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Octopus Prime

Mysterious Contraption
(He/Him)
When Kong and Godzilla roared into each other’s open mouths, I genuinely expected them to start making out
 

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elementary my dear baxter
I'm sure there are fan communities that can expand on that for you if you're so inclined to search for them.
 

John

(he/him)
I got a bit burned out on the Showa era films, but took advantage of a Vudu sale on Funimation products and finally bought Shin Godzilla. I really enjoyed this, but thought it was a bit too heavy on the bureaucracy parts. They totally nailed the Otherness of this Godzilla from the start, with the first form's strange unblinking eye up to what the 5th form would've been. I wasn't expecting to hear Evangelion music mixed with traditional Godzilla tracks, but it worked.

(As an aside, I've been rewatching Eva recently, after I binged out on early Godzilla movies, and there's so much in the early episodes that borrows from those flicks. It's fitting he got to do a Godzilla movie, too bad it wasn't as well received as others.)

If anyone wants a digital copy, it's still $4 on Vudu, but they did separate out the English dub vs the subtitled version. I went with the English dub after reading some recommendations, and had zero issues with it. People had said the sheer amount of subtitles could be overwhelming, and I definitely see that.
 

Kirin

Summon for hire
(he/him)
I also just finished up SIngular Point recently. It manages the kind of amazing feat for being simultaneously very anime, very conceptual-SF, and very very Godzilla.
 

Beta Metroid

At peace
(he/him)
Adding to the Singular Point praise. Kirin summed it up nicely above. Also, I really like how the human characters are written in this and how they respond to the insanity around them.

Really weird that they decided that the one blue ogre kaiju
is not Gabara. All of the other returning kaiju are drastically different from their classic iterations, what is it about this one that makes it the only "new" critter of the series? I don't have any special fondness for Gabara, but poor guy deserves a cool update.
 
Glad more of y'all are getting around to S.P.! I really adored the show. The first part of the first episode makes a lot more sense rewatching it after you've finished the show, so that's fun.
Really weird that they decided that the one blue ogre kaiju
is not Gabara. All of the other returning kaiju are drastically different from their classic iterations, what is it about this one that makes it the only "new" critter of the series? I don't have any special fondness for Gabara, but poor guy deserves a cool update.
TBF, they've gotta save some kaiju for the sequel.
 

Falselogic

Lapsed Threadcromancer
(they/them)
Just started watching Singular Point. I just started episode seven (I watch an episode on the treadmill) and yeah it's great. I love the new takes on all the old monsters and I love that theyre using all the old roars.
 

Kirin

Summon for hire
(he/him)
So in a roundabout way I just became aware of the fact that Toho released new 'zilla films in 2016 and 2022 that I've heard nothing about, and even weirder there seem to be hardly any pictures of online. Anyone know anything about them? Are they just not good and that's why nobody talks about them?
 
Are you talking about Shin Godzilla in 2016? That was great and there have to be pictures of it online. I saw it in theater in my random flyover state. No idea about the 2022 one.
 

John

(he/him)
I thought there was just the Netflix anime ones, and the Legendary live action ones? Besides Shin Godzilla, which is the better version of the Evangelion Rebuild movies.

I did just see that AppleTV+ is creating a Godzilla live action show, partnering with Toho/Legendary, so it may be a continuance of the Legendary movies. Didn't see a potential release date, so I'd say a year or two off.

It did just get Kurt and Wyatt Russell cast in it, and is set in the post-Godzilla 2014 era.
 

Paul le Fou

24/7 lofi hip hop man to study/relax to
(He)
I thought there was just the Netflix anime ones, and the Legendary live action ones? Besides Shin Godzilla, which is the better version of the Evangelion Rebuild movies.

I did just see that AppleTV+ is creating a Godzilla live action show, partnering with Toho/Legendary, so it may be a continuance of the Legendary movies. Didn't see a potential release date, so I'd say a year or two off.

It did just get Kurt and Wyatt Russell cast in it, and is set in the post-Godzilla 2014 era.
...oooooh! That...interests me. I really liked the Legendary 'Zillas, even the pretty mediocre last one. (I still think King of the Monsters has one of the best trailers of all time, which of course the movie never could have lived up to.) I'm interested in seeing what they'll do with a TV show. That said, the human parts of those movies have always been the weakest, and I'm worried a TV show might end up with even more focus on them.

Also yeah Shin Godzilla is pretty great, check it out if you can.
 

Falselogic

Lapsed Threadcromancer
(they/them)
So in a roundabout way I just became aware of the fact that Toho released new 'zilla films in 2016 and 2022 that I've heard nothing about, and even weirder there seem to be hardly any pictures of online. Anyone know anything about them? Are they just not good and that's why nobody talks about them?

Are you talking about Shin Godzilla in 2016? That was great and there have to be pictures of it online. I saw it in theater in my random flyover state. No idea about the 2022 one.
Shin Ultraman came out this year? That's a Toho movie and Godzilla adjacent.
 

Kirin

Summon for hire
(he/him)
Sorry I meant 2018. I saw Shin, it was great. No, it looked like there were a couple Toho movies that I guess were remakes of some of the old ones, but I don’t have the page up now that I was looking at... lemme see...

Return of Godzilla (2018), remake of a 1984 version
Godzilla: the Kaiju Invasion (2022)
 

Adrenaline

Post Reader
(He/Him)
I just watched Shin Godzilla last night. It ruled. Scariest Godzilla ever. Great Anno depiction of realistic bureaucracy reacting to impossible events.
 

air_show

elementary my dear baxter
I think Shin Godzilla is interesting, but kind of boring. And I absolutely loathe the ugly, slow, dreary, unpleasant nightmare that is the first Godzilla Anime. I can't really motivate myself to watch the newer one because of how god awful that shit was. And I despise every kaiju design I've seen from it.

