by Jorzilla » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:57 am
The Heisei series should have toned it down or cranked it up. Looking at the concept art for these movies you can tell they wanted these movies to be very epic, over-the-top, crazy Sci-Fi. Obviously Toho does not have the resources to bring those ideas to life in a convincing way, so they had to pair the stories, sets, designs, effects, etc., down to meet their budget requirements. Throw in some 'focus group' film making and you have a nice bowl of luke warm mediocrity.
These films could have totally worked in a medium where their vision could have been realized, using them as a template for an Akira/Gundam/Evangellion style anime would have been radical.