Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters Discussion
 

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters has been release on Netflix right now. I have not seen a thread for this movie yet. Please lock this one if someone else did a thread for it already.

I liked it. I have to watch it again I think to really form an opinion on it. I like the "Gotcha" at the end.

I'm not an Anime fan (other than GitShell), but I liked the artwork and how it had a certain 3d quality to it, things had a solid look to them.

I enjoyed how accurate and fast Big G was with the Atomic Breath. It was a departure from the slow build up and then unleashing a monstrous wave of energy. He could almost just 'zap' things with it.

..to be fair on repeat viewings that may start to bug me, but for the moment I think it's pretty cool and a little different.

Not sure what's happening with the massive swipe of the tail that just lights everything on fire in every direction. I'll have to pay more attention on the second viewing.

I do hope in the sequels, we could see other classic monsters like Megalon. I was still surprise to see Orga as a cameo in the movie because his character has DNA links to Godzilla.

I thought it was ok. Not good, just ok. It was basically exposition for the next movies. I did like the "Hooray we won!" "Haha. No." ending. But I'm into it enough that I want to see the other parts when they come out.

Plus I want to see that Mecha Godzilla!

https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/e5/CECmkopz_o.jpg

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...e-song/.129194

That's their "Mechagodzilla"...?! It looks more like the TMNT Shredder and less like a robot Godzilla!

Seriously, who designed the kaiju of this universe?!

Too easy, Gen Urobuchi's art department.

My expectations are so low after the first film that I don't even have a reaction to that design.

Godzilla looks MELLOW. Almost tranquil. :lolol

I thought the first one was pretty cool. I hope we get to see more monsters in the sequel. I dig the idea of a Attack on Titan, Blame and Blue Gender type of story for Godzilla.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/dai...acters/.131607
http://www.tokunation.com/attachment...1&d=1526576416
http://godzilla-anime.com/news/

I can't believe SHM is releasing another Anime Goji so soon after they just released the first SHM Goji. It looks almost exactly the same too, like a repaint within the same year? Crazy.

https://i.imgur.com/hFYf9fk.jpg

I have very little faith in the sequel because the first one was pretty bad. I'll check it out if reviews are decent.

edit: watched the trailer, it looks just as boring as the first one.

So MG was scaled to fight the smaller Godzilla. We saw the supersized Godzilla at the end of the movie. The SHMA reisdue - we see just how large it is in comparison. I think there is no way the people can gather enough building material to build a new MG that will be big enough.

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle was terrible. I haven't felt this angry at a Godzilla movie in a very long time. I can easily put this movie as one of the worst Godzilla movies in the franchise next to Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, Godzilla 1998, Godzilla: Final Wars, etc.

First one was interesting.

Second one I liked some of the commentary and other aspects of the city. Plus love the story build and character drive they are building on as they expand different things. Mecha-G and the Vultures were more fun than expected, and I like this approach for Mecha-G. It was something new and really fitting and made it feel like it fits the redesign's more spiny/skeletal aspects.

Third one looks like what'll pull it all together. Can't wait to see it there. Those little seeds planted in 2 really got the hype going for me on what Godzilla Earth really is and has been preparing for, and maybe even may have some basis in similar origins as the big bad for 3 that was teased in 2. Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the story goes.

Would definitely rate it up there as one of the more unique and interesting new interpretations. Though I do love me some good Kaiju throwdowns like in Final Wars. But glad to see them exploring the wider range of story possibilities with things like this and Shin.

I made a gif of my favorite moment in Anime Godzilla part 2..

https://i.imgur.com/D8UaxSM.gif

notice it's like a 2 second clip? hahahaha

That was my favorite part and probably the only part I'll actually remember 2 months from now.

I still think MechaG was incredibly disappointing and not a good design. It was just a flying thing, not a MechaG at all. I kept waiting for the actual MechaG to show up and fight Godzilla,..which never happened.

I may consider it to be the second worst Godzilla movie next to Godzilla 1998. At least Final Wars, Space Godzilla, All Monsters Attack and Godzilla Raids Again had stuff happening and had somewhat good characters in them. All Monsters Attack may have too much stock footage, but I had more fun by sitting through that movie.

Then you weren't paying attention to the story. In the original battle between the two in this timeline, what was shown/used is all that survived to make city. So Mecha-G was never going to make a full appearance. They were never going to go full Metroplex/Fort Max with it. This is more "autobot city".

The flying things were new/altered mechs called Vultures. As in "carrion birds built that thrived by feeding on Mecha-G". Only one part survived of mecha-G into that era.

The story is also what sets up part 3. That's what a large chunk of the film was about. That film is where we're going to get the big Kaiju throw down. It's all been building up to that story-wise. Why the aliens came to help Earth, and everything else.

Now part 3 on the other hand should have some flipping awesome stuff too. But the story itself was focused on what we saw on the human level interactions to prepare for that and follow the various stages of 'monster development' for this 'monster planet' and explore what that means at every level. Including how Battle City fits into that. And the vulture scenes were really cool too.

There's also some other little subtle things as shown with the tribe on planet too that explore some other themes about how this planet isn't as toxic as the off-worlders may think.

Calling it one of the worst Godzilla movie seems terribly disingenuous. I mean, you're welcome to your opinion, but even the most ardent G-fan will attest there are some real stinkers in the bunch (whichever those be for you). I personally am of two minds about the trilogy thus far. On one hand, as a lifelong liver of giant monster movies and all their eccentricities, these movies aren't satisfying the itch to see a fun monster mash as much as I thought they would. On the other hand, the sci-fi lover in me revels in the world they've created and the ideas and themes at play here. I can't remember the last time before Shin and Colossal a giant monster movie really tried to be anything more than a big smash-up. I think that's just as valuable as the alternative, honestly. I'm not saying the two can't co-exist, but I'll take well thought-out science fiction with actual themes with maybe less than the desired monster action over stock footage filled nonsense or Pacific Rim Uprising-like empty spectacle any day. Not that pure spectacle isn't great sometimes, but you need your vegetables sometimes too, right? =)

TLDR; I enjoyed the first two films, even if they're not perfect, and look forward to the third. If you don't like them, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy them, but at least you have the awesome-looking Legendary 'King if the Monsters' to look forward to! ^_^

No I paid attention to the story, it's just not what I wanted to see. Like the first one it was like 99.9% talking and .1% action.

I don't hate the CGI, or the Godzilla design or anything, (though I'm not at all a fan of anime), but I'm giving all three a shot and so far they're just not really doing anything for me.

I do think Godzilla looks pretty cool though. But I like almost every version of Godzilla there's been, so....not too hard to please there I guess.