Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[Tom Beshear]

Hollywood makes the same superhero movies over and over, too. Every few 
years they reboot Spider-Man and Superman and Batman, etc. How many origin 
stories do we need?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com>
To: "Doc Sportello" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>
Cc: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>; "Mark Thibodeau" 
<jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>; "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?


> I'm looking forward to it. I'm one of the few people who loved the
> 1998 US version.
>
> But it's always interested me how the Japanese Godjira evolved into
> such a complex thing over the decades, sometimes positing the monster
> as a hero, sometimes a villain, sometimes a victim, sometimes a clown.
> And the way he works variously as a metaphor for nuclear power, for US
> power, for the power of nature makes reading him such a rewarding
> thing.
>
> Whereas Hollywood keeps making the same Godzilla movie again and
> again... let's talk about that.
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> That headline nailed it.
>>
>> I saw your subject line and sniggered, "no" but it looks promising.
>>
>> The moaning music from 2001, the decayed Statue of Liberty, secret
>> government, and having just read Bleeding Edge set my synchronicity gears
>> a-turning
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:28 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> err...yes
>>>
>>> u should check out Knipfel's The Buzzing.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "All those nuclear tests in the Pacific... not tests."
>>>> "They were trying to kill it."
>>>>
>>>> Cue Ligetti's Lux Aeterna.
>>>>
>>>> Secret History plus B-movie madness? I am so there.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and to anyone who says this is off topic... *coff* VINELAND *coff*
>>>>
>>>> http://digg.com/video/godzilla-bryan-cranston
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>>>
>>
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