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wdarkk posted:Trying to watch all the live action Godzillas before the release of King of the Monsters. The Criterion Channel has it and most of the showa stuff, and I think you get a 7 day trial if you haven't used it before.
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Godzilla vs Megalon is the one I watched the most as a kid  Yes I'm aware of how bad it is, but I love it for sentimental reasons.
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Mokelumne Trekka posted:There are some new Youtube reviews of KOTM and a few are a bit lukewarm so I'm dialing down my expectations a bit. This fits a pattern with new movies. The hype is often choreographed by "fan exclusive" screenings and whatnot. Some geek on Youtube saw it last week and was like Holy poo poo it is amazing, oh yeah and Dougherty is a cool guy I know him personally. Signs of.mixed reactions seep out very shortly before release after months of calculated hype
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May 26, 2019 07:47
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Critical complaints mean very little to me when it comes to Godzilla movies because a lot of people didn't like how much human stuff there was in Godzilla 2014 but I still thought it was an amazing movie. Giant monsters were in it and done well so I thought it was cool.
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'Godzilla vs. Megalon' is the film that purists point to as the worst of the showa offerings but that's only because about six people alive today have seen 'Godzilla Raids Again.' If you made it through 'Son of Godzilla' and 'Godzilla's Revenge' you'll be fine. ('Son' is actually okay but jeeeeezus that suit is awful to the point it drags the whole movie into its own special hell. 'Revenge' is kind of charming in its own weird "Let's just take acid and have Godzilla raise our son, Jennifer" way but it's somehow a clip show of the movie right before it so that loving suit comes back and so does the special hell but now it's a clip show hell where inbetween memories of that godforsaken thing, a more lucid, slightly embarrassed Godzilla beats up puberty-that has-lightning-hands and then demonstrates proper fire extinguisher use.)
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Godzilla vs. Megalon was one of my first classic Godzilla films and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Admittedly it particularly benefits from watching while not sober.
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I'm leery of the new movie because of the military worship, and this recent trend of obnoxious, quippy dialogue is annoying, but the real heavies are all present and from what I've heard of the plot it's Godzilla as gently caress.
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May 26, 2019 15:55
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I mean, from what I've seen of the promotional material, it looks like the military is largely useless against the big bois and after a bit they're just like "Well let's just like annoy them until Big G gets here"
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May 26, 2019 16:11
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Maybe it's G-Force? I'd like that, but it looks more like the USAF.
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May 26, 2019 16:30
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G'14 had the military trying to nuke San Fran so I wouldn't exactly call it worshiping them tbh, I expect the new movie to largely be the same where sure an individual military guy is cool but the military as a whole is bumblefucks
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teagone posted:My older brother is actually a Gamera fan, and I think he has a blu-ray box set. Next time I see him, I'll ask to borrow to it. The Heisei Gamera movies are all better than the Heisei Godzilla movies. Not that I don't love the Godzilla ones, but the Gamera ones are amazing. It's striking how much better the city models look. If you do get ahold of the Mill Creek blu set be careful: they issued two revisions of it because they hosed up the subs in the 3rd movie, and then hosed up the first reissue too. The corrected disc should have a code in the whitespace on the 3rd disc that says 63054-12-A I wish NECA would get ahold of the Gamera license, I don't have shmonsterarts money but I want a Heisei Gamera real bad.
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mandatory lesbian posted:G'14 had the military trying to nuke San Fran so I wouldn't exactly call it worshiping them tbh, I expect the new movie to largely be the same where sure an individual military guy is cool but the military as a whole is bumblefucks Though by the looks of it, the totally not Super X helps out against Ghidorah. One of the trailers had it firing a giant missile volley against a grounded Ghidorah.
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Cythereal posted:Though by the looks of it, the totally not Super X helps out against Ghidorah. One of the trailers had it firing a giant missile volley against a grounded Ghidorah. That may or may not actually help, though, to be fair.
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May 26, 2019 17:37
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At this point I'd hope that military figures in Godzilla movies would realize that they're not going to penetrate the skin of a Kaiju so they just focus entirely on kinetic energy with their weaponry so they can knock them over to let a good guy kaiju deliver a killing blow.
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mandatory lesbian posted:G'14 had the military trying to nuke San Fran so I wouldn't exactly call it worshiping them tbh, I expect the new movie to largely be the same where sure an individual military guy is cool but the military as a whole is bumblefucks Yeah total things the military accomplishes in 14: Almost nukes San Francisco and still manages to gently caress up hilariously badly Follow Godzilla around with a bunch of ships Act as cannonfodder In Kong Skull Island Kill a giant spider Knock Kong down once Act as the primary villains and almost all die because they keep trying to kill Kaiju
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They should be goddamn grateful that Kaiju absorb radiation because even a depleted nuclear warhead detonating off the coast of San Fran would be an ecological disaster.
