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"In a world where...Bwwwwowmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Holy Inception sound byte, Batman!


But seriously. Godzilla keeps looking better and better to a nerd like me who was a G-freak during childhood in the late 80's/early 90's.

I'll be honest, that song is indeed amazing.

So is Godzilla.

But then you should expect as much in the "Godzilla" thread...

Zilla always looked to me like Rob Liefeld's attempt to draw velociraptor. That ridiculous chin...

 CptJake wrote:
I've never had the chance to see a Godzilla movie in the theater, so I am excited for that reason if no other. My daughter and I have watched the original (one of my favorites) and Final War (her favorite) many times together on the couch. We both sing the BOC song at the top of our lungs when it plays while we are driving.

We are both looking forward to seeing this one.

I forget which one it was (Godzilla 2000?) that I dragged -all- my friends to see in the theater. I had sucked it up and went to watch pretty much anything they collectively wanted to go see as a group, including some real stinkers. So when the Godzilla was on the big screen, I cashed in my “You owe me, I’ve never dragged you to a movie before, this is the time” card.

Giant monster movies gain a lot from the big screen and HQ movie sound systems.

Not that all my friends necessarily appreciated the art that is a fine Godzilla movie, but I was dragged to movies like Batman and Robin, so I feel no remorse.

The "Zilla" design.
"Hey, Godzilla's like a dinosaur, right?"
"Yeah."
"Jurassic Park made a lot of money."
"Yeah! They had those raptors, right?"
"Sure did. You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Godzilla's going to be a giant raptor!"

Design fail. I hate Zilla with a burning passion.

This is probably a commentary on the Zilla movie.

When I was 8, my family took a long plane trip. We got stuck right in front of the movie screen. I slept right through the movie.

You should watch Final Wars then - Big G takes her out in about 10 seconds, give or take...

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Zilla always looked to me like Rob Liefeld's attempt to draw velociraptor. That ridiculous chin...

Not nearly enough belts. Or pouches. Or horrific faceguards. Or horrible attempts at "anatomy."

 Fafnir wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Zilla always looked to me like Rob Liefeld's attempt to draw velociraptor. That ridiculous chin...

Not nearly enough belts. Or pouches. Or horrific faceguards. Or horrible attempts at "anatomy."

Zilla clearly has feet, it can't be a Liefeld.

Enough Liefeld talk - he's pretty much gone from any sort of anything these days - let's leave him there!

 CptJake wrote:
I've never had the chance to see a Godzilla movie in the theater

I've only seen one - the bad one with Mathew Broderick. The only part of the movie that got any reaction at all was when they showed the skyline of Manhattan, captioned as "THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS" - since this was a midnight show in Times Square that was to be expected.

Looks decent to me, definitely worth a trip to the theater.

 Alpharius wrote:
Enough Liefeld talk - he's pretty much gone from any sort of anything these days - let's leave him there!

Well, I really just meant any over-sleek 90's style comic book art with the super square jaw and jagged spikes, except for Jim Lee. Everyone knows 90's Jim Lee couldn't draw a woman without making her Asian.


Anyway, I kind of look forward to Brian Cranston (2014), but I really hope that Godzilla supporting character gets to steal the show.

 Alpharius wrote:
I don't think they'll 'kill' Godzilla in this one.

I think that would be a mistake.

At worst, they'll be the standard 'ambiguous death ending' with after credits G-Roar.

Gojira never dies it will always return to protect Japan, not America it's full of Gajin

Right...

Look good, I'll be checking it out for sure!

My favorite Godzilla is....






* Not really. I like Big- G 2000 best.

I like the american Godzilla. I dont get the hate

Aside from the fact that it isn't really Godzilla, yeah, it isn't a horrible Kaiju movie.

It just isn't really a 'Godzilla' movie.

Apparently, there's enough evidence in the American Godzilla movie of 1998 to suggest that this is a case of 'mistaken identity', and that there was a different Kaiju known to the Japanese as Gojira...

Anyway, this new movie looks much better!

G2000's purple crystal dorsal plates are a bit much for me. My favorite take on G is from 1991's Godzilla v. King Ghidorah. My favorite Kaiju overall is probably Mothra.

MOTHRA?!?

I have to admit, I hated Mothra as a kid, and I could in no way see how Mothra and her attendant caterpillars and mini twin fairies could have a snowball's chance of even thinking about defeating Godzilla.

I have to admit, I still don't think they can!

I think my favorite would be the one from 2001's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.



Also:

Lately, I have been thinking of something Jun Fukuda once said about Godzilla: "Godzilla doesn't have emotions; he is an emotion." To me, this explains why Godzilla has such enduring appeal in Japan, the US, and in many other countries. Godzilla is the word for a certain feeling that we experience but we don't have another word for it. For me, the same is true of Mothra. Except whereas with Godzilla it's a feeling of unbridled, determined power, with Mothra the feeling is more about the spiritual responsibility of peacefulness.

Mothra is probably the first kaiju to be depicted as being self-aware and having a deep inner life. We know this thanks to her shojibin, who can translate for her. Over the course of the decades, Mothra has shown herself to be the most stalwart kaiju protector of earth, to have courage (unlike Godzilla, for example), and to show wisdom. In other words, she not only has a pretty complex personality but her character traits are also quite admirable.

As thoughtful as ever Manchu - I do appreciate your contributions to this thread - as I do in most of the threads you're posting in!

The whole "Godzilla as Force of Nature" is another important aspect of the Japanese version, I think.

It will be interesting to see if that is carried over in the latest US Version, or if he'll just just be 'rampaging Nuclear mistake' monster again?

One of the actors in the '54 movie, I cannot remember who, explained that in Japan at the time, there was the feeling that the Japanese had fought the war "with their whole spirit" (I guess this is like saying "with all our heart") but that they still lost because the US had superior technology. But Godzilla fights with his whole spirit and modern technology doesn't phase him at all. It's an interesting thing to think about what Japanese audiences must have felt watching this movie in 1954.

I saw a picture of Gezora from Space Amoeba in a book a long time ago. That image has stayed with me for a long time as one of my favorite Kaiju. However, I haven't seen his movie and I heard he is pretty obscure.

He was in the NES game. I always thought he looked awesome.

Which reminds me, the Gamecube four player fighting game, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters!, was an awesome party game.

I'm a huge Kaiju fan, and I'll admit, I've never seen that movie...

Interestingly enough, one of the 'other' monsters in the new film is show grabbing a missile with what looks like a tentacle...