Monsters from the sea depths have been common place in Pulp fiction.
The giant octopus that terrorized San Francisco in “Terror From Beneath the Sea”.
The giant squid from “20,000 Leagues Under The sea”.
A large Octopus “thingy” in “Mysterious Island” where all the animals are overgrown monsters.
“Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” where a submarine is attacked by a large octopus.
In “Deep Rising” a Luxury Liner has a large octopus with long sharp teeth!
The “Lost Continent” is a bit weird and has a steamer being attacked by carnivorous seaweed.
In “The Beast” we have Jaws with eight tentacles!
Another Giant Octopus goes on the rampage in “Tentacles”.
In “Reap the Wind” not even the “Duke” is a match for a giant squid!
Finally in the Lord of the Rings we have the Watcher in the Water” guarding the entrance to Moria.
So with all of this stuck in my head, we had promised to take our two Grandsons to see the Melbourne Museums newest acquisition, the most complete skeleton of an adult Triceratops that has been found.
Standing over three metres tall the specimen’s is massive. With 266 bones, including the most famous trio of horns on the planet, and an entire vertebral column. At an impressive 85% complete it weighs around 1000kg.
The museum staff are not silly as they have the Museum shop just near the exit. With two grand children aged six and eight we were about to enter their favourite part of the outing. With a plastic dinosaur each and and a dinosaur game in hand we headed for home.
But not before Grandpa had bought himself something!
With all of those D grade movies in my head what do you think I ended up with.
You guessed it in one.
The model was cut away at an angle so that it would sit flat and look as if it was twisting to get out of the water. This gave a good look at its evil eye and one fin!
I can see a game or three coming on! Maybe against a U-Boat? You never know!
A U-Boat! A kraken will definitely give the Kriegsmarine what-for!
I have the Empress miniatures U-Boat waiting to be finished. Maybe by the end of the month!
https://www.empressminiatures.com/u-boat-338-p.asp
Grandpa scores another cool gaming piece from his trip to the museum. Deep Rising was a luxury liner not a spaceship, but still a movie I enjoy
Oops. I know better than to rely on memory – you know what they say about 90’s movies – mostly forgettable! Post now amended.
Now that’s been a worthwhile visit! 🙂
Yes! Not everyday you can pick up a wargaming piece for tuppence halfpenny!
I make it a rule to come out of the Museum with something – even if it is only sore feet!
A fantastic day out- love what you did with the toy.
Cheers,
Pete.
Toy!? That is a highly detailed scaled miniature worthy of admiration! Besides it cost a fortune…….well! And yes we had a great day!
Excellent, GP!
Not something I would relish meeting on a dive! If you haven’t come across the ‘Sharktopus’ or ‘Sharktopus vs Whalewolf’ then see https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sharktopus – not to be watched sober 🙂
Regards, Chris
“not to be watched sober” – not much chance of that! Thanks for the tips. The movies were only what I could remember and Dave has pointed out the memory was not quite correct on one of them.
I have always liked a good Squid !! I bet the kids had a great time.
Especially deep fried, Pat 🙂
Regards, Chris.
Ahh 😃yeah mate had it on sunday😅😅
Forget the kids my favourite was the shop as well!
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