28 movies in 55 years, only a handful of them passable (I won’t claim to have seen them all because that simply wouldn’t be true… but I love the 1954 original, and King Kong vs. Godzilla is MEGA FUN) – is there really anything more to say with this man-made monster that hasn’t already been said?
It may just be my closed-minded thinking but Cloverfield is probably the only concept that I could have seen working for a new Godzilla in a post-9/11 America but it’s now been done, and done extremely well, what new can be brought to the table?
Legendary Pictures, the production company behind both The Dark Knight and Watchmen at Warner Bros. (a very possible destination for this picture) are gearing up a “reboot” of the franchise according to Bloody Disgusting, who are running with the exclusive today. To me this sounds like the first sign of smoke from a very big fire.
We’ve gone about as big as we can go with Roland Emmerich’s disastrous 1998 version, seen him fight all kinds of other monsters including a giant half butterfly/half moth and a three headed half dragon/half space alien, even adopt his own monstrous son, the unimaginatively named Baby Godzilla.
And before you say it… a globe trotting, Godzilla vs. The World (and it’s iconic landmarks) is not something I’m desperate to see.
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Oh God … I know EXACTLY how to do this movie!!!! I practically have the damned thing written in my head already!!!
Unlike you, Matt, I HAVE seen all the films. Most are pretty bad, but some really hit that fantastical sweet spot of a ten year old boy.
Man, I would dearly love to get a pitch in on this movie!!!!
Plz not an American Godzilla again. Godzilla is a classic Japanese figure – and it only works there. Wheres the problem with producing a big budget Japanese Godzilla movie?