From: rhandley@optonline.net   
      
   Excellent points.  Although I enjoy the recent films, I think you   
   nailed their second biggest weakness.  (The biggest, in my opinion, is   
   the overuse of Mothra and Ghidrah.)   
      
      
   delmarch@aol.comBITEME (Del March):   
      
   >I got to see this finally today at the LA Egyptian Theater screening.  I'm   
   >usually fairly current on the Godzilla films, but this one was the most   
   >recently made G film that I've been able to see.  My congratulations to those   
   >who were able to get a Japanese subtitled print for the show.  That was a real   
   >touch of class, and the picture and colors were sharp and vibrant.  I will   
   >definitely be there in two weeks for GMK.   
   >   
   >All that said, I have to get the following off my chest.  This film really   
   >wasn't all that great.  And it's for the same reason that just about every   
   >kaiju film since 1984 has failed by:  there's only so much interest I can   
   >invest in films that are told from the military's perspective.  I really wish   
   >Toho would get out of this rut, because they've worn this story out to death.   
   >   
   >Go back to the '60s and '70s and see the variety of perspectives they were   
   able   
   >to present:   
   >   
   >G vs. King Kong:  an enteprenuer tries to steal King Kong for profit, and a   
   >dash of the military interferes  (Somewhat repeated in G Vs. Mothra)   
   >   
   >Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster:  a police detective tries to figure out why   
   a   
   >princess is spouting prophecies about the current rash of monster appearances.   
   >No military, but a bit of government work   
   >   
   >G Vs. Sea Monster:  a guy trying to find his lost brother gets caught up in   
   >monster appearances and some big conspiracies.   
   >   
   >Son of G:  A group conducting weather experiments deals with monster   
   >appearances   
   >   
   >G's Revenge:  a meddling brat copes with life by dreaming of monster   
   >appearances   
   >   
   >G Vs. Smog Monster:  a shrill brat learns lessons about pollution, with some   
   >minor help from the military   
   >   
   >G Vs. Megalon:  an inventor and his... friends (?) happen to have built a   
   robot   
   >to deal with the current monster appearances.  The military gets a few scenes,   
   >but not many.   
   >   
   >G Vs. Gigan:  a comics artist (!) gets caught up in an alien plot involving   
   >monster appearances.  Again the military has a role, but it's largely   
   faceless.   
   >   
   >And so on.  Granted, most of the films of this wave included the military in   
   >some fashion.  But they usually weren't the focus of the entire film.  Yes,   
   >some of these scenarios were very goofy.  But at least there was some courage   
   >from the studio to try different things.   
   >   
   >Now guess which '90s film I'm talking about here:   
   >   
   >G Vs. _____:  Godzilla appears and the military must figure out how to stop   
   >him.   
   >   
   >Again and again and again.  With help, no less, from a psychic girl (the same   
   >one repeatedly) and G-Force, and the Super X, and the Super X2, and the Super   
   >X3, and so on.   
   >   
   >Now with the newest wave, I've seen Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus,   
   >and that record is playing over and over and over.   
   >   
   >Toho, please!  Some new writers.  Some new scenarios.  Some fresh ideas.   
   >You've made the same film eight times now.  Make a new one!   
   >   
   >OK, I'm done.  Thanks for listening.   
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