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Welcome to the Kaiju thread, where men are men and giant monsters roam free. Kaiju is a Japanese word that means monster, and it's used to describe all manner of monster movies. Colloquially, Kaiju refer to Daikaiju films, which are films about giant monsters. Not a lot come out anymore, but it's still a massively popular culturally defining genre! The Monsters Godzilla (ゴジラ)  Godzilla is the most famous kaiju of them all. He's the star of 28 movies and now an official citizen of Japan. Everyone loves Godzilla!  Except for the military.  There are three different Godzilla series. The first, the Showa series. This series lasted from 1954-1975. This is the classic Godzilla you remember from childhood, with lovely dubs and friendly Godzilla. After that is the Heisei series. This lasted from 1985-1995. This series made Godzilla an anti-hero again, trying to bring him back to his roots as a symbol of nuclear holocaust. Finally, there's the Millennium series, that went from 1999-2004. This series raised the stakes and introduced the evilest of the evil, ORGA New film to come out in 2016 directed by famed Evangelion director Hideaki Anno! Look forward to it. If you want to get into Showa-era Godzilla, I recommend Gojira (1954) available from Criterion, King Kong Vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Godzilla Vs. Gigan and Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla. The best Heisei-era are Godzilla Vs. King Ghidora, Godzilla Vs. Mothra and Godzilla Vs. Destroyah. The best in the Millennium series are Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack and the amazing Godzilla: Final Wars, a movie so great I cannot put it into words Gamera (ガメラ)  Gamera the Brave! Friend of all children! Gamera started off as a straight up Godzilla ripoff, but it became its own thing. Gamera is way more silly and child friendly. It's about a giant turtle with rockets in its feet that likes kids and doesn't like it when aliens make kids sad by stepping on their houses. There are 3 Gamera series, but Heisei and Millennium suck because they tried to make Gamera all scary and poo poo despite the fact that Gamera is a giant turtle with rockets in his legs. If you want to get into Gamera, I recommend Gamera Vs. Barugon and Gamera Vs. Viras. Special Mention: ULTRAMAN  The protector of Earth! A lot of people say that Ultraman is a Toku show, but they are incorrect. Ultraman is a show about a man in a costume fighting other men in costumes on top of miniature sets. It's a kaiju show. GorfZaplen posted:Here is an Ultraman description: Talk about big monsters! Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 20:11
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When is the simul of the series in order
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Jul 27, 2015 20:22
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When the American Godzilla was about to come out I watched a ton of the Showa Zillas, specifically all of the Ishiro directed ones and a smattering of others. You really can't go wrong with any of those films. A personal fave is Godzilla vs The Smog Monster. I'm looking forward to the Anno Godzilla, I hope he plays it straight and just makes another Godzilla movie with people in rubber suits slugging it out over plastic models.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:25
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Kaiju big
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Jul 27, 2015 20:26
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He will, Anno loving loves Godzilla and is gonna make the best Godzilla movie ever in 2020.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:27
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why is the poll not checkbox
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Jul 27, 2015 20:27
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:why is the poll not checkbox in true kaiju fashion, only one can win
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Jul 27, 2015 20:28
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also wow i'm the only person to vote for gamera so far? shameful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7N6TjhFwg8 Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 20:28
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But seriously, where the gently caress is the new Rebuild.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:29
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Im serious about the simul, show me some good godzilla and friends
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Jul 27, 2015 20:31
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I've only seen the gaijin movies
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Jul 27, 2015 20:32
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Here is an Ultraman description: Ultraman is space Jesus. He saves monsters by fighting them and sending them to monster heaven, which they fall out of sometimes. He also fights aliens with his friends the Science Patrol. Watch Ultraman and Ultra Seven, and the episode of Ultraman Ace where the Ultra Brothers go to Planet Golgotha and are all crucified. 
