Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Has there ever been any kind of talks between outsourced CGI companies (such as WETA) and TOHO? or have any CGI companies tried to show an interest in doing stuff for TOHO (such as a Godzilla movie)
Someone out there has to have the skinny on this?

Why hasn't Toho teamed up with Tsuburaya Productions on a Godzilla movie?

^I agree wholeheartedly with those guys. Despite the greater range of movement with CGI Godzilla always looked, felt, acted like Godzilla. I never felt 'this is a new version of Godzilla' or any distance like that, it just was Godzilla.

The idea of basing a lot of Godzilla's movements (and posture and build) on bears was particularly genius, because Nakajima and Satsuma have both said bears were an influence in their performances as Godzilla. The FX people went straight to the source.

The special effects in Godzilla (2014) were fairly dodgy, which is disheartening considering the easy routes they went with the footage (i.e. the majority of the CGI is 'filmed' at night, MUTO is black with little texture). There's not even that much of it. Where did the $160 million go?

Give me suit effects any day.

I hardly think those are easy routes, and there are more CG elements in the movie than the monsters. I remember reading Edwards saying how he felt the shots would be easier to do compared to most blockbusters but the effects guys told him these were actually far more difficult because the individual shots went on longer.

As for the MUTOS, don't let the simple red and black toys fool you -

The problem is, Japanese movie budgets don't even get half as much to make a movie as some of our low budget movies. As such, they don't have the ability to make a CGI Godzilla and make it look good. For them, a rubber suit is the better alternative. I just hope they are done with just having Godzilla stand there and take hits ala the 2002 Kiryu movie. I want them to start putting in as much effort to make everything look good like Kaneko did with GMK while also not rushing out a Godzilla movie ever year just because they think they can.