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Or we could have an ending like Godzilla raids again or G1985
Hey man no need to be a douche. I know what the word results means and I know how business works. I also know that sometimes you have to take risks. No show or show runner EVER has hard factual evidence that they will get a return on what they spend their money on.
Looking at some blockbuster movies like this lately the amount of money they rake in is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, in some cases surpasing a half a billion dollars. Let's say an advertiser spent the premium, 4 million dollars per 30 seconds, for air time for a two minute trailer. That would be 16 million dollars on what could easily be a return far exceeding that if it helps the movie bring in say $500 million or more (and let's face it, many many media outlets are placing this at the top of their most anticipated lists the number of which was last seen with the Avengers which brought in over a billion if I recall correctly). It's high risk high reward that's the point.
Oh, and as for those long commercials? Here are the longest ones, and yes, they were this long when they aired (I remember watching each of these live too. I love watching SuperBowl ads). Also note the number of views form people who re-watched them after... one numbers in the millions, the others in the hundreds of thousands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKL254Y_jtc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtvpMPLQ8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBsWYcWwpr4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbLBL2P6YA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-SJQdREDKM
I wil grant that the last example is not the best example of a well done as well as long super bowl commercial but the point stands. The Super Bowl is viewed by over 100 million people. The point of advertising, as I'm sure you know, is to promote your product to the largest audience possible. The more you promote a good, strong, message to the more likely you will receive a fair if not excellent rate of return. Therefore, if you want to get the message out about Godzilla, which is slowly happening but still has a long ways to go as evidence by how many people I know who don't even know this movie is being made, it could make sense to go the Superbowl route. If all else fails we all know the media will cover whatever the longest commercial was the next day which brings it even more attention.
Like I said that's my opinion. I'm trying to be nice so please don't be a douche.
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I bet the centipede monster is the adult of a muto
Thanks for the information KYERO. Like you said, i know that this isnt part of the movie but do you know why the people were cheering?
first id be like noooooooooooooooooooo but then i guess something has to happen at the end, they cant just end with godzilla still terrorizing cities, maybe they tame him or he has no interest in killing humans. I hope they can find a way to keep him alive with another ending to the movie.
What about a remix of godzillas old theme song mixed with a cool song sung by a good artist
As far as SpaceGodzilla goes, I think if they openly admitted that Ghidorah was from outer space instead of dorats mutated (Hensei story version), then they could have proved that aliens did exist then later on SpaceGodzilla could have been a Godzilla from a different world similar to ours, that way there was an actual reason for his existence. Then it would've made more sense if say SpaceGodzilla did conquer his home planet and searched space and found Earth. THEN it would've been a better reason why he even came here and why Godzilla even bothered to challenge him.
I say the worst concept that ruined Godzilla for me was the Hensei Ghidorah story. Time travel is always a sketchy plot for any movie except maybe Terminator. But the different origin story of ghidorah, Godzilla being moved to prevent him being radiated, but it happened anyway and he got bigger? Wtf, what was the point?
Like I said above, if the hensei series continued from 1989 (Biollante) and had no time travel, ghidorah's original origin from showa, and godzilla getting bigger at his own will without the help of time travel, the series would've made a lot more sense.
Hedorah. I think that is so dumb. I've never liked the character, and hope to never see it again. A monster made out of pollution that can fly and has eyes? Retarded...lol
@Gman2887, if they use Radioactive at all, it'll probably be on a TV spot closer to its release They have to cater to a modern audience with something that draws them in. We aren't the only ones they want to go see this movie.
Cool idea about the peoples veiw but I doubt godzilla ever gets scared
Would he even know that he ate someone
This really sucks, i think that vampires suck too. I dont really like vampires. i truly hope that Godzilla shall rise from the depths. MWAHAHAHAHA
Ever heard of a producer or show runner saying the word, "results"? When they say that, they need hard, factual evidence of something worth spending money on. If there isn't proof of that they typically don't take the risk.
You're right, there's no proof that Super Bowl movie trailers don't help, but there isn't proof that they return what was spent on them either. And that is more important to studios.
I agree the exposure would be great, but it's too costly of a risk to throw a 2 minute movie trailer into the Super Bowl. That's why it's not a smart decision. It puts a movie further down the hole. A movie must make double its budget to be profitable. So Pacific Rim only barely made profit. Had they thrown a 2 minute ad into the Super Bowl with those same final numbers, it may not have broken even.
I'm also curious where you're seeing these 2+ minute ads for other things during the Super Bowl. Maybe a minute at most, but I can't remember any Super Bowl ad that's taken up 2 minutes of time. That's an insane amount of money. I know that plenty of Super Bowl ads are cut down for their time slots and the longer version of those ads are later released online. But 2 minute ads? I think that's a stretch for anyone.
I told you, vampires win against godzilla, because they are product for teenagers, and there are more teenagers than people with good taste for monsters over there.
ps: I hate vampires!
Godzilla is losing but i think it can go back like godzilla did vs dawn of the planet of the apes if you keep on voting Godzilla
^This is closer to what I expect. Maybe a bit darker and with less of a melody, but yes. Dihgow has it right!
SpaceGodzilla.
Duatok, pretty much hit the nail on the head. The Heisei series always had a problem with over explaining origins and technical specs, but SpaceGodzilla's origin was a whole different level stupid. Not only was the explaination for his exisistance overdone, but they offered two different explainations for how G-Cells made it into space.
I miss the Showa era where monsters' origins were vague and their exsistence was more mysterious.
I dont think itll be Godzilla that made Ford Brody jump, I bet its a Muto monster, and it was even on a railroad track and we found out that it was a Muto ripping the train apart, so its probably near that scene
The vampire franchise has one of the most rabid fanbases of female, brazilian teenagers I've ever seen in the last couple of decades. It's really impressive. I've also never heard of the movie X-Men is losing to.
Because its based of a friggin book, also I just searched up the movie already and reading the plot and whats it about, I would agree how the hell is Godzilla losing?? People are gonna regret it when Godzilla comes out
titanosaurus has potential, he would just have to be renamed to prevent confusion with the actual dinosaur that has that name
gabbara is your worst goji nightmare you say? well i suppose that is kind of what gabbaras supposed to do...
i saw both trailers and right now im just wondering HOW THE HECK IS GODZILLA LOSING TO THAT!?
I want to see some like this in the end credits:
These are cool
At # 1 for the dumbest Godzilla movie is chough*Godzilla's Revenge*cough.
And at #1 for dumbest godzilla consept design is (drum roll please) Gabara yea me and all my friends hate him for 1 reason. He has an anoying sound and look. He's my worst Goji Nightmare
YOU DARE THREATEN MECHA-GODZILLA LIKE THAT! I SHALL BRING YOU TO YOUR DEMISE......with candy....and rainbows.....and cookies...... and Godzilla jr.
Space Godzilla and Battra for me. "Godzilla and Biollante DNA turned into pixie dust and floated into space, where it crashed with a big crystal, fell into a black hole, something something something, SPACE GODZILLA".
Battra is pretty silly too, "It's like Mothra, but EVIL!"
Get your votes in before the 20th when the next round starts!!! Godzilla needs a lot of votes right now!
I'm guessing my Linkzilla you mean me lol. I do get your points and I understand all of that. However, as I said before when you have car and beer companies doing 1+ minute to even two minute ads during the Superbowl just to promote their brand, not even to promote a new car or beverage, and these are often the highest rated ads in each Super Bowl (look back and you will see that every award show for commercials during the SB has the Chrysler and Budweiser ads near the top) a movie, especially a big name one like this, can do the same. Yes it would be costly. As for the rate of return, however, Pacific Rim made I believe it was over $300 million abroad after it's release. International markets have become just as big as the US market for movies in recent years, and classic names like Godzilla tend to even better nationally. That's not to say Godzilla won't do well here, in fact, I think it will do better than most of the recent blockbusters. As long as we're talking about budgets though let's consider this- they JUST came out with the first teaser for Godzilla. Most of the "marketting" has occured through leaks that cost the studio absolutely nothing as far as advertising goes. They haven't spent much on it so far and I can't see that increasing anytime soon. Truth be told, in a market where not as many people are going to movies because of the economy, you have to reach as many people as possible in other ways, and considering we only have one teaser so far for Godzilla, it would make sense to market on TV in the ways that would reach the most possible people- the Super Bowl is that. Millions of people watching? Check. A commercial longer than 30 seconds (which is easy to miss) that will draw people in as it goes on? Possible. It's no guarantee for success but it's no guarantee for failure either. I just think it's a smart decision, one most other studios won't try. High risk high reward.
Seeing as how Legendary/Gareth Edwards had close ties with Toho during the devlopment of this movie, and they're the ones distrubuting the film in Japan, I don't think hearing the main theme is entirely out of the question.
Hey everyone! Godzilla WON the first round of voting BUT Godzilla's currently LOSING to Vampire Academy in the second round... COME ON GODZILLA FANS!!! GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER AND GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!
@Linkzilla
The problem is, however, most people don't go revisit movie trailers after the Super Bowl. They revisit the commercials they like most-- Remember, there are awards shows for commercials now and Super Bowl Ads typically head that line-up. Movie trailers are kept at 30 seconds because studios A) Don't want to blow a lot of their promotional money on Super Bowl ads, B) Have a budget to consider for promotion and C) Also have other movies throughout the year to consider promoting.
Also a two minute spot for a movie? That's promotional suicide in this day and age. You might as well ask Legendary's Super Bowl spot to be their last trailer because a two minute spot is close to $10 million for the Super Bowl. That would put Godzilla deeper in the financial hole and there's no guarantee that money will be made back from audiences watching.
This is the problem with Super Bowl trailers I was mentioning. The rate of return has not been proven by Super Bowl ads. Blockbusters like Star Trek into Darkness are proof that it doesn't always work.
Meanwhile, you're asking way too much from any movie to release a two minute ad during the Super Bowl. No studio is going to pay that kind of money for a slot that long. It would be the only promotion the movie gets from here until its release.
Would a Super Bowl ad for Godzilla be good? Yes. It would at least have more exposure. If it doesn't have a Super Bowl ad will it hurt box office returns? No. There is no and has never been any proof of that.
I feel like it should be an older monster that hasn't been brought back in a while. Megalon could be an interesting one. Manda or Varan are other good possibilities. Giving Moguera the attention it deserves would be pretty boss too. Personally, if they did a sequel to this movie based off the book Godzilla Invades America I would flip s**t.
Personally I think it's not smart to miss premiering a new trailer during the Super Bowl and here's why. I understand that the Superbowl is extremely expensive. Further, I also get that most movie trailers during it aren't as well remembered (even though those are the ones I tend to re-watch after the game is over). However, there are other factors here. For starters, Legendary only has one other movie coming out between now and Godzilla and that is 300 Rise of an Empire, which comes out barely two months before Godzilla. Most movies get a full real trailer (not a teaser like we have for Godzilla) several months before the premiere (300 had one months before, How to Train Your Dragon 2 has one already, etc.) and I feel like 300 is a little too late to get one out. Second, yes while many people don't remember the trailers from the Superbowl as well, that's also because most of the trailers end up being 30 second spots. If the studio put out more money (and come on, Gareth Edwards did this movie on $40 million less dollars than Pacific Rim was done, they can put out some) and got a minute or even two minute long commercial, like how Chrysler does every year, they would have a longer, more memorable spot that people will remember, again like the Chrysler or Budweiser one each year. Finally, while many people I know are stoked for Godzilla many more people I've met either haven't seen the teaser or know little to nothing about the film. Premiering this during the Super Bowl would ensure a large viewing audience to get the word out to. Showing off, say, the airport scene from CC that's been under wraps or some other amazing footage would be perfect for this opportunity. Again, though, that's my opinion.
