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TALKBACK #9: Destroy All Monsters

Discuss the original series of Godzilla films! From "Terror of Tokyo" to Puppy-faced Super-hero, the Showa Era had something for everyone!

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Postby Gojilove » Wed May 23, 2012 4:42 pm

Agreed. The fire dragon was always such a shoehorned plot element that just goes nowhere.

It should have just been ghidorah.
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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 4:43 pm

Or just been gone.
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Postby Benjamin Haines » Wed May 23, 2012 5:53 pm

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Postby lhb412 » Wed May 23, 2012 6:57 pm

Yeah, the fire dragon bit is just to give the human heroes something to do but a) they're really uninteresting b) defeating Ghidorah and smashing the Kilaaks is a far more satisfying conclusion, and c) anyone watching who did find the astronauts interesting turned on them during the 15 minute long welding sequence.
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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 9:51 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 9:56 pm

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Postby Gojilove » Wed May 23, 2012 9:58 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 10:30 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 10:59 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 23, 2012 11:28 pm

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Postby jellydonut25 » Thu May 24, 2012 11:20 am

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Thu May 24, 2012 11:50 am

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Postby jellydonut25 » Thu May 24, 2012 12:16 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Thu May 24, 2012 12:22 pm

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Postby John Schuermann » Fri May 25, 2012 1:23 pm

Or Biollante, for that matter. So many good ideas, such horrible execution. Omori has a tendency to clutter up his scripts with lots of short scenes that do nothing but provide poorly written exposition, with lots of hand-wringing and portentous pronouncements. There is no time for any story or character arcs to really emerge. He is also a very poor director of action sequences, so his films tend to be classic examples of missed opportunities.

(Not that I think DAM is horribly executed, but I do agree with the comments above re: the Fire Monster / destroying the controller sequences).
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Postby jellydonut25 » Fri May 25, 2012 1:34 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Fri May 25, 2012 10:13 pm

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Postby MouthForWar » Sat May 26, 2012 2:06 am

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Postby kiryugoji04 » Sat May 26, 2012 2:54 am

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