A Japanese classic made into a tamer version for a U.S. mainstream audience.

This was my first opportunity to see the original Japanese Godzilla movie called, Gojira. It was one of the first foreign films to be cut and dubbed for a U.S. audience which usually Hollywood assumes can't or won't read subtitles .  I can see that the U.S. film producers tried to dub the film gracefully.  Raymond Burr's character, U.S. reporter, Steve Martin, was inserted into the original film and was used to narrat...
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Offering a discussion and foreshadowing of conspiracy theory to children of the 1980's.

GI JOE, A Real American Hero animated TV series from the 1980's contains many, many references to political conspiracies that are issues for us today in the new millennium.  I was intrigued by articles about the GI Joe series that I encountered in my travels through the internet and decided to see the episodes for myself.  They are available on YouTube - just search on "GI Joe, A Real American Hero."  You c...
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