Godzilla: King of the Monsters by AURaptor

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Seriously ? No one is commenting on this yet ? I'm at a loss for words.

OK, I get it. Kaiju movies not for everyone. I don't like Transformers, so there's that. But this... this is next level stuff.

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Just curious as to how we expect Godzilla to suruvive this massive Titan cage match, where he beats / is the last one standing - Ghidorah, but then somehow we're expected to believe Kong would have any chance ? Maybe they'll not actually ' fight ' each other this time ? Unless it's RIGHT after , and Godzilla isn't recovered, but that'd just be bad writing. Anyway …

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Monday, April 1, 2019 12:18 AM

I liked Transformers, but have not really followed this. You seem to have a lot invested, and I am unlikely to disagree with your guidance on this subject. Many others viewing this thread may be in the same boat.
This comes out 31 May.
Not sure of the point in your Spoiler bit. Could the primate be assumed able to outsmart lizards and whatever other things there are?

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Monday, April 1, 2019 2:47 AM

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Godzilla and kaiju of its universe are Toho studios property. Toho loaned those rights to Legendary, which is making 4 movies...

Kong-Skull Island
Godzilla 2014
Godzilla KotM
Godzilla vs Kong ( 2020 )

And yes, Kong is a Universal creation, but w/ it's interjection into the kaiju verse, it essentially is Toho. I suppose it ' could' be a stand alone character, for future movies, if there are no signed deals and it doesn't tangle w/ Toho specific critters, but there's also the matter of Monarch, the scientific group that keeps track of the monsters. That as well belongs to Toho.

Some have speculated that KOTM is a set up for future kaiju, to be used by Legendary, if no further rights to Godzilla etc...are forthcoming.

Also, Toho plans it's own monster verse movies, aside from what's been put out by Legendary, so … take that into consideration as well.

Simple, huh?

Truth is, this could go several different ways.

I must note the title of the last movie. Where as 1962 was ' Kong vs Godzilla ', and Kong was the accepted winner by most , the 2020 title has the names flipped.

Does this indicate Godzilla wins in the rematch ?

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Monday, April 1, 2019 8:47 AM

I just couldn't get into the old ones when I was a kid. Dunno why. I loved the Nintendo game Godzilla, just didn't like the movies.

Then there was that horrible Matthew Broderick movie in the late 90's or early 2000's that probably turned a whole bunch of people off to it in America.

How was the new one from a few years back?

How does it compare to Cloverfield?

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Monday, April 1, 2019 10:53 AM

JONGSSTRAW

I saw Rodan on tv when I was a kid back in the 60's, and for me it has remained all these years as my favorite Japanese monster movie.

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Monday, April 1, 2019 2:17 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

How was the new one from a few years back?

How does it compare to Cloverfield?

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Godzilla 2014 was more in line w/ the original , though not as directly menacing to mankind.

After the 1st one came out, back in 1954, they started camping up the monsters, basically making them more ' kid friendly ', like happened in Star Wars, and the Ewoks.

Cloverfield was decent, but they by far and away over did the ' shaky ' crap. I know that was supposed to be the style, but I didn't care for it.

Legendary is the same studio for Cloverfield, Pacific Rim and Godzilla. Kinda thought we'd see a cross over , but it doesn't look like it now.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 12:35 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

How was the new one from a few years back?

How does it compare to Cloverfield?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Godzilla 2014 was more in line w/ the original , though not as directly menacing to mankind.

After the 1st one came out, back in 1954, they started camping up the monsters, basically making them more ' kid friendly ', like happened in Star Wars, and the Ewoks.

Cloverfield was decent, but they by far and away over did the ' shaky ' crap. I know that was supposed to be the style, but I didn't care for it.

Legendary is the same studio for Cloverfield, Pacific Rim and Godzilla. Kinda thought we'd see a cross over , but it doesn't look like it now.

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I actually really liked Cloverfield, and the shaky cam didn't bother me. Generally though, I agree with you and I don't like the style. I think it's far too overdone now, and I think there's something about getting older that makes it unpalatable to sit through. I was only in my mid to late 20's when I saw it.

Really, I don't like the cinematography for most action flicks these days. Transformers was horrible. The bits and pieces I saw of the last Die Hard movie from reviews I've watched were horrible. There's just so much crap happening all at once and such weird editing done that you can't even follow along with what is actually happening. Maybe actually caring about what is happening would make you try harder, but honestly, there was nothing offered in any of the Transformers movies I saw that made me care enough to bother trying.

A Godzilla and Cloverfield crossover would be cool someday. But you'd have to really build the universes first before that happened, I think. As big as Godzilla is, he's dwarfed by the Cloverfield monsters. I know there were historically instances where Godzilla and a few of the other monsters were actually protagonists against other monsters. It would have to end up being some kind of team effort of Godzilla monsters and mankind against the nebulous Cloverfield menace for it to make any sense. I think Godzilla alone would just get crushed.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 1:52 AM

Wasn't the shaky cam pioneered on Firefly, helping win Special Effects Emmy for 2002? Helping kick off Zoic Studios?

I try to not be too bothered by those copying Firefly.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:07 AM

I'd thought about repeating the hype I remember surrounding Cloverfield for it, but then I remembered that it wasn't the first time it was used. Firefly wouldn't be either. I'm not sure if the Blair Witch Project was, but it predates both of them.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:59 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

A Godzilla and Cloverfield crossover would be cool someday. But you'd have to really build the universes first before that happened, I think. As big as Godzilla is, he's dwarfed by the Cloverfield monsters. I know there were historically instances where Godzilla and a few of the other monsters were actually protagonists against other monsters. It would have to end up being some kind of team effort of Godzilla monsters and mankind against the nebulous Cloverfield menace for it to make any sense. I think Godzilla alone would just get crushed.

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Well, from the 1st Cloverfield movie, Godzilla wouldn't have much of a problem. Cloverfield is roughly the same as the female MUTO, and Godzilla tossed her around like a ragdoll. Now, with the other Netflix versions, I guess it gets debatable.

I had an idea where Godzilla could appear in the Pacific Rim 'verse, get misidentified as a alien Kaiju, but then the humans would come to their senses and see he's on their side, as a protector of the Earth.

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The basic synopsis of my Pacific Rim / Godzilla cross over goes like this...

Rift opens up. 1, then 2 monsters emerge. Alerts are sent out, Jaeger teams assembled, and are quickly on their way to face the threat, head on.

Jaegers are on the scene, kaiju are being tracked. 1, 2, … wait, what's that ? A 3rd signal, very big, but moving fast.. how come we didn't get the alert from the breech ? Never mind, time to fight !

The original 2 kaiju begin to engage the jaegers. One lands a massive blow, knocking a jaeger off balance. Everyone waits for the other kaiju to engage...

Nothing happens.

Even the first kaiju takes a moment, turns, and wonders what's keeping his partner.

The partner will never come.

The water boils, and then we see the head of the other kaiju break the surface. But only the head. It rises up, but ..., something is immediately wrong. Instead of where a body should be, the massive arm of … something else, holding the now severed head.

They soon see to what the arm belongs … it's the arm of Godzilla , and he's looking for more heads to take !

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4:57 PM

I don't know anything about Pacific Rim. Was that any good?

I think the problem with Godzilla vs the Netflix Cloverfield movies would be different depending on the movie. In 10 Cloverfield Lane, I get the feeling he'd be outnumbered about a million to 1. Really, the only scene I've seen from Paradox was the final scene where the monster looks to be around 20 to 50 times larger than Godzilla.

Even in the original Cloverfield, who knows how that would go. We really didn't get much of an idea of what was happening, from the limited perspective of the found footage. If I remember right, there were two or possibly three giant monsters that we were aware of, but there were also an unknown amount of those smaller ones that we knew little about. Were they just parasites of the larger monsters? Were they offspring that would eventually grow to be the size of the giants?

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:08 PM

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I don't know anything about Pacific Rim. Was that any good?

I think the problem with Godzilla vs the Netflix Cloverfield movies would be different depending on the movie. In 10 Cloverfield Lane, I get the feeling he'd be outnumbered about a million to 1. Really, the only scene I've seen from Paradox was the final scene where the monster looks to be around 20 to 50 times larger than Godzilla.

Even in the original Cloverfield, who knows how that would go. We really didn't get much of an idea of what was happening, from the limited perspective of the found footage. If I remember right, there were two or possibly three giant monsters that we were aware of, but there were also an unknown amount of those smaller ones that we knew little about. Were they just parasites of the larger monsters? Were they offspring that would eventually grow to be the size of the giants?

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I didn't expect much from Pacific Rim, but eventually saw it, and was pleasantly surprised.

Don't get me wrong, it still a bit cheesy and all, but it was also cleverly done.

Plus... Idris Elba. Nuff said.

As for G v C, I was only aware of one main Cloverfield monster, that tore up NYC. The little hatchlings or what ever, would be inconsequential.

In the Nexflix Paradox version, the one giant Cloverfield could be deceptive. We simply don't know how big it is, on what it's standing... but did you see the animated Godzilla on Netflix ? Godzilla Earth ?

There are many YouTubers who have waded into this discussion. Here's one.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2:21 AM

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Ok, I just saw the trailer you posted, and although I'm not a fan of these movies, it looks interesting.

SGG

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Seriously ? No one is commenting on this yet ? I'm at a loss for words.

OK, I get it. Kaiju movies not for everyone. I don't like Transformers, so there's that. But this... this is next level stuff.

Select to view spoiler:
Just curious as to how we expect Godzilla to suruvive this massive Titan cage match, where he beats / is the last one standing - Ghidorah, but then somehow we're expected to believe Kong would have any chance ? Maybe they'll not actually ' fight ' each other this time ? Unless it's RIGHT after , and Godzilla isn't recovered, but that'd just be bad writing. Anyway …

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:47 AM

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I didn't expect much from Pacific Rim, but eventually saw it, and was presently surprised.

Don't get me wrong, it still a bit cheesy and all, but it was also cleverly done.

Plus... Idris Elba. Nuff said.

As for G v C, I was only aware of one main Cloverfield monster, that tore up NYC. The little hatchlings or what ever, would be inconsequential.

In the Nexflix Paradox version, the one giant Cloverfield could be deceptive. We simply don't know how big it is, on what it's standing... but did you see the animated Godzilla on Netflix ? Godzilla Earth ?

There are many YouTubers who have waded into this discussion. Here's one.

I don't even know who Idris Elba is man. Maybe that shows how out of the Hollywood loop I am these days?

That was an interesting video. He clearly seems to think the Cloverfield monster at the end of Paradox is a lot smaller than I did.

I don't think we're asking the right questions here though...

Does the Cloverfield universe deserve a spot next to the Godzilla universe?

Sure... I was never a fan of the cheezy old flicks myself, and the Matthew Broderick movie was a huge disappointment, but the whole universe has a storied history and is beloved by a lot of fans, for generations now.

And sure... I LOVED Cloverfield, and even though the Cloverfield universe was shoe-horned into 10 Cloverfield Lane after the fact, I think I liked that one even more. Paradox though, held no interest for me, and it seems that it didn't go over too well with audiences either.

I'm kind of coming from the other side of the argument about how much merit the Godzilla flicks have, and I still wonder if Cloverfield even deserves the Ultra-Heavyweight bought against Godzilla.

I think Cloverfield has a lot to prove before that.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9:07 AM

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First of all, I say forget Cloverfield as any sort of a cross over. The NY movie was interesting, but then we got the Paradox, and all hell breaks loose. Alternate realities, monster dimensions, and excuse me, but what is the biological purpose of a 6,000 ft tall creature anyways ? It could NOT exist in our world, at least not for very long. Damn thing would starve , or die from lack of oxygen... it's beyond silly.

Idris Elba is a bad ass British actor. Likely you'd recognize him.

Godzilla 1998 was a disaster. 'zilla wasn't even in the same league as Godzilla. It made no sense... created in the S. Pacific, then swims around to lay eggs in … NYC ?? Stupid.

There are reportedly 17-19 Titans already in the Legendary Godzilla ' monster verse '.

Cloverfield can suck it.

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Thursday, April 4, 2019 2:47 AM

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Wasn't the shaky cam pioneered on Firefly, helping win Special Effects Emmy for 2002? Helping kick off Zoic Studios?

I try to not be too bothered by those copying Firefly.

i somewhat misspoke.

Zoic with Firefly integrated the camera shake into the CGI shots, and that was the innovation. Camera shake was already a thing. But for CGI, the shot cannot be shaky when filmed - unlike how Blair Witch did it. The CGI frame shots must be filmed in steady cam, and then the CGI can process the frames within the flow of action, and then afterwards the shake can be injected for the final effect. This was counterintuitive because the sense was that CGI would provide better resolution, detail, focus, and not the shakiness.

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Thursday, April 4, 2019 9:52 PM

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I hear ' shaky cam ', I think of what we first got with Blair Witch. As a means of telling a story, from the perspective of a person holding a camcorder, or videoing from their phone. Blair Witch, maybe a couple of other horror movies, and then Cloverfield, were the main feature movies to employ this feature through out the movie.

What Firefly did, aside from reintroduce lens flare, was to incorp brief out of focus shots, then quick zoom ins. Think the first heist from the pilot ep, or the ship coupling scene from Bushwhacked.

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Friday, April 5, 2019 10:11 AM

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I hear ' shaky cam ', I think of what we first got with Blair Witch. As a means of telling a story, from the perspective of a person holding a camcorder, or videoing from their phone. Blair Witch, maybe a couple of other horror movies, and then Cloverfield, were the main feature movies to employ this feature through out the movie.

What Firefly did, aside from reintroduce lens flare, was to incorp brief out of focus shots, then quick zoom ins. Think the first heist from the pilot ep, or the ship coupling scene from Bushwhacked.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

Do you remember, before the quick zoom, the shaky image before coming into focus? I'm thinking the Reaver Ship in BDM, but others before that.

The high speed chase shots, like also in The Message.

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Friday, April 5, 2019 6:16 PM

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So there's less / no confusion about what is being discussed...

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Friday, April 5, 2019 6:37 PM

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IIRC, they talked about the “jump”-zoom (or whatever it’s called) in one of the dvd commentaries.
They were quite proud of it, then they noticed Lucas used it in Attack of the Clones.

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Friday, April 26, 2019 8:53 AM

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Final Godzilla : KOTM trailer

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 7:00 PM

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Release dates.

As the movie release here in the US approaches, I took a peak to see who gets to see the KOTM first. Several get a May 29th opening, the more on the 30th, and then finally, here in the USA, on the 31st.

My ticket is for the 1st.

But I also notice one odd ball... Spain.

They have to wait 3 weeks, June 21, to see the movie.

What's up with that ??

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Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:11 PM

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Saw it. Liked, but not awesome as I'd hoped. MBB is adorbs, but the ending was a bit meh... had a GoT vibe to it in how the characters traveled vast miles...I'll not spoil nuttin . Yet.

Got a clue on how the monster verse may go forward. Some may like, im less enthused. Oh well.

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Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:02 PM

As long as they don't have a scene with Mothra kicking ass to Just a Girl, the Godzillaverse should at least be tolerable going forward.

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Sunday, June 2, 2019 1:05 PM

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As long as they don't have a scene with Mothra kicking ass to Just a Girl, the Godzillaverse should at least be tolerable going forward.

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Mothra was fantastic and NOT a Mary Sue Kaiju !

Really, one of the better parts of the movie, imo.

I may have to watch this one again.

If GoT and End Game were 5 and 6, respectively on the expectations reached scale ( 1- 10 ) , then I'd rate G: KOTM a 7. Maybe a 7.5. '

I wanted a 9-10, honestly. An 11 would have been better, but I'd have gladly taken a solid 8.

Will be interesting to see how they play G v K for next summer.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 8:13 AM

Oh cool. I didn't even know Mothra was in the movie.

I never really could get into the movies when I was a kid, but my bros and I got the Nintendo game for Christmas one year and it's still one of my all time favorites. Godzilla and Mothra were the good guys, and you went up against a whole lot of baddies from the movies. It was pretty ahead of its time back then, and the Boss battles of Monster vs Monster were kind of like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter before those games were even a thing.

A lot of games back then were pretty basic graphics, but they were so good in the Godzilla game that you didn't have to use much imagination to know what was going on. Huge step up at the time for kids who grew up playing Atari games. :)

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Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:52 AM

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Might check this one out

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Thursday, June 6, 2019 6:44 PM

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Godzilla has like 30 freaking movies from the Toho studios, but early on, they switched from terrifying kaiju to a more marketable, kid friendly story line. My god, there are some really cheesy , MST3K level bad versions of Godzilla, but there are a few really good ones too.

I only watched like 3-4 as a kid, but that was all I needed. The idea of Godzilla was stuck w/ me forever.

Gonna go watch again this weekend. ( Sorry Dark Phoenix, you're not getting my money )

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Thursday, June 6, 2019 8:00 PM

I think by the time I was a kid it was just a bit to "old timey" for me or something. It's the same reason I couldn't get into Bond flicks when I was a kid either, or why I wouldn't watch anything that was black and white.

I like quite a few black and white movies today though. Maybe I should give the old Toho and Bond flicks another chance.

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Friday, June 7, 2019 12:09 AM

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Honestly, I doubt there are few, if any here, who were around when Godzilla was ' state of the art ' FX for monster movies.

When you're a kid, a real little tyke, guys in rubber monster suits stomping on cardboard model towns is just fine. Sad thing is, that doesn't age very well as the years go by. Nor do the stories. Ack !

I remember when Godzilla vs Hedorah ( The Smog Monster ) came to the drive in, and some how I convinced my folks to take us. Or they convinced me... looking back, what an awful movie. Parts of it gave me nightmares... I think it was the first time I'd seen living people turned into human skeletons.

Thanks mom and dad.

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Friday, June 7, 2019 8:42 AM

lol... well, the movies my parents let me watch many years before I first saw a Godzilla flick probably ruined any of that magic for me.

