This cast is underwhelming.

True.

That said many have done well given the right roles.

I can't imagine the acting being any worse than the 1998 version...

MATTHEW ****ING BRODERICK SAYS "HELLO!!!"

He also says that he is again very very very sorry for striking someone with a car and killing them, but hopes you enjoyed Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

I'm A G-fan but he was the BEST of the whole lot on that radioactive $3itstorm.

His "love interest" and the guy right off a huge award in the birdcage was the worst acting I've ever witnessed. I take that back. Now that Syfy is helping to produce Asylum movies we've finally surpassed that.

Barely.

Only TOTL computers saved that film...

FTR, I am not a Broderick fan.

However, Broderick, when you look at it kind of looks like Brokedick.

Pacific Rim (which I loved) = Legendary's testing ground (effects wise) for Godzilla.

I predict I will revert back to my 9 year old self when I go see this movie.

There's a new trailer out. I'm on my phone so I'll just drop the link on Facebook for now. Someone on their computer can feel free to embed..

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...43771755653234

I am now VERY interested.

Wow. Over/under on number of monsters in this film? Just Godzilla? The video shows a weird foot like thing stamping down on the ground that doesn't match a part of Godzilla.
edit: After rewatching it there are some strange things at 1:33 which looks like something with folded wings diving or falling into the ocean. 1:48 there is something knocking fighters from the sky, and the setting looks similar to the scene from 1:33. 2:07 is the weird foot thing, that looks like the edge of a bent wing, sort of how a bat walks on the ground.

I would enjoy if Ghidorah makes an appearance, though with an altered appearance deviating from the tree trunk form in the past. If there is another monster with wings, my money is on Rodan. The Destroyer had wings, but it basically an unknown, so highly doubtful.
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Ok, did a bit of digging. Minimum of 2 monsters is the rumor. I'm sticking with Rodan.

I think I saw that. It looked like a folded wing or something.. Like a pterodactyl or something similar.

There was also the water bear thing in the teaser but that could have just been to create hype.

Ghidorah is just all kinds of stupid. I'd rather they stay away from there.

Rodan would work fine for me.

IT MAY BE STUPID TO YOU, BUT MY 9 YEAR OLD SELF SAYS, "SHUT UP DICK FACE!"

Early scripts had 3 monsters...

Gotta love reddit:

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How long before they remake Godzilla v. King Kong?

And not sure what the **** this is... somebody pooping a missile/shell out?

http://i.imgur.com/DYGdW03.jpg

Well, clearly other monsters are involved:

Yeah, well, one of us got smarter since he was nine, and the other apparently hasn't. :p

I imagine you could do a giant three-headed monster "right", but the original ghiderah was just as stupid as space-travel enabled, jet engine powered, flying, sabertoothed turtle.

My nine year old self loved it. Now my kids couldn't get me to spend $50 to bring the family to a movie so far beyond stupid. Give me realistic oversized, invincible monsters!! :LOL:

Here is the other creatures arm/leg.

http://i.imgur.com/t5k1AJ7.png

i'm not sure what the movie is going to be about if he is that big.

outside of nukes, there isn't anything they can do about it LMAO

Hey! I have been keeping myself in the dark on this film up until today. Godzilla was a staple of my childhood, and there are many running jokes in our family about it. I have been trying to keep my expectations at the bottom of the barrel, but this trailer has forced me to raise them... hopefully not too high.

Destroyah, if it isn't King Ghidorah

Definitely keep those expectations low. Better to have them exceeded than crushed... Let's face it, "modern" versions of those old Japanese monster movies centuries have really failed to live up to even the low expectations we've set for them.

Rodan is a lot more iconic than Ghidorah, so that makes sense.

But im thinking it might be Mothra.

Right, could be.

Or could be something entirely new as well. Nothing wrong with that.

I hope not, which would have the inclusion of the mini alien twins.

