Quote:Bluemage wrote:
Quote:Hey, the Japanese acknowledged it. They called it "Zilla" (since it was unworthy of the God- at the front), and it got one scene in... Final Wars, I think it was, in which it died. I think that says enough about its quality.And yet, the animated sequel series is incredibly popular in Japan. Which really shows that it's the quality of the movie that they didn't like rather than anything to do with the monster's design.
Also, fun fact. Godzilla has always basically been parthanogenic. Anyone know where Godzilla Jr came from? I don't really remember any Mrs. Zilla being involved in the old Toho flicks.
Really, the sad thing is the series of pissing matches over it. The Tristar movie had the mayor of New York be modeled on Roger Ebert as a slam against the reviewer's poor review of...something else the director had done. Then Final Wars goes to the expense of CGI generating the design purely for the purpose of teabagging the thing. I mean, sure, it wasn't a great movie, but this isn't the movie where Baby Godzilla guides a small boy on how to deal with bullies by taking him on a magical tour of Monster Island in his dreams.
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