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| packmule | Oct 18 2009, 01:51 AM Post #76 |
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You would rate the "soccer" style fight between King Seesar, Godzilla, Rodan and Anguirus as "epic"? 
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| G2Kmaster | Oct 18 2009, 05:06 AM Post #77 |
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It was new. All the fights in general were epic, though if you want to study each on individualy, then it is "new"... |
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| packmule | Oct 18 2009, 08:43 AM Post #78 |
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Does that include the brief, twenty second battle between Zilla and Godzilla? Or the even more truncated skirmish in which Godzilla grabs one of Kumonga's silk strands and hurls the spider into the distance? Evan, if you classify these two monster fights as "epic" then you must be on something. 
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| G2Kmaster | Oct 18 2009, 03:24 PM Post #79 |
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The Zilla vs. Godzilla thing was epic just because Zilla got his ass kicked. Though you do have a point about the Kumonga fight. But it is still better than what DAM had... |
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| wendybrad | Oct 19 2009, 01:19 AM Post #80 |
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| packmule | Oct 19 2009, 04:35 AM Post #81 |
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Zilla getting quickly obliterated by Godzilla was satisfying to some degree to watch for me. It was also IMO a very predictable sequence. You're saying that you believe the brief Godzilla vs Kumonga sequence in GFW was better choreographed than the final battle between KG and Earth's monsters in DAM? if you are then here's my reaction: 
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| G2Kmaster | Oct 19 2009, 11:02 AM Post #82 |
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Not the final battle, but just Kumonga's part in general. Nothing with the coeography, but rather just the amount of stuff he did. All he did was look good and spray silk. Atleast in this film we see some melee come from him, even though it is just some red neck's trailer... |
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| packmule | Oct 19 2009, 06:55 PM Post #83 |
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You do realize that I'm a "red neck",,,right? 
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| gojira84 | Oct 19 2009, 08:19 PM Post #84 |
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the plaza theather in Atlanta will be showing the monster classic destroy all monster December 26 this is unconformed but this email from the spook show said so Not sure if someone replied to you or not. I think the next giant monster movie will be "Destroy All Monsters" on December 26. Not 100% sure, but stay tuned to www.silverscreamspookshow.com. Thanks, Jon "Retch" Waterhouse |
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| G2Kmaster | Oct 19 2009, 08:56 PM Post #85 |
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It is now on JournalismG2KM. http://journalismg2km.blogspot.com/2009/10/silver-scream-spook-show-rumor-dam.html |
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| packmule | Oct 20 2009, 07:21 AM Post #86 |
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 If DAM is indeed going to show at the Plaza Theater on December 26th I will likely attend. What day of the week is the 26th?
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| gojira84 | Oct 20 2009, 08:00 AM Post #87 |
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Monday. and a day after Christmas. i will probably be visiting family that day and very unlikely to attend. |
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| G2Kmaster | Oct 20 2009, 08:17 AM Post #88 |
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I would be free to attend, that is providing that my mother doesn't get sick again like she did when I was going to see "Rodan"... |
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| Jonzilla | Oct 21 2009, 04:21 PM Post #89 |
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I love Destroy All Monsters,I've always thought it was one of the more popular Godzilla films,so I was a little surprised to find a lot of folks on here don't seem to rate it. For a Kaiju fan I think it's hard to beat having so many monsters in one film and it's just tremendous fun,with appearances from Godzila and others every ten minutes or so,and a fair bit of action with aliens and guns when the monsters are not on screen. I reckon it's the fastest and most action packed Godzilla film of the 60s. The plot is basically Monster Zero again [and it would be used again] although the aliens don't bother pretending to be friendly here,they just attack immediately,in fact the film reminds me of the monsterless Battle In Outer Space in feel and pace,especially when the humans go to the moon. The humans are sadly pretty uninteresting but that's often the case with the more action orientated series entries,there's little time for character quirks or developement. The aliens are not that great either to be honest,but there's little time to think about that and there are some cool, crazy concepts in the movie,such as Monster Island. I like the fact that it's a real global crisis too. Technically this movie returns to the quality of Monster Zero-the effects,which are very numerous in number,are pretty good,and most of the monsters look fine to me although the odd suit looks like it could have done with repairing [such as Ghidorah's!]. It's a bit of a shame that some monsters are given such short shrift-the first version I saw was full screen and Varan's brief appearance was off screen! There's a solid destruction sequence [how I love them!] and I still think the battle between Ghidorah and the other monsters is well staged even though a few monsters do hardly anything. I love the bit before where the commentator talks about the monsters attacking-one of those crazy things you'll only ever find in a Godzilla film. Another scene which makes me laugh is when the astronauts are cutting the control device on the moon-it goes on forever with a funny music cue too. I like the tone of this film-it's rather like that of Mothra Vs Godzilla,not too serious but not too silly either. With one of Akira Ikifube's best Kaiju scores,I think it's a great entry that was the last really good Godzilla film [as enjoyable as they all are] for quite a while. It demands a decent DVD release in the West [I got the Australian one again!] Edited by Jonzilla, Oct 22 2009, 03:54 AM.
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| packmule | Oct 23 2009, 10:07 PM Post #90 |
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One of the few gripes I have about Destroy All Monsters is that Kumonga and larval Mothra aren't shown more active, that is, moving around a bit, during the film's climactic kaiju battle. Rodan also doesn't appear very active in the fianl fight versus KG. The fact they are included, albeit in brief shots in which both fire their silk at KG, is better IMO than no participation at all in the final battle. Also disappointing to me and other fans of DAM is the lack of screen time for the monsters Baragon and Varan. From what I have read in books on these films both suits for these monsters were in bad shape by 1968 and were deemed unusable by Toho for anything more than very brief shots. |
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