I'm assuming the series hasn't got a "holy shit this is actual historically significant cinema" entry like Gojira but what are some good Gameras
The first Gamera is pretty good as a "oh man Godzilla's really popular, we should get us one of those" movie. The rest of the Showa era films are really damn goofy and while I love them, it's hard to recommend them unless you want something that's campy on a "Godzilla vs. Megalon" level. The three movies Gustav mentioned are from a 90s reboot of the franchise that's a lot more serious and are actually really good.
I'm assuming the series hasn't got a "holy shit this is actual historically significant cinema" entry like Gojira but what are some good Gameras
The first Gamera is pretty good as a "oh man Godzilla's really popular, we should get us one of those" movie. The rest of the Showa era films are really damn goofy and while I love them, it's hard to recommend them unless you want something that's campy on a "Godzilla vs. Megalon" level. The three movies Gustav mentioned are from a 90s reboot of the franchise that's a lot more serious and are actually really good.
They also have some moments that are incredibly dark, like not what you would except if you have ever seen the early gamera films.
If you are interested in the campy Showa era of Gamera, I recommend Gamera vs. Viras, which is known as Destroy All Planets in the US. Partly because it's watchable at archive.org and partly because it contains a good 20 minutes that is literally just recapping fights from the previous films.
I was watching Godzilla vs Hedorah last night, and boy, the music they use for Godzilla is goofy as hell. It's like cartoon hangover music.
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Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Godzilla's Revenge because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
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This is the only part of Godzilla Vs. Hedorah you need to see.
Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Son of Godzilla because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
Concerning Gamera, I've never seen the Showa series, but I finally saw the Heisei series earlier this year. I still like Godzilla better, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how amazing the Gamera trilogy was. They're definitely superior to the majority of Godzilla movies, to be painfully honest.
Hedorah is one of the coolest monsters out of Gerdzerlla.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Son of Godzilla because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
No, I'm thinking of Godzilla's Revenge, which is the exact opposite of what a movie about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating monster island should be called.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
Hedorah is one of the coolest monsters out of Gerdzerlla.
I had a great stuffed Hedorah toy that went missing a while back. Such an awesome design.
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GreasyKidsStuffMOMMM!ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered Userregular
For those of you who were maybe not as into the Edwards Godzilla as you'd have liked, may I recommend reading David Ehrlich's review over at The Dissolve? It's a fantastic reading of the film, one that really made me reconsider my issues with it both times I've watched it.
Some choice quotes:
In Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, point of view is everything. Here is a $160 million studio tentpole in which perspective stomps over plot, and characters are defined not by their actions, but by their insignificance. [...] Edwards devotes the film’s first hour to the deepening tragedy of a single family, and builds to an unspeakably spectacular climax that’s less dependent on what we’re seeing than on how we’re seeing it.
Brody’s attempts to reunite with his wife and child are little more than scaffolding for a story that is explicitly about the transition from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism. It’s a theme that Edwards’ film promotes to a plot, the movie gradually reorienting this presumptuously human story until we’re reduced to mere observers, trying desperately to save ourselves as monsters battle above us, oblivious to our plight.
We’ve become a far more destructive species over the course of the last 60 years, but Godzilla’s invincibility in the face of our growing power confirms that our stewardship is a temporary charge, and not a birthright. If Honda’s film was a desperate plea for reason, Edwards’ is a plea for perspective. We used to be the villains in this story, but now we’re just in the way.
Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Son of Godzilla because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
No, I'm thinking of Godzilla's Revenge, which is the exact opposite of what a movie about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating monster island should be called.
He wasn't mentally challenged. He was just lonely and had a wild imagination.
Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Son of Godzilla because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
No, I'm thinking of Godzilla's Revenge, which is the exact opposite of what a movie about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating monster island should be called.
All Monsters Attack and Godzilla's Revenge are alternate titles for the same movie. I see the title All Monsters Attack used more often, though.
and they got shockingly violent, they didn't fuck around with how badly people would get hurt in a monster fight scenario
I only ever read Godzilla 2000 (which came out well before the movie by that title and has nothing to do with it). I think a farmer's wife got bit in half by a Kamacuras.
Also a tornado forms in Godzilla's path and dissapates when it hits him.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Hedorah? The smog monster? That's one of the movies I still haven't seen because even I have limits on goof troop.
For example, I watched Son of Godzilla because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
No, I'm thinking of Godzilla's Revenge, which is the exact opposite of what a movie about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating monster island should be called.
All Monsters Attack and Godzilla's Revenge are alternate titles for the same movie. I see the title All Monsters Attack used more often, though.
My VHS was Godzilla's Revenge. But then again, I have a copy of Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster which is the first appearance of mechaGodzilla
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
There is an unpublished Godzilla novel that I want to read so bad
It has a new continent rise from the Pacific Ocean and a bunch of nations go to claim it only to find it's already been staked out by Battra, Varan, Manda and a mystery monster that was never revealed, leading to Godzilla getting involved when the mystery monster raises hell.
