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   From: fungusized@hotmail.com   
      
   "RT"  wrote in message   
   >    Once again. The real world and Toho kaiju movies are not the same   
   > thing. Isn't that one of the reasons why Godzilla has lasted almost 50   
   > years? Isn't that one of the reasons we all love these movies?   
   >   Although, I have to say I do start getting disinterested when they   
   > put out lousy effects in this day and age like they did in that last   
   > half hour of GXM. Sure GMK has some effects problems too, but not   
   > anywhere near as bad as GXM.   
   >   
   >   
   >   Robert T.   
      
   I'm not going to argue your points (as I mostly agree with them), but I'd   
   like to add:   
      
   The fandom as a whole is maturing. Kaneko set the bar himself with the   
   Heisei Gamera series, which INCREDIBLY WELL depicted "kaiju in the real   
   world" (well, G2 was a little of a drop off). The films become that much   
   more engrossing when it's easier to relate to the world presented (save the   
   kaiju). I for one, as much as I love Godzilla, am starting to tire of Toho's   
   need to interject fantasy science elements (oxygen destroyer, SuperX, Maser   
   tanks, etc) as their main deux ex machina. Let the kaiju beat the kaiju, or   
   loose through some extraordinary use of strategy and firepower, but enough   
   with the "convenient inventions" that just so happen to save the day.   
      
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