So, just got back from Godzilla: KoTM...

And I have one thing to say. Long live the King.

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[badninja]

Long may he reign!

[The Bricklayer]

5069881
Indeed. Let's hope he reigns for another 65 years eh?

[Jade Dawn]

I take it you liked it, then?

[The Bricklayer]

5080627
Hell. Yes.

[Jade Dawn]

5080696
Glad to hear yet another person loved it.

Honestly, whenever I read a negative review of the movie, calling it "boring" or "inept" or a "complete failure", it feels like a punch to the gut. I almost feel ashamed that I liked it sometimes.

Then I see all the positive stuff that the fans and general audiences have to say about it, and suddenly I don't feel so alone.

It had issues, sure, but I ended up getting what I wanted out of it, more or less. So did a lot of other people.

[The Bricklayer]

5080703
This basically proves something we knew all along. Critics know nothing. Well, at least American ones. I swear, that one critic who called Mothra 'ugly' really burnt me up. Real nice treatment of our queen there. Mind you, Toho loves it.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005809728

They even called this Ghidorah more frightening than their own. That says it all.

[Jade Dawn]

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I swear, that one critic who called Mothra 'ugly' really burnt me up. Real nice treatment of our queen there.

I didn't even read that one, and I already hate that guy's review.

The one that got me was the one that said the monsters are "given a sense of reverence that they don't deserve". Wow. Just...wow.

I guess we shouldn't surprised that American critics hated it. When The Return of Godzilla debuted here in the US, it got a similar treatment because nobody could understand why they were taking the "big lizard rubber suit guy" so seriously.

[Jade Dawn]

5080713
But enough with hating the critics, glad to hear you liked it, and I eagerly await the next chapter of Rebirth of the Queen.

Incidentally, I've been toying around with the idea of writing my own Godzilla/MLP crossover. My idea has a sort of Shin Godzilla and Cloverfield vibe to it.

[The Bricklayer]

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Speaking of Shin, do you know we now have a Shin Ghidorah? Not as horrifying as you might imagine, they really didn't change much actually.

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[Jade Dawn]

5080942
Is that an official concept or is that just fan art? Either way, it doesn't look nearly as terrifying as Shin Godzilla.

By the way, I don't know if you're a part of the group for The Bridge, but I've put up a blog post detailing my personal alterations to Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

[The Bricklayer]

5080949
Oh, that's official. To a point anyways. From the 4d Evangelion/Godzilla ride.

And yeah, I did see that, and I do agree the Destroyer needed a bit more foreshadowing and some of the monster fights shouldn't have been seen from a human perspective. Mothra VS Rodan is a good example. But to be fair, there's only so much you can fit in a 2-hour movie.

[Jade Dawn]

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Oh, this is actually a brand-new blog post where I go from the beginning of the movie to the end. It's not a 100% different plot, but it does have certain twists and new scenes to it.