Any Godzilla fans?

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Is there anyone out there that likes Godzilla movies as much as I do and hate the american Godzilla as much as I do?

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This thread'll probably die too. You should just stop making them and just post for a while. Then you'll get the idea of whats acceptable and whats not.

I'm really more a gamera man myself.

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Anyway I think Godzulla is cool (I always loved big monsters when I was a kid)

The last Godzilla movie was pretty bad but I enjoyed it anyway because "there was a big monster in it"... I was expecting a very bad movie anyway.

(But I loved the part where the french guy complains about american coffee.)

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Thats jean Reno Foo'
One of my favorite actors.............OR at leest one of his assistants

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I used to watch Godzilla movies when I was little.  But I love the american movie.  What can I say, I love dragons and the like  .

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How could you like the American Godzilla?  I mean sure it looked cool, had better effects, and starred Jean Reno, but that doesn't excuse the horrible acting, pathetic plotlines, and worthless characters.  The last real Godzilla movie (Godzilla 2000) was awesome.  It had the best special effect of the entire series and the venerable "man-in-a-rubber-suit" feel.  Pair that with some hilarious translations like "quit yer bitchin!" and "Gott in Himmel!" and a group of moderately interesting characters (not including that little girl...even when their voices have been dubbed, kids manage to stink up entire movies).

Frankly, even if you're not interested in the movie itself, the Godzilla series is one of the best for heckling.  Whether it's the failure to fully grasp the English language or some of the more hilarious antics of Godzilla himself, there are hundreds of unwritten, tounge-in-cheek jokes in every movie.

American sailor: Take that, you dinosaur!

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Originally posted by DrThunder88:
How could you like the American Godzilla?

I'm an American. I'm supposed to like American crap.

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Yeah, but it was so un-Gozilla-y.

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I hate the american Godzilla not because it's american but because they changed him too much. Gamera's cool too.

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Originally posted by Australian Guy:
Thats jean Reno Foo'
One of my favorite actors.............OR at leest one of his assistants

I knew the guy's name.
I just thought you guys wouldn't know it.

I love french movies so I know almost every french actors.

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Originally posted by DrThunder88:
 The last real Godzilla movie (Godzilla 2000) was awesome. [/i]

Actually, there have been several Godzilla films since G2K, but they have only recently been released in the USA:

"Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" (2000)

DVD available at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000VAGXK/ref=ase_tohokingdom-20/104-2976656-0411960?v=glance&s=dvd

IMDB page: http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0255198/combined*ASIN=B0000VAGXK

"Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" (2001)

DVD available at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000VAGXU/ref=ase_tohokingdom-20/104-2976656-0411960?v=glance&s=dvd

IMDB page: http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0279112/combined*ASIN=B0000VAGXU

"Godzilla against Mechagodzilla" (2002)

DVD available at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001AVZ9Y/ref=ase_tohokingdom-20/104-2976656-0411960?v=glance&s=dvd

IMDB page: http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0314111/combined*ASIN=B0001AVZ9Y

"Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." (2003)

Not available in the west yet, but it's coming to Japanese DVD July 30th.

IMDB page: http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0366526/combined

"Godzilla: Final Wars" (2004)

Not available in the west, it's still in production and will be released in Japan on December 4th.

IMDB page: http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0399102/combined

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I love Godzilla. I used to watch all the movies over and over when i was a kid. I saw GodZilla 2000 and eventually bought it, and it was another great movie in the series. I think my favorite one had to be "Destroy all Monsters" where all the monsters are controlled by aliens and go on rampages.

Such classic monster movies...

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I liked all of the Godzilla movies, especially vs. the smog monster. DrThunder is right, they are almost as funny as they are good. I never get tired of watching Gamera shoot fire out of all of his shell-holes and wonder where the air intake is. This stuff is just too funny. Ithink the MST3K crew has done one or two of these to death, too bad they never got a crack at the Matthew Broderick version. It would have been fun.

My 3 year old niece is hooked on Godzilla, I am just waiting for her mother to get that first letter from school... I live near an army base and one day the artillery was practicing...she was petrified. "'Zilla coming!!!" That poor kid.

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Big fan of Godzilla. I own quite a few of his movies including the most recent one. The one that came out in 2000, I think. Personally I like Mechagodzilla and the three-headed thing. I always forget what that is called.

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Originally posted by fromage:
The last Godzilla movie was pretty bad but I enjoyed it anyway because "there was a big monster in it"... I was expecting a very bad movie anyway.

Um, the last Godzilla movie, if it wasn't pointed out already, was Godzilla 2000.

