Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[jye4ever]

but that's a rubber suit from an $80.00 movie.

 

[Biojex]

Yup, like a keep on walking t-shirt.

I am become death...

 

[jye4ever]

holy crap that is even funnier than his victory dance and tail slide gifs.

that is my favorite gif ever!

 

[jrice73]

I think timing had a lot to do with it. It was Post-9/11 America and it seemed like every turn we made we were met with the message that American military overcomes all. Sure, the actual attacks were 7 years prior but the war was obviously still going on and Hollywood probably felt like audiences were desiring more of that rah-rah patriotic boost in the movies. Emmerich/Devlin also seem to feel that that is how American audiences want their films to end.

But, I think often times, we crave those dark endings. Something that stands out. Something tragic. With Godzilla, that's relatively easy to achieve at this point because either Godzilla dies and the fans feel bad for the monster or he "wins" at the expense of the humans. And after watching Edwards' "Monsters", it's easy for me to see how thin that line can be. Afterall, that film builds sympathy for a monster in ONE scene after leading you to believe it was this terrible beast the entire film. Obviously, Godzilla should be handled a bit differently because he should be a terrible beast and an asskicker.

I watched "The Mist" last night in black and white for the first time in a couple years. What an ending. That's what stands out to me these days.

By the way, I thought I read somewhere that the film confirms that the Cloverfield monster was killed in the nuke?

EDIT: Yup, Abrams makes it very clear...

https://cloverfieldclues.blogspot.com/2008/05/cloverfield-is-dead-long-live.html

EDIT: Yup, Abrams makes it pretty clear.

Agree with you on the ending to "The Mist" bro. It's ****ing ruthless and great.

 

[MaulFan]

That is such a lazy and uninspiring monster design, just like what the Muto might be.

Elementary school kids could illustrate a better monster.

This is THE most uninspired design ever, slap a dilophosaurus frill on a Godzilla suit and repaint it a bit and magically it's a new monster.

 

[ironwez20]

Sweet lord is that real?

 

[RavenEye]

This is THE most uninspired design ever, slap a dilophosaurus frill on a Godzilla suit and repaint it a bit and magically it's a new monster.

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Sweet lord is that real?

WTF???

 

[jye4ever]

That's Biojex's halloween costume.

 

[Viking Spawn]

I am become death...

Oopsie.

And btw, the Godzilla suit with the frill is named Jirass. That's NOT our big G.

 

[MaulFan]

Sweet lord is that real?

Yup, it's from Ultraman.

 

[Niltusk]

Yup, it's from Ultraman.

Stuff may look corny by todays standards, but I used to love coming home from school to watch all the Japanese schlock like that.

 

[ironwez20]

I can't even believe they desecrated godzilla's look with that filth.

 

[MaulFan]

I don't laugh cuz it's corny, I still watch classic Godzilla movies with delight, I laugh because they did very little to change the suit from Godzilla.

Plot summary leaked through the JAKKS figure box.

Spoiler

Possible the last of an ancient species of giant amphibious creatures that evolved at a time when the surface of the Earth over ten times more radioactive than it is today, GODZILLA can convert his radiation stores into a violent, focused exhalation of atomic ray. Rarely seen, but spoken of in ancient Pacific island myths, 'Gojira' was last spotted in 1954, when the U.S. Navy encountered and attempted to kill him with an atomic blast in the Pacific Ocean. Since then, the giant creature has been living in deep ocean - until a threat to his survival from an ancient foe forces him to reappear.

 

[MaulFan]

This is AWESOME, kudos to the maker.



Another good article on that 20 minute clip and Q&A session.

https://kaijubattle.blogspot.com/2014/03/godzilla-monster-movie-with-director-of.html

 

[creature4000]

MF.... that throwback version was awesome! Good Find!

 

[meth head]

My gf lives in the same town Gareth Edwards was born and raised. His mother still lives in the town. Only discovered that yesterday when I picked up the local newspaper. He went to the same school as her children. Pretty cool I thought.

 

[MaulFan]

I can't even believe they desecrated godzilla's look with that filth.

Money was tight, it's the same reason they started using stock footage from past films as much as they could instead of shooting new stuff in the Godzilla series.

 

[jye4ever]

I don't laugh cuz it's corny, I still watch classic Godzilla movies with delight, I laugh because they did very little to change the suit from Godzilla.

Plot summary leaked through the JAKKS figure box.

Spoiler

Possible the last of an ancient species of giant amphibious creatures that evolved at a time when the surface of the Earth over ten times more radioactive than it is today, GODZILLA can convert his radiation stores into a violent, focused exhalation of atomic ray. Rarely seen, but spoken of in ancient Pacific island myths, 'Gojira' was last spotted in 1954, when the U.S. Navy encountered and attempted to kill him with an atomic blast in the Pacific Ocean. Since then, the giant creature has been living in deep ocean - until a threat to his survival from an ancient foe forces him to reappear.

So Godzilla is from Krypton.

 

[krec9]

I'm going in to this movie thinking its going to suck hopefully I come out surprised.

 

[denryanj]

The wifey, who works at WB, came home last night with a surprise or me; a pristinely rolled
copy of the 27x40, double-sided theatrical one sheet for Godzilla. It's going to look spectacular framed and hung.

I love my girl. She knows how to keep her man happy