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.
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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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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It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
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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