Godzilla/Kaiju General

>>15698117
So I just finished Biollante and I really enjoyed it. Any recommendations for Godzilla films that are similar to it?

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showa godzilla kino

>>15698133
check out godzilla vs king ghidorah 1991

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I'd like to start watching the Godzilla films, I had a look on Nyaa.Pantsu for a torrent of the Showa films but that doesn't display seeds for any of torrents. Could someone point me to a decent torrent?

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First of all: is there a decent GUIDE or PASTEBIN for Godzilla? Like the ones made for Ultraman or Metal Heroes?

>>15698317
Start with the 1954 one, then watch the second, then the third, and then the fourth and so on.
Unlike Ultraman the Godzilla serie is only composed on 29 films, and only a few of them are more than an hour and a half long, so it's not that long to watch it all.

But if you don't want to spend too much time on it, I will still recommand to start with the first, and to watch all the movies until Ghidorah the three headed monster. If you like all of those, just continue with the showa era, if not, move to an other era and watch a couple of film for each.

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Ryoko Sano from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

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Yumiko Shaku from Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

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>>15698765
What's the best MechaGodzilla movie?
> Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla
> Terror of MechaGodzilla
> Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II
> Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
> Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS

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>>15698781
Godzilla vs Mechgodzilla.

>>15698781
I prefer Terror of Mechagodzilla and Godzilla Against Machgodzilla as a close second. But I hate evrything about Mechagodzilla II, that movie and all his era is just bad.

All of the mechagodzilla films are great otherwise.

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>>15698831
>But I hate evrything about Mechagodzilla II
I hate the design of MechaGodzilla here. However, Baby Godzilla looks cute.

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>>15698831
>>15698845

I love his design except for his silly cheeks. I want battlestation mecha-Goji though.

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Discuss. Love it, hate it, or couldn't care less? Elaboration is welcome.

>>15698748
>bubble censor
fucking why

>>15698781
The Millennium Mechagodzillas are the only Millennium films that I can rewatch.

>>15699118
bolky not fat

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>>15699196
Well it's quite enjoyable, the new godzilla design was great and the ending was a nice surprise. But it's otherwise a bit generic. It was a nice start but nothing else.
The Millennium era is really good ! Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is one of the best instalement in the franchise !

>>15698781
For me, Mechagodzilla II and Against Mechagodzilla were the only ones I mostly enjoyed, maybe because my expectations were low.
Against MG was one of the first Godzilla movies I managed to find in good quality, so perhaps that elevated the experience a bit. It's not a fantastic movie, you can feel that it's mostly setup and while Kiryu is great, I find this version of Godzilla unremarkable.
As for MG II, it had a crummy Mechagodzilla design, beamspam out the ass and the shitty Rodan puppet. But at least it was fairly straightforward compared to the average overwritten Heisei movies (not an era I like) and the music was great.

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>>15699646
>But it's otherwise a bit generic.
Really? I remember quite enjoying the characters and focus on family. Pretty comfy. Did you watch the original cut or the American edit. Even Toho admits the latter is better.

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>>15700427
I watched the version that is on the mega pack that floating around, I guess that's the japanese cut.

By generic I mean that the film kind of lack of depth, it's a nice action movie and certainly a breath of fresh air after the terrible pseudo-battle of the Heisei era. It did not treat the nuclear problem that much, and the whole "cg vs practical/Modern vs tradition" is nice but barely touch either.

It's not my favorite film out of this era, and I enjoyed more Godzilla Vs Megaguirus.

who actually believes the director of godzilla x mechagodzilla when he says he has never seen evangelion?

though I guess maybe the writing staff/storyboarders/etc could have been big eva fans

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>>15699196
I've only seen the american cut. Is the Japanese one better?

2000 and vs Megagurius have the best godzilla designs to date. Something about the purple spikes that really looks awesome and the face being less cat like.

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>>15700523
>godzilla x mechagodzilla
> writer
Wataru Mimura was the writer. He also wrote Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and Godzilla: Final Wars.

Masaaki Tezuka co-wrote Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS. Toho had four concepts as a followup to GxM, though Tezuka thought they were dull and overnight came up with what became Tokyo SOS.

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Mikako Ichikawa from Shin Godzilla

>>15698240
>>>/t/736106

>>15701622
Cheers for that Anon, always forget the likes of /t/ and /r/ exist.

>>15698738
Thanks, anon.

Reminder: We won't get another Japanese live-action Godzilla until after 2020.

>>15702579
Shin godzilla was the best godzilla films since the 60s wtf and it was one of the highest grossing

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>>15702906

>>15703013
I heard it also sold a lot of IMAX ticket, so there's that.
A friend went to Japan 4 months ago and told me that Shin was everywhere.

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Thoughts on the coming monster mash that is Godzilla: King of Monsters, and Godzilla vs Kong?

What do you think we can expect afterwards?
Myself: The movies will be fun and do well
Afterwards: Maybe a Kong sequel, but not much after that.

>>15703123
It was the second biggest hit for Japan last year. Behind only Your Name. I'm sure Toho would love to whip up a sequel right about now, but contractual obligations and such.

>>15703183
I think Kong is gonna tear the lizard in two.

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Who's playing that ? It's not THAT bad. Diorama mode is nice.
If anyone wants to gather for the online trophies, hit me up.

>>15704142
I've played it. It's fun for a bit but repetitive.

>>15703183
Totally hyped.
Godzilla obviously starts with a huge advantage due to brute strenght and raw power but Kong is damn nimble and was already shown being able to improvise tools and weapons so it's likely to be smarter - and way more dagerous - than your average kaiju. A battle in a urban area is very likely to result in lots of openings for Kong - and, dare I say, taking the high ground.

It also comes to how much he gets bigger compared to the first movie considering they say he's still growing.

