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Manchu wrote: 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.
Aye, this is something I've always admired about Japanese literature and cinema, its full of subtle symbolism and allegory and non-verbal communication of concepts, ideas, events, etc. completely unlike anything I have seen in the West. I'm not saying that we're not capable of something like that or that we don't do things like that, it just doesn't seem as common.
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Ahtman wrote: Which reminds me, the Gamecube four player fighting game, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters!, was an awesome party game.
I haven't played the Gamecube one, but I love the hell out of the Wii game.
Biollante is broken as feth in the mode where you win by having the most points for destroying as much as possible, though. Her longest reach in the game coupled with a 360 attack and four limbs just wrecks buildings too quickly to compete with.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
..well.... that certainly puts a different spin on things....
.... hmm....
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
and, in some form or other Godzilla is summoned...? ... exists..? ... to fight him
... ..hmmm ... well.... we'll see.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
From what I gather, "we" have been holding Kaiju prisoner, and one or more has escaped causing all kinds of carnage, so now we're "releasing" Godzilla to fight these other Kaiju as our last hope?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
From what I gather, "we" have been holding Kaiju prisoner, and one or more has escaped causing all kinds of carnage, so now we're "releasing" Godzilla to fight these other Kaiju as our last hope?
Or something like that, I think... maybe.
Sounds similar to Final Wars. I know in that case the other Kaiju were not held prisoner by us, but we do release Godzilla to thrash them. My daughter and I LOVE that movie.
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I put in a request a work for the day off so I can see this twice if it doesn't suck.
This is the most excited I've been for a movie in a while. And, truthfully, this is kind of an amazing summer for movies, isn't it? Godzilla, Captain America, Days of Future Past, Neighbors (i love Rose Byrne), Maleficient, A Million Ways To Die In The West, Edge of Tommorow, 22 Jump Street, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Dawn of the Planet of the melon-fething Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and so on. As someone who will go to the theater weekly if the offering is good enough, I am quite excited.
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Finally managed to open that preview. Thats Awsomesauce * Infinity!
I think the flying monster is the flying Cloverfield type spider Kaiju previously noted.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Nick Ellingworth wrote: That is definitely not Rodan unless they're gone for a really radical redesign.
They've given Godzilla a bit of a redesign as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if any other familiar faces that show up get one as well.
I'm hoping this is nice and meaty as a movie. The biggest problem I had seeing Pacific Rim was I walked out feeling like I didn't see enough action. I don't want that feeling again from my beloved Godzilla.
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Nick Ellingworth wrote: That is definitely not Rodan unless they're gone for a really radical redesign.
They've given Godzilla a bit of a redesign as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if any other familiar faces that show up get one as well.
I'm hoping this is nice and meaty as a movie. The biggest problem I had seeing Pacific Rim was I walked out feeling like I didn't see enough action. I don't want that feeling again from my beloved Godzilla.
That's a fair point, and a real concern here.
There are a lot of 'ACTING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS' actors in this movie...
Nick Ellingworth wrote: That is definitely not Rodan unless they're gone for a really radical redesign.
They've given Godzilla a bit of a redesign as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if any other familiar faces that show up get one as well.
I'm hoping this is nice and meaty as a movie. The biggest problem I had seeing Pacific Rim was I walked out feeling like I didn't see enough action. I don't want that feeling again from my beloved Godzilla.
That's a fair point, and a real concern here.
There are a lot of 'ACTING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS' actors in this movie...
And hopefully their screen time comes to an abrupt end when a giant foot turns them to goo.
Every time a terrorist dies a Paratrooper gets his wings.
Nick Ellingworth wrote: That is definitely not Rodan unless they're gone for a really radical redesign.
They've given Godzilla a bit of a redesign as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if any other familiar faces that show up get one as well.
I'm hoping this is nice and meaty as a movie. The biggest problem I had seeing Pacific Rim was I walked out feeling like I didn't see enough action. I don't want that feeling again from my beloved Godzilla.
That's a fair point, and a real concern here.
There are a lot of 'ACTING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS' actors in this movie...
Not all the Godzilla films were campy and goofy, especially the original, so there is precedent for such a thing.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
There where alot of links to the first ones, names and so much. What if this is a sequal to the originnal? Like America captured godzilla after the oxygen destroyer?
I swear if he doesn't breathe fire in this one I am going to hunt down the director and writer and punch them in the throat. Or give them a stern lecture. Probably the latter.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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