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Godzilla and other, less important Kaiju

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Godzilla anime version of mecha Godzilla is insane

    Godzilla anime is real rad, can't wait for part 3

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Looking at the monarchsciences website, it reveals some stuff about the monsters and their locations.
    Rodan is on (or in, rather) a volcanic island in mexico and has "Bio-volcanic" powers, so basically fire/lava type.

    King Ghidorah is named "Monster Zero" (Heh, nice reference) and is bio-electric type. He's frozen in Antartica

    Mothra has "unknown" listed as her, uh, power type I guess? But her bio mentions light a lot. She's in the Yunnan Rainforest in China.

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    I just watched Godzilla 2014 again

    God, that movie rules, and one of these days I need to try and write a Thing about how good of a job it does with its theme of "Godzilla is Earth Made Flesh"

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    I just watched Godzilla 2014 again

    God, that movie rules, and one of these days I need to try and write a Thing about how good of a job it does with its theme of "Godzilla is Earth Made Flesh"

    I watched it again just the other day as well, alongside someone who had never seen a Godzilla movie before

    They were very positive about it! Beyond the void of charisma or personality that is Aaron Taylor-Johnson, it's a really well-paced, downright gorgeous movie that had them gasping at the visuals more than once

    I hope the sequel can carry forward that sense of scale and awe. I really liked the way Krampus looked, so hopefully!

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    DO IT!! YOU BASTARD!!!!

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    legendary really going all out with their marketing budget

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    but will he do the tail slide

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    legendary really going all out with their marketing budget


    Somewhere there's an executive going "You know, Dale.. Instead of marketing for this movie, why don't we use the weather machine to, like, hold the world hostage or something?"

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I wish that weren't a photoshop

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    YaYa wrote: »
    no seriously what's a Godzilla

    Hopefully you'll figure that out sooner rather than later.

  • NorgothNorgoth cardiffRegistered User regular
    I just watched Godzilla 2014 again

    God, that movie rules, and one of these days I need to try and write a Thing about how good of a job it does with its theme of "Godzilla is Earth Made Flesh"

    My favourite thing about that movie, is that you could go back in time to the 1980’s, give Toho the script and just film it as a hesei era movie no problems at all.

    I find anecdotally the people who were disapointed in the movie hadn’t seen any of the Japanese Godzilla movies, and were expecting basically a non-stop disaster movie 1998 style.

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  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    When he inhaled and his spines started to glow I got chill bumps. I had to hold myself in my seat at the theater.
    Norgoth wrote: »
    I just watched Godzilla 2014 again

    God, that movie rules, and one of these days I need to try and write a Thing about how good of a job it does with its theme of "Godzilla is Earth Made Flesh"

    My favourite thing about that movie, is that you could go back in time to the 1980’s, give Toho the script and just film it as a hesei era movie no problems at all.

    I find anecdotally the people who were disapointed in the movie hadn’t seen any of the Japanese Godzilla movies, and were expecting basically a non-stop disaster movie 1998 style.

    Those people would be completely perplexed by Shin Godzilla then. Personally I really liked it, although it is definitely a different flavor then the 2014 movie.

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Oh yeah, I'm really glad Shin Godzilla exists, even if it's not my ideal Godzilla

    I'm glad that we can get both 80s-style King of the Monsters and something more reminiscent of the original '54 film

  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    furlion wrote: »
    When he inhaled and his spines started to glow I got chill bumps. I had to hold myself in my seat at the theater.
    Norgoth wrote: »
    I just watched Godzilla 2014 again

    God, that movie rules, and one of these days I need to try and write a Thing about how good of a job it does with its theme of "Godzilla is Earth Made Flesh"

    My favourite thing about that movie, is that you could go back in time to the 1980’s, give Toho the script and just film it as a hesei era movie no problems at all.

    I find anecdotally the people who were disapointed in the movie hadn’t seen any of the Japanese Godzilla movies, and were expecting basically a non-stop disaster movie 1998 style.

    Those people would be completely perplexed by Shin Godzilla then. Personally I really liked it, although it is definitely a different flavor then the 2014 movie.
    Would they? Shin Godzilla is much closer to Godzilla 1998 than Godzilla 2014.

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    All I remember about shin is the googly eyes

    Forever in my brain

    Such googly

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  • NorgothNorgoth cardiffRegistered User regular
    Shin Godzilla is really intresting in that it’s a disaster movie that’s chooses to focus on government incompetence instead of like, Dwayne Johnson in a helicopter looking at explosions. It’s makes super sense as a response to fukashima.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    I think the government response in Shin was as competent as it could be in mobilizing against a threat nobody has ever had a contingency for

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    The main thing I remember about the government nerds in Shin Godzilla was that their job titles would appear on the screen, and they eventually got so long that they wouldn't fit on the screen.

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    I haven't watched GMK since I got my new Sony speakers. I should remedy that.

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  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Shin Godzilla is almost like...what if In The Loop took place during a Godzilla event

    I love it

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Basically the highest praise I can give Shin Godzilla is that my brother and mom loved it when I convinced them to go see it with me and those two normally despise having to read subtitles+don't normally like monster movies.

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    Seeing some speculation that Charles Dance plays Tom Hiddleston character in the movie.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    I could see it.

  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    Capt Howdy wrote: »
    Seeing some speculation that Charles Dance plays Tom Hiddleston character in the movie.

    That'd be interesting. I saw somewhere in the Monarch viral marketing that there was a second expedition to Skull Island in the 90s. I wonder if that'll be touched on at any point.

  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Ooh, I was just wondering if they'd give Hiddleston the old-man treatment for vs. Kong but that'd be an easier way certainly.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I think the government response in Shin was as competent as it could be in mobilizing against a threat nobody has ever had a contingency for

    It eventually does, but I feel there’s definitely a running joke in the first half that the traditional chain of command is incapable of reacting quickly enough to the threat.
    It’s only when the chain of command is flattened and a team of specialists is created to make quick, independent decisions (mimicing how Godzilla’s own body adapts) that the humans are able to fight back.

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  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Yeah, the problem in Shin isn't incompetence really, just the inability for a big bureaucratic structure to react quickly enough, combined with a lot of people too afraid of rocking the boat or endangering their future careers (or their bosses' current careers) to say anything risky.

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    I keep forgetting about Skull Island

    I wish it were streaming somewhere

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    There will never be another movie like Shin Godzilla, where key plot points were the financial and political ramifications of a giant cancer monster.

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  • l_gl_g Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    The better the depictions of the kaiju get, the more laughable the idea is that King Kong could take on any of them and not just get owned instantly like the non-threat that he is.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    what if king kong had a knife and godzilla had a bat

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited July 2018
    King Kong was the first monster to ever kick Godzilla's ass, so I'm not sure how he's a non-threat.

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  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Kong and Godzilla Will be on the same side by the end of the movie I’d wager

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    Gustav wrote: »
    Kong and Godzilla Will be on the same side by the end of the movie I’d wager

    Turns out both their moms are named Martha, who knew?

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    "Save... MOTHRA", Godzilla croaks

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    King Kong was the first monster to ever kick Godzilla's ass, so I'm not sure how he's a non-threat.

    Kong is a hairy meat sack, one atomic breath blast and he's a well done ape steak.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Kong rules

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