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MechaGodzilla (1974/1975)

I am not the best at drawing but i really like how this came out. I still need to improve at linework and shading and in case of this drawing i think i made the eye way too big but eh. Hopefully my next drawing will come out looking better.

Practice makes perfect or something like that.

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Just rewatched 1998's Godzilla. Here are some thoughts:

The first 30 minutes or so are perfect. The atomic test, the boat attack, the military discovering Godzilla's footprints, the surviving sailor muttering ''Gojira'' in utter fear and Godzilla's arrