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Jimbot
Jul 22, 2008

gfanikf posted:

Also at an advance screening one person called the film "fascist propaganda" :lol: The two other reviews that I've heard of basically said it was either okay or meh.

Apparently the military in the movie is not the SDF, but an "offensive-oriented" Japanese military (which is fine by me). If you want to know why this is controversial just google Article 9 Japan debate.

Are these reviews in English? Do they elaborate on that?

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Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
I am loving ON BOARD for a fascist propaganda Godzilla movie. You couldn't sell me harder on the movie if you tried.

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Jimbot posted:

Are these reviews in English? Do they elaborate on that?

No, it's from internal sources another person knows. Apparently it's the Japanese military not being configured as the SDF. I can't add anything more unfortunately. That person hated the movie though and said it was as bad as Attack on Titan FWIW.

Mechafunkzilla posted:

I am loving ON BOARD for a fascist propaganda Godzilla movie. You couldn't sell me harder on the movie if you tried.

As a devotee of 1980s Cannon Films so am I.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

PriorMarcus posted:

The weak roar and shakey puppet head at the end are terrible. The rest looks good.

Yeah, it clashes way too much with the rest of the trailer.

Rat Flavoured Rats
Oct 24, 2005
<img src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-rat_flavoured_rats.gif"><br><font size=+2 color=#2266bc>I'm a little fairy girl<font size=+0> <b>^_^</b></font>
I could do with a recommendation. I watched a whole bunch of Godzilla films I rented on VHS from my local library as a kid, but all the memories of them have blurred into one enjoyable mess and I don't really remember which ones I specifically saw anymore (besides Mothra vs. Godzilla, which was my favourite.)

Anyway, I have a regular movie night with some friends where we tend to watch films that trend towards the funnier-goofier side of things and get drunk. Good times. I was wondering if someone could recommend a Godzilla film with some silly moments that would be good to watch with friends and drinks please?

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

Rat Flavoured Rats posted:

I could do with a recommendation. I watched a whole bunch of Godzilla films I rented on VHS from my local library as a kid, but all the memories of them have blurred into one enjoyable mess and I don't really remember which ones I specifically saw anymore (besides Mothra vs. Godzilla, which was my favourite.)

Anyway, I have a regular movie night with some friends where we tend to watch films that trend towards the funnier-goofier side of things and get drunk. Good times. I was wondering if someone could recommend a Godzilla film with some silly moments that would be good to watch with friends and drinks please?

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (the Smog Monster)

Xinlum
Apr 12, 2009

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Dark Knight

The only answer is Final Wars

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

Mechafunkzilla posted:

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (the Smog Monster)

Probably the best of the Goofyzillas. Godzilla vs Megalon is also good.

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Improbable Lobster posted:

Probably the best of the Goofyzillas. Godzilla vs Megalon is also good.

Eh Hedorah is weirdly a mix of goofy and pure loving nightmare fuel. There is a lot of terrifying imagery in that movie.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

gfanikf posted:

Eh Hedorah is weirdly a mix of goofy and pure loving nightmare fuel. There is a lot of terrifying imagery in that movie.

Yeah it owns

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

It does indeed.

Uncle Boogeyman
Jul 22, 2007

Godzilla vs Hedorah kicks so much rear end and I still wonder why it hasn't caught on in the midnight movie circuit

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

Godzilla vs Hedorah kicks so much rear end and I still wonder why it hasn't caught on in the midnight movie circuit

I don't think Toho has a 35mm print for rental. They also charge (regardless of format) a lot per screening.

Combo that with while Toho really likes the AIP (they even have a beat to poo poo print of it in their LA offices) dub they won't allow any release of that for fear of getting sued by someone coming out of the woodwork (dubber), might explain why it's not being played a lot.

Uncle Boogeyman
Jul 22, 2007

I had a feeling that first part might be the case, that's a shame.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
My Drafthouse showed it back in 2013. I think it was a film print with the International dub.

