Saw this at Toys'R'Us today (lamenting the lack of good military action figures and looking for spare parts for Frankenfigures.)

Saw Godzilla's opponent in the Godzilla Destruction City set. 



Looks a little like Clover from Cloverfield with the limb setup.  But the hooked claws - this might just be Gigan, though the name is "Muto."

Also - there are some SWEET classic and millenial Godzilla figures out for it.

Yeah, this movie is basically “humans effed up” on a large scale. “Muto” was created by humans. Unsure as to motive. Either it was an accident or we created it to fight the big G. I think there is more than one too. Or that it hatches “larvae”. Unsure as to whether Rodan is on Gojira’s side or playing for its own team.

That might not be a Rodan.  It could be a winged Muto. 

And if the Muto is flying, IT'S the creature knocking F-22's out of the air.  Meaning Godzilla is the one who has to clean up the mess.

What's up with the flares and red smoke on the HALO jumpers' boots? It just turns them into flying snacks. "YumYum, here we come!"

What's up with the flares and red smoke on the HALO jumpers' boots? It just turns them into flying snacks. "YumYum, here we come!"

But then you can't see them coming down in an epic long shot.

Saw it today. 

Also, people talking about 150mm shells against his hide...

Popular mechanics:

Powerhouse

At rest, Godzilla's metabolism would generate 1.4 megawatts, or about as much power as that of a large wind turbine. On a rampage—smashing helicopters, knocking over buildings, fighting Mothra—he'd generate about 37 megawatts. That's enough energy to fuel a town of 3000 people.

Bad to the Bone

The force on Godzilla's bones is roughly 20 times greater than the force on a T. rex's, so his bones would need to be phenomenally strong—about twice as tough as some titanium alloys. Normal bone has a tensile strength of 150 megapascals, but Godzilla's bones can handle 3000 MPa—the same pressure found at the base of earth's lithosphere, 60 miles below the surface. Godzilla's cartilage would be about 12 times stronger than a human's, preventing his knees from exploding like overripe tomatoes—and making him the envy of basketball players everywhere.

Thick Skin

Godzilla's exterior is tough. (Soldiers with rifles, really?) His crocodile-like hide would be embedded with osteoderms, or bony deposits akin to chain mail. Protruding osteoderms on his back and tail vent excess heat.

As good as Pacific Rim? Pacific Rim was a Saturday morning cartoon. Godzilla is an epic. Definitely worth seeing.

It's also a way better EOD movie than Hurt Locker.


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I'll be hitting the 1030 showing with my 9yr old ;-)

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Harm clearly has taken leave of his senses. His judgement cannot be trusted on characters who do not originate from comics.

(Nyah Nyah )

Godzilla isn't really a giant monster movie.

Godzilla isn't like Pacific Rim. It isn't even like the dubbed G-movies we all grew up with either, with guys in rubber suits duking it out on a model city. Almost all of it is filmed from the human perspective. There are precious few wide shots showing the creatures in full. The story focuses on the characters, not the monsters. The monsters are part of the story, but not the center of it.

The pacing is slow. It's not like a typical summer blockbuster. There is little in the way of over the top heroics, few fiery explosions, and unlike a Marvel movie, almost no parts that try to get you to stand up and cheer. It has none of the excessively witty Buffy-banter that Joss Whedon and his writers are known for. None of the characters are larger than life or iconic.

It was more of a true Godzilla movie than probably any of the films since the original Gojira of 1954. That film, the original Japanese version, is dark and sad. Godzilla is a force of nature, like a tsunami. The original film made many references to WWII and Hiroshima; Godzilla 2014 did too.

I loved it, but many will likely share Hyrum's take on it. It's definitely not like, say, Avengers, a summer popcorn movie that everyone can enjoy. It's more artsy-fartsy than a movie about giant monsters is expected to be.

I found myself sucked into it, though. I really liked how they showed the carnage from the man on the street level. You feel small, powerless.  There's no super robot to cheer for; jut running and trying not to get crushed like a bug.

It's almost Lovecraftian in that sense, but without the mysticism or gibbering madness.


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Wow I responded comparing it to other summer popcorn flicks & all nightcrawler can do is compare it to a marvel movie.  Yay.  Points. 

Sure Godzilla is a force of nature.  When he shows up.  Yeah its shot from the human perspective.  Who gives a fluff.  Seriously.  Walter white is an engineer who turns crazy conspiracy theorist who somehow uses Richter scale reports from a nuclear power plant to compare echo location 15 years later from memory?  Wtf? 

