Godzilla & Kaiju Thread!

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Gonna post some of my Godzilla reviews to start us off...

    Godzilla 2000 - Millennium (1999)

    Pros
    > Genuinely unique villain monster.
    > Solid grounded Godzilla vs military scenes. Good use of real tank footage.
    > Very good score.
    > Family was likable & the kid wasn't annoying.
    > Odd but comfy tone related to the mysteriousness of the alien.
    > Fantastic extended opening Godzilla attack.
    > While there was some issues with his size fluctuating, more than almost any other non CGI movie in the franchise, this film did a great Job of inserting Godzilla into the distance of real shots.
    > Great Godzilla suit & a very fresh redesign that notably contrast with the heisei suits while still feeling very G.
    > The American Cut's editing, pacing & sound is universally agreed to be better than the Japanese cut.

    Not any full cons of note I can think of. Some nitpicks.
    > Orga's claws are overly clunky and don't open or function.
    > Godzilla'a restraint when being genuinely hurt by the missiles got kinda absurd, just blast them already.
    > Some of the American dialogue/dub/voices are hokey/silly but never harmfully so.

    FRICK the mother fricking argogant wienersucker who refused to make the direct American sequel with the lava bat monster in Hawaii with Bruce Campbell, Spock & Christoper Lee all because he made Spider-Man bucks & Godzilla was now beneath him.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Not any full cons
      how about having the only outright boring final fight in the series

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Saw this in theaters back in 2000. It was a major disappointment for me coming after the Heisei era.
      The suit's concept is good but its execution is naff. Compared to the Heisei suits it looks very foamy and inorganic. The lack of an animatronic Godzilla head for close-ups is also a major drawback that plagued the Millennium era.
      The story is okay but the UFO is far more interesting than Orga, who is basically a rehash of Biollante, right down to the tendrils and its goal of transforming into a clone of Godzilla. But Biollante had a far-better execution and origin story.
      Overall G2K is an "okay" Godzilla movie for me. It has the heart but not the execution. At least it's not as incompetent as the follow-up or as shameless as Final Wars.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It was a major disappointment for me coming after the Heisei era.
        Sorry man.

        >The lack of an animatronic Godzilla head for close-ups is also a major drawback that plagued the Millennium era.
        Eh I think the GMK suit head was better than any of those puppets.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Those animatronics could bring out so much emotion. After Heisei Toho sometimes had problems with adding characters to their creations. It made a return with Final Wars and I'm glad they're still using that suit for their short films and FW Goji is still given a lot of personality.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Legit looks like a jim henson animatronic

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Is this an insult or a compliment

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It's always going to be my favorite G movie. I was hyped when I found out it was coming out in Japan and even more when It got an American release. Best Godzilla suite too. Maybe not the best as far as G movies go, but its a fun stand alone flick that doesn't take its self too seriously. Even pays a little homage to the older alien movies. All while subtly trolling Emmerich

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Oh right. Well the entire Millennium series is an unplanned bonus series we got because of Emmerich. And I like those movies individually (well aside from the first two) but the series itself lacked direction.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
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    Anonymous
  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Godzilla vs The Smog Monster ()

    PROS
    > Film has a actual serious message for the first time since Gojira.
    > Tonally inconsistent but largely more serious & unnerving than the following 3 films.
    > Hedorah has among the most unique & cool origins & abilities of the series.
    > Scene of Hedorah first coming ashore is very surreal & moody.
    > A good amount of monster screentime.
    > The most brutal graphic human deaths of the franchise with the results of the acid mist.
    > Decent score.
    > Kid is actually decent.

    CONS
    > Godzilla flying.
    > Final battle drags on too long.
    > Weak to Poor Godzilla suit.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Hedorah's design is so bizarre

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      this movie is god damn kino. i'm going to learn video editing so i can snip out the flying godzilla part and make it a 10/10

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >con
      >godzilla flying

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Some small drama happening recently I'd gladly take a break from it by simply watching the movies instead.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      GNA is ok as far as Japanese artists are concerned but he's often boring. It's rare to get more than a simple badass full body portrait inspired by one of the films. But his colors are nice.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Also rewatching those Gamera movies. First time since forever and I feel like I want to be 100% honest about this sacred cow.
        So far I must say I'm not a fan of scene transition and although Higuchi did better than Kawakita did with Heisei Godzilla that had higher budget...he didn't have to be such a dick about the man's work because it's not like effects in his movies are flawless all the time.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          for me it's 2 > 1 >> 3

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I remember probably liking 2 or maybe 3 the best even though Gamera is barely in 3 and he's so vicious in that one killing more people on "accident" than any malicious monster I can think of. But I liked his part in the story and the human cast.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              i didn't like all the cgi in 3 and also the ending feels like an anime. meanwhile 1 & 2 are two of my favorite action movies in general

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Gamera 3 failed in the monster fights department despite having some of the best practical shots in the genre

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            The aerial fight was fantastic.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Not really

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Gamera 3 failed in the monster fights department
            It's almost like the movie is about something else and highly praised for it as well.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              The problem is that the big sequence the film is building up to, Gamera vs Iris, is a sluggish letdown that has no choreography and is interrupted every 5 seconds.
              Godzilla vs Destroyah is a better movie solely because the monster fight that the movie builds up to actually fricking happens, has pacing, and wasn't just an afterthought.
              I wanted to see Gamera and Iris absolutely go at it in a vicious, apocalyptic confrontation and kill thousands of people as collateral in order to hammer home the themes of the movie more, not just see Iris shove Gamera into a building while stabbing him repeatedly. It's like the Planet Eater "Fight" but worse because it's way more well-written and therefore the expectations are higher.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Godzilla vs Destroyah is a better movie
                Lol.
                >I wanted to see Gamera and Iris absolutely go at it in a vicious, apocalyptic confrontation and kill thousands of people
                Kinda ironic to say this in a kaiju thread but you're literally too immature for the movie.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I like the action in those movies. Better practical effects than in Heisei Godzilla I also hate bringing up Heisei Godzilla and it only spotlights that Gamera will never get out of his shadow but Higuchi himself was a fick to Kawakita, doesn't mean Gamera doesn't have moments where the effects don't look great the three part structure also makes it a better told story. On the other hand in Godzilla's second series the music is better and the monsters have better stories and arcs and personalities. Gamera is not as engaging as Godzilla.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              You mean copying a "Kids thinks giant hero bad because parents killed in collateral damage" plot from a 70s Ultraman episode that incidentally involved him fighting giant turtles?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Well Gamera is not a very original or deep creation why would the 90s trilogy be any different? Its appeal is that it's simple and enjoyable enough with decent action. When it tried to make some environmental message in the first movie it was so half-assed I think they realized it in time and didn't bring it up for the rest of the movie. The trilogy also copied ideas from Rossio's script for the Jan de Bont movie that never got made. But I don't blame anyone

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >something shares a similar theme with complete different execution
                >ItS a CoPY!
                Imagine being this much of a brainlet failing to differentiate.
                Even funnier when it's still the most engaging theme these movies managed to come up with, with nine out of ten themes in other genre entries others being generic background noise so men in rubber suits can roll around miniature sets.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It probably will. Kaneko likes the script and he's a Gamera man (yeah he did direct GMK but he simply doesn't understand Godzilla). I don't know if it's confirmed to be 3D. I'm guessing it will be more popular than either of the two attempts at Godzilla anime because it won't be as experimental and will actually care about the title monster (Godzilla as a destructive divine force of nature fricking sucks and is a dead end in the long run and no G'54 wasn't that). But judging from the way everything went back to normal after the initial explosion of happiness after such a long hiatus it won't beat the incoming live action Godzilla projects.

          Gamera trilogy is better than Heisei Godzilla in some departments and in some Heisei Godzilla is better. It's not a clear cut black and white case. I'm not going to treat this as some kind of sacred cow.

          Stop copy pasting your comments. Nobody gives a frick you autist

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)

    Pros!
    > IMO the single best G suit of the franchise.
    > Ghidorah & MKG look great.
    > The final Tokyo set is among the best of the series.
    > Battles are all very good.
    > Great score.
    > Shendo is among the best human characters of the series & gives possibly the biggest 2 emotional beats.
    > The fleshed out origin for G (pre-time travel) is solid.
    > The time travel plot is very inventive & unique for the franchise.
    > Film felt/looks sleek & modern.
    > Miki returns & we see how she has grown out of the youthful shy shell she had in vs Bio.
    > The UFO prop is well crafted & detailed.