Choco1980
Feb 22, 2013

I fell in love with a Video Nasty
Random question...does anyone know if there's a subtitled version of Godzilla Island, that crappy showmercial Toho made in the late 90s to sell toys? There are DVDs kicking around, and the daily alternative to youtube has unsubbed episodes. Please disregard if this question is to much into :filez: territory.

Splint Chesthair
Dec 27, 2004


Rat Flavoured Rats posted:

I could do with a recommendation. I watched a whole bunch of Godzilla films I rented on VHS from my local library as a kid, but all the memories of them have blurred into one enjoyable mess and I don't really remember which ones I specifically saw anymore (besides Mothra vs. Godzilla, which was my favourite.)

Anyway, I have a regular movie night with some friends where we tend to watch films that trend towards the funnier-goofier side of things and get drunk. Good times. I was wondering if someone could recommend a Godzilla film with some silly moments that would be good to watch with friends and drinks please?

vs. Hedorah, Final Wars, and vs. Megalon are all excellent suggestions for that type of Godzilla movie, but I'll stump for Godzilla vs. Gigan (aka Godzilla on Monster Island). The bad guys are cockroach people from space and Godzilla speaks!

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Maxwell Lord posted:

My Drafthouse showed it back in 2013. I think it was a film print with the International dub.

Yeah, if it wasn't a collector print (done quitely) it would be the International Dub only.

K. Waste
Feb 27, 2014

MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.
Gonna shamelessly promote a series of video essays I'm doing called Devotional Criticism which is giant monster-related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MCseZLVxBQ

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Liberal Idiot posted:

vs. Hedorah, Final Wars, and vs. Megalon are all excellent suggestions for that type of Godzilla movie, but I'll stump for Godzilla vs. Gigan (aka Godzilla on Monster Island). The bad guys are cockroach people from space and Godzilla speaks!

Gigan also has a fantastic score...yeah it's all stock music, but it's still good.

mllaneza
Apr 28, 2007

Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952




Rat Flavoured Rats posted:

Anyway, I have a regular movie night with some friends where we tend to watch films that trend towards the funnier-goofier side of things and get drunk. Good times. I was wondering if someone could recommend a Godzilla film with some silly moments that would be good to watch with friends and drinks please?

I'm fond of Godzilla vs the Sea Monster for silliness. The whole opening with the human characters is silly. Most of the stuff on both islands is silly. And who can go wrong when "I know ! Let's wake up Godzilla !" is a reasonable solution to the character's predicament ?

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Even better is they wake up godzilla using lightning, like hes loving Frankensteins monster.

K. Waste
Feb 27, 2014

MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

Uncle Wemus posted:

Even better is they wake up godzilla using lightning, like hes loving Frankensteins monster.

Actually, it's a reference to King Kong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep#Production

And More
Jun 19, 2013

How far, Doctor?
How long have you lived?

K. Waste posted:

Gonna shamelessly promote a series of video essays I'm doing called Devotional Criticism which is giant monster-related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MCseZLVxBQ

I'll just quote this sentence from your video:
"Given that the British fantasy film Gorgo was not only released within the same year, but also preceded Mothra by several months, it is possible to hypothesise that this natural selection for monster survival was not coincidental, but rooted in a collective unconscious and universal renegotiation with dominant values in the wake of the Second World War."

Your delivery is stiff because you're clearly just reading from a script. Every second sentence is really long and filled with loaded terminology, which makes it hard to follow your train of thought. That sentence specifically is a loaded bombshell of a statement. It comes out of nowhere, and it goes nowhere. Please focus on one topic for more than ten seconds. I'd also urge you to make the subject matter seem less dry. Maybe focus on one thing you want to talk about, and really put effort into making it interesting.

Also, you let satan narrate your other video. :psyduck:

K. Waste
Feb 27, 2014

MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

And More posted:

I'll just quote this sentence from your video:
"Given that the British fantasy film Gorgo was not only released within the same year, but also preceded Mothra by several months, it is possible to hypothesise that this natural selection for monster survival was not coincidental, but rooted in a collective unconscious and universal renegotiation with dominant values in the wake of the Second World War."

