Topic on User talk:Les

Yes to Konto 55. The rest, no.

les are we allowed to cover the following toho toku, Samurai Pirate, Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure, The Adventure of Taklamakan and Terror in the Streets?

in other words wikizilla has still got a lot to cover.

I'm fine with Samurai Pirate and Konto 55, but Terror in the Streets is a no; that's horror/suspense. Never heard of The Adventure of Taklamakan.

I would say no to both.

Samurai Pirate doesn't have much relevance beyond Tsuburaya-directed fantasy. The "special effects" as far as I can tell are just sets, ships and compositing - there aren't any monsters or creatures. I don't think it makes a lot of sense being here.

Konto 55 is the fourth in a quadrilogy of films starring the comedy group Konto 55 - just because this one is set in space, we have to cover it? The movie isn't even branded as "special effects" and there are no tokusatsu staff credited. It's possible Jun Fukuda directed all of it.

This is the extent of Konto 55's special effects credits: https://i.postimg.cc/s2Cqs4V2/vlcsnap-2021-02-26-11h46m33s569.png

The FX are pretty minimal. I think it's mostly limited to the flying saucer, the few miniatures and space environs it interacts with, and some matte effects. Stock footage from other SFX films turns up towards the end to represent a nuclear holocaust -- there might be a few new shots in here, but again, it's all very minimal.

There are also several species of aliens, but they're far more similar to the woefully costumed actors in Lost in Space than other Toho genre films.

Ahh, they go completely uncredited on Toho's website. Judging by Yoichi Manoda's top billing, I assume he was the director.

Even so, I don't feel great about it. But I'm open to convincing.

It also screened alongside All Monsters Attack at the first year of the Champion Festival, which is another point in its favor. It's worth a watch, at least.

I think the film definitely fits the site's criteria but I can't imagine the various pages required to cover it (film, characters, etc.) would be very comprehensive.

To be fair, we don't have pages for any characters from Prophecies of Nostradamus, The Last War, Submersion of Japan, etc. We have far too many other projects for that to really be a worry at the moment, I think. Maybe pages for the aliens if somebody wanted to make it a project.

shit point.

Excuse me?

Samurai Pirate definitely has no place being here. It's a fantasy film but according to reviews, there's zero monsters in the film outside of a witch played by Hideyo Amamoto. Can't speak for Konto 55, outside of what Les already mentioned. The Adventure of Taklamakan is another in the same vein as Samurai Pirate: fantasy film but no monsters = no reason to be covered. ABB already made the case against Terror in the Streets.

There is a witch and a wizard who can both shapeshift through neat optical effects, but I agree, it's just outside this site's scope.

Taklamakan has even less special effects content. If Samurai Pirate doesn't qualify then this one definitely shouldn't.

(Should have been a reply to SlimerJoel, oops.)

look its the "American Kaiju Films" talk all over again Horror of the Wolf and The Black Scorpion are like Terror in the Streets if there pages why is this one not?

Also @Les i think that @Astounding Beyond Belief was right on the covering on this topic.

@The H-Man why did you join this confiscation? the wiki is now divided in their own thoughts.

Ah yes, ABB's opinion is "right" because it aligns with your own :P

It's called having a discussion. We're not one hivemind that all think the same things. In disagreements, we put forth our thoughts and then usually have a vote. That's how you be civil.

Am I not allowed to contribute to this conversation? I've seen all of the movies you've asked about. It didn't seem like the bureaucrats had.

I'm not all that familiar with Terror in the Streets or The Black Scorpion, but I have no idea what comparison you could be making. It's a movie about giant bugs, and Horror of the Wolf is about a werewolf. As far as I can tell Terror has absolutely nothing to do with this website. The trailer looks to be about a murderer stalking a woman. I don't think it even has special effects. Not happening

horror themed @Les

Terror in the Streets isn't even really a horror film, it's a thriller with some slight horror elements. I've seen it. It absolutely does not belong here.

Ei Ogawa, Hiroshi Nagano, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka, Riichiro Manabe

This website is not about porting the entire filmographies of Tomoyuki Tanaka, etc. The staff are irrelevant if the movie has no place here.

ok then.

Well, here's a rough sandbox for Konto: User:Les/Sandbox/Konto 55

i have a problem with the nav template on your sandbox page sorry les and can't fix it.

It doesn't need a Nav, we're not covering the other movies.

but there are other films in the series that aren't coved yet what do i do to show other users that?

les i am sorry.

what about 連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六?

We're not covering war movies. We only have The Last War because it's more in the vein of tokusatsu and disaster films.