There are plenty of monster money shots. They look good.  Too bad they are the only decent bits. 

If the monsters aren't the center of the story then  all it Family Reunited then torn apart when a couple monsters wreck the world off camera...

I didn't say it was slow for a summer blockbuster (BTW stow the s___ condescension because that's what this is) its slow for ANY movie.  Couple times I was looking for a remote to fast forward. 

Its also full of the dumbest bulls___ on screen.  The mutos "eat" radiation but Godzilla (who by definition in the movie is also a prehistoric muto) doesn't?  I know let's let one incubate on 15 year old nuclear reactors but then missiles are "eaten" in minutes.  Of by the way the one muto snatches a goddamn sub from the north sea and dumps it in Honolulu to eat it.  WTF?

Nightcrawler is completely accurate there are no places to cheer - because even if there were you wouldn't because fluff these guys.  Johnson is likeable but the rest?  Not one makes an impression for you to care about. 

Ooh references.  Big fluffing deal.  Superman made references to honor & 'right' & look how that fluffing turned out.

Its not an artsy movie - its a dull movie with a s___ty script. 

Human soldiers sent to walk to sights already scouted by helicopters.  Fast roping is more efficient.  Instead its a Michael bay knockoff shot.  Soldiers shoot it w M4s?  Why? 
Don't even get me started w that idiotic train sequence...

I don't care that the mutos touched noses.  I also hated that Godzilla & Johnson mimic'd each others injuries & emotions at the end.  Lame character linking. 

I didn't like cloverfield either. 

I'm sure there is a section of the audience (and seemingly our board) creaming their pants over it.  But its just kaiju porn.  Its not about heroism or blockbuster or not.  Its about quality.  Anyone who knows me should know I'll call it like I see it.  Art house film or blockbuster. 

This?  So many better monster movies.  This isn't one of them.

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I'm by gosh. I was just giving you some crap, not being condescending. I still remember how mad you got when I said Avengers was an okay movie and pointed out plot holes. You take your fandom a little more seriously than I do. I was just poking you with a stick. I do apologize though.

All of these movies are going to have plot holes. They're working with decades-old source material and characters, much if which is impossibly cheesy to current audiences.

The main plot point of Captain America 2 was frankly ridiculous. Flying aircraft carriers with super-accurate guns? That's their plan to conquer the world? But I liked it anyway, because of the story and the themes.

Likewise, Pacific Rim didn't make a lick of sense if you sat and thought about it. But it was a good flick anyway.

I compared it to the Marvel movies and Pacific Rim because I've actually seen those. I haven't seen the newest reboot of Superman or Spider-Man.

But, if I'm to be accused of creaming my pants, I suppose I can retort by pointing out that Marvel fanboys who really wish it was Avengers vs Kaiju will be invariably disappointed.

Neener neener. Lower your hackles, bro. Let's not reinforce stereotypes by getting into nerdy arguments about scifi movies on the internet. So help me Nylarthotep I will use the dark arts to raise my dad from the grave to beat up your dad.

:rofl


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Loved it. Wasn't what I was thinking it would be.

Enjoyed it. Don't really get all the people in the movie that were plinking away with small arms at the multiple-stories-tall monsters, though. The monsters are the size of large buildings. I'm thinking the M16 and M4 isn't going to do the job.

Harm and Nightcrawler.



My only problem with the logic of the movie... Mutos tore open the side of a mountain, and no one on the other side noticed it?  I could imagine in the Phillipines, they could have passed it off as an Earthquake, since they are on the Pacific Rim. 

But Yucca Flats?  Which had a guard gate and everything.  The staff in there wouldn't have heard the equivalent of an earthquake in a geologically stable zone? 

As for "eating radiation" - and Godzilla being from that era of radiation-eating horrors - I just figured the following equation.

Grass.  Cows eat grass.  People eat grass by eating cows.
Radiation.  Mutos eat radiation.  Godzilla eats radiation by killing Mutos.

Then again, I've been reading a lot of Rifts and about Psi-Stalkers - human psychics mutated to feed on supernatural creatures and magic users and the magic they store in their bodies.  The magic energy doubles upon death, and the Psi-Stalker can feed off of a kill shot from, I believe, 50 feet distant. 

Also, Godzilla's been fed quite often, inadvertantly, but the Monarch folks trying to kill him.  He just didn't want the Mutos stealing his fix.