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Don’t question it. LOL! This made me laugh thank you hahaha yes, I've removed majority of ads off the site to make it more user friendly for members. Instead I've opted to periodically publish articles like this to offset hosting costs. Less intrusive and keeps us online. :)
It might interest you to know that “Rite Of Spring” is the first western piece Ifukube heard.
You make an excellent point about the rhythmic elements of Ifukube's music producing memorable themes for Godzilla. I could even consider the opening notes on the 1954 soundtrack as a theme - essentially those tympani accents which are supposed to be footfalls.
The part in Rite of Spring which really has the G vibes for me is the section where strings are doing even rhythmic accents and then the orchestra does syncopated accents on top ("Augurs of Spring").
Another classical piece which has G vibes has got to be Holst's "Mars" from his "The Planets" suite. There's alot!
BTW I did a few analyses of Ifukube G music a while back. You can find them here:
http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/p/godzilla.html
This is probably an unpopular vote, but I was really surprised and moved by the Anime Trilogy. I had pretty low expectations going in (wasn't excited about the future premise) but once I got past the first movie I started to understand what they were trying to do.
It was really interesting to see how Godzilla, MG and KG could evolve over 20 thousand years into almost literal "gods".
Also I applaud them for going for such an adult dark ending!
Don’t question it.
In the third act of Shin, it seems to become patriotic, and rather than showing the government as corruption chose to show them as good people trying their best. To me it balances that conflict very well.
Its just how Scified makes money and stays online
Loved the introductions to the Brody family and the reintroduction of the Seriwazas.
This was a good chapter.
Kong's resurfacing soon, right?
Xenotaris, favorite franchises for me:
1. MCU
2. Star Wars
3. MonsterVerse
4. Transformers
Godzilla vs Kong is about an ancestral rivalry between two god-like beings that branches back to an ancient war of Titans. The battle is reignited in modern times, as the "mortal" humans are caught in the middle, with some (APEX) attempting to disrupt the natural order by getting involved in the battle.
All Monsters Attack is about a kid who dreams that he's hanging out with Minilla/Minya (who can talk for some reason) as they watch stock footage from other (and better) Godzilla films.
I'm not trying to disrespect your opinions, but I honestly don't see how All Monsters Attack is more compelling than the MonsterVerse movies...
G.H. (gman)
godzilla vs destroyah is better than return of godzilla and godzilla vs biollante by FAR. so its the easily the best of the heisei series.
Sorry I mean Titans-Jinshin Mushi. Last time.
Dude that wasn't Tokyo, Kong and Godzilla were fighting in Hong Kong. I watched almost all the godzilla (and related kaiju) movies and Hong Kong and Tokyo look complete different
I hate Disney even more now
I really like the Queen MUTO because of her powerful sonic breath and the way she looks.
I think maybe a Compromise could be Reached... if NOT then while Disney can not use the Predator.... the Thomas Brothers will also likely NOT be able to use the likeness of the Yautja so its like a LOOSE/LOOSE situation.
Well when they Purchased the Rights then the PREDATOR Franchise was a BIG reason for them doing so......
The Thomas Brothers are likely looking to make some $$$$ because WHY NOT... they had Created a Iconic Character..... One that makes MONEY to this Day.
They however do-not OWN the Visual Look of the Predator and so Disney could just re-brand the Franchise a Different Name and give a Back Story to the Yautja
Then that leave the Thomas Brothers with their IDEA that they could maybe get someone to Continue with but then NOT be able to USE the Iconic Appearance of the Predator.
A WIN/WIN would be a Compromise and Royalties for Future use of the Predator Character. But Disney could go and give us a Movie where the Yautja do-not go Hunting and there would be NOT a lot that the Thomas Brothers could do about that.
But this would be kind of like taking away the Egg and Face Hugger stage of the Xenomorph in a ROW between say O'Bannons Estate and Disney... the name ALIEN, and Xenomorph and Aesthetically how they look would be Nothing to do with O'Bannons ideas and design for instance.
Well maybe we could get some News on the 26th of April but it does seem to be that DISNEY knows the Poisoned Chalice of the Franchise as far as Theatrical and will the TV Series Finally begin Shooting?
