Godzilla's Back!

[MovieBrat]

Counter question. How much of it should be CGI? It isn't the realm of TOHO creations as much as it could be. So what should be CG and how much real performer work will go into it? Not just as a mocap but would they work out interactions with the environment using mockups? Even Lucas ILM gets into allot of that when they are trying to move the technology forward.

Well, maybe the action sequences could be CGI especially Godzilla. Actually, motion capture for Godzilla would be interesting.

Most of the movie was humans fighting other humans. Godzilla only appears halfway through, and even after most battles are still fought between the humans. I hope the new Godzilla movie isn't like that.

In the interest of fairness, in previous Godzilla movies Pre-Final Wars, you get scenes of monsters fighting and people talking. In Final Wars, you get both monsters and humans fighting. So, it's a nice change of pace. I do agree it should've given more screen time to Godzilla though.

[MovieBrat]

And now my friends, after months of silence... I brought this thread back for important news. The first deisgn of the new Godzilla.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68255

[Spokavriel]

What are they doing? Those eyes are positioned so high on the skull. Are they attempting to come up with a half way point between Sony's Zilla and the latest TOHO Gojira?

[MovieBrat]

But it looks faithful enough to me. At least it's not Zilla.

Now all it needs is a good director. Either Tim Burton (who confessed to be a Godzilla film in Burton on Burton) or Nimrod Antal.

[Spokavriel]

Tim Burton doesn't strike me as someone who can work with a character the scale of Godzilla. But I'm not going to repeat that whole discussion its earlier in this same thread.

[Circe]

Yeah, I saw that picture just a while ago. Though, it's apparently not actually for the new movie.

[MovieBrat]

Well the thing is, he said this.

"For a while I wanted to be the actor who played Godzilla. I enjoyed those movies and the idea of venting anger on such a grand scale. Because I was quiet, because I was not demonstrative in any way, those films were my form of release."

Yeah, I saw that picture just a while ago. Though, it's apparently not actually for the new movie.

What are you talking about? It's from Comic Con isn't it?

[Spokavriel]

The image is from T-shirts at ComiCon it seems the people working on the Movie say it isn't the design they are using so they say it might be for a comic considering the source. That is what I get from reading this.

[MovieBrat]

Oh. Still looks cool though.

[MovieBrat]

After months of no new updates, we have one, a director has been chosen.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/ ... illa-68246

[Spokavriel]

Glad to see they are rewriting it. I'm not sold on the Warner production group... They have nerfed things in the past. But I'm not awake enough today to say which in particular are those producers faults.

[MovieBrat]

Well, I remain hopeful about the movie. These are the same people and the same companies that approved of The Dark Knight. Maybe with the right talent, they'll make a proper Godzilla movie.

[Spokavriel]

You probably remember my character scale arguments. They did beautiful work on the Human Scale of The Dark Knight. And now they have the benefit of someone who does astounding work on the Monster scale. The real questions is can they work together or will the Warner Egos create problems again?

[MovieBrat]

Well I hope so especially with Toho on their side. Plus, I herad critics loved Monsters so maybe Gareth Edwards has something up his sleeve.

[Spokavriel]

If they hadn't done a rewrite he would have been locked with his name stuck to a prior directors efforts. That is why I'm glad they are doing a rewrite.