Natural Disasters: Giant Monsters Awaken!

[SSgt Baloo]

ETA: link to Question: Natural Disasters: What are they and what can the heroes do? (http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/78524-Natural-Disasters-What-are-they-and-what-can-the-heroes-do)(The origin of this thread.)

A large earthquake hits Campaign City (or Exotic Foreign Location, if you prefer). Along with the other disasters that go along with earthquakes, one or more giant monsters awaken and begin fighting/rampaging/adding to the chaos.

What kind of monsters would you use, and how might the heroes counter them?

[BoloOfEarth]

Lava Men. Gotta have Lava Men from the Center of the Earth.

[Sketchpad]

Giant Cockroaches! Seeping from under the rubble, these mutated beasts are 10' long and hungry for EVERYTHING!!!!

[kahuna's bro]

old hot lip himself GODZILLA

[DusterBoy]

THEM!

("Make Me a Sergeant and Gimme the Booze!")

[RexMundi]

Watch THIS, and you will see, that THEM! is the way to go, heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkjxjDZiI8

~Rex...showed this to a friend of his, who is now painting his Tyranid army in Jack Jumper colors, heh......

[Escafarc]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8i10mMGb1qb1cd3o1_500.png (http://babieswithlasereyes.com/photo/1280/405149503/1/tumblr_ky8i10mMGb1qb1cd3)

[megaplayboy]

Something with a 500 foot wingspan that can fly outside loops at supersonic speeds.

And an oversized balrog, perhaps.

[Lawnmower Boy]

Lich sorcerors and their undead servants, from a time forgotten, but now no longer lost.

[megaplayboy]

Lich sorcerors and their undead servants, from a time forgotten, but now no longer lost.

I used to joke about "Ghidorah-liches" (or, "Ghidrahliches"), starting a couple years after the 1st article on dracoliches came out...

[Escafarc]

Something with a 500 foot wingspan that can fly outside loops at supersonic speeds.

And an oversized balrog, perhaps.

http://www.reelfilm.com/samkatz.htm
http://www.reelfilm.com/images/giantclw.jpg

[Escafarc]

Something with a 500 foot wingspan that can fly outside loops at supersonic speeds.

And an oversized balrog, perhaps.

The Giant Claw
http://www.reelfilm.com/samkatz.htm

[Escafarc]

Something with a 500 foot wingspan that can fly outside loops at supersonic speeds.

And an oversized balrog, perhaps.

The Giant Claw
Tried to post a picture and link

[megaplayboy]

The Giant Claw
Tried to post a picture and link

yeah. Rodan could do that too, actually.

[SSgt Baloo]

yeah. Rodan could do that too, actually.

Yes, but The Giant Claw was so bad it was (not actually, but almost) funny. Rodan is quality cinema by comparison.

[Matt the Bruins]

A 30-story Snuggles the Fabric Softener Bear!

[Escafarc]

Gamara!!!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyb1lsrWRU1qb1cd3o1_400.jpg

[Prometheus]

Cthonians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthonians).

Many of Marvel's Deviant related Mutates- sometimes seen with the Mole Man- would fit the bill. Giganto (http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/f/f2/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_1.jpg) is a classic.

[RexMundi]

Namor was always good in the beginning for grabbing the Horn and calling forth the big giant Critter of the Sea to stomp the surface dwellers. When Namor is in one of his "NAMOR IS COOL!" cycles, and not being written as a Gimp by various Marvel Writers that need to be tossed down an elevator shaft.

~Rex

[Escafarc]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyc07khKZ61qb1cd3o1_500.jpg

[megaplayboy]

http://www.monsterpocalypse.com/

It's tempting to suggest the premise of the above might be a sufficient starting point for a Kaiju Hero RPG. Of course, one could also parody Storyteller and make it Emo Kaiju Hero.

[kahuna's bro]

king kong, you know the name of king kong
you know the fame of king kong
10 times as big as a man

[SSgt Baloo]

king kong, you know the name of king kong
you know the fame of king kong
10 times as big as a man

Apparently I'm not the only one who remembers that Rankin-Bass production. Repped.

[kahuna's bro]

thank you

[DusterBoy]

How do you get the laser beam effect?

