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#702: Dec 3rd 2020 at 10:34:17 AM

It was just announced that every movie on Warner's release slate will be streaming on HBO Max concurrent with their theatrical release, including this one.

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#704: Dec 4th 2020 at 3:08:06 PM

Oof meter high.

This is one movie I really did want to see in theaters... Wonder if those will still exist in 2021.

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#706: Jan 9th 2021 at 3:54:35 PM

[up]So they’re back on speaking terms.

I guess that means good news for (looks at their upcoming films on Legendary Pictures)...My Hero Academia...

Edited by Beatman1 on Jan 9th 2021 at 3:55:21 AM

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#707: Jan 9th 2021 at 4:29:06 PM

Not much of interest going there, is it?

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#708: Jan 9th 2021 at 4:32:02 PM

[up]Nothing I expect to actually film in the next decade, to be frank.

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#709: Jan 9th 2021 at 8:21:19 PM

I really do want to see that film in theaters. If there's one genre that should be seen on the big screen, it's Godzilla films.

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#711: Feb 3rd 2021 at 1:07:20 PM

I understand the 1998 movie is controversial but I do like Godzilla's design in it.

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#712: Feb 3rd 2021 at 2:29:53 PM

I can agree to that. I grew up watching the Godzilla: The Series, so to my younger self, that was the first incarnation Godzilla I ever watched. I prefer for adaptations to try and stay true to the original source material and that includes character designs, but Zilla's a fine design taken by itself.

Man, I really need to rewatch that cartoon. It's been ages since I last did...

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#713: Feb 3rd 2021 at 2:42:15 PM

TBF, the real problem with that film was selling itself as a Godzilla film, when it was more of an unintentional remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. It's a pretty low point for Godzilla fans since the original plans were going to be very accurate to the source material with Godzilla being an near-invincible force of nature with atomic breath and strength, but only the 1998 spin-off cartoon reused that concept

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#714: Feb 3rd 2021 at 2:42:34 PM

The 98 movie, when taken on its own terms, is a fun enough monster flick that runs a bit too long. If you cut the needless love story down by half the movie would work a lot better.

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#715: Feb 3rd 2021 at 3:02:29 PM

The problem with Godzilla 1998 is that the Big G is known to be a force of nature that can breathe fire. It's not really design that's the issue as much as the fact they went too uber realistic to the point it defeats the purpose of Godzilla.

The T. rex from The Lost World: Jurassic Park is an example of how a modern dinosaur should act in reference to Godzilla: Angry and strikes fear in the hearts of the armed forces. And that doesn't require the old Rex to breathe fire.

Godzilla in the 1998 had two technical fire breath by lowering its head and then roaring on some cars, causing the gas inside to combust and create a fireball. But you don't see Godzilla breathing fire on the buildings like in the Toho films.

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#716: Feb 3rd 2021 at 3:58:37 PM

Emmerich said he felt the problem with the movie was that they never fully defined what Godzilla was supposed to represent, an evil god, a force of nature, mans retribution or an innocent animal. They flip between all of those ideas depending on the scene, which made it difficult to know exactly what was at stake.

Apparently Shogo Tomiyama, who coined the "Zilla" moniker for taking "God out of Godzilla," did not mean it so divisively but literally. The creature was vulnerable to conventional military hardware, which made it a really big game hunt because Humans Are Warriors rather than tackling the sacrifices that normally have to be made to take down villain Godzilla.

For what it's worth, the '98 Godzilla design has a certain meaner look because of the forward leaning posture. The modern version emulates that idea just a little bit to make him look more like a predator.

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#717: Feb 3rd 2021 at 4:44:53 PM

[up] I never thought about it like that but it's true; 'Zilla doesn't really have a consistent presence in that film.

I consider the 1998 film a decent monster movie, yeah, but still find that portrayal of Godzilla to be In Name Only. It's all Jurassic Park's fault, really.

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#718: Feb 3rd 2021 at 5:32:01 PM

[up] You know they screwed up when Steven Spielberg was more faithful to Godzilla with his T. rex going on a rampage in San Diego, destroying properties, killing people, and sending the police on the run rather than the other way around. He even threw a little nod with Japanese businessmen running and allegedly saying "I left Japan to get away from this."

Edited by Shadao on Feb 3rd 2021 at 5:32:33 AM

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#719: Feb 3rd 2021 at 5:35:48 PM

So Godzilla exists in Jurassic Park?

Holy shit man.

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#720: Feb 3rd 2021 at 5:37:56 PM

Godzilla reawakening in Jurrasic World's final movie would be gnarly.

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#722: Feb 3rd 2021 at 5:45:06 PM

I'd say the first half of the film is pretty good and vintage Godzilla. The careful way they tease her full appearance makes for some big and impressive moments: walking inside the footprint, finding the cargo ship with a chunk taken out of it, an incoming tsunami with three fin plates coming out of the water, etc. It was about the time they showed her in full and we get an almost comical chase scene playing hide-and-seek with the skyscrapers that the movie loses its focus. Are we supposed to marvel at her grace and majesty or fear what is about to happen?

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#723: Feb 3rd 2021 at 6:17:36 PM

Feels like a good time to plug this video into the mix. Its an analysis of what happened behind the scenes during production, the marketing, and aftermath of this whole kerfuffle. Just to let you know, the directors thought that 2 monsters fighting each other was boring.

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#724: Feb 3rd 2021 at 8:15:16 PM

[up] That always struck me as an odd thing for some directors and producers. If they think the premise of the thing they are adapting is stupid/boring then why are they adapting it in the first place?

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#725: Feb 3rd 2021 at 8:20:48 PM

They usually think they are doing this for the franchise's benefit as in "Finally with me at the helm you now have a chance of truly being art" or something along those lines.

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