@Prof.NightJack
Just because the plot doesn’t focus exclusively on the humans, that doesn’t mean it’s not still going to be an Americanization of a Japanese franchise. >:I
“Basically it;s the Goidzilla formula just put in America with mostly American actors.”
Which is exactly how they’ve tried to do other American versions of Asian films, the majority of which failed miserably. I’m sorry, but I’m just not going to get my hopes up about an American version of a Japanese franchise when that same formula has failed so many times in the past (hell, has it EVER actually WORKED?).
@Tenafly Viper
Well from all the info on this one it’s not right to call this one an Americanization, it’s going to focus just as much on Godzilla as the humans and most of the focus on the human is with them dealing with what is going on with the monsters.
Heck most of the info you can find on the move’s story has next to nothing of the humans in it other then some names and how they run into the monsters, we got a Marine that we have the name for but other then that it’s just “the human plot follows him and is about family” but that’s it.
@Background Pony #0224
It’s not the design changes that I’m the most concerned about. I’m sorry if I’m not going to mindlessly jump on the hype train over a new addition to a franchise. Experience has taught me to go in with limited expectations. If you go in with high hopes, and it doesn’t live up to them, then you just leave the theater feeling dejected.
The idea of returning to its darker roots does sound promising, however. I’m sure I will end up giving it a shot, but until then, I’m just going to have to remain skeptical, seeing as Americanization has a history of destroying otherwise good franchises.
@Tenafly Viper
Godzilla’s had multiple design changes over the course of the franchise. Why should this be any different? He’s standing upright, he has his back spikes and he’s dark gray. It’s Godzilla. Plain and simple. As for his eyes? With GMK being an exception, almost all of Godzilla’s incarnations have had human-like eyes.
@Tenafly Viper
Frankly, I’m just grateful we’re getting a Godzilla movie at all. Besides, tone or not, people are still gonna go see it. Why? BECAUSE IT’S GODZILLA! It’s not like Pacific Rim that acquired a new fan base over time, Godzilla has countless numbers of fans all over the world. That being said, I don’t see why the new design of Godzilla is worth getting worked up about. He has some changes, but it’s still recognizable enough to be Godzilla. Also, people complaining about the darker tone, if they saw the 1954 film, they’d know Godzilla was originally a dark, somber metaphor of the atomic bomb, especially coming from a country that experienced nuclear warfare first hand. It’s just like Batman, that franchise needed a return to its darker, grittier roots and so does Godzilla. You can’t complain about something being darker and edgier when its source material was dark and edgy to begin with.
@Background Pony
That still doesn’t mean anything. Someone may be a phenomenal writer for a certain setting, but may still fail spectacularly in a different setting. Stephen King is a brilliant horror writer, but I wouldn’t want to see him attempt to write a children’s book.
Also, looks and sounds mean very little if the overall production isn’t balanced. While I personally enjoyed it, the first “Silent Hill” film was critically praised for its near-perfect in visuals and ambiance, but panned for virtually everything else. The director, Christophe Ganz, was a big fan of the games, and wanted greatly to re-create the feeling of them for an audience. Apparently, what works well as a survival horror game is not necessarily going to work as well as a theatrical film.
So, until I see otherwise, I’m not going to go in with very high hopes.
@Tenafly Viper
It’s still has a lot of thing the same as godzilla, and it feels just as much like him as ever time Toho put out a new design of him from the one before.
@Tenafly Viper
At least it’s closer to what Godzilla is supposed to look like. Way more than whatever the Hell Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were trying to pass off as the real deal.
@Tenafly Viper
Hey, at least it actually LOOKS like Godzilla. At least it SOUNDS like Godzilla. Oh, and it’s being written by Frank Darabont from the Walking Dead.
I saw actual promotional material with the finalized design, and even though they’re obviously trying to do it right, it just doesn’t FEEL right.
Plus, just because you have people who care working on it, that doesn’t mean it’s going to be good. The “Evil Dead” remake is a good example of this (and that even had the original creators as producers). Fantastic visuals, sure, but the rest - not so much.
There are so many times that Japanese horror films have been revamped and resold for American audiences, and they just fall flat, because they lose their charm, and their power, by importing them into a new setting. In another example, as much as I have mad respect for Sam Raimi, the U.S. remake of “The Grudge” was just plain terrible.
While I will remain excited just to see the big G on the silver screen, I’m not going to keep my hopes up too high.
@Tenafly Viper
Let’s see here. Godzilla’s gonna look like he’s supposed to. He’s gonna breathe fire. He’s gonna act like he’s supposed to. It’s going back to the darker tone of the first film. It’s being written and directed by people who actually give two shits. Godzilla’s gonna fight two other monsters. How is this a bad thing?
I still wish Americans would leave these kinds of films to the rightful companies. Let Toho do their thing. You got “Pacific Rim”, you’ve had your fun. Please stop meddling with the big G. :(
