The original Godzilla film focused on the people (not really the defense force) more than the monster. Now that is where is films generally diverge.Darth Rabbitt wrote:Why do American Godzilla films (now that we've had 2) focus on the human characters and the military, rather than the giant monsters? It's like Michael Bay secretly directed them, but with less fapping.
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Koumei wrote:I am disappointed in Santorum: he should carry his dead election campaign to term!
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Yeah, the original Godzilla film used the monster as a metaphor for the horror of the atomic bomb, and so he was more plot device than character. The recent movie went back to that well, so it's somewhat understandable that they would do the same, but that's really not what people want in their giant monster movies these days.
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Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Japanese Godzilla movies are always at two levels:
1. Humans doing boring stuff
2. Godzilla destroying stuff, fighting monsters and generally being awesome.
All Godzilla movies suffer from the fact that they'd be better off without boring humans doing boring human things.
There are a few exceptions, Final Wars has humans fighting each others (and sometimes monsters), and it has [strike]Hagar[/strike] Colonel Gordon. Godzilla vs Megalon has the Seatopia guys (japanese guys in toga) who add to the whole WTF aspect of the movie, Godzilla vs Biollante (if I remember correctly) has a pretty cool terrorist...
But generally speaking you spend most of the movies waiting for Godzilla to show up and destroy some models and fight another guy in a suit, while Japanese guys run around trying to do stuff and fall in love/gain the respect of their father/protect their children/etc.
1. Humans doing boring stuff
2. Godzilla destroying stuff, fighting monsters and generally being awesome.
All Godzilla movies suffer from the fact that they'd be better off without boring humans doing boring human things.
There are a few exceptions, Final Wars has humans fighting each others (and sometimes monsters), and it has [strike]Hagar[/strike] Colonel Gordon. Godzilla vs Megalon has the Seatopia guys (japanese guys in toga) who add to the whole WTF aspect of the movie, Godzilla vs Biollante (if I remember correctly) has a pretty cool terrorist...
But generally speaking you spend most of the movies waiting for Godzilla to show up and destroy some models and fight another guy in a suit, while Japanese guys run around trying to do stuff and fall in love/gain the respect of their father/protect their children/etc.
This week's episode of How to Get Away With Murder was pretty darned badass.
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The new Star Wars trailer has a guy with a lightsaber that generates a crossguard. That is fantastic.
DSMatticus wrote:It's not just that everything you say is stupid, but that they are Gordian knots of stupid that leave me completely bewildered as to where to even begin. After hearing you speak Alexander the Great would stab you and triumphantly declare the puzzle solved.
That was pretty cool, though I'm wondering why not go for a bell guard instead. In other news, the trailer contained 0% evidence that this movie will be remotely interesting to those of us who have seen Star Wars. It seems thus far to be a straight rehash of episode 4 and not any kind of development or expansion of the star wars project.
I'm not sure that's a bad thing actually. Star Wars is stupid enough trying to do something with artistic merit may not be worth it, and if he decided to just remake the original with modern special effects, for kids who haven't seen the old star warses (or any star warses), I can respect that.
I'm not sure that's a bad thing actually. Star Wars is stupid enough trying to do something with artistic merit may not be worth it, and if he decided to just remake the original with modern special effects, for kids who haven't seen the old star warses (or any star warses), I can respect that.
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Well written, entertaining.
Well written, entertaining.
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Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Paradox has the best sense of humor. This is nearly as good as that zombie viking joke.Greetings, Rightful Heirs and Usurpers Alike!
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DSMatticus wrote:It's not just that everything you say is stupid, but that they are Gordian knots of stupid that leave me completely bewildered as to where to even begin. After hearing you speak Alexander the Great would stab you and triumphantly declare the puzzle solved.
My experience is that story tends to wait for second trailers at least.
DSMatticus wrote:It's not just that everything you say is stupid, but that they are Gordian knots of stupid that leave me completely bewildered as to where to even begin. After hearing you speak Alexander the Great would stab you and triumphantly declare the puzzle solved.
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You could save a lot of money on costume/SF design by just having a gigantic Alan Rickman trashing Tokyo. Who needs lizards?erik wrote:I'm imagining Alan Rickman voicing Godzilla complaining about the stupid town and its people as he trashes the place. I could watch that for an hour with 15-30 minutes of non-zilla exposition peppered in.
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And I just stumbled upon this tonight...erik wrote:Oooor they should wise up and start writing dialog (or at least monologues) for Godzilla.
I'm imagining Alan Rickman voicing Godzilla complaining about the stupid town and its people as he trashes the place. I could watch that for an hour with 15-30 minutes of non-zilla exposition peppered in.
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Okay, so I was playing Hyrule Warriors earlier today, and the epic-ist thing ever happened.
In one level, there'z this dragon boss that appears several times, flying high above the ground. You keep trying to bring it down with magic chains, and each time it manages to break free.
So eventually, you entreat the Great Deus ex machina Fairy to help bring it down. And this happens.
In one level, there'z this dragon boss that appears several times, flying high above the ground. You keep trying to bring it down with magic chains, and each time it manages to break free.
So eventually, you entreat the Great Deus ex machina Fairy to help bring it down. And this happens.
Is this wretched demi-bee
Half asleep upon my knee
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric, the half a bee
Half asleep upon my knee
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric, the half a bee
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Gravity Falls is really fucking amazing! It's sort of like the bastard lovechild of Futurama and Adventure Time, though it's an Urban Fantasy (it's set in a small town rather than a city, but I think it's still the correct genre). Seriously, go watch the 1st episode. It's around 20 minutes long anyway.
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Seconded. Gravity Falls is indeed amazing as well as very cleverly planned and written. For those that want a fun cartoon, watch and enjoy. For those who want to tease apart puzzles and get some hints at future story elements, there's a fuckton of the stuff herein. The characters are rich despite the overall lightness of the show, and the continuity is strong.
You can watch it all here.
You can watch it all here.
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