The Godzilla Thread - Plus other giant monsters, no matter how popular or obscure

HodgePodgeRogerDodger said:
I think it utilizes the post-war environment well, but it’s more the character’s physically saying it that gets me. The themes are apparent.
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I mean there's the barrier of japanese theater culture and vaguely trying to imitate that same culture at a different period in the film. I watch Godzilla for a certain level of cheese and I was not disappointed here at all.
 
Chaplainsama said:
I mean there's the barrier of japanese theater culture and vaguely trying to imitate that same culture at a different period in the film. I watch Godzilla for a certain level of cheese and I was not disappointed here at all.
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It’s a minor thing. I like that the film actually eventually does have everyone do what I said above. It builds up to that moment and I do like it.
 
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Chaplainsama said:
I ain't no expert on post-war politics, but it seems silly to me that Gojira is this half-metaphor for a nuclear powered hurricane but America or the SDF can't do shit besides shrug their shoulders and the narrative goes "lol soviets"? Get the fuck outta here.
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Maybe I was reading my own feelings into it, but it almost seems like a commentary on the current-day situation. China and North Korea are getting more and more belligerent and dangerous every day, and yet Japan's hands are tied and forced to rely on an increasingly disinterested USA.
 
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They had to get the US occupation forces out of the picture somehow because the movie isn't about US-Japan relations. There's enough Japanese movies and enough Japanese Godzilla movies about that

Obviously it makes no sense that the US would be like "nope we out" in 1947 but it does get the US out of the movie. The US didn't have a lot of troops in Japan in 1947 (under 40,000), but they were still there and needed to not take up screen time for the nth iteration of US-Japan politisperging or have the US military fighting Godzilla. Not what the movie is about, just get em out of the way however and tell the story you want to tell
 
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Word of mouth is yuge for minus one

I'm on a rivals.com pay forum for the college whose teams I root for, and yesterday someone not me made a thread saying go see minus one

We get like maybe one thread every month or two there saying go check this movie out in theaters. This month it's minus one

Gogogodzilla
 
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Need to watch Minus One, excited to check it out.

Not excited for GojiKong 2, the only Kong I give a shit about is Donkey and Diddy, and it seems like Godzilla is basically playing second banana to big monkey here. I'll probably just watch the fight scenes on YT like I did with the first one.
 
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Jumped on the G -1 train

Since Godzilla attacked a bunch of naval vessels by surprise without being provoked, he seems more like a metaphor for Pearl Harbor than the bomb. No wonder the Americans made up excuses about the Soviets to get out of helping. They may have been tied up with Kong Kong, Rhedosaurus, and/or giant ant attacks, anyway.
 
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I'm really torn on the Monarch series. I'm surprised it's kept me on board so far. I'm genuinely intrigued by the story, and I think that the show is doing a pretty good job advancing the mystery without holding too much back. Some of
the girl boss shit is pretty obnoxious and blatant but whatever I'm not paying for it so I might as well stick it to the end.
 
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Clown College 2nd Year said:
I'm really torn on the Monarch series. I'm surprised it's kept me on board so far. I'm genuinely intrigued by the story, and I think that the show is doing a pretty good job advancing the mystery without holding too much back. Some of
the girl boss shit is pretty obnoxious and blatant but whatever I'm not paying for it so I might as well stick it to the end.
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It's boring as shit. I'm here to see stompy monsters, not watch yet another 'RELATIONSHIPS!!!' soap opera
 
Clown College 2nd Year said:
I'm really torn on the Monarch series. I'm surprised it's kept me on board so far. I'm genuinely intrigued by the story, and I think that the show is doing a pretty good job advancing the mystery without holding too much back.
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For me the series and Monsterverse in general is something like Showa movies made in the 70s - light, fun entertainment with some bits of action and some wild stories.
 
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