Hollywood finall gives the big G justice.

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Godzilla. The very name rings tones of sweat pouring fear and anticipation in the bodies of Japanese everywhere. Yet here in America, the maker of the film Independence Day made Godzilla into a joke. Now, in 2012, Hollywood is once again going to try it's take on Godzilla. This time however, things are going to be different. I direct your attention to the pics below which are models for the big G in the upcoming film. This is going to be EPIC PEOPLE! ^_^

 

[Relent<]

If it isn't set in 1940-something as the result of an atomic explosion, it will always lack a degree of authenticity. If they at least get that down as a backstory, and set it in present day, I'll be impressed.

The one from the 90s was just...so shitty. {XD

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

I believe this will be a continuation off of Godzilla 1985 (aka Return of Godzilla in Japan). At least that's the impression I'm getting. As for setting the big G in the 1940's, I don't think that would make for a very impressive movie. I will agree however that the last Godzilla movie Hollywood put out sucked a mound of shit the size of a Star Destroyer. However the directors have stated again and again they are trying their absolute hardest to stay true to the original interpretation of Godzilla (all black scaled, bio-regenerating, blue radioactive fire-breathing, 80 meter tall of the big G'ster). As you can plainly see from the model pics I posted, this ain't no Zilla. This is GODFREAKINGZILLA!

 

[tickle_monster]

actually the GODZILLA we made was pretty darn good, I liked it,, it was better than rubber suit godzilla

 

[Violetta]

No it wasn't. It looks like crap and had absolutely no charm to it. It also had a shitty movie centered around it. Give me old fashioned kaiju any day.

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

No it wasn't. It looks like crap and had absolutely no charm to it. It also had a shitty movie centered around it. Give me old fashioned kaiju any day.

A person after my own heart...^_^

On a side note, I wish they'd remake Godzilla vs. Megalon. I want my laser beam eyed, rocket propelled fisted, Jet Jaguar back dammit! 🙁

 

[dag]

Wow!! Didn't know that there were any Godzilla fans on this site! Some of my earliest memories were of Thanksgiving, waaaaaaay back when, and every year they would show Godzilla vs King Kong (I still think that zilla' should have ripped the monkey a new asshole, but that is just my opinion😉 ). I don't know if anyone here has seen it, but the Japanese made a Godzilla movie a few years back called ''Godzilla Final Wars'' that had a lot of the older monsters in it. It even had the Hollywood version in it as well (which I am happy to say the REAL Godzilla made very, VERY short work out of!). I have attached a few stills from the movie, if you have not seen it yet I feel that it is worth a look. Even has the BAD lip syncing like the old Japanese versions. :lol

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Is he gonna be reawakened by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami/nuclear meltdown?

 

[CellarDweller]

My brother and I used to watch the Godzilla movies all the time as kids.

His fave was Ghidorah, and mine was Mothra.

 

[jts963]

actually the GODZILLA we made was pretty darn good, I liked it,, it was better than rubber suit godzilla

+1

America showed Japan how to make a giant monster movie. Unsurprising, because Godzilla is just a rip-off of an American giant monster movie. We did it first, and we still do it best. 😛arty:

 

[general zod1]

A person after my own heart...^_^

On a side note, I wish they'd remake Godzilla vs. Megalon. I want my laser beam eyed, rocket propelled fisted, Jet Jaguar back dammit! 🙁

Hell.,I just want the original on DVD. Can't find a good copy anywhere.


I will reserve judgment on this new version when I see the movie.

 

[general zod1]

Wow!! Didn't know that there were any Godzilla fans on this site! Some of my earliest memories were of Thanksgiving, waaaaaaay back when, and every year they would show Godzilla vs King Kong (I still think that zilla' should have ripped the monkey a new asshole, but that is just my opinion😉 ). I don't know if anyone here has seen it, but the Japanese made a Godzilla movie a few years back called ''Godzilla Final Wars'' that had a lot of the older monsters in it. It even had the Hollywood version in it as well (which I am happy to say the REAL Godzilla made very, VERY short work out of!). I have attached a few stills from the movie, if you have not seen it yet I feel that it is worth a look. Even has the BAD lip syncing like the old Japanese versions. :lol

Love that movie.

 

[general zod1]

No it wasn't. It looks like crap and had absolutely no charm to it. It also had a shitty movie centered around it. Give me old fashioned kaiju any day.

