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    Quote Quoting bac0n (view post)
    Super Inframan is great fun. It has all the trappings of classic daikaiju monsters, except, well, the giant part.
    It's a man-sized kaiju film!



    Same as the Yokai Monsters movies - those are awesome as well.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Do you have it on DVD???

    *plans to either ask for a burn/copy...or plan a full-scale raid on bac0n's house*
    Thanks to the magic of Region-Free DVD players, I have the entire Heisei Godzilla Series on DVD (with the exception of Godzilla 1985, which I'm sorta lukewarm about and i have on VHS tape which is good enough for me).

    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    unless i'm mistaken, it's the only "she." correct?
    Hard to tell its sex, really. Biollante apparently contains the spirit of its creator's deceased daughter. Whether or not that makes it a she remains a point of conjecture.

    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Nope, Mothra's a girl!
    In some films, Mothra is referred to as she, in others, as a he.

    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    aahhh. yes. also i have this vague feeling that king ghidorah might be a she. is that possible?
    It could be, I suppose, tho I don't remember any instance of its gender being discussed.

    Quote Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
    Biollante - Isn't this the film in which that psychic chick with the HUGE freaking ears first appears?
    That would be Miki Saegusa, who, yeah, returned for all subsequent Godzilla films, up until Godzilla vs. Destroyah. The only Godzilla film where I thought her ears appeared huge was Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, where she had that awful short haircut and those big honking ear rings which wiggled whenever she tried her psychic powers. In the other films, where her hair was longer and her ears weren't so accentuated, she looked quite pretty.
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    save for emmerich's, i haven't watched any big G movie in almost two decades. so color me surprise that Godzilla versus Biollante dates very well. the effect is quite good. sure, everything looks modelly and rubberly, but the mayhem and the monsters themselves are exciting enough to watch. i suspect it has to do with the models, no matter how fake they appear, are still physical objects which're way better than any sub-par cgi could wish for.

    the story is good, rather involving with a lot of parties. the big G, biollante (godzilla rose), the human which are consisted of the japanese, the american (villain), and the middle-eastern saradia (also villain, but pretty cool nonetheless.)

    the only thing that makes me disappointed is the score. i remember it to be very good. which it's not, sadly.
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    You really have me jonesin' to see this one, lovejuice.

    I love the films with totally outlandish monsters, which this one seems to have.

    Another one (an older Toho release) that has a famously strange monster is Dororo.
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    i haven't watched a giant monster movie since well, Cloverfield and The Host, and enjoyed them both greatly.

    as a kid i was a huge ULTRAMAN fan, i used to sketch the monsters and follow other similar films that appeared on TV occasionally, japanese series were surprisingly popular in Brazil during the 80's until early 90's.

    I remember watching some episodes of Gamera, and an ultraman rip-off called SPECTREMAN which had the best music theme like, evar!

    found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qitm2uB1Re0

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    Quote Quoting KK2.0 (view post)
    I remember watching some episodes of Gamera, and an ultraman rip-off called SPECTREMAN which had the best music theme like, evar!

    found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qitm2uB1Re0
    spectre! man! spectre! man! gahhh!!! can't get the song off my head. :frustrated:
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    OMG I MUST FIND THIS SPECTRE MAN THING YOU SPEAK OF.
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    Daimajin is such a great movie. Watched it last night - second viewing for me, first for Jen.

    I love how Majin's presence is felt all throughout the film, not only due to the earthquakes signifying his awakening. It always feels like this beast is watching over all the events taking place, just waiting for the perfect time to begin his wrath.

    Great movie, and beautifully shot.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Daimajin is such a great movie. Watched it last night - second viewing for me, first for Jen.
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    Great movie, and beautifully shot.
    Great payoff too, probably my favorite in any movie, period. Ooooooh do the bad-guys get what's coming to them!
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    So all of you fans of the genre, can you rank all of the Kaiju/Monster films you've seen from best to worst for me?
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting Qrazy (view post)
    So all of you fans of the genre, can you rank all of the Kaiju/Monster films you've seen from best to worst for me?

    King Kong ('33)
    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack ('01)
    Gojira ('54)
    Daimajin ('66)
    The Host ('06)
    Destroy All Monsters! ('68)
    Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris ('99)
    Invasion of Astro Monster ('70)
    Terror of Mechagodzilla ('75)
    Rodan ('56)
    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion ('96)
    Cloverfield ('08)
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)
    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster ('65)
    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe ('95)
    Super 8 Ultra Brothers ('08)
    Godzilla 2000 ('99)
    Godzilla: Final Wars ('04)
    Mothra vs. Godzilla ('64)
    War of the Gargantuas ('66)
    Godzilla Raids Again ('55)
    Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. ('03)
    King Kong ('05)
    Godzilla vs. Destroyah ('95)
    Godzilla vs. Megaguirus ('00)
    Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth ('92)
    Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla ('02)
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ('91)
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 ('93)
    Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla ('94)
    Godzilla 1985 ('84)
    All Monsters Attack! ('69)
    Godzilla ('98 / Emmerich)


    I may have missed one or two, but I don't have my DVDs here to look at.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    I may have missed one or two, but I don't have my DVDs here to look at.
    No worries, thanks. Mostly just interested in what the best ones are.
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Godzilla vs. Destroyah ('95)
    Godzilla vs. Megaguirus ('00)
    Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth ('92)
    Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla ('02)
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ('91)
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 ('93)
    Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla ('94)
    Godzilla 1985 ('84)
    based on the low rating of these, do you mean to say you are not too enamored with the revisionism of the big G? i have watched none of this, but always nurture some interest. you think, i should cap that?
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    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    based on the low rating of these, do you mean to say you are not too enamored with the revisionism of the big G? i have watched none of this, but always nurture some interest. you think, i should cap that?

