Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[Solidus]

No one is never happy if he was thinner people would still complain.

Fake abs . I bet he had Anguirus draw those for him.

Then again, they're probably just chunks of skin armor.

 

[GasparZizou]

Fake abs? You think this Godzilla was designed by Baypecks or something?

 

[Solidus]

Well, have you seen the crazy **** that goes on in Monster Island?!

 

[Kibagami]

RAWR! That's awesome. He doesn't need to lose weight. I lie.

 

[Solidus]

"Calorie Monster", "Godzilla Deluxe"

While the May 16th premiere of Godzilla can't come soon enough for us here in the States, Japanese fans have already begun dismissing the new reboot due to the fact that they think the legendary lizard is now too "massive."

According to Time, Japanese fans of the original film series are "annoyed with how fat the monster appears in the American trailer" - claiming online that America had "done a ‘super-size me." Other names reportedly posted were "calorie monster” and “Godzilla Deluxe.” One comment, reported here, claimed “He’s so fat, I laughed.”

Another fan, based on the posters alone, told the AFP “When I finally saw it, I was a bit taken aback. It’s fat from the neck downwards and massive at the bottom.”

Not to futilely fire back here, but the original rubber Godzilla was no Kate Moss. And those thighs? The guy definitely needed to take a few laps around Monster Island.

Plus, the original suit had a person inside it. A person who had to, at times, actually move his neck.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/02/japanese-fans-think-the-new-godzilla-is-fat

 

[Biojex]

Cap and Spidey are out of the way...I'm ready for the king to take me.

 

[MaulFan]

Clip gallery.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maulfan/sets/72157644528360493/

 

[Solidus]

Cap and Spidey are out of the way...I'm ready for the king to take me.

Indeed. I'm pretty excited for this one.

 

[crows]

"Calorie Monster", "Godzilla Deluxe"



https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/02/japanese-fans-think-the-new-godzilla-is-fat

that's complete BS. talk about hating something for no reason just to hate on it............

those complaints are just ridiculous

 

[JAWS]

Clip gallery.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maulfan/sets/72157644528360493/

Looking good...

that's complete BS. talk about hating something for no reason just to hate on it............

those complaints are just ridiculous

I think the Japanese don't want to like it. They don't want an American made Godzilla to be better then theirs.

 

[Solidus]

I kind of see where they're coming from, though. The original Godzilla was like a costume for a sports mascot, in that it was very bottom heavy. But, instead of slimming down the bottom for Godzilla 2014, they bloated up his upper torso and neck to match evenly out the proportions.

Personally, I don't think the new look is that bad, but he's just a really fat lizard now.

I think the Japanese don't want to like it. They don't want an American made Godzilla to be better then theirs.

That's probably it, too. I hope this film does well in the box office, to shut up anyone who holds those types of biased views.

 

[crows]

I guess according to the japanese this was a really good looking godzilla then? look at how sexy and skinny this Mofo is

 

[Solidus]

Eew, is that from Godzilla 1998?

 

[crows]

yeah? sexy and thin as hell right? look at those slim tights, so dreamy.

 

[Rotfish]

I'm going to venture a guess that there are more young Godzilla fans in the US than there are in Japan. The big lizard isn't as popular there as we seem to think and even the old movies aren't quite beloved by all. The camp can definitely be a turn-off and Japan is no exception, not when current movies have sleeker-looking creatures and robots that the new generations are growing up on.

I think the Japanese don't want to like it. They don't want an American made Godzilla to be better then theirs.

I highly doubt that. We in the west seem to think that they all have a sort of national pride in the monster, which isn't the case at all. That would be like assuming everyone here is a die-hard King Kong fan who would take offense to anyone else's interpretation of it. Like I said, a lot of Japanese aren't into Godzilla (same as how a lot of Americans aren't into it either) regardless of which version.

 

[Solidus]

yeah? sexy and thin as hell right? look at those slim tights, so dreamy.

I hated the iguana head, and creepy human like appendages from the 1998 film.

There's nothing wrong with this Godzilla in terms of its design, but it would have been good if they slimed him down a tad so he doesn't look like an overstuffed teddy bear (lizard?) . On the plus, I love how extremely menacing his face looks this time.

 

[jye4ever]

Even their live action Gatchaman movie was a bomb there in 2013.

They sure loved Frozen though.

 

[Solidus]

Is Japanese pop-culture even relevant anymore? I can't think recall them having great influences on American cinema in recent memory.

 

[crows]

I hated the iguana head, and creepy human like appendages from the 1998 film.

There's nothing wrong with this Godzilla in terms of its design, but it would have been good if they slimed him down a tad so he doesn't look like an overstuffed teddy bear (lizard?) . On the plus, I love how extremely menacing his face looks this time.

the only thing is the fat neck. but the rest of the body looks like godzilla should look like.

 

[Solidus]

I highly doubt that. We in the west seem to think that they all have a sort of national pride in the monster, which isn't the case at all. That would be like assuming everyone here is a die-hard King Kong fan who would take offense to anyone else's interpretation of it. Like I said, a lot of Japanese aren't into Godzilla (same as how a lot of Americans aren't into it either) regardless of which version.

Not exactly. Godzilla means something to Japanese pop-culture, in that the 1954 film, was one of the first post-WWII movies to serve as a "moral lesson" for the dangers of nuclear weapons - especially considering that Japan was bombed twice at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In comparison, King Kong didn't have any sort of great, nationalistic message, whatsoever. It just a movie about a big ape, run amok in NYC, and mankind's desire to destroy whatever they can't understand. So, in that sense, I don't believe that Americans are compelled to really have any sort of pride in King Kong.

In any case, I'm not sure how the new generation of Japanese kids would feel about Godzilla. But, if they're anything like American kids, they'd be more interested in music, fornication, and idol concerts, than taking an interest in their country's past (or let alone, movies that reflect moral messages about it).