Forum - View topicNEWS: Godzilla PS3 Game Adds Destoroyah, Super Mechagodzilla, Burning Godzilla
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Chrno2
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This is too funny. You get burning 'Godzilla'. LOL.
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Strike105
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This is how Godzilla looked in Godzilla vs Destroyah, the last film in the Heisei series that made international headlines in 1995 (even in countries like the US that wouldn't see the movie until years later) because of Toho's decision to kill off Godzilla and finish the story to make way for the 1998 American reboot (which we all know how well that went). What we see here is how they went about it. The movie gave the explanation that, with all of the radioactive energy that mutated him, and the extra nuclear energy on which he fed on and drew strength from, he was basically a walking nuclear reactor (weird explanation, I know, but this is Godzilla we're talking about), and the burning patches on his flesh were the telling sign that he was in the final stages of an unavoidable nuclear meltdown. He is at his most powerful in this state, but he is also very, very close to death. |
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Wrangler
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Striker105, the reason why it maybe funny about Burning Godzilla was the fact it similar name to Burning Gundam from American adaption of G Gundam.
The video game itself looks interesting. I wonder if will be a sandbox sort of deal like Grand Theft Auto series or Saints Row. You must take your love for the franchise seriously, which I am also a fan. Its the past, we have yet another American franchise. Maybe new generation of Japanese movie makers will try revive the Japanese side of the house for Godzilla. One can be hopeful anyways. |
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EricJ2
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Yep--Classic Neo-Zilla moment in the Heisei series. IIRC, spoiler[he did finally meltdown at the end of Destroyah], causing Godzilla Jr. (who'd been introduced in Space Godzilla?) in the vicinity to absorb the radiation and mature into the "new" Godzilla. But after that--and that, ahem, 1998 thing--they abandoned the Heisei "Godzilla strike force" canon, and just rebooted his history in every movie, starting with Godzilla 2000. (Sheesh, I mean, if Chrono didn't know that...  )
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Chrno2
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I know. I've seen all the new movies. But it's just the image of and just the statement "burning Godzilla". It's an interesting stage, that is being included as a "Godzilla" you can use. That's why it's funny. |
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Strike105
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Yeah, I just didn't get the joke. I grew up watching Godzilla movies, and I admit, I was pretty obsessed with them as a kid. They do still have a special place in my childhood, but I grew out of the Godzilla fandom by my early teens, about the time Final Wars came out. Since then, my fandom has mainly been focused elsewhere, but with the advent of the new movie, I've found myself slowly getting back into the Godzilla fandom out of nostalgia.
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belvadeer
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I'm afraid my Godzilla library is rather thin. Has he ever grown larger before?
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iCards
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In the Heisei series "Godzilla vs King Gihdorah". spoiler[When Godzilla attacks a nuclear sub after the time travel stuff. He grows quite a bit larger as a result of absorbing the nuclear energy.] |
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belvadeer
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Ah thank you. I should procure a copy of that then. |
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Strike105
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He changes size between eras and certain movies. Throughout the Showa or "classic" era (1954-1975), Godzilla was always 50 meters tall. In the "Heisei*" series (1984*-1995), Godzilla was 80 meters tall in the first two movies (The Return of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985 and Godzilla vs Biollante), and in 1991's Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, he grew to 100 meters, which was the size maintained for the rest of that era. In the "Millennium" series (1999-2004), as there was no continuity between the movies of the era, save for the the two movies featuring MechaGodzilla, and the overall connection with the original movie, Godzilla's size fluctuated a bit, but 55 meters tall was the norm for the era. In Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah, Godzilla's height was increased slightly to 60 meters, and in Godzilla Final Wars, the height went back up to 100 meters. Finally, Legendary's Godzilla is supposedly 108 meters tall. |
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EricJ2
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Er, yeah, it's, um....hilarious, I, er....guess. 
If they'd said "Meltdown Godzilla", would the rest of us have all gotten the Destroyah reference right away, or was the (Gundam?) ref just too sidesplitting? |
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Chrno2
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Well, sure. If you've seen the movies. Even if you hadn't there's a good chance someone has walked into a novelty store or knows some Godzilla fan who has either mentioned it or took the time to explain it. Meltdown Godzilla was what some (of the ones I knew) were calling it when the movie was first released, being rented or bootlegged and sold at specialty stores while the toys sat in the windows or toy bins. Your average "Joe" is not going to get it. But I have faith that there is enough fans out there that know. Besides 'Meltdown Godzilla' is not as funny as statement and is not going to garner the same reaction as as 'Burning Godzilla'. The same could be said about 'Burning Godzilla'. Different statement different reaction. To me it was funny on first glance. There is no secret as to why it's funny. 
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