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Invasion of the Neptune Men

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819 - Invasion of the Neptune Men
Air Date October 11, 1997
AKA Uchu Kaisoku-sen
Invasion from a Planet
Movie Director Koji Ota
Year 1961
Cast Sonny Chiba
(as Shinichi Chiba)
Preceded by 818 - Devil Doll
Followed by 820 - Space Mutiny


Contents

The Movie

Synopsis

Slow-moving aliens from the planet Neptune, wearing nosecone-shaped space helmets, attempt to invade Earth in a winged rocketship. But they are thwarted by a mysterious superhero called "Space Chief," who flies around in a rocket-propelled car. [1] No relation to Prince of Space. We swear.

As with the Gamera movies and Time of the Apes, very young and apparently orphaned Japanese children have unfettered access to all sorts of things that would be completely off limits in America and which, hopefully, are off-limits in real world Japan.

Information

  • Many of the invasion scenes in Tokyo featured stock footage of bombings and explosions from World War II Japan (as evidenced by the giant billboard of Adolf Hitler).
  • One of the boys owns a toy Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet 1956). [2]

The Episode

Host Segments

An SOL Kabuki Play

Prologue: Tom and Crow are disgusted to learn about eyelash mite's and decide to rid of the ones Mike has.

Segment One: The Bots send the nanites to destroy the mites, scorning Mike like it was his idea. Meanwhile, The Mad Goth, AKA Bobo arrive, making Pearl and Brain Guy want to commit suicide, until Brain Guy convinces Pearl to save Bobo by telling her that Bobo ruining time and space would mean the end of Chicken in a Biskit.

Segment Two: Mike confuses the bots by telling them about Noh Theater.

Segment Three: Tom comes down with a bad case of Roji Panty complex. Meanwhile, Pearl and Brain Guy unsuccessfully make Bobo remember who he really is.

Segment Four: Mike and the Bots are going to lose their sanity when they get a visitor - Krankor!

Closing (Segment Five): Mike and the Bots read suggestions from the suggestion box, all insulting Japan. Meanwhile, Pearl and Brain Guy hit Bobo with a giant slate of rock, making him remember who he is, resulting in him, Pearl, and Brain Guy getting thrown into the dungeon.

Stinger: "Aaaah! What's that?"

Quotes & References

Based on the children's TV series of Thomas the Tank Engine.

  • "Enjoy music from "Triumph of the Will."

Triumph of the Will was an infamous Nazi propaganda film from 1935.

The infamous billboard dubbed "The Hitler Building"
  • Servo:"They took out the Hitler Building! Where's everybody gonna go to see Hitler memorabilia?"

Crow:"All the Hitler rides and games! The Hitler salt and pepper shakers..."
Mike:"That great restaurant, The Bunker, it's gone, you sons of a...!"
[...]
Crow:"What's next? The Mussolini Mall?"
Servo:"Followed by the Pinochet Petting Zoo..."

  • "Hey, guys, it's turning into The Magnificent Ambersons!"

The Magnificent Ambersons was a 1942 film by Orson Welles, starring Joseph Cotten.

  • "It's been a hard day's night..."

Shots of the Japanese boys running down a flight of stairs inspire this quotation from the Beatles song A Hard Day's Night.

Trivia

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