Tell it.:lol

 

[Barefoot_Sis]

I hope it has a pair of 6 inch japanese pixie girls. They were the scariest thing in those movies. I used to run behind the couch and cover my eyes every time they were on screen.

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

+1

America showed Japan how to make a giant monster movie. Unsurprising, because Godzilla is just a rip-off of an American giant monster movie. We did it first, and we still do it best

What fantasy world are you living in? The monster they used for the big G sucked, the acting/dialogue sucked, and even the PLOT SUCKED! The director himself has even been put on record as saying he, "personally wanted the movie to fail at the box office"! A real American movie is Batman Begins or the Dark Knight or hell, even Superman Returns or Gladiator! This movie doesn't even hold a candle to those and it certainly doesn't compare with the original black and white Godzilla MUCH LESS GODZILLA 1985!

 

[jts963]

What fantasy world are you living in? The monster they used for the big G sucked, the acting/dialogue sucked, and even the PLOT SUCKED! The director himself has even been put on record as saying he, "personally wanted the movie to fail at the box office"! A real American movie is Batman Begins or the Dark Knight or hell, even Superman Returns or Gladiator! This movie doesn't even hold a candle to those and it certainly doesn't compare with the original black and white Godzilla MUCH LESS GODZILLA 1985!

What fantasy world are YOU living in? Even a sucky American giant monster is better than the crap that kaiju fanboys and fangirls drool over. ACTING!? :lol The acting in the average US high school play puts the "acting" in Japanese Godzilla movies to shame. And their laughable sumo wrestlers in rubber suits have NEVER been believable and will NEVER be believable -- except to small children and extremely gullible adults of course. :lol

I'll take your put-down of a great movie like Gladiator as proof of your lack of ability to discern what makes a great movie. Stick to your 3rd rate monsters smashing Tokyo, it suits you. :stickout

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Excuse me...I didn't insult Gladiator the movie and while we're on the subject of "acting" you seem to be highly critical of any acting portrayed in Japanese film...especially when comparing it to the acting of the American film industry. To be perfectly blunt, your argument seems somewhat tinged with old-fashioned WWII era American-racism...and as far as the guy who wore both the old suit in the 1950's Godzilla as well as the partially anagrammatic suit in Godzilla 1985, he RISKED HIS LIFE wearing that suit and ended up doing a MARVELOUS job in both movies! Twice (once in each movie) he almost died due to smoke inhalation due to circuitry/wiring failure so don't give me any suit jokes! Also, as far a Emmerich goes, he bloody stole the f'ing rights to Independence Day (his #1 hit movie) and never EVER gave credit to the author of the book (he even sued the author when the poor guy asked for some compensation while Emmerich was swimming in greenbacks)! Oh, a sumo wrestling is a ancient sport steeped in culture and only a crass dim-witted American wouldn't be able to appreciate any value it has.

 

[jts963]

Excuse me...I didn't insult Gladiator the movie and while we're on the subject of "acting" you seem to be highly critical of any acting portrayed in Japanese film...especially when comparing it to the acting of the American film industry. To be perfectly blunt, your argument seems somewhat tinged with old-fashioned WWII era American-racism

Your strawman doesn't work. I restricted my acting criticism to kaiju films. For you to try to expand that to ALL Japanese films shows the racism is coming from you, not from me. And if you didn't mean to insult Gladiator, then you seriously needed to reword this: "or hell, even Superman Returns or Gladiator!".

...and as far as the guy who wore both the old suit in the 1950's Godzilla as well as the partially anagrammatic suit in Godzilla 1985, he RISKED HIS LIFE wearing that suit and ended up doing a MARVELOUS job in both movies! Twice (once in each movie) he almost died due to smoke inhalation due to circuitry/wiring failure so don't give me any suit jokes!

Stuntmen risk their lives all the time. Big whoop. It's still a sucky monster suit, as evidenced by the fact that it almost killed him. :stickout

Bottom line: virtually every monster movie sucks in one or more ways, regardless of country of origin. It's easy to pick apart Godzilla 1998 but to act like the Japanese Godzilla movies don't suck equally bad is just nonsense. At least CGI Godzilla was "believable" in that I didn't see anything that just outright violated basic laws of physics the way I routinely do in kaiju movies. The "physics" in kaiju is cartoon physics. Nuff said.