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I fully expect Monarch to be more on the side of good, while the actual military fucks things up repeatedly. We've already seen that the government is extremely sceptical to treating kaiju as allies in the trailers. As far as Megalon goes- the monster stuff in it is great and the final fight is a lot of fun. Though it peters out by the end. Jet Jaguar is great and it's got some fun stuff But goddamn is the movie tedious as gently caress to get to it. That's the kind of movie that you fastforward as a kid to get to the next monster scene. Those awful, awful stairs But it's got more going for it than Space Godzilla and it has an MST3K episode that is amazing
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David Strathairn is back on the military side of things, so that is nice continuity.
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I'd honestly love it if the studios went even more gonzo and brought in King Kong and Ultraman to slap around Godzilla before some big threat like Biollante shows up. Just have Tokyo get rolled while aliens hang out in orbit and laugh at the pathetic humans.
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Zeroisanumber posted:I'd honestly love it if the studios went even more gonzo and brought in King Kong and Ultraman to slap around Godzilla before some big threat like Biollante shows up. Just have Tokyo get rolled while aliens hang out in orbit and laugh at the pathetic humans. You're going to love next year then
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So, because nobody's cited the criticisms in the early reviews, I did some digging-one common complaint is apparently "there's too many monsters and too much monster fighting." If I had money to bet (which I currently don't  ) I'd bet that these same critics probably complained about Godzilla'14 not having enough monster fighting. So grain of salt.
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VolticSurge posted:So, because nobody's cited the criticisms in the early reviews, I did some digging-one common complaint is apparently "there's too many monsters and too much monster fighting." Just told my eight year old this. He replied, "Oh, this is going to be an awesome movie."
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May 27, 2019 00:49
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Just told my eight year old this. He replied, "Oh, this is going to be an awesome movie." Your eight year old has good taste. 
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May 27, 2019 00:50
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I got my very first Godzilla figure at a nearby ThinkGeek yesterday, pretty happy with it.
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So I've heard nothing bad about this movie and everything I've seen is good It's rare to have a movie I'm looking forward to but here we are
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Why isn't this movie out yet? Why isn't it next Tuesday (the earliest I'll be able to see the film)?!?!?!
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VolticSurge posted:So, because nobody's cited the criticisms in the early reviews, I did some digging-one common complaint is apparently "there's too many monsters and too much monster fighting." If I had money to bet (which I currently don't "Excuse me, waiter?" "Yes sir." "This dish is simply too cheesy. Too much cheese." "Sir, you ordered Macaroni and Cheese." "Regardless, too much cheese."
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Orders triple patty burger. "Excuse me, there's too much meat in this."
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DC Murderverse posted:"Excuse me, waiter?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC-avN1eDoQ
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Viridiant posted:I got my very first Godzilla figure at a nearby ThinkGeek yesterday, pretty happy with it. I got that one years ago when Kay-Bee was closing for 5 bucks. (is that the large one?)
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Davros1 posted:I got that one years ago when Kay-Bee was closing for 5 bucks. (is that the large one?) I got Mecha G at the same time.
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Just told my eight year old this. He replied, "Oh, this is going to be an awesome movie." My inner 8-year-old concurs.
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Really looking forward to seeing this this weekend. Everything about this looks so amazing. Except the Kyle Chandler character. Everything he says and does seems custom-made to irritate the hell out of me
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BrianWilly posted:Really looking forward to seeing this this weekend. Everything about this looks so amazing.
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May 27, 2019 05:10
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Tekne posted:He initially comes off as a broken desperate father who redeems himself through forgiveness and belief in a power greater than himself. I am immensely curious Does the Main Theme play during any of the fighting? You don't have to be specific, I'm just curious since we know where the BOC song is playing
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May 27, 2019 05:27
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It absolutely does. The score is not only incredible in theater but used for maximum effect.
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May 27, 2019 05:40
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I think most people just expect every Godzilla film to be a dramatic allegory for nuclear warfare and such.
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I'm pumped but also nervous concerning the amount of quips in the trailers, hopefully that's just marketing and they're not so constant in the movie
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Viridiant posted:I got my very first Godzilla figure at a nearby ThinkGeek yesterday, pretty happy with it. i got the exact same one sitting on my desk, someone got it for me for christmas couple years ago
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