In the Meantime then DISNEY knows the Franchise can make Money from other Formats which include Video Games, Comics, Novels and Merchandise/Toys.
I think as far as the Big or Small Screen then the Franchise has HIT a NERVE with Many Fans.... This all STEMS from the STUDIO not having the BALLS to stick with what Prometheus was doing and STEERING AWAY from the ALIEN.
I do suspect that DISNEY maybe could REBOOT the Franchise say in 2029 for the 50th Anniversary.....
CHAPTER 16: G-FORCE
It's been four years since the xiliens unleashed SpaceGodzilla onto the Earth. Since his awakening he has demolished many cities, though if it weren’t for earth’s kaiju he would have long conquered the earth. M-COM meanwhile made leaps and bounds in improving the EDI chances against the xilien threat however Matango infestations still prove difficult to eliminate. Although some of earth’s Kaiju are more than willing to fight alongside humanity, there are many that don’t. Kamacuras migrate far from the monster island archipelago into India, Indonesia, and Australia. Meganulon also hailing from monster island migrated westward being led by their queen Megaguirus.
M-com HQ, July 30th 2009
Scientists and engineers have been working around the clock to develop new anti-kaiju technology as well as a cure for the Matango fungus that has spread across the globe. Joseph Brody was busy designing a way to harness M-Energy from the cells of kaiju. Sandra always constantly finds herself arguing with Joseph over the ethics of using the kaiju’s energy as an alternate fuel source. Their son Ford had since become a member of the M-COM advanced OPs team, their mission to search and destroy Xilien strongholds that have cropped up since the invasion. “Why shouldn’t we use their energy, how long do you think they will remain as our allies? Sandra we must think of the future, once the xiliens have been repelled from earth. Who knows if creatures like Godzilla wouldn’t see humanity as their next targets” Joseph rationalized.
“It seems to me like a betrayal on our part to harvest these magnificent creatures as if they are a resource...” Sandra retorted.
The door opens, the two couples see their son escorting a japanese man and a young japanese woman. The japanese man smiled at the two couples, “Mr. Brody and Professor Brody, my name is Dr. Ishiro Serizawa and this is my daughter Dr. Akane Serizawa, we have been transferred from the japan division to your science team overlooking the kaiju biological studies” he offers his hand to Joseph. Joseph shook his hand reluctantly, wary of new transfers, “If you are here for Dr. Valen, I'm afraid she transferred back to germany. Something about studying roses, she didn’t make it very clear…”
“We are here to replace her, hence our transfer to your division” Akane Serizawa added, “You will find our extensive knowledge on the kaiju, educational” She pulls out a USB stick. She sticks in to one of the computers, the big screen monitor began to display all documented kaiju done by the japanese kaijuology division. Images of Godzillasaurus japonicus, the pacific godzilla and the Parazillasaurus americanus, the atlantic godzilla appear on the massive monitor. “Gojira and Jira, two apex predators among the kaiju. Both species operating in its own hemisphere have once been theorized to be rivals, however with the xiliens invasion change our beliefs in this theory” Ishiro nodded to his daughter to change the image. “However a Gojira and two Jira have been found in Argentina cooperating together”
“Could it be that the arrival of the xiliens changed their natural behavior?” Professor Brody asked.
“That is what we once thought, however with both gojira and jira being too elusive for study we cannot be certain, for now all we can do is make assumptions and conjecture on the subject matter.”
Year, 2011
Meanwhile in Japan. The island nation has since splitted into Western Japan and Eastern Japan since the awakening of gojira in the fall of 1954. Western Japan has since embraced the nationalistic party values and in countering the west they devealoped the organization called G-FORCE while Eastern Japan has joined the EDI and is a staunch supporter of M-COM. G-FORCE, unlike M-COM, seeks to eliminate Godzilla and other kaiju while M-COM seeks to quell the kaiju from attacking human settlements. Then came a third faction, born out of the several kaiju cults with a generous donation from a secret donor, ARISE was established in Hokkiado, Japan.