I remember watching Poltergeist with my folks before they divorced, so I must have only been like 4 years old at the time. I remember having a huge crush on Carol Ann. I saw The Thing with my old man when I was around 6. I was probably the same age when I saw Aliens with my mom and I remember having to sleep in her bed that night and she had to rub my belly because I was convinced an alien was going to pop out of it.

By the time I saw a Godzilla movie with my old man, I had to be 9 or 10. Poltergeist, The Thing, and Aliens' special effects were so good for their time that they still hold up well today. When I finally saw Godzilla I was like "WTF is this? A drama club play or something?"

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Saturday, June 8, 2019 4:39 PM

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So I decided to do a rare 2nd viewing, and I liked it even more.

Still, the movie isn't with out its flaws, story wise, but they're pretty minor.

As I remember them, chronologically...

- landing of the Osprey at the Monarch station , out in the ocean. Why not just land it normal like on the heli-pad, THEN have the whole platform drop down to the lower level ? Why make the pilot fly down 100 + foot shaft, allowing for exactly no room for error w/ the blades just mere feet away from the sides of the shaft ? Silly.

- @ the base where Monster Zero is kept, why are the duel elevators right NEXT to the frozen monster ? Seems when ice starts falling and everything is breaking, the one way out of danger is next to the gigantic titan ? Poor design flaw.

- Dr Vivienne Graham's death... It happened so fast, I actually missed it the 1st time.

- I get that the Oxygen destroyer took out Godzilla initially, but after that, can't the G-Man fight his own fights ? Brody Ford saves him in 2014 by torching the Muto eggs. Dr Serizawa sacrifices himself , and then so does Mothra, and even charged up and added life force, Ghidorah is STILL chewing on Godzilla and he's not fighting back. Dude's about spent.

* Or is he ?

Why land at the freaking feet of 2 giant titans when trying to find ONE little girl ? I get it, you want to save her, but hell, don't put your escape vehicle right in the middle of a kaiju wrasslin' match. It's liable to get stomped on, which is EXACTLY what happened !

- The Orca. I get it, nice MacGuffin for the movie, but hell, something as fragile as an x-Box that gets smashed shouldn't be so easily repaired, in the rain , with no specialized tools to speak of , on the fly, JUST so you can save Godzilla / the entire planet. I think that could have been better thought out.

- At first I thought Dr. Emma Russel was sacrificing herself needlessly by not walking the 25 yards or so to get in the Monarch Osprey with the rest of her family. Hell, EVERYONE was in harm's way. I get it, give them time to escape while Ghidorah goes after her, as SHE distracts Ghidorah to stop chewing on Godzilla.

*So here's the kicker... Godzilla is " a ticking time bomb ". He's about to go nuclear anyway. Like when Rogue THOUGHT she saved Wolverine's life at the bar, maybe Godzilla was gonna smoke Ghidorah one way or another. It really didn't matter.

All that said, I loved the demise of Ghidorah. Literally eating the head as it tries in vain to escape, and then blasting it into oblivion... Truly loved the brutality of Godzilla, once he got back on his feet.

Worth the price of admission.

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Friday, August 30, 2019 11:52 PM

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Putting this here because , save for a couple of movie posters, it's already at the end of August and we've yet to see ANYTHING promoting Godzilla vs Kong.

KOTM came out at the end of May. Our first trailer for that movie was some 10 months prior, in July 2018.

G v K is still slated to come out ' Spring ' 2020. Which technically means before June 21st. TBH, many said back last year and leading up to KOTM that too MUCH of the movie had been shown via trailers. Now the thinking is , I suspect, less is more ?

Best guess is that we won't get any actual trailers until October, prior to the new Joker movie, which is also a WB production.

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Sunday, September 8, 2019 7:24 AM

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Didn't realize it at first, but I stumbled into a bit of future telling with this little scene description.

Godzilla and another kaiju
Fighting in water.
Godzilla decapitates head from kaiju...

No way I could have seen that kaiju being Ghidorah, and having 3 freaking heads. Nor did I expect them to use the oxygen destroyer either. '

I missed my calling. Oh well.

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The water boils, and then we see the head of the other kaiju break the surface. But only the head. It rises up, but ..., something is immediately wrong. Instead of where a body should be, the massive arm of … something else, holding the now severed head.

They soon see to what the arm belongs … it's the arm of Godzilla , and he's looking for more heads to take !

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Sunday, April 7, 2024 3:45 PM

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I liked the Japan one better

Here’s Why ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Won’t Be On Streaming For A While
https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/04/02/heres-why-godzil
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