Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[Paul Mackin]

I'm so out of it on the p-list.  Last time I got excited about an ape was
1933.
It was beauty that killed the beast.  Wish I could get with the times.

P


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> We need as many origin stories as myths that we still enact..
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:17 AM, "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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