In order for Western Japan to gain energy dependence from its neighbor, G-FORCE has developed an alternate energy source by utilizing the retrieved from the cells of kaiju..specifically Godzilla. However G-energy also had a severe drawback since scant remains of the first godzilla to come ashore have all been utilized in the first couple of G-Energy generators, it's nearly impossible for them to construct more without harvesting a living godzilla; So other forms of power were used as supplemental energies sources then there is the other drawback; hungry g-energy seeking kaiju.
Osaka, Japan.
It was a clear beautiful day when xilien ships don’t show up to make a mess of things. Out on the coastline in the osaka bay, a large black and golden head bursts from the waves. “Shhhreeaaaaaonnnngkkkk” Battra cries as she inches her way closer to shore. Several destroyers try to block her path but are quickly sunken by her dark divine hornbeam. An aircraft carrier is all that stands in her way, she capsizes the massive ship with her gerth. A xilien ship pops into the sky, this only seems to agitate Battra further. Battra fires her beam into the triangular ship, the ship briefly lights up before being engulfed in an explosion of fire and shrapnel. Battra snorted as she made her way up from the shore into the city of Osaka itself. Nothing could stop her onslaught, no tank, aircraft, or ray-dish truck could keep her from reaching the Osaka G-Energy Silo. The Western Japanese Neo-Imperial Army unleashed their newest weapon, Super-X. A roughly turtle-shaped wingless aircraft armed to the teeth with conventional missiles, cadmium missiles and a few laser cannons.
The Super-X launches from its secret hangar, gliding above the city of Kyoto, the Western Japanese capital. Super-X arrives in Osaka within minutes at mach 1 speed. “Target locked” the onboard computer announces to the Super-X crew, “Batora is in our sight” confirms the gunner, “Captain Ikari, weapons ready. Orders?” the gunner looked over to the captain. “Fire all missiles at batora, kill it” Captain ikari ordered. Panels slide open as a volley of missiles fly out of their holdings towards their designated target. The first couple of missiles miss their mark with the second volley smashing themselves into Battra’s body. “Shhhreeaaaaaonnnngkkkk” she screams in agony. Her golden horn illuminates as she fires her dark divine beam in retaliation at the flying missiles. The missiles prematurely detonate as the beam touches them. “Batora lives! Captain, what should we do?” the gunner looked over to the captain. “The mission hasn’t changed, kill it! Fire the cadmium missiles” the captain commanded. Another panel slides, exposing the cadmium missile warheads to the fresh salty osaka air. Battra takes cover behind a skyscraper, the missiles smash into the building. “Cease fire,” Captain ikari ordered. “Lieutenant Ayanami, take us around the skyscraper” the captain ordered his pilot, “Batora will not escape us this time” The super-x flies around the skyscraper, “negative, captain, Batora is not in sight” The pilot looked over at her captain. “Look! Batora, Batora!” the navigator points up at the window, the crew spots Battra scaling the skyscraper. “Fire cadmium missiles...” “Shhhreeaaaaaonnnngkkkk” Battra growled at the Super-X as she fires her dark divine beam into it. The Super-X is shoved backwards as it fires its cadmium missiles wildly, completely missing Battra.
