Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Japan is Getting an Awesome Life-Sized Godzilla Theme Park Attraction https://geektyrant.com/news/japan-is-getting-a-life-sized-godzilla-theme-park-attraction pinecone and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Is there going to be a Cave of Wonders inside there too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 It had to be that hideous Shin Gojira, didn't it. Twilight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 私の両親はゴジラに完全に飲み込まれ、私が手に入れたのはこの錆びたTシャツだけでした。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Hey, don't complain...I didn't even get a t-shirt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted November 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/7/2019 at 7:27 PM, Lord Liaden said: It had to be that hideous Shin Gojira, didn't it. Unfortunately, this particular design is very popular with the Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 I know, although I think that's partly due to the film's themes, ecological (hearkening to the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster of 2011) and political (depiction of the kind of Japanese government incompetence dealing with Gojira, that Japanese frequently criticize generally). Shin Gojira was the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film of 2016 and became the highest-grossing Japanese-produced Godzilla film in the franchise. It received 11 Japan Academy Prize nominations and won seven, including Picture of the Year and Director of the Year. BTW I found a recent short but high-quality amateur video on YouTube depicting a battle between Shin Gojira and Legendary Godzilla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 I need to see Shin Godzilla. Really. Someone please help me find a copy with subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Amazon has it for pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: I need to see Shin Godzilla. Really. Someone please help me find a copy with subtitles. https://archive.org/details/GodzillaResurgence pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jim Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 12:50 PM, Michael Hopcroft said: I need to see Shin Godzilla. Really. Someone please help me find a copy with subtitles. Check with your local library network, mine here in the middle of nowhere Ohio had a copy available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 The link works. Just watched with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Unless we're being swerved, it looks like Godzilla's the villain in this one. Sigh...I have no interest in that. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Starlord said: Unless we're being swerved, it looks like Godzilla's the villain in this one. Sigh...I have no interest in that. I'm sure by the end, it will be more like a buddy cop movie. King Kong points to himself, "No, no! I told you: I'm Starsky and he's Hutch." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 I think it might be more accurate to call big G the antagonist in this movie, rather than the villain. The trailer makes a point of repeating that something seems to be provoking Godzilla to behave this way. The previous Legendary movies have established that this isn't normal behavior for Godzilla. I expect the essence of the human story line will be figuring out why G is doing this and resolving it. But there has to be something to motivate a "versus" scenario if you're going to make a "versus" movie. Besides, Godzilla rampaging through cities is an iconic element of his traditional history. He's been the villain in his movies at least as often as the hero. Many people were wondering how Kong could match Godz's superior natural weaponry, especially his atomic breath. It looks like Kong will inherit an "anti-Godzilla" weapon. Online speculation is that it was made by one of Kong's ancestors out of body parts from another of Godzilla's species. That would explain how it can block his radiation, even apparently absorb it and turn it against the G-man. That should make the fight far more even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I saw the full trailer. This has to be seen in the cinema as nothing else will do it justice. It has to beat the charm of the 1960s King Kong vs Godzilla film as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I may be wrong, but didn't the leader of the "let all the monsters out to destroy the world to start over" guy escape last movie. Yes, he doesn't have the sound machine that was annoying Ghidora, but I wonder if he could duplicate it. Not to mention, didn't he have a piece of Ghidora at the end? Perhaps he is using that via "pheromones" to upset Big G. just throwing some thoughts out. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 There's a popular theory out there that Mechagodzilla is in this movie in some form. Maybe this rampaging Godzilla is a "replicant Godzilla", mecha- only in the same sense that Replicants are "androids". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I don't think I've ever seen a Kong that big or a 'Zilla that short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I don't think Godzilla is short in those clips, he's using an aircraft carrier like a floatie raft! Lawnmower Boy and Lord Liaden 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Shortest Godzilla was the first one, and a few successive ones, at 50 meters. This Godzilla is now defined at about 120 meters tall, or around 400 feet. That would fit the scale of the Nimitz-class American aircraft carrier we see in the trailer, which is slightly over 1,000 feet in length.. This is also the tallest Godzilla we've gotten in live-action movies. Tallest ever appears in the recent Japanese anime trilogy, at 300+ meters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted January 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Not a big fan of the axe...as I feel it's a lazy way to make the fight more even as opposed to actual fighting tactics. It is very obvious that there's another kaiju involved and the toys have spoiled most of this film's surprises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I can see how you'd view the axe that way from a plot perspective, but I reacted to it entirely differently. Kong is a king, and the last of his kind, thus the rightful heir to the axe fashioned by his ancestor for the previous battle of the titans. To me this felt like an Excalibur moment, an Anduril moment, a Mjolnir moment. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 I don't think I ever realized that 40 feet tall and 400 feet tall were so similar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 This isn't your grandfather's Kong. This is Kaiju Kong. 40 feet ain't gonna cut it anymore. Duke Bushido and Lord Liaden 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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