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Godzilla To Retire (for now)
ackthpt writes "CNN is reporting that Toho, after 50 years and 28 films, will be retiring Godzilla (Gojira in Japan) after this years film. Toho has thought of retiring the venerable monster before, but after pulling the stops to make a special Best of Best this may be it (but you never know, particularly if it draws large audiences)"
Quote the article: "Even if the new movie makes money, it will be at least a decade before Godzilla returns, Tomiyama said."
That's pretty much telling us there's not going to be another sequel for a while no matter what. At least, unless you think he's lying.
theya re rereleasing the orig 1954 B&W Godzilla in the USA in spring/summer (no dubbing!!!!!).... then next year we will get Godzilla: Final Wars.
it'll be sad they are not making more, but we still will have 28 movies to watch.... that's not too shabby. i have to admit i am just psyched to see the first one in a theater.
Teaser/trailer on apple.com for the reissue. fun fun fun!
I found this explanation. Don't know if it's true or not. It's been Netscape's code name for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla#Origins_and_p rophecies:_the_Mozilla_name
Well, Godzilla has its own statue in Yurakucho (a district of Tokyo),
so I thought I'd go and check for you...
And indeed, Gozdilla may look huge...
But actually, if you don't count the pedestal, he's about the height of a 6 year-old
So you were right: Godzilla is not huge, even in Japan. It is just special effects (^_^)
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How on earth do you get your eyes to bleed? You got horned lizard blood or something?
"The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance."
First use of the word "Mozilla". You'll have to search in the page to find it, but if the page is new to you, read the whole thing; it's fascinating.
See the movie description at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064064/ .
This version has added scenes with Raymond Burr as a visiting American reporter, and two or three others who are made up to look like the Japanese principals. Doubtless they altered the film in some other ways to introduce these scenes.
However, this should not deter you, if the 1954 American version is all that you can find (understand, I mean the augmented version that was prepared by Toho for release in the US, back in 1954). The movie still holds together pretty well. Remember that Raymond Burr was getting meaty roles back in 1954, such as in Hitchcock's "Rear Window," where he plays the villian. We're inclined in my generation to think of him as this ancient sod, not at all the case 50 years ago.
I don't know about other geeks, but I remember this being in heavy circulation during the early 80's when cable was first trying to get a toe hold in American households.
Cable channels were still having difficulty selling ad time to fill in between show breaks, so many early cable channels filled the time will short subjects. It was a golden era for the short subject, and "Bambi Meets Godzilla" was a frequently used choice for filling air time.
Another short I rememeber was about the job hunter visiting an abandoned office in reply to an interview request. It turned out the office was empty because of a reel of carnivorous magnetic tape. (I kid you not.) Despite briefly fending it off with a magnet (which caused it pain), he was eventually "mummified" and digested by the tape. The end of the short had the unrolled tape perched in front of a typewriter creating another interview invitation letter... I also have memories of an animated short about "skywhales."
I could go on and on with the nostalgia. The era ended with MTV and it's bastardization of the short as the "music video." It also had the side effect of increasing the presence of advertisements on cable.
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