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Godzilla and other, less important Kaiju

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    Can anyone vouch for IDW's Godzilla comics? I know Half Century War is good, and they recently had a series where Godzilla goes to Hell (called Godzilla in Hell, obviously), but something makes me hesitant about the others.

    For example, it seems like they use as many monsters as they can all the time to the point where it doesn't feel especially significant when any one of them shows up. Even Half Century War is kinda like this, where Space Godzilla appears without explanation as to why he exists.

    It's the opposite problem of past Godzilla comics which only ever used new monsters because Toho was charging a licensing fee per monster at the time.

  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    img]WATCH OUT, ASSHOLES! HERE COMES ULTRAMAN TO BEAT YOUR SHIT DOWN

    The Ultra Series is a long running television franchise in Japan, considered to be one of the most important pieces of Daikaiju history as well as televised tokusatsu. It revolves around heroes bearing the name Ultraman (with the exception of Ultra Q and Ultraseven) and their struggles to defend the world against the threat of kaiju. In fact, the franchise is 50 years old this year!

    Ultraman is very cool because the kaiju fights are much more visceral than its counterparts on TV like Super Sentai. Instead of a giant robot flailing impotently with a sword, you have fights like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDO-VDSJ6AM

    this is just a straight up BRAWL and it rules!

    The Ultra series had a bit of a slump about a decade ago but it's putting out very good products lately, and: you can watch most of them in English!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ukpvW_gCwU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doa8FMpUCEw

    This is Ultraman Orb, the current iteration of the franchise. It's an anniversary show, so it's very much about celebrating the past in the process of telling its own story. Kurenai Gai is an Ultraman who lost access to his own powers, and now defends Earth by using the Orb Ring to fuse the powers of past Ultramen together! It's funny! It's kinda badass! The bad guy's name is JUGGLUS JUGGLER!

    and, much like basically every recent ultra series, is completely free to watch on Crunchyroll!

    You forgot to mention Ultraman was created by Eiji Tsuburaya, the original special effects director behind Godzilla.

    You also forgot to mention that half of the monsters in the original Ultraman were Baragon in disguise.

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  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Plus of course Jirass, who looks like this.

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    Tsuburuya borrowed the suit they were gonna use for the next Godzilla movie and stuck a fin on it.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

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  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Hexmage-PA wrote: »
    Can anyone vouch for IDW's Godzilla comics? I know Half Century War is good, and they recently had a series where Godzilla goes to Hell (called Godzilla in Hell, obviously), but something makes me hesitant about the others.

    For example, it seems like they use as many monsters as they can all the time to the point where it doesn't feel especially significant when any one of them shows up. Even Half Century War is kinda like this, where Space Godzilla appears without explanation as to why he exists.

    It's the opposite problem of past Godzilla comics which only ever used new monsters because Toho was charging a licensing fee per monster at the time.

    I read a few of them, and they weren't great - I think Half Century War is the only real standout, even Godzilla In Hell apparently wasn't very good once they switched off Stokoe as the artist (who is of course the artist for Half Century War).

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  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    There was one that was basically Jason Statham leads a team to fight Godzilla. It was alright.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Anguirus

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    Godzilla in Hell really sucked beyond the first issue which bummed me right the hell out.

  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Yeah I excitedly nabbed the first issue only to find he wasn't doing the following installments. And I kinda bounced from there.

    You can't just tease me with Stokoe drawing Godzilla fighting through Hell. Like that's fucking cruel.

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I liked final wars a bunch.

    1998 godzilla got dunked on.

    Plus at the end
    The main human guy was going to fight godzilla with a sword but then everyone was like "nononono" and he relaxed and then the movie ended.

  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Final Wars needed a bit more time spent on monster fights, but all the monster fights were fantastic, so I can't really complain that much.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Godzilla in Hell really sucked beyond the first issue which bummed me right the hell out.

    The issues were pretty hit or miss but the hits were BIG.

    Final issue so good

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Anguirus
    Rude!

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    reminder, this is from an episode of ultraman x where three alien fugitives team up with a human against some intergalactic bounty hunters in a rugby match where their freedom is at stake

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Shinji?

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Anguirus

    Hmn.

    I mean, Anguirus is kinda the Krillin of the Kaiju set, between being relatively "normal", his status as Godzilla's best friend, and his unholy ability to recover from a beating, but he's kind of a failure at the main point of a jobber. You need to get built up before the takedown for that. Anguirus isn't that guy. Anguirus getting his ass kicked is treated like a reasonable course of events whenever he shows up, and his staying in the fight is treated as a showing of how tough he is.

