Your skin is so thin, I can hold a newspaper behind your wrist and still be able read the text. Suck it up and don't let everything get to you.
Drop, I don't come here to test how thin my skin is. Nor is the board your own personal blog to use it as such. I come here for good conversation. If you want to use the board as your own little schoolground, I suppose you are welcome to try all you want. But I suspect that very soon most others will tire of it because most of them are no longer that age to begin with. Of course, I could be wrong. It doesn't really matter.
My mistake was giving any attention to someone who so obviously craves it at the expense of real discourse. My bad.
The bigger challenge would be for you to stay on topic with an actual opinion regarding the movies. Are you up for it? If not, you'll have to find someone else to be 12 years old with.
Since my earlier comment about the influence of the scores on the appreciation of those original 15, I got to wondering if I would feel the same way about them if the scores, particularly Ifukube's, were suddenly divorced from the individual movies. I always thought that even in the goofiest of them, there was always something to enjoy. But maybe this is not so.
There are exceptions, of course. For example, the scene where Godzilla and Minya settle in for a long, snowy hibernation would probably still be as poignant and affecting--even without underscore. There are probably a lot of other examples, but that was the first that came to mind.
Many of us older folk grew up building plastic model kits. It was a huge thriving hobby back then. I for one admired the craftsmanship that went into the construction of those elaborate set pieces, cityscapes, and landscapes. There's appreciation for the art form which I look back on fondly even in the most silly of Zilla movies.
Many of us older folk grew up building plastic model kits. It was a huge thriving hobby back then. I for one admired the craftsmanship that went into the construction of those elaborate set pieces, cityscapes, and landscapes. There's appreciation for the art form which I look back on fondly even in the most silly of Zilla movies.
Thanks, Solium, I think you expressed what a lot of us feel. Godzilla vs Hedorah (Gojira Tai Hedorah) has received quite a bit of criticism as being the most “far out” of them all. Some see it as vacillating between being cartoonish for children yet dark for adults, but I like if for those reasons. Director Banno particularly received harsh treatment for his efforts. I think he saw the direction the films were going and tried to work in a gritty, grim message about pollution and at the same time make it “palatable” to kids. If you can get past the silliness there is a message about reaping what we sow. I stated earlier my affection for the AIP version (Godzilla vs The Smog Monster). I have found a vendor and ordered it and am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a good one and not a low-quality vhs transfer.
GODZILLA-54- Nicely done effort with good nighttime effects, a great musical score and a sad touching ending of a man willing to give his life for his belief- BE HAPPY.I also liked Raymond Burr a newspaper reporter reporting the news right up to his almost demise. -----------GODZILLA-2014- has enough of everything and a little of everything, well done effort with some spectacular effects I loved in 3d, Dead serious like original, film with class.
