Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

by **anguirus23** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:28 pm

What I find amazing is that people are actually taking exception to other people's perfectly reasonable explanations for events in a kaiju film, and then saying that they are wasting their time.

Well maybe they are, but they are obviously enjoying it. You can either truly not care and ignore this thread, or you can pretend to not care and criticize their explanations, preferring instead to criticize the producers of the film...but you can't have it both ways.

by **kidnicky** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:18 pm

by **anguirus23** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:52 pm

by **kidnicky** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:03 am

by **Xenorama** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:07 am

by **kidnicky** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:00 pm

by **briizilla** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:03 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:45 pm

by **musukogoji** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:12 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:17 pm

by **musukogoji** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:36 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:09 pm

by **musukogoji** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:04 pm

by **kidnicky** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:38 am

by **Legion** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:52 am

^^Yes it is and lets PLEASE not start this silliness again. That wasnt my intention when I made that comment a few posts back.

Simply put, here are two FACTS...

Ghidora DIED at the end of Destroy all Monsters

Destroy all Monsters took place in 1999, the 70s films took place in the 70s. PERIOD.

Go write a fanfic if you believe otherwise.

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:35 pm

by **Legion** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:10 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:09 pm

by **August** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:37 pm

I don't think it's a matter of Kaiju Eiga not "making sense"; I think that they are done in a way that they rely on the audience to take the impetus to think for themselves -- they give the audience the benefit of the doubt that they are basically intelligent, unlike American films, which bash you over the head with the obvious... IMHO.

When these films were made in the 1950s and 1960s, they were made with a loose continuity, because there was no need for a strict continuity, which some fans need to validate the films in their own minds. Remember, these films were made for general audiences, and this "loose continuity" is what works best.

I know so many people that came to see screenings of the Heisei films, who never saw any of them, and would be asking "What's going on?" because they never saw BIOLLANTE, etc. ... it can be a headache if you are not a hardcore fan.

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:57 am

by **musukogoji** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:42 am

Actually, Octo, when the film says what year it is (like Megalon), I believe that DOES qualify as being "set in stone".

by **Legion** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:53 am

by **kidnicky** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:54 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:39 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:47 pm

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