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I really want to like the Vastatosaurus Rex from the 05 King Kong. The idea of a hyper aggressive almost in-breeding "mutant" Tyrannosaur that hunt in open packs makes for a terrifying foe. But goddamn they might be the dumbest creatures Kong ever fights and that really prevents me from enjoying them as foes to Kong.
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"Kiss of death" is a dumb, cringy name and you know it
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How about Radioactive Breathe swallower.Handsome Shrek wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:34 pm "Kiss of death" is a dumb, cringy name and you know it
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Gulping beams?
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Kiss of Death is like a Mortal Kombat fatality name and given the context of how Godzilla used it I personally am a big fan.
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I'm afraid of the future of the Toho made Godzilla films.
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You and me both, man. Toho's been consistently annoying me with their Reiwa Godzilla films/show. Even Shin, which I think was a good movie, was only good to me *in spite* of the Godzilla design.miguelnuva wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:47 pm I'm afraid of the future of the Toho made Godzilla films.
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I absolutely loved it when Godzilla mama-birded straight into Female MUTO's esophagus.
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Sounds like a carnival act.
Blockbusters like big, unforgettable, and sometimes emotional, endings, and the females Muto's death did provide a unique and savage ending to the villainess.
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At least we know the female Muto is a swallower......
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.....ok.
Speaking personally, I love the experimentation we're getting with Reiwa, but I think we should get at least one classic style film at least. I know Monsterverse has kind of been doing this but I'd love to see Toho go back one last time to celebrate the past before they go all in on the future
Speaking personally, I love the experimentation we're getting with Reiwa, but I think we should get at least one classic style film at least. I know Monsterverse has kind of been doing this but I'd love to see Toho go back one last time to celebrate the past before they go all in on the future
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What does "classic style" entail for you? And how is the Monsterverse doing it?SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:33 am .....ok.
Speaking personally, I love the experimentation we're getting with Reiwa, but I think we should get at least one classic style film at least. I know Monsterverse has kind of been doing this but I'd love to see Toho go back one last time to celebrate the past before they go all in on the future
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Following the more traditional Toho formula for its storytelling. Godzilla as an ambiguous neutral force, traditional kaiju roster, human scientists with varying levels of super tech caught in the middle.eabaker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:45 amWhat does "classic style" entail for you? And how is the Monsterverse doing it?SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:33 am .....ok.
Speaking personally, I love the experimentation we're getting with Reiwa, but I think we should get at least one classic style film at least. I know Monsterverse has kind of been doing this but I'd love to see Toho go back one last time to celebrate the past before they go all in on the future
Not saying the Monsterverse is a 1:1 with the 60 heyday (especially in quality, as much as I love parts of it), just compared to the experimentation and reinvention of Shin, the Urobuchi trilogy, and Singular Point, it follows the roots and familiar more.
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And again, it's not that I don't like seeing something new, I just think it would be fun to see what these new techniques and technology could do with the formula instead of reinventing the core franchise for a new audience
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I guess, to me, Shin's social engagement; its emphasis on the human toll of the destruction; its more immediate, formal visual approach; and its presentation of the monster - both its behavior and its having an inherently tragic aspect - felt a lot more like a "classic style" Godzilla movie than the Monsterverse movies ever have.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:56 amFollowing the more traditional Toho formula for its storytelling. Godzilla as an ambiguous neutral force, traditional kaiju roster, human scientists with varying levels of super tech caught in the middle.eabaker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:45 amWhat does "classic style" entail for you? And how is the Monsterverse doing it?SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:33 am .....ok.
Speaking personally, I love the experimentation we're getting with Reiwa, but I think we should get at least one classic style film at least. I know Monsterverse has kind of been doing this but I'd love to see Toho go back one last time to celebrate the past before they go all in on the future
Not saying the Monsterverse is a 1:1 with the 60 heyday (especially in quality, as much as I love parts of it), just compared to the experimentation and reinvention of Shin, the Urobuchi trilogy, and Singular Point, it follows the roots and familiar more.
