I just had an interesting thought, ladies and gentlemen.

I was talking to Phaeton via AOL Instant Messenger a moment ago, and it suddenly occurred to me:

What if everything recorded in the Japanese monster movies made starting in the first half of the 20th Century were BASED UPON ACTUAL EVENTS ?

That is, what if Godzilla, Rodan, Gammera, Mothra, Ghidorah and all of the other creatures made famous by the Japanese film industry over the last half-century or so were REAL, Pre-Awakening sightings of Dragons and other such creatures common to the world of SHADOWRUN, nearly a century later?

Anyone else have any thoughts on the subject?

--Foreigner

It's all Yamatetsu's fault! Ya can't trust 'em!

And I GM for these lunatics...

I refer ye to the Planetary series. Good stuff.

I'll thank you NOT to lump me and Phaeton into the same group, Sahandrian.

EVERYBODY knows that I'M sociopathic, and as we all know, that's a personality disorder, NOT a mental illness.

--Foreigner

Oh man...you guys have opened me up to a whole new world! There...they....oh man!

*goes off to plot his NEW new world order*

Hmmm...I have to agree with Foreigner's theory.

But what was Mecha-Godzilla, then? Maybe a machine made to fight the horrors in the future?

Maybe it's a Godzilla cyberzombie from the future?

Hey, that works....Never thought of it that way. Maybe the Big G went full 'borg a la Kusinagi, perhaps?

Or maybe its some kind of giant robo thing...that you could try and make in Rigger 3. Its got that Plasma Coil in its chest that he could use like once an hour or something.

...Make Mecha Godzilla using Rigger 3...

...

*DROOLS*

*glomps Voorhees, thanks him, then runs off, cackling maniacally like a lunatic*

They should start rounding them all up now. Y'know, so that later they can be ready for GODZILLA VS VERJIGORM: DESTROY ALL HORRORS.

...DUDE!!!

THAT'D MAKE A KICKASS IDEA FOR A SHADOWRUN FAN MOVIE!!!

*goes on ranting for the next 1d10000 hours. Fails Will roll to not do so.*

...No, Phae...just no.

...Aw...C'mon, Ceres...It's not a half-bad idea compared to half the OMGWTFery that you, me, Sahandrian, and the rest of the psychosis ward think up of...

...point...

...I still want to make Mecha-Godzilla into a giant anthroform drone...

And you'll be hit, most likely.

...Yeah. It's hard to hide something like that, short of having a mad scientist-esque hidden private military base.

No, I mean like...I'll hit you. Or San will.

...You'll hit me. Sahandrian will just comment on my lack of sanity.

That's true...Or he may hit you, depends.

Nah...He'll just criticize me, I think. Not his style to randomly smack people.

*shrugs* I'll hit you again, then.

How can you hit me again if you haven't hit me yet to begin with?

...*notes that this is the worst case of topic drift he has ever seen.*

In other words, I'll hit you a second time when I hit you the first time for building that bloody thing.


...Back on topic now, I suppose...

*turns to all the other random posters* Yes. Continue. Carry on. If anyone's still reading this, anyway...

For some reason, the phrase,

"Uh-oh, I think I've just created a monster...."

comes to mind.

I can't imagine WHY, though....

--Foreigner

Are you referring to me or the thread topic, Foreigner?

*Starts building real life-sized ZOIDS with Rigger 3*

So you think Mechagodzilla and Godzilla is tough, HA!

Neither, Phaeton.

I was referring to how this topic seems to have taken on a life of its own.

Rather odd how some of them seem to do that, isn't it?

--Foreigner

...Foreigner, is there anything in particular you're referring to?

Not at all, Ceres.

As I told Phaeton, the topic seems to have taken on a life of its own.

I found it somewhat odd that some topics seem to have that effect upon people. That's all I meant by what I said earlier.

--Foreigner

I still want an Eva.

I want a Veritech.

You have to use the Semibalistic frame for Mecha-Godzilla, I think. Give it a secondary power plant (neclear reactor). Make the legs, tail, and arms robotic/mechanical arms. *Suddenly reilizes that he's going to make it*

I'd hate to see the cost in nuyen of it, Kanada.