The Energon Pub

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:39 pm

Check it out here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVvok4S ... ture=bz302

I'm not too happy about the positioning of the top 3

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:02 pm

Yeah so an unknown took it.

But sometimes thats a good thing, makes you look out of the box.

I wold have liked to seen the Killer Shrews make the list or Attack of the Giant Leeches...

But what cha gonna do!?!

Nice line up though, I forgot all about Reptilicus!

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:55 pm

How was Godzilla not #1? That's not right.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:49 pm

I thought for sure Godzilla was gonna be #1. After all he is "King of the Monsters". The Giant Claw? More like the Giant Piece of ****. I never heard of this thing. It's just a big vulture. And when they kept saying "it's like a flying battleship", I couldn't help but think of Tidal Wave. Nuclear Man?! I totally forgot about him. I wonder if DC has or ever will reuse that character. That would be a good idea for an episode in a new Superman show. I'm glade he put the Host on there. That was a good movie. The best monster movie in a long time. I'm surprized Megatron or Galvatron weren't in it. Nor were they in the Baddest Bad Guys video. Just look at his body count in TFTM. He kills most of the season 1 & 2 Autobots, including Optimus Prime, plus his former ally Starscream, and Ultra Magnus. And he even had the ball bearings to go up against Unicron!

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:12 am

I'm just happy Reptilicus was in there. Been a while since I've
watched that. Been an even longer time since I've watched some Gamera.
Godzilla shoulda had the top spot, but since he would be so
expected I guess those who make the decisions wanted to
mix it up a bit. Nice find. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:10 am

That list is bullshit.

Why?

Godzilla is the king.

He should have been number one

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:20 am

Thats probably why Godzilla wasn't #1, because he's always #1.

Like Me, Grimlock! on Facebook · by **Me, Grimlock!** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:40 am

Not a bad list, but Stay Puft shoulda been higher! And I agree. The top three was in a bad order. I mean... the Giant Claw as #1?

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:01 am

To be honest I saw the Giant claw when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me because it was so ugly.

I don't agree that Godzilla was not #1 though..

If someone gave me that list and told me to rank them, I would have structured it something like this

1) Godzilla
2) King Kong
3) Gamera
4) Reptilicus
5) The Beast
6) Stay Puft
7) The Kracken
8 ) Tadpole monster
9) Brontosaurus
10)The Giant Claw

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:08 am

Sing along with me, kids! :DANCE:

Gamera is really neat!
He is full of turtle meat!
We all love him, Gamera!

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:31 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:To be honest I saw the Giant claw when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me because it was so ugly.

I don't agree that Godzilla was not #1 though..

If someone gave me that list and told me to rank them, I would have structured it something like this

1) Godzilla
2) King Kong
3) Gamera
4) Reptilicus
5) The Beast
6) Stay Puft
7) The Kracken
8 ) Tadpole monster
9) Brontosaurus
10)The Giant Claw

Now that's a better list.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:32 pm

So no one else noticed that he said "the kraken of greek mythology?"

And no ways can King Ghidorah not be on that list.

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:52 pm

Jeep! wrote:So no one else noticed that he said "the kraken of greek mythology?"

And no ways can King Ghidorah not be on that list.

The guy mentioned if he used more then just Godzilla from the series the entire top 10 would be Godzilla and his foes :lol:

Which is true, Ghidorah and Gigan are total bad asses!

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:09 pm

Godzilla is allways number 1 to me

To put Kong over him was a mistake and this giant claw was a tragedy

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:33 pm

I wouldn't have Godzilla as number one, though I seem to be alone. I grew up on Harryhausen, not men-in-suit kaiju monsters. So for me it'd be the 'kraken' in "Clash of the Titans". Same process evidently applied to whoever compiled this list.

by **zemper** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:24 pm

Jeep! wrote:So no one else noticed that he said "the kraken of greek mythology?"

And no ways can King Ghidorah not be on that list.

heh, i doubt the Greeks even had the notion of a Kraken in mind back then. i thought that monster was a Northern European concotion.

:MAX:

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeep?** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:52 pm

zemper wrote:
Jeep! wrote:So no one else noticed that he said "the kraken of greek mythology?"

And no ways can King Ghidorah not be on that list.

heh, i doubt the Greeks even had the notion of a Kraken in mind back then. i thought that monster was a Northern European concotion.

That's my point. 'Kraken' is a Scandinavian word, and the legend comes from the northern parts of Europe.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:33 pm

The only monster that sucks more than King Ghidorah , is Mecha Ghidorah.

Sorry, just never liked the stupid thing!

3 wavey heads, wings, gold, all nice. But no fightworthy articulation, hence he always gets his ass beat!

News Credits: 1 · by **Duke of Luns** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:20 pm

The video was done by the Angry Video Game Nerd, and I'm pretty sure he was naming "The Giant Claw" as best movie monster in a tounge in cheek manor. Or, at the very least naming him the top monster because of it's unbelievableness.

At any rate, King Kong should have topped the list, cause even though I've never seen the original, the clips there make it look much more interesting than the 2005 remake. The thing about the 2005 movie is that it's just way too much action, and I have a hard time identifying with Kong as a hero, or even an anti-hero. To me, he just comes off as too much of a villanous monster. I really oughta get or see the original Kong someday, as well as Clash of the Titans and other non-Godzilla movies, cause I do love giant monster movies, they just rarely appear on TV.

by **Autobot Snake Eyes** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:51 pm

Evil_the_Nub wrote:How was Godzilla not #1? That's not right.

Ya the gojira man shoulda been #1.
Seriously who the hell cares about the giant claw?
But gamera shoulda been #2.
Just because of the modern trilogy.
Those movies were simply perfect.

News Credits: 20 · by **Chosen** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:41 pm

Everyone except Duke in this thread fails at humor, and perhaps life. Horribly.

Swear to God, people must get some kind of perverse, masochistic pleasure out of taking stuff on the internet, especially stuff not intended to be serious, and somehow taking it personally.

While I think much of the list was created in an honest manner, the #1 spot clearly was not, hence the high percentage of failure in here.

As for Godzilla taking a back seat to King Kong, it's more than fair. Personally, that's exactly how I'd stack it. King Kong is the great-great grandfather of the genre, of creating a menace so imposing and powerful, and yet with some semblance of qualities we'd otherwise think as uniquely human. Without Kong, daikaiju would have never existed, and we would have not seen the genesis of such dear characters as Godzilla, Gamera, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Guilala, and even the worst of the B-movie beasts brought to life by Hollywood.

Bah.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:41 pm

Oh I forgot

Chosen is superior :roll:

News Credits: 20 · by **Chosen** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:49 am

Damn straight I am.

But that's exactly what I'm talking about. In a very snarky tone, you know, my usual, I said everyone "failed." What the hell does that even mean? How would such a meaningless threat or insult or whatever harm you?