The Kaiju/Monsterverse Thread (Kong & Godzilla)

[BatmanFanatic93]

Umm wow uh thanks for the history lesson joker 

[The Joker]

No problemo.

[BatmanFanatic93]

So joker let me ask you...what was your reaction when you heard legendary picture acquired the rights from toho to produced an american reboot to the godzilla franchise years ago?

[The Joker]

I would say "hopeful" was my initial reaction. Legendary has a pretty decent track record, and I think a big budget Hollywood reboot is essentially what Toho wanted for the big G's 60th anniversary. Provided it's much more faithful than the 1998 effort. Which, I don't think, will be much of an issue. Devlin/Emmerich clearly wanted to re-invent Godzilla with their film, and I believe even stated they were not fans of the franchise, where following interviews with Gareth Edwards, it's clear that he is indeed a fan, and going off the trailer (and MONSTERS), I can say I dig his directorial style as well.

Very optimistic now.

[BatmanFanatic93]

Well my real reaction to the news was like "FINALLY" cause i knew with legendary pictures doing the film along with the help with from warner bros i had high hopes that they would give godzilla the treatment he desperately deserves after 1998 failure & gain wider recognition & respect as one of the greatest monsters of all time.

But if they fail i'm gonna loose fate in humanity as this is the second time my hero is gonna be made outside of japan & made by hollywood so legendary you better not messed up  otherwise your gonna have angry g-fans on your a$$

[The Joker]

I can understand being very apprehensive following what happened with the 1998 TriStar effort, but I truly think Toho had a tighter leash on this production, and wasn't going to go along with such dramatic changes. To be honest, I think alot of folks learned from their mistakes and wasn't looking for a repeat.

Godzilla 1998 is one of those films that actually turned a very healthy profit, but it didn't take too long to see that it wasn't at all creatively satisfying for the people involved. Toho turned out Godzilla 2000 just one year later (it came out in Japan in 1999, 2000 for the States), which was their way of dismissing the Devlin/Emmerich film, and there never was a sequel despite the profits. Largely due to the backlash the film got upon arrival. Which was very much justified.

The Legendary film seems to be hitting the right points with the recent trailer, along with re-establishing Godzilla as a monster that is more of a force of nature. Which is the complete opposite of what we got in 1998, which was much more a Beast of 20,000 Fathoms/monster on the loose than anything resembling what we all know Godzilla should be.

[BatmanFanatic93]

Dang man you sure know how to put down a speech about history & everything  you ever think about writing a novel?I'd bet it'd be a best seller & probably would be made into a movie by peter jackson or someone 

but in all seriousness though the 1998 film did spawn a sequel & it was called godzilla the animated series & i gotta be honest the son was more of a godzilla then his mother was which btw was revealed in the show that first zilla that attacked new york was confirmed to be a female not a male anyways the cartoon is what the movie should have been with zilla acting like godzilla by destroying buildings,fighting the army,& use godzilla's trademark weaponry oh & fighting other giant monsters!  & i agree legendary pictures seems to have everything right but my question is are they gonna do an entire series of godzilla films like toho did or do it how hollywood has done & turn it into a trilogy?

[The Joker]

Oh, I don't mind giving the history lessons, and will give them if you ask for 'em or not. I refer back to "The More You Know" image. 

Never really had thoughts about writing any sort of novel since reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. That pretty much says it all right there. 

I also never considered a animated series, following a live action film, a sequel as I would a spin off at best. As you could imagine if there had actually BEEN a sequel, the chances of the events that transpired during the animated series being in any way acknowledged, would be slim to none.

As far as a trilogy, that's probably going to be the case as far as Gareth Edwards is concerned, as I'm sure he'll want to tackle other projects at some point. Though it certainly could go beyond a third film if the 2014 warrants further sequels. There's a wealth of material from the Showa/Heisei/Millennium eras to take from for sure.

[BatmanFanatic93]

made these in photoshop & happy they came out

[BatmanFanatic93]

Well it's funny you should say that cause the guys who were behind the animated series were the director & producer of zilla 1998 like literally they were also behind the story of each episode so it was like them redeeming themselves & owing the fans for what they did to our hero in the 1998 film also IF they did make a sequel to both the film & animated series back when the show was on they would have mentioning past events from the animated series & 1998 film oh & just a fun little triva back when the movie was released in 98 sony was already planning to make a trilogy based on zilla & the enemies that were gonna be in the sequels from i remember was mothra & cyber-zilla aka mechagodzilla 

& as for Gareth Edwards if he doesn't plan to make sequels after his first film i wouldn't mind letting someon else taking the lead in directing godzilla sequels however i just hope michael bay doesn't get involved...i have nothing against the guy but when watching his transformers movies which i love btw despite their flaws i just wished he'd focus mostly on the autobots & the decepticons rather then the goofy humans anyways anyone except him is fine just as long they're godzilla fans....buuuut i really hope peter jackson & gareth will work together in a certain sequel that would be greatest sequel to our americanized hero.