Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

to be honest i would like to see Steven Spielberg try his hand at this one
at least well get a fun movie.

I wouldn't like Speilberg as a director of this. I think the only movie of his with a good balance of tone and frights was Jaws. And that was way back in 1975.

I think in terms of film score I'd like Michael Giacchino. What specifically made me think of him is his Star Trek score. Most of the stuff when the Narada appears has a booming Kaiju a comin' feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzd18uy0IF0 This is the track I'm talking about.
Around 45 seconds I could totally see this being used as a shot of Godzilla fills the frame. In short, I think this guy has the chops to pull of a decent Kaiju score.


Director-wise. I have no idea. I do not want: Tarantino, Nolan, Burton, or any other suggestions of that sort. I have nobody in mind, so I'll just wait and see what LP does.

Michael Giacchino would probably do a pretty great score. I'm not even thinking of Cloverfield - his Star Trek score was magnificent!

EDIT: Totally got beaten to the punch!

Also Michael Verta but that's a crazy long shot on a tentpole film like this!

As for soundtrack....god, I have no idea. Maybe I am getting old, but I have no clue who the "hot" composer is these days. Everyone seems high on the Cloverfield composer (I saw Cloverfield, but don't remember much about the music...maybe that's not a good sign).

It's a shame John Barry is old and basically retired....I always wondered what Barry with do with some of Ifukube's work.

As far as director goes...
I don't know, I have lived abroad in Japan for 4 years, and I don't keep up with "Hollywood" news that much, so I don't know who is right to direct this flick. Godzilla is not an easy topic to "match" a director to. I will say who I don't want to see direct it:

- Tim Burton....just saw Alice in Wonderland yesterday....good god, what an unmitigate mess :puke: One of the most overrated directors in Hollywood today. AIW was actually worse than his Planet of the Apes/Willy Wonka remakes.
- Michael Bay...good god, possibly the only option that would be just as bad as D&E :th-dn: :puke:
- Uwe Boll (I spoke too soon...Bay, you've got company)
- Paul Anderson...the BAD one....*shudder*. I have to give him credit, it takes alot of talent to screw up two franchises (Aliens and Predator) at the same time.
- Tarentino....I echo Legion's sentiments, I am soooo tired of hearing his name mentioned with every G rumor. I like his work, but this ain't happening, and I'm not sure if G and QT are a good match...QT has never really done anythin SciFi to suggest this would be ideal).
- Brett Ratner - No comment necessary
- Devlin and Emmerich (of course).

As long as it's no one from the above list, then there may be some hope that this could be something decent...