    Cons!
    > The resultant effects (or lack thereof) of changing history are incoherent/unexplained.
    > I'm fine with the overall Japanese nationalist message but the campy caricature of the WW2 American army personal & their dialogue is hyper cringy/grating.
    > The Dorats look like cheap toys.
    > The time travel villains are just kinda off & weakly performed. The leader gets a few decent lines but that is it.
    > The ginger Terminator was semi cringe.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Who are your favorite kaiju? Besides Godzilla.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Destoroyah for sure!

      Also, anyone know a good repository/link to download old kaiju movies? I have a few (incl. Final Wars) on Blu-Ray but I feel like watching godzilla vs destoroyah tonight, just not in potato quality

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995) - SPOILERS!!!

    Pros!
    > Fantastic score.
    > G's death is extremely well done.
    > Burning G's suit is largely great (especially the head/neck)
    > Godzilla Jr's suit was fairly good.
    > I really like them bringing back a SuperX & Kuroki.
    > Final battle is largely good & brutal.
    > Destroyah's origin & connection to Gojira is solid mythos.
    > Miki being given more to do than in most of the 90s films.
    > Most of Destroyah's designs are flawed but good IMO. Head is great. His purely flying form is great & a scene of it dog fighting the SuperX3 would have been awesome.
    > I actually like the Aliens-homage/ripoff scene of the swat teams fighting the crab Destroyahs. The scale to life animatronics for them in these scenes are solid.

    Cons!
    > The secondary psychic chick was redundant and took time away from Miki.
    > The main young male character was also redundant & him fawning over Miki in his introductory scene was cringy.
    > The final Destroyah suit is too bulky for it's own good, arms too small.
    > The smallest props/puppets for the crab Destroyers are cheap looking, thankfully it's only glaring in the scene with the masers blasting them in the day (in the scene with them crawling all over G, the night time lighting hides it)

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      this movie has a lot of faults but the ending is so moving it's hard not to overlook them. other than the original Gojira it's the only one that's gotten a strong emotional response out of me

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Don't forget
      >Gigan Rex was retconned into being a sequel to it
      >Final wars was first drafted as a DAM-style sequel to it

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I want a megalon vs moguera movie

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You're getting Mothra vs... Titanosaurus. Ok I hope he won't be totally evil because he's not meant to be but the description made it sound so lame. Seriously that young readers miniseries is better.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Battle of the drills

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    About to watch Godzilla Raids Again.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I liked Millie in KOTM but I wish her character had more to do. I would have liked to see her be the Miki Saegusa of the Monsterverse, that would have been neat.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I don't think she'll appear ever again. Shame because this Godzilla deserves a cheerleader. Someone human representative who will take his side after Serizawa's death. Especially since Wingard will probably do everything to make people like Kong more again.
      I'm not surprised Ice Cube's son is developing a sequel series ignoring GVK. They're serious about it too but no way it's happening.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Shame because this Godzilla deserves a cheerleader. Someone human representative who will take his side after Serizawa's death. Especially since Wingard will probably do everything to make people like Kong more again.
        This. I'm really worried the next one is going to be an even more unbalanced Kong wankfest and they had a perfect counterbalance to it with Madison. Although yeah, I don't think she'd want to come back to Godzilla. Apparently she's producing her own movies now with more teen girl appeal than Godzilla will ever have.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Millie is done

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Wait Godzilla&Kong will ignore Godzilla vs Kong??

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          No, Ice Cube's son was in King of the Monsters. He's a Godzilla nut and together with a few guys, including someone from Toho Kingdom, developed a script and concept for a series that for some reason ignores GVK but it's just a fan project that they want to be developed by Legendary. It's almost certainly not happening though.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >tfw you just became a Godzilla fan around 2004 and for a decade the only new material you get are youtube music videos with We're All To Blame

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      There's nothing you can do to make Gigan's mom not official. There's no fanart or animation or whatever else fans make that's too weird now if Toho itself does it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Gigan's mom was in the live Godziban puppet show held at the Godzilla Fest event earlier this month.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        what has japan done
        they gave the edgelord an edgemom

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I literally just got done watching the original Godzilla for the first time, stop getting inside my head. Something very comfy about the scenes with Godzilla in it. Are the other films more centered around destruction rather than story?
    I don’t know why but I’m craving cheesy monster movies.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The comfy side of that world is a fact but of course it's mostly under surface. It's there, we know the monsters are characters, they can have complex personalities and relationships but it's not the focus. They are still action films but I like the freedom to imagine what it might be like. Occassionally we get a glimpse of what the monsters are thinking like in the very famous and contested scene in Ghidorah - The Three-Headed Monster where we actuall learn the POV and opinions of Godzilla (and Rodan and Mothra too). Is it cheesy? Yeah but also very special and rare, made the series what it is today.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I definitely like Godzilla who has a life outside of what we see. In several series that are long enough he's got an arc. Usually starting as angry and bitter and finding purpose later on. It's the recent series that subverted it a little and instead of a single event shaping Godzilla's life it's more like his experience and longevity put a mark on him and it's a subversion done right.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Are the other films more centered around destruction rather than story?
      >I don’t know why but I’m craving cheesy monster movies.
      Depends on the film. But most of the 60s/70s films aren't destruction focused. Godzilla becomes a good guy in them.

      Then in the 80s the series reboots and goes back to being serious.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      HOW?
      O
      W
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  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    My current to watch list
    >vs Destoroyah
    >Against Mechagodzilla
    >The one where Hedorah appears
    >Final Wars

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >vs Destoroyah
      Oh this one. Before I watch it I always prepare myself mentally. Of course it's not misery porn, it has elements known in all of the movies but it definitely benefits from watching the previous movies from that series to see how Godzilla's character developed (accidently because the series was only prolonged due to delays with the TriStar movie) it's almost entirely cynical with a small ray of hope. Such a ballsy conclusion that most series wouldn't dare to have. It affected me greatly last time I watched it more than ever before even though it's a flawed film but I think I know why.

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Ok so basically Kaneko gets Gamera more than Godzilla (even though I like GMK but he doesn't understand him simple as). Still not a fan of transitions just like I'm not a fan of people comparing this to Heisei Godzilla. Even when it's meant to be a compliment it's clear Gamera won't escape his shadow. For the record 90s Gamera looks better compared to its budget and has a tighter script and sometimes better human characters but Heisei Godzilla had better music and better arc/characterization for the main monster. So I think both had their strenghts.
    Ok I'm not giving it a full review. It's clear this movie was heavily influenced by the discarded American Godzilla script by Terry Rossio and the monster remains a hero. It took Toho much longer to get that you can make Godzilla heroic and still make it updated for modern audience so it doesn't feel out of touch like it came straight from the 70s.
    Anyway I remember the most badass scene of the trilogy appears in the second movie so can't wait to watch it tomorrow. It's a solid self-contained monster movie. No need to overhype it. Not sure about the score. 7.5 maybe 8. If we're judging it using the "monster movie" metric the definitely higher. No serious flaws, just some nitpicks about some artistic choices and maybe some composite shots (seriously why was Higuchi such a dick to Kawakita if his work wasn't flawless either?).

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Heisei Gamera was making about half of what Heisei Godzilla was making at the box office maybe that's why there were only three movies or maybe that was the plan from the start but it gives the series a nice three act structure.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Heisei Gamera was making about half of what Heisei Godzilla was making at the box office
        I don't remember if it was Legion or Iris, but one of those smoked the Godzilla movie released at the same time at the Jap box office

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          They were all released after the Godzilla series was done. They got better reviews but they weren't equally as popular at the box office. Remember after Godzilla vs. Biollante they went back to the drawing board.
          Forgive possible small deviations due to inflation
          >The Return of Godzilla (1984)
          ¥1.7 billion
          >Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
          ¥1.04 billion
          >Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
          ¥1.45 billion
          >Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
          ¥2.22 billion
          >Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993)
          ¥1.87 billion
          >Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla (1994)
          ¥1.65 billion
          >Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
          ¥2 billion
          >Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
          ¥520 million
          >Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
          ¥700 million
          >Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
          ¥600 million

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            For completion sake here's Millennium

            >Godzilla 2000 (1999)
            ¥1.65 billion
            >Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
            ¥1.2 billion
            >Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
            ¥2.71 billion
            >Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
            ¥1.91 billion
            >Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (2003)
            ¥1.3 billion
            >Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
            ¥1.2 billion
            >Gamera the Brave (2006)
            ¥410 million

            I'm surprised Final Wars did as much but the budget was huge so it was still a failure.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              They were all released after the Godzilla series was done. They got better reviews but they weren't equally as popular at the box office. Remember after Godzilla vs. Biollante they went back to the drawing board.
              Forgive possible small deviations due to inflation
              >The Return of Godzilla (1984)
              ¥1.7 billion
              >Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
              ¥1.04 billion
              >Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
              ¥1.45 billion
              >Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
              ¥2.22 billion
              >Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993)
              ¥1.87 billion
              >Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla (1994)
              ¥1.65 billion
              >Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
              ¥2 billion
              >Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
              ¥520 million
              >Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
              ¥700 million
              >Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
              ¥600 million

              I'm sure your numbers are sound but I swear I read a source about one of those 90s Gamera movies, outperforming the Godzilla movie at the time at the box office.
              And it was a solid source with screencaps of the newspaper clips.