    I actually like them quite a bit, but they aren't as great as the ones above them.

    I find that the '70s "Godzilla" films had some great hoaky cheese, and this was the prime era for that kind of "so bad it's good, guys in rubber suits" fun.

    For the '90s revision, I felt like it was trying to recapture both this hoakiness, and the great story-telling of some of the earlier films like the original Gojira. But, in my opinion, they failed at both.

    I know D_Davis' favorite "Godzilla" film ever is Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth from the '90s. So I guess it's just different things for different people.

    I don't actively dislike any of the movies until the last 2 or 3 on my list.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Daimajin is such a great movie. Watched it last night - second viewing for me, first for Jen.

    I love how Majin's presence is felt all throughout the film, not only due to the earthquakes signifying his awakening. It always feels like this beast is watching over all the events taking place, just waiting for the perfect time to begin his wrath.

    Great movie, and beautifully shot.
    It's a brilliant film. Probably the most atmospheric of all kaiju films.

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    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    based on the low rating of these, do you mean to say you are not too enamored with the revisionism of the big G? i have watched none of this, but always nurture some interest. you think, i should cap that?
    These are all the best for me:

    Godzilla vs. Destroyah ('95)
    Godzilla vs. Megaguirus ('00)
    Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle for Earth ('92)
    Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla ('02)
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ('91)
    Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 ('93)
    Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla ('94)
    Godzilla 1985 ('84)

    I love the second series. For my money, G-films don't get any better than Heisei period. Awesome costumes, cool stories, and good characters.

    The Battle for the Earth is my favorites G-film, followed closely by Destroyah.

    The Millennium Series is my second favorite, with Godzilla 200 being tops, followed closely by Final Wars.

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    I know this belongs more in the comic book thread, but since it's related, I just wanted to mention one of my favorite indie comics from the 80's, Jeff Nicholson's Ultra Klutz, a parody of Ultraman/Giant Monster films. Of course, all the best parts of the comic were the knock-down drag-out fights in Tokyo with the recurring cast of giant turles, lizards, aliens, etc.




    There was a great side story featuring a boozin', smokin' band of tough guy superheroes called the Justice Louts.



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    Russ, I'd never heard of that, and I'm repping you for bringing it to my attention.

    One of the web comics I'm working on is kaiju-related, so I really want to check this out for inspiration.

    Thanks!
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    Godzilla 2000 has one of the greatest endings in cinema since forever.


    "Why does Godzilla keep protecting us?"

    "Perhaps it's because...Godzilla is in every one of us!"

    *Godzilla blows up the rest of the city*
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    Quote Quoting Qrazy (view post)
    So all of you fans of the genre, can you rank all of the Kaiju/Monster films you've seen from best to worst for me?
    My Favorites:

    Newer Ones (1990-present)
    1) Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
    2) Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
    3) Gamera: Advent of Legion
    4) Gamera: Revenge of Iris

    (interesting note: all of the above films are directed by Shusuke Kaneko. who, as it happens, fucking rules)

    5) Godzilla vs. Rodan: Battle for Earth

    Cheesey Ones:
    1) Terror of Mechagodzilla

    Classic Ones: (Pre 1975)
    1) Destroy All Monsters
    2) Daimajin
    3) Mothra vs. Godzilla
    4) Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster
    5) War of the Gargantuas
    6) Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
    7) King Kong Escapes
    8) Invasion of Astro-Monster. (aka Godzilla vs. Monster Zero)

    Note that I didn't include the original Gojira, nor did i include King Kong, as I don't really consider them daikaiju films per se'. Rule of thumb, tho: if the film is directed by either Shusuke Kaneko or Ishiro Honda, you're in for a treat.
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    For anyone interested, James Rolfe (better know as "The Angry Video Game Nerd") did a retrospective of every Godzilla movie last fall.

    Here's the page with links to all the videos.

    Some are quite short, and he often doesn't have much to say other than outlining the general plotlines, but it's nonetheless informative for anyone who has no idea how to approach this series.
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    Have you watched Big Man Japan, meg? It's an interesting take on giant monster movies. I didn't love it but it's definitely worth a watch.
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    Quote Quoting EyesWideOpen (view post)
    Have you watched Big Man Japan, meg? It's an interesting take on giant monster movies. I didn't love it but it's definitely worth a watch.

    No, it's one I'll have to wait for a DVD release for.

    Not showing anywhere around here.

    But yeah, I do really want to see it. It looks like it could be a lot of zany fun.
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    It's on dvd already. I just watched it on netflix instant watch.
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