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Singular Point is one of those entries into the Godzilla franchise where I wouldn't want every entry to be like it, but I'm glad that at least this one exists. True, nobody ever shuts up, but it's because everyone's desperately treading water dealing with high concept n-dimensional stuff that comes from a guy with a math doctorate writing about the premise of "what are the implications of something as seemingly physically impossible as Godzilla actually existing?" Hell, I'll take that over that Planet of Monsters dreck, which also has characters never shutting the gently caress up, but more because they're too melodramatically stupid rather than being too smart.
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Asterite34 posted:Singular Point is one of those entries into the Godzilla franchise where I wouldn't want every entry to be like it, but I'm glad that at least this one exists. True, nobody ever shuts up, but it's because everyone's desperately treading water dealing with high concept n-dimensional stuff that comes from a guy with a math doctorate writing about the premise of "what are the implications of something as seemingly physically impossible as Godzilla actually existing?" Yeah I think it's fun that in ways we are just getting more Godzilla with the flexibility of it being "ok, here's XXX person's version of Godzilla". Not all of them will click with me but for other people it will. Personally there's a chance that I'll be in Japan in November and if the new G movie is still in theaters then I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Mar 14, 2023 01:48
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Arc Hammer posted:I find most anime to be way too dialogue heavy for their own good. Most anime is too dialogue heavy to no real end, but SP felt like it made solid use of it. Then again, I'm the kind of geek who kept pausing so I could follow along with all computer screens and text messages so maybe my viewpoint is atypical.
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Schwarzwald posted:Most anime is too dialogue heavy to no real end, but SP felt like it made solid use of it.   
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Mar 14, 2023 01:51
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I do appreciate that it has the gall to make  a major plot point.
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Failson posted:I don't think I ever understood a single thing happening in Singular Point, but liked it anyway. I had no idea what was going on but I 100% trusted that the guy who made it knew exactly what was going on. Which is one of the best things that can happen with a sci-fi story
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Mar 14, 2023 03:44
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It was all gibberish but it served some purpose in the story I suppose. Wasn't a huge fan of it but the action stuff was fine.
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I appreciated how Singular Point built up a sense of dread, then delivered on an apocalypse. There was a throwaway line near the end where "Near Godzilla, a triangle is no longer 180 degrees." and somehow that clicked for me as being a good way to say "this is a big, reality-ending, scary deal." Also while they may have been talky, I actually enjoyed a lot of the characters. Don't ask me why there was a godzilla skeleton in a basement, broadcasting a tune, or how that connects back to... Red Dust Something in India computer though. And Salunga was neat.
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Mar 14, 2023 19:32
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What didn't help me was I watch in Japanese and subs, so it all flew by lol
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Mar 14, 2023 20:13
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Singular Point's technobabble was especially enjoyable when you have a background in computational chemistry.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:18
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Vintersorg posted:What didn't help me was I watch in Japanese and subs, so it all flew by lol This is def a show that benefits from being watched on a computer so you can just tap the space bar to pause real quick.
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Mar 14, 2023 20:20
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Failson posted:
https://twitter.com/KyoeiToshi/status/1624456047329959942?s=20
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I mean, fukkin' a https://twitter.com/KyoeiToshi/status/1620980136597233664?s=20
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I mean, fukkin' a Basically, this is what happens to the light inside Godzilla's mouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkj6m8-Rg0Y
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Singular Point was cool in the moment and some of the visuals have stuck with me but otherwise I can't recall anything beyond a vague outline of the plot and have basically zero interest in revisiting it.
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Mar 15, 2023 02:45
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Schwarzwald posted:This is def a show that benefits from being watched on a computer so you can just tap the space bar to pause real quick. This is what I did, and it helped a ton. That's good stuff, thank you!
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I decided to rewatch G14 last night. Overall a decent movie with some all time classic scenes but way way too dark on my monitor. If I ever get an HDR monitor or TV I'll have to see if that helps with the black levels or if the image quality for the film is just permanently hosed. I like how the movie doesn't give two shits about how tall G is supposed to be so he is as big as the scene requires. And he's usually really loving big. The thing that stood out to me the most was the music. I love how in KOTM McCreary made those updated versions of the Ifukube score but Desplat's music is incredible. It's a love letter to old monster movie music and the he adds those really unsettling whistling sound effects on top of the main theme. It's so unique sounding. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Mar 15, 2023 |
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Mar 15, 2023 19:12
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Depends on which copy you watched - the original bluray was really dark but got corrected for the 4K release.
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Guess I should track down the 4K then. I have the blu ray and it's super dark. Edit: oh wow that looks a loooot better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQoDEDWvSNI Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Mar 16, 2023 |
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Mar 16, 2023 05:14
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I'm trying to sit through the 2010 kaiju film Death Kappa and woof, it's rough going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT0hS6Q732c The entire thing is up on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/death-kappa-2010
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Mar 16, 2023 05:39
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Gigan at home.
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Arc Hammer posted:Guess I should track down the 4K then. I have the blu ray and it's super dark. Goddammit, the shot of the monorail track lights coming back on and tracing around to the MUTO is so loving good. Gareth Edwards is so underrated.
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Mar 16, 2023 12:41
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Another cool thing about SP is that the intro song kicks rear end
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Mar 16, 2023 13:18
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At the end of G14 did godzilla wake up after the battle because he was just napping under the rubble or did he absorb the radiation from the nuke after it exploded off the coast? It'd be cool if he did the latter and ended up saving the city from radioactive fallout
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Another cool thing about SP is that the intro song kicks rear end the music was so good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUTsgQtZlU
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Arc Hammer posted:Guess I should track down the 4K then. I have the blu ray and it's super dark. Oh poo poo, welp I guess I'm double dipping now.
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I don't recall seeing this one mentioned here. It's a Thai monster movie, I don't know if it's technically kaiju but it's a big motherfucker and the creature effects look gorgeous. It's been out awhile outside the U.S., anyone seen it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uux_6u-q1Rg
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I am incredibly ready for this. https://twitter.com/chibigodzi/status/1636653609785106432?s=20
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Gripweed posted:the music was so good Reminded me to look it up again but I hadn't heard all these strung together like this. Excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCz5hXnGV4
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I am incredibly ready for this. I'll second that.
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  More here.
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What organ produces the Archetype?
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LOL that's my imgur post  My favourite is that someone went to the effort of making an anatomical diagram for Dodongo, an Ultraman kaiju that was pretty much just some other kaiju's horse. For some reason they showed it breathing out black smoke which wasn't something it ever did on screen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzP8GZKDJSw E: I put together that collection for the PYF Cross Section thread in case anyone has any other kaiju anatomical cutaway posters they want to share over there Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Mar 24, 2023 |
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Gripweed posted:What organ produces the Archetype? The 5-dimensional Pancreas, which as you can imagine is kinda hard to show on a 2-D diagram
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:LOL that's my imgur post I will share later for sure Meanwhile: https://twitter.com/kaijunewsoutlet/status/1639407003217870849?s=46&t=Mu6ngisnZlTkezPxh7sqCQ
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Holy poo poo it's Jiger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78ebyEoN74
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Holy poo poo it's Jiger https://twitter.com/KaijuNewsOutlet/status/1639522364030328832?s=20
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I was hoping it wouldn't be CGI but oh well.
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There's some really good CGI anime out there but holy gently caress did they cheap out on the human faces in this one
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I had no idea it was another anime. At least it looks like more fighting but who knows. That could be the intro.
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