Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

I want to see them done right, just like ever other classic icon/franchise that has been re-booted over the last few years. I'm talking classic Toho look and design, light-weight comic book-style storylines with just enough ecological and political substance that lends itself to emotional weight and some great music. Oh yeah, and ACTORS IN MONSTER SUITS TRAMPLING EXPERTLY CRAFTED MINIATURES SETS, with a healthy amount of computer enhancements to make it all work. I've always felt the great thing about the traditional, "tokusatsu" method is that it invites new technology without relying on it.

Toho needs to get the best filmmakers for the job, whomever they may be. Perhaps Koichi Kawakita and Shinji Higuchi can collaborate on the special effects.

In truth, I would't be surprised if Toho has had enough with Godzilla. Then again, the market is always there, if not on as large a scale as it once was. As long as there is money to be made, I'm sure Toho will be open to it. Then again, that's what has really plagued the latter half of the Godzilla franchise; how to make a buck at the expense of fully-developing some of their story ideas. Toho has always been motivated more by the almighty yen than any instinctive urge to craft some really good movies.

At the end of the day, I'm happy with what's there, for better or for worse. So it wouldn't really bother me too much if Toho never makes a another Godzilla movie.

The only thing I would never want to see, however, is made-for-TV Godzilla adventures, either in feature form, or in a television series format.

Godzilla will always be around I think.

Gamera...eh, IF we get something else it will prob be animated.

I think in a perfect world, the techniques that Jared describes would be used in Japan and we'd continue to be able to enjoy kaiju pictures from their native country. Because let's face it, as good as the American kaiju films might be over the next few years...they'll prob be always missing that tiniest of ingrediants that comes from making these films traditionally in Japan.

Historically, special effects have always been 'improving' and after a big technological breakthrough the effects of previous generations are degenerated.

... but we've reached a technological point when we've sort of hit a wall. CGI can do everything (sometimes even well) and we've seen everything (pretty much). I think in the future we may see traditional effects making a kind of comeback, being seen as stylized instead of antiquated (which is how I've always thought of 'em, anyway).