Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[Tom Beshear]

But that's not why Hollywood does it.

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We need as many origin stories as myths that we still enact..

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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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