Godzilla: Male or Female?
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Godzilla: Male or Female?
So I heard a while back that the first Godzilla at least, Godzilla '54, might have been female according to Hauro Nakajima, who recalls the director saying Godzilla was intended to be female. Then I heard Legion1979 mention this in another thread as well.
So is he male or female?
So is he male or female?
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Would make sense as Minya would have to come from somewhere. I actually like that explanation, as it's the only one that really makes sense. From 55-64 Goji was bitter about his mate's death, lol.
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Well, you said it yourself, Gyaos. Nakajima has said (on several occasions) that the original Godzilla was in fact female. I'm not exactly sure what other kind of confirmation you're looking for.
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Re: Godzilla '54: Male or Female?
I personally think he was male. I never heard Hauro Nakajima or the director ever say anything about him being female.
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So, just because you've never heard or read those specific quotes, you're suddenly inclined to believe it's not true?
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In the japanese version of Gojira, Godzilla is refered to as male (atleast in the subtitles). Could be a misenterpretation. Thats what confuses me, the film says male but "Godzilla" himself says female.
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Why don't people ever understand me? I am talking about two different things again.Goji wrote:So, just because you've never heard or read those specific quotes, you're suddenly inclined to believe it's not true?
But anyways male is my pick.
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As much as I would love to shake Nakajima's hand and give him a hug, he was just a stunt man, especially at that stage of his career as a suit actor for Toho.
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You tell me broham. Hell if I know.FlamingZilla23 wrote:Why don't people ever understand me? I am talking about two different things again.Goji wrote:So, just because you've never heard or read those specific quotes, you're suddenly inclined to believe it's not true?
But anyways male is my pick.
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Re: Godzilla '54: Male or Female?
In till further notice the only female monsters that I go with are
Biollante,Every Mothra but Leo, Legion and Megegurius.
Doesn't TOHO usually say she if the monster is female and I thought someone called Godzilla 54 and Showa brothers before?
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Doesn't TOHO usually say she if the monster is female and I thought someone called Godzilla 54 and Showa brothers before?
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Re: Godzilla '54: Male or Female?
No and No.miguelnuva wrote: Doesn't TOHO usually say she if the monster is female and I thought someone called Godzilla 54 and Showa brothers before?
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I dunno, I'm with him. I've never heard of this before, and hearsay isn't really something you sink your teeth into. I think his skepticism is justifiable.Goji wrote:So, just because you've never heard or read those specific quotes, you're suddenly inclined to believe it's not true?
So you're saying he was a no one in the creative process, and thus we have sufficient cause to doubt his memory?TokyoVigilante wrote:As much as I would love to shake Nakajima's hand and give him a hug, he was just a stunt man, especially at that stage of his career as a suit actor for Toho.
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Frankly, I doubt the quote by Nakajima exists in English unless it was printed in G-Fan. Other than Ed G's book, I've read all of the major English books covering this stuff, and I don't recall it appearing in any of those. It's certainly possible he talked about it at G-Fest 2008, but it being nearly 4 years ago, I can't really remember. August would probably know, but he doesn't post here anymore (and I can't blame him for that).
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Then you'll have to excuse my skepticism, but the old "X said so" is one of the oldest tools in the fan rumor book.Goji wrote:Frankly, I doubt the quote by Nakajima exists in English unless it was printed in G-Fan. Other than Ed G's book, I've read all of the major English books covering this stuff, and I don't recall it appearing in any of those. It's certainly possible he talked about it at G-Fest 2008, but it being nearly 4 years ago, I can't really remember. August would probably know, but he doesn't post here anymore (and I can't blame him for that).
Not that Godzilla being male or female changes Gojira in any real way. At least not in the '54 movie at least.
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Moreorless. Tsuburaya routinely went to Nakajima for creative input and his influence throughout the sixties on the genre is apparent enough, but this wasn't just another japanese monster movie being made, this was the first one; Nakajima was brought on as a stuntman first and foremost, not a suit actor.Crocodile wrote:So you're saying he was a no one in the creative process, and thus we have sufficient cause to doubt his memory?
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There were two Kong films? Learn something new everyday.SuperSaiyan4Godzilla wrote:Fact Check: Third one. We have those two Kong films in the 30s.TokyoVigilante wrote:Moreorless. Tsuburaya routinely went to Nakajima for creative input and his influence throughout the sixties on the genre is apparent enough, but this wasn't just another japanese monster movie being made, this was the first one; Nakajima was brought on as a stuntman first and foremost, not a suit actor.Crocodile wrote:So you're saying he was a no one in the creative process, and thus we have sufficient cause to doubt his memory?
But I'll clarify, Gojira was the first entirely original Kaiju production in Japan. The King Kong films are of questionable pedigree in terms of them just being Asylum-style quick cash-in rip offs.
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Godzilla could just be asexual like the frogs they talk about in Jurassic Park, but we will never know.
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Re: Godzilla '54: Male or Female?
he is a male gmk godzilla is referred to being a male so he is a he
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Eh doesn't work that way, people generically refer to things as he, without any real knowledge.GodGan wrote:he is a male gmk godzilla is referred to being a male so he is a he
Like you may refer to a stray dog as he, when it's really a she, and you just have no way of knowing better.
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Re: Godzilla '54: Male or Female?
I never thought of that before, so now it would makes sense that Minya was born.