Nightmare: spikey do you smell something off?

@DutchGentleman  
I thought it was pretty good and that it was a shame it had to be caught up in the Digimon/Pokemon schedule wars.

@Background Pony #036E  
I dunno man, trampling, crushing and eating the military sounds pretty retailliatory to me.
 
No, but you are right for the most part in that it is very much not Godzilla. Hence the transformation to Zilla in it’s subsequent apperances (in which it works rather well, as one of many kaiju, but not the big guy itself).
 
I found it actually pretty clever than he hits a gas main with the breath, instead of the classic atomic breath, but YMMV.
 
This movie is nowhere near the original Gojira, but so very few things are. I like it far more than some of the “classic” movies, but that’s a personal thing.
 
What did you think of the series that followed this? It pretty much covers all the bases you mentioned.

@DutchGentleman  
Well, sadly I don’t share your opinion. I hate this movie, not just because Godzilla doesn’t look like, well, Godzilla but Zilla does not at all act like Godzilla. He runs away from the military as opposed to Godzilla who retaliates, he doesn’t breathe fire which, despite all the people saying it’s “unrealistic”, is a trademark of the character, he is asexual despite the films CLEARLY stating Godzilla adopted and raised Minilla or Godzilla Junior, depending on which incarnation you’re talking about and finally, he gets killed by missiles while the classic Godzilla gets hit by missiles, bombs, shells and even lasers 24/7 with nary a scratch (mainly because he has a healing factor even Wolverine would be jealous of) with only the Oxygen Destroyer or his own internal meltdown being his downfall. It also misses the point of Godzilla in the first place, Godzilla, the original 1954 version, was a metaphor of the horrors of atomic warfare which can still be applied for today. Coupled with a cast filled with actors I know can act and yet their talents are wasted, an extremely boring romantic subplot, snail-speed pacing, dinosaur-sized plot holes, little to no scientific logic and a schizophrenic tone (one moment it’s serious, the next moment it’s silly) just makes this movie one big mess.

You know, this movie is actually not that bad all together. The design of Zilla is pretty cool and new, and most worst things about it are pretty much forgettable. Nothing sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

Spike: This is gonna suck.  
NMR: Indeed, Spike. Indeed.

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