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Published: 2014-01-06 14:45:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1185; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 7
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Who has time to be a 'metaphor for nuclear holocaust' when you're busy saving the world?
Doing the whole Ultraman Mebius/Ultra Galaxy thing here with Godzilla 74 (my favorite Godzilla design of all time)
Basically going in and reworking minor aspects of the design to make it a bit more functional and seem ever so slightly more plausible, but leaving the general shape and character there-- something tsuburaya is pretty good at.
Neo-showaism ftw.
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If Toho ever continues the Showa series or reboots Zone Fighter, I hope they use this as a basis for Godzilla's look. It's a fantastic design and it has a lot of personality.
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Thanks Gerdzerl.
I pray for that sort of thing all the time.
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You're welcome.
Honestly, I always preferred the idea of Godzilla of being a superhero-like figure more than him being a grimdark, 2edgy4me metaphor for nukes. There's more storytelling and merchandising potential, not to mention it allows to him to expand as a character. You can only tell the same story for so long before it gets boring.
I don't know about you, but am I the only one who would love to see a 50 meter tall Godzilla defeat a 100 - 200 meter tall enemy monster? That would be so awesome!
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If you were a woman, I'd kiss you right now.
Toei and Tsuburaya understand that mentality. Godzilla movies aren't popular with Japanese children because no little kid would go to a movie about superman where he is called a bad guy for an hour and a half and then is defeated in some deus ex machina way.
And as far as grimdark stuff goes, I think we can say most of the showa films were actually less juvenile and darker than even the -darkest' godzilla films.
Lets not forget that in the first mothra film, she kills more people than Godzilla and Rodan combined as she travels across the world searching for the faeries.
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It's looking pretty sweet, I like the concept by him.
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OH MY GOD! this is absolutely wonderful! it actually feels like a drawn in still from a suit of your own creation! this is a great goji design dude, loving it A LOT! great job
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Seeing some neo-showaism in Godzilla would be the greatest thing ever, in my opinion.
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