Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[John Bailey]

God yes. I wonder if it's the logical result of executives putting too
much stock in the Robert McKee/Joseph Campbell monomyth mania. All
stories are just one story, yadda yadda, so why not make the same
actual stories over and over without even dressing them up
differently? Guh.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:
> 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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