by jellydonut25 » Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:46 pm
Seems I'm the only person 'round these parts who's ag'in this, but I sure as heckfire ain't fer it, I can learn y'all dat mush.
Back in my day, when we used to have to hike uphill in the snow both ways just to get onto the onlines, the original statue was there, and it's become a legitimate tourist attraction the world over. People take pictures with it because, "Hey, that's Godzilla!" The statue was informed by the Heisei design, yes, but had bits from other designs as well, and really felt like a true encapsulation of what one might call a 'generic' Godzilla design.
Statues are, in essence built to 'honor' something. A statue to Shin is a monument to money. It seems weird to me.
And all this stuff about the popularity of Godzilla and the resurgence of the character and Shin's importance and stuff is just hogwash. Imagine if Mickey Mouse suddenly became the biggest cartoon on Earth again. Do you think Disney would go around changing out the "Partners" statue to put the modern-day Mickey in there? And that's DISNEY, the most soulless blob of a corporation there is.