User:Gerdzerl Kinerfdamahnsters/Sandbox/Rodan (film) quotes

This is a list of notable quotes both directly from and/or related to Rodan.

Dialogue

American Version

“	This story begins in the faraway Pacific, on a tiny island atoll miles away from inhabited land and used for testing the atomic and hydrogen bomb. Inside an unimposing-looking shelter, such as this, is housed the mightiest weapon of destruction known to man. Strategy teams, composed of the finest military and scientific minds, are finalizing their plans for Mission: Gigantic, the explosion of this new 20th century weapon. The most complicated and sensitive instruments yet devised are brought into play for this all-important mission. And now on a battleship in the remote Pacific, from which all shipping has been banned, the moment of command approaches. The seconds are running out.	„
	— Post-opening credits narration

“	And there you see it, the explosion of the mighty hydrogen bomb. Buildings disintegrate. Concrete is reduced to powder. Steel vaporizes. Solids turn liquid and liquids change into gas. Destruction is total and complete. And then, the downward shockwave, like some gigantic and murderous hammer, pulverizing all that remains. The shock is recorded ten thousand miles away, as the angry mushroom cloud advances toward the stratosphere. On a another portion of the globe, the Air Force is engaged in the testing of a second bomb, even mightier than the Navy testing bomb. The bomb bay doors are open. The bomb is in position. Target: a clustered semicircle of modern battleships. If all calculations are correct, in less than two minutes, there will be no ships at all below. Nothing but boiling sea and the sullen, fire filled sky.	„
	— Post-opening credits narration

“	On target! The kill is complete. But what have these tests done to Mother Earth? Can the human race continue to deliver these staggering blows without arousing somewhere in the depths of Earth a reaction, a counter attack, a horror still undreamed of? There are persons in the Japanese islands who believe that the horror has already been seen. What is the aftermath? This is the story of such an aftermath.	„
	— Post-opening credits narration

“	After studying all of the relevant data, I can now state that the unidentified flying object is a giant flying reptile, closely related to the extinct Pteranodon. So far, here are the data we have gathered for you: Its weight is over 100 tons and it has a wingspread of perhaps 500 feet. Because of its size and supersonic flight, it generates a shockwave with all the destructive force of a typhoon. Just one thing more: Although related to the Pteranodon, the creature is a carnivorous reptile and belongs to a species called Rodan.	„
	— Kyuichiro Kashiwagi

Taglines

Film Posters

“	NEVER A HORROR LIKE IT! SEE THE POWER OF RODAN! SEE THE MIGHT OF RODAN! SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF RODAN! THUNDERING OUT OF UNKNOWN SKIES-The Super-Sonic Hell-Creature No Weapon Could Destroy! A SKY-HORROR 200 MILLION YEARS OLD hurtles down to terrorize the world! Most Horrifying Hell-Creature That Ever Menaced All Mankind! THE MOST SHOCKING NAME IN 2,000,000 YEARS! IMPORTANT RODAN IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ANY OTHER CURRENT FILM. NO MOTION PICTURE SINCE "KING KONG" SHOULD COMPARED WITH THIS REMARKABLE COLOR SPECTACLE. MORE STARTLING THAN JULES VERNE! A MIGHTY COLOR SPECTACLE! The boy... The girl... The sky-shrieking terror they could not escape! THE MOST SHOCKING NAME IN TWO MILLION YEARS!	„
	— Various taglines for the 1957 American release of Rodan

Home Video Front Covers

“	The original creature feature!	„
	— Video Treasures 1989 VHS release for Rodan

“	GIANT MONSTER OF THE SKY!	„
	— Classic Media's 2002 DVD release for Rodan

Promotional

Trailers

“	From Hell It Comes! Monster of monsters! Big as a skyscraper! When he moves, the whole earth quivers and quakes and an abyss of horror opens up! See these prehistoric beasts emerge from the bowels of the Earth after 200 million years to devastate mankind! "Rodan" The SCIENCE-FICTION Masterpiece of ALL Time! Supersonic jets cannot catch him! Rockets cannot stop him! Armored tanks are helpless before him! Even guided missiles are powerless! See Rodan destroy a modern city, graveling it to the Earth with a killing airstream of his mighty wings! Nothing can stop him! Nothing escapes this monstrous beast of evil! This could be YOUR TERROR! This could be YOUR CITY! "Rodan"	„
	— Theatrical trailer for the 1957 American release of Rodan

Television

“	He made household names of Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe. Now, fright master Roger Corman delivers his most terrifying creation yet, The Phantom Eye. Then, Japan weathers another assault when a mining mishap unleashes the prehistoric fury of Rodan, as AMC's Monsterfest continues.	„
	— 1999 commercial for AMC's Monsterfest

