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-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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New Godzilla Trailer -- with surprises
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Interesting that "Coming Soon" is subtitled as "May 16".
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
The biggest surprise, for me, is that I'm actually interested in seeing this. Monster movies aren't usually my thing- not ones that clearly need giant robots in them, anyway. ^^
I'm SO glad Hollywood didn't try to make a Godzilla movie until now. I bet it would've sucked. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours. I've been writing a bit. 
Ahh, I always did like hero-Godzilla. I mean, yes, if he's the onlymonstger in the movie it's bad news,but as soon as some space monster shows up he's Earth's strongest champion. "Skreee-gaw" means "Hail to the king, baby!"
-- "Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows Bluemage Wrote:I'm SO glad Hollywood didn't try to make a Godzilla movie until now. I bet it would've sucked.http://moelane.stormloader.com/innomine ... Gojira.htm (Knowledge of In Nomine required.) -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
Always loved the final passage in that link. LOVED. IT.
Quote:Gojira has made something clear. There will be a Final Battle, someday, and when it does, he wants to be able to use the vessel he's having specially made up (financed by Marc's organization, of course, on reasonable terms). Michael agreed right away: Laurence took a little more persuasion, but even the General of the Host is capable of irony. So, when that day comes, the Gorilla-Whale will rise from the sea and level a city, just like all of his watchers have secretly dreamed of seeing happen for real. No, not Tokyo: the Japanese have always shown proper respect. Gojira wants Hollywood. Gojira wants Hollywood so badly that his claws twitch. Quote:Bluemage wrote:I see what you did there.  Ebony the Black Dragon http://ebony14.livejournal.com "Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you." Quote:Ebony wrote:Hey, the Japanese acknowledged it. They called it "Zilla" (since it was unworthy of the God- at the front), and it got one scene in... Final Wars, I think it was, in which it died. I think that says enough about its quality. As for Rob's link, well, I've read that entire site several times over the years. Good to see somebody else still remembers In Nomine. EDIT: Okay, schmott guy, then where are the people who play it? I've yet to find a game of it. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours. I've been writing a bit. 
I remember it well. Every quarter when the royalty checks come.
EDIT: I didn't say the checks were big. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.  Quote:Bluemage wrote: Quote:Hey, the Japanese acknowledged it. They called it "Zilla" (since it was unworthy of the God- at the front), and it got one scene in... Final Wars, I think it was, in which it died. I think that says enough about its quality.And yet, the animated sequel series is incredibly popular in Japan. Which really shows that it's the quality of the movie that they didn't like rather than anything to do with the monster's design. Also, fun fact. Godzilla has always basically been parthanogenic. Anyone know where Godzilla Jr came from? I don't really remember any Mrs. Zilla being involved in the old Toho flicks. Really, the sad thing is the series of pissing matches over it. The Tristar movie had the mayor of New York be modeled on Roger Ebert as a slam against the reviewer's poor review of...something else the director had done. Then Final Wars goes to the expense of CGI generating the design purely for the purpose of teabagging the thing. I mean, sure, it wasn't a great movie, but this isn't the movie where Baby Godzilla guides a small boy on how to deal with bullies by taking him on a magical tour of Monster Island in his dreams. --- "Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay waste." Quote:Hey, the Japanese acknowledged it. They called it "Zilla" (since it was unworthy of the God- at the front), and it got one scene in... Final Wars, I think it was, in which it died. I think that says enough about its quality.Heh. Missed this earlier. I've also heard it called "GINO" -- "Godzilla In Name Only". -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Say what you will about the Tristar version of "Godzilla," but Jean Reno owned that film.
Ebony the Black Dragon http://ebony14.livejournal.com "Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you." Bluemage Wrote:There's still a few of us keeping the In Nomine board going on the SJGames forums.Quote:Ebony wrote:I see what you did there.Hey, the Japanese acknowledged it. They called it "Zilla" (since it was unworthy of the God- at the front), and it got one scene in... Final Wars, I think it was, in which it died. I think that says enough about its quality. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
I liked the 90s Zilla movie. It was hardly perfect, but Zilla was a pretty nifty giant monster. More fun to rewatch then Cloverfield, that's for sure.