              But it's been so long I don't even know where it was.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Just copied it from wiki. The only time two series coexisted was in the 60s and 70s. I'll check if we have the numbers for those movies. In general it's strange that Daiei/Kadokawa was so afraid to go head to head with Godzilla. Of course Gamera never had the same brand recognition but they waited too long to release Gamera the Brave. People were shocked that the 90s Gamera movies were actually quite good but completely ignored Gamera the Brave which I think is on that level except it took a different approach.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Gamera the Brave which I think is on that level
                Ehh the kid centric story and themes aren't really on par with the trilogy which is why the movie is often left out.

                I'd say it's the reason why it's not on the same level of the trilogy which has a broader appeal.
                Which is why it made about a third of what Guardian and Legion made at the Japanese box office, and an eighth of what Iris made.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Maybe I'll rewatch The Brave after I'm done with the trilogy. So far I haven't changed my opinion about that I still think they're very solid examples of their genre and of course will be the blueprint for the new series whenever it arrives. I felt it might be the different tone that I felt might be the appeal of Gamera the Brave. It tried to updated the first series rather than actually copy Kaneko's success. And I liked how the kid's motivation was to prevent Gamera from committing suicide.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                One thing that Gamera has over Godzilla is that Godzilla has zero villains with a long chameleon-like tongue and Gamera has two. It's such bullshit.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Oh don't get me wrong, Brave is a solid Kaiju flick.
                I just don't think it's on the same level. And I think the reception underlines that.

                But to be fair, the 90s trilogy may have been lightning in a bottle anyway. It remains to be seen if the franchise can connect to it quality wise.
                Which is something Godzilla always managed to do. Whether you like (certain era) or not, at least they've been fairly consistent throughout the eras. Sure some are better or worse, but generally you get what you come for.

                Which is why I hope Gamera 2023 will connect with the 90s trilogy quality or at least thematically, to establish something similar.

                You're such a fricking fake holy shit. And I don't get the appeal of visiting threads about things you don't watch and fishing for reaction. I can imagine being this bored.

                More like a fake poster, a baiter. Most threads have no tourists in them and the discussion is just fine in fact that what we were having here until two hours ago. And it started because in /hor/ we had such a great discussion too and someone was going through the movies for the first time. Now it's just to get this over the bump limit already.

                Literal schizo poster.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The environmental message is kind of...there. I didn't get it to be honest. When Gamera was first created it was like Godzilla sans depth. It doesn't offer alternative it's nice and familiar which is why most people love both. 90s Gamera gave it more meaning but I still think Gamera feels more at home with more personal stories like in Gamera the Brave.

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Gonna crosspost my thoughts on Godzilla Raids Again so far here.

    [...]

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm going to bed really soon, not gonna be around to keep this thread alive but /hor/ has a better chance of making it even if focusing on one topic may be a bit much for some people but it's not like these threads have been very busy lately.

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

    IMO the best of the series.

    PROS
    > Dr Shiragami is among the best human characters of the series.
    > Miki Saegusa is also & she is introduced here, although she isn't given as much depth as Shiragami.
    > Kuroki & sss9 are iconic & cool.
    > Really damn good effects. Biollante's final form is stunning in it's dripping slippery looking glory.
    > Great G suit especially in the face (suit is a prototype for the more sinister & muscular gvskg suit which IMO is the best suit of the series)
    > Goes back to the original Gojira & Hedorah & gives us a actual message with it's warnings against genetic engineering + bio weapons.
    > Biollante has one of the most in depth origins for any Godzilla foe.
    > Like 1985, really solid military stuff & quality city sets. And continues the largely dead serious tone.
    > Solid score.

    SUBJECTIVE PRO OR CON
    > IMO a solid & logical geopolitical spy subplot but I have seen some people mock it inexplicably.
    > The spiritual aspect of the film IMO is subtle enough to not conflict with the otherwise grounded rest of the film.
    > Miki attacking Godzilla with her psychic abilities I could see how it would seem outlandish to some people but I am fine with it.

    CONS
    > Biollante's stiffness & lack of arms limits the battles only slightly.
    > Final battle could have been just a bit longer.

    MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
    > I would have kept in the deleted stop motion clips, just slowed down Godzilla's movements so he didn't seem too agile compared to the suit.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >IMO the best of the series.
      Agreed. GvB is sublime.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Didn't list the excruciatingly awkward english dialog as a con
      The fricked up english makes first time viewers turn the film off
      I dunno why they couldn't just get english speaking actors, Toho still had a good relationship with Hollywood in 1989.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This one will always stand out because it was the only Heisei movie we could get in the West for the longest time. I can still remember watching it as a young child and being blown away by the effects. I can't even remember if I watched it before or after the 1998 American one. Sadly, it doesn't match up to how I remember it, but it's still really good.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      That movie is so fricking bad.
      I almost fell asleep three times, and it's so full of nonsensical logic errors and hilariously bad characters and dialogue.
      Then I went on to vs King Ghidorah and turned it off halfway through.

      Never ever meme me into watching trash again you frickers.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Then I went on to vs King Ghidorah and turned it off halfway through.
        I actually watched that one with some friends the other week.
        I've never felt so embarrassed in my entire life when the old soldier looked at Godzilla and nodded at it, with Godzilla seemingly shedding a tear as well, before blasting the building.
        I could feel their glances at each other.
        I really didn't remember that part, or that the movie was as bad as it was in general.
        >c-movie tier story about Japan being the best country in the world
        >shitty fast man slow motion effects
        >budget terminator
        >ONE DAY YOU'LL TELL YOUR SON ABOUT THIS MAJOR SPIELBERG
        Needless to say, I won't be picking any movies I remember from my childhood for movie night in quite some time.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          vs Ghidorah is a horrible mess, i can't believe anyone ever ranks it above any of the other Heisei movies

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Tbf none of the movies are actually good. We all just like (some of) them because we grew up with them.

            Therefore I can see why some people would even rate vs Ghidorah highly.
            >inb4 [insert movie] is objectively good Well I disagree.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              You're such a fricking fake holy shit. And I don't get the appeal of visiting threads about things you don't watch and fishing for reaction. I can imagine being this bored.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                ????
                Are you certain you're replying to the right person? I've been in this thread since pretty much the beginning.

                I've also literally said that people rate these movies highly for different reasons which is fair.
                I'm sorry that my opinion, that none of them, despite loving some of them myself, are objectively good movies, triggered you so much.

                We both may even love the same movies. So I really don't get your reaction.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >You're such a fricking fake holy shit.
                Lmao imagine calling someone a fake godzilla fan unironically

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                More like a fake poster, a baiter. Most threads have no tourists in them and the discussion is just fine in fact that what we were having here until two hours ago. And it started because in /hor/ we had such a great discussion too and someone was going through the movies for the first time. Now it's just to get this over the bump limit already.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Now it's just to get this over the bump limit already.
                Lmao imagine being so cucked by someone with a different opinion you get so scared you want the thread to die

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Don't be so fricking desperate. If that sperging that started a few hours ago something other than just bait from someone who just spends time talking about things he never watched or liked, although someone already admitted that it's pretty much the case, then the thread still run its course. We had a nice discussion, then tourists appeared, the thread wasn't that busy at that point anyway.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >everybody who doesn't like what I like is a tourist
                Lmao imagine being so utterly mindbroken by your own insecurity

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Well too bad this thread wasn't with the intention of being about things you dislike. We get enough people who are just starting with these movies or the genre if someone doesn't like them what are we supposed to babysit them? I don't know what the frick you like but go there I guess.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Well too bad this thread wasn't with the intention of being about things you dislike
                >how dare you say something negative in an open discourse pls go away!!!
                Lmaoing @ your insecurity

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                How about instead of crying over some anon, you actually discuss the things you wanna discuss you fricking moron?

                I swear newbies will never learn how to hide or just ignore posts...

