
npinkham19
MemberMothra LarvaeMar-05-2014 7:59 PMEvery time I watch Mechagodzilla 1974 I can't help but dwell on one bit. How conveniant that Mechag decided to take a peaceful walk over to Kng Caesar. The black hole aliens send Mechagodzilla out to destroy King Caesar before he can be fully awakened. Caesar is painfully close to Mechagodzilla who has the ABILITY TO FLY but he slowly strolls out to Caesar and even allows the priestess to sing her King Caesar diddy that goes on forever. Later Godzilla destroys Mecha by twisting his head off when just minutes before Mecha sped his head around in hyper speed to build a force field.
In Godzilla 1985 how conveniant that right after they put Godzilla down a nuke goes off over the stratosphere and revives him.
How kind of Biollante to decide not to finish Godzilla off after he lumbers away infected by the anti nuclear bacteria.
Amazing coincidence that Rodan's body fell directly ontop of Godzilla's corpse to revive him and even nicer that G force decided not to immediately just blow up his second brain again and instead allow Godzilla to fully recover.
To be honest these scenes don't bother me at all. Suspension of disbelief goes hand and hand with these films but these thoughts are always on my mind. So anyone else want to share any Godzilla conveniances?

Daikaiju Danielle
MemberMothra LarvaeMar-05-2014 8:12 PMConcerning the Mechagodzilla 2 scene; Rodan was still alive, and he flew onto Godzilla, and Rodan died saving him.
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G. H. (Gman)
AdminGodzillaMar-05-2014 8:14 PMSome of these aren't conveniances or contrivances, really...
The MechaGodzilla very much is, but that's because Toho wanted a new single to sell and Jun Fukuda did what he could to accomidate them. I've always found the head thing glaringly odd though. I don't think it's conveniant. I just think it's a flaw. But that's okay. It doesn't distract from the overall story and fun that Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla does such a great job of pushing.
The missile explosion in 1985 I felt was a brilliant way to revive Godzilla. The entire movie exists to play on a cold war theme and the irony that Japan survived the atomic explosion just to find themselves against a re-energized Godzilla was fantastic. There were already plot points in place that suggested the missile was going to go off and be a threat of its own before Godzilla even made it to shore. Plenty of movies weave together plotlines like this.
As for Biollante, I don't see that being a big deal. I mean, why did she drop from the clouds to begin with? The answer is just because the story needed her to. That's probably more convenient.
And finally, Rodan was flying to Godzilla in order to sacrifice her energy. She didn't simply fall on him out of coincidence. This was a concious decision on Okawara's part since the original ending was considered a little too extreme. I don't think it's very well thought out, but it more or less works.
This isn't to say there are conveniant moments in almost every film in the series; but, at the same time, no more than most movies. For example say... The Dark Knight. (So the Joker staged an elaborate car chase just to get arrest on purpose in hopes that he would talk to Batman at a police station? Uh-huh... ;) )

Akagi
MemberMothra LarvaeMar-05-2014 11:29 PMMy only question is... where does the music come from in the movie?

npinkham19
MemberMothra LarvaeMar-06-2014 5:23 AMInteresting thing about rodan, I just figured he was on his way to little Godzilla and not to big G

Durp004
MemberBaragonMar-06-2014 5:30 AMGetting struck by lightning and 40 minutes later it making all Godzilla's wounds heal completely in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla.
Jet Jaguar growing to a giant
A song from weeds waking up rodan and making him change into fire Rodan in GvsMG2
Small meganula stopping a black hole from hitting Godzilla
People comveniently waking up all the guardian monsters as Godzilla came back in GMK, the rock piece conveniently falling into the water and landing on Ghidorah
Everything that happened in Final Wars
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