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overfiend
This is a thread for all things Kaiju (giant monster) movie related.

Post news, reviews, opinions, recommendations, pictures, videos, music, your most/least favorite, etc., etc.

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Now, for our first news item, something I only heard about 2 days ago:

For only the second time in 60 years, the original 1954 Japanese movie

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ゴジラ

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Gojira (Godzilla) will be playing in selected US theaters in a newly restored version.

News and theater links here:

http://filmschoolrejects.com/news/original-godzilla-theatrical-rerelease.php

http://www.rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html

This is a must see movie, but if you can't get to a theater showing it, it is available on DVD and BD from The Criterion Collection, Classic Media and in England from the BFI (I don't know if the BFI released a BD).

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Here are 3 suites composed by Akira Ifukube, bases on his scores for Godzilla and other Toho Studio films. See if you know the movie each theme came from.
Also the Gojira (1954) OST.

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Akira Ifukube Symphonic Fantasias Nos. 1, 2 and 3; 1 and 2 conducted by Masaru Satoh:
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Twintail Tsundere
I wonder how a Jaeger would fare against Godzilla? G's height ranges from 80-100 meters while Gypsy Danger is 80 m. Plasma caster would most likely do heavy damage to Godzilla, don't know if the chain sword could pierce his hide. But would a Jaeger be able to survive an atomic breath? MechaGodzilla had special armor to be able to tank those hits.
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Pumpkin Parfait
About darn time! Mothra, because that thing can freaking fly!
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Twintail Tsundere
The film, a giant-monster film similar to the Japanese Godzilla series, was produced by the South Korean Shin, who had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the then-ruling Kim Il-sung.
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DOCTORKHANblog
What about Pulgasari, North Korean Godzilla?
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Twintail Tsundere
The film, a giant-monster film similar to the Japanese Godzilla series, was produced by the South Korean Shin, who had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the then-ruling Kim Il-sung.
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Dark Mage
mascarpone said:
About darn time! Mothra, because that thing can freaking fly!

Don't forget Rodan who also can fly.
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overfiend

Off the top of my head (and in no particular order), some more flying Kaiju:

King Ghidorah

Mecha-King Ghidorah

Kamacuras

Gappa

Varan

MechaGodzilla

Gamera

Gyaos

Iris

Legion - soldier type

Destroyah

Dogora

Megaguirus

Meganula

Hedorah

SpaceGodzilla

Battra

Moguera

I'm sure there are others.

Edit: I forgot top add Godzilla to the list. He flew in Godzilla Vs. Hedorah, using his atomic breathe as propulsion.

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あたしは月姫ですわ

overfiend said:

King Frankenstein

Mecha-King Frankenstein

Frankenstein II

Frankenstein III

Frankenstein V

MechaFrankenstein

Turtlenstein

Frankenstein G

Iris - Frankenstein's eye

Frankenstein - soldier type

Destroyer Frankenstein

Dogenstein

Mega Frankenstein

Meganstein

Teufelstein

SpaceFrankenstein

Bat Frankenstein

Franera

For the german market

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overfiend

pilu said:

For the german market

And people say the Germans don't have any imagination.

---=== NEWS ===---

On May 6, 20014, Kraken Releasing is issuing the first US BD releases of:

Godzilla Vs. Hedorah (Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster),

Ebirah, Monster of the Deep (Godzilla Vs. The Sea Monster),
and
Godzilla Vs. Gigan (Godzilla on Monster Island).

They will also be available on DVD.

On the same date, Sony Pictures with release

Godzilla: Final Wars
and
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

as a BD double feature.

Posted 1 year ago # Quote
overfiend

palmtop-tiger said:
I wonder how a Jaeger would fare against Godzilla? G's height ranges from 80-100 meters while Gypsy Danger is 80 m. Plasma caster would most likely do heavy damage to Godzilla, don't know if the chain sword could pierce his hide. But would a Jaeger be able to survive an atomic breath? MechaGodzilla had special armor to be able to tank those hits.

Thinking about this, I think the impact from the Plasma Caster discharges could damage Godzilla, but the heat effects would be negligible. Godzilla fell into a volcano at the end of one movie, traveled through the earth's mantle to come out of a different volcano at the beginning of the next movie, so he doesn't seem to be vulnerable to high temperatures.
The chainsaw swords could do a lot of damage. Gigan was the first kaiju to make Godzilla visibly bleed on screen, using the buzzsaw in his chest and hammer claw hands.
I think it would also depend on which Godzilla the Jaegers faced. If the Jaegers were facing the GMK Godzilla, FW Godzilla or possibly Burning Godzilla, I think the Jaegers would get by far the worst of it.
(Found this applicable discussion while writing this: http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/godzilla-vs-every-human-made-anti-godzilla-countermeasure.255642/)

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So, thinking about the weapons used against Godzilla, I came up with a question for you guys:

What do you think is the coolest weapon
used in a Godzilla or other Kaiju movie?