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                More like a fake poster, a baiter. Most threads have no tourists in them and the discussion is just fine in fact that what we were having here until two hours ago. And it started because in /hor/ we had such a great discussion too and someone was going through the movies for the first time. Now it's just to get this over the bump limit already.

                Don't be so fricking desperate. If that sperging that started a few hours ago something other than just bait from someone who just spends time talking about things he never watched or liked, although someone already admitted that it's pretty much the case, then the thread still run its course. We had a nice discussion, then tourists appeared, the thread wasn't that busy at that point anyway.

                Well too bad this thread wasn't with the intention of being about things you dislike. We get enough people who are just starting with these movies or the genre if someone doesn't like them what are we supposed to babysit them? I don't know what the frick you like but go there I guess.

                Literally the only one derailing the thread is you.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I didn't grow up watching Godzilla and I love the Heisei series.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                How dare you. Me too. In my days in my country we didn't have access to these movies. Years later thanks to the advances in P2P software and availability online in full on various websites I watched all the American and Asian sci fi and other genre movies, maybe not in one go, but I spent some time on various marathons.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I didn't grow up watching Godzilla and I love the Heisei series.

                nta but I don't believe both of you.
                there's no way a functioning adult sees men wrestle each other in latex suits going "yes I love this!" unless you're either on the spectrum or flat out a closeted gay man

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >inb4 [insert movie] is objectively good Well I disagree.
              The first one is objectively good.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Actually you're right. 54 is objectively a great post ww2 movie, done on a very unique way.

                But you really have to see it from the outside looking in.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          vs Ghidorah is a horrible mess, i can't believe anyone ever ranks it above any of the other Heisei movies

          I recently had that experience with Destoroyah aka my favourite as a kid.

          Tbf none of the movies are actually good. We all just like (some of) them because we grew up with them.

          Therefore I can see why some people would even rate vs Ghidorah highly.
          >inb4 [insert movie] is objectively good Well I disagree.

          And now I'm actually scared to revisit the others because it made me think like this too. For over ten years I held that nostalgia up.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I'm not sad to say this is a very rare experience and I can't sympathize. Although every time I rewatch these movies my list changes and sometimes I see something I didn't notice before.

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    for me it's gorosaurus

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Nice.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Redpill me on this guy

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >can do a kangaroo kick
        >broke Ghidorah's back in Destroy All Monsters
        >can also tunnel somehow
        >fricks Mothra

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah he was definitely immortalized by breaking Ghidorah's neck
          >Mothra
          that's a dangerous heresy

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Does anyone have a godzilla tiermaker kind of thing with all the mainline media?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      just go to tiermaker there's a hundred of them

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Hakaiju desperately needs a dedicated anime adaptation.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Monkeys paw scenario, mappa

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      i will not watch kaiju anime

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Why not?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Alright then, don’t. Maybe other people will

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What are the most violent kaiju films? I'm talking blood and guts

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Most classic Showa, surprisingly
      Ultra Man especially

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous
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          Anonymous
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            Anonymous
            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I mean crap man, look at that!

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          holy kino

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Ultra man got gory after Tsuburaya died since he was never a fan of gore in his products, at least in large doses. Is why Godzilla vs Gigan and later ultraman series became super gorey as a result

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If this is "one of the worst" in the series then there must be a lot of great Godzilla films, it wasn't bad at all. Some flaws but still a fun time.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Honestly man there are very few bad ones (James Bond is the same way IMO)

      Even the universally agreed to be worst film (ignoring the controversial anime trilogy) Godzilla's Revenge (mostly a clip show of footage from old films) works fine as a young kids movie.

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >the real GOAT enters the thread

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      he's too kino to only have one appearance

  26. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    PLEASE VOTE!
    THANKS!

    > FAVORITE MECHAGODZILLA DESIGN?
    https://strawpoll.com/81evfdzkp

    > FAVORITE MECHAGODZILLA FILM?
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    > RATE GODZILLA - KOTM (2019)
    https://strawpoll.com/polls/BJnX4a67Ynv

    > RATE GODZILLA VS KONG (2021)
    https://strawpoll.com/f35uakd6y

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      vs Mechagodzilla (showa)
      Terror of Mechagodzilla
      shit
      shit

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Kiryu = MG1 > MG2 >>> Legendary >>>>> Clusterfrick Ant

  27. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I watched the Gigan short and I gotta say
    I dunno if I'm excited for the 2023 Godzilla film from toho.

  28. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Faith is rewarded.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Are there two more like that for the other movies?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Ok I found the artist. It's a stand alone. Strange because other than Matt Frank's covers for the Arrow release I can't find any fanart that's part of a set showing each of the three movies and I was sure something like that existed.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >I can't find any fanart that's part of a set showing each of the three movies and I was sure something like that existed.
          This artist did some for G2 & G3.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >I can't find any fanart that's part of a set showing each of the three movies and I was sure something like that existed.
          This artist did some for G2 & G3.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            My favorite part of Legion was before the insect kaiju appeared. It was a neat alien monster invasion for a while, kind of like the first half of Rodan.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >I can't find any fanart that's part of a set showing each of the three movies and I was sure something like that existed.
          This artist did some for G2 & G3.

          [...]

  29. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >ywn see a godzilla vs gamera film

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >they announce it
      >its a netflix anime

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's a more realistic option. Of course it would be a different animation studio not Netflix. They don't even need to meet they're a bit too similar to each other. Of course I'd have them fight because it's expected but I'd turn them allies quickly. When they crossover neither should be the antagonist.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's a more realistic option. Of course it would be a different animation studio not Netflix. They don't even need to meet they're a bit too similar to each other. Of course I'd have them fight because it's expected but I'd turn them allies quickly. When they crossover neither should be the antagonist.

        I'd like Madhouse or Gonzo to animate it.
        With a animation/art style similar to...
        > The Deadshot sequence of Batman Gotham Knight
        > The X-Men anime
        > Blood of Zeus
        > Bayonetta Bloody Fate (minus the 3D parts)
        > The Highlander anime

  30. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've seen the first five old-school Godzillas.
    >Godzilla (1954) - Extremely solid.
    >Godzilla Raids Again (1955) - New Godzilla seems nerfed. I mean, an avalanche? Come on.
    >King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - I watched the American cut. I imagine the original cut is better but I still enjoyed it a lot.
    >Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) - Really solid. Mothra is a great kaiju and the final fight with the larvae is fun.
    >Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964) - It's fine, I guess. Mothra playing mediator is good, and Godzilla turning a new leaf is good too. I imagine things are going to get weird now that the dancing Godzilla movie is next.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      : The Three Headed Monster (1964) - It's fine, I guess. Mothra playing mediator is good, and Godzilla turning a new leaf is good too. I imagine things are going to get weird now that the dancing Godzilla movie is next.

      The next film Monster Zero is firmly good. Vastly more coherent & focused than G3HM.

      The dancing moment is a singular moment of dissonance with the rest of the film.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I love how Mothra vs. Godzilla and GTTHM go together. I enjoy Invasion of Astro Monsters though it's only partially a Godzilla film. Then we get into a more difficult period as tv was becoming more important and the Japanese film industry was dying but I still enjoy some of the late 60 and 70s movies. But the quality dropped noticeably.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >>King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - I watched the American cut. I imagine the original cut is better but I still enjoyed it a lot.
      The Japanese cut is so much better it may be treated as a separate movie. I don't know if the American cut even acknowledges that it's a satire but they changed Ifukube's excellent music

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >>King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - I watched the American cut. I imagine the original cut is better but I still enjoyed it a lot.
      The Japanese cut is so much better it may be treated as a separate movie. I don't know if the American cut even acknowledges that it's a satire but they changed Ifukube's excellent music

      Here you go.
      https://archive.org/details/kingkongvsgodzillajapanesenosub

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The one true version. The 4K release will be perfect with no piss filter or missing frames or deleted scenes taken from Laserdisc.

  31. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I play Kaiju Universe with my nephews.
    There I said it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is this supposed to be embarassing? In that case
      >not kaiju dating sim game

  32. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    skreeonk my homies

  33. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    anon, are you the one running dku?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >dku
      ?????????

  34. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is... is this true?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      '14 is the best incarnation of the Legendary design.

  35. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    A few hours untill I'll be able to watch Gamera 2. Again I will watch it very closely.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it's kino

  36. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Nippon actually won
    Ok I just noticed I'm missing a pic of Godzilla in the Japanese NT kit so I hope that victory will fix this oversight.

