Japan Says America's Godzilla is Too Fat
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News? silly billy, don't you know the escapist doesn't do news any more, just reposts of other social media like youtube or reddit and sometimes advertisement disguised as articles. Still I did get some fun facts, like that obese transvestite.SirBryghtside said:
OT: The Japanese are fat shaming *lords that obviously have not heard of HAES and should really check their thin privilege. We need to accept Lardzilla, so what if he gets short of breath or suffers from radioactive diabeetus, he is still the king!
*(expletive)
Soooo taking a franchise that had dedicated fans, and had a specific style and feel and history that managed to take hold of western pop culture, and then change everything about it in an American remake is a good thing?Reaper195 said:
You do know that Godzilla was made famous by those "shitty" suits right? that it managed gained a cult following that still exists today right?
Seriously the 98 movie may have been average in your opinion, but you cannot honestly say it was worthy of being a Godzilla movie? If they had made it the 98 movie as just a random monster movie, it would have been ok, but they deliberately chose to associate it with Godzilla, and in that context it failed miserably.
You are not a fan I get that, but hasn't Hollywood ever remade or adapted something you were a fan of, and turned it into crap?
Hey Japan, common sense here - YOU HELPED DESIGN HIM. I don't think Toho would have given Legendary the Green Light to go ahead if they did not have a Godzilla design they thought was "too fat".
So on that basis, you don't get to complain about this design. Ever X3
So on that basis, you don't get to complain about this design. Ever X3
TRANSLATION: Godzilla became very thick!YodaUnleashed said:
OT: Japan, we had an agreement. We don't knock your rubber suits if you don't knock our Hollywood over-the-top behavior, which includes how we design our monsters. Speaking as a Godzilla fan, I'm excited for a Godzilla movie, period.
Besides, being far too muscular and fat is halfway towards the giant horror that is Cthulhu and Gazuga, which spells trouble!
Seriously, this is the least-important part of the whole movie. Next time give him wings and have him fly around, let's see what they say.
I actually didn't mind the look of Godzilla (stop backpedaling to Zilla you history deniers) from the 1998 movie. Everything else was terrible, the writing, the plot, every acting performance. The overall movie was standard Hollywood quality. But the monster was scary and lizardy and terrifying so it worked for what was needed.
I actually didn't mind the look of Godzilla (stop backpedaling to Zilla you history deniers) from the 1998 movie. Everything else was terrible, the writing, the plot, every acting performance. The overall movie was standard Hollywood quality. But the monster was scary and lizardy and terrifying so it worked for what was needed.
The idea and all those "WAH FAT SHAMING" people/wolf spirits/headmates/cephalopods/ghosts on tumblr getting ahold of this one has me all giddy. Somewhere, somehow, a hissy fit is being thrown over this.
My thought process immediately went to an old South Park episode:Rex Dark said:
Yeah, that's right.
Japan: Your Zilla is so fat...
America:your Zilla's dick is so small...
Agreed. The 98 Godzilla looks like an actual living creature and far more like an actual reptile than Japan's Godzilla ever did, that one has always looked so incredibly fake. The nostalgia goggles are definitely in full force with people who actually defend how Japan's Godzilla looks. I also agree that the 98 movie wasn't anywhere near as bad as people make it out to be, and besides it led to one hell of a good animated series and the movie's existence is justified on that alone.Reaper195 said:
True, but that doesn't make the rubber suit Godzilla's appearance any less awful. The only reason the rubber suit Godzilla became as famous as it was is because back when they were making movies like that they didn't really have anything better than guys in rubber suits for special effects, especially not cheaply, and by the point they did have something better this look had become so profoundly ingrained that the fans rage against any Godzilla that doesn't look the same even if it's far better looking. In short, they didn't know what they were missing yet. The only reason people whine about the 98 Godzilla's design isn't because it's actually worse but because it's not the same as "their" Godzilla, the one they grew up with. In fact, if the 98 Godzilla had come first and the rubber suit Godzilla second instead of the other way around, the rubber suit Godzilla would have been the one called terrible and the movies he was in critically panned.O maestre said:
There's an important distinction to be made though. Are they saying he's fat, or TOO fat, there is a difference. Anyway, it's an American version of a beloved Japanese icon, if not this, they'd find something to complain about. After the Roland Emmerich debacle they have the right to, but still it was gonna happen either way.
He looks fine to me. Honestly that is a much better design than I have seen in a while. Also godzilla was always looked fat -_- it was large body suit for people and the godzilla always had a huge belly.
He looks fine to me. Also, this is news? -- I laughed. --
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Yo Godzilla so fat the first building he demolished was a health food store.
Yo Godzilla so large his breath only melts cheese.
Yo Godzilla so bulky he tried to demolish Australia but as soon as he stepped on it it sank.
Yo Godzilla so chunk when he swims he gets mistaken for global warming causing sea levels to rise.
I can keep going forever I think lol.
Yo Godzilla so large his breath only melts cheese.
Yo Godzilla so bulky he tried to demolish Australia but as soon as he stepped on it it sank.
Yo Godzilla so chunk when he swims he gets mistaken for global warming causing sea levels to rise.
I can keep going forever I think lol.
Eh, I think it looks better. The original has a really long neck. This one appears to have a shorter neck with the head set a bit more forward (at least from the shots I have seen). It gives the appearance that the neck is much larger, but I think you are seeing it let more against the upper body in a lot of shots, versus on a long ass pole of a neck.
Either way, I'm kind of amped for this movie. It looks epic as shit and also is the first time we see a good looking Godzilla using modern effects and computers, which show the scale so much better than has ever been attempted before.
Either way, I'm kind of amped for this movie. It looks epic as shit and also is the first time we see a good looking Godzilla using modern effects and computers, which show the scale so much better than has ever been attempted before.