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   From: mrdirector@nyc.rr.com   
      
   "jdlees"  wrote in message   
   news:f77964be.0309042103.8156151@posting.google.com...   
   > I can't get the system to allow me to respond to Jim's message   
   > following, so I'll try it this way:   
   >   
   > Jim wrote:   
   >   
   > We're in agreement in this area.  But then which target audience are   
   > the films being made for?  Kumi Mizuno was obviously cast to attract   
   > adult otaku, while the film was billed with Hamutaro in order to   
   > attract the kids.  Perhaps Toho is trying too hard to appeal to all   
   > groups and the result is that the final product appeals to no one.   
   >   
   > I'm sure Toho IS trying to appeal to different groups. Veteran fans   
   > with Ms. Mizuno (as you said), kids with Hamutaro (and also with the   
   > little girl in GxMG), young men and/or teen males with the beautiful   
   > female heroines like Misato Tanaka and Yumiko Shaku... I don't think   
   > this makes for a bad film necessarily. It's foolish from a business   
   > viewpoint to target only kids, or only otaku, or only teenage males.   
   > The more people you can attract, the better. That's why Mothra always   
   > boosts attendance at a G-film, more women go to see it. And I disagree   
   > that "the final product appeals to no one." I enjoyed GxM and GxMG   
   > immensely, as did many people.   
   >   
   > Jim also wrote:   
   >   
   > The Heisei Godzilla films did a great job of casting veteran actors as   
   > interesting characters; Yoshio Tsuchiya and Kenji Sahara clearly   
   > weren't wasted in their respective roles.   
   >   
   > I agree wholeheartedly about Tsuchiya, but I don't recall Kenji Sahara   
   > having much to do or say in G vs KG.   
      
   You're ignoring his contributions in G vs MG 93 and Space G. He was   
   essentially given status as a recurring man of authority in the G series. I   
   wouldn't call that wasted.   
      
   Are you thinking of Akira   
   > Takarada in Godzilla vs Mothra? And Tadao Takashima's role in G vs MG   
   > was just a brief cameo.   
      
   But it was an inspired one, calling his off screen for his "lack of imposing   
   feature."   
      
      
    Momoko Kochi didn't fare much better in G vs   
   > Destroyah than did Kumi Mizuno in GxMG. So really, I'd say only   
   > Tsuchiya was used to potential, with Takarada coming moderately close,   
   > and the rest barely at all. So the record of the Heisei Series really   
   > isn't much better than that of the Millennium Series. - J.D.   
      
      
   There was also  Katsuhiko Sasaki who had a big role in G vs KG.   
      
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