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Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros finally closed a deal with Toho to do another Godzilla. This has been going on for a year or so. Surely there will be 3D like in the Legendary/Warners Clash of the Titans. But can they breathe fire into an over-sized lizard that seemed out of gas in a 1998 Roland Emmerich-directed TriStar version considered a pricey disappointment? Anybody got ideas on how to make this reptile relevant?
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HELL YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would have the real TOHO version of Godzilla rise from the depths of the ocean to save the planet Earth from a giant annunaki type monster from the planet Nibiru. a type of Giant reptilian gargantua.
I would have Godzilla face-off against the Warner Brothers copyrighted superheroes, perhaps the Justice League, or one of its subunits where the heroes are not well-known. Godzilla would of course have to be the villain or against a series of “villain” monsters such as Starro the Conqueror!
Make it a comedy version with man in suits. You can even cast David Cross as a giant mole and Michael Cera as a jetpacked robot.
Nothing like an ‘Arrested Development’ reference to breathe life into a dull post.
Have Lucille play Godzilla! “I thought the woman was pretending a monster, but it turned out she was just out of vodka.”
That’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard.
Godzilla meets the Hurt Locker. Godizilla is employed by the U.S. government to track down terrorists in Afghanistan.
Roland Emmerich didn’t make a Godzilla movie faithful to the spirit of Godzilla movies.
Do it like JJ did Star Trek. Boil it down to its essence and find the humanity in the story. The original Godzilla was really about post-Hiroshima Japan. This one needs a similar, but relevant theme.
This is what we (consumers) get for buying tickets to pretty much anything that comes out in 3D. Studios are going to dust off any idea that might work in the format.
Incidentally, does anyone remember what the first (non-Imax) 3D film was from this current craze? I honestly cannot remember this one.
True, but if any prod. co. can make this film work, it’s Legendary Pictures.
I mean when your credits include 300, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Hangover, you’ve kind of earned the public’s trust to make a fun movie WITH a good storyline.
It’s obviously to early to tell, but I think this will be good.
Legendary has about as much to do creatively with those movies you listed as I do. They’re basically money men, and that’s it.
Hayl no.
The last version has the distinct honor of being one of the two movies I’ve ever walked out on in my life, the second being the Jerry Springer movie (cut me a break, I was in middle school. Peer pressure is ugly.).
Do we really need another Godzilla movie?
Well, perhaps only slightly more than we need another Twilight film, or anything with Taylor Lautner. But I don’t suppose we’ll see those run down here, will we?
uhhhh…yes, we do, considering the recent 1998 adaption was hogwash.
A cagey move and long overdue. The Emmerich version tanked not because this oversized lizard is played out, rather because Emmerich & Co. eschewed character for the usual vapid, visual feast of destruction. Godzilla is an icon with heart and personality in spades, equal parts destructor and savior. The folks behind the ’98 release either forgot or never understood this fact (and coming off of ID-4, who would argue with them?).
Any genre or IP is viable once again if the characters are original and exceptionally well drawn (Exhibit A: Zombieland). Give Zilla a little Favreau treatment. Bring back the personality and fun to go along with the side-dish of destruction. Bust out the Blue Oyster Cult track, and watch the audience flock. In the hands of the right filmmaker, this is a franchise reboot with legs.
I don’t know about “we”, but I need another Godzilla movie. Right away, if possible. And the less relevant the better, thank you. Just find some crazy monster for Godzilla to fight, and knock a lot of buildings over.
As much as I love big monster movies, I think that all Hollywood will do is just another Emmerich rehash, featuring a CGI lizard that managed to be even less lively and believable than a man in a rubber suit, and a lot more explosions.
I’m with you! I love all Godzilla movies and can’t get enough of them. As for the 1998 movie, I am rapidly falling in love with it too! I think that anybody who doesn’t like this one is nuts. I think it’s wonderful.
Have a giant mutated Al Gore wrestle with him in order to stop the big lizard’s earth-threatening CO2 emissions. They should also give Godzilla Barney Frank’s voice and have him repeatedly try to violate Al Gore. That’s something I would pay to see.
