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Godzilla 2014: Rumors, Pix and filming

What caught my eye was all the "dust" cascading from Godzilla's body. That really gave the "King of the Monsters" a sense of scale.

Sincerely,

Bill
 
Yes, it was, I'm just saying it was a little strange they never thought of "fill the hole" long before "lets build robots!" :lol:

Maybe they did and it just didn't work. :P

Could be, I do love the film but it was a random thought after I'd seen it, robots being the more entertaining choice anyway.

More concerned with the human aspect of this new Godzilla movie, it was one of the bigger problems with the last American attempt, just hoping they have a better cast and script ready for this outing.
 
Definitely a better cast: Cranston, Strathairn, Watanabe, Binoche, Hawkins...

Can't wait...
 
I saw the trailer before the Hobbit and while I was impressed by Godzilla's size for the most part I was underwhelmeed. I kind of wished they'd shown alittle something of the storyline. And the roar needs some work it doesn't sound very traditional to me.
 
Definitely a better cast: Cranston, Strathairn, Watanabe, Binoche, Hawkins...

Can't wait...

And Aaron Taylor-Johnson from KICK-ASS. And Elizabeth Olsen, who is also going to play the Scarlet Witch in AVENGERS 2 . . .

Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Quciksilver in the Avengers sequel.

I forgot that! Clearly, we need to start a rumor that GODZILLA is the secret prequel to AVENGERS 2 . . . :)
 
Definitely a better cast: Cranston, Strathairn, Watanabe, Binoche, Hawkins...

Can't wait...

And Aaron Taylor-Johnson from KICK-ASS. And Elizabeth Olsen, who is also going to play the Scarlet Witch in AVENGERS 2 . . .

Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Quciksilver in the Avengers sequel.
And apparently they are going from husband and wife in Godzilla, to brother and sister in Age of Ultron.
 
Clearly, we need to start a rumor that GODZILLA is the secret prequel to AVENGERS 2 . . . :)

Well, Godzilla (or one incarnation of him) is part of the Marvel Universe:

http://comicsalliance.com/godzilla-comics-marvel-ask-chris/
http://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-22-marvel-1979/

I read every issue of that comic, back in the day!

My intro to SHIELD, especially Dum Dum Dugan, actually own the run somewhere. Marvel/Disney definitely should purchase rights to the big G (at least comics) and especially Rom (how much could Rom possibly cost?).
 
IDW currently holds the Godzilla comics license, and has published a number of miniseries which I gather have been well-received (at least judging from the few reviews I've come across).
 
The burning cityscape doen't just evoke the original, but looks like the background of the painting The Triumph of Death

Interesting take here:
http://io9.com/first-ever-godzilla-trailer-is-a-fantastic-spectacle-of-1480463052/@meredithdw:
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=22615

The whole subtext of Gojira at his Hadean Eon, Cosmic Horror best is: This Planet is Not Yours, Mankind.

Well Spoken.

I have my own theory. There is only one kaiju--not an alien ecology you have to figure out--like how the things eat enough, can walk, etc.

A supernatural explanation adds some menace, after all.

In Revelation, after all, it talks about Death and Hell being cast into the Lake Of Fire.
I thought Hell was the lake of fire. Instead, it is mostly a holding area, seeking who it may devour--the Beast itself.

Therefore, Godzilla is the Hellmouth--that walks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmouth
 
Saw the trailer on the big screen before The Hobbit this week. Godzilla looked awesome at that scale. The sound on the trailer was a bit off though. It was better in the one linked in this thread.
 
New plot details have cropped up thanks to HitFlix.com:

Giant monsters are always a welcome addition to a movie year, and particularly when someone decides to take the genre seriously. Gareth Edwards pulled off a minor miracle with his no-budget movie "Monsters," and this film keeps has in common with that one is the solid emphasis on character over spectacle. Cranston plays a nuclear power expert who is involved in a disastrous incident in Japan that leads to a meltdown of a plant that kills thousands, including his wife. A decade later, his name disgraced, he realizes that a similar accident is about to happen again, and he and his step-kids (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen) get caught up in what turns out to be a series of giant monsters awakening, including the titular icon. The first trailer for the film was haunting and mysterious, and if Edwards can capture the awe of seeing these beasts walk the earth in his whole film, this might be something very special.

http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/25-most-anticipated-movies-of-2014#20
 
Ooh, "awakening?" That's promising. As I've said before, given that virtually every prior Godzilla film since 1955 has presented itself as a sequel to the 1954 original (even though they branched off into 7-8 distinct continuities that had only that one film in common), I was hoping this one would somehow be a sequel as well, rather than a completely new origin. So if the nuclear accident has awakened pre-existing kaiju rather than creating them in the first place, that means maybe this could constitute a sequel after all.
 
I'd guess that Godzilla existed in1954 and was thought destroyed by whatever armed forces fought him back then. Obviously him cropping up again in 2014 is going to be a surprise for many. :D
 
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