The General Godzilla Thread

[The Analyzer]

Yeah but I'm far more active on Monster Zero/Club Tokyo. Toho Kingdom is... well. :laugh:

Let met guess...it had an excessive amount of immature tweeners?

Toho Kingdom was the most active Godzilla forum I found, though I haven't been visiting much do to life matters. Though a thread about unmade Kaiju with rarely or never before seen images and news has pulled me back in.

Well hey, if after Destroyah Toho had wanted to move more in the direction of Godzilla being a good guy then the Heisei continuity would have some story foundation for why there would be a Godzilla that would even remotely give a damn about humans.

That would be fun, though I would like to see another continuity where Godzilla slowly develops this giving a damn throughout a film(s).

Also, apparently Kadokawa Pictures approached Toho for a Godzilla/Gamera crossover, which Toho rejected.

 

[Daikamonohashi]

Let met guess...it had an excessive amount of immature tweeners?

Basically. MZ tends to be where a lot of older, more grounded Godzilla fans tend to congregate. We're less interested in power levers, fantasy fights, and Heisei-worship and more into the performances, characters, staff, and getting into the nitty-gritty of how these films were produced. That's much more my style. I mostly only go on Toho Kingdom to promote my own tokusatsu productions.

 

[MattComix]

So, uh, there. God, I didn't mean to nerdrage like that. I'm sorry. I just don't know what came over me. :laugh:

To be honest it sounds a little like you're offended that the thread didn't start out of the gate with a lot of talk about the era of Godzilla you prefer. Just to clarify though my talking about Heisei stuff is not out of any contempt for the Showa stuff or trying to wave some flag to say that Heisei is better. It just happens to be the swath of the whole Godzilla thing that I got into the most.

I just disagree that they are awful or sleep inducing. They're a little slow paced but to me I their tone and pace is much more like the 1954 film, much less like the stuff that came after. So if you're really into the stuff that came after then I can see why they wouldn't be your cup of tea.

 

[Daikamonohashi]

I just disagree that they are awful or sleep inducing. They're a little slow paced but to me I their tone and pace is much more like the 1954 film, much less like the stuff that came after. So if you're really into the stuff that came after then I can see why they wouldn't be your cup of tea.

No, I LOVE the 1954 film. It's a gorramed masterpiece. I just think the 90s films are bland and lifeless, with effects that are inferior to those produced decades before.

Take Heisei Rodan, for example. Aside from being one of the worst, most lifeless puppets ever created for a tokusatsu film, when he flies, he sort of casually glides across a city and things randomly explode underneath him, usually by way of poorly-composited stock explosions. Nearly FORTY YEARS PRIOR, Rodan - in his debut feature - was depicted flying at blinding speeds that believably ripped cities apart with the howling winds and sonic booms that followed in his wake. That in forty years, Toho could not only not improve upon those effects but actually manage to do them WORSE is downright shameful.

 

[The Analyzer]

Basically. MZ tends to be where a lot of older, more grounded Godzilla fans tend to congregate. We're less interested in power levers, fantasy fights, and Heisei-worship and more into the performances, characters, staff, and getting into the nitty-gritty of how these films were produced. That's much more my style. I mostly only go on Toho Kingdom to promote my own tokusatsu productions.

I don't like talking about power levels and fantasy fights as well, funnily enough. Those can be fun, but I'm in it for the characters and stuff. I might check this out.

In other news, has anyone checked out Rodan Roost's Kaiju Stats. They have a personality section for each one which made me realize that these city-stomping menaces, whether by accident or design, have personalities. Unfortunately, they stopped profiling before Final Wars as the site became inactive in general.

 

[Daikamonohashi]

I don't like talking about power levels and fantasy fights as well, funnily enough. Those can be fun, but I'm in it for the characters and stuff. I might check this out.

Problem right now is they've closed registration to all POPmail accounts in an effort to avoid spambots and even though people keep offering advice on other ways to work around that issue, the admins are super-slow to implement anything.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Take Heisei Rodan, for example. Aside from being one of the worst, most lifeless puppets ever created for a tokusatsu film, when he flies, he sort of casually glides across a city and things randomly explode underneath him, usually by way of poorly-composited stock explosions.

I always found that funny, especially when later SpaceGodzilla and Destroyah did it.

 

[MattComix]

That would be fun, though I would like to see another continuity where Godzilla slowly develops this giving a damn throughout a film(s).

Having a series with a continuity again would be good. Maybe over the course of the series things settle into an uneasy peace between humans and Godzilla that is brought about by reoccurring human characters who are able to communicate with him somehow. He fights the various monster threats attacking Earth as well as the machinations of humans that would just as soon see him destroyed to.

I enjoy that with any iteration of the franchise that the 1954 film always counts. It's the source.

Also, apparently Kadokawa Pictures approached Toho for a Godzilla/Gamera crossover, which Toho rejected.

I can't blame Toho for not wanting to get into the whole crossover mess.

 

[Captain Shark]

I actually tried joining Club Tokyo, but email issues made it impossible. That and some nut supposedly posted pornography under my name at some point.:redface2:

Let met guess...it had an excessive amount of immature tweeners?

And a very narcissistic admin with the other admins not paying attention. The amount of things that go on there.... No wonder Web of Trust had three people give the "this place is bad" comments. I could go into minute details of all the horrendous things that go on there, but this isn't the place.

 

[Daikamonohashi]

I actually tried joining Club Tokyo, but email issues made it impossible. That and some nut supposedly posted pornography under my name at some point.:redface2:

Seriously? Lame. I do hope they resolve the email thing in the near future. Some fresh blood would be nice.