It will make a TON of money whether it’s good, bad, or otherwise. People will see that recognizable name, remember the crappy 1998 version, and say “I wonder if this will be any good?” The only thing that gives me hope is that LP & WB are behind it.
Wasn’t “Cloverfield” the “Godzilla for the new millennium”? For crying out loud J.J Abrams even said the main inspiration for Cloverfield was Godzilla. Face it, Godzilla is a timeless icon that should be left alone as it is.
Hey Hollywood, there’s a word in the dictionary called “originality”. Please look it up in your spare time. Do it tonight. You’ll sleep better.
JoeBlowoftheNorth,
“Bring back the personality and fun.” Have you seen the original Gojira? Before American dubbing? It was a serious movie and arguably better.
I agree with mannycoto. The formula for making GODZILLA fun is so simple any grade schooler could figure it out with a handful of toys. Yet Emmerich is such a dolt, he botched even making a giant lizard smashing NYC a bore. Give us large spectacle, awesome fights, and eye-popping effects (not always in dark, hazy rain please) – and keep it at two hours.
Yes! Of course we do! We need a 2.0/3.0 Reboot 3D version. I agree we do not really need another Twilight? Another Thing? Another Predator? Another Alien? Hollywood is in the creative Dark Ages and has beens since the 70′s. Nothing new or creative. They really did screw up the last version of this, it was very bad. I hope he breathes radiation in this reboot version and not fire. Godzilla was a result from atomic bomb testing. I hope they at least get that part right.
YES! Always room for the King of Monsters………
Roland obviously wasn’t a fan of the genre and didn’t get one simple point:
When it comes to giant monster movies, we’re rooting for the monster.
Ending 1998′s “Godzilla” with crowds of New Yorkers cheering around the dead monster was like if “Dark Knight” ended with Batman dead and unmasked surrounded by cheering Gothamites.
Also, it’s a *giant* monster movie, leave the raptors to Jurassic Park, or at least keep them to a minimum like in “Cloverfield”.
We need a Godzilla movie now more than ever. A proper Godzilla movie. Not a mutant iguana running away from every little thing type of movie. But a living breathing nuclear blast prehistoric dinosaur god hell bent on eradicating the race of man with apocalyptic fury type of movie. For the sake of its soul, the world needs Godzilla more than AVATAR 2. The only thing that would make the news of a new Godzilla movie even better is if at the end of the movie ‘zilla is launched into space, lands on Pandora and burns the Na’Vi to ash.
Now thats a Movie, great idea!
Is like asking if we need another Streisand musical. Of course we do. Godzilla is still a massive global box office star. Emmerich didn’t understand his product or he never would of allowed G. to be warm and fuzzy. You don’t nuzzle Godzilla. Godzilla does not lay eggs. Mothra lays eggs. Read a book, why don’tja.
No, we don’t need another Godzilla movie. We need something new and original. Hollywood is stale.
And you are a fool. Godzilla hasn’t been “fresh” or “original” in over 50 years, after the second movie (which Anguirus appears in), the formula hasn’t changed at all. Take Godzilla, give him a crazy-cool monster to fight, come up with a little bit of insane story for the fighting, smash/blow up a lot of buildings, enjoy the ticket sales. And the franchise is still a phenomenon (GLOBALLY even). So yeah, we do need another Godzilla movie we need another THOUSAND Godzilla movies if we can get them. As for the Roland/Emmerich Godzilla, Toho showed us what they thought of that lizard in Godzilla: Final Wars. They won’t be allowing any abominations like that to happen again.
I heard this was an elevated contained Godzilla starring Taylor Lautner.
Yep, if Godzilla wrestles with Barney the Dinosaur…
1. Keep it in Japan
2. Establish the premise right away, then include a second menace that also comes from the discovery
3. This way, first Godzilla seems like foe, but then he becomes friend by vanquishing the second, greater menace
4. Stay with the “Godzilla wants to be left alone” at the end of the film.
Correct! I own most of the Godzilla movies and certainly for the heisei timeline this is almost always the basic plot. It worked for about 8-10 films so why change it now?
That said I’m not sure the western world is ready for a multi monster movie,..it might come off a little power rangery.
No we don’t. Be original Hollywood. CHRIST.