  37. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone got a chart or a guide to all the Godzilla movies? Besides just starting with the original one.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Like this? There was another that has tiny reviews but it's just >opinions

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous
      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >vs Hedorah goofier than Son of, vs Gigan, and vs King Kong
        lol what in the frick

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I think it is. Well that or psychodelic and avant garde which is what Banno disagreed with. He said it was just how movies were like back then.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            its style is not goofy at all. Godzilla flying is the only thing comparable to the those other movies which are borderline farces at times. vs Hedorah shows people being turned into skeletons by acid and kills off main characters. It's one of the most serious films in the Showa era

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        thanks, that should help get me an overview at least

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          it's best to watch the Heisei era in order because they all share a continuity and reference each other often. Godzilla's arc is also very good and the emotional payoff in Destoroyah is one of the best moments in the entire series

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Godzilla vs. Mothra and Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla can be skipped and the story still makes sense (they're also the weakest two movies in the Heisei series) but I wouldn't say they're meaningless. Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla adds a few precious and sadly rare scenes of Godzilla and his son and Godzilla vs. Mothra has moments of pure magic (thanks to Ifukube's godly score).

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              vs Mothra is the best in the Heisei era imho tbqh

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Bump

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You're persistent.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                bebe godzilla is CUTE

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                A very sweet kid doesn't matter he had no mom.

  38. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Finally starting Gamera 2. The one with the hypest scene.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Did they ever explain why his appearance chances from movie to movie?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No, but I I notice only the change in the third one. To reflect the darker tone and how he commits a genocide with no remorse.
        For which he's not liable because he's a biological android bonded with one human at a time.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes, actually. Gamera is similar to Ultraman Nexus in that he canonically evolves over time with each battle. It's why he was able to
        >Do the flippers thing in 2
        >Unleash more plasma in 3
        >No-sell Hyper Gyaos's ray in 3.
        Hell, this was shown in a manga where he starts off looking like G2, but around a couple of weeks later he looks much more like he did in G3.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Probably all that mana.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's called budget.

  39. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    *BUUUUUURRRRP*

  40. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    ok back to Gamera

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It does feel like a little bit of a side story. It's strange how often it happens with trilogies with 3 having a lot to do with 1 and 2 being a stand alone.

  41. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I hope the new Gamera series is good

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It probably will. Kaneko likes the script and he's a Gamera man (yeah he did direct GMK but he simply doesn't understand Godzilla). I don't know if it's confirmed to be 3D. I'm guessing it will be more popular than either of the two attempts at Godzilla anime because it won't be as experimental and will actually care about the title monster (Godzilla as a destructive divine force of nature fricking sucks and is a dead end in the long run and no G'54 wasn't that). But judging from the way everything went back to normal after the initial explosion of happiness after such a long hiatus it won't beat the incoming live action Godzilla projects.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >and no G'54 wasn't that
        I'm already cringing at the possible wall of text incoming, but I'm baffled how someone can hold this opinion in 2022, when it's the most fundamental of knowledge that Godzilla as a destructive force of fate is literally the entire fundamental theme of 54.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It's like a surface level reading of Gojira from those video essays on youtube. The original Godzilla was a creature that mutated. Whatever it symbolizes it's subtext. The text is that it's a creature that's horrifyingly hurt, alone, in pain and in want of revenge. That's not emotionless or random and there's nothing truly divine about him. Even though they intentionally his motivations and story ambiguous on purpose but it's there.
          The first time that Godzilla is just thrown into the story was probably Godzilla 2000. Maybe because they rejected the idea of continuing the Heisei series and Godzilla is kind of one note. But whatever is his story we can assume he has one. Even though Millennium Godzilla is not the most well-defined as a character with the exception of FW maybe.
          But the first time he became the true incarnation of "god of destruction" was in Shin Godzilla which I think worked for a stand alone. But in the anime trilogy and Singular Point they continued that and that's bullshit. Toho is thankfully doing something different with their current projects.

  42. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Hurt/comfort Godzilla story

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Oh, wait no, that's the one.

  43. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You told me to watch the 90s Gamera trilogy, when Cinemaphile had its last Gamera thread, so I did.

    And it was actually great.

    Then I went back to "my" Godzilla Heisei movies for the first time in years, and uh... compared to the Gamera trilogy, they really don't hold up. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, and Gamera has trampled that nostalgia with a fricking smirk on its face.

    So my question is, what other kaiju kino has a Godzilla kid like me, that only watched Godzilla movies, missed?

    The only other thing I watched was Shin Ultraman, which was also great. Already tried checking out the original show, but it's too much of a kids show for my tastes.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The Gamera trilogy fricking sucks and you know it, primarily because the monsters fail on all fronts.
      >Monsters aren't a threat, as they can get badly hurt by human weapons
      >Monster fights are sluggish and lack any pacing
      And so on and so forth

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >The Gamera trilogy fricking sucks and you know it
        Locked

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >monsters aren't a threat
        >they kill tens of thousand of people

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It doesn't suck. Maybe there's a group of people that's a bit too vocal about this which makes them sound quite insecure. I don't know if I'd call them overhyped. Maybe just very solid movies rather than some masterpieces of the genre.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >The Gamera trilogy fricking sucks and you know it
        No I don't know because I just watched them and found them absolutely stellar.

        Yea the Heisei Gamera trilogy might be the best kaiju movies ever period. And holds up much better than the relatively clunky Godzilla movies. The best of which barely even reach the quality of writing.
        It's almost like these movies really profit from good characters with agencies, background stories as opposed to just go full "muh men in rubber suits wrestling with each other. also aliens."
        They haven't ruined Godzilla for me, but I see where you and Gamera fans are coming from. Big G doesn't feel so big anymore after watching those and in fact feel a lot funnier than before.

        >Heisei Gamera trilogy might be the best kaiju movies ever
        >lol that's hyperbole
        >also I kinda agree
        ok schizo

        [...]
        >Gamera Heisei
        >Shin Ultraman
        you've watched them already.
        I know its not the answer you hoped for, but there's nothing else of stand out quality. everything else is more of the same and going back in time, the movies will only get funnier from a modern pov.

        the best thing to do is to hope for the future.

        That's a shame then. I figured there must be more besides Gamera that I chose to ignore due to my - in hindsight immature - Godzilla fanboyism.
        But I guess that's it then.

        I still haven't given up completely on Ultraman though. I only made it three episodes in so far but its like, you can really see it was made for 7yos to yell at the screen with its humour and tension. It just might be too late for me as a 30 boomer. But I will try again.

        Lmfao are you me?
        I remember that thread and out of boredom I chose to watch 'bargain bin Godzilla ' too.
        I was blown away.

        >Guardian of the universe
        was really good.
        >Legion
        was fantastic. (You're not gonna beat Gamera sliding in a half circle around Legion shooting fireballs)
        >Iris
        was fantastic too, with the little caveat of the final fight being literally only two punches. But it was so strong in terms of themes that it didn't even matter to me.
        Personally I'd go 2 > 3 > 1 tho, just out of personal preference.

        Also, I don't really understand what the fortune tellers plot was supposed to be. The game artist just wanted to see the world end, ok. But the fortune teller seemed to be the bad guy, but then she wasn't anymore all of a sudden?
        What I gathered is that she was (part of) a cult about the southern deity wanting to destroy the northern one(Gamera).

        Then I undusted my Godzilla dvds and stopped watching after Biollante. Didn't hold up for me either anymore, and seemed so 'kiddy' in comparison all of a sudden. Funny because I used to watch GvB a million times as a kid and before this recent rewatch always regarded it as comfy kino

        I guess I'm a gamera fan now.
        Pic unrelated.

        If it's the Gamera thread from last week, then yep, that's the one.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          You're an absolute moron

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Funny how everytime someone says they prefer the turtle over the lizard, some insecure *babbies first kaiju* fanboys get incredibly upset.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Most people like both, even if Godzilla is more popular (for a reason) and even here we talked about Gamera from time to time but the sperging began an hour ago from someone either trying to make Gamera fans like total c**ts or they're actually genuine morons. Frick your insecurity. I like Gamera, 90s trilogy is still not perfect in every way even if he's the best that Gamera has to offer.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Calm your insecurity.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            If this is you:

            The Gamera trilogy fricking sucks and you know it, primarily because the monsters fail on all fronts.
            >Monsters aren't a threat, as they can get badly hurt by human weapons
            >Monster fights are sluggish and lack any pacing
            And so on and so forth

            then the only moron is you. I can't see a single post about gamera itt that is moronic anyway.
            Which goes back to anon out your insecurity issues.

