All Things Godzilla

[CosmiComic]

I don't think they said they were - I mean, clearly they were interested after the run away success of Shin domestically, but that was 5 years ago with not a peep since outside animation...

I guess animation took precedence

[Angilasman]

Part of Legendary's contract with Toho was that Toho couldn't produce a live action Godzilla film when a Legendary Godzilla film was in production. Shin Godzilla was made because delays between Godzilla '14 and the subsequent MonsterVerse entries allowed a window that Toho took advantage of. Animation has been a workaround for Toho to make new Godzilla stuff domestically.

[Vakanai]

I guess animation took precedence

It didn't take precedent, it took a loophole like Angilasman said.

Part of Legendary's contract with Toho was that Toho couldn't produce a live action Godzilla film when a Legendary Godzilla film was in production. Shin Godzilla was made because delays between Godzilla '14 and the subsequent MonsterVerse entries allowed a window that Toho took advantage of. Animation has been a workaround for Toho to make new Godzilla stuff domestically.

I'm hoping when they renewed the contract they changed it so as to give Toho more leeway to make live action films.

[CosmiComic]

It didn't take precedent, it took a loophole like Angilasman said.



I'm hoping when they renewed the contract they changed it so as to give Toho more leeway to make live action films.

Maybe we'll finally get that Gigan origin movie. See how he looks before becoming a cyborg

[Vakanai]

Maybe we'll finally get that Gigan origin movie. See how he looks before becoming a cyborg

I don't know, I kind of like the mystery of Gigan. Like, why would anyone take that crazy dino chicken kaiju and make him a buzz-saw wielding cyborg? Kind of fun to just speculate you know?

[CosmiComic]

I don't know, I kind of like the mystery of Gigan. Like, why would anyone take that crazy dino chicken kaiju and make him a buzz-saw wielding cyborg? Kind of fun to just speculate you know?

I'm being sarcastic. I guess that didn't come across haha. But I'd like to see more of him.

[AdamFTF]

Not Godzilla but my siblings got me these for my birthday:
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[CosmiComic]

No Gamera the Brave?

[AdamFTF]

No Gamera the Brave?

It's in the Heisei box set. The entire Gamera movie series is in these two boxes.

Showa box has:
Gamera the Giant Monster
Gamera vs Barugon
Gamera vs Gyaos
Gamera vs Viras
Gamera vs Guiron
Gamera vs Jiger
Gamera vs Zigra
Gamera: Super Monster

Note: most discs have two or three movies per disc in this set.

Heisei set contains:
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Gamera the Brave

[CosmiComic]

I was just joking. You're probably better off without GtB

Nonetheless, that's pretty cool

[AdamFTF]

I was just joking. You're probably better off without GtB

Nonetheless, that's pretty cool

If I can take the early ones and I can take the apocalyptic ones, then I can take the one where Gamera is a big-eyed soft boy who does his best.

[Angilasman]

Gamera the Brave is dope. The kids are realistic and relatable and the child actors are terrific. Zedus is one of the most underrated kaiju out there; awesome suit and great suit performance (same actor as Zeiram, the Queen Legion, and GMK's Godzilla).

Anyway, speaking of Kadokawa/Daiei Studio films: Arrow Video's new Daimajin box set is awesome. Pick it up soon, because when the limited edition sells out it'll be replaced by a standard release that'll lack the book, poster and art cards and'll probably only be marginally cheaper.

[CosmiComic]

If I can take the early ones and I can take the apocalyptic ones, then I can take the one where Gamera is a big-eyed soft boy who does his best.

That's the worst version of Gamera IMO

Gamera the Brave is dope. The kids are realistic and relatable and the child actors are terrific. Zedus is one of the most underrated kaiju out there; awesome suit and great suit performance (same actor as Zeiram, the Queen Legion, and GMK's Godzilla).

Anyway, speaking of Kadokawa/Daiei Studio films: Arrow Video's new Daimajin box set is awesome. Pick it up soon, because when the limited edition sells out it'll be replaced by a standard release that'll lack the book, poster and art cards and'll probably only be marginally cheaper.

I though Gamera the Brave was a major step back from the Heisei movies. Zedus was cool but the rest seemed like an annoying parody of Showa Gamera

[Angilasman]

^ The kids in The Brave were realistic, not the idealized kids of the old movies. If anything, it's takes the sillier aspects of the old ones and does them seriously. It's mostly the kid and the Dad dealing with the fallout from the Mom's death a year earlier. It's Super 8 before Super 8 (and better!).

[AdamFTF]

That's the worst version of Gamera IMO

I though Gamera the Brave was a major step back from the Heisei movies. Zedus was cool but the rest seemed like an annoying parody of Showa Gamera

Where should the series have gone next in your view? Because the thing about Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera was that it was just that: Kaneko's version. Whoever made the next version was going to have to do something different. And they did that by doubling down on the "friend to all children" thing and making it a family film.

Right now it doesn't matter much because . . . I keep walking away and doing other things when these movies are on rather than sitting and watching them. I don't think I dislike these movies so much as my attention span is just shot.