G-FAN #75

[aphvend]

[Shigamado]

My first sub issue came today. Some thoughts.

Aren't these supposed to some with a mini poster? Or is it just those color "pin-ups" throught the issue?
As it is, it's a very thick issue with more color pages than usual.
I like the idea of a kids corner of the mag.
I would've sooo loved Debont's Godzilla over stupid Emmerich.
Why is young Gamera from "little braves" on the cover if there is no mention of him in the mag?
Can't wait for the Godzilla trading cards.

[Legion]

I finally got the issue yesterday. A few comments...

1) Good God, that G-Fantis comic has GOT to go. I'm thankful it was only a few pages this time. But wow is it awful.

2) Steve Agin should be fined for overuse of exclamation marks. The whole thing is just badly written. And three photos were mislabeled: the ship on page 103 is the Gotengo from Final Wars NOT the SY-3, the T-Rex on page 104 is made by X-Plus not Marmit, and the Manda-like figure on page 106 IS Manda.

3) From the samples shown, I'm not really anticipating these trading cards. That said, I may pick up the complete set of them if any are still available at G-Fest.

4) Personally, every time I see the American actors in the 90s films I absolutely cringe, especially in Godzilla vs King Ghidora. Three interviews highlighting these people is three too many. Though Shelly Sweeney is a severe hottie. But am I the only one who feels Brett is slowly taking over this magazine? Just my observation.

5) First off, there's already been a retrospective of Gorath in G-Fan. But I agree this flick is hard to see now and maybe needs a revisit. But a TEN PAGE summary? The making-of stuff is good, but ten pages is a tad long to summarize a movie, at least in my eyes.

6) "The Rise and Fall of Godzilla" is a decent article, until the last paragragh. In many people's opnions FW did help to hurt the franchise. Additionally that 3D film looks like it will never be made. And anyone who believes Godzilla's popularity is rising in this country is completely kidding themselves. Even if it was, Godzilla is dead in Japan right now. So I believe a new movie is a long ways away.

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[Nippon]

[Legion]

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[lhb412]

I've only been reading since 2000, and in the last two, three years their has been a bit of a drop in quality. However, I tend to dwell on the positive so...

1. It was so cool when I got the mag and that free Godzilla trading card just popped out! I'd already gotten a free card at the same comics shop a few months ago as a free sample (it was the Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah poster used on Tristar's VHS).

2.Cool cover. Nice work Nippon!

3.The Original Tristar Godzilla photos! I'd seen that model a few years ago when AMC had their "EFX" weekly Sci-Fi movie. Stan Winston hosted, and whenever it was a kaiju flick (I believe they screened G vs. SpaceG, Frankenstein CTW, and Rodan) they placed that Godzilla behind him.


G-Fan is the Godzilla magazine of America, and I think we should support it. I know some people on this site are reasonably articulate. Hows about we's guys submittin' some stuff eh'?

Several issues ago someone did an article on the different Angilas costumes throughout the series. I thought it was great, and wondered why it hadn't spawned into a regular collumn (Mothra puppets, Ghidorah costumes, Mechagodzilla costumes...). In depth articles about little details and interesting bits of monster history would be very nice. I'm kinda tired on the "several page long summarys of Toho movies" type articles. I'd rather have a short summary and the rest being behind the scenes info and stuff about the actors, script, ect.

Come on guys, work on a little article during the weekends and send it!

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