>What do you think we can expect afterwards?
Gamera pls

>>15704829

>gamera

God, I hope so. Daiei seems a lot less stingy about their licenses than Toho

>>15703183
I don't think I can feel hype about anything anymore, and not much about this Monsterverse has interested me so far. Haven't even seen either of its two movies, only short bits and pieces of them. I know they made okay but unspectacular business and got mixed responses, so there's still areas where this franchise needs to prove itself.
My outlook on G:KoM leans slightly more towards positive. I'm not expecting it to be anything special, but ideally, it will be a fun, visually spectacular and well performing event movie that brings classic kaiju into public light and addresses the oft-repeated criticisms of G14. Don't know what to think of GvsK yet.

Don't care what they do after that. Hopefully the two movies won't be so badly regarded that they tank the franchise yet again. Resurrecting other old names would be nice, and I'd like to see a Hollywood-budgeted take on Mechagodzilla or weirder, more elaborate monsters like Destoroyah. But somehow I just don't see kaiju blowing up like capeshit did.

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So I've just seen pic related
Loved the revelation at the end but god the human matrix fight is way too long

>>15704833
Any word on that Gamera trailer from a year or so back? I heard it was less of a definite trailer and more a "proof of concept", but does anyone know if it is/isn't happening for certain?

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>>15705181
I don't recall hearing it going any further yet.

If Shin wasn't enough of a success for somebody to want to dump money into a new Gamera then the only thing left that could sell it would be Legendaryverse or whatever Toho does as a movie followup to Shin going a ton of business.

>>15705116
>Haven't even seen either of its two movies
Then why do you think your opinion matters?

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>>15703183
>What do you think we can expect afterwards?
Legendary only has the rights until 2020. I doubt Toho will approve of a renewal. They're probably ready to jump back into the live-action game. Shin Godzilla made mad bucks at box office and from merchandise.

>>15705251
Because those weren't the subject.

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I wonder what happened to the regular earth ecosystem after the humies GTFO off earth.

Did they get sent straight to extinction by the new kaiju-ruled planet? or did they somehow manage to avoid them and later on, got mutated into horrifying creatures.

>>15705664
>got mutated into horrifying creatures.
I'm assuming this. Everything seems corrupted almost beyond recognition. So I wonder if that means that the Earth has been bathed in dangerous radioactivity. Wouldn't that make it uninhabitable?

>>15698117
Any idea where I can find subtitled movies? I want to rewatch the franchise without dubs to try something new.

Is that Godzilla game for PS4 any good at all?

>>15705951
Get the DVDs and Blu Rays. All of the torrents online use shitty fansubs from the 90's.
>>15709080
It's pretty bad. Only get it if you're a huge Heisei stan.

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>>15709080
Would love to see a remake of the first Pipeworks game. Best Godzilla game to date.

Godzilla:King of Monsters
2019
Kong vs Godzilla
2020
Shin Godzilla 2
2021

Do I have it right?

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>>15709129
Shin Godzilla in 2021
Implying Anno will have finished Evangelion: 3.0+1.0

>>15709140
Implying Anno wants to do another Godzilla movie

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>>15709151
I don't think he liked the time crunch he had to work under. Kaneko had similar complaints about GMK. Hopefully Toho has learned its lesson. Permit your directors the time they need to make the best movie possible. Rushing out movies is a detriment to the brand.

>>15705951
Just read the thread >>15701622

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Is Shinji Higuchi the Eiji Tsuburaya of our time?

>>15709464
He's the closest thing.
One of the few people in the industry that actually cares about making actual practical effects using new techniques.

>>15709129
Don't forget the Godzilla animu coming out this year

>>15709129
I highly doubt Kong vs Godzilla will come out in 2020. 2021 at the earliest.

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Pick the better director.

>>15709464
>>15709471
He is the most interesting visual effect dirrector of this time for sure.

>>15709500
Kaneko is nice, and the Gamera Trilogy is great, but Shin Godzilla was much better. Plus Anno did not directed Azumi 2 and the Death Note movies.

Any good way on watching godzilla v wolfman?

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>>15709500
>4 great kaiju films vs. one almost great kaiju film with a draggy second half.
Kaneko everytime.

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>>15709500
Anno. Let's call Eva vs the Gamera trilogy a wash, as they're both incredible. Shin beats GMK, though, and I think the rest of Anno's filmography is more interesting than Kaneko's.

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So how much of Shin's special effects are toku and how much are cgi ? I'm really curious to know more about that

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So /m/ if you had to pick another new japanese director candidate, who would it be?

Personally, i would choose Shinya Tsukamoto.

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>>15710285
> Makoto Shinkai

>>15710120
Godzilla is completely CGI/mocap according to Toho

>>15710120
>>15710311
Some shot uses animatronic, but I don't know which one. Does someone know where to found the making of ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y63UytZn33I

>>15710610
They basically did a detailed 3D scan of the animatronic and that's what you see in the movie, none of the animatronic itself.

>>15710285
Koichi Sakamoto.
Spin kicks and leg sweeps for days, baby.

>>15710630
Final Wars 2?

Been done before, I'm sure, but here's a fun hypothetical.

Of Euro/American directors of the past, say, 50 years, who would you want to direct a Godzilla movie?

It would be standalone (like Shin), so said director has a lot more room.

I.E:
>Stanley Kubrick's 3 hour long Kaiju horror/drama

Had a pretty cool dream about Godzilla.
>Starts off at a harbor
>Smaller american godzilla (still big enough to match buildings) pops up from the water and just tears into the fish markets
>Everyone just fucks off as fast as they can
>I hide in a shelter like a dumbass and watch a dog get snatched up
>Helicopters come by and shoot large beanbags at it
>Unfortunately it run onto land
>Later it's found in Appalachia eating all sorts of vegetation as it heads West, mostly trees
(nice shot of it grazing like a gorilla)
>Not hard to miss, smokes coming out of it's mouth constantly
(Scientist says it's trying to ignite it's nuclear stomach)
>Cut to some sort of bat-creature
>Size of an elephant, but grows real fast as it eats animals and people
>Uses a frog tongue from hell to grab a bus full of kids though the emergency exit in minutes
(for some reason I get the idea that it'll get bigger than Godzilla and could become much more massive if it's eating is kept unchecked)
>Also there's mothra twins that look pretty cute for two giant monstrous caterpillars

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Why do people hate this game so much? I just picked it up and am having a blast. It reminds me of Generations if it were actually fun and controlling Godzilla feels great. He has a lot of weight to him making it super satisfying stomping through a bunch of buildings.