[Escafarc]

How do you get the laser beam effect?

I can't take credit for that I just stea..er...Borrow (yeah, that's it) Borrow the pictures from here: http://babieswithlasereyes.com/

There are directions on the website showing how it's done.

[Escafarc]

Giant Teddy Bears?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Xa4bHcJu8&feature=player_embedded#

[Matt Holck]

Flash cost $1,000 or there abouts

[Nuclear Fridge]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm not worried about the ruined buildings, the radiation breath, or the rocket tanks...
It's the five-ton heaps of guano falling from 300 feet.

[Nuclear Fridge]

Namor was always good in the beginning for grabbing the Horn and calling forth the big giant Critter of the Sea to stomp the surface dwellers. When Namor is in one of his "NAMOR IS COOL!" cycles, and not being written as a Gimp by various Marvel Writers that need to be tossed down an elevator shaft.

~Rex
I absolutely agree - on both points. Namor at his best kicks land-dwelling butt. At his worst... let's just say I've screamed in anger at some of the 'way kewl' garbage perpetrated by Marvel Writers.

[Major Tom 2009]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8i10mMGb1qb1cd3o1_500.png (http://babieswithlasereyes.com/photo/1280/405149503/1/tumblr_ky8i10mMGb1qb1cd3)

Oh, man -- either the guy from the Honey, I Blew Up The Kids movie is at it again, or one of Duncan MacLeod's buddies is having a really bad reaction to a Quickening...


Major Tom 2009 :eg:

[Escafarc]

Pachi Playing Cards

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3561535125_f88148800b.jpg

See all 52 here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiendsaintfamily/sets/72157618759997804/

[Certified]

As the city was torn and divided a hissing echoed through the streets. Malformed a tar oozed out into the air as if the earth itself had been turned over to pour its own filth out into space. Spreading with an unholy speed the tar covered the sky blotting out the sun. Day turned to night, and a cold swept down from the high mountains of a frozen hell as the light was snuffed out in inky pitch.

The sounds of terror cried out from the primordial tar. Faces, hands all groping from inside the mass unable to break free. The bellows continued to pump darkness into the sky. It's weight too great now it began to fall consuming all that it touched in pillars illuminated by what feeble electrical light remained.

[Lord Liaden]

The thread premise sounds a lot like the classic giant-monster B-movie, The Black Scorpion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKakOgshxw

Only thing cooler than gigantic arthropods? Gigantic arthropods with poisonous tail stingers!

[SSgt Baloo]

The thread premise sounds a lot like the classic giant-monster B-movie, The Black Scorpion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKakOgshxw

Only thing cooler than gigantic arthropods? Gigantic arthropods with poisonous tail stingers!

My favorite MST3K comment came with this movie. As the giant scorpions wreck the train and start eating the fleeing passengers, Crow says: "Don't run! Just look unappetising!"

[Lord Liaden]

It's hard to see past the lettering over the clip, but in the climactic battle the "super scorpion" tries to sting a (much smaller) tank. :cool:

[Escafarc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0p0WRhAp9o&feature=related

[Escafarc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TgNaDoUao

And you can sing-along:D

Giant ants from space snuff the human race
Then they eat your face, never leave a trace
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la
They shoot fire all around. Tokyo burns down
Everybody drowns. The moon falls on the ground
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la

They can't be stopped at all. The buildings start to fall
Soldiers shoot all day and then they run away
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la

The world is holocaust. Everything is lost
Mankind is destroyed. Sprinkled in the void
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la

Giant ants from space waste the human race
Then they eat your face, never leave a trace
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la

[Mathew]

The Giant Claw:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4712108578917506726#

[Escafarc]

Cool. repped:D

[Mathew]

Tarantula:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2918092679104442496&hl=en&emb=1#

[Mathew]

The Deadly Mantis:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3720153601000239694&hl=en&emb=1#

[dmjalund]

If this thread had just startede, I'd say it was in poor taste.

[Pizza Man]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9851/carebareevil.jpg

[DusterBoy]

Q! The Winged Serpent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjsag2vYlQ

It looks rubbish, sure, but it's a great late night trash movie.

[Dr. MID-Nite]

I love giant monster movies....period.