What would you have done for GFW or the 50th Anniversary?

[jamaal7]

[TerranigmaFreak]

[Nippon]

[Danny B]

This is far too tame for a GFW topic. I'm gonna go to another thread were there's massive infighting and copious name-calling.

[briizilla]

[Robert Saint John]

I would change GFW to CyHunter's sig image. !

[CyHunter]

[edgodzi]

[gfanikf]

[SparkieGojira]

[TheMaster]

[MouthForWar]

[ScottA]

[Robert Saint John]

[Elliot Gay]

[Robert Saint John]

[kiryugoji04]

[walshbeme]

[Dmitchellcat]

With alot of mixed reviews on this film I sure this will be the most controversial if not infamous G movie ever. Anyhoo If you could change anything about the the movie what would you have done. Longer monster battles, more suspense? kaiju who werern't in the film? Give me your thoughts please!!

[MouthForWar]

I would shorten the human fights a bit and put more Hedorah in. I'd have liked to see Varan and Baragon somewhere too. I really dont have many problems with the film as it is.

[Robert Saint John]

[TitanoGoji16]

[jamaal7]

I would like to have seen Shusuke Kaneko make his original idea for (what became) GMK, with Angilas, Varan and Baragon (I guess this makes it GVA). I would add Rodan and a really, really, killer, horrific version of King Ghidorah. (No one on the set would be allowed to say the word "Mothra.")

Rodan and King Ghidorah would wreak havoc from the sky in SPFX sequences designed to be stunning and shocking.

I would use a modified version of the GMK-Goji design in a really dark film, one punctuated by several horror sequences interspaced with humor. While I would not have Godzilla using judo techniques, he would be on a rampage, with several sequences of seemingly non-stop destruction both at sea and on land. He would be in a horror-inducing rage, totally malevolent. I mean by this, that Godzilla would not only be vicious, but he would seem to enjoy it. Without making him appear too human, the idea is to lend a pronounced sense of urgency and desperation to fighting him and overcoming his menace. This would lend drama to the story and hopefully involve other than otaku in a film that would have deep meaning with Godzilla as a symbol as well as a great giant monster.

A lot of the story would take place at night, with things happening suddenly, and not being completely explicable, at least at first. I would want Shinju Higuchi or Makoto Kamiya to do the SPFX. I would also like to see Megumi Odaka (Miki of the Heisei films) in a role completely different from her character in the "Versus" Films. I would use real, existent military hardware, while at the same time putting the human characters right in the middle of the action.

Although filmed in color, the film would almost seem black and white because of its tone and story. Akira Takarada appearing in a role evokative of his character in Gojira would be a must.

EDIT: I would ask Ko Otani or Michiru Oshima to do the score, using classical Japanese themes and military marches, along with appropriately eerie themes for the horror sequences and mystical pieces for the gradual unfolding of the events across Japan.

[jamaal7]

On the other hand, a design based on the Shodai-Goji (as we call it) suit might be most appropriate. I would only slightly modify the look of the original suit, perhaps tighten it up a bit, but maintain its distinctive appearance. I have always loved this particular suit, its bulk being an asset, reinforcing its menace. Those shots of Godzilla looking down at you as he is about to unleash his breath weapon, you know, that low angle view, with him gazing right at you, are mesmerizing. I think this look would work very well in the type of story and film described above.

As far as Akira Takarada is concerned, I would be tempted to have him reprise his role as Ogata. Perhaps Megumi Odaka could be his daughter or a daughter figure to him. Kaneko is very skillful in the way he constructs these types of relations in his films: Asgai and her father in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Yuri and Taizo Tachibana in Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.

[william newell]