>>15702296
Also, keep the IDW comics in mind if you want something a little extra.

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>>15711504
> Upon release in the West, Godzilla was met with a negative western response with an average critic score of 38 out of 100 on Metacritic, with many reviewers criticizing an outdated presentation of the graphics and level design, while also noting awkward movement controls and repetition. Jim Sterling stated it "has the look and feel of a small budget game" rather than a "major 'AAA' release" while Jordon Devore reviewing for Destructoid called it "a letdown" given the premise Some critics though did note the faithful recreation of the monsters themselves and amount of content for long time Godzilla fans with Jon Ryan reviewing for IGN noting that while the overall game had a "lack of substantial gameplay", "the spirit of the old-school monster movie is where Bandai Namco absolutely nails it".

https://youtu.be/xH-K91-c7gE

https://youtu.be/Wy4Mc7CnNIg

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From the official Monarch feeds, carving from Mothra's Temple

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>>15711852
[Mosura ya Mosura intensifies]

Those larva though

>>15711852
How do you tell that it's a giant moth from that carving? It could be a carving of a regular-sized, fancy moth.

>>15710311
>Makoto Shinkai
That might just work. Just get interesting Japanese directors. Koreeda Godzilla film when.

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>>15712040
>Koreeda
Is pic related worth a watch?

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anyone ever actually watch this

>>15698738
>numbering Godzilla films
>not suggesting Rodan, Mothra, Atragon, War of the Gargantuas, etc

>>15709106
And by first you mean Melee and Save the Earth, since everyone fucking hates Unleashed, despite having the best roster.

>>15712879
The guy was asking for a Godzilla pastebin, not for a Toho's sci-fi guide.
And well, there is 29 Godzilla's movies, so yes I can count them and if you want to be a purist for not mentioning previous Honda's films, you should do it too.

>>15698785
These MechaGodzilla .webms always bring a smile to my stupid face.
Thanks /m/en!

>>15712588
It's a hell of a lot to watch, I had a copy somewhere.

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Best design

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>>15715072
I like MosuGoji the most. He's got your showa aesthetics yet also has a proto-heisei feel to him.

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>>15715072
>>15715083
I can't be alone in thinking '54 was the best design, as long as you didn't see the derby eyes, but I think that was a problem on the puppet, not the suit.
Although I suppose it helps that the movies dark lighting helps hide imperfections.

>>15715083
I loved this one as well. Felt really menacing, and was one of the few that didn't look dumb.

>>15715221
I'm sure when most people talk about best they mean best as in after the original.

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Hey everyone. It's COOL BARAGON!

>>15701163
Is it weird that i think she's kind of ugly but i want to fuck the hell out of her?

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>>15715373

Nah, her "plainness" makes her seem attainable.

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>>15715373
>>15701163

Very cute in glasses too.

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>>15715337

>>15705664

Wat is dis?

>>15716329
>not using GIS
Upcoming Godzilla: Monster Planet anime.

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Without a doubt the sexiest woman to grace this franchise

>>15710285
Masaaki Yuasa

>>15715337
>>>/r/godzilla

My friend does early pre viz and fabrication work for mpc and he snuck a pic of ghidorah and sent it to me.

>>15717836
in before it's three dicks

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>>15717836
>Psst. Don't forget that there's a super-duper secret easter egg of Jet Jaguar, which is played by Brian Cranston

>>15717836
You have to go back to TK

>>15717836
>My friend does early pre viz and fabrication work for mpc
same

>>15718985
>>15717836
Fuck off newfags

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Anime Godzilla is getting a figuarts.
It's starting to look less like Godzilla 2014.

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>>15719415

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>>15710285
>Godzilla made by Tsukamoto.

That would be amazing. Tsukamoto is one of my favourite filmmakers, it would be interesting to see how he handles such a big scale production. Everything in his career has a real handmade feel to it and that's part of what I love about his films. His style would be a fantastic fit for Goji though.

>>15710285
Didn't he have a cameo in Shin?

Why is ifukube music so fucking comfy!?

>>15699196
Is Orga the best original Millennium baddy? I feel like Godzilla's rogue's gallery is full of exclusively airborne monsters, and Megaguirus is just another one of those.

>>15709129
>we're getting another "what if Godzilla was edgy like Eva :3" movie

Why, Anus?

>>15709499
We've known the dates for the Legendary movies for some time

>Godzilla: King of the Monsters release date: Mar 22, 2019
>Godzilla vs. Kong release date: May 22, 2020

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>>15720648
>Is Orga the best original Millennium baddy?
Nah, this guy is.

>>15711417
You already bosted it. Kubrick doing kaijus would be fun

>>15720853
>Original
Turns into Ghidorah
>best
You mean getting pinned to the ground for two minutes while Godzilla beat on him like a kid brother?

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>>15720853
I'm actually quite fond of Monster X. Kaiser Ghidorah was a horrible mistake though. At least execution wise.

>>15721536
What exactly made Shin work that others did not?

In Box Office earnings in japan and in reviews?, since things like Final Wars and even Biollante tried different stuff and didn't worked out so well.

>>15721536
>Blow up all but the one head.
>It's one of the side head.
I don't know why this activates my almonds so much.

>>15705283
Who is this?

>>15721536
Come on you didn't like that transformation scene ? That was hype as shit

>>15721710
Shin Godzilla was a legitimately good movie with advertising behind it. Biollante barely got any promotion and Final Wars was yet again another yearly garbage popcorn flick like every Godzilla movie after 1991.

>>15721898
Maybe if you're twelve, which is the average Godzilla fan's age.