            Just copied it from wiki. The only time two series coexisted was in the 60s and 70s. I'll check if we have the numbers for those movies. In general it's strange that Daiei/Kadokawa was so afraid to go head to head with Godzilla. Of course Gamera never had the same brand recognition but they waited too long to release Gamera the Brave. People were shocked that the 90s Gamera movies were actually quite good but completely ignored Gamera the Brave which I think is on that level except it took a different approach.

            NTA bit I'm pretty certain Guardian overlapped with VS Space Godzilla at the JP theatres.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              No, I like Gamera trilogy I also don't consider it untouchable by honest opinion and I say even if we compare them with just the Godzilla movies from that period there are some things that I like better in Godzilla movies than the Gamera trilogy and vice versa.

              >Guardian overlapped with VS Space Godzilla at the JP theatres
              that was a year before when Toho also released Yamato Takeru which flopped. But I forgot that Gamera 3 had its release close to Godzilla 2000 in Japan only.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Gamera trilogy is better than Heisei Godzilla in some departments and in some Heisei Godzilla is better. It's not a clear cut black and white case. I'm not going to treat this as some kind of sacred cow.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yea the Heisei Gamera trilogy might be the best kaiju movies ever period. And holds up much better than the relatively clunky Godzilla movies. The best of which barely even reach the quality of writing.
      It's almost like these movies really profit from good characters with agencies, background stories as opposed to just go full "muh men in rubber suits wrestling with each other. also aliens."
      They haven't ruined Godzilla for me, but I see where you and Gamera fans are coming from. Big G doesn't feel so big anymore after watching those and in fact feel a lot funnier than before.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Heisei Gamera trilogy might be the best kaiju movies ever period
        lmao look I like them I'd argue that they're better than Heisei Godzilla in some maybe most ways (but not all) but this is just such an overreaction. They're just competent monster movies. I don't like some of the technical choices, some weird camera effects and scene transitions and whenever it tries to make a statement like for example about the enviornment it's not very good. It's ok to give something like 8/10 we don't have to go overboard just because something other than Godzilla released a well made monster movie.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Somehow I don't think you're the guy I was responding to, and I can't stress this enough: I don't give a shit what you think.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            You're some kind of Gamera fanatic with little brother syndrome? You know most are fans of both?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I wasn't responding to you, and I really don't give a shit what you think. It's really that simple and you have to accept it.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          If we compare Heisei series of both franchises
          >story
          Gamera
          >effects
          Gamera
          >music
          Godzilla
          >human characters
          Gamera
          >monsters (stories, personalities and so on)
          Godzilla

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Heisei Gamera trilogy might be the best kaiju movies ever
          >lol that's hyperbole
          >also I kinda agree
          ok schizo

          You told me to watch the 90s Gamera trilogy, when Cinemaphile had its last Gamera thread, so I did.

          And it was actually great.

          Then I went back to "my" Godzilla Heisei movies for the first time in years, and uh... compared to the Gamera trilogy, they really don't hold up. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, and Gamera has trampled that nostalgia with a fricking smirk on its face.

          So my question is, what other kaiju kino has a Godzilla kid like me, that only watched Godzilla movies, missed?

          The only other thing I watched was Shin Ultraman, which was also great. Already tried checking out the original show, but it's too much of a kids show for my tastes.

          >Gamera Heisei
          >Shin Ultraman
          you've watched them already.
          I know its not the answer you hoped for, but there's nothing else of stand out quality. everything else is more of the same and going back in time, the movies will only get funnier from a modern pov.

          the best thing to do is to hope for the future.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Lmfao are you me?
      I remember that thread and out of boredom I chose to watch 'bargain bin Godzilla ' too.
      I was blown away.

      >Guardian of the universe
      was really good.
      >Legion
      was fantastic. (You're not gonna beat Gamera sliding in a half circle around Legion shooting fireballs)
      >Iris
      was fantastic too, with the little caveat of the final fight being literally only two punches. But it was so strong in terms of themes that it didn't even matter to me.
      Personally I'd go 2 > 3 > 1 tho, just out of personal preference.

      Also, I don't really understand what the fortune tellers plot was supposed to be. The game artist just wanted to see the world end, ok. But the fortune teller seemed to be the bad guy, but then she wasn't anymore all of a sudden?
      What I gathered is that she was (part of) a cult about the southern deity wanting to destroy the northern one(Gamera).

      Then I undusted my Godzilla dvds and stopped watching after Biollante. Didn't hold up for me either anymore, and seemed so 'kiddy' in comparison all of a sudden. Funny because I used to watch GvB a million times as a kid and before this recent rewatch always regarded it as comfy kino

      I guess I'm a gamera fan now.
      Pic unrelated.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Pic unrelated.
        Why did I post an unrelated pic when I made a gif of best guy?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Also, I don't really understand what the fortune tellers plot was supposed to be. The game artist just wanted to see the world end, ok. But the fortune teller seemed to be the bad guy, but then she wasn't anymore all of a sudden?
        >What I gathered is that she was (part of) a cult about the southern deity wanting to destroy the northern one(Gamera).
        I kinda hoped someone would reply to me in this regard.
        Because to me it felt like a rushed plot about deities that didn't really go anywhere.
        But I may have just not gotten it fully.

  44. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How is this?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Lukewarm. 1 and 3 are ok but those are kiddie movies.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Lukewarm. 1 and 3 are ok but those are kiddie movies.

      ROM1 = Good

      ROM2 = Decent (saved by a fantastic villain monster)

      ROM3 = Very Good (fantastic score & battles, best Ghidorah suit ever)

      Calling them kiddie is overblown. The kids aren't half as bad or annoying as in the old Gamera movies.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No, but they're clearly for younger viewers. Like King Kong Escapes from the 60s. Or yeah, Gamera but those movies some enjoy because they're so bad they're good.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Or yeah, Gamera but those movies some enjoy because they're so bad they're good.
          That goes for all the old kaiju really.
          Gamera blocking shuriken is as silly as Godzilla doing a flying dropkick.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            only homosexuals watch like Showa Godzilla ironically. they're not "so bad it's good", they're just good

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              t. toddler boomer

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Eat shit

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Eat shit
                Sorry I don't watch Showa Godzilla :^)

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I love Godzilla because they're great films. I don't like "so bad it's good" which is why I only tolerate Gamera is small doses and I don't like some later Showa Godzilla movies like Godzilla vs. Megalon. But in every decade including the 60s and 70s there are some movies that are simply fantastic. There's a difference between light-hearted or fairy-tale like and corny to the point of being MST3K fodder.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I love Godzilla
                >I don't like "so bad it's good"
                Does not compute. Or maybe it does, because Godzilla was never good.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                yawn

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Same reaction I have when watching these terrible """movies"""

                Honestly, how do you menchildren even justify watching this drivel aimed at bug children?
                Do you belong to the crowd pretending they're deeper than they are, or are you the """fun""" autistic adults who watch kids shows unironically?
                Seriously, seek therapy you incels.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                How did you make it here just to spam the "don't get the appeal" shitpost?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Thread on the front page. Maybe stay in /m/ if you don't want adults to laugh at you.

                >menchildren
                You used a cartoon reaction image.

                Ikr? saved it just to make manchildren like you seethe about the perceived hypocrisy.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >i was just pretending to be moronic

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >menchildren
                You used a cartoon reaction image.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                tourist

  45. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Sorry if I summoned that moron by talking about something other than Godzilla. I'll quickly summarize by saying Gamera 2 is in some ways better than the first one though it slows down significantly in the second act which reminds me of Gamera vs. Barugon but that's a small thing. Marginally better, very solid.
    Anyway if you're starting with Godzilla you can of course listen to recommendadions but I noticed there's no general rule about what you'll like more than others so perhaps going in the chronological order isn't the worst idea.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What moron?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        He's talking to himself.

  46. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Signing of the great Godzilla-waifu alliance

  47. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >only 345 days until the next Toho Godzilla Film

  48. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I don't like Godzilla tbh but the heisei movie posters are so fricking good it's not funny anymore.
    If I had to rate movies based on the posters alone, those movies would be the greatest movies ever put to film by far.

  49. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    is there some fricking japanese national holiday or why are there so many GOJIRA threads in the last 24 hrs? Don't get me wrong, it triggered me to watch Shin Godzilla for the first time, which was politics kino and introducing my actual wife, but why this sudden GOJIRA obsession?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Well kind of. Do you consider Godzilla day a national holiday? Well it was on November 3rd and we've got a bunch of projects to look forward to. More than ever before. Between 2004 and 2014 we got nothing and now there's this so-called "kaiju renaissance" and new projects and new fans are everywhere. So it just happened. We've had a longer break since last year so now people want to talk about it more.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I want the general to return. Those random threads are fun too but when we had the general, which was just because we were getting close to the release of a new movie, people in there were there because they wanted to be. Not like here.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          The general died not just because there's nothing to talk about, but also because of all the shitflinging in it. The frick you on about?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Don't bother. That's the guy throwing a fit because someone said the movies aren't that good.
            I don't even know how someone like that functions on Cinemaphile of all places.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Wait, you want to talk about how kaiju movies aren't that good in a kaiju thread? I'm afraid it's the least suitable place for something like that.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Yea how dare you discuss the quality of movies on a board about movies, right? Only positivity allowed!

