Comments on: Reason To Be Optimistic About GODZILLA 3D ?

By: Ken Hulsey

Ken Hulsey — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:24:02 +0000

Indeed Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was inspired by both the The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and King Kong. Actually one of the early concepts for “Gojira” featured a giant ape, not a dinosaur.

Reading that you are a fan of “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “King Kong”, and not “Godzilla”, I respect your input ……. but, the original 1954 Godzilla film is a far superior movie than “20,000 Fathoms”.

Not to knock that film, it is a classic, but “Gojira” is a masterpiece!

By: Kopite

Kopite — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:12:45 +0000

Not really much of a fan of Godzilla/Gojira. Having said that, surely any Godzilla remake should really be set in Japan and not America? It’s their monster. I never liked the concept of Godzilla 1998 taking place in New York. Just didn’t seem right to me. Seeing as (in my personal opinion) even the original Gojira was inferior to The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms it would be better for any American set ‘Godzilla like’ movie to be a remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms instead of Godzilla.

Gojira itself stole/borrowed/was influenced by King Kong/The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.

By: Ken Hulsey

Ken Hulsey — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:07:21 +0000

Opps! Destroyah not Desroyah, my bad!

By: Ken Hulsey

Ken Hulsey — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:06:20 +0000

I actually was at the world premiere of “Final Wars” and it played very well on the big screen. Actually was a much better movie to see in that kind of a theatre experience than on video.

My only real issue with the film was that for a Godzilla 50th anniversary film, there could have been more Godzilla in it. You see the monster in the beginning, then not again until it is almost half over. And since I interviewed Kitamura, I get the fact that he wanted to show that Godzilla was all powerful and could beat any other monster in two moves, I wish the monster battles were longer than a minute long (mostly).

It’s a great sci fi movie with Godzilla in it, instead of a great Godzilla movie with sci fi in it. If that makes any sense.

My top Godzilla films:

1. Monster Zero
2. Destroy all Monsters
3. Gojira
4. King Kong vs Godzilla
5. Godzilla vs Desroyah

I also really love “Godzilla Raids Again”, though it really isn’t a great movie in most fans eyes, I really love the human characters, and the campy fast paced monster fighting.

To each their own. I can’t fault anyones love of any Godzilla film.

Long live the king!

By: SgtSaucer

SgtSaucer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:01:36 +0000

“Final Wars” was by far my favorite Godzilla movie– the first one that was exactly how I always wished they’d be since I was a kid. It had no boring parts. I saw it ni Japanese and didn’t need subtitles to follow the story. I was surprised it didn’t do well, since it was the first Godzilla movie since the original that would be entertaining to people who aren’t diehard Godzilla fans. Apparently Godzilla fans like long boring movies about uninteresting humans instead of cool, fast-paced movies with awesome kaiju beating the crap out of each other. Too bad.

I’d rather see a Godzilla movie that had ZERO human characters in it, TBH. I hate all the scenes with the armies and the generals and so forth deciding how to kill Godzilla.

By: korollocke

korollocke — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:34:55 +0000

Hard to say, Toho’s politics are vexing. Godzilla wasn’t due back for at least ten years, then he shows up in its always sunny on 33rd street. They seemed to have warmed to Hedorah as it appeared in Godzilla Final Wars. I wished Megalon had made an appearance as well.

By: Ken Hulsey

Ken Hulsey — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:54:13 +0000

Actually, the first film, “Godzilla 3D To The Max” (working title) is dead now. Yoshimitsu Banno, who was in charge of that film, is now a producer on “Godzilla 2012″.

Actually, there has been much speculation that Legendary Pictures hired Banno to acquire his rights to make a 3D Godzilla film and also the rights for the film to screen in the IMAX format.

Rumors have been around for awhile that Toho was actually fighting Banno about the film. Reportedly they initially sold the rights to use “Godzilla” to Kerner Productions, but when they found out that Banno was to be involved, and that the film was to be a follow up to his 1971 film, Godzilla vs Hedorah, they set out to block the production.

Toho has always regarded Banno’s film as a below standard Godzilla film, and after it’s release, the studio put a halt to the director’s plans for two more G films along the same line as “Godzilla vs Hedorah”.

The two parties have been at odds for decades.

I think that Toho is okay with Banno being involved with G2012 because he is only one of several producers, and the film probably won’t involve the “Godzilla vs Deathla” story.

By: korollocke

korollocke — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:28:20 +0000

There are two Godzilla 3-D flicks in the air now. The first is supposed to deal with Godzilla and an amped up Hedorah(the Smog Monster) renamed Deathla slugging it out in Las vegas. Toho gave approval to this project awhile back. Legendary Pictures stated that there godzilla flick would be true to the classic Godzilla while being an update on what has come before. a bit vague really. The big question is who will the rival monster or monsters be? I vote for Titanosaurus myself.