The Kaiju/Monsterverse Thread (Kong & Godzilla)

[The Joker]

You may be giving Devlin/Emmerich more credit than what is actually deserved. As I've read stories that, unlike Devlin/Emmerich, who didn't understand the appeal of the old Godzilla films, and had zero interest in honoring almost everything that had came before, there were indeed some fans of Godzilla on the staff for the animated series. One being story editor Bob Skir (who co-wrote the 1st episode).

The fact that GODZILLA: THE SERIES was a cartoon spin-off from the movie, and therefore had to use the look of the monster from the film, was understandable, but from what I understand, Bob had Zilla (or Godzilla if you will) using the 'ol radioactive breath, to which, and not surprisingly, Dean Devlin objected to. Bob refused to take out the radioactive breath since Godzilla always has had it and therefore fans would naturally expect to see it. Devlin relented only because Bob stood his ground. Clearly, a example of one guy "getting" Godzilla and the other one ... not so much.   

Though I have to give props to Dean Devlin for atleast owning up to the failure of the 1998. Stating the problem was largely the script. Something of which he spoke about back in 2011.

[The Joker]

Leaked Godzilla Toy/Book set that's due out in March/April.

Apparently it's going to run around $10.

[BatmanFanatic93]

*sighs*once again joker you put me in my place 
& as for the toy i already seen it weeks ago but thought it was fake but to my surprise it's the real deal however the only problem i have with it is godzillas feet...i mean damn.

[The Joker]

*sighs*once again joker you put me in my place 
& as for the toy i already seen it weeks ago but thought it was fake but to my surprise it's the real deal however the only problem i have with it is godzillas feet...i mean damn.

It's cool you're passionate about the animated series. That's one series that sincerely needs to be put on DVD, and not in "Best Of" collections, but the ENTIRE/COMPLETE series. Hopefully that, along with a proper Godzilla 1985 release, along with some re-issued Godzilla films from the Showa/Heisei eras (some I think are OOP and are getting expensive), will come about around the time Legendary's film is released.

Or at the very least, especially if it's successful, around the DVD/Blu Ray release.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to think about the feet either .... I think the back dorsal plates seemed kinda scaled down as well from what I remember from the trailer ... though it does appear that Godzilla will be retaining the Toho thunder thighs ... probably not the most detailed toy we're going to see for sure. 

[BatmanFanatic93]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChYg2wYDwFg&list=FLSuPogjSvr2WcoFhdi_QCUw&index=365

[The Joker]

I always got a kick out of Minya/Minilla. 

Just for fun, here's a rare poster featuring Godzilla's son taking the title of what is otherwise known as "Godzilla's Revenge", or "All Monsters Attack". Apparently, it's unknown how many theaters showed the film with the MINYA title, but it's assumed to have had a very, very limited number of showings.

Notice the Big G's son blowing smoke rings in front of the kid. Show off.

[BatmanFanatic93]

Hey joker sorry for not being on for past few weeks i uh...been kinda busy anyways great find on the minya poster
i swear i never knew the little dude was famous enough to get his poster without his daddy then again this was back in the 70s right?So minya could have been popular at that time.

Ooooh come on i bet the kid could do something just as awesome like ummmm burp his abc's?Oooooor i dunno something.XD

Btw joker i need to ask you something cause this has been bothering me ever since legendary picture annouced that godzilla would be fighting 2 monster a spider known by fans as muto & the giant Centipede which has yet to be named i find myself questioning is godzilla in the 2014 film gonna be a hero or be a villain like he was in the early heisei films I.E Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah & Godzilla & Mothra : Battle for earth where he was still the baddie but also battled other monsters who were villains as well? 

Oh & btw what do you think of the idea centipede from being one of bagan's forms?

Since bagan in his early stages can shapeshift at will all we can know is that maybe the centipede in the movie could bagan just cleverly disguised as a bug but in the final he reveals his true form kinda like how the ufo from godzilla 2000 transformed into orga. 

[The Joker]

Hey joker sorry for not being on for past few weeks i uh...been kinda busy anyways great find on the minya poster
i swear i never knew the little dude was famous enough to get his poster without his daddy then again this was back in the 70s right?So minya could have been popular at that time.

