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| KexMex | Apr 10 2008, 01:58 PM Post #31 |
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I have to agree that the final battle music is among the best music I've heard in Godzilla films. I do feel sorry for Gigan though. It's as if nobody thought he could carry a film by himself. In early concepts involving Gigan, (Like "Return of King Ghidorah", an unproduced concept) he was never the single opponent. Even in his self-titled movie he came together with King Ghidorah. That said, it was Ghidorah's worst battle performance. All he did during the fight was stand around and lazily fire a beam or two, except for when Anguirus attacked him. Gigan, however, proved able to handle both Godzilla and Anguirus to a degree. Granted, Godzilla at full strength easily outmatched him, but you have to give Gigan credit for the effort. |
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| Slainmonkey | Apr 10 2008, 02:49 PM Post #32 |
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Dispite his power Ghidorah at this point seemed to have built up somewhat of a cowardly villain and would retreat when the battle turns even slighly unfavourable for him....kinda reminds me of Starsream from Transformers....Gigan seemed to also pick up the very same trait at the end of this film and more so when he runs off in the middle of the fight in Megalon. |
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| Rodan70 | Apr 10 2008, 04:18 PM Post #33 |
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Gigan always runs at the end of a battle. |
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| KexMex | Apr 10 2008, 06:48 PM Post #34 |
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Gigan fought twice in Zone Fighter with no intention of running. That was also the only time he got to fight completely alone. Granted, he was almost killed by Godzilla and WAS killed by Zone Fighter, but he never ran. King Ghidorah, on the other hand, is a full-blown coward who runs everytime he realizes he's not the best. |
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| Slainmonkey | Apr 10 2008, 07:20 PM Post #35 |
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Ghidorah even ran away twice in the same film in Invasion Of The Astro Monsters......Granted Ghidorah was probably the second strongest Godzilla villain in the Showa era (I suspect Mechagodzilla was stronger) but not a particularly bold one....one think it does contrast is how brave Anguirus is....while not that strong a monster on the grand scale of things always fights some of the toughest monsters and usually sticks it out except in Mechagodzilla were he got pretty ruined very quickly. |
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| packmule | Apr 10 2008, 07:58 PM Post #36 |
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Even though Angilas was rudely disposed of by MG the monster still "brought his lunch pail" to the fight, so to speak. It's why this monster has long been a favorite of mine: he's tough, win or lose, has a great roar and always come to a battle ready to work. thumbs up |
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| Slainmonkey | Apr 10 2008, 08:07 PM Post #37 |
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Anguirus has a great roar....one of the all time best I must say, but while not as strong as Godzilla, Rodan or most of the other monsters he always gives the fight his all which is why he one of my favourites aswell...there aren't many monsters as ballsy as Anguirus is. |
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| Ro-Dan | Apr 10 2008, 08:59 PM Post #38 |
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And don't forget, Angilas was the first monster to make a move against Ghidorah in Destroy All Monsters. He's a tenacious one. |
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| Rodan70 | Apr 11 2008, 05:42 AM Post #39 |
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He's one of those monsters you don't want to see get his butt kicked. I'm not sure why that is, but I just like him. He's tough. Never backs down. |
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| Slainmonkey | Apr 11 2008, 06:01 AM Post #40 |
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You just can't help but like Anguirus because he is so bold which is why I'm glad he didn't get killed off in Final Wars like was originally set in the script but couldn't because they didn't have their whole budget yet....if the had killed of Anguirus in Final Wars believe me I would hate that film even more then I already do....if that's possible. |
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| packmule | Apr 11 2008, 06:41 AM Post #41 |
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 One of the few things that I really liked about GFW was the "rolling attack" that Angilas used when fighting both the aerial warship and then Godzilla. It makes sense, given this monster's physical features, because he has an obviously lower center of gravity and has those spikes on his back. Angilas has always reminded me of an army tank. It's a shame that the Toho effects crews couldn't have pulled off this rolling assault of Angilas in the monster's Showa movie appearances...but I'm sure it would have been impossible at that time, given the technology available. |
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| KexMex | Apr 11 2008, 05:45 PM Post #42 |
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A monster in Zone Fighter rolled itself up in a similar fashion.. except it did look ridiculous. They showed him hunch together and then cut to a clip showing a big ball resembling him. If I had a clip, I'd show you. |
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| Slainmonkey | Apr 11 2008, 06:45 PM Post #43 |
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Admittedly it looked pretty ridiculous when Anguirus did it in Final Wars aswell....it seems that either way it's not going to be the most convincing effect in the world |
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| Godzillaheisei546 | Jan 11 2009, 11:21 PM Post #44 |
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ok ok, i'll admit its not as bad as the megalon film but its cheesy and and another film that just kinda bored me BUT, one thing makes me hate the film even more, THEY TALK! monsters don't make human noises, in my opinion, they should communicate in a different way, like grunts or high or low pitched roars. |
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| G2Kmaster | Jan 11 2009, 11:26 PM Post #45 |
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I love this film. Fourth fave g-film and sixth fave kaiju film... |
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