(Not the most effective, just what you think is the coolest).

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Twintail Tsundere

Probably Super X. Shooting missiles into Godzilla's mouth is a pretty smart move.

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Pumpkin Parfait

Mechagodzilla 2. Providing an even match is interesting.

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Dark Mage

I think Lion Voltron or an Eva or even one of the angels vs Godzilla would be an interesting fight.

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Twintail Tsundere

So what is Godzilla's definitive origin? Because I know there's been more than one Godzilla and the bones of one were used to build a Mechagodzilla.

Posted 1 year ago # Quote
overfiend

These are the origins given in the movies, although Toho Studios could alter them if they make more movies.

In the original Godzilla, Dr. Yamane described Godzilla as a creature surviving from the Jurassic Period that was transitional between sea and land animals. It lived in the deep ocean and was driven from there by H-bomb tests. Godzilla's radioactivity was apparently from the H-bomb tests, but Godzilla wasn't described as a mutation. There must have been at least one more of these creatures, since the first died (whose bones were later used to make the third MechaGodzilla) at the end of the first movie and a new one appeared in the second movie.

(In the next part, you have to realize that the Heisei Series only uses the 1954 Godzilla as background; it ignores the rest of the Showa Series - nice article here)

In Godzilla VS. King Ghidorah, an origin is given that expands on this. In 1944, on Lagos Island, Japanese troops saw a Tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur (called godzillasaurus later in the movie) which seemed to protect them in a battle with American soldiers, although it was severely wounded. It survived until the H-bomb tests, and the radiation mutated it into Godzilla. This is the one that attacked Japan in 1954.
Visitors from the future arrive to prevent the creation of Godzilla, and, using time travel and teleportation, remove the wounded godzillasaurus from Lagos Island in 1944, and put it in the deep ocean of the Bering Sea (they also release three small creatures called Dorats on Lagos, which the later radiation mutate into King Ghidorah - see the movie). In the 1970's, a Soviet nuclear submarine sinks where the godzillasaurus was, with the radiation mutating it into a second Godzilla (the one that attacked Japan in 1984). The Japanese government, not knowing this, sends a nuclear sub to recreate Godzilla. The new Godzilla absorbs the radiation from this sub as well, becoming bigger and stronger than the original.
The third Godzilla was created when the second ones internal nuclear processes went out of control, and the radiation was absorbed by Godzilla Jr., which mutated into the new Godzilla (Godzilla VS. Destroyah).

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overfiend

overfiend said:

---=== NEWS UPDATE ===---

On May 6, 20014...

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... Sony Pictures with release

Godzilla: Final Wars
and
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

as a BD double feature.

While looking on Amazon, I found out that Sony will also be releasing the following BD sets on the same day:

Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah
and
Godzilla Vs. Mothra

Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah
and
Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II
and
Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla

According to the Amazon listings, all of these will be two-disc sets.

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On April 29, 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment will release all Showa Gamera movies in two 1-disc BD sets:

Gamera: Ultimate Collection V1
{containing Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965); Gamera vs. Barugon (1966); Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) and Gamera vs. Viras (1968)}

Gamera: Ultimate Collection V2
{containing Gamera vs. Guiron (1969); Gamera vs. Jiger (1971); Gamera vs. Zigra (1970) and Gamera: Super Monster (1980)}

According to the listings, these are going to be restored, original Japanese cuts, in Japanese with English subtitles.

The same day Mill Creek will release in a 4-disc DVD set, the

Gamera Legacy Collection
containing all eleven Showa and Heisei Gamera films. The Heisei Gamera films (especially Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris) are among the best Kaiju films ever.

Note: the 3 Heisei Gamera films are already available on BD.

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Edit: Here's Scifi Japans' First Looks at the Sony Godzilla BDs:

First Look: New “Toho Godzilla Collection” Blu-rays from Sony

First Look: Sony “Toho Godzilla Collection” Blu-ray Back Covers and Title Treatments

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Twintail Tsundere

Ugh, Godzillas head looks too small (not as small as toys and other pics made it seem) and he has stumpy elephant feet.

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Pantsu~kudasai
Green Power Ranger and his mighty morphing fucking dragon, who I should add was summoned via his dagger flute. Mighty Fucking Morphing Gangsta
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overfiend

I've been having some car trouble and haven't kept track of what days the screenings for Gojira (1954) are going to be. I checked tonight and found I missed the first two, and there's a good possibility I won't be able to make tomorrow's. I was going to go with a friend and he said today would have been perfect for him, but he can't go tomorrow. Ah, crap.

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