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Jul 27, 2015 20:32
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Namtab posted:Im serious about the simul, show me some good godzilla and friends I'm not sure if that can happen because all these films are on dvd and i dont want to make people into pirates... Maybe we should. I'll look into it
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Jul 27, 2015 20:33
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I never watched a lot of Kaiju and I'm sad of it, that's my kaiju post.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:34
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Namtab posted:Im serious about the simul, show me some good godzilla and friends Just start from the first movie, it's an absolute classic. The tone is also quite different from every other movies, the first is a parable of nuclear weapons abuse that is legit horrifying at times. Once the movies are about Godzilla VS something it basically becomes wrestling where everyone is dressed kind of a like of dinosaur and those movies are awesome for a completely different reason.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:34
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Has anything other than the original film gotten a Bluray release yet?
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Jul 27, 2015 20:35
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I will uphold the Mothra honor Eurgh is the call of the people
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Jul 27, 2015 20:35
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Sakurazuka posted:Has anything other than the original film gotten a Bluray release yet? Here's a list of every movie's availability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)#Filmography
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Jul 27, 2015 20:36
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Sakurazuka posted:Has anything other than the original film gotten a Bluray release yet? Maybe in Japan
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Jul 27, 2015 20:37
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Smoking Crow posted:I'm not sure if that can happen because all these films are on dvd and i dont want to make people into pirates... They're on region 1 dvd afaict
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Jul 27, 2015 20:37
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The one where they have a Kaiju Jurassic Park was rad. Destroy All Monsters I think.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:38
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The american movie should have been about Emperor Ghidorah, the ultimate life form.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:39
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Why the heck does Sea Monster have a Bluray, but not Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla?
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Jul 27, 2015 20:39
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GorfZaplen posted:Why the heck does Sea Monster have a Bluray, but not Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla? Rights, probably
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Jul 27, 2015 20:40
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Smoking Crow posted:Here's a list of every movie's availability Oh wow, all of the Heisei and Millennium movies have BD versions apart from Return. That would be handy if they were region free. 
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Jul 27, 2015 20:40
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Which is the one where the American version of Godzilla from the Matthew Broderick movie appears and Japanese Godzilla effortlessly mashes him into a bloody pulp.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:42
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In Training posted:Which is the one where the American version of Godzilla from the Matthew Broderick movie appears and Japanese Godzilla effortlessly mashes him into a bloody pulp. Godzilla: Final Wars
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Jul 27, 2015 20:42
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Smoking Crow posted:Godzilla: Final Wars I'm gonna watch this this week. Thanks for the thread
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Jul 27, 2015 20:43
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In Training posted:Which is the one where the American version of Godzilla from the Matthew Broderick movie appears and Japanese Godzilla effortlessly mashes him into a bloody pulp. That scene was epic because the alien glam singer who was controlling the monsters throws a tantrum and calls GINO a fish eating iguana.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:44
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Final Wars also had a badass drill submarine with a badass old captain
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Jul 27, 2015 20:45
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You forgot the best one.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:54
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Query: Has there ever been a good Godzilla video game
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Jul 27, 2015 21:01
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Smoking Crow posted:Query: Has there ever been a good Godzilla video game War of the Monsters.
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Jul 27, 2015 21:02
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I don't know why you'd trash the Gamera Heisei trilogy, those movies are rad as hell.
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Jul 27, 2015 21:04
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Smoking Crow posted:Query: Has there ever been a good Godzilla video game I bought the new PS4 one but calling it good would be a stretch. It's fun enough if/when you can get it for cheap though.
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Jul 27, 2015 21:06
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Book recommendation: I recommend Godzilla on My Mind by William Tsutsui. It's half a look at the history of Godzilla and half an autobiographical look at a child's love for a giant green lizard
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Jul 27, 2015 21:09
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https://vimeo.com/3366662
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Jul 27, 2015 21:14
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put mothra in the op fucker
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Jul 27, 2015 21:32
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this episode has some fun godzilla stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II5IHH19OV4
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Jul 27, 2015 21:35
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Big man Japan is a story of an Ultraman type of figure who is unappreciated and hates his job. It's got some really strange monsters in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Cm39xDWmQ I had this and I think a couple of others on VHS as a kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6jYFhZiUvc I can't remember ANYTHING about the bits with humans running around but apparently there is a bunch of space monkeymen and probably some other weird poo poo which speaks of how awesome the giant monster fights were that it doesn't even ring a bell.
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