 

[Violetta]

Rox, it's not worth it. Some people see what they want to see and what they want is to see steaming shit as something worth watching. In this case, it's an opinionated jerk whom we all know has poor taste, in this case awful CG and piss poor acting because it doesn't look as obvious as models and suits. Move on, Rox. It'll only frustrate you in the end.

 

[jts963]

The director himself has even been put on record as saying he, "personally wanted the movie to fail at the box office"!

I couldn't find that anywhere. What I did find was this:

"Emmerich still defends Godzilla (1998), noting that the film was highly profitable and claiming that, of all his movies, people tell him Godzilla (1998) is the one they and their kids watch the most repeatedly." - wiki

This movie ... certainly doesn't compare with the original black and white Godzilla MUCH LESS GODZILLA 1985!

Numbers don't lie:


Godzilla 1985 - Japanese remake

Domestic Total Gross: $4,116,395



Godzilla 1998 - American remake

Total Lifetime Grosses
----- -------- -------
Domestic: $136,314,294
+ Foreign: $242,700,000
= Worldwide: $379,014,294


No wonder the Japanese wanted to kill American Godzilla off in their last Godzilla floppapalooza. :lol

 

[bountydog]

No it wasn't. It looks like crap and had absolutely no charm to it. It also had a shitty movie centered around it. Give me old fashioned kaiju any day.

A person after my own heart...^_^

On a side note, I wish they'd remake Godzilla vs. Megalon. I want my laser beam eyed, rocket propelled fisted, Jet Jaguar back dammit! 🙁

Absolutely in agreement with what Bella Donna said. That movie really was trash, the old suit-wearing kaiju version had a charm of his own. Even if i like newer technology in movie effects the older ones always will have a spot in my heart: those were ages of experimentations and courage in many ways (some effect were so crude in materials that they were dangerous for suit actors). You could seee the effort of the workers in the results, plus using such not-hyperrealistic effects in older movie boosts the suspension of disbelief. even if you know it's a fake effect, you get sucked into the movie by the "power" it radiate. Oh, and about what Rox_My_Sox wrote: would love to see more Jet Jaguar action! He really was my fave! :lol

 

[Slaver123]

Remember Cloverfield? I had a dream very similar to that over 20 years ago- except it was Godzilla stomping around....

I was in an underground parking garage with throngs of people panicking. We could hear and feel the thunderous footsteps above, hear the roar, and with every step the creature took more rubble fell from the ceiling and the whole place nearly collapsed. You could try to get out of the collapsing building only to risk incineration by G's fire-breath. We could hear fighter jets and missiles from far above our heads and hear the explosions...

This was one of the scariest dreams ever- this is the state of panic that Cloverfield or the original 1950s Godzilla portray. THAT'S how a Godzilla movie should be! Big G is NOT a "good guy" who high-fives Jet Jaguar after beating Megalon (worst G movie EVER) When you first see the creature in the original B&W movie his head pops up FROM BEHIND A MOUNTAIN!!! A sight like that could drive people insane or kill them with fright!

I liked the American movie, but they could have done so much more with it...


(got nothing against Jet Jaguar, but he should have had his own movie instead of playing 'sidekick' to Godzilla)

 

[BigNorm]

Rubber suit Godzilla spitting sparks out of his mouth with character whose mouth moved before they spoke vs. the American version with computer special effects, and yes, ew, Matthew Broderick as the "hero"

I'd take the American one hands down. at least it's watchable.

 

[jts963]

Rubber suit Godzilla spitting sparks out of his mouth with character whose mouth moved before they spoke vs. the American version with computer special effects, and yes, ew, Matthew Broderick as the "hero"

I'd take the American one hands down. at least it's watchable.

Another sane person heard from.

Question: what does Gojira eat? Apparently nothing. :lol At least the American version had him actually eating food. Or if somebody wants to pine for the classic stuff, learn to appreciate the movie that Gojira 1954 was just a rip-off of: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Now THAT was a real monster movie. A true All-American scarefest.

I would love to see a sequel to TBF2F, not a remake but an awesome sequel, like ALIENS.

 

[Mash]

Are we really going at each other's throats over movie preferences?

I generally don't like movies made before the turn of the century, with a select few exceptions. Generally, I hate any movie back then that attempted to use special effects. It just doesn't compare to the CG effects used in today's movies. Movies like Karate Kid that didn't really use special effects are great, and the acting tends to be better than today's movies. But hey, that's a bit off-topic. In general, I've never been a big 'giant city-destroying monster battle' fan. It's just not my cup of tea.