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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 9, 2012 at 10:55am

@ShadowNeverDies
Dude, my problem is that A LOT of people keep telling me, Godzilla 1998 is lame BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHY, they just think that the fact that they've said it's lame automatically makes it lame! 

I think The Dark Knight Rises was lame and I wrote fifteen pages going into detail on why I thought so! If you or anyone else can do the same for Godzilla 1998 and maybe the same for the original Godzilla explaining why it's good I'll accept it. 

Comment by ShadowNeverDies on October 9, 2012 at 8:26am

@Happy Birthday Roboto: Godzilla 1998 was just a bad film, if it was good people would've forgiven a lot of the things it did. Only thing I really liked is how they handled Godzilla's death, but it's kind of garbage everywhere else and ripped off Jurasic Park so much (and poorly) it became obnoxious. All the Godzilla films before it are pretty campy and if you didn't grow up with it you might just write it off because they're kid films before anything else...minus the first one which is still pretty dated.

Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 9, 2012 at 8:05am

@Andres Perez
I know you didn't create the video, when I said that you posted it I meant posting it here. :)

But based on what I know the original Godzilla was a movie about a monster that was a metaphor for the effects of nuclear radiation on the environment and with the Japanese as the victims, Godzilla 1998 (or Zilla) was basically an update but with New Yorkers as the victims.

The times and circumstances changed, in the '40s Americans had used nuclear weapons, by the '90s the French had tested nuclear weapons in the tropics (to the criticism of the international community) so from my man on the street perspective Zilla looked like a pretty good update of Godzilla. 

However, I have really seen extremely little Godzilla material, the only film I've seen all the way through is Godzilla 1998, thus to be fair when it comes to Godzilla I admit I'm pretty ignorant and need to be informed. So as you suggested I'll go watch some of the earlier Godzilla movies and I'll start with the original, if I can track down a copy. :)

Comment by thechaserv97 on October 8, 2012 at 9:13pm

i cant wait

Comment by Andres Perez on October 8, 2012 at 9:54am

@Happy Birthday Roboto: I did not create that video, I just wanted to share it with you and anyone who was interested. Unlike the remake, the original was inspired by real life events(the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) which made Godzilla an allegory that the Japanese can "connect" with. I felt that while Zilla was created by the French(which makes no sense considering that France hasn't been a military threat to anyone in recent decades), the remake completely ignored the nuclear allegory aspect and treats the character as nothing more than a cowardly monster who wants to lay its eggs in New York rather than a force of death and destruction. Also, while it was implied that the Americans accidentally created Godzilla in the original, it was never specifically stated in the movie so that the message against nuclear weapons can be applied to the whole world. Despite our different views on the remake, I respect your opinions. If you want to see a great Godzilla movie made in recent years, I recommend Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack(2001).

Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 8, 2012 at 5:08am

@Andres Perez
Thanks for posting that video... but I still don't really get it...

You see the original Godzilla was a story about the consequences of nuclear radiation on the environment made with the technology of the day, the film wasn't scientifically accurate but sci-fi seldom is and Godzilla was a literal monster that stood in for the spectre of radiation. By that definition Zilla 1998 was the exact same thing! In the original the Japanese suffered because of the Americans, in the remake, the Americans suffered because of the French.

The more I think about it Godzilla 1998 is pretty much the ultimate Godzilla! I think I'll get the Blu-Ray. 

Comment by Carnage Kosmic on October 7, 2012 at 8:27pm

I love the old school Godzilla movies, King of Monsters is one of the greatest films ever made in my books, but growing up in the 90's and being a fan I saw the 1998 Godzilla and still somewhat enjoy it. It's not a Godzilla movie but as  a giant monster movie it's alright. I don't think a 'good' american Godzilla movie can be made unless they go back and remake the original and then it could end up being a lame remake. Just make a giant monster movie and leave the 'Godzilla' name out of it. 

Comment by FIlmer on October 7, 2012 at 7:04pm

If this guy plans to film godzilla like he did with MONSTER , I'll pass.

Comment by Andres Perez on October 7, 2012 at 12:07pm

@Happy Birthday Roboto: This video might answer your questions about Godzilla's character, who he is, what he is about, and why the 1998 remake fails in comparison to what came before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ9Y74WgYtY&feature=plcp

Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 7, 2012 at 8:20am

I honestly don't get Godzilla! 

What's the difference between Transformers and Godzilla? Transformers have personalities, histories and can talk, there's at least some character there. There's nothing to Godzilla, the Japanese films make Michael Bay's Transformers films look like Lord of the Rings! 

Couldn't the "script" for Godzilla be written in half an hour? I always thought the 1998 film was the best thing that ever happened to this "character!" 

Can anyone explain Godzilla to me? Write on my page and take as much space as you like. 

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