The crew of the super-x barely caught the glimpse of Battra’s eyes illuminating aggressively. Battra’s horn illuminated as arcs of electricity dance across the horn’s nobs. Battra’s body began to pulsate as her body illuminated a bright reddish glow. “Shhhreaaonngkkkk” she growls as her first three pair of legs began to extend from her worm-like body. The other legs are absorbed into her abdomen, a dual pair of moth-like wings rapidly grow from her thorax sporting her colors of primarily black and red with streaks of yellow. Two additional golden horns grow out from the top of her head as her tusks grow smaller. “Batora has transformed, Fire laser cannon” captain Ikari commanded. The Super-X powers up its laser cannon. Battra sensing the energy build up pushes her six legs off the skyscraper as she flies off into the osaka skyline. The super-x fires its laser cannon into where Battra once stood. Battra fires her dark divine beam into the insolent aircraft. Super-X spirals out of control until it crashes into the streets below as Battra flies back around. The Super-X crew scramble to escape the craft, “Shhhreeaaaaaonnnngkkkk” Battra howls as she begins charging up her tri-dark divine hornbeam. The Super-X crew barely managed to crawl out of the shell-shaped craft, “Go, go!” Captain Ikari shouted as the pilot and the navigatorator ran for their lives. “Captain Ikari, go on without me, I’ll never make it” the gunner cried. “I’ll tell your family, that Hideki died honorably for his country” Captain Ikari saluted his comrade before joining the two female officers. Battra fires her dark divine beam into the Super-X, the western japanese super weapon explodes into a vibrant light. “Shhhreeaaaaaonnnngkkkk” Battra snarls as she disengages from the super-x’s crew. Battra flies above the G-energy silo, she growls angrily as she sees another kaiju had already begun feeding on its energy. Baragon, a horned synapsid kaiju and Varan, a varanid lizard kaiju. For kaiju they are small compared to much larger kaiju like Godzilla, they usually do not like to dwell on the surface but the scent of raw G-energy has drawn them from beyond the hollow earth. Battra furowl her anntanne as she divebombs Varan, the lizard kaiju takes to air as battra tries to attack it. Battra growls at Baragon to back off from the silo, Baragon snorts at the giant moth kaiju as she won’t give up the silo without a fight. Varan softly lands on the apex of the silo, he gnaws on the silo apex drawing up the atomic energy into his mouth. “GYOOOOAAANNNN!!!” an all too familiar roar calls out to the three kaiju, Battra remembers this roar. It was Godzilla without a doubt, “GYYYOOOO-AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEENNNN” Battra founded the godzilla roar sounded kind of different from usually. Whas it injured? Was it dying? Something sounded off to Battra, her instincts tell her to seek it out to finish it off and eat it but there was something also telling her to avoid it.
SasquaDash,
I never said all the Monsterverse Godzilla movies were bad.
But, yes, All Monsters Attack is an infinitely more compelling and more deeply rooted story about the Japanese people during a very difficult point in time.
Godzilla vs. Kong is about... a monkey and a lizard slapping each other.
Monster_Zero,
The Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Biollante are probably the best of the Heisei era. The former has some pretty thin characters, but the atmospheric tone is unique to the series. Additionally, Keiju Kobayashi as Prime Minister Mitamura is absolutely incredible.
Biollante, for all intents and purposes, shouldn't be as good as it is. But the characters are engaging, the effects are top notch and the ideas of how the world reacts to Godzilla's biological application is fascinating.
The Shin Godzilla is just on a whole different level. It's a very dense, dark satire on the Fukushima disaster from 2011, the issues with Japanese emergency policy and a commentary on constitutional restrictions the country has had to endure. Godzilla plays the part of both a natural disaster and an uncertain, foreign threat, which leaves the characters confused over how to react to him while adhering to strict rules. It's a movie deeply rooted in recent Japanese issues and topics. (As it should be.)
Monster_Zero,
I'd recommend picking them up and finding out.
The Showa Gamera movies aren't particularly great, but I think re-evaluation over the years has helped myself and others appreciate them a lot more. If for nothing else, they're interesting movies to watch in order to see what the Showa Godzilla's competition was at the time.
The Heisei Gamera Trilogy is a masterpiece. Some of the greatest kaiju films of all time and they put most of the Heisei, Millennium, Reiwa and Monsterverse Godzilla flicks to shame. To this day, I'm still waiting for a kaiju / giant monster movie as good as Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. For many, it's the greatest kaiju film since the original 1954 Godzilla. I can't be positive if I agree with that, but I certainly don't disagree! The movie is incredible.
I hope the Predator movie can escape from the grasps of Disney, sadly Alien couldn't do the same
Oh yes Behemoth was really cool, hope he or she gets their own MonsterVerse movie
Sincerely, I can't see Gorosaurus as a villain, I think it would be cool to see Gorosaurus trying to fighting vs Kong but losing, and in the end bowing to him as his true king and turning into an important Kong allie
Anyone up for a Mortal Kombat style Godzilla fighting game?
I always wanted to see kaiju based on cenozoic mammals, so Behemoth's design being based on a mammoth and ground sloth definitely made me happy.