>>15722153
lol

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>>15721536
I used to think it was unique for making Ghidorah a quadruped... but then I discovered this guy, who pulled the idea off much, much better. Now I'm just amazed at how muddled and over-saturated they managed to make Kaiser look.

>>15704608
What do the Japanese think of his design in this? After all the railing they gave the newest American one for supposedly being fat, then they turn around and make the exact same one.

>>15722957
>After all the railing they gave the newest American one for supposedly being fat
That's just angry nerds. The 2014 movie did well in Japan.

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>>15722742
AAAAAHHHH WHEN WILL THE NIGHTMARE FADE

>>15722742
I think it's because Death is a puppet, while Kaiser had to fit actors inside it to grapple with G. That doesn't excuse the crappy texture and tiny heads on Kaiser's suit though.

>>15722971
didn't the suit actor who raged at GINO give a thumbs up to Fatzilla?

>>15722981
Yup, though he did offer constructive criticism as far as animating him goes and expressed a desire to do mo-cap for sequels.

>>15709178
If you let Anno do what he wants it will wind up like Kojimbo with Metal Gear V. Or how he handles Evangelion, where it will never get made or the budget will become astronomically high.

>>15711852
Looks cool, Mothra is my bae.

>>15722957

How can you call this fat >>15719430 Don't you see all the gainz?

Their reaction to the reveal is pretty much the same as the western fans reaction. They thought it was an underwhelming design after Shin.

They decided to give him a lot of muscle to support his size, it's a more pragmatic approach to design the character, opposite to that of Shin, which is just about making him as cool as possible.

>>15722957
They are just combining design elements from the latest two Godzilla movies (Legendary's body and shape, Shin's texture and exposed musculature) in attempt to appeal to a Japanese audience who has shown revived interest in Godzilla thanks to those movies.
Personally, the design isn't what worries me about the Netflix movies.

>>15722992
He has no more muscle, he just has less skin/scales to cover it. The body type is nearly identical, only the spikes and perhaps the nose look a little different as far as shape goes.

>>15722995
>Personally, the design isn't what worries me about the Netflix movies.

Is it the CG?
Because that's my biggest gripe with the project so far.

>>15722992
Shin was more about pushing the radioactive mutant angle and making him look like a fucked up and grotesque meth-addicted Muppet.

>>15722995
If anything, this just exposes the fact that legendary Godzilla was never fat, since you can finally see all his muscle yourself.

>>15723002
I'll give you the body type because that's why in silhouette they might look identical.
They're trying to merge western and japanese Godzilla design into one. Because they're hoping to pander to the western and japanese animefags.

But majority of Goji designs over the years have a lot of similarities, each design has one or two design quirks that set them apart.

>>15722992
>Shin, which is just about making him as cool as possible.
I'd say something like GMK or 2000 are making him 'cool as possible. Shin was more of a horror angle.

>>15723037
Cool is subjective and means many things, but given Anno's sensibilities, I think that's what he was trying to accomplish with the body horror angle. Japs probably cheered when he was destroying buildings, nobody was scared. They made memes.
But then again, some people find Fatzilla to be the most "cool" looking. It's a pretty shit design desu.

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>>15722971
>The 2014 movie did well in Japan.
It did a bit better than most of the Millennium films. Made less than GMK though. Reminder that most of those films were considered box office disappointments and failures. Final Wars, as the most expensive Japanese Godzilla film to date, was an outright bomb that lost Toho millions of dollars.

After a decade with no Godzilla movies, I think G14 should have done better.

>>15723075
Japs didn't really care for Godzilla 2014, I don't know why people try to deny that all the time.
It's not about the quality of the movie, it just didn't appeal to them.

>>15723094
>I don't know why people try to deny that all the time.
Because Toho and a few famous kaijufanboys like Hideo Kojima praised it, so the western fandom took that to mean Japan period was mental over it.

>>15709500
Never seen his non-kaiju stuff but not really a fan of Kaneko.

>>15715336
First design isn't even all that great though. It's not terrible but I really think later designs really improved on the basic roughdraft the original gave.

Only the millennium movies bothered to reference the rather awkward forth toe placement, and it never looked that great. The spine design was only ever referenced again in the strange 1968 suit, while a majority of the other movies went with the cleaner look of the 1962 design.

>>15722153
This guy was always terrible but it's hilarious how completely cringy he's gotten. He's in his forties now, or pushing it.

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>>15723309
>strange 1968 suit
SoshingekiGoji is awesome. When it comes to the Showa designs, it falls right after the original and 1964.

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>>15721829
Yuriko Hishimi from Godzilla vs Gigan and Ultra Seven. This >>15716769 is also her.

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Why must the best Kaiju get the worst movies?

>>15723325
My mistake, meant 1967, obviously.

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>>15723426
is it really that bad?

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>>15723309
>First design isn't even all that great though
I don't know. It's a pretty fantastic design.

>>15723490
You're a pretty fantastic design.

>>15723437
hahaha what an amazing faggot

>>15703013
Where are these numbers from? I can only find the money each made, not the attendance.

>>15704142
I dunno... only the city destruction portions seemed decent to me. The actual kaiju on kaiju fights sucked. And I couldn't figure out how to even do the story mode style rampage as other kaiju, which would have been the whole appeal. I would much rather just play the PS2/XBOX/Wii games.

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>>15723607
You use parts/cells of said kaiju as unlocks & upgrades. Sucks that custom soundtrack mode was removed, putting actual OST from the series & playing the game while listening to it made feel like a game and a movie.


Gonna watch all 5 of MechaG's movies now

>>15723075
>It did a bit better than most of the Millennium films. Made less than GMK though. Reminder that most of those films were considered box office disappointments and failures. Final Wars, as the most expensive Japanese Godzilla film to date, was an outright bomb that lost Toho millions of dollars.
>After a decade with no Godzilla movies, I think G14 should have done better.

Was it more budget then Shin?