EDIT: The original Japanese version of the original godzilla movie, Raymond Burr-less, undubbed, and  is making its run in small theaters around the USA.  http://www.rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html  Check the dates and your city on this list. it's gotten insane reviews, and apparently is much different from the movie with Raymond Burr cut into it.
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hmm, i didnt know that it was too much different. But now I'm interested in seeing it...

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It's apparently more foreboding and carries a much more darker tone than the Raymond Burr version we got back then.

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Originally posted by SlaytanicMaggot:
  Um, the last Godzilla movie, if it wasn't pointed out already, was Godzilla 2000.

Not true. As _I_ pointed out already, there have been several G-films made since G2K.

And Klumsy Kitty, a fan-made MSTing of the American Godzilla can be found at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/1139/doomsday1.txt 

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Hey, today is Godzilla's 50th birthday!

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Then may I bid a very happy Birthday to the big green monster.

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It was the worst movie Mathew Brodrick ever did. But at least it had Jean Reno

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My Godzilla thread was resurrected?

Anyway, I'm really stoked about Godzilla Final Wars. And having seen the origional Japanese version of Gojira, I can say that it is infinately better than the dubbed RB version. I also recommend the japanese version of Gojira (84.)

And Tom123, it's King Ghidorah

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What is this 'Final Wars' thing? A new movie?

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Godzilla Final Wars is the newest Godzilla movie and according to Toho, the last Godzilla movie for at least a decade. At least 15 monsters will be featured.

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I never like Godzilla; it's just a copycat of King Kong.

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Originally posted by mint:
I never like Godzilla; it's just a copycat of King Kong.

How can you say that? Have you ever even seen a Godzilla movie? It's nothing like King Kong.

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Isn't Godzilla a big Lizard thingy walking across a big city crushing roads and cars and frightens the people on the streets? Isn't that wot King Kong is except he is an ape? If I am not mistaken, King Kong is made b4 the first Godzilla movie rite?

I have seen this movie but the Japanese version with subtitles. The one I saw is an old movie, when I was a kid. I find the monster fake and did not find the story interesting. Sorry, no offence just not a big fan of it.

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Originally posted by mint:
Isn't Godzilla a big Lizard thingy walking across a big city crushing roads and cars and frightens the people on the streets? Isn't that wot King Kong is except he is an ape? If I am not mistaken, King Kong is made b4 the first Godzilla movie rite?

Godzilla is more than just a "big lizard thingy" and is no "King Kong copycat".The origional movie had a dark anit-nuclear/anti-war theme, as far as I know King Kong never had any serious messages, King Kong is just a typical monster movie(and not a very interesting one IMHO). Godzilla exists because of mankind's arrogance with nuclear weapons and is mankind's punishment for that arrogance.

Honestly I think people only remember Godzilla for his bad movies and tend to overlook his good movies.

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Here's a great article about Godzilla: http://www.vqronline.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/9012

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The only thing i remember of the Godzilla movies is all the battles he has with the monsters

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Wow starone. I knew you liked godzilla, but this much?

Anywho, I've seen the amercian version and it stinks. Godzilla wasn't really one of my favrite movies.

edit: spelling stinks

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I've never seen any Godzilla movies, but when you really think about it, Godzilla has got to be the stupidest name for a monster ever conceived.

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His name isn't really Godzilla. It's Gojira. Godzilla is probably just a "cool" name meant for the mass-market westerners.

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Ended up getting that Godzilla game they brought out for the PS2 Godzilla: Sava the earth i must its one of the better Godzilla games i've played

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really iv haerd it wasent that good?

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So if someone told you to jump off a cliff you would

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no i was just say what i haered no need to get so agresive Zogonif

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I'm not getting agressive Marky, What i'm getting at is its best too see things yourself rather then going by what someone else thinks about with it being their own opinion and stuff

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What is that game? Is it the beat 'em up game where you can play as all the Godzillas and his enemies and destroy buildings and blow crap to shit?

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Originally posted by Pikka Bird:
His name isn't really Godzilla. It's Gojira. Godzilla is probably just a "cool" name meant for the mass-market westerners.

When the original Godzilla movie was made, they tried to capitalize on King Kong  by giving Godzilla an ape-like face. Even the term Gojira is a corrupted version of the word gorilla.
Kong is 50 feet tall.
Godzilla is 500 feet tall.

The recent Americaized Godzilla flick isn't the best movie to ever come out, but I personally didn't hate it. I liked the fact that he was much more lizard like.
The first Godzilla movie was intended to be, and kinda is, a bit scary.
Subsequent Godzilla movies went more for the "for the kids" approach and got semi comical.
They had that same charm that Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows have. Speaking of which.... I'm off  now find out about Anderson's new CGI Captain Scarlett project....