Ooooh come on i bet the kid could do something just as awesome like ummmm burp his abc's?Oooooor i dunno something.XD

No problem. I haven't been on alot either as of late. Been working alot of double shifts, and just haven't had any time ....

Yeah, the interesting thing about that MINYA poster, was this would have been after SON OF GODZILLA. Which makes the whole thing pretty redundant since all that's going on is the name MINYA being slapped on above the SON OF GODZILLA title once again. Very understandable why they chose to ditch that title, despite the little tyke playing a large role in the film itself. However, a title like GODZILLA'S REVENGE is even more perplexing since it's not at all a revenge type story, and largely one with lots and lots of stock footage.

But hey, Godzilla was renamed Gigantis at one point, so how surprised can anyone be at odd Godzilla film titles, right?     

Btw joker i need to ask you something cause this has been bothering me ever since legendary picture annouced that godzilla would be fighting 2 monster a spider known by fans as muto & the giant Centipede which has yet to be named i find myself questioning is godzilla in the 2014 film gonna be a hero or be a villain like he was in the early heisei films I.E Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah & Godzilla & Mothra : Battle for earth where he was still the baddie but also battled other monsters who were villains as well? 

From what I understand, they are going for more of a Heisei Godzilla approach.

Oh & btw what do you think of the idea centipede from being one of bagan's forms?

Since bagan in his early stages can shapeshift at will all we can know is that maybe the centipede in the movie could bagan just cleverly disguised as a bug but in the final he reveals his true form kinda like how the ufo from godzilla 2000 transformed into orga. 

Could work I guess. Sure.

[BatmanFanatic93]

Yeah i guess however i was pissed when i got godzilla raids again both english & japanese dub in 1 disc mainly cause how the us dub changed the title & try to make godzila a different monster with anguirus roars however despite that little mess up i did enjoy the film somewhat mainly cause this was the godzilla first film where godzilla fought another monster who was his buddy anguirus...who he killed...burtally....with blood on his teeth...& burnt the corpse  but thank goodness he resurrected himself in later sequels with no grudge against his good pal godzilla oh btw which reminds from what i heard the reason godzilla & anguirus hated each other in the film is because anguirus said something about godzilla's mother & got pissed...crazy huh? XD


Hey joker another question have you ever played any godzilla games?

[The Joker]

Yeah i guess however i was pissed when i got godzilla raids again both english & japanese dub in 1 disc mainly cause how the us dub changed the title & try to make godzila a different monster with anguirus roars however despite that little mess up i did enjoy the film somewhat mainly cause this was the godzilla first film where godzilla fought another monster who was his buddy anguirus...who he killed...burtally....with blood on his teeth...& burnt the corpse  but thank goodness he resurrected himself in later sequels with no grudge against his good pal godzilla oh btw which reminds from what i heard the reason godzilla & anguirus hated each other in the film is because anguirus said something about godzilla's mother & got pissed...crazy huh? XD

Oh, sure. The audio mix ups with the roars in GRA/Gigantis is headache-inducing for hardcore Godzilla fans, but I agree it's fun for what it is. I think there's also a theory that the Anguirus that appears latter is more or less the twin to the one featured in GRA. Much like how the Godzilla that appears in the second film, ends up being THE Godzilla for the remainder of the Showa era, rather than the original 1954 Godzilla. Which I guess is understandable, since that Godzilla was killed off in a rather definitive way.

I remember reading  that during the Heisei era, there were plans for Godzilla to tackle the original 1954 Godzilla in a "vs. Ghost Godzilla" film, but following MechaGodzilla, and Space-Godzilla, Toho decided for a different approach. Though later in the Millennium series, there was the Kiryu-MechaGodzilla. Which was a mecha built around the bones of the 1954 Godzilla. So the idea wasn't completely scrapped, but you may already know all of that.

Hey joker another question have you ever played any godzilla games?

I'm honestly not a big gamer. Truthfully, the only Godzilla game I remember playing is the old NES game.