Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[Markekohut]

I, too, "loved" the 1998 version, perhaps mostly because one of the rockets from a tank, when they were shooting at Godzilla at the Flatiron building Was a direct hit on my office. Always meant to get a blown-up pic of it blowing out my window. 

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On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:41 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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