It sounds like it is going to be 2 new never before seen insect like (possibly mutating) monsters. Speculation is that they are man made in the Nevada desert since there are shots of Las Vegas being destroyed (which is a funny nod to disaster films destroying monuments... all of them are in LV).

Things I love about the upcoming movie after watching, and re-watching, the latest trailer;
1) Looks like they are tying this movie to Godzilla’s origin story from the very first Godzilla movie
2) The tone of the movie appears to be very somber and serious. Godzilla’s first movie had that same tone but after 50 years of camp it’s hard to remember that fact.

Dear God am I hyped to see this movie.

Not sure how this could possibly end up being a good movie.

Looks dope. Having Cranston and Watanabe on board gives me hope it won't suck.

Define good.

Good as in Oscar worthy type movie

OR

Good as in an enjoyable movie that's fun to watch

Either.

Though it would be fun if every now and then big movies would come out that didnt need someone to add the disclaimer that I leave my brain at home before i go to the theater in able to enjoy it.

That looks absolutely awesome.

This genre will always lend itself to campiness, but it is good to see them moving back toward the tone of the original film. At that time it had good special effects, and a very serious tone and message to it.

This movie can be good if the acting is not over the top, and they let the message of the film speak for itself rather than ramming it down the audience's throat. Something else that may not bother some, but I hate revelations that come via exposition. Obviously some things should be revealed through dialogue, but I do not want this to be something like M. Night would do where the entire back story of the monsters are spoon fed to the audience via the mouth of some government official or scientist that could not possibly know everything he knows.

Let us fill in the blanks dammit!

They also have 'kickass' to woop some godzilla ass

If this is as enjoyable as Pacific Rim i'll like it

Betting that is a wing hook.

In the internets if it isn't a ****in masterpiece it's shit.

Where did Godzilla come from? What is he?

The trailer says they awakened it and that the nuke tests in the 50's were actually attempts to kill it. So was it created by the radiation from Hiroshima and Nagasaki nearly a decade prior? What's he been doing in all the time between the bombings in the 50's and now? Are the other monsters' origins the same as Godzilla's? Are all of the monsters trying to destroy mankind? Is Godzilla an anti-hero of sorts?

I am ready to know.

Something the size of Godzilla probably took a while to grow...?

according to the Toho continuity Godzilla is a awakened mutate dinosaur spliced DNA of a T-Rex and Stegosaurus

I don't know why you think that. Everything so far indicates this isn't just going to be a Roland Emmerich disaster movie.

Or if you go by the Heisei Series timeline Godzilla is a radioactively mutated Godzillasaurus and King Gidorah is the result of three Dorats being placed in the same location as the original Godzillasaurus.

That's what I thought. A pterodactyl or bat type wing...

And his first monster movie was in no way like that...

They are also putting out the Original Godzilla as well-great movie for its time.

Best shot of Godzilla yet...

I'm actually interested, and before that trailer, I wasn't.

He looks kind of like a bear.

Well it's based of the original b&w Godzilla.

And the full body shots down't really look that way. Scroll down to the spoiler toy pics...

Ohh, how delightful! Full frontal, but not as good as a few of the ones posted in the True Detective thread.

And Godzooky!

OMG, what a disaster. :doh!:

As for this new film, I'm kind of excited to see it.

Silly Godzoosky.

NEED MOAR GAMERA!!!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...6c/Gamera1.jpg

If he was JUST a giant, sabertoothed turtle maybe. But no. With jets...

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and a breath weapon.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...gxkrboUucrwWPQ



In all honesty, though, I was a Gamera kid. He was my favorite monster from those silly monster movies. But...seriously....?

Think the dumbest monster of all was the amazing Ginshu Knife monster Gamera fought. Who, of course, could also whip throwing stars around, which flew out of his head.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--I1W_Iw0s4...600/guiron.jpg

I wasn't a Gamera fan when I was a kid. However, I recently bought this on a whim for $7:

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While the effects aren't great, it wasn't too bad.

When i was a kid, my favorite kaiju were Mothra and Rodan.