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>>15723593
Various books ('Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda', 'The Complete Works of Ishiro Honda', and 'The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography') and TK.

> In 1957, the film (GKOTM) made its way full circle back to Japan, where it was exhibited as Kaiju Ō Gojira (怪獣王ゴジラ, lit. "Monster King Godzilla"), where it became at least as popular as the original, replacing the latter in Japanese theaters and influencing sequels and remakes there.
According to Wikipedia, GKOTM was released in Japan and did really good business. While Kaiju Ō Gojira is a real thing (pic related), I haven't found any source concerning how well it did. Assuming the claim from Wikipedia is correct, Gojira/KOTM is by far the most successful Japanese Godzilla to date.

>>15723697
>Was it more budget then Shin?
Shin Godzilla's budget was $15 million. Final Wars' budget was $20 million (non-inflation adjusted numbers from 2004).

>>15723171
I like the 4th one. It evokes Godzilla enough while looking like a new take. I especially like the orca coloring.

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>>15703013
Keep in mind that the Japanese Film Industry was dying between the 1960s-1970s. Television reigned supreme. Many theaters shut down. Some studios started to producing soft core porn to survive and others went bankrupt. Facing dwindling audiences, Toho decided to target children and, starting with All Monsters Attack/Revenge, all remaining Showa films were intended for the Toho Champion Festival. Not only were there different people behind the camera, but the filmmakers were working with less than half of the budget that the Golden Age Godzilla films were made with. It's a unique period in Godzilla's history.

Heisei films milked nostalgia for all it was worth. The children who grew up on the Showa films were now adults and interested in an updated take on their favorite monsters.

The Millennium films suffered from over-saturation and quality issues. Godzilla (1998) was likely the turning point as you see an immediate and sharp decrease in attendance afterwards.

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So apparently Koichi Kawakita was the assistant FX director for The Mighty Peking Man.

>>15723798
Who is this and why should I care what they think?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbJY5PFaLA

so Kaiju Ouji

basically Kid Tarzan and his dino pals fight ayyyylmaos guest starring the army

from what I gather it's the same people that made Magma/Space Giants

any particular context to it?

>>15723862
Author of "Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters" who knows way more info on Godzilla and Ultraman than everybody in this very thread. He thinks Shin Godzilla is nationalistic for whatever reason, but everything he says outside of his "muh nationalism" shtick is right.

>>15724419
Thanks for answering but I don't read books that's gay nerd shit for fags.

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>>15724419
I don't understand how someone could miss the anti-nuclear statement of Shin-G. And I don't see how you could ignored the cooperation between Japan and the US in Shin-G as well.
Sure there is some nationalistic ideas in the movie, but that's the same for the rest of the Showa Era.

>>15724419
Shin is not about WWII, with 54 it was fresh in people's mind at the time so what he represented was real. The longer Japan moved from that time, the less scary the threat he represented became.

That's why Shin was smart to exploit 3/11. Because that disaster gave a lot of japs an existential crisis about the future of their country. Now, Shin represent a fresh "fear" so the threat of what Godzilla represents becomes real.

People are against every sentiment of nationalism these days, and if you follow the news, it's on the rise on a global scale. But, Shin isn't truly nationalistic, it's just the by product of one of the main central themes of the movie, which is Japs showing strength and coming as a whole to stop a threat.

Was The Return of Godzilla always this awful?
It's really, really bad

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>>15724589
>>15724774
Americans see Shin Godzilla as reactionary and nationalistic because America butting in an making everything worse is a constant problem for the characters in the movie.

What they don't understand is that every nation on Earth is subordinate to America because it's the sole superpower. The US is doing shit like this to countries every day, and if an existential threat showed up in Tokyo instead of New York City, they'd definitely go full-force trying to destroy it without regards to the people they'd end up hurting.

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>>15724774
>>15724821
Not only that but the Showa Era is quite nationalist itself, this era is about japanese scientist being better than the rest of the world, but it's also about collaboration between country, just like Shin.

>Americans see Shin Godzilla as reactionary and nationalistic because America butting in an making everything worse is a constant problem for the characters in the movie.
Even that is not totally true in Shin-g, it's the mindless use of military that is making things worse, the US Army is just more powerful than the Japanese forces and thuse cause more damage to the city, but they are in the end both equally useless.
This is also a reaction to the revision of the constitution orchested by Shinzo Abe to allow Japan to maintain an army (well that how I see it).
But the US plays a major role in the end, providing material support and logistics, that what I call "nation joining hand". There is help coming from France, Germany, the US and even China as they help producing the chemicals needed.

>>15725100
The Showa films by Honda never portray Japanese scientists as the best in the world. They certainly portray them as heroes (alongside journalists) because it fits with the humanist ideas and anti-war belief. Honda very much preferred rational thinking and empathizing with others over war and blind hatred.

Anybody who spazzes out over Shin Godzilla's supposed nationalism must have slept through the third act, as France, Germany, China, and the US all help out, one way or another. The point where all of their efforts bear fruit happens while the Battle In Outer Space theme plays, another film which very explicitly has ideas about working together.

Also, checked.

>>15723798

August Ragone is a stupendous faggot who's such a weeb he denies Japanese war crimes and anytime he gets cornered in an argument starts bragging about what a cool scenester he is and how many strippers he's dated (because that's something to brag about), and threw a years long hissyfit after not getting a chance to do some Godzilla DVD commentaries a few years back.

>>15725247
>Shin Godzilla's supposed nationalism must have slept through the third act,
To be fair, that's pretty easy to do.

>>15724061
It's chaos. The brontosaurus named Nessie fights alien controlled dinosaurs in the background while the kid and the army fight aliens in the foreground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbwaXQUHouo

>>15725474
That was the only portion of the film that I found very exciting.

