- published: 22 Jul 2015
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Gamera (ガメラ?) is a giant, flying turtle monster from a popular series of Kaiju (Japanese giant monster) films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right.
In the United States, Gamera attained prominence during the 1970s due to the burgeoning popularity of UHF television stations featuring Saturday afternoon matinee showcases like Creature Double Feature and later in the 1990s when several Gamera films were featured on the television program Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Gamera has the general configuration of a turtle, albeit a tremendously large one that is capable of walking on two legs and flying, though he occasionally walks quadrupedally in his first three films. Gamera demonstrates the ability to manipulate objects with his forefeet. He possesses a pronounced sagittal crest on top of his head and his mouth is filled with teeth, a precedent unheard of in turtles, save perhaps for the prehistoric turtles Proganochelys and Odontochelys, and a pair of large tusks protruding upward from the lower jaws.
Al grande circo, clown che non funzionano,
difettose attrattive si sovrappongono, dirigono carillon che
suonano a vuoto, spingere a forza quintali di panna nelle orecchie,
si chiudono, siam zanzare che, ronzano e punzecchiano, insetticidi e
un posto di blocco, inutile erigere:
grattacieli sulla sabbia per utopici architetti
voglion far felice il vicino di casa sdraiato sul prato,
con la testa infilata nel fango,
ma quanto, quanto, quanto rumore per nulla?
la gente non ha chiesto niente.
Dovr? costringere a bastone e carota
gli orsi nelle gabbie a rotolare su una palla,
pianificando meticolosamente
il mio fallimento annunciato, delizioso:
pensavo di fare cosa gradita ed ho
si preparato dei biscotti con amore,
se qualcuno mi avesse avvertito che,
la pancia era gi? piena e la tavola ?
imbandita, la testa gi? vuota,
di sicuro sarei stato comunque premuroso.
la gente non ha chiesto niente.