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And again, it's not that I don't like seeing something new, I just think it would be fun to see what these new techniques and technology could do with the formula instead of reinventing the core franchise for a new audience
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Are you talking just the 54 original? Cause as early as Godzilla Raids Again I personally find the MonsterVerse closer to the tone of the Showa films than Shin Godzilla generally was.eabaker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 12:09 pmI guess, to me, Shin's social engagement; its emphasis on the human toll of the destruction; its more immediate, formal visual approach; and its presentation of the monster - both its behavior and its having an inherently tragic aspect - felt a lot more like a "classic style" Godzilla movie than the Monsterverse movies ever have.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:56 amFollowing the more traditional Toho formula for its storytelling. Godzilla as an ambiguous neutral force, traditional kaiju roster, human scientists with varying levels of super tech caught in the middle.
Not saying the Monsterverse is a 1:1 with the 60 heyday (especially in quality, as much as I love parts of it), just compared to the experimentation and reinvention of Shin, the Urobuchi trilogy, and Singular Point, it follows the roots and familiar more.
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And again, it's not that I don't like seeing something new, I just think it would be fun to see what these new techniques and technology could do with the formula instead of reinventing the core franchise for a new audience
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No, I'm basically talking about everything Honda directed in the genre, as well as Hedorah, the majority of the Heisei flicks, G2K, GMK (along with Kaneko's earlier genre entries), GxMG, and even in its own way GFW. Not all of those movies have all of the elements I've flagged, of course, but they hit a lot more of them a lot more consistently than at least the latter half of the Monsterverse (thinking it through, I do think 2014 and K:SI fulfill a lot of these criteria).godjacob wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 12:12 pmAre you talking just the 54 original? Cause as early as Godzilla Raids Again I personally find the MonsterVerse closer to the tone of the Showa films than Shin Godzilla generally was.eabaker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 12:09 pmI guess, to me, Shin's social engagement; its emphasis on the human toll of the destruction; its more immediate, formal visual approach; and its presentation of the monster - both its behavior and its having an inherently tragic aspect - felt a lot more like a "classic style" Godzilla movie than the Monsterverse movies ever have.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:56 am
Following the more traditional Toho formula for its storytelling. Godzilla as an ambiguous neutral force, traditional kaiju roster, human scientists with varying levels of super tech caught in the middle.
Not saying the Monsterverse is a 1:1 with the 60 heyday (especially in quality, as much as I love parts of it), just compared to the experimentation and reinvention of Shin, the Urobuchi trilogy, and Singular Point, it follows the roots and familiar more.
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And again, it's not that I don't like seeing something new, I just think it would be fun to see what these new techniques and technology could do with the formula instead of reinventing the core franchise for a new audience
EDIT: I'm not sure why I left Raids Again off my list there, but that movie also has the kind of social engagement and visual/narrative immediacy/intimacy I'm talking about, as well as a sobriety that's been absent from the last couple of Monsterverse movies.
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No, no, I agree!eabaker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 12:09 pmI guess, to me, Shin's social engagement; its emphasis on the human toll of the destruction; its more immediate, formal visual approach; and its presentation of the monster - both its behavior and its having an inherently tragic aspect - felt a lot more like a "classic style" Godzilla movie than the Monsterverse movies ever have.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:56 amFollowing the more traditional Toho formula for its storytelling. Godzilla as an ambiguous neutral force, traditional kaiju roster, human scientists with varying levels of super tech caught in the middle.
Not saying the Monsterverse is a 1:1 with the 60 heyday (especially in quality, as much as I love parts of it), just compared to the experimentation and reinvention of Shin, the Urobuchi trilogy, and Singular Point, it follows the roots and familiar more.
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And again, it's not that I don't like seeing something new, I just think it would be fun to see what these new techniques and technology could do with the formula instead of reinventing the core franchise for a new audience
I'm not really making this clear sorry lol. I meant classic FORMULA, not classic style. I agree fully on Shin being straight out of the Showa era.
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I agree. The MV is closer to the Showa than Shin ever was. The style and goofiness *one liners* and the monsters all come from the Showa era just updated.