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Ok then so then you hate the genre I disagree with you, like with any other genre there are great and terrible movies. Also pretty much every fan likes them because of their quality not because they think they're bad and that's their appeal.
                There. Quality discussed.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I don't even know what the frick you're arguing about, it sure as hell isn't something I ever said.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Stop replying to the autist already. You're only making him derail the thread about "muh thread quality" even more.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                In hindsight I should've listened to your advice.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Ok then so then you hate the genre I disagree with you, like with any other genre there are great and terrible movies. Also pretty much every fan likes them because of their quality not because they think they're bad and that's their appeal.
                There. Quality discussed.

                Did you lose your way to reddit or something?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Cinemaphile is full of people who don't watch movies and just come here to shit on things.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                But mostly new movies.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Are you underage, or is the concept of reviewing something so foreign to you?
                >watch movie
                >love it
                >go to thread about it to discuss what you loved about it
                >wow anon thank you for your valued input!
                >watch movie
                >dislike it
                >go to thread about it to discuss what you disliked about it
                >omg what are you doing in this thread get out!
                Textbook definition of immaturity.

                I swear Cinemaphile has more morons complaining about supposed contrarianism than it has actual contrarians.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                That's pretty different than going into a kaiju thread just to say that all kaiju movies are bad.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                So wait was it just someone really hating on Godzilla because he liked Gamera or someone who actually hated the genre itself and admitted he's just here for the (you)s?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >all Kaiju movies are bad
                And yet you replied to this post

                Don't bother. That's the guy throwing a fit because someone said the movies aren't that good.
                I don't even know how someone like that functions on Cinemaphile of all places.

                Which not only doesn't say what you claim it does, but also implies a review of the movies themselves.

                When will you realise that you're creating your own problems?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >And yet you replied to this post
                I'm not that anon, so I actually didn't.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I'd still ask the same question to you then.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I'd still ask the same question to you then.
                I'll answer it then.
                >When will you realise that you're creating your own problems?
                I don't think I created any problems by making a single reply.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                So you're just getting upset and derailed the thread because some guy made three posts ITT calling all Kaiju movies shit?
                You really don't have the emotional maturity for this place my man.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You're mistaking him with me. In fact everybody has been mistaking everybody for someone else for the past few hours. And it wasn't exactly like that because at first he didn't want to admit he didn't like any of the movies.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >And it wasn't exactly like that because at first he didn't want to admit he didn't like any of the movies.
                You're mistaking me with another guy.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous
          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I was in nearly all of the threads including the final one. It ended naturally because soon after GVK was released they slowed down and we decided to end them. Then someone tried to resurrect it the next day but it didn't stick around.
            I remember the shitflinging but it was mostly before. Between fanboys of Shin Godzilla and the rest who were just discussing the upcoming American movie. And it was pretty awful, threads were derailed but then they got bored or people stopped paying attention and it wasn't as common as before.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            What the other anon said. It's one autist you're replying to, that most regulars of kaiju threads hate like a b***h.

            I'm fairly certain he's literally on the autistic spectrum. Or at least has some other issue. That boy ain't right.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >I'm fairly certain he's literally on the autistic spectrum. Or at least has some other issue. That boy ain't right.
              That's like a third of the posters here.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I want the general to return. Those random threads are fun too but when we had the general, which was just because we were getting close to the release of a new movie, people in there were there because they wanted to be. Not like here.

        pretty sure Kaiju-kino is generally appreciated here, GOJIberries or not. Is there some big Jap-monster-man movies coming out where yellow-face saves the day? (no offence)

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      For some wild reason we actually managed a Gamera thread last week or so, and it made kaiju fans remember that they're kaiju fans.

      It often takes one thread to kick off a series of threads on Cinemaphile.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        literally a 7-post pruned chat showing sheer appreciation of Shin Godzilla (2016) which got pruned 18 mins after creation is what got me into it, and it's absurd to me how fricking kino it was, it's beyond moronic. Whoever that noodle-slurper is needs a reward for creating this butterfly-effect of a trend of Cinemaphile threads.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Flyby threads are the best threads tbh.

          Ok tomorrow I'm still ging to watch this as planned. I remember it was my favorite but I feel bad how horrible the thread got once I started posting about it today. Hopefully the guy we talked with in the previous thread left long ago.

          Stop talking to yourself already jfc. This isn't your personal blog.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Sort-by-creation-date chad spotted

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This one started because people in /hor/ were talking about Godzilla 1954.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Should've been kept in /hor/ tbh now I'm sure of it. It's not like there's a lot going on in those threads recently.

  50. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Thank you to the anon who pointed me at tokuzilla for watching Gamera in the Gamers thread.

    Unfortunately the quality was too bad, and I realised they're also on YouTube.

    Only dubbed (as far as I could see) but interestingly enough, I found it not just in English but also in German.
    And the German dub had a lot more depth to it, depending on the location of the characters. Whereas the English one sounded very flat and "overdubbed".

    Anyway, point is to thank you for making me watch the movies. Loved them.

  51. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Ok tomorrow I'm still ging to watch this as planned. I remember it was my favorite but I feel bad how horrible the thread got once I started posting about it today. Hopefully the guy we talked with in the previous thread left long ago.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >I feel bad how horrible the thread got once I started posting
      that's because of your autistic blogposting throughout the thread literally right off the bat. this thread never had a chance. it was terrible in the other thread already

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        In that other thread I agreed with someone that Godzilla 1954 is amazing and posted the Cinemaphile guide, a list of films and talked with the guy about Godzilla Raids Again so I'm not sure if you're referring to that or some guy who posted small reviews of each film but it wasn't me. And now I was just stating the fact that this thread was fine before but not anymore.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          what's the Cinemaphile guide to Gorjira movies I need it cause my friend is asking and by friend I mean my GF and by my GF I mean myself just post the list actually

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Something that someone always posts here eventually idk look around.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Great art

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You're literally the reason I don't post in these threads anymore.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Thank you.

  52. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I wish I could understand why Godzilla fans love the series so much
    It's like with Hellraiser
    I liked the first film, a solid 7/10 horror film but the second film was like 4/10 at max and the third film was horrible
    Yet people truly love all of these films and are dedicated to them
    How do you get so much joy from kaiju films?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Step 1: watch them as kids
      Step 2: be a manchild

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You don't create the longest running movie series without doing some things right. But not everyone has to be a fan, it just has wide enough appeal like anything that's very popular. I don't know if it's something that's easy to explain. But for example I don't like Star Trek but I'm sure someone who's a fan would be able to state their own personal reasons why it resonates with them.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >You don't create the longest running movie series without doing some things right
        Appealing to kids to go "wow cool monster!" and merchandise is what they got right.
        Same as Gundam but with "cool robots" instead.

        What a lot of western fans forget is that this stuff is aimed at 10yo boys in Japan. Which is why I find gritty western remakes like Hollywood Godzilla or Pacific Rimjob so utterly terrible.
        They lack the charm of the originals and are made by manchildren who don't want to admit they like children TV, so they feel the need to bring the stuff they like to the "adult plane", not realising they're discarding everything that makes them good in the process.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Most of them are no less childish than any of the other sci fi/fantasy movies. It's why it's sometimes known collectively as genre cinema. It has silly things with silly names. Most fans, pretty much all of them in fact, like these movies because they think are great. Engaging, interesting, exciting, they like the music or the fictional world it created. They're too varied in tone to be just about kid appeal and nothing more.
          When the Japanese movie industry was dying due to tv that's when these movies started being targeted towards children for like the last decade of the first series but again it wasn't all the same. No one who knows these movies well would think that.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Most fans, pretty much all of them in fact, like these movies because they think are great
            That doesn't negate what he said. You can think children's entertainment is great.
            >They're too varied in tone to be just about kid appeal and nothing more.
            Most kids shows have some adult themes thrown in.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I'd be dishonest if I said that all of these movies are for children or are targeted towards children. It's maybe a fourth of all of them maybe less. What they are instead are elements that appeal to children. And that's practicaly anything that's cool enough to make toys out of them, dinosaurs, spaceships, robots, elves and dwarves. Anything made in the genre of science fiction or fantasy or monster movies that isn't for adults only although that didn't stop Robocop from being popular with kids.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >It's maybe a fourth of all of them maybe less.
                Try 80% and you got yourself a deal.
                Japanese kids tv /= Americans kids tv.

