Help cast Akira Takarada in Legendary film!

[jellydonut25]

[kidnicky]

[angilas]

[MouthForWar]

[king_ghidorah]

[jellydonut25]

[king_ghidorah]

[mr.negativity]

[Russzilla]

I still wish they could/would somehow tie Akira Takarada's role in LP's Godzilla to his appearance in Godzilla '54. Prime Minister Ogata?! With him appearing in this movie, it should be anything but.

[Destroysall]

[mr.negativity]

[Godzilla21]

[Benjamin Haines]

[planetxleader]

Yeah, the ship has already sailed, and at this point it's really in bad form to be shouting for the cameo to be put back in.

I already voiced my thoughts on Tim Bean's Facebook group page, and I've exchanged e-mails with J.D. Lees when he sent out a group message linking to the petition site. This whole furor gets me frustrated.

[Inferior Rodan]

[Shonokin]

It's solely in his honor? Wouldn't it be more in his honor to drop it than to keep bringing it back up and reminding him and everyone else he's been cut? When there's a petition and you know it's going to fail, isn't that a minus more than a plus?

Fandom: it's fandom's own worse enemy.

[planetxleader]

What's worse is that by being obsessed with this idea that Takarada must be as stricken as they are, that somehow "Takarada needs our help!" (as J.D. phrased it in his mass e-mail), they're kind of disrespecting him in a way. They're making a big fuss and stink and they don't even stop to really think or ask whether a petition like this would have his blessing (the original one, of course, did, but this last-minute thing? No way).

[Inferior Rodan]

[Inui Takumi]

It's the idea of entitlement that bugs me. Of course, we're gonna be more invested in the movie because we're in the fandom. But it isn't "our" movie. It's Gareth's. He's the captain of the ship so he gets the final say, or at the very least close to it. He's a fan as well but he's looking at it as a bigger picture. He has his reasons and we should respect that. Once the movie comes out, everyone can judge all they want. But you can't make a big fuss over something that is two weeks away from being released. Its rather childish.

Also, as planetxleader mentioned before, Takarada has been doing this for 60 years. Its probably not the first time he's been cut from a scene or film. Yes, this is a special occasion. But I'm sure he understands despite being a bit disappointed. And like Inferior Rodan said, its probably gonna be on the home video version so that's good enough.

Someone should let these people know that *looks over his shoulder and whispers* there's a Godzilla movie coming out...

[jellydonut25]

Yeah, if for some reason it doesn't wind up on the blu ray then I'll sign a "release the scene online" petition (or something like that) all day...but not this

[Inferior Rodan]

[quote="jellydonut25"]Yeah, if for some reason it doesn't wind up on the blu ray then I'll sign a "release the scene online" petition (or something like that) all day...but not this[/quote]

I'm actually kinda worried what they will do once they reach 1000 signatures (their goal). I'm even more curious is JD will bring this up at Gfest because we know its not gonna happen.

[MouthForWar]

[walshiam]

In my view, it still remains a disappointment that he was cut. It probably makes very little difference one way or the other to the finished product except for one thing.........some of us were really looking forward to seeing Mr. Takarada in the film. Relevance to the film is not the issue. The issue to some is that it mattered to them.

[MouthForWar]

I would hope that the pacing and overall quality of the movie would matter more than a superfluous cameo. Silly me.

[Inferior Rodan]