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Godzilla, Kong, Gamera & Co.: The Kaiju Mega-Thread

I think labelling Pulgasari as a Godzilla rip-off is a bit misleading. It's actually closer to the DaiMajin trilogy, both in its historical setting and in starring a monster seeking vengeance for human injustice.
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Kaiju YouTuber Paper Finz did an excellent series about Korean kaiju, and in its third installment talked about Pulgasari, as well as the US remake Galgameth:
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Also, Pulgasari is based on Korean legend, which has been adapted into film in South Korea in 1962. Unfortunately, that version is lost.
 
It looks a bit like Tourneur’s Demon:
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Wonderfully framed.
 
I've made it to 1975 in my journey through the Godzilla series (plus the origin movies of a couple of his associates). Here are the ones that I liked the most:

Godzilla
Mothra
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

The next ones were difficult to locate copies of, so I am skipping ahead to 1993 with Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.
 
Smiley said:
I've made it to 1975 in my journey through the Godzilla series (plus the origin movies of a couple of his associates). Here are the ones that I liked the most:

Godzilla
Mothra
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
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I certainly get why you picked the first two, but I recall Ebirah being pretty mediocre.


The next ones were difficult to locate copies of, so I am skipping ahead to 1993 with Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.
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That's my favorite of the Heisei continuity.
 
I liked the humans in the story of Ebirah, they had a nice array of creatures, and it had a satisfying ending sequence (the rescue by Mothra, the base exploding, Godzilla escaping at the last minute). Novelty may also have played a role, as it was the first to be directed by Jun Fukuda after quite a few by Honda.
 
Kai "the spy" said:
Well, turns out the John Carpenter Godzilla project is him hosting a live stream movie marathon on Godzilla Day:
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Funny enough, two of the four movies don't actually feature Godzilla.
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Well, the hosting segments haven't been shared on YT, but Fandango did do an interview with Carpenter about Godzilla:
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Samurai8472 said:
Get ready for the most original title to follow up "Godzilla VS Kong"

https://www.cbr.com/godzilla-vs-kong-monsterverse-sequel-title-revealed/

"Godzilla and Kong"

Sounds like a buddy cop movie. Who's the Riggs and who's the Murtaugh?
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Well, they definitely didn't try real hard with that one.

I watched the 1976 King Kong for the first time Friday night and yesterday morning, and I thought it was ok. It was probably my least favorite Kong movie I've seen so far, which would be it, the original King Kong, the Peter Jackson movie, and the Monsterverse movies. I was disappointed we didn't get more dinosaurs like in the other two King Kong movies, or original monsters like we got in Skull Island. We did get the giant snake, but that was a pretty quick scene. It was still pretty good overall though.
 
I read somewhere (years ago, so no source to back this statement) that the contract Dino De Laurentiis signed did not allow the same monsters and dinosaurs that the 33 original featured.
 
Ah, that would probably explain it then. I was just surprised since his fights with the dinosaurs or other monsters were such big parts of the other Kong movies.
 
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Writer and director Kazuki Ōmori passed away on November 12. He directed the films Godzilla vs Biollante and Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, and he wrote the scripts for those two, as well as Godzilla vs Mothra and Godzilla vs Destoroyah. As such, he had a huge influence on the Heisei era of G films.
The picture above shows him on the set of Biollante, with actresses Megumi Odaka and Yoshiko Tanaka.
Another tokusatsu feature he directed was Sazer X: The Movie.
He passed away at the age of 70 from acute myeloid leukemia.
 
That's so sad. Heisei is still my favorite era of Godzilla, and it he had a big part in making them so good. RIP.
 
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