Godzilla (2014)

[Riverwind (imported)]

I take it back, yes I am correcting myself, there was one Godzilla movie I did like and it may be the only one to win international awards. The 1969 animation short,

'Bambi meets Godzilla'

By Marv Newland

Executive Producer Marv Newland

Camera man, Marv Newland

Etc

If you have never seen this, its a classic.

River

[gareth19 (imported)]

And the original Japanese GODZILLA referenced Hiroshima and was very anti-nuclear. Much of that was removed for the American version "Godzilla, King of Monsters". That's not the only monster movie or even book to criticize science as moving too fast for ethics and bad behavior - "Frankenstein, The New Prometheus" preaches against runaway science or science gone bad. IT's a standard theme in SciFi that "mankind is not ready for . . ."

Mary Shelley not only wrote Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus but also The Last Man in which a plague, spread from the East by returning soldiers, destroys the entire human race. Shelley was keenly aware of the latest scientific trends of her age and holds up well even today. While Godzilla is rather cheesy with clumsy "special" effects, a trait it shares with other Japanese sci-fi films of the period like Attack of the Mushroom People and The Mysterians, the American film Them is both more visually polished and a more sophisticated warning of nuclear experiments. Some have called it "the finest giant ant movie ever made."

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

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[Riverwind (imported)]

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As apposed to the attack of the killer beach bal er tomato's, truly one of the great movies of that period, a cult classic.

River

[Dave (imported)]

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

is the complete title.

It's one of the funniest monster movies ever created.

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

I vote for "Killer Condom" (The Rubber That Rubs you Out) --FLO--

[nonconsensual (imported)]

Bambi was a classic. The trailer I saw made backstory refference, it seemed, to the atom bomb as still the origin of G man.

[Dave (imported)]

Bambi meets Godzilla has three (rather short) episodes:

The sick, sick, y'all are such sick people, original - -

#1: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcby1s ... a-1969_fun

this was first shown in 1969.

#2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lces8YVhI4

I feel this way after a few jalpeno peppers

#3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMzDrv6TEIU

Variations on a theme

#4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6gj1AVBl8o

rat a tat tat

#5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VujzyznQ4eE

Son of Bambi meets Godzilla. I hadn't seen this one before.

And I have to get up and do real things today, sort of, well maybe

[Dave (imported)]

Silly questions that precede a movie. I mean don't these people have better things to do . . .

I think that the discussion over who would win in a fight -- Superman or Mighty Mouse?

and "Is goofy a dog?" must be pondered first.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/0 ... 89086.html

U.S. Air Force: We're Not Afraid Of Godzilla

The U.S. Air Force believes it could bring down Godzilla. But as they say in monster movies, "They clearly don't know what they're up against."

Look, it's pretty awesome that the Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine got airmen at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to comment on a Godzilla attack (video below). But when Senior Airman Mark Hermann said he'd defend the United States of America from Godzilla with "50 caliber [machine guns], four helicopters ... and all the cannons here," I just laughed.

Just watch:

Master Sgt. Jason Edwards got closer to victory when he suggested bringing in the Power Rangers and Tom Brokaw to the fight. But what the two airmen don't know is that there has been plenty more artillery fired at Godzilla over the years, and he's never really been taken down (Did his body regenerate? Did he die? Don't argue). So this reporter decided to bring out the big guns -- a U.S. Army Reserves Chinook pilot, and my dad -- to answer the question: Can the Armed Forces kill Godzilla?

"He shoots friggin' lightning out of his mouth, he kills kaiju, he can go into space, and he can fly with no wings. Japanese tanks, helicopters, and artillery can't take him out. Even when they were able to kill him, he comes back to life," Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Campbell told HuffPost Weird News.

"I don't think the Air Force could take Godzilla, and I don't even think the Army or anybody in the world could take him," Campbell added.

Dad's right (and he can totally beat up your dad). Godzilla is nearly 350 feet tall and was born from nuclear waste. Nukes won't work. F-15s won't work. And .50-caliber machine guns sure as hell won't work -- Godzilla beat Mechagodzilla.

Plus, the Air Force has chosen the wrong enemy. In some of the old films (and in the new one coming out) Godzilla is beckoned from the oceanic depths to kill another monster terrorizing society.

So why strategize to kill Godzilla in the first place? We checked in with the King of all Monsters to find out.

HuffPost Weird News: Do you think the U.S. Armed Forces could take you down, you big baby?

[Dave (imported)]

No, I haven't had the chance to see it. I had a family birthday party to go to yesterday and was too tired today.

FOR 2014:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $95 million

Godzilla - $93.2 million

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $91.6 million

I haven't had any interest in seeing Spiderman (I don't know why, just haven't)

I will wait for Captain America on Cable TV.

Later this week I will go see Godzilla because I want to see it on the biggest screen possible and in my house that's only 35 inches.