Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?

[Mark Kohut]

True. 

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On Feb 27, 2014, at 11:51 AM, "Tom Beshear" <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:

> But that's not why Hollywood does it.
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> To: "Tom Beshear" <tbeshear at att.net>
> Cc: "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com>; "Doc Sportello" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>; "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>; "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>; "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> Subject: Re: Anybody else psyched by the new Godzilla trailer?
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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?
>> 
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>>> 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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