“	That's Cathra, one of our film school interns, now trapped and menaced unaware by a living mummy, all for your entertainment here on AMC's Monsterfest. Coming up: In 1956, director Ishiro Honda took a break from Godzilla to try his hand at another monster, this one from the skies. It's name in Japanese was Radon, but the American distributors were afraid that name would be confused with "Radon", a then-popular brand of soap powder. So, they swapped the vowels and released it as the great Rodan.	„
	— Roger Corman, while hosting the 1999 edition of AMC's Monsterfest

“	The voice of Kenji Sahara was provided by the Asian-American actor, Keye Luke, but if you listen carefully, you may recognize another voice, George Takei, of Star Trek infamy-I mean fame, also lent his vocal talents to Rodan. For more monster facts, log onto our website at www.amctv.com. Next up on AMC's Monsterfest: Gammera, the Invincible. Stay with us.	„
	— Roger Corman, while hosting the 1999 edition of AMC's Monsterfest

“	Welcome to AMC EFX. I'm Stan Winston. In 1956, Toho Studios, who made Godzilla, decided to raise the ante in monster movies with Rodan. This was Toho's first monster movie shot in color and this monster was going to be able to do something Godzilla couldn't: fly. To bring Rodan to life, Toho hired Haruo Nakajima to play the part. He was one of the men who had played Godzilla, so he seemed like the perfect choice. To simulate flying, the actor was hoisted high above the set on a pulley and cable system. Clever camera angles hid the wires, most of the time. One day, during filming a flying sequence, the cable holding Nakajima snapped and he fell twenty five feet onto the set below. Luckily, Rodan had been flying over a simulated river at the time and the eighteen-inch-deep pool broke the fall. Unfortunately, he drowned. Just kidding. Now, sit back and enjoy Rodan.	„
	— Stan Winston, while hosting Rodan on Cinema Secrets on AMC EFX, circa 2000

Video Release Descriptions

“	The original creature feature! This is the original thriller that has delighted monster movie fans for years, starring the legendary RODAN, disturbed from his prehistoric slumber to wreak havoc on civilization. When the tale begins, H-bomb tests in the Pacific have led to strange events. First, coal miners are attacked by a huge caterpillar. The monster is destroyed, but its eggs are buried deep in the mine. Then, a nearby volcano erupts, releasing the spawn it has nurtured for years beyond count: RODAN, a voraciously hungry prehistoric bird, weighing over 100 tons with a 270-foot wing span. Modern weaponry is useless against Rodan, as he unleashes his wrath on the Japanese Islands. To add to the terror, another Rodan hatches and joins in on the destruction. The thrilling climax pits the Rodan monsters against the seething volcano that bred them, as society wonders what other horrors their bomb tests have awakened. A classic thriller!	„
	— Vestron's 1983 and Video Treasures 1989 VHS releases for Rodan

“	FIRST REPORTS SAID IT WAS A U.F.O. PANIC-STRICKEN OBSERVERS SOON LEARNED THE BAD NEWS. IT WAS NOT AN EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL SPACECRAFT, BUT A PTERODACTYL-LIKE MONSTROSITY SPAWNED BY OUR ATOMIC MEDDLING. THEN THE NEWS GOT WORSE. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM! THE DIRECTOR AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS EXPERT FROM THE ORIGINAL GODZILLA RETEAM FOR THE PYROTECHNIC EXTRAVAGANZA RODAN. ONCE AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT EMPHASIS. CITIES BURN. THE GROUND SPLITS OPEN. ROCKETS EXPLODE INTO FIREBALLS. AND THE WINGED GIANTS DESTROY EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH...UNTIL MILITARY FORCES FINALLY CONQUER THEM. BUT IT'S ONLY A MOMENTARY VICTORY. TO QUOTE FROM THE FILM'S FINALE: "MAY NOT OTHER AND MORE TERRIBLE MONSTERS EVEN NOW BE STIRRING IN THE DARKNESS?"	„
	— Paramount/Gateway's 1992 VHS release for Rodan

“	WHEN A SMALL MINING VILLAGE STARTS TO EXPERIENCE STRANGE DEATHS IN THE NEARBY MINES, THE AUTHORITIES DISCOVER THE THAT THE CAVES ARE BESIEGED BY GIANT CATERPILLARS WITH AN APPETITE FOR HUMANS! If this isn't bad enough, a more horrifying discovery is made in their underground home...a giant flying creature that resembles the prehistoric pterodactyl. Soon after, a second Rodan appears and the two monsters begin to wreak havoc across the world. Flying at supersonic speeds, Rodan and his mate cause hurricane force winds that spin fighter jets out of control and anything that moves on the ground has become potential "lunch!"	„
	— Classic Media's 2002 DVD release for Rodan

External Links

• Rodan tagline quotes on Wikiquote

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