Godzilla Trailer Stomps the Tubes

[funksobeefy]

Im looking forward to it, Godzilla is easily half my childhood and this more serious take on him. An allegory to 9/11 could work, remember the first Godzilla was about how the Japanese as a psyche dealt with two atomic bombs. Its now 12 years later and the movie could be about how Godzilla represents our fears from that attack and what they represented

 

[Elfgore]

Looks alright. But I have one problem.

But as always they have to make humans important. I don't care about people! I want to see giant monsters killing each other and the military. I don't give a rat's ass about Joe Everyman and his wife Mary Sue and their misadventures.

 

[Quiotu]

You know my only real gripe with the trailer is?

They don't show Godzilla shooting that signature 'atomic breath' of his. Curious if they just keep him as a giant destructive lizard, or if they really give him some of those cheesy powers retconned in some fashion.

 

[Zombie_Moogle]

Although the new trailer starts out pretty intense I do wonder the logical reason of sending in paratroopers in a area with a giant monster.

Never understood these movies at all, unless the skin of that thing is tougher than 60ft of toughest reinforced concrete man can make (which I doubt) why drop paratroopers on it instead of flying a B2 over and dropping a pair of GBU-57s on it? Even the kinetic energy should be enough to smash the thing to pieces, let along its 2.5 ton warhead. Even if it could survive one or two because of super healing powers or something it could never survive ten B2s dropping all twenty of those bombs the the US own being dropped on it.

As a fan of the series/colossal geek, allow to answer your questions (my answers won't exactly be scientific, but it's Godzilla; cut me some slack)

1) Godzilla was awoken/mutated/powered by an atomic blast; he's kind of hardcore like that

2) "tougher than 60ft of toughest reinforced concrete" is pretty accurate

3) Yes, he does in fact have super healing powers (think 100m tall nuclear Wolverine)

4) Here's the kicker: Godzilla is essentially a walking nuclear reactor. Several times within the franchise, it has been reference that it's blood & body tissue are highly radioactive & about as good an idea to spread around as crop-dusting with plutonium (this is something I've always found to be a fascinating concept & wanted to see taken further in the films. I very much hope they explore this aspect in the new one)

 

[Cowabungaa]

The paratroopers probably aren't there to fight Godzilla, that's what that huge missile you see later in the video is probably for. The paratroopers are probably there to retrieve some scientist or research material, making all those shots of scientists, vaults, facilities, caves, and so on important.

Which actually sort of worries me; an overly present human element in a movie that, in my opinion, should mainly be about a gigantic lizard movie fucking shit up big-time, and eventually getting fucked up itself.

And going by that trailer I'm worried that we'll see too many people and too little giant lizard. But that's just my gut.

 

[Nokturos]

As long as they don't make the one major flaw that made me completely despise the first American version: letting the humans actually inflict damage to Godzilla. He's supposed to be a force of nature. Humans shouldn't be able to defeat him.

 

[The Apple BOOM]

The paratroopers probably aren't there to fight Godzilla, that's what that huge missile you see later in the video is probably for. The paratroopers are probably there to retrieve some scientist or research material, making all those shots of scientists, vaults, facilities, caves, and so on important.

Which actually sort of worries me; an overly present human element in a movie that, in my opinion, should mainly be about a gigantic lizard movie fucking shit up big-time, and eventually getting fucked up itself.

And going by that trailer I'm worried that we'll see too many people and too little giant lizard. But that's just my gut.

This has all of the evidence of being set up to be a 2014 reimagining of the original Gojira. That movie was completely about the human element. Godzilla/Gojira barely got any screen time in that movie, and the one big scene he was in wasn't a fun action romp, it was very humbling and disturbing.

 

[Sir Shockwave]

Looks alright. But I have one problem.

But as always they have to make humans important. I don't care about people! I want to see giant monsters killing each other and the military. I don't give a rat's ass about Joe Everyman and his wife Mary Sue and their misadventures.

Actually on that point, there's a rumor floating around that two other Monsters are going to show up - one being a Giant Spider, the other a Giant Centipede. Long time Godzilla fans might spot the Spider as Kumonga (a relatively minor note monster on Godzilla's Rogues list), though if the Centipede is true - well, it could very much be the first Western Made Godzilla "Villain", because to the best of my knowledge, none of Godzilla's Rogue's Galleries are Centipedes X3

So if true, it's likely the Human involvement will just be a side story, a la Toho Godzilla movies. Then again, there's also a Rumor floating around that Toho has issued an Executive Mandate that some form of Rubber Suitmotion be used in the movie, so take with Salt Mine.

 

[Remus]

Hell yeah, Bryan Cranston! The hell is up with the extra negativity lately? I want to see Godzilla blowing stuff up and it looks like I'll get it.

I dunno, is it set in Tokyo, or what city is Barney's big brother trashing this time around?

I was impressed that there wasn't a single dubstep DUUUUURRRRR in sight (or hearing), and it focused on slow build up with long cuts, instead of Bay style quick cut explosions. At the very least that's a good sign that it won't be another mindless explosion shakey cam fest.

You can add them yourself
BWOOOOONG
Big monster right over there! Punch it in the face! PUNCH IT IN THE FACE!

