The last available subtitled episode of Ultra Q on YouTube likely will be featured next Friday. It is a true classic of the kaiju/tokusatsu genre, and, if you can't wait, the entire series can be purchased from Shout! Factory in a collected edition.

    This live tweet also marks the last available subtitled episode of Go! Greenman! This was a fun little series, but unfortunately only five episodes have been fansubbed. It seems appropriate that the final episode would be among them, so we'll kick off the night as Greenman must stop Lord Satan once and for all. There are a few episodes of Go! Godman available, but the series was, in my opinion, nowhere near as fun as its sequel. Godman had virtually no story or dialogue and was little more than just a long and sloppy giant monster battle. I may consider adding some to the rotation in the near future, but for now, we are bidding farewell to Greenman.

     Last time, Spectrefans, Spectreman was dead... at least as far as the world knew. This pushed the Pollution Research Bureau into a more proactive stance against giant monsters, but even their new equipment was no match for Gori's machinations. Spectreman returned, repaired and rejuvenated, but he sacrificed his ability to leave Earth ever again in favor of protecting the planet and his friends.

     This week, Spectreman faces an unusual foe when Dr. Gori changes tactics. The well of prehistoric creatures in the bowels of the Earth and beasts floating around in space must be dry because Gori sets his sights on one of the wonders of the world instead: the Egyptian Sphinx.

I warned you things were going to get weird.

      Gori brings the Sphinx to life, setting it on a rampage that draws the attention of the military, but the Sphinx is only a distraction so that Gori can steal a new form of fuel called Planium (likely an oversimplified translation of Puranium) from an atomic laboratory. The Pollution G-Men do their best to stop the Sphinx, but it always comes down to Spectreman to save the day.

Hey, no tail-pulling!

     Dr. Gori also starts unveiling some new equipment as well as some new henchmen that surprisingly do not resemble apes for a change.

     After two annoying kids get caught in the midst of the battle, Spectreman sacrifices himself to bring the Sphinx to a halt, but something is different this time. Spectreman's circuitry is damaged, and he does not revert back into George. This is both good news and bad news for George. The good news is that the theme song still holds true, but the bad news is that his tiny friends are going to have to perform surgery on the cyborg giant to repair him. Overlord must be on a coffee break. How will the Pollution G-Men handle their first verbal contact with Spectreman? Can they repair him in time to stop the Sphinx? Find out Friday night after #Bmoviemaniacs.

     This past Tuesday's 10 O'Clock Tuesday Movie only had a few people show up, and it was a shame that even a large chunk of the usual Tuesday night Spectreman crowd was not around for Immortal Combat. Regardless of the turnout, I still want to devote Tuesday nights to non-Spectreman material, and I have a few other movies that I still want to host sometime. I am not sure what this Tuesday will bring yet, but we'll see.

     And a week from Tuesday, on August 18, I will be involved in something else very special, but I'm not going to be the one to spill the beans on that. I will post my write-up for it as soon as the news is announced officially, but here is the only hint I have offered on Twitter: