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ok thanks for now i shall crave my cravings with the trailer
I really liked the movie and zilla design. Sure they called it godzilla and for that it cops alot of critism but other than that it was a great movie. I thought the whole 'asexual' idea was different ,but a good different. The way they portrayed zilla being scare & confused was realistitic. The only thing i didn't like was the amount they underpowered zilla.
@MERCUS Almost here! Only a little bit longer! (An hour at most) But as of right now we got the JAKKS toy.
where is the neca toy
Well, I like the movie too, but the concept used for the monster was so far from the original Godzilla so it might be seen as a totally different creature than Big G to really enjoy the movie. But something I found in wiki indicates that maybe the approach that Roland Esmedrich used was Toho fault: the developers wanted to use the kaiju battle formula as we know in most of Godzilla movies; but Toho people forbade them to create another monster from their own, and if the new Godzilla was to battle it will be against another Toho creation like Mothra or King Ghidorah, the ones they offered for the deal.As you may guess, the budget was limited and the licenses over the other characters were outrageous high, so Roland and company needed to create a plan B. Indeed, the license cost is the main reason I highly doubt more Toho kaiju may appear in the upcoming film
You shouldnt be afraid of getting hate for liking the 98. Me on the other hand is most likely get it thrown in my face for what im about to say; Yes. Yes it was.
I dont like it, and its hated with good reason. And i really hate the "Oh its not that bad, it just shouldnt be called Godzilla" exscuse. Because newsflash, it doesnt change the fact the movie was called Godzilla.
But not being Godzilla is only one small flaw. This movie manage to get Matthew Broderick(An actor i highly respect) thrown down in the slums of boredom. And the rest of the actors arent even trying. And i couldnt get immersive in the story or characters. Even TOHO`s Godzilla movies managed that.
But the movie did have a few good things;
The Intro was omnious. The music also incredible. And the angle shots of Zilla had such potential(Him going past the window, him shown from above and him chasing the chopper had GREAT angles).
But beyond that, yes, the movie was horrible. If you want to like it, do so. I cant and wont stop you.
Happy St. Patricks Day, dude! :)
Wow, I cannot believe the responses to this post! I thought for sure it was going to get a ton of hate, but as I read the comments, I find that almost everyone's opinion is pretty positive. That shocks me, to be honest.
@THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS
You were so brave to come and post your opinions here. You made it clear you expected hate for it, but you still came out and said what you wanted to say. I back that 100%.
So now, let me tell you what I think about the movie.
I loved it. I think Zilla's design is really cool, and I own the movie. I have the Trendmasters 'Living Godzilla' action figure along with the 'Combat Claw' figure. To be honest, he's one of my favorite monsters in the whole world. I didn't know people hated him so much at first (I'm about to be sixteen. I had owned the movie for years until my parents had a yardsale and I lost all my VHS movies. Therefore I hadn't seen the movie again until about one to two years ago, and I was completely unaware of all the hate for it). So when I got online and read the reviews, I was pretty surprised.
Seeing people hate on Zilla always saddens me to be honest. I like Final Wars, but the Zilla battle annoys me. I grew up watching this movie (being that I was born in 1998), and I loved it just as much as I loved the real Godzilla. I will always enjoy watching this movie.
I even continue to buy Zilla stuff that I find for cheap on ebay- I've been trying to build a bit of a collection.
Don't get me wrong, guys. I am a HUGE fan of the actual Godzilla. I always have been. But I like Zilla just as well, and no amount of hate is going to get me to think otherwise. I understand that he's not Godzilla. But that doesn't mean he's not a really cool monster.
So dude, I agree with you 100%!
@Everyone else:
Good job with your answers and not being hateful. I'm pleased to see that a lot of you actually do like Zilla like me and THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS. :)
@TRUE AMERICAN GODZILLA This isn't actually the merchandise thread. It'll be made in a little bit before the embargo ends, I'll make sure to lock this thread once the merchandising thread is up don't worry! :) This thread is merely a warning and insurance in case someone complains we "never said anything". Those are some excellent finds though! You should definitely add it to the thread once it arrives!
