The lost underwater civilization of Mu makes it's first appearance in the bizarro kaiju film Ataragon.
As the story goes, a series of covert agents have been sent from Mu to the surface world, where they set out to kidnap renown scientists, who they seek to make help them take back control of the surface once and for all.
Generally speaking, the people of Mu are benevolent, peace loving, scientists, who salvage materials from the ocean floor, and revere a chthonic dragon deity named Manda.
Thus, before simply attacking, they offer the surface dwellers an ultimatum: hand over control of the surface to them or be smote by Manda...starting with Manhattan and part of Tokyo.
Instead of capitulating to their demands, however, Earth seeks help from a once-thought-to-be-dead submarine captain.
He's designed the world's best sub...the Ataragon...a submarine that can both drill into the Earth's crust, and also fly.
Obviously, Manda isn't much of a match for it...
So I guess the Muvian threats were pretty empty, in the end.
It's still a pretty entertaining film, though.
6 out of 10.
As the story goes, a series of covert agents have been sent from Mu to the surface world, where they set out to kidnap renown scientists, who they seek to make help them take back control of the surface once and for all.
Generally speaking, the people of Mu are benevolent, peace loving, scientists, who salvage materials from the ocean floor, and revere a chthonic dragon deity named Manda.
Thus, before simply attacking, they offer the surface dwellers an ultimatum: hand over control of the surface to them or be smote by Manda...starting with Manhattan and part of Tokyo.
Instead of capitulating to their demands, however, Earth seeks help from a once-thought-to-be-dead submarine captain.
He's designed the world's best sub...the Ataragon...a submarine that can both drill into the Earth's crust, and also fly.
Obviously, Manda isn't much of a match for it...
So I guess the Muvian threats were pretty empty, in the end.
It's still a pretty entertaining film, though.
6 out of 10.