 

[Crimsonmonkeywar]

The paratroopers probably aren't there to fight Godzilla, that's what that huge missile you see later in the video is probably for. The paratroopers are probably there to retrieve some scientist or research material, making all those shots of scientists, vaults, facilities, caves, and so on important.

Which actually sort of worries me; an overly present human element in a movie that, in my opinion, should mainly be about a gigantic lizard movie fucking shit up big-time, and eventually getting fucked up itself.

And going by that trailer I'm worried that we'll see too many people and too little giant lizard. But that's just my gut.

This has all of the evidence of being set up to be a 2014 reimagining of the original Gojira. That movie was completely about the human element. Godzilla/Gojira barely got any screen time in that movie, and the one big scene he was in wasn't a fun action romp, it was very humbling and disturbing.

I'd rather them go the natural disaster route, like Twister or Volcano, were the movie is about people surviving rather than fighting.....I don't think that has been shown to work all too well.

 

[Decamper]

For whatever it's worth, they've already said that the hoary old lizard will be fighting other monsters in this one. To quote wikipedia:

"An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence"

Also:

"Screenwriter Frank Darabont in interviews described his plans for Godzilla as returning it to a "terrifying force of nature". The film will add a "very compelling human drama" and that Godzilla would be tied to a "different contemporary issue" rather than the original atomic bomb testing"

So, there you go. Best of both worlds maybe? Hopefully?

Or it will just be Godzilla vs. Global Warming. Which could be neat, maybe. Hopefully?

Link to obligatory viral marketing things.

http://www.godzilla-movies.com/news/1327

 

[Tanis]

Can't be worse than that previous American Zilla film.

Hopefully it won't try to me.

 

[J Tyran]

Although the new trailer starts out pretty intense I do wonder the logical reason of sending in paratroopers in a area with a giant monster.

Never understood these movies at all, unless the skin of that thing is tougher than 60ft of toughest reinforced concrete man can make (which I doubt) why drop paratroopers on it instead of flying a B2 over and dropping a pair of GBU-57s on it? Even the kinetic energy should be enough to smash the thing to pieces, let along its 2.5 ton warhead. Even if it could survive one or two because of super healing powers or something it could never survive ten B2s dropping all twenty of those bombs the the US own being dropped on it.

As a fan of the series/colossal geek, allow to answer your questions (my answers won't exactly be scientific, but it's Godzilla; cut me some slack)

1) Godzilla was awoken/mutated/powered by an atomic blast; he's kind of hardcore like that

2) "tougher than 60ft of toughest reinforced concrete" is pretty accurate

3) Yes, he does in fact have super healing powers (think 100m tall nuclear Wolverine)

4) Here's the kicker: Godzilla is essentially a walking nuclear reactor. Several times within the franchise, it has been reference that it's blood & body tissue are highly radioactive & about as good an idea to spread around as crop-dusting with plutonium (this is something I've always found to be a fascinating concept & wanted to see taken further in the films. I very much hope they explore this aspect in the new one)

Even Wolverine wouldn't be able to heal back up from being spread all over as chunky kibbles, seriously like I said the kinetic impact of those bombs alone is astonishing. They are weigh 14 tons and are dropped from high altitude, they are going well over mach 1 when they hit. They have enough energy to punch through 60ft steel reinforced concrete that can withstand pressures over 10,000 psi, see normal high strength reinforced concrete like the Hoover dam that withstands around 5,000 psi? They can penetrate 200ft of that, as Mass Effect 2 states "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a *****..." and thats not including the explosives. Godzilla would have to have skin made from Depleted Uranium composites several feet thick to stand up to repeated hits from weapons like that, I am only including the confirmed versions too. Supposedly there are newer secret versions that are smaller and lighter but are rocket assisted and have twice the penetrative potential due to the increased velocity, thats just rumoured though and the standard GBU-57 is confirmed and real.

 

[mirage202]

Seems as though it has potential to be a good action movie. Just like Bay films if I expect nothing more than explosions and action sequences then I think I'll have a good time with it.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Although the new trailer starts out pretty intense I do wonder the logical reason of sending in paratroopers in a area with a giant monster.

Well, one would assume they are being sent to find and retrieve something rather than fight the big lizard, paratroopers being small enough to avoid monstrous attentions, although the smoke flares aren't helping that idea. If that was the whole trailer it would have been great, that image of all the spines looming out of the darkness is intense, if nothing else this movie will be better shot than the 98 one.

If this was a Pacific Rim crossover I would be delighted, nuts to established canon of either series.

Five years after the rift was first closed, they opened it again, what came through... was a category six...

 

[fix-the-spade]

When this trailer portrayed HALO jumpers being dropped via helicopter, of course I'm going to verify that that's even a valid military tactic. From my findings, it is, at least, feasible.

Silly question, weren't they jumping from a C-17?

I know the internal shot looked a lot like the back of a Chinook, but that might be all the set budget stretched to.

 

[Fijiman]

Well it should be interesting at the least. Let's just hope they don't royally fuck it up.

Also, there is a depressing lack of Blue Oyster Cult in this thread. Let's fix that, shall we?