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Post by sombersamir18 on Mar 13, 2018 1:17:02 GMT
Is anyone else here interested in classic Toho monster films such as the old Godzilla movies?
I first discovered some of the classic Toho kaiju movies through streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu and they really grew on me over time, especially the Showa era films.
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Post by Elrikk on Mar 13, 2018 2:12:01 GMT
Me! Especially the original Japanese versions!
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Post by Beowulf on Mar 13, 2018 6:49:33 GMT
Gamera, friend to all children!
As a tiny tot I would watch in rapt horror as Johnny Sokko's Giant Robot would battle it out with all manner of strange and repugnant creatures. I love the old classics and I can suspend my cynicism long enough to still enjoy the fireworks and miniature sets getting torn to pieces.
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Post by christain on Mar 14, 2018 18:26:29 GMT
Heck, I grew up on Godzilla and all his enemies. I still watch those old movies when I catch them on TV. The new generation of CGI monster movies just somehow doesn't have the same click as some dude in a foam suit smashing balsa-wood miniature buildings.
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Post by stormmaster on Mar 14, 2018 18:34:42 GMT
My favorite was Destroy all Monsters I can't say it was a great film but it will always be good to me, on the note of giant monster fighting movies anyone here ever watch Ultraman as a kid, same concept but instead of a Godzilla suit fighting monsters in a miniature city it was a guy dressed it a alien red and silver super hero costume who fight monsters and when he gets hurt he has this beeping red dot on his chest, I remember it quite fondly
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Post by Brian Weiss on Mar 14, 2018 18:46:01 GMT
Almost all of the Showa films have a charm that still allows them to be watchable today, and that's saying something. In many ways, they hold up better than most of the heisei and millenium films.
The two showa Mechagodzilla films were always my favorites.
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Post by christain on Mar 14, 2018 18:54:31 GMT
My favorite was Destroy all Monsters I can't say it was a great film but it will always be good to me, on the note of giant monster fighting movies anyone here ever watch Ultraman as a kid, same concept but instead of a Godzilla suit fighting monsters in a miniature city it was a guy dressed it a alien red and silver super hero costume who fight monsters and when he gets hurt he has this beeping red dot on his chest, I remember it quite fondly Ultraman was da bomb. Boy, that brought back memories.
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Post by sombersamir18 on Mar 15, 2018 22:39:33 GMT
Heck, I grew up on Godzilla and all his enemies. I still watch those old movies when I catch them on TV. The new generation of CGI monster movies just somehow doesn't have the same click as some dude in a foam suit smashing balsa-wood miniature buildings. Yeah, I agree the suits were definitely better. Its too bad that they probably won't be used in future godzilla films. Imagine how great the suits could be if they produced new ones using the latest modern materials and technology. It would probably be possible to make them more durable, realistic, and lightweight than ever before.
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Post by Cosmoline on Mar 19, 2018 16:38:38 GMT
I grew up watching the Monster Matinee on our local independent station. I guess the rights were absurdly cheap in the 70's so the station would use them as filler. Great stuff. I was telling my own 7 year old about them last night as it happens, and about Gamera friend of all children ;-) He was trying to figure out how a turtle could fly through space.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Mar 19, 2018 18:03:54 GMT
I grew up with the various kaiju movies playing on cable, late at night and on weekend afternoons. I remember bonding with my partner (when we were still dating) over our childhood love of The Space Giants (Ambassador Magma/Maguma Taishi), Spectreman (Supekutoruman), and Ultraman (Urutoraman). I tried viewing these things again about a decade ago, and realized the truth of the English-language idiom about not being able to go home again. The memories of these movies and TV shows had a much higher production budget than the genuine articles.
However, after hearing a lot of praise about it I recently watched Shin Godzilla (2016) with my youngest child. He was absolutely spellbound. I ended up buying him imported figures of that incarnation's various evolutions during the last holiday season, and now he's fast becoming a hardcore kaiju fan. I've also noticed that the old shows/films are much more palatable with a wide-eyed kid sitting next to you.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Mar 20, 2018 1:46:57 GMT
Godzilla, Ultraman, Gamera, Kamen Rider, Space Giants (on TBS Super Funtime)... man, loved those movies and TV shows. Out of the five mentioned before, I've seen every single Godzilla movie produced, including those made for Japan up to the recent Shin Godzilla. Even though it's technically not a Toho Films movie, I also LOVE Inframan (or Super Inframan) by the Shaw Bros from Hong Kong - fun trivia - it's the ONLY monster movie ever made by the Shaw Bros.
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