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Welcome to the Kaiju thread, where men are men and giant monsters roam free. Kaiju is a Japanese word that means monster, and it's used to describe all manner of monster movies. Colloquially, Kaiju refer to Daikaiju films, which are films about giant monsters. Not a lot come out anymore, but it's still a massively popular culturally defining genre! The Monsters Godzilla (ゴジラ)  Godzilla is the most famous kaiju of them all. He's the star of 28 movies and now an official citizen of Japan. Everyone loves Godzilla!  Except for the military.  There are three different Godzilla series. The first, the Showa series. This series lasted from 1954-1975. This is the classic Godzilla you remember from childhood, with lovely dubs and friendly Godzilla. After that is the Heisei series. This lasted from 1985-1995. This series made Godzilla an anti-hero again, trying to bring him back to his roots as a symbol of nuclear holocaust. Finally, there's the Millennium series, that went from 1999-2004. This series raised the stakes and introduced the evilest of the evil, ORGA New film to come out in 2016 directed by famed Evangelion director Hideaki Anno! Look forward to it. If you want to get into Showa-era Godzilla, I recommend Gojira (1954) available from Criterion, King Kong Vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Godzilla Vs. Gigan and Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla. The best Heisei-era are Godzilla Vs. King Ghidora, Godzilla Vs. Mothra and Godzilla Vs. Destroyah. The best in the Millennium series are Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack and the amazing Godzilla: Final Wars, a movie so great I cannot put it into words Gamera (ガメラ)  Gamera the Brave! Friend of all children! Gamera started off as a straight up Godzilla ripoff, but it became its own thing. Gamera is way more silly and child friendly. It's about a giant turtle with rockets in its feet that likes kids and doesn't like it when aliens make kids sad by stepping on their houses. There are 3 Gamera series, but Heisei and Millennium suck because they tried to make Gamera all scary and poo poo despite the fact that Gamera is a giant turtle with rockets in his legs. If you want to get into Gamera, I recommend Gamera Vs. Barugon and Gamera Vs. Viras. Special Mention: ULTRAMAN  The protector of Earth! A lot of people say that Ultraman is a Toku show, but they are incorrect. Ultraman is a show about a man in a costume fighting other men in costumes on top of miniature sets. It's a kaiju show. GorfZaplen posted:Here is an Ultraman description: Talk about big monsters! Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jul 30, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 20:11
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:why is the poll not checkbox in true kaiju fashion, only one can win
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Jul 27, 2015 20:28
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Namtab posted:Im serious about the simul, show me some good godzilla and friends I'm not sure if that can happen because all these films are on dvd and i dont want to make people into pirates... Maybe we should. I'll look into it
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Jul 27, 2015 20:33
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Sakurazuka posted:Has anything other than the original film gotten a Bluray release yet? Here's a list of every movie's availability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)#Filmography
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Jul 27, 2015 20:36
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GorfZaplen posted:Why the heck does Sea Monster have a Bluray, but not Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla? Rights, probably
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Jul 27, 2015 20:40
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In Training posted:Which is the one where the American version of Godzilla from the Matthew Broderick movie appears and Japanese Godzilla effortlessly mashes him into a bloody pulp. Godzilla: Final Wars
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Jul 27, 2015 20:42
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Query: Has there ever been a good Godzilla video game
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Jul 27, 2015 21:01
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Book recommendation: I recommend Godzilla on My Mind by William Tsutsui. It's half a look at the history of Godzilla and half an autobiographical look at a child's love for a giant green lizard
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Jul 27, 2015 21:09
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Jul 27, 2015 21:43
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Amorphous Blob posted:Big man Japan is a story of an Ultraman type of figure who is unappreciated and hates his job. It's got some really strange monsters in it. If you like that, you'll like Attack of the Friday Monsters for 3DS. It's about a kid who lives in a city where every Friday giant monsters attack his town. It's made by the My Summer Vacation guy and it's on the e-shop check it out
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Jul 27, 2015 21:44
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GorfZaplen posted:The space monkeys frightened me as a child, so for the longest time I didn't like vs Mechagodzilla because I associated it with the frightening dead monkey men. how could you not like the invaders from planet x Smoking Crow fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 22:33
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Weren't the monkey guys retconned into being from near the black hole where Space Godzilla was born
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Jul 27, 2015 23:00
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In Training posted:I may be in the minority here but nice guy Godzilla is kinda bullshit. The turn was in one of the ones with mothra I think, where he became a savior of man and friendly...he should be a rampaging terror! There are much worse things in those movies than good guy Godzilla I'd rather have a Gamera style romp with children than any scene with Minya
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Jul 28, 2015 15:17
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My mom bought me a 2 for 1 VHS at Walmart with Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Mechgodzilla. It had the Godzilla 1985 poster on the cover
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Jul 30, 2015 03:42
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Was anyone's first kaiju experience MST3K or Joe Bob
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Jul 30, 2015 05:23
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New interview with the special effects guy about Godzilla.