                Shin Chan is aimed at literal toddlers.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I could go as far back as 1964 because that's when Tanaka decided to make it into a franchise and then the final movie would be 1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla.
                But I don't know Toho also made non-Godzilla movies that belong to the same cycle and very often it was an opportunity to make a movie about a different sci fi concept. More horror-like Matango or The H-Man for example. And from the interviews it appears they just wanted to make entertaining movies and sometimes they wanted to include a particular sci fi concept they were interested in. No one ever claimed these movies were realistic but they're not dumb. In fact sometimes they might've been hurt by the concept itself. King Kong vs. Godzilla is a satire. Totally lost in the US version.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Cool, but it has nothing to do with what I said.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >Most fans, pretty much all of them in fact, like these movies because they think are great.
            It's the second or third time you're posting this itt, and this time I'll reply to you that you're wrong.
            I like these movies because they're silly and fun. Not because they're 'great'. In fact I'd say some or even many of them are outright terrible.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Some of them not being that good doesn't mean that those that are good are enjoyed ironically. If people thought it was terrible it would have a cult following not genuine fandom however we understand it because the term is several decades old.
              Basically no one would care that much then. There wouldn't be genuine film historians who dedicated decades of their career by studying these movies and writing books (at least one of them is seriously one of the best if not the best movie-related book I've ever read).

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >are enjoyed ironically
                Never said they were.
                >it would have a cult following
                They have a cult following.
                >by studying these movies and writing books
                There's an entire historical movement including documentary about shitty Cannon movies and books written on some of the biggest blunders in movie history

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >What a lot of western fans forget is that this stuff is aimed at 10yo boys in Japan. >Which is why I find gritty western remakes like Hollywood Godzilla or Pacific Rimjob so utterly terrible.
          This. Even worse are the gays that take the original movie and cry IT sTaRtED sERiOuSLy!!1 defending the israelitewywood slop as well.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      i like watching practical effects monsters tear each other apart and blow up cities

  53. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    So are you surprised that the guy liked those early Showa movies after all? Especially Raids Again?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I watched Raids Again yesterday and I liked it.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        That's really nice. I always thought it gets too much hate. It's solid for the first 2/3 not counting some plot conveniences.
        sorry you had to see this mess, I don't know what happened

  54. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >irrevocably peaks Kaiju Kino
    Will Japan ever recover?

  55. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You know this fricker probably left long ago or is laughing because he got everyone to accuse everybody of being someone else in a thread about movies he doesn't even like. Someone replied to me with a bunch of other posts that weren't even mine.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I think some people thought I (

      Tbf none of the movies are actually good. We all just like (some of) them because we grew up with them.

      Therefore I can see why some people would even rate vs Ghidorah highly.
      >inb4 [insert movie] is objectively good Well I disagree.

      ) was this guy (

      [...]
      nta but I don't believe both of you.
      there's no way a functioning adult sees men wrestle each other in latex suits going "yes I love this!" unless you're either on the spectrum or flat out a closeted gay man

      )

      For the record, I may have worded it poorly but I love many of the Godzilla movies.
      But if you'd ask me if they were good movies, I'd say no.

      I also love the Gravity Rush games. But if you'd ask me if they were good games, you will see sweat appear on my forehead.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I think I can only respond with the same comment as when I saw it in relation to James Bond movies.
        On some level I understand but I definitely don't feel the same. I'm always giving them honest reviews and it's the same with other series that may make people feel the same way like Universal horror or Ray Harryhausen movies. To me there are some that are great in general sense, most that are great as genre movies and also some that have admirable qualities about them. And a few stinkers. But I'm not going to pretend I only like them ironically or that I feel like they're stupid because I might as well say the same about anything that isn't drama.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Not sure how that relates to me but it's alright really.
          I have no problems or objections with other people's opinion on the movies. But apparently someone had a big problem with mine.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >also love the Gravity Rush games. But if you'd ask me if they were good games, you will see sweat appear on my forehead.
        That's putting it pretty well.
        I think in general people are way easier on admitting they love bad games, as they are with movies.

        Because of the entire b-movie and ironically bad movie industry, doing so immediately makes people think of those two, and they don't want that. So they're more likely to argue about the qualities than just say ye it's bad but I love everything about it.

  56. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Godzilla & Kaiju thread
    based thread
    I started watching SSSS Gridman and really like it. The animation on the monsters is so cool, full of soul.
    Btw, does anyone happen to have a video for the Hedorah 2021 video from last year's G-Fest?

  57. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How do you make something miniscule look unironically ginormous, convincingly? Asking for a friend.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The shin godzilla zipline

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >shin godzilla zipline
        >its real
        why are japs actually like this? you guys just love giant huge monsters because youre so fricking small or what?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >why are japs actually like this?
          what is vore fetish country of origin

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            literally educate me. I'm not even that tall. just 6"1. Do short ppl fantasize about getting eaten and is that related to the Godzilla mythos? Or is it trauma-healing mythos based on nuclear bomb story? (btw it wasn't nuclear bomb, napalm did most of the damage)

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >Do short ppl fantasize about getting eaten
              Certain small ppl yes.
              >is that related to the Godzilla mythos?
              Not really. More so a American thing that started with Kong back in the 80s and then Legendary adapted that man eatting monster thing.
              >Is it trauma-healing mythos based on nuclear bomb story?
              Highly doubt
              >(btw it wasn't nuclear bomb, napalm did most of the damage)
              for the islands yes, but main land was the nukes. Napalm was also a more so Vietnam thing than a Japanese one.
              Japan invented more of the worlds current degenerate fetishes except for fur

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >American thing that started with Kong back in the 80s
                but wasnt the first gojira from like the 50s?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Gojira was from the 50s yes, but never actually ate people in that movie and was only speculated by that schizo old man in that movie. Only thing he ate that a deleted shot was a cow(for the fact even for 50s standards looked fake). Kong on the otherhand ate people since the 30s

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                They removed it because the scale was off and also because the monster motivations were best kept ambiguous. Of course we know it was essentially revenge. Kayama's original story included the monster feeding on cattle but I'm glad they removed that and Kayama loved it so much he even cried because of what humans did to the monster.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Do keep in mind Japanese are mostly manlets with the highest usually about just 6 foot for about 2 percent of the countries populace

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Because it looks cool

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            so jappies just want things that looks cool? makes sense kinda

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >anon learns about perspective

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Godzilla is like a building. First he started off small, but in time was made bigger because achievement reasons. Is why people always want to claim title of biggest building on earth, but have to fear about record being broken.

  58. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >kaiju thread
    >great, let's talk favourite monster designs and fight scenes
    >one homosexual throwing a fit because he thinks a dinosaur dropkicking a pterodactyl is a masterpiece of cinema, sucking all the fun out of the thread

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      see

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I don't know if you're replying to anything specific because no one talked about any masterpieces of cinema, which the original movie is btw, but I was the one talking a few minutes ago about what Godzilla fans think about the series. So I don't know if you're a non-fan or a casual fan or even a lifelong but the point that at least I was trying to make was that movies are so varied in tone and quality it's dishonest to assume that fans like it because they think it's crap. They like it because they think it's good. Generally speaking because there are better or worse films but for example I think Jason and the Argonauts is a wonderful classic of adventure cinema and I feel the same about 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla. I don't enjoy them ironically.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        tbh some fans might be embarassed about liking what they like but maybe it depends where they're from? idk I'm not counting the guy who was here earlier and actually started this shit even though he hated the movies.

  59. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I forgot to ask him if he thinks the original King Kong is also crap. Or any other Kong including the Jackson version.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Jackson version the worst kong of all since it was nothing more but a giant cgi gorilla. Kong was never supposed to be based on any existing ape, but a fictional ape monster.

  60. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You were baited so hard in this thread motherfrickers. And by people who don't give a shit about these movies. You pathetic homosexuals kept replying to random people thinking they're the same person you moronic buttholes. You were played so hard you imagined some "autist" you gullible idiots. Everything was normal then someone decided to stir shit by pretending to be a spergy famboy of some other movies then the "I like the movies because they're crap"? Why you think it happened so suddenly you mongoloids? It was just about recommendations then some people tried to make it into a normal quasi-Goji general thread then the thread went to shit the next day after Euro posting hours.

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