…and wondered why Boazania, the Neo-Empire, Galactor, and all the conquest-loving villains keep attacking Japan? Is it some kind of low self-esteem that prevents them from attacking New York, the pop-culturally-established focal point of all disasters?
It’s like how Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah pointed out why the Amazon women from Planet Xxx would bother attacking a small village.
And then it hits me that only Hollywood would glorify New York (which is weird, because Hollywood is in Los Angeles) as the location for most of its action movies.
Even if, in the end, all the production is done in Toronto, nowadays. Or Prague.
That’s why I appreciated how Hancock chose Los Angeles as his base of operations. Well, at least until the last 5 minutes of the movie…
Megatron rerely attacked Japan. Its mostly other places in the world
Jopoy: Megatron’s setting is not on Earth… just pointing that out…
Rodney: But when he was, he didn’t attack Japan much
The reason why screenwriters for Anime and Manga creators love to whack Tokyo because it is their Capital. It is their center of government, commerce and their Emperor lies there.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we made similar shows and comics and make Metro Manila the favorite targets of attack by supervillains, monsters and enemy giant robots from some Alien invading force
Giant enemy robots in Metro Manila? We couldn’t survive that.
Jopoy: you seem to forget that filipinos are survivors. for a country with a faltering economy and not much social relevance, everyone in the whole world has heard of the Philippines and more than likely have friends or are related to filipinos. We are sneakier than the ninjas in that in every major event or household, there is always a filipino in the background. Even if the whole world got nuked, you can bet that the last human left on the planet will be a Filipino.
so were like cockroaches? nyahahahaha! just kidding, but hell yeah! we are npt as many as the chinese but we survive in almost every condition, like romy garduce in extreme cold to codename: asero in the extreme heat! nyahahahaha!
Phoebe: So to make up for lack of technology we have great inborn adaptation and resourcefulness. And we can use that to stop giant robots? For some reason that idea reminds me of the Ewoks in Star Wars VI.
@Jopoy: Death Metal and Megadeath all tried attacking Earth and chose the Philippines as their battleground. Go Combatron! XD
Maybe it’s because the aliens only understand Japanese. Have you noticed that? It seems that every alien, no matter how deformed, can only speak or understand Japanese.
And maybe they figured that if they conquer Japan, then they can pretty much control the rest of the world. You know… by creating mangas or anime in their image xD
revo: yes, cockroaches would be a good metaphor for us filipinos. we may not be universally respected, but we are everywhere and we thrive in any environment given the slightest chance.
Jopoy and Willie: get a copy of Fantakada. L has a ‘what if pinoy ang…’ series that covers the robot angle
…Because they wanted to get revenge on the freaks that designed their make-up and costumes.
lol, what kind of alien-creature dare attack the Philippines? Only those with names that sounds like dakabah, balrog, dr. kulaknit and the likes.
if aliens invaded metro manila:
their spaceship will be at the junkshop per kilo
they will be in isaw stands being cooked
Yes, I would ask myself that question. In some shows, they would have an excuse. In Ryukendo, the villains only attack the town for possibly two reasons: 1. The town is situated on a “power spot” (a place of great magical power) and 2. they need people to generate “negative energy” (energy from negative emotions like despair and fear). Both are needed to revive their dark master and conquer the world. In short, they attack a particular place because there is usually something important there.
…but does anyone wonder why beastfighters/giant robots attack one-by-one? why wont boazanians manufacture two to three beast-fighters[or an entire horde, hehe] per episode? is it the budget? that would surely defeat voltez 5.
[thoughts from black mage.]
ambilis naman maka gawa ng buildings ang city ni Ultraman?
They probably have a section in the budget allocated for giant monster attacks (reconstruction and rehabilitation). As for the beast fighter problem, it may also be a budget thing. Those things look like they cost more to produce than your average saucer. Waging a space war can be murder on your annual planetary budget.
hmm. point taken.
what if they put beast fighters in storage until they could create a beast fighter mob.
…nah.not good. so many episodes lost. hehe.
how bout a bunch of terror drones.
insane. hehe…