GIGANTIS vs KING KONG (A.K.A. fan-flick 101)

[Legion]

[Jim Ballard]

[Zack Metoyer]

[MouthForWar]

Its Godzilla Zero Hour all over again.

[Destroysall]

[masked555]

[kpa]

[walshiam]

[kidnicky]

[The Giant Pacific Octopus]

[kpa]

[Elliot Gay]

[zekend01]

I enjoy the strangeness for what it is. Absolutely, and on its own terms.

That said, if this fella has some form of personality or mood disorder, or is just extremely zealous... whatever. He's got a dream and passion, and while many of us hold this in common with him, he also has an apparent DRIVE to attempt to do something about it, which too many folks lack altogether.

I don't want to come across like I'm soap-boxing. I have worked in mental healthcare since '04 and I'm about to start grad school in the Fall to pursue a career as a therapist. Truthfully I take everything with a smile and grain of salt, both the "sane" and the "insane" (though, those are both legal terms, believe it or not). It just appeals to me that this dude is doing something active and, for all practical purposes, constructive with himself. We all want to be SOMEBODY, I suppose.

Again, the quirkiness appeals to me, as does his humanity and vulnerability (maybe that's just the psych major talkin). I feel bad that his endeavors might be (and most likely will be) wasted, but he's got something to really believe in that lights a fire under his azz everyday. If that is an end result, the pursuit of satisfaction from taking an action vs stagnating, then the ends justify the means IMO.

If a severed head shows up in his basement and he blogs about it, I'll retract all this mushiness BTW. In the mean time, I'm gonna get a kick out of his asymmetrical logic!

[Andrew Nguyen]

After looking all of this I have to really ask myself is the guy here truly sane.

(shudders after looking through what he has written then runs).

[Mizorogi Shinya]

[walshiam]

[kidnicky]

[zekend01]

[Mizorogi Shinya]

Actually, it can do more harm than good.

Re-read his dealings with Tomiyama. Tomiyama is well known for meeting with fans for lunch. He was upfront about willing to meet this guy, but Colosi (sp) was seemingly enraged that it couldn't be the business meeting he expected it to be and blamed it on his friend for being too "otaku." The point being that in his eyes, things seem to revolve around him and when Japanese are confronted with that kind of person they get unnerved. So, rather than come across as a person of great resolve, they instead come across as a nuisance. This kind of thing can reflect badly on every fan, and in this case, gaijin fans.

Personally, whatever floats this guys boat is fine with me. If he wants to write a trillion Godzilla scripts be my guest. But it might make more sense to write some smaller films, make a name, and then move up. Script writing is a honed craft. EVERYONE in the business goes through the dues paying. Tomiyama was building miniature models when he started. Now he's top dog. Just jumping up and down and screaming "I have a script and it's going to make a billion dollars and Shaku gave me extended eye contact" while rattling charts in the air isn't going to raise an eyebrow other than what we seeing going on in this thread: people gathering enjoyment out of the sheer naive ballsiness of this dude's approach.

[zekend01]

[gojira_fan]

[zekend01]

[Jim Ballard]

[zekend01]

[walshiam]

You know, the idea of a fruit loop with grand expectations from his Godzilla script would make a great movie. Honestly, his blog is loaded with material and could fly as a comedy or a thriller.