>>15725832
yeah it's pretty cool
the second aliens from 16 onward are cooler

>>15724774
I really wanna know how the fuck people come off as thinking Shin is nationalistic. The whole movie is nothing but voicing frustration over how the Japanese government just pretends they come up with a solution when at most they only temporarily delay the problem causing an even bigger one in the future. Shin's ending is quite possibly the biggest downer ending in a Godzilla movie because literally nothing was resolved when it came to Godzilla, they just froze him in the middle of a city which will only last for a brief period of time right before he was about to evolve into an even more dangerous form and everyone blindly trusts the government's word that the problem went away which is inevitably going to cause an even bigger disaster in the future.

>>15726785
The movie ends on a very high not compared to the original film, honestly. Japan has more confidence in it's ability to be proactive and it appears as though they are going to learn to be more independent in the future. The viewer knows Godzilla is still a problem, but everyone seems genuinely relieved about freezing him and is looking up towards a brighter future.
Meanwhile the original movie ends with mankind having to make a weapon even more terrifying than Godzilla in order to defeat him, and leaves everyone with the looming threat such a weapon could present humanity.

>>15726785
Didn't the scientists note than the Godzilla isotope had an incredibly short half-life? Godzilla COULD wake up yes, and probably will for a future film. But as far as they are concerned, Godzilla being frozen means the problem will solve itself given time.

>>15726803
>Meanwhile the original movie ends with mankind having to make a weapon even more terrifying than Godzilla in order to defeat him, and leaves everyone with the looming threat such a weapon could present humanity.

I think that's the singular most interesting idea about all of the Godzilla movies, they're fucked either way, because Godzilla is only going to come back stronger and will need another, even more destructive solution. The cyclical nature of this war with Godzilla is pretty damn bleak.

They said Anigodzi will continue that theme, we'll see if they can pull it off.

>>15726785
Through sheer autism.

Can somebody tell me why Maser City went under

>>15729622
Trolls and contrarians don't make good forums.

>>15727622
I think the real threat is if a weapon like the oxygen destroyer would be used for war. Greed and ambition could easily turn such a weapon into an extinction level event. Godzilla was bad enough, but now you have mankind's shortcomings and hubris to worry about too.

>>15726610
Is this available on the Funi release later this week?

>>15733208
Funi release is going to be barebones and dub only.

>>15733232
>dub only
Seriously? Does anyone plan on buying it and confirming this?

>>15733232
No it's not retard. It has subs and some gay "Nerds vs Godzilla" bonus feature.

>>15733561
Wow, might as well not have special feautures AT ALL!

what is it with these american anime companies by giving us this cringey american made non-extras made by and for weebs, instead of, you know, the same extras from the japanese releases!?, or at the very least, something newly made from the original creators for this release.

Toho let Criterion made new interviews with Akira Takarada for their release, and they still gave us the old ass Akira ifukube interview from the early 2000s.

>>15734184
>The Varan DVD has fucking audio commentary by the dude who built Varan. Fucking subtitled.

>>15734184
>made by and for weebs
the weird part is weebs don't want that shit. they want all the japanese stuff translated.

>>15734252
Is there a place to find this ? I'm highly interested.
I'm european so buying a Zone 1 DVD isn't really a solution.

>>15734259
That doesn't contradict anything; as has been said, the Funi release does indeed have both Japanese and English audio.

>>15734294
>I'm european so buying a Zone 1 DVD isn't really a solution.
>2017
>not having a region-free DVD player
What is wrong with you? At the very least you could play it on your computer DVD drive.

>>15734338
>That doesn't contradict anything; as has been said, the Funi release does indeed have both Japanese and English audio.
I said "all". meaning the special features, too.

>>15734338
My DVD player is 10 years old and still working, I don't want to buy a new one and when I'll do replace it, I will not buy a 200€ zonefree player.

But I didn't know that pc DVD drives were zone free, I thought you can only change the zoning 2 or 3 time before it lock.

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> Son of Godzilla
without a doubt the greatest of these movies

>>15735013
It's better than most of the movies that came out after it. Literally all everybody complains about is "m-m-muh minya suit looks ugly" or "i-its for kids!" which 90% of the franchise is already geared towards.

>>15698117
The fuck is the point of a discord. Am i wrong for thinking that defeats the purpose of talking about anything in a thread in the first place?

>>15735524
ikr, who the hell wants to talk about gojira 24 7?!

>>15733561
I know it's not I just wanted to scare that anon and don't call me a retard that's highly rude especially over a harmless prank.

>>15735461
>"m-m-muh minya suit looks ugly"
Truth be told, the suits for Godzilla and his son really look miserable here. Really interested in hearing the thought process involved with these creative decision making.

Why is Godzilla v Destroyah so perfect?

>>15736078
>2 hour long bandai commercial
>perfect

Outside of an emotional ending that the movie didn't even build up on it's own, it's another lazy Heisei popcorn flick. It throws away all of it's good ideas and it has the bog-standard lazy Kawakita effects. They literally used Bandai toys for some of the effects.
>>15736078
Godzilla was meant to look more like Minya, and Minya was made to be encite empathy and pity from the audience. He's supposed to be ugly, as even Godzilla doesn't like him all that much until the ending.

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>>15734184
>the same extras from the japanese releases
Isn't Toho strict about what goes on American releases of their films?

>>15734184
>>15736874
Just look at what happened to Media Blasters when they tried to put in extras without permission, they got fucked in the ass so hard that they can only license a handful of anime now.

Imagine destoroyah forming bio armor for godzilla.

>>15736078
It's not. It literally killed Godzilla's career.

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>>15736921
Yep. Protecting Godzilla is serious business to Toho. And they don't care who they have to pursue in order to do it.

https://www.wired.com/2008/11/godzilla-terror/

>>15737082
Is Zone Fighter canon with the Godzilla universe? Doesn't entirely fit well with the Showa continuity.

>>15737117
That's pretty much irrelevant when the show itself has no actual ending.

>>15734184
>>15736874
>>15736921
>>15736931
Isn't it more a matter of Toho trying to discourage people in Japan from importing vastly cheaper international releases of their movies?

