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War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
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Viewed:
10/08
10/08:
War of the Colossal Beast...talk about boring.
To keep myself from falling asleep, I wisely spent my time spotting many logic problems:
One, if the beast ended up in Mexico, then surely somebody would've seen him along the way.
Two, due to the beast walking over to Mexico from Las Vegas or Hoover Dam (I guess), there should be giant footprints
everywhere, but only one is shown.
Three, when a footprint is revealed near the mud lake where the boy crashed his truck, it resembles more of an animal. I mean,
why couldn't the producers get an artist to make it look more real?
Four, the beast is proportionally wrong many times, being either bigger or smaller when compared to other objects.
Five, why doesn't the military kill the beast to save everybody the trouble?
Six, if the military will not do it, then why lure the beast to the city? They've endangered the lives of million people by
doing so.
Seven, why not build a hanger in the middle of a desert in Arizona and place the beast there?
Eight, the morons have decided that rope is sufficient to hold down the beast when metal chains will do a better job.
Nine, I'm sure the shackled-down beast will produce a foul stench within hours by peeing and crapping on himself.
Ten, are there no food rations for the beast? He's a human being, for Pete's sake.
Eleven, the soldiers have been shooting at the beast with bullets that are at best half of an inch wide. How about 10-inch
mortar shells? 15-inch? 20-inch?
Twelve, why flash the searchlights on the beast's eyes while he's holding the bus that's loaded with children hundreds of
feet above the ground?
Thirteen, I think that's what Nigel Tufnel meant when people like the beast disappear in a spontaneous combustion.
Fourteen, it's interesting to notice the clothes growing in size to fit the beast.
All in all, War of the Colossal Beast is full of faulty logic.