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Legion wrote:Complaining about the lack of pictures makes no sense. We have hundreds of Japanese produced books, photos on the internet and the films themselves to get our fair share of visuals. TEXT is far more important because really good Godzilla-related books in the US are very rare. Pictures are nice, but I wouldn't want to lose out on text because of it.
MouthForWar wrote:Some of the best books on the genre (like Galbraith's "Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films") are picture free. Even Steve Ryfle's "Japan's Favorite Mon-Star" is LARGELY picture free, and that's probably the best book ever written on the series.
Benjamin Haines wrote:Legion wrote:Complaining about the lack of pictures makes no sense. We have hundreds of Japanese produced books, photos on the internet and the films themselves to get our fair share of visuals. TEXT is far more important because really good Godzilla-related books in the US are very rare. Pictures are nice, but I wouldn't want to lose out on text because of it.
The book is called "A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series." I wasn't even aware that the book was picture-free until I read this thread, because the thought of a book like that existing without any images is just absurd. If that's what makes for a worthwhile book about the Godzilla series, might as well just print out a bunch of lengthy forum posts and publish them.
Plus, from what I gather, the TEXT of this book is nothing to write home about, considering that the author didn't watch the uncut versions of the films before he wrote it, not to mention that he's got a penchant for factual errors, just like on his Ghidorah commentary. As enthusiastic and entertaining to listen to as that was, an all-text book by a guy who said that Haruo Nakajima occupied both the Godzilla and Rodan suits in the same shot sounds like a disaster.
Thanks for the heads up, king_ghidorah. I was considering picking this second edition up sooner or later. Now I won't be wasting my cash.
lhb412 wrote:I should really pick this up. Loved Kalat's articles when he wrote for the TCM blog (including some new Godzilla-related ones), as well as his commentaries for Criterion's Godzilla release.
As is, the only in-depth book on the series I've read is Ryfle's book! It'd be great to have a big, genre-encompassing book now that kaiju movies are more popular than they've been in decades.
lhb412 wrote:the other just a big fat book of articles and essays on various subjects with multiple contributors.
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