Godzilla Collectibles Thread

[jye4ever]

Updated my post with pointy.

 

[MaulFan]

One thing I love on all the Godzilla 2000 designs is the inclusion of 6 big top fangs from front to back, very unique and looks really cool.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

The mouth is my favorite part of this design for sure. It's always silly to me when a big predator like that A) doesn't use his teeth against his opponents or B) doesn't have strong enough jaws or teeth to cause considerable damage

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[MaulFan]

The mouth is my favorite part of this design for sure. It's always silly to me when a big predator like that A) doesn't use his teeth against his opponents or B) doesn't have strong enough jaws or teeth to cause considerable damage

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CGI definitely benefited Godzilla 2014 in this regard. It actually raises a point, is the spared use of atomic breath because it wasn't his only weapon? In Toho films it's harder to have guys in suits truly fight like wild animals but CGI allowed for brutal hand to hand combat and included biting by Godzilla and the MUTOs.

If Godzilla 2016 is a vs film I wonder what influence we may see of Legendary's fighting on Toho's fights.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Yeah 2014 was definitely the most gritty a realistic fight but Toho did Godzilla Raids Again the way as well with suits. It was all tooth and nail. With fangs like the ones pictured above, Godzilla should put holes in his opponents. With those teeth, he looks like he's sever the wing of the flying Muto that he had in his mouth. Or extremely hinder him. Godzilla 2014's jaws didn't look like it did any real considerable damage to him considering his size and strength advantage.

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[MaulFan]

I suppose it depends on what he's fighting. The MUTOs have hides tough enough to take missiles and bullets like a mosquito bite, hard to imagine just teeth would do much damage, even the MUTOs had to hit Godzilla in weak areas to draw blood, his tougher skin held up against them and the military.

Be cool to see Godzilla bite off one of Ghidorah's heads for victory in the Legendary sequels.

 

[jye4ever]

Yeah, watching SOS right now, Godizilla's teeth ain't doing any damage with that rubbery head.

Mecha G just did a face plant after getting blasted with atomic breath and his whole head wobbled like a bowl of jello, then quick cut.

 

[MaulFan]

My one wish for Godzilla 2016 is that it feel as relatively realistic as the Showa series, I swear after Biollante these films felt more fake than the older ones which makes no sense but the special effects seem more obvious as effects than the old ways, guess something to be said about Tsuburaya vs todays FX artists.

 

[Boba Ben]

If it's a man in a rubber suit, I'll be happy.

 

[jye4ever]

My one wish for Godzilla 2016 is that it feel as relatively realistic as the Showa series, I swear after Biollante these films felt more fake than the older ones which makes no sense but the special effects seem more obvious as effects than the old ways, guess something to be said about Tsuburaya vs todays FX artists.

I believe they tried to make G14 look like a rubber suit at times, especially during his final march and roar.

If it's a man in a rubber suit, I'll be happy.

I would have to agree with this, his suit technology must be pretty spectacular by now since filming FW in 2003.

But hasn't it been confirmed that he will be all cg, especially since he will be bigger than G14!

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Latest news is that it'll be a hybrid of cgi and suitmation

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[MaulFan]

I don't just mean Godzilla being a man in suit which is fine, there's a level of cinematography and city building also needed. Godzilla vs Biollante is all suits but looks so much more real than say Godzilla vs Mothra 92.

 

[jye4ever]

At this point I wonder if they will just do suit against a green screen set.

 

[Boba Ben]

I believe they tried to make G14 look like a rubber suit at times, especially during his final march and roar.



I would have to agree with this, his suit technology must be pretty spectacular by now since filming FW in 2003.

But hasn't it been confirmed that he will be all cg, especially since he will be bigger than G14!

That's too big in my opinion. I like my Godzilla a little shorter than that. Godzilla 2014 pushed it to very limit of how tall I think Godzilla should be. Showa height is just right.

Latest news is that it'll be a hybrid of cgi and suitmation

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That might work. They used a little bit of cgi in Godzilla 2000, but it didn't look very good. That was a long time ago, though.

I don't just mean Godzilla being a man in suit which is fine, there's a level of cinematography and city building also needed. Godzilla vs Biollante is all suits but looks so much more real than say Godzilla vs Mothra 92.

The Show suits are my favorite, but I've never had anything against the Heisei suits either. I haven't watched those movies a lot, but they seemed decent to me. Burning Godzilla and Destroyah were awesome. Mecha King Ghidorah was impressive.

At this point I wonder if they will just do suit against a green screen set.

They better not. I want little tanks and Japanese guys shooting bottle rockets at Godzilla off screen. That's how it should be.

 

[Joda]

You know, the main reason I loved these films as a kid was the practical effects. The miniature buildings especially. I mean, for those of us who watched these as children, who didn't want to be the guy in the suit destroying everything? When all the destruction is CGI, it's just... lame. To me, CGI is like creating art out of ether. It can be seen, but isn't a tangible product. Hell, without a power source, it ceases to exist. I want effects I can touch. (In theory)

And where the Hell are my matte paintings?

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

That's too big in my opinion. I like my Godzilla a little shorter than that. Godzilla 2014 pushed it to very limit of how tall I think Godzilla should be. Showa height is just right.



That might work. They used a little bit of cgi in Godzilla 2000, but it didn't look very good. That was a long time ago, though.



The Show suits are my favorite, but I've never had anything against the Heisei suits either. I haven't watched those movies a lot, but they seemed decent to me. Burning Godzilla and Destroyah were awesome. Mecha King Ghidorah was impressive.



They better not. I want little tanks and Japanese guys shooting bottle rockets at Godzilla off screen. That's how it should be.

50m just doesn't seem as imposing in the modern world to me anymore. I know it gets a bit chaotic with him being freakishly huge...but I've never seen a film suffer for having Godzilla be too big. It's not like he interacts with individual people like how Kong does. Godzilla should standout in a skyline in my opinion. Obviously he can't be 800 feet tall but he shouldn't be dwarfed by everything in a city like SF or NY either.

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[jye4ever]

I thought G14 cgi building destructions were extremely well done.

Killing off a character we're enamored with was not.

 

[Boba Ben]

Some of my favorites Godzilla were little ones. GMK, '68, and '64 are smaller Godzillas, but really cool.

 

[jye4ever]

Last part is interesting:

On its opening day on May 15, the film grossed $9.3 million in North America at late-night screenings, one of the best late-night openings for a non-sequel and $93.2 million for the entire weekend, making it the fifth highest opening weekend in 2014.

Its opening weekend gross broke the records for the highest weekend debuts for a disaster film and a creature feature.

BUT....At the end of its domestic run, Godzilla grossed $200.6 in North America, the lowest total ever for a movie that opened above $90 million.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Once the Godzilla geeks saw it...I think the limited screen time if the main star and mixed reviews turned a lot of the latecomers away.

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