    He went solo against King Ghidora for a few rounds and walked it off.

    He loses at least as often as not, but jobbers are supposed to make you go "Holy cow, Main Wrestler is a badass" not "Did you see how long he stayed in the fight? I mean, Main Wrestler DEMOLISHED all those other guys, but Jobber here made him work for it."

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Anguirus is the Dean Ambrose to Godzilla's Roman Reigns

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Anguirus is the Dean Ambrose to Godzilla's Roman Reigns

    So Anguirus is actually way way WAY better?

  • Diablo FettDiablo Fett Registered User regular
    the true kaiju jobber is adult Mothra

    conversely larva Mothra has never been defeated in a fight

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Anguirus is the Dean Ambrose to Godzilla's Roman Reigns

    So Anguirus is actually way way WAY better?
    Yes!

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    No but for real it's probably zetton

  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    hello everyone a moment of silence please for the greatest kaiju who ever lived

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPR6yWN40_k

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    the true kaiju jobber is adult Mothra

    conversely larva Mothra has never been defeated in a fight

    Yeah, Mothra is perfect. Continually talked up, has all kinds of flashy tricks to wow the crowd, and then, BOOM. Demolished.

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    God I hope Pacific Rim 2 actually ends up happening. That is absolutely one of my favorite all-time movies and it needs a sequel. Were the comics any good?

  • GR_ZombieGR_Zombie Krillin It Registered User regular
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Shinji?

    Please, if anyone from Eva is a jobber, it's Asuka.

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  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    God I hope Pacific Rim 2 actually ends up happening. That is absolutely one of my favorite all-time movies and it needs a sequel. Were the comics any good?

    The prequel one is good!

    It has a better Idris Elba speech than the movie!

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    who's the biggest jobber in the kaiju world

    Shinji?

    Please, if anyone from Eva is a jobber, it's Asuka.

    Which is funny because Asuka the wrestler is absolutely not

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    Is final wars the one with those weird time traveler dudes and the part with the americans getting killed by godzilla on an island?

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Prohass wrote: »
    Is final wars the one with those weird time traveler dudes and the part with the americans getting killed by godzilla on an island?

    That's Godzilla Vs. King Ghidora.

  • CharmyCharmy Registered User regular
    Dear Godzilla thread,

    If I like the idea of kaiju conceptually, but I don't have much experience with them beyond Pacific Rim, Godzilla 2014, and the Godzilla animated series from the 90s, where's a good place to start? What are the series highlights?

    Bear in mind that the original King Kong is one of my favourite films so I have a very high tolerance for dated special effects.

    I have a twitter.
  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
    Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
    Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Charmy wrote: »
    Dear Godzilla thread,

    If I like the idea of kaiju conceptually, but I don't have much experience with them beyond Pacific Rim, Godzilla 2014, and the Godzilla animated series from the 90s, where's a good place to start? What are the series highlights?

    Bear in mind that the original King Kong is one of my favourite films so I have a very high tolerance for dated special effects.

    See the original Godzilla. It's not a big monster rumble, but it is a classic for a reason. Sad and dramatic.

    Godzilla 2000's fun in the dub. Only one fight at the end, but it's enjoyable anyway.

  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    Original Godzilla(Criterion version) is a very good place to start.

  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Biggest Jobber has to be adult Mothra for sure. Most hilarious jobber has to be Ebirah.

  • NorgothNorgoth cardiffRegistered User regular
    Rainfall wrote: »
    Original Godzilla(Criterion version) is a very good place to start.


    I started my now near complete collection withthis

  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    Guys help me out here

    Way back in the 90s I had an Ultraman video game, and all I remember is that it was my favorite for a while

    I know I'm not making this up, but I can't find it

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    That sounds like Ultraman: Towards The Future

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    the true kaiju jobber is adult Mothra

    conversely larva Mothra has never been defeated in a fight

    Larva Mothra got its ass kicked by Ghidorah in order to get Godzilla and Rodan to stop fighting and take it on.

    I don't know how much more conclusively ass kicked you can get than that.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    edited August 2016
    Gustav wrote: »
    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
    Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
    Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle

    Gustav, no, this thread specifically says it's only for Godzilla and less important kaiju. Clearly Gamera has to get its own thread.

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