Gojira 2012

[Firis]

Gojira 2012

March 29, 2010


Legendary Pictures, in conjunction with Warner Bros., plans to release a Godzilla reboot in 2012, according to a press release issued earlier today by the company. This will be the first English language Godzilla movie since 1998, when director Roland Emmerich unleashed the monster upon Manhattan, grossing $379 million worldwide.

Since first hitting the big screen in 1954, Godzilla has appeared in over 25 movies, all of which were produced by Toho Company. Toho will play a role in the reboot's development, even though official producing credit goes to Legendary. The most recent Godzilla movie, Godzilla: Final Wars, disappointed in its native Japan, grossing $9.1 million there, and never made it to domestic theaters.

"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise," said Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO of Legendary. "Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop-culturally relevant for as long as it has."

While the 1998 Godzilla's $136.3 million domestic haul is the equivalent of over $220 million adjusted for ticket price inflation, it was labeled a box office disappointment in its day and was widely reviled, winning two of its five Razzie nominations that year. Two years later, Toho-produced Godzilla 2000 mustered only $10 million, and the most Godzilla-like movie since then, Cloverfield, grossed $80 million in 2008. Legendary's press release indicates that they plan to focus more on the Japanese source material with the reboot, largely ignoring the prior 1998 incarnation.

Legendary and Warner Brothers have had a highly successful relationship in recent years, bringing to theaters such hits as Batman Begins ($205.3 million), 300 ($210.6 million), The Dark Knight ($533.4 million) and The Hangover ($277.3 million). Their next release, the Clash of the Titans remake, opens this Friday.

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[Gikoku]

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Bet the Mayans didn't predict that.

 

[Tyloric]

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8D

101010101010

 

[Firis]

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Haha. The way the world ends: 3D gets so advanced that in 2012 Gojira rips hismelf out of the screen and into reality and destroys the world on his search to find Mothra.

 

[HobbeBrain]

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Haha. The way the world ends: 3D gets so advanced that in 2012 Gojira rips hismelf out of the screen and into reality and destroys the world on his search to find Mothra.

But that would be a great excuse to nuke Japan again!

 

[Firis]

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But that would be a great excuse to nuke Japan again!

I am opposed to nuking Japan ever, it was an atrocity back then, it is an atrocity now, besides where else will we get kinky new fetishes and sensual games?

 

[Gikoku]

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I am opposed to nuking Japan ever, it was an atrocity back then, it is an atrocity now, besides where else will we get kinky new fetishes and sensual games?

Germany perhaps?

 

[Firis]

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What fun fetishes originated in German culture?

EDIT: I originally added "Other than Peter Stormare?" but then I remembered he is a Swede.

 

[Gikoku]

Re: Gojira 2012

What fun fetishes originated in German culture?

Well, when you put it that way, nevermind. Fun would be a matter of opinion, and I'm unsure if the scat/urine fetish originated in Japan or Germany (for humans that is). But you're right, there's a lot of interesting fetishes that have originated from Japan and continue to emerge to this day.

 

[Firis]

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^Tentacles for example.... Oh god, the glory of it all.

 

[Tsuyu]

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^Tentacles for example.... Oh god, the glory of it all.

It is not as much of a fetish as it is a clever way to dodge censorship back in the day.

On topic: I just hope it won't be so bad as the all-American Godzilla movie.

 

[Firis]

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^Supposedly going to be more back to base with the oldies.

 

[HobbeBrain]

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You know, the American Godzilla movie wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been a Godzilla movie, it's nothing like Godzilla, infact it was such a crappy rip off it was renamed Zilla, because it's not worthy of God.

 

[Firis]

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I enjoyed the American Godzilla, not so much for storyline but because it was an interesting thing to watch to me, plus it had some actors I like that really aren't big names, and if someone doesn't know who I am talking about I can point them at the movie.

 

[HobbeBrain]

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........

Oh my God, I have just completely forgot the name of the guy who played Mike Setopolis, oh god, Ferris Bueler, how could if forget!?!?!?! :hmm:

 

[Firis]

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Oh my God, I have just completely forgot the name of the guy who played Mike Setopolis, oh god, Ferris Bueler, how could if forget!?!?!?! :hmm:

MATTHEW BRODERICK YOU TWAT!!
Just kidding man, he was in Wargames too, which was a damn good movie.

Have you ever seen Fargo? Got alot of actors I like in it (Peter Stormare, Steven Buscemi, exc)

Speaking of small time actors, has Ray Wise been anything recently?

 

[HobbeBrain]

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Doesn't he play Satan in that TV show 'Reaper' ^_^

 

[Firis]

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Never Seen, all I know is I saw him in Red Alert 2, Robocop, one low budget movie I forgot the name of and an episode of Burn Notice, and I like him.

 

[HobbeBrain]

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He aint bad.