I personally liked the 1998 Godzilla film. Sure the American Zilla wasn't Godzilla, the cartoon counterpart achieved this much better (though why it's a guy when asexual reproduction basically clones the female adult I don't understand). Yes the US Military being portryed as stupid wasn't a smart play for the movie makers.
As a general monster movie it's fun and enjoyable. I was disappointed that it wasn't Godzilla, though this was America's 1st attempt at a "realistic" monster. It failed, which paved the way for the True American Godzilla coming this year.
I love the idea of Godzilla and the other kaijus being portrayed realistically. In fact, I think this is the first film that tries to go great lengths to make the monsters as plausible as possible. Most giant monster films have the creature being a mutation, usually into unrealistic sizes (plus adding new featurs that radiation wouldn't do).
This movie has the Godzilla species from long ago back when Earth had loads more radiation, slowly making them bigger and stronger. How many films can you name that takes these kinds of measure to make their monsters as real as possible? It adds to that "this could really happen" feel and I love it!
I love the idea of one thread for the American Godzilla merchandise. I was browsing Godzilla stuff when I stumbled upon I think are legit American Godzilla merchandise.
Let me introduce them to you... (the site I found these didn't give much on where these were found, so until we can confirm these treat these as "possible" merchandise)
1: Looks like a production image for a kids American Godzilla t-shirt. The Godzilla design matches the American Godzilla so this maybe legit.
2: I think this is a logo, but for what I'm not sure. It's the state of Texas with the word Godzilla in it and the full body outline of the American Godzilla!
3: We've seen a zoomed in version of this pic, which shares the same pose as seen on the "Light and Sound" figure. This only shows most of the body as Godzilla wades through the water. Sadly this is the biggest I could find so detail is very small.
I don't think it's possible to do a 100% realistic Godzilla. But I am glad they are trying to do a realistic movie. Not so much about the creature itself, but about it's impact and humanities response.
Rather than like: Godzilla attacks....what should we do??? Let's shoot a black hole at him!
Godzilla attacks....what should we do??? Let's build a giant Godzilla sized robot to do battle!
Godzilla attacks.....what should we do??? Let's choloform a monkey and haul it to Mt. Fuji to do battle......
I like how this movie is going more for the route of: Godzilla attacks! How do we evacuate our cities, how does our government respond, how does medical care continue, how does the military react, how do scientists handle of the situation.
The situation itself is always going to be a little preposterous. Which is fine. But it's nice to see a movie where the human response will not be equally fantastical.
@ KAIJUKINGGOJIRA
The movie actulaly did really well at the box office. It just had bad reviews. But yeah, it make like $380 million, on a budget of $130 million. Heavy marketing probably bumped the total cost to $200 million, but yeah, it was financial successful for sure.
As far as the quality of the movie:
I've mentioned this in several threads, but yeah, I too liked the 1998 movie. There are PLENTY of Toho Godzilla movies which are WORSE than the 1998 Godzilla.
I didn't like all the deviations from Godzilla's standard characteristics, but all of them still fell within the realm of 'creative license' imo. I didn't go into the movie expecting a carbon copy of Toho's monster, so I wasn't that disappointed by what I saw. I still would have preferred if they kept original traits, like the atomic breath, but it doesn't ruin the movie for me, as a monster movie OR a Godzilla film.
@KAIJUKINGGOJIRA Okay, I wasn't angry before, but seriously, accusing us of only pretending to dislike it because peer pressure!? That's just low.
Wait, are these actually called "Godzilla" in the game!? If Toho finds out about this, the people who made this will be sued straight to hell before they even know what hit em'.
Not gonna lie, I like the movie, I have two Trendmasters Zilla figures on my shelf and the Ultimate Monster Edition of the movie on DVD. I thought the look of Godzilla was interesting, Emmerich just didn't let him play the part. It does have it's weak spots, like Godzilla's weakness involving dinky sidewinder missiles and his drgaon breath. That being said, the cartoon was much MUCH closer to the character, that I liked very much, we can safely call that one Godzilla.