Your delivery is stiff because you're clearly just reading the essay. Every second sentence is really long and filled with loaded terminology, which makes it hard to follow your train of thought. That sentence specifically is a loaded bombshell of a statement. It comes out of nowhere, and it goes nowhere. Please focus on one topic for more than ten seconds. I'd also urge you to make the subject matter seem less dry. Maybe focus on one thing you want to talk about, and really put effort into making it interesting.

Also, you let satan narrate your other video. :psyduck:

Fair enough. I retired the satan voice after the less than stellar response to it originally. I've got a lot of constructive stuff on my delivery needing to be more conversational in genchat, but what you're saying is also important: I need to tighten it up, cut some of the digressions.

Just so it's not only shameless self-promotion, Mothra is loving good go watch Mothra.

Rat Flavoured Rats
Oct 24, 2005
<img src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-rat_flavoured_rats.gif"><br><font size=+2 color=#2266bc>I'm a little fairy girl<font size=+0> <b>^_^</b></font>
Thanks for the recommendations all :) Looks like Hedorah will be a solid choice for me to take along to movie night.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord
Hedorah is also really rad just as a monster and I hope it reappears in the near future

Bimmi
Nov 8, 2009


someday
but not today

K. Waste posted:

Just so it's not only shameless self-promotion, Mothra is loving good go watch Mothra.

Just a note that Rifftrax Live will be having a live theater cast of their Mothra show in late August, and even though they'll be doing their usual talking over the film it's a rare chance to see it on a big screen, as God intended.

The Notorious ZSB
Apr 19, 2004

I SAID WE'RE NOT GONNA BE FUCKING SUCK THIS YEAR!!!

Hedorah is the best monster from the 60/70s era. Easily my favorite of the Showa era films. Movie is so TRIPPY.

Glamorama26
Sep 14, 2011

All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit, but look great.
Gigan is my favorite from that era outside of Ghidorah maybe. Intergalactic cyborg space chickens are cool.

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Mechafunkzilla posted:

I am loving ON BOARD for a fascist propaganda Godzilla movie. You couldn't sell me harder on the movie if you tried.

You say that, but Pacific Rim was pretty bad, even if it was less a Godzilla movie than a robot anime

Choco1980
Feb 22, 2013

I fell in love with a Video Nasty

Glamorama26 posted:

Gigan is my favorite from that era outside of Ghidorah maybe. Intergalactic cyborg space chickens are cool.

I dunno, Guilala is a little too goofy to count as "cool". Then again, I don't think he's all that cyborg ish.

Dirk Digglet
Aug 17, 2009

When I close my eyes, I see this thing, a sign, I see this name in bright blue neon lights with a purple outline

gfanikf posted:

Gigan also has a fantastic score...yeah it's all stock music, but it's still good.

I love the theme (kicks in around 40 seconds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISYm-uq4hGs

kalel
Jun 19, 2012

DeimosRising posted:

You say that, but Pacific Rim was pretty bad, even if it was less a Godzilla movie than a robot anime

I assumed he was being sarcastic. also I liked Pacific Rim so stfu :colbert:

bondster
May 6, 2007

https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/756305496710209536

I guess Funimation picked this up for distribution here :woop:

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Can't wait until it takes Funimation three years to put a blu-ray release out!

Kulkasha
Jan 15, 2010

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Likchenpa.
Just watched Mothra vs Godzilla for the first time. Godzilla got clowned up and down. Sad!

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

Raxivace posted:

Can't wait until it takes Funimation three years to put a blu-ray release out!

When was the last time Funimation put something out theatrically? Resurrection of F? That came out only a couple months after the limited theatrical release.

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

True.

I'm still just a little salty on how long the Rebuild 3.33 blu rays took. :(

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Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Kulkasha posted:

Just watched Mothra vs Godzilla for the first time. Godzilla got clowned up and down. Sad!

Pretty much the first 2/3rds of the movie is Godzilla ignoring everything the military throws at him, and he even kills the adult Mothra, so it's pretty well-balanced IMO.

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