Godless Godzilla and Godzilla at 50

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Godless Godzilla and Godzilla at 50

Posted by michael on Thursday October 21, 2004 @05:45AM from the zilla-wafers-with-peanut-butter dept.

pjones writes " Monster Zero reports that Toho has taken the God out of Godzilla leaving us with the affectionate if diminished name of 'Zilla.' But only the American Godzilla will become godless. 'Godzilla' is reserved for our suitmation favorite, while his rival, now called 'Zilla,' is the name for the computer generated star (?) of Godzilla 98. And yes we will see the two in mortal combat with 10 other monsters in Godzilla: Final Wars. In the meantime, Godzilla at 50 events are beginning world-wide. Leave it to Kansas to hold an academic conference, 'In the Footsteps of Godzilla'. In San Francisco, the plans are more gala where more films and more Godzilla involved personalities are part of the plans for GodzillaFest which will feature 20 films (not all feature Godzilla). Any other Gojira/Godzilla/Zilla events?"

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Hmm, something's screwy here, by Tibor+the+Hun · 2004-10-21 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

I tried to run the OP through Babelfish, but it still made no sense...
Wtf is the writer trying to say?

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1. Re:Hmm, something's screwy here, by pjones · 2004-10-21 09:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  How to write a successful /. article
  http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress/index.php?p=84
  
  Start with a provocative title.
  
  Better if it's really two topics or more mashed together.
  
  Begin with incendiary and possibly inaccuate sentence.
  
  Use slightly complex syntax.
  
  Then mangle the sentences further.
  
  Link to sites with low bandwidth so they will complain of /. effect.
  
  Link to sites that are non-English or are poor translations from non-English.
  
  Attack some company, country, state or university with an indirect slap.
  
  Perform the slap in a way that posters must explain to each other.
  
  Perform the slap in such a way that the university's defenders and rivals feel that they must explain it at length.
  
  Include typos. If you leave them out, /. editors will introduce them for you.
  
  End by asking for posters input.
  
  Including puns will do no good with posters or editors as /.ers rarely notice them. You should try a few any way for your own amusement.
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go Zilla by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 05:48 · Score: 3, Funny

As an athiest, I support Zilla !
1. Re:go Zilla by Tree131 · 2004-10-21 06:11 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I tried being an atheist, but I gave up.... They don't have any holidays....
2. Re:go Zilla by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 06:30 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Please take some English classes, I feel embarrassed to even read your post
  That should be 2 sentences.
Re:Hmmmm... by Hogwash+McFly · 2004-10-21 05:48 · Score: 2, Funny

God's being put into semi-retirement due to long term exposure? :)

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I wonder... by germaniumdiode · 2004-10-21 05:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Is mozilla the illigitimate child of godzilla and opera?!???!!!???
Am I the only one... by belgar · 2004-10-21 05:54 · Score: 5, Funny

....who didn't understand one IOTA of what this post is about? Apologies to Gary Larson:

What we hear is: blah blah blah GODZILLA blah blah blah GODZILLA blah blah GODZILLA blah blah....

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1. Re:Am I the only one... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 06:10 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Am I the only one who didn't understand one IOTA of what this post is about?
  
  It's about the Japanese ACLU forcing a naming change based on the post-WWII Constitutional separation of Church and Lizard.
Sandy Frank! Sandy Frank! by burgburgburg · 2004-10-21 05:55 · Score: 2, Funny

He's the source of all our pain!
He's a jealous Godzilla by Ohreally_factor · 2004-10-21 06:11 · Score: 3, Funny

"You will have no Godzillas before me!"

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Don't worry! by BayBlade · 2004-10-21 06:11 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm an expert on what they say about Gozilla in Japan--they usually say something to the effect of:
Eeeek! Go-jirra!! Ack!
If you're in doubt, or unclear just assume they are lamenting their untimly death.

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Put God back into Godzilla! by spellraiser · 2004-10-21 06:16 · Score: 2, Funny

No longer can we, "One Nation Under Godzilla" ignore our creator and allow the death of so many children in this country. Our nation has become the strongest county in the world, why? Because of the Godzilla we are founded under. Our Godzilla is the Real Godzilla, not King King, Nor Mothra. Our Godzilla has blessed this nation with wealth and you show me a country that worships any other Godzilla and I will show you a third world mindset, confused, mislead, and motivated with hate.
PUT GOD BACK

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Why they've taken "God" out.... by DesScorp · 2004-10-21 06:16 · Score: 2, Funny

As noted, only the American version is being called Zilla....because the Japanese regard him as being a weak-dick knockoff of the real thing. What they don't realize is that we pretty much think the same thing. Japanese fans call the American version GINO, an acronym for Godzilla In Name Only.

Anyway, they put this fight in here to stick it to the American filmakers that created the overgrown iguana; I'd personally like to see Godzilla tear him to pieces, then turn around and take a big nuclear shit on his carcass, while the other monsters stand around and laugh at him.

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Re:According to... by randomaxe · 2004-10-21 06:19 · Score: 2, Funny

- Minilla

Oh, like Godzilla is going to have any sort of difficulty fighting an envelope.

- Monster X

Ooh. Okay. If the name is any indication, this one is a mutated Xbox, which means it certainly has the size advantage. Godzilla is screwed.
Translation... by standsolid · 2004-10-21 06:55 · Score: 2, Funny

In case any of you are having problems reading the story, I went ove to Google's Language tools then stranslated the text to spanish, then took that spanish text and translated it to English. I think it's a little more clear as to what this article meant.

pjones writes? Information zero of the monster that Toho has taken God from Godzilla that left us with the affectionate one if it names diminished de?Zilla.? But only the Godzilla American will make atheist. he is reserved for our favorite of suitmation, whereas his rival, now llamado?Zilla? computer () of Godzilla 98 is the name for the generated star. And we will see yes both in mortal combat with 10 other monsters in Godzilla: Final Wars. In the half time, Godzilla in 50 events is beginning everywhere. Déjelo to Kansas to carry out a conference académica?In the passages of Godzilla. In San Francisco, the plans are more Gallic where more films and more implied Godzilla are part the personalities of the plans for GodzillaFest that offers 20 films (not all the Godzilla characteristic). Other events of Gojira/Godzilla/Zilla?

hopefully that clears things up

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Re:KU's Academic COnference by Alan+Livingston · 2004-10-21 09:44 · Score: 2, Funny

In conclusion, be it KU or K-State, the whole flat rectangle sucks.

See: Proof Is In: Kansas Is Flatter Than A Pancake.
TRUE! by rhesuspieces00 · 2004-10-21 11:16 · Score: 2, Funny

I recognize all those words, but have no idea what they mean collectively.