I liked both of them. I don't have a very specific memory, but I'm pretty sure I cried when one Rodan went into a volcano to save his/her brother/sister/child or whatever, and both died.

'course I was probably 7 or something.

Mothra. If you don't know this song you don't belong to my generation.


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IGN super nerd breakdown of new trailer...

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Since I watched the whole thing, I'm obviously also a super nerd. Not that this is news, really...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Godzilla-C...lla+collection

I bought this godzilla collection dvd....good purchase?

I liked the 90's-00's stretch better myself...

Enjoyed that with the super nerdism breakdown. I really hope this is done well, looks awesome. I thought Man of Steel looked spectacular with the trailer and it was ok as a movie.

Any suggested titles that are available on dvd/bluray or a collection?

The Gamera trilogy from the 90s was awesome. Gamera vs. Iris is one the best kaiju movies of all time.

I've only watched the first one so far so that's good to know. :thumb:

That was a great breakdown.

Slowed down, what most of us thought appeared to be a folded wing actually looks more like an insect leg. According to IMDB: "Urban Collector, an online toy distributor, revealed that one of the monsters featured in the film is named "Muto" and has eight-legs. It has also been confirmed that another monster will have wings".

Now I'm curious to see:

-The monster designs
-The origin of the monsters
-The origin of the huge skeleton
-The motivation behind Godzilla fighting the other monsters

I've never been able to see any of the new run.

Need 90s Godzilla movie suggestions

I'm hard.

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I enjoyed these movies as a kid, but nowhere near as much as you folk here. Was hoping the breakdown would explain 1:36 of the trailer but it didn't. Any thoughts?

The panoramic view of the skyline and the falling streaks?

I'm guessing that's just a widened shot of the paratroopers holding flares in their hands. I can't imagine why they'd be sending those guys into the city like that though. I guess the flares could be used to 1) make sure they don't hit each other on the way down, as the weather seemed a bit rainy/foggy/hazey or 2) mark the location of some sort of bomb strike..

Marking a bomb strike seems unlikely, though, given the fact that the troopers would be bombed themselves and also that Godzilla is ****ing huge and likely wouldn't need any sort of marking in the first place.

Something else of note is at 1:44 during the shot of the huge skeleton. There's a large pile of bodies to the right of the explorers. They look pretty "fresh" so it'll be interesting to see how they got there.

Nope. Not ever in the history of ever would you do that in a tactical/combat situation. I know you're just guessing- but that scene kinda made me roll my eyes a little bit.

But I can deal with it, cause I'm as jacked as everyone else for this.

Wow, maybe I need to get my eyes checked! It looked like some alien tentacles or something to me. Watching it again (and wondering why I didn't notice the jumpers right before), I know see what they are if not why. Thanks.

My most anticipated movie in a long, long time...

Love the homage to 1954 and the twist about the nuke tests being a cover for them trying to kill Godzilla.

Oh and that final scene...just *chills*...

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Heisei Series (1984 - 1995)
The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1985)
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Mothra (Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (Godzilla vs. Destroyer)

Overall the Heisei series of Godzilla movies were good; better effects, solid storytelling and all 7 followed the same continuity.

Favorites of the series, in order;
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (Godzilla vs. Destroyer)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

Moving into the 2000's started the Millennium series. (2000 - 2004)
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (Godzilla 2000)
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Godzilla x Megaguirus)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (GMK)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Godzilla x Mechagodzilla)
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.)
Godzilla: Final Wars

While still solid movies there is no continuity with these films. Each one only ties to the very first (1954) Godzilla film, with the execption of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Godzilla x Mechagodzilla) & Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.).

They mess with the whole Godzilla cannon in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (GMK) but it's a good movie.

Favorites in the series, in order;
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Godzilla x Mechagodzilla)
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.)
Godzilla: Final Wars

I have heard a few people say that Rodan is the monster with wings in the movie

He is a kind of pterodactyl I believe