>>15736931
Is there a way to protect your own properties from these guys? I don't want my life destroyed because I like stories about upright dinosaurs.

>>15737187
Pretty much, that's also the reason why Shin took so damn long to get an R1 release.

>>15737079
Where's this from? It's not godzilla vs gigan is it

>>15737735
Zone Fighter, which was basically Toho's answer to Ultraman in the 70's.

>>15737744
the show's name is Ryusei Ningen Zone
the main dude is Zone Fighter

>>15737744
Is this shit subbed? Also how were they not sued over that.

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Why is their phone ringtone one of ghidorah's sounds

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Who hype for Shin on DVD?

>>15737759
Toho kaiju noises pop up a lot.
>>15737756
>Is this shit subbed?
mostly no
>Also how were they not sued over that.
same reason Sony didn't sue itself over that Japanese Ghostbusters show

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>>15737766
Pre-ordered. Been looking forward to add it to my collection.

>>15724813
>Was The Return of Godzilla always this awful?
Yep. People like to pretend it is more than what it is. Score and tense atmosphere are the only things it has going for it. Almost everything else is bland or awkward.

>>15737821
neat pic

>>15737821
>When your cousin visits and you take him sight seeing.

>>15724813
Yeah that movie doesn't have a lot going for it. It's so bare bones and doesn't really try anything new. People insist the Japanese cut is better, but I honestly didn't get a different experience from it.

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>>15736931
So just as long as you don't call your totally-original-monster-do-not-steal Godzilla, you should be in the clear.

>>15738049
Dissapointed with the design, desu. I mean, I like the Legendary design, but I was hoping for something new and balls-out.

>>15736931
Oh so that's why there hasn't been that many Godzilla parodies after the early 2000s in the media.

>>15705181
>>15705207
iirc it was some demo/testing of interest

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Baradagi thread?

>>15735653
You are a fucking retard, and the sooner you accept it the better.

>>15737117
>Doesn't entirely fit well with the Showa continuity
Haven't seen Zone Fighter but the same could be said for the Showa movies themselves.

>>15738359
Please stop being rude all I want is your companionship.

>>15737117
>Doesn't entirely fit well with the Showa continuity.

I don't know, I kind of feel like the showa continuity has no rules

>>15738352
I have still never seen that film

>>15738875
>>>/leddit/

>>15739035
If wanting to be friends makes me a redditor then consider me the biggest redditor on all of 4chan.

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>>15738447
>the same could be said for the Showa movies themselves
Godzilla to Monster Zero link together pretty smoothly. Things don't get complicated until Minilla comes into the picture.

>>15739444
>Things don't get complicated until Minilla comes into the picture.
he ruins everything!

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Anyone here can help what shows and posters are these ones?

>>15739736
Ideon.

>>15737766
Are we getting Shin Goji in 4KBD?

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>>15723798
Look who's still buttblasted.

>>15738049

So basically the "Godzilla" anime is using the Legendary design? I mean I like it, but I would figure that they'd want to go for something more traditional.

>>15740609
I agree with him in this case.

>>15740676
Nothing about the netflix anime looks traditional. It's just Gen being too big for his britches as per usual.

>>15740609
He's right, though.

>>15740609
He's not wrong, though.

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Just can't make this up.

>>15738049

>imagining this thing moving around in its choppy CG-anime frame-skipping horror

Anime was a mistake. CG was a mistake. Mistakes on mistakes. On mistakes.

>>15740609
I love Hedorah, but there's no fucking way it's better than Shin. It's good, but not enough to surpass it.

>>15740927

This. Didn't Honda hate that movie?

>>15740939

Nevermind, it was Tomoyuki Tanaka. I guess he hated it so much he demoted Banno for future movies.

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>With the ever evolving threat of giant monsters mankind accidently creates their own giant monster. And it soon becomes the greatest sin of man.
>This movie will feature Legendary's Godzilla vs Toho's own Shin Godzilla.
>Cast also includes an all star assemble of your favorites including Mothra, King Kong, Gamera, and Ultraman.

>This is Godzilla: Destroy all Monsters.

What movies do you want to see in the Godzilla/Kong monsterverse

>>15741128

I want to see Mechagodzilla so bad, though I'm pretty sure it'll never happen.

If the tone lightens up as the series progresses (which looks like it could happen) imagine a new Kiryu built around one of the Godzilla skeletons from the beginning of G14.

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So apparently the Funimation DVD uses the shortened version of the movie. Can anybody confirm, and what is trimmed?
(forgive me, I haven't been on /m since the movie came out in theaters, so I don't know if this was known).

>>15710630
Don't forget a close up on Godzilla doing 3-5 punches to the chest

>>15741190
Funimation's runtime is 120 minutes.
Japanese BD runtime is 119 minutes.

I'm guessing not much was cut.

>>15741272
Hmm. interesting.

>>15722730
>Final Wars was 13 years ago
>I was 14

fuck man.

>>15734184
>Wow, might as well not have special feautures AT ALL!
>mfw I'm the only guy that gets a movie to watch the movie

I barely ever see the special features

>>15741272
The theatrical version of the movie is longer though, no? Both the Japanese and American video released are shortened, I believe.

>>15741535
it's not shortened

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>>15723320

>>15742225
Jesus, this guy's still around? I mean, I liked the Kaiju girls but once he took that off the site there was no reason to go back

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What are your guys thoughts about the use of the old-school godzilla sound effects? I liked a lot of the other call backs to older movies, like the roars and music, but I felt the old sound effects to just be distracting.

>>15742829
Absolutely, they didn't work at all.
One of my few complaints about the movie.

>>15710630
Ryuhei Kitamura

Final Wars 2 for realsies.

>>15742829
Couldn't care less if they weren't immersive. This isn't something you were supposed to get emotionally invested in anyways.