I really kind of love the American Godzilla trilogy so far. The first one I consider a genuinely great piece of Cinema, while King of the Monsters and Vs. Kong are just really good dumb fun.
 

Daikaiju

Rated Ages 6+
(He, Him)
I think Shin Godzilla is interesting, but kind of boring. And I absolutely loathe the ugly, slow, dreary, unpleasant nightmare that is the first Godzilla Anime. I can't really motivate myself to watch the newer one because of how god awful that shit was. And I despise every kaiju design I've seen from it.

I really kind of love the American Godzilla trilogy so far. The first one I consider a genuinely great piece of Cinema, while King of the Monsters and Vs. Kong are just really good dumb fun.
*fistbump
 

Beta Metroid

At peace
(he/him)
I think Shin Godzilla is interesting, but kind of boring. And I absolutely loathe the ugly, slow, dreary, unpleasant nightmare that is the first Godzilla Anime. I can't really motivate myself to watch the newer one because of how god awful that shit was. And I despise every kaiju design I've seen from it.

I really kind of love the American Godzilla trilogy so far. The first one I consider a genuinely great piece of Cinema, while King of the Monsters and Vs. Kong are just really good dumb fun.
I'm totally on board with thoughts on the Monsterverse and the first Godzilla anime. But I love Shin and Singular Point (which is completely different from the first anime). Also, Kong: Skull Island is a lot of fun, and may be my favorite of that series, despite me definitely being more in Camp Lizard than Monkey.

Anyway, I love how Godzilla can comfortably slide between goofy spectacle and somber social commentary, and it's been great getting helping of both in recent years!
 
Shame you won't give Singular Point a chance based on a project that has nothing to do with it made by completely different people, and because of the monster designs. The last point especially when that's actually a plot point. When Godzilla achieves its final transformation into a much more recognizable form is a really effective goosebumps moment.*

I thought the show was fantastic. I thought it was incredibly faithful and respectful to the franchise, really nailing the feeling of small helpless people fighting forces of nature and triumphing against all odds but only when they've made an attempt to understand the threat. It's a really charming and fun reimagining/modernizing of the of the concept, and also simultaneously making the show a legit really good sci-fi story. Also, I don't know if this will be a selling point to you or the opposite, but Hideo Kojima loves the show, haha.


The stinger at the end teasing Mecha-Godzilla was so good. I just really hope we'll get a sequel one day because it deserves it.
 

Octopus Prime

Mysterious Contraption
(He/Him)
Even setting aside how Godzilla vs Kong was a letdown, the Monsterverse movies are all so fun, just the ideal form of Kaiju movie.

Well, next to Pacific Rim, that’s untouchable.
 

air_show

elementary my dear baxter
Shame you won't give Singular Point a chance based on a project that has nothing to do with it made by completely different people, and because of the monster designs. The last point especially when that's actually a plot point. When Godzilla achieves its final transformation into a much more recognizable form is a really effective goosebumps moment.*

I thought the show was fantastic. I thought it was incredibly faithful and respectful to the franchise, really nailing the feeling of small helpless people fighting forces of nature and triumphing against all odds but only when they've made an attempt to understand the threat. It's a really charming and fun reimagining/modernizing of the of the concept, and also simultaneously making the show a legit really good sci-fi story. Also, I don't know if this will be a selling point to you or the opposite, but Hideo Kojima loves the show, haha.


The stinger at the end teasing Mecha-Godzilla was so good. I just really hope we'll get a sequel one day because it deserves it.
Ooof. You know I went ahead and watched and read the spoilers because I wanted to grasp that they might make me more interested in watching it but... I still just don't like that design. I don't like the big external fangs. I don't like how he opens his mouth unnaturally wide. I don't like how the breath attack is made into this hyper focused beam that takes a million years to charge up. And I don't like this trend of him evolving like a Pokemon either. Godzilla should feel like something ancient and primal and eternal, not a freaky mutant that keeps leveling up to new forms.

And I especially loathe that choppy Anime CG style he's in. I have never ever ever liked that look in anything and to see it overwhelmingly be the direction they've gone in monster and mech designs in general just guts me and breaks my heart, to say nothing of seeing it done to Godzilla. And they did my boy Jet Jaguar fucking DIRTY. I pour one out for the better timeline where he gets animated in beautiful Gurren-Lagann-era Trigger Style and Ultra Kicks Gigan into a star.
 

air_show

elementary my dear baxter
Even setting aside how Godzilla vs Kong was a letdown, the Monsterverse movies are all so fun, just the ideal form of Kaiju movie.

Well, next to Pacific Rim, that’s untouchable.
I like Pacific Rim a good bit but I think it's a little up its own ass for what it is. I would love it if they'd do a soft crossover and just introduce the idea of Jeagers into the MonsterVerse. Jet Jaguar should be one, but should experience an accident where his pilots are killed but he gains autonomy. Autonomous Robot Kaiju are just Better than Piloted Robot Kaiju and I will die on this hill.
 
Ooof. You know I went ahead and watched and read the spoilers because I wanted to grasp that they might make me more interested in watching it but... I still just don't like that design.
I know a large part of the appeal of Kaiju stuff is monsters looking cool and all, but regardless there's a legitimately good Godzilla story here. So if that aesthetic decision is too much for you to get past 🤷‍♂️
 
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