There is an unpublished Godzilla novel that I want to read so bad
It has a new continent rise from the Pacific Ocean and a bunch of nations go to claim it only to find it's already been staked out by Battra, Varan, Manda and a mystery monster that was never revealed, leading to Godzilla getting involved when the mystery monster raises hell.
Literally?
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I read a lot of dark horse Godzilla Comics as a kid.
And yes, I own the Charles Barkley vs Godzilla comic. The guy at the comic shop saved one just for me.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
There is an unpublished Godzilla novel that I want to read so bad
It has a new continent rise from the Pacific Ocean and a bunch of nations go to claim it only to find it's already been staked out by Battra, Varan, Manda and a mystery monster that was never revealed, leading to Godzilla getting involved when the mystery monster raises hell.
Literally?
Maybe!!!
WE'LL NEVER KNOW
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GustavFriend of GoatsSomewhere in the OzarksRegistered Userregular
Robot Daughter is finished and is sent to defend Japan. She defeats the Giant Chameleon, the Giant Archaeopteryx, breaks Anguirus' jaw and then faces Godzilla. Robot Daughter is unaffected by Godzilla's atomic breath. Godzilla seems to fall in love with Robot Daughter, and goes in a cave with the naked Robot Daughter. One character says "...it is the foreplay of love to be beaten."
Keep in mind this is a wiki, so some of this could be bullshit. Other fan sites like Toho Kingdom also feature information on unmade movies, so if something is mentioned on both it's most definitely legit.
My favorite unmade movie is the proposed sequel to Godzilla vs King Ghidorah in which they just have Godzilla fight another King Ghidorah, albeit one from space instead of a genetically engineered one. "Well King Ghidorah's really popular; just have him as the villain again. Worked for Invasion of Astro-Monster."
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I'm assuming the series hasn't got a "holy shit this is actual historically significant cinema" entry like Gojira but what are some good Gameras
The first Gamera is pretty good as a "oh man Godzilla's really popular, we should get us one of those" movie. The rest of the Showa era films are really damn goofy and while I love them, it's hard to recommend them unless you want something that's campy on a "Godzilla vs. Megalon" level. The three movies Gustav mentioned are from a 90s reboot of the franchise that's a lot more serious and are actually really good.
They also have some moments that are incredibly dark, like not what you would except if you have ever seen the early gamera films.
For example, I watched Godzilla's Revenge because I didn't know it was about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating Monster Island as he ran away from Yakuza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E284IfUyssc
Personally, I feel like everything about Godzilla vs Hedorah other than Godzilla himself is pretty good. It's definitely not a generic Godzilla movie by any means, and I'm pretty sure Hedorah himself causes the most on-screen deaths out of any Godzilla villain (there's one scene where Hedorah flies over a crowd of people and they all drop dead, and another where a guy jumps from a building to commit suicide and hits the ground as a gore-covered skeleton because of Hedorah's acidic smog).
Even the fight itself is okay save for the bizarre flight scene. The fight in Godzilla vs Megalon is far, far cheesier.
Also, you're thinking of All Monsters Attack. Son of Godzilla is the one where Minya is born and there's a weather control experiment.
No, I'm thinking of Godzilla's Revenge, which is the exact opposite of what a movie about a mentally challenged boy hallucinating monster island should be called.
Dude really does look like a schoolyard bully in monster form.
I had a great stuffed Hedorah toy that went missing a while back. Such an awesome design.
Some choice quotes:
Also this video is a good little jaunt through some of the film's strengths. Obviously spoilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqB7_HkbqLg
I kind of want to watch it again...
He wasn't mentally challenged. He was just lonely and had a wild imagination.
and they got shockingly violent, they didn't fuck around with how badly people would get hurt in a monster fight scenario
All Monsters Attack and Godzilla's Revenge are alternate titles for the same movie. I see the title All Monsters Attack used more often, though.
I only ever read Godzilla 2000 (which came out well before the movie by that title and has nothing to do with it). I think a farmer's wife got bit in half by a Kamacuras.
Also a tornado forms in Godzilla's path and dissapates when it hits him.
My VHS was Godzilla's Revenge. But then again, I have a copy of Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster which is the first appearance of mechaGodzilla
It has a new continent rise from the Pacific Ocean and a bunch of nations go to claim it only to find it's already been staked out by Battra, Varan, Manda and a mystery monster that was never revealed, leading to Godzilla getting involved when the mystery monster raises hell.
Literally?
And yes, I own the Charles Barkley vs Godzilla comic. The guy at the comic shop saved one just for me.
WE'LL NEVER KNOW
Here's a Godzilla 2000 concept where Godzilla has Zilla-esque forward curving spines.
And here's a fucked up Space Godzilla!
They apparently tried dozens of designs for Orga.
That would have been so much more rad
Would've been neat as "Keizer Godzilla".
uhhh...
well Anguirus is still chump changed.
My favorite unmade movie is the proposed sequel to Godzilla vs King Ghidorah in which they just have Godzilla fight another King Ghidorah, albeit one from space instead of a genetically engineered one. "Well King Ghidorah's really popular; just have him as the villain again. Worked for Invasion of Astro-Monster."
"Yeah, but he's a mutant, too! And I don't think he stands upright enough!"
"My God...zilla."
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So adorable
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