|
Arc Hammer posted:https://twitter.com/KaijuNewsOutlet/status/1753267177019355550?t=VoqYKm1SfxxZSkwa1Mg7qw&s=19 It's beautiful  Mokelumne Trekka posted:drat, those Classic Media commentaries provide tons of detail that I haven't seen anywhere else. They actually talk about filmmaking and the various people involved and their careers. not inane trivia like "this is the second feature where Mothras eyes are blue" Once again I will recommend Big Action Bills Making of Godzilla videos. He has one for most of the movies in the franchise now
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2024 16:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 18:03 |
|
|
And Astromonster down. Only Gigan left of the Showa Godzillas, (not counting the stuff for other monsters). It's interesting to see a Godzilla dub from the era with an actual Hollywood actor in a major role. It's like when you see a B actor as the only pro in a low budget film, and the guy's actually trying. Makes what you think of as the "default" suddenly impressive. Not that it's too bad a dub, either. Might be allowing for the time, might be just having my standards lowered by GMK's subpar dub, but the characters have clear personality, the emotional beats are usually the right ones for the scene, and in general, it works for the film. And the film works in turn. The human plot has enough going on to keep your attention when monsters aren't fighting on screen, there's some decent plot payoffs, and the monster fights are solid. (Which is good, because you don't get much of them.) It's what you want from a Saturday night 60s science fiction movie, although it's a little short on kaiju carnage for a monster movie. It also is interesting how much better this is than Destroy All Monsters. Sure, DAM has the bigger cast of monsters and lets them do more, but the human plot is weaker, and there's not that much more kaiju action to make up for it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 2, 2024 22:24
|
|
|
Some of the dubs done by the likes of AIP were pretty strong, the actors try to sound like the types their characters are and they’d even sometimes get Asian American actors. After a certain point most of the dubs were the “international” versions done by a studio that’s generally less good. Some of the 70s ones are fun though because it’s the same voices you would hear in dubbed kung fu movies.
|
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 05:22
|
|
|
Maxwell Lord posted:Some of the dubs done by the likes of AIP were pretty strong, the actors try to sound like the types their characters are and they’d even sometimes get Asian American actors. Yeah, there's definitely a gulf between the films that give a poo poo and the films that don't. Speaking of not giving a poo poo, finished Gigan. It's disappointing, which is the last thing I expected. I knew going in it wasn't top tier, with a lot of reused footage, but I thought in the first scenes that the human plot could be a fun ride with strongly defined characters, some good gags, and a good flow to balance the monster fights. But it fell apart pretty steadily as it went, moving away from the parts that worked to just wind up as a kind of nothing, with no real conclusion beyond defeating the aliens (unlike Astro-Monster, which resolved the romances by tragically killing off the rebelling alien and letting the dweeb inventor score a win to prove himself to his future brother-in-law). The characters basically stop mattering once Godzilla shows beyond assisting with the dumb tower, but Godzilla figured everything else out on his own long before the humans. One thing that stood out, in a weird way, (beyond how bad and blatant some of the day-for-night stock footage was. I mean, reusing the neck bite from Destroy All Monsters? Really?) was how much better Gigan and Megalon work as a dynamic than Gigan and Ghidorah. Gigan's constantly laughing at his foes, taunting them, trying to fistbump his partner, but Ghidorah is much less chummy in his assholishness. It just feels like he's leaving Gigan hanging, only showing up out of obligation. Meanwhile Megalon has a full on Beavis and Butthead thing going on with Gigan, where Megalon's stupidity bounces well off Gigan just being a petty rear end in a top hat. So, yeah. Seen the whole of Showa now. Planning to finish Millenium and Heisei before the year's out, as well as the rest of the Gamera films, but this feels like a good start. (Might even watch the anime movies if I feel particularly self-loathing.) (Edit: On an unrelated note, I found a smallish Japanese poll on favorite non-Godzilla kaiju from a few years back. Interesting to see Anguirus so high. Guess claims that he was only a fan favorite stateside were as full of crap as a lot of other common fandom beliefs.) chiasaur11 fucked around with this message at 09:08 on Feb 3, 2024 |
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 08:58
|
|
|
I do love when Megalon is uncontrolled he just throws weird tantrums, hopping along. Seatopia only had the one monster, okay?