Like others have said, I doubt Godzilla himself will be realistic - in fact, if the brief description of him on the box of the giant Godzilla toy is any indication, the explanation for his abilities will be pretty much exactly the same as in the Toho movies. On the topic of the suits, though, although I'm sure the special effects in the film will be awesome, there's always this slight dissapoinment in my mind that they opted for it to use all CGI, all the time, just like every other movie these days. I've been waiting a while for a high profile, big budget Hollywood movie to finally prove to the general public that not only is CGI not the only way to make realistic special effects, really high quality practical effects, including suitimation (see Aliens, Hellboy 1 and 2, and the Jurassic Park series for examples), make even the best CGI look cartoony by comparison. I'm not saying that CGI is necessarily the "lazy" route - as I'm aware that it is about as expensive and time-consuming to make as, say, stop motion - but it is less creative, interesting and life-like than practical effects done by a talented enough team with a high enough budget. I was thinking that Godzilla, with its history of impressive SFX achievments, would be just the right monster for the job, but I guess I'll just have to keep waiting and hoping for someone else to finally buck the trend and bring the film industry out of this endless ocean of CGI.
@LilGojira911
I know right? I want to see that footage SO BADLY! We saw the ComicCon 2012 footage, the Godzilla Encounter footage, but what about the ComicCon 2013 sneak peak footage? :O
at least we didnt get this 
Did we all hate on this movie because of what society thought of it? Is it because of peer pressure that we scorn this movie? It is decent. The monster is a good looking, interesting monster. But because it didn't do well in the box office, we all hated on it. Perhaps it's time to put that notion behind us and admit it is a decent movie to a degree.
Boy, I should paint a target on my head while I'm at it. I can sense that there will be some hate sent at me. Please be gentle, I'm sensitive. Not a quality often found in a man.
Now if someone would show the SDCC 2013 footage
I don't get why people make so many discussions defending this movie... none of them seem to understand that we don't hate it because it necessarily a bad movie, but because it is called Godzilla despite not having Godzilla in it. Plus, even aside from that, it's got plenty of problems of its own (ripping off Jurassic Park, constant raining, bland and annoying characters, etc.). If the title was honest and called it something completely separate from Godzilla, I would still find it kind of okay at best and sub-par at worst.
Gorgo originated from Ireland (in the film). ;)
I hate the movie but I've seen worse and beside it's one of those movie you can watch with friends and make fun of it for what it is.
IKR i hat all the 98 hate i thought the movie was preety good and i didnt know everyone hated it tell i got on here lol and saw all the haten so yea...
Daikaiju_Danielle, What's the gif from? I'm curious.
DUDE YOU PLAY SOCIAL EMPIRES ! I FREAKING LUV THAT GAME I PLAY IT EVER DAY !!!!
I'm actually suprised by how much support this movie is getting. Maybe they'll be a sequel after all. YEAH RIGHT:D
But seriously. It's a interesting monster, but it was burdened with a bad movie. Can someone agree with me when I say that the cartoon series that followed it wasn't that bad.
@Danielle
Don't forget how different Zilla looks in the cartoon vs how he looks in the movie.
Every Godzilla eiga has it's ups and downs. There's no superior series, just different opinions. ;)
Bad Godzilla movie but good monster movie in general.
Oh great. Now I have to start a discusion defending the Heisei movies. -_-
@Akagi
The Godzilla animated series used the sequel script as a basis. :)
Honestly I've seen worse Godzilla remakes purposed by supposed 'Hardcore fans'.
Does it say something about us as fans that we'll put up with any dumb storyline as long as they don't change the way Godzilla looks?
I mean can you say the story in 98 was nearly as bad as some of the heisei stories?
Honestly if they had come out with a sequel, I would have watched it. I have a feeling there would have been a lot of aesthetic changes to make Zilla more appealing.
I would have preferred this story over the first film's flimsy writing.
Count me in! :) As insulting as it was to the REAL Godzilla, its still a fun movie with a cool giant monster story, an awesome creature, and a wonderful sense of adventure! I grew up with Zilla and his film, and I'll never hate it.
Well, it was nice knowing you all. Its been a good ride...
