
Durp004
MemberBaragonOct-04-2013 8:56 PMI actually think most of the general public thinks of the 1950-1978 godzilla when they picture godzilla simply because of all the air time godzilla got in the US back at that time.
Anyway about the topic. The showa eva godzilla is hard to pin down as he's been a part of some of the best godzilla movies and hands down some of the worst. The middle of the showa era is really a dark blip on the godzilla franchise in my opinion as it seems they were so set of getting the movies out so fast the movies are filled with stock footage(Even going so far as to have a movie like Godzilla's Revenge which is basically 90% stock footage.) The movies at the beginning of this era all the way up to monster Zero are some of the best though so through watching all the showa series you get a feel for the range the godzilla movies go, and if you watch them all it's, for the most part, and uphill ride if you continue watching the heisei and even arguably the millennium series. Had it not been for the last few installments of the showa era I wouldn't have been sad to see it go
Godzilla as a character goes through about as much development as possible for a monster star and that's the real charm of the showa series. You get to see him go from a element of destruction to a hero.
Overall while the showa series isn't the strongest godzilla era it has a charm that any fan can't help but love. Sure it has cheesy, stupid moments, but at the same time it's made of B movies it should have those, and going into those movies with the same mindset you have when going into see this new godzilla will leave you thoroughly disappointed.