|
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 14:12
|
|
|
Blumhouse is recruiting Takashi Yamazaki. Among other things, Jason Blum said that G-1 was his favorite movie of the year. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/godzilla-minus-one-director-jason-blum/
|
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 19:55
|
|
|
Mr. Funny Pants posted:Blumhouse is recruiting Takashi Yamazaki. Among other things, Jason Blum said that G-1 was his favorite movie of the year. Please please please please please please let me be watching a Blumhouse movie thinking as I often do about movies "This would be a lot better if Godzilla showed up" and have it actually happen, please Toho, just this once lol
|
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 20:14
|
|
|
Neo Rasa posted:Please please please please please please let me be watching a Blumhouse movie thinking as I often do about movies "This would be a lot better if Godzilla showed up" and have it actually happen, please Toho, just this once lol I wonder if the best first use of a Blumhouse-Takashi relationship would be for Blumhouse to co-finance a Minus One sequel, assuming he really does have a story in mind for one. If Blumhouse pitches in their typical budget alongside Toho's, you give Takashi a giant leap in capability (maybe even be able to pay his FX workers enough to eat) without either company spending more than they typically would by themselves. Then Blumhouse uses it's promotional and distribution chops to do a proper release in the U.S.
|
|
#
?
Feb 3, 2024 22:24
|
|
|
When's the blu ray coming out, Toho????
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 02:01
|
|
|
I'm trying to decide on the weirdest wildest heisei godzilla. is it biollante? is it destoroyah?
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 02:39
|
|
|
i feel like desty takes too long before it goes insane
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 02:40
|
|
|
chiasaur11 posted:One thing that stood out, in a weird way, (beyond how bad and blatant some of the day-for-night stock footage was. I mean, reusing the neck bite from Destroy All Monsters? Really?) was how much better Gigan and Megalon work as a dynamic than Gigan and Ghidorah. Gigan's constantly laughing at his foes, taunting them, trying to fistbump his partner, but Ghidorah is much less chummy in his assholishness. It just feels like he's leaving Gigan hanging, only showing up out of obligation. Meanwhile Megalon has a full on Beavis and Butthead thing going on with Gigan, where Megalon's stupidity bounces well off Gigan just being a petty rear end in a top hat. beautifully said Gambit from the X-Men posted:I'm trying to decide on the weirdest wildest heisei godzilla. is it biollante? is it destoroyah? biollante for sure, the story is so dense and she's a rose/human/godzilla hybrid soul monster
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 02:53
|
|
|
I'm gonna get so many Godzilla tattoos
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 02:58
|
|
|
Gambit from the X-Men posted:i feel like desty takes too long before it goes insane Agreed, it’s biollante.
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 03:03
|
|
|
hallo spacedog posted:I'm gonna get so many Godzilla tattoos I'm in San Francisco, and if you ever are interested, please consider me.   
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 06:22
|
|
|
Happy Noodle Boy posted:When's the blu ray coming out, Toho???? really hope that they actually invest into a solid bells-and-whistles release with special features and stuff, instead of just a forgettable dump release like they did for Shin. Unfortunately, Toho has a weird complex about fans in Japan importing American home video releases (instead of paying inflated prices for Japanese home media releases), so I won't hold my breath. Maybe the fact that Minus One was so unexpectedly successful might make them change their ways though. man can dream.
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 15:13
|
|
|
GATOS Y VATOS posted:I'm in San Francisco, and if you ever are interested, please consider me. These rule, if I can ever get to SF I will definitely let you know
|
|
#
?
Feb 4, 2024 15:30
|
|
|
It's cool that Ultraman is still a guy in the suit in 2024, even after the heretics at Toho have made Godzilla full CGI. Although just scrubbing through it on Youtube it seems like it's a bit more focused on beams and superpowers, compared to the Showa series where Ultraman would just do wrestling moves. It's just really funny to see him jump on a monster and just start wailing on him.
|
|
#
?
Feb 5, 2024 15:23
|
|
|
Mantis42 posted:It's cool that Ultraman is still a guy in the suit in 2024, even after the heretics at Toho have made Godzilla full CGI. Although just scrubbing through it on Youtube it seems like it's a bit more focused on beams and superpowers, compared to the Showa series where Ultraman would just do wrestling moves. It's just really funny to see him jump on a monster and just start wailing on him. I always think of the costume designer or suit builder or whoever in 1966 watching Ultraman drop kick the poo poo out the suit they just spent forever making.
|
|
#
?
Feb 5, 2024 20:10
|
|
|
I can live with more modern fight choreography that means seeing less of Ultraman's taint on screen
|
|
#
?
Feb 5, 2024 20:12
|
|
|
That’s half the charm of the show though
|
|
#
?