>>15742829
I took it as an extension of the "Japan vs fiction" tagline. He was CG, but Godzilla was made to look somewhat like a traditional rubber suit, so the old sound effects just added to the sense that Japan was under attack by tokusatsu. It was an interesting mix between real things and fake stuff.
Maybe that's just my mental gymnastics though. Using the same explosion sounds in rapid succession was mildly annoying, but I didn't really mind it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnuQyUXqJ0

hmm

>>15743094
awesome

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>>15742225
>GMK Godzilla

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Real talk. Do you just like the idea of Godzilla or do you appreciate the actual films? And if it's the latter, do you think any of the films are legitimately good and hold up to objective scrutiny?

>>15743332
I like the films. Most of the films in the Showa era after 1954 range from decent to great with obvious exceptions like Gigan, Megalon, DAM, Revenge, and Raids Again. Most of the Heisei flicks are bloated, sloppy affairs but there's some good ones. Same with everything after 1995.

>>15743518
>Gigan
The biggest issue I have with this film is the stock footage. And the sad part is that most of the recycling is unnecessary. It's just padding. Otherwise it's an above average entry with a likable cast.

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>>15742364
>>15743144

>>15743557
The cast is likeable and the new effects scenes are decent, but it's budget really shows and I didn't particularly care for recycled effects and stock music.

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The Funimation blu ray removed the Japanese text for some stupid fucking reason.

>>15743839
>for some stupid fucking reason.
I'm not sure if 50% of the screen being covered by text is a stupid reason.

>>15743839
Both dubbed and subbed versions?

>>15743839
hahahaha fuck buying things

>>15743839
Those subs look like shit.

>>15743886

Yup.

>>15743856

Half the time it was happening, it was as a joke, like characters titles getting so long over time.

>>15743932

Apparently the dub also changes the story and the only special feature is some nerd interview shit. The Madman blu-ray has the Japanese text, no dub and the behind the scenes special features from the JP BD.

>>15743997
>the dub also changes the story
hahahaha and some fags will defend this shit

>>15743997
Fucking hell, what region is the Madman Australian Blu-Ray? Might have to buy a region free Blu Ray player just for it.

>>15743839
So why exactly couldn't they just use the theatrical subs?

>>15744182

Region B. Mine is arriving soon to test is if it's actually region free in secret, like some BD's are. Otherwise I've got a region free player, too, if need be.

>>15698317
Like >>15698738 said, start with the 1954 movie.
After that you should watch all of the first 15 films.
Only exceptions to the first 15 are Godzilla vs the smog monster and Godzilla vs the sea monster. These are both considered really weird and not very good or very impactful films.
Son of Godzilla is not a very fun or good movie (unless you like hilariously campy stuff) but it introduces the idea of a baby Godzilla.

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (the 90's one) is quite good as well as Godzilla, mothra and king ghidorah giant monsters all out attack.

Outside of the original 15 and the ones I mentioned above I personally really liked the millennium series and Godzilla final wars.

Also if you want to quickly know about a godzilla move you should watch cinemmasacre's monster madness, godzillathon. One episode for each movie and each episode is about 2 minutes long and give a good synopsis with little spoilers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avc4AS3AvcA

>>15743997
i didnt notice any story changes. i was only half paying attention so maybe i missed it but all the key things remained that same from what i caught.
the dub is terrible btw. not that that is a surprise to anybody

>>15744201
Thanks senpai, will await the results.

>>15743665
>recycled effects and stock music
Speaking of, I heard like, 90% of the music in Gigan was recycled, but what was the music when Anguirus was swimming toward Japan and constantly cutting away to scenes of driving with a fisheye lens from? I always dug that tune

>>15743665
>stock music
Why not? It was like a Ifukube greatest hits collection.

>>15744379
The ENTIRE soundtrack is recycled. As far as the track you're talking about (which is also my favorite), I'm drunk right now but I think it's from Varan or it might be one of Ifukube's non-kaiju orchestra pieces.

>>15744471
>The ENTIRE soundtrack is recycled.
Isn't Godzilla March, the last song in the film, original?

>>15744495
Well shit, you're right.

>>15744379

That march is from Frankenstein Conquers The World.

>>15744212
The point was to say that watching all of the godzilla movies was quite fast, and that there were no reason to skip one or two if you like the first showa films.
Same thing with the recommendation that came after, if you like the style of an era, watch it, if not, skip it, but you have to watch a couple of films from that era to make up your mind.

But will it be a good idea to make our own pastebin ? Or guide ? The two I was able to found were not great at all.

>>15745095
Is it? Man it's been ages since I've seen that one

>>15743997
>>15744026
>Apparently the dub also changes the story

How so?, Is Funi really as revision happy as it was before Dragonball Kai dub?

So why didn't the US version get any of the special features the Japanese version did?
> 28-minute previsualization reel
> over an hour's worth of alternate and deleted scenes
> 20 minutes of special effects outtakes
> 35 minutes of TV footage (shot for the film)
> 31-minute Making Of featurette
> an 18-minute VFX breakdown

>>15746479

Funimation preferred to do a shitty dub and some cheap, hour-long bullshit nerd culture video.

The Australian blu-ray by Madman has all of the behind the scenes videos. Get that instead.

Thanks (((funimation)))

>>15746520
>>15746479
Because Toho doesn't want people in Japan to import cheap US releases of their movies.

US and Japan share a DVD/Blu Ray region as well as NTSC.

Australia is a different DVD/Blu region and is PAL

>>15746545
>Because Toho doesn't want people in Japan to import cheap US releases of their movies
>So the US misses out on all the extra features

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CediDrpOyeg

>>15746545
Attack on Titan didn't have any real special features either. So I guess it's true. And wasn't Toho strict on Media Busters about the original content they wanted to add to the release of DAM and Megalon?

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Shin is finally getting limited cinema release next week in the UK. Anyone else excited to finally see it on a big screen?

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Finally watched the Blu. I really like what they did with the text overlays. Looked at the dub a bit, too. Reminded me too much of a Heisei dub and I cringed and backed out of it.

Still don't see anywhere where it felt shortened, though I keep seeing people claim that both the Japanese and American video releases are shorter.