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Comment by Anthony Stokes on January 9, 2013 at 7:37am

@Whiffandril I don't see how you can survive against a giant indestructible lizard who breaths fire. It made since in Cloverfield because the monster wasn't focused on them.  Bmovies don't need remakes lol. Unless it's Black Dynamite or if it's a smart comedic monster movie. Once again to work it has to be a fun movie. So Frank Darobount is out aside from directing The Mist which I think I'll go re watch instead of this remake.  I would LOVE a James Gunn or a Joe Cornish Godzilla though

Comment by Dan Leon on January 8, 2013 at 9:41pm

Sucks to hear about the legal battle going on during production; as for fave Godzilla enemy, Destroyah.

Comment by Whiffandril on January 8, 2013 at 9:40pm

Well, it's going to be more realistic and show what it would actually be like if this happened to us. Rather than just focusing on the giant lizard monster, Edwards is most likely going to focus on our heroes. Survival over monster movie. I'm getting the feeling that it will be the Hollywood version of "Cloverfield;" without the handheld camera.    

Comment by Anthony Stokes on January 8, 2013 at 9:29pm

@Whiffandril Well I think Carrie could benefit from a more dramatic darker in depth remake, The Crow I never saw. But Robocop could be a great movie, there's plenty of themes in there reincarnation, alienation, hero worship.  When I judge remakes I based them off how well can they redo them, and make them better. That being said Evil Dead has more miles and creative legs then say Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  I stand by my statement lol what are they going to do make Godzilla have more humanity like the Alien from Alien 4 lol.

Comment by RogueLatina on January 8, 2013 at 5:52pm

@The Dubya As I writer myself I agree with you, and I am totally on board with punch-ups, rewrites, and everything that goes along with creating a good movie... However, I'm getting the sense there's something funky going on here.  I remember watching the extended footage from Comic-Con 2012, and the filmmakers gave us all the sense that while it was still an on-going process the movie was ready to film.  I could have understood wrong, seeing as it was unauthorized footage I was watching, but I felt confident then that the team responsible for this had a pretty good idea of where they wanted to go.

Fast-Forward past several news blasts about re-writes, along with other production stuff, and quite frankly I'm getting concerned.  I hear ya on the no good movie has ever gone to screen without multiple edits and even drafts, but many a bad movie has gone to screen following re-writes and studio issues.  I'm still open minded about the prospects of a good final product though and am looking forward to this movie. 

Comment by Whiffandril on January 8, 2013 at 5:47pm

Have you seen "Monsters?" Gareth Edwards gained nerd credentials from that film alone. It's a fantastic work of sci-fi and he tells an intriguing story about a guy and a girl who need to get home, while escaping aliens that have inhabited earth. He even did his own effects on the film. With him and Darabont fixing up the script... I just don't get how you can't be even slightly excited for this. And if you think this is more pointless than "Carrie," "Robocop," or "The Crow" then I don't know what to say.

Comment by Anthony Stokes on January 8, 2013 at 5:20pm

yeah I didn't have a lot of hope for Avatar when it came out either. And yeah I was mildly surprised. This goes back to How good can a Godzilla movie really be? And you're getting to hung up on the concept of old I'd say who hasn't done anything that's impressed me lately, while The Mist was great and if it had that tone I'd love it but it didn't blow my mind away. This is still, without some one who actually has some nerd credentials ala Toro, Wheedon, Wright, Cornish, Spielberg, the most pointless remake I've heard of

Comment by Whiffandril on January 8, 2013 at 5:00pm

Either way, I don't think saying a director is "old" is giving enough credit. "The Majestic" is 11 years old and "The Mist" is 5. As well as him creating and directing the first episode of "The Walking Dead." Had his career dissipated later on, I would have a more understanding, but it didn't. He just picks projects he is interested in and makes them good. The only arguement is that "The Majestic" is just mediocre. Darabont is still a well known name, especially with the film lovers. Arguably you can say James Cameron was old when he made "Avatar" if you go by his large films. There was a 12 year gap between that and "Titanic." 

Comment by Anthony Stokes on January 8, 2013 at 9:13am

Tarantino has gotten worse Fincher has stayed at the same skill level for me . When I say age I meant old age. You're examples don't make sense at the time of Poltergeist came out Spielberg was a big name and was making great movies. Spielberg is still, arguably making movies. I'm saying to come out of nowhere to make a movie it usually doesn't work very well.  And Edgar Wright writing Godzilla would mean it'd be a great movie. Now if this was 15-20 years after and his last movie was Scott Pilgrim I'd take his name worth a grain of salt. Let's not pretend like it's normal for aging directors to still make good products. Ex. Remero Craven, Lucas, Eastwoood arguably, the list goes on a few select examples doesn't mean it happens on a significant level

Comment by Whiffandril on January 8, 2013 at 8:27am

Fincher, Bigelow and even arguably Tarantino have all gotten better with age. Also, producing is entirely different than writing. Darabont has written all of his films aside from "Majestic." Saying his name means nothing is like saying Spielberg's script of "Poltergeist" means nothing, or Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish having written "The Adventures of Tintin" means nothing. Those are just minor examples, but having Darabont's name attached to this rewrite is kind of a big deal and he can really bring something to the table with this film. Would it make a difference if Wright came on to rewrite this, because he writes and directs recent films? God no. What this shows is that they want a certain tone to this "Godzilla" film and that Darabont might be able to add to it, while fixing up some dialogue and miscellaneous things. 

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