Feb 5, 2024 20:53
|
|
|
Big Mean Jerk posted:That’s half the charm of the show though Ep. 31: Kanchow! Attack the Monster's Gooch!
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 04:27
|
|
|
I'm just watching episodes that were on fan made recommended lists because there's too much Ultraman. My favorite moments so far include Ultraman committing genocide in his second ever appearance and that time a bunch of children brought a chalk drawing monster to life and Ultraman beat the poo poo out of it while they cried.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 04:45
|
|
|
Mantis42 posted:and that time a bunch of children brought a chalk drawing monster to life and Ultraman beat the poo poo out of it while they cried. that episode rules for psychopathic ultraman i love og ultraman because of the variety of monsters, some days it's aliens, some days it's dinosaurs, sometimes it's a giant plant or a mummy. ultraseven's good but every single episode is aliens that want to conquer earth.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 04:53
|
|
|
Yeah I remember looking up the wiki article for some old Ultraman kaiju one time which was pretty much just the giat monster horse that another kaiju villain rode around on and it was just wandering around aimlessly and only wanted to go back home but of course Ultraman beat the ever lovin' poo poo out of it before they sent it on its way
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 05:14
|
|
|
lol
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 05:36
|
|
|
lol he's such a violent unrepentant poo poo
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 12:12
|
|
|
Gambit from the X-Men posted:lol He IS a cop
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 14:06
|
|
|
I have to vent somewhere because I just saw Shin Godzilla and the atomic breath scene is now one of my favorite scenes in any movie. I think this is also the first Godzilla movie I've purposefully watched, so recs on what to watch next are appreciated. Out of sheer curiosity I've already obtained and plan to watch the 1954 original.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:27
|
|
|
If you started with Shin, 1954 and Minus One are the obvious next steps. Legendary 2014 Godzilla if you wanna check out the American side of things. If you want to get into the goofier monster-mash stuff, I would just pick whichever villain monster looks coolest to you and jump right in.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:45
|
|
|
The streak of “drat this Godzilla breath attack owns” has been amazing so far. G14 had a great moment, Shin’s was so terrifying and over the top, then Minus One was just monstrous and such a whiplash. As a fan, I always get hype when Godzilla gets to show off, but the Ginza attack was so mean spirited, purposeful in hurting people, and definitive in just how absolute it was in wiping the town, killing tens of thousands it just knocked me on my rear end. To then have a literal ash rain cover everything was just somber as hell.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:49
|
|
|
Honorable mention to Singular Point's breath attack scene. That puppy had some wind-up to it
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:51
|
|
|
Asterite34 posted:Honorable mention to Singular Point's breath attack scene. That puppy had some wind-up to it I was going to say that Singular Point had a great breath scene too. I loved that show. It's a shame nothing new seems to be on the horizon for it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:54
|
|
|
I feel like Singular Point has a lot of moments where it kinda drags or feels unfocused, but it's the kind of show where once you finish it you pretty much forget about that and just remember all the Cool As poo poo stuff that happened.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 16:59
|
|
|
Still haven't watched Singular Point so I can't say what it's atomic breath is like. Better or worse than the Monster Planet trilogy where he doesn't even breathe, he just generates a laser in front of his face?
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 18:00
|
|
|
Arc Hammer posted:Still haven't watched Singular Point so I can't say what it's atomic breath is like. Better or worse than the Monster Planet trilogy where he doesn't even breathe, he just generates a laser in front of his face? It does both kinda.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 18:07
|
|
|
PriorMarcus posted:I was going to say that Singular Point had a great breath scene too. I loved that show. It's a shame nothing new seems to be on the horizon for it. I loved it as well. A few years back somebody on twitter was doing synopsis translations of the novel and apparently since it was in written form there was a LOT of science explanation and story expansion in there. I wish I bookmarked them.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 18:22
|
|
|
Arc Hammer posted:Still haven't watched Singular Point so I can't say what it's atomic breath is like. Better or worse than the Monster Planet trilogy where he doesn't even breathe, he just generates a laser in front of his face? It is a laser created by bioluminescence cycled through a time loop thousands of times.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 19:20
|
|
|
Gripweed posted:It is a laser created by bioluminescence cycled through a time loop thousands of times. That explains everything.
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 20:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 18:03 |
|
|
Arc Hammer posted:That explains everything. Would you believe us if we said it actually makes sense in context?
|
|
#
?
Feb 6, 2024 21:59
|
|
