Godzilla remake

[Brodie]

I really liked GMK also. Super dark.

As far as the chinese dvd quality: I'd say its on par with any of the regular released films, the only downside being the english subtitles sharing space with Traditional Chinese subtitles. Not terribly distracting though. And its pretty much the only way to get G1985 without any Steve Martin scenes.

[TheCanadiandrome]

well let's just hope it's better than the last two reboots

[Brodie]

Which two are you referring to?

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Brodie

Which two are you referring to?

Godzilla 1998: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120685/

Godzilla 2000: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188640/

[Brodie]

Godzilla 2000 was a decent movie. Better than the US release of Godzilla 1985,

[Ninjinister]

Seconded. I liked G2K.

[The Stryker]

Can either of those movies be considered reboots?

[Ninjinister]

Sort of. Godzilla '85/Return of Godzilla was the start of the Heisei films, while Godzilla 2000 brought the beginning of the Millennium films. G'85 and G2K were both touted as direct sequels to the original '54 film, ignoring the continuity of every previous entry to the series.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Sort of. Godzilla '85/Return of Godzilla was the start of the Heisei films, while Godzilla 2000 brought the beginning of the Millennium films. G'85 and G2K were both touted as direct sequels to the original '54 film, ignoring the continuity of every previous entry to the series.

Godzilla Vs Destroyah seemed to tie all the films together. It basically stated that the Godzilla we've been seeing since the 2nd movie was the same one and after he died his son took over, making him the third Godzilla. I haven't seen every Godzilla movie though. I don't remember '85 very well but I know in 2K they didn't treat it like Godzilla was a new or anything.

I just looked on Wiki and it says these Millennium films all ignore the previous continuity and were treated as direct sequels to the first movie. I guess that constitutes as a reboot. I usually watch these movies dubbed and laugh my ass off at the horrible translation and voice acting. I never paid much attention to the stories in these movies. They're usually pretty ridiculous, ape people, evil white men in disco suits from the future.

Anyways I'd love to see another American attempt. The original script for the first attempt looked promising. I don't know why they didn't use it.

[Brodie]

Spit, as far as the Ape people, or Disco suit evildoers, and lizard people....that's generally just from the later Showa films....None of that stuff really every popped up in anything else.

Unless Roland Emmerich was in a disco suit.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Brodie

Spit, as far as the Ape people, or Disco suit evildoers, and lizard people....that's generally just from the later Showa films....None of that stuff really every popped up in anything else.

Unless Roland Emmerich was in a disco suit.

Those are the ones I saw mainly. I had Godzilla Vs Mecha-Godzilla on VHS when I was a kid, that had ape people in it. My Dad owns a double disk of Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah*Which has the hilarious future people in it* and Mothera and he has one with Space Godzilla and Destroyah.

I saw 2000 in theaters and other then that one the only of the newer series I've seen was Godzilla, Mothera, and King Ghidorah. It was on TV and probably edited. I don't remember the costumes looking very menacing in that one. Oh I also saw Final Wars but I hardly remember it.

Is the newer series more serious? I know Gamera did that for three films and those movies weren't bad.

[FlawedCoil82]

Godzilla 1985 was a sequel to Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. Everything else is looked over (Godzilla 1985 continues from Godzilla vs. Biollante thru Godzilla vs. Destoroyah). Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus are tied together loosely. GMK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack is not connected to any of the films and was an all new take on Godzilla. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. are directly tied in together (basically Part 1 and Part 2). Godzilla: Final Wars was pretty much a standalone as well.

The original script that was designed for the 1998 film (basically called the Debont version) was cancelled because the director was requesting more money for the budget than what Tristar was willing to allow. He basically left and then they got Roland Emmerich (who, ironically ended up using more money to make the film than what the original director originally requested for the budget).
Jack

[Venom]

Just saw this on Legendary's site and out of excitement posted a thread before searching.

I'm definitely keeping tabs on this!

[Cipher]

I love me some Godzilla. The 1954 film is a legitimately good movie, and all the rest are at least campy fun. There's nothing better than getting a group of friends together for a dubbed-over '60s cheese-fest. It's not like the Japanese version has ever portrayed him very seriously outside of a few films either.

I'm a little bit nervous about the American involvement. I really hope they either stick close to the 1954 film in themes, or just don't take themselves seriously at all. Either extreme will work, but they've got to pick one.

As for the 3D, this is one of the few times I could see it working out. 3D, as far as I'm concerned, should stick to campy popcorn flicks. Godzilla at least fits the bill.

Spit, as far as the Ape people, or Disco suit evildoers, and lizard people....that's generally just from the later Showa films....None of that stuff really every popped up in anything else.

Some of the Heisei and Millenium era films are just as silly. Not pointing any fingers, but ... Space Godzilla and Final Wars. And most of the other films are only slightly less silly. At the end of the day, you still have a giant monster fighting his robot clone or something.

[Venom]

From what I've dug around and found out about the movie's direction, the plan is to essentially have a modern retake on the old '54 origin movie. The Legendary guys are apparently true Godzilla fans and really want to do the property justice.

Then again, Toho fully backed Sony's version in '98 until feedback from viewers became negative. Say what you will, but the Devlin/Emmerich iteration was still a fun movie.

I'm going to remain optimistic about this until I actually see it.

[Dontebell]

A monster's head sculpt that could be godzilla



http://io9.com/5532729/has-the-scaly...zilla-surfaced

edit: It turn out that it's not part of the remake.
http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEt32xtvdnePwu

[FlawedCoil82]

Well it would have looked cooler than the 1998 version. But also don't forget, when pictures of that 1998 Godzilla (GINO) surfaced online, Tristar denied through their teeth that that was really what their Godzilla looked like. However when the movie actually came out, people confirmed that it was, in fact, the correct design.
Jack

[Spitfire]

I actually like that a lot. As long as his body is big and bulky. I hated that skinny design it didn't make any sense for a creature that big to be that skinny and fast moving. Not to say that a creature like Godzilla makes sense period but at least have it be somewhat accurate to if it actually existed.