I still think the Final Wars fight was a sad joke. It could have been AWESOME. Original Godzilla, the immovable object and master of atomic destruction, would kill 'Zilla if it got its hands on it, but Zilla's fast, agile, and its burrowing ability gives it a manoeuvrability Godzilla couldn't hope to match. Instead, 'Zilla goes down like a joke. Yeesh.  Quote:Matrix Dragon wrote:I loved Zilla. It lacked the original version's tankiness, but it could run, jump, climb, swim and burrow. That thing was awesome. ---------------------------------------------------- "Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
For information purposes, here's the video of the thrashing. (It's missing the best part, though.)
Brian Y. Seed Chronicles  New Clip. I'm rather hoping it captures some of the spirit of the first, both Godzilla as a force of nature beyond the control of man, and the ethics of science and the responsibility that comes with the creation and use of weapons of mass-destruction.. You have a scientist who, with good intentions, creates a device that can be used as a terrible weapon, and comes to fear that if he releases it to the world , and a paleontologist who sees Godzilla as a thing to be studied, a remarkable being that should not be destroyed until they have come to understand it. Until they both see the destruction that Godzilla has wrought, and how utterly unstoppable it is. Godzilla, ironically, is best summed up in the Raymond Burr Americanised variation of the original, with probably one translations and adaptions possible. "You face a responsibility unlike no other in the history of mankind. You have your fears, that which may become reality. And you have Godzilla, which is reality" And no. I didn't steal that for anything. Ahem. >,> ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? 
Downright stately.
'Pardon me, sir, but I do believe that there is only enough room on this rock for ONE of us. And I am the one with nuclear fire breath.' - Grumpy Uncle Gearhead  Quote:Berk wrote:LOL!
Canadian lighthouse to U.S. Warship approaching it: "This is a lighthouse. Your call!"
Go see this film.
Go see this film. Don't ask. Don't question. Just go see this film. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Hm, well... it's a significant improvment on the last US Godzilla movie, I'll give it that much. It has basically the same problem as Bayformers, in that it's telling the story of the squishies and barely showing the title character at all, though at least it's not a disgrace to the property like Zilla or Bayformers. I still feel like I saw more Godzilla while watching all the trailers than in the movie itself, though.
5/10, typical disaster movie that happens to have Godzilla in the supporting cast. -- "Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
I can't help but disagree.
The original Godzilla films were all about the people.... the monster was pretty much the disaster that brought them together. It is supposed to be a story about the crunchies because that's what the best Godzilla movies are about - they focus on the human story rather than just city-destruction pornography. The original film does the exact same thing. Godzilla doesn't show up until maybe halfway through it - and even then the focus remains on the people around Godzilla rather than on the dude in the suit. All the good monster movies do it. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Maybe it's just that they constantly cut away from Godzilla instead of showing the monster mash action - but this wasn't some shoestring budget student production where they only show little glimpses of the monster in bad light because they can't afford good effects (though the nuclear power plant was among the worst matte jobs I've seen in recent memory) this was GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! I was expecting a serious ground-shaking city-busting rampage, not aftermaths and teasing cut-aways and oh-my-god-it's-that-guy-blathering-on-again, just do like the man said and let them fight, finally! And then it was over, and I'm out $15 I could have spent renting or streaming five of the campy fun Godzilla Vs. movies, (and not been tempted into a bucket'o'cola and bag of assorted candy as well) and just like Revenge of the Sith I'm not really angry or disgusted, mostly just regretting the two hours lost.
-- "Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
But that's what makes it a proper Godzilla movie, in the spirit of the original, and not the campy destrcto-fests that followed.
It's the people and the aftermath - as opposed to pure Monster -v- City gorn. The original Godzilla's have always been 'human' stories. While the big G is that unstoppable force, like a hurricane coming in off the sea. You might be able to avoid it, but you sure as hell can't control it. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
The original Godzilla movie, which this movie pays huge tribute to, did not actually show a lot of the monster himself. It didn't give us the full on destructive power on screen, instead it would cut away from the disaster and show the human side of things as everything falls apart around them. A classic Godzilla movie certainly showcases Godzilla himself, but it also remembers that there are teeny, tiny creatures caught up in his wake.
It's like there are two worlds interacting, but one is only really dimly aware of the other. - Grumpy Uncle Gearhead |
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