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Aug 7, 2015 20:48
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In Training posted:Director of Live Action Attack on Titan calls Godzilla (2014) a Masterpiece. This movie may suck. I'm going to withhold judgment until I see the film
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Aug 7, 2015 20:57
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The Japan only Godzilla 2D fighting game is garbage
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Aug 18, 2015 06:20
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Choco1980 posted:which one? the one for snes, Kaiju Daikessen
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Aug 19, 2015 02:11
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Do you guys like Kaiju Big Battel
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Aug 20, 2015 04:53
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Choco1980 posted:So what's the thoughts around here with the announcement that Legendary Pictures is moving their King Kong sequel over to Warner Bros from Universal with the sole reason being so part three will be King Kong versus Godzilla (also Godzilla's part three)? It will probably suck
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Sep 11, 2015 06:19
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Lamprey Cannon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HH0k_HNjBA Is it just me or is this trailer really dark? I don't mean tone, I mean like I could barely make out what was happening Binary Badger posted:I believe it's thanks to the success of Pacific Rim that all of these kaiju reboots are crawling out of the woodwork.. He's so shiny
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Oct 10, 2015 20:53
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 GODZILLA TEASER TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCOSFZG9-KQ
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Dec 16, 2015 03:32
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Dec 16, 2015 03:43
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Jan 4, 2016 01:17
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It doesn't matter what the poo poo looks like as long as they shoot it properly
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Jan 4, 2016 21:07
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It reminds me of Godzilla vs. Destroyah where Godzilla melts down. Maybe they're playing up the atomic holocaust metaphor post-Fukushima?
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Jan 5, 2016 07:10
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Also, it got revealed that Godzilla is 118.5m tall this time, 10m taller than American Godzilla
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Jan 5, 2016 07:26
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BattleCattle posted:I mean, the googly eye makes sense here. He's missing an eyelid. I'm imagining Godzilla licking his eyes now
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Jan 11, 2016 17:34
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Godzilla is going to save California
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Jan 23, 2016 18:45
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I found a pretty good roundtable review podcast about Godzilla films. It's called Kaijusaurus. They're up to Ebirah
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Jan 25, 2016 01:32
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I was just about to post that lol
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Apr 1, 2016 15:40
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http://shin-godzilla.jp/ They're selling Godzilla vs. Evangelion shirts, but only in Japan 
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Apr 1, 2016 15:46
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His tail is so long; it's like a cat walking through Tokyo
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Apr 14, 2016 04:30
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Sorry for the (sort of) old news, but here's the new Godzilla figure! http://news.toyark.com/2016/06/24/sh-monsterarts-godzilla-resurgence-shin-godzilla-details-images-208466 All new look at Shin Godzilla, he's got a hosed up blood mouth and a molten tail
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Jul 9, 2016 22:27
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so the new godzilla's out
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Jul 30, 2016 20:36
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