Favorite Alien Race?

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Favorite alien race

Xiens (Invasion of Astro Monster)
29
51%
Kilaaks (Destroy All Monsters)
6
11%
Nebulans (Godzilla vs Gigan)
4
7%
Simians (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla/Terror of Mechagodzilla)
18
32%
 
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Favorite Alien Race?

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What invading force of aliens do you like the best?

Its a tough choice for me, pretty much a tie between the Nebulans and the Simians. The Nebulans are more interesting villains, who actually have motivation for the invasion and are pretty creepy in and of themselves; the Simians are just so ruthless and violent, and that also makes them pretty memorable as well (I do think they were neutered a bit in TOMG, the lack of continuity with their transformation is annoying).
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... great topic! it answeres a question i was going to pose on this board regarding whether or not the aliens in all the movies were the same race, so thanks a lot! i like the simians because their presence spurs a memory of planet of the apes in my mind when i see them. the head chick from destroy all monsters is alluring as well ...
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The Kilaks to me seemed kinda dull. I've only seen Gigan like once, so I don't have much of an opinion on the Nebulans. The Simians are pretty cool and memorable, but to me they were kinda just eye candy. The Xiens to me were the ones who really had a plan and wasn't full on just blowing stuff up. Or maybe I don't remember the movies as well as I thought. Either way, the Xiens are still my favorite.
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Gotta give it to the Xiens. Evil, deadpan robots with badass flying saucers. None of the others have left much impression on me, though it's admittedly been a lot of years since I've seen DAM or Gigan. Maybe my opinion will change next time I watch those.
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Yes yes, vote for the Xiliens. Soon we'll take over your precious world. *Evil laugh*

Xilien, I like them better for actually having a good plan, if it were not for others spying into it they would have succeeded in total global domination. (Not sure if I got the facts right, haven't seen the other movies for a while)
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As cool as the Xiliens are in Invasion Of Astro-Monster, I think the better alien race is the Black Hole Aliens, specifically from Terror Of MechaGodzilla. Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla set them up as threats and told us what we needed to know about them, but Terror Of MechaGodzilla built upon that by giving them personality and an identity.

Before, they were pretty much generic aliens...that turned into green monkeys when they got hurt. But in ToMG, suddenly they have a reason to conquer Earth, as well as showing that they can have fun while doing so. Building a giant mechanical version of Earth's greatest defender (at the time) wasn't the only thing, but also by taking in all of Earth's pleasures, like drinking and smoking. To me, that adds a whole new level to them and makes them so much more enjoyable villains.
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Even though the Seatopians are not technically an "alien race," they are the best! All hail Emperor Antonio!
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I voted for the Xiens. I just like the way they were presented and exicuted.

the Simians are not very far behind though
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I was going to say the Mysterians, but they're not on this list, which is weird given that they were the first alien race. They had a giant robot, color-coded uniforms, capes, and Yoshio Tsuchiya. What's not to like?

In their absence I'd have to say the Simians, because Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus.

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The aliens from the third planet from the black hole in outer space...that's quite a mouthful. These guys need to make a comeback in a Godzilla movie. They're way too cool to be restricted to just the Showa movies.
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Tyler wrote:Where'd "Nebulan" and "Simian" come from? They're not even ape-men in Terror, they're more like the mutants in Beneath the POTA.
I figured Nebulan was what the fans started naming the invading roaches due to the fact they hailed from Nebula M Space Hunter. The Black Holes Aliens, I never seen called anything other than that title up until issue forty-nine of G-FAN(http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfan_index/index_49.php) in an article featuring some spiffy artwork by Jeff Rebner ,and G-FAN publisher J.D. Lees entitled The Aliens of Godzilla. That's where I started seeing them called "Simeons". I wouldn't be too surprised Simeons is the name Toho had for the Black Hole Aliens, but didn't get used in the final script, or got lost in translation along the way. Ever since I saw the two flicks, Galaxy Quest and Tim Burtons' so-so remake of Planet of the Apes, along with the G-Fan alien article. I've been wanting to see the Simeons make a come back, with an updated look. A combination of Galaxy Quest's Big Bad, Sarris Image
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But despite this love fest for those damn green apes, my vote goes to the alien Xians of Planet-X in Invasion of the Astro-Monster. Although not possessing Mechagodzilla, the Xians did have some pretty cool toys nonetheless. Also, the Controller and his posse didn't mind getting their hands dirty when they launched Monsters Zero through Two. Joining in the fight soon after the attack started with their spaceships. But like the Nebulans, although from what we saw with the one scene in the building, they were directly plugged into their computers which ran things for them. The Xians, especially the Controller though their cool tech made made them invincible, and their cold hearts gave them the edge. But victory didn't happen for them. But being the dudes who kicked off the first successful merger of daikaiju/alien invasion flicks, the Xians are tops in my book.
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The One and Only wrote:I wouldn't be too surprised Simeons is the name Toho had for the Black Hole Aliens, but didn't get used in the final script, or got lost in translation along the way.
Toho's official name for them is Black Hole Aliens. Simeon is a fan coined name, much like Xian was a fan coined name for the Xilien (X Aliens in Japanese) that was used until Toho's official name was well known.

For the Showa, it goes:

Mysterians
Natarl (pronounced Natal in all dubs)
Xilien
Kilaakian (although their crafts are called Kilaak UFO, etc)
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Black Hole Aliens
Messiah 13 Aliens (from The War in Space)
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Arbok wrote:Natarl (pronounced Natal in all dubs)
Wait a minute. THOSE guys were the Natal aliens? I thought they were just artificially-produced grunts or slaves created BY the Natal aliens. I know there's no evidence of that in the film, but it seems so crazy that those mysterious, deep-voiced, all-powerful alien invaders were just little monkey people. :lol:

The Natal are now my favorite Toho alien race. Because little monkey people with weapons of mass destruction are both hilarious and awesome.
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Dust_pan wrote:Wait a minute. THOSE guys were the Natal aliens? I thought they were just artificially-produced grunts or slaves created BY the Natal aliens. I know there's no evidence of that in the film, but it seems so crazy that those mysterious, deep-voiced, all-powerful alien invaders were just little monkey people. :lol:
Yeah, it's quite amusing how lethal the Natarl are... until you see them and they just resort to pushing around the leads.

I'm kind of thankful they were the exception rather than the norm in that regard, as aliens like the Black Hole Aliens and Messiah 13 Aliens do a much better job at being menacing both in their crafts and outside, especially the latter considering how quickly they had their grunts kill most of the personal at the Goten base.
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When I think of Godzilla aliens, I think of King Ghidorah and the Kilaaks, with Xiens too. They are iconic.
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I really think the xilians are overrated. If they knew where Godzilla and Rodan were why didn't they just mind control them and have ghidorah attack with them both joining in so they could keep their conquest a secret for a little while? Gotta love the simians though. It's like planet of the apes trying to invade earth haha
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It's a toss-up between the Simians and the Nebulans, both of whom I think were pretty cool. I might lean toward the Simians, as I really dig how intense they were in their two films.

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Godzillian wrote:I really think the xilians are overrated. If they knew where Godzilla and Rodan were why didn't they just mind control them and have ghidorah attack with them both joining in so they could keep their conquest a secret for a little while?
Real reason: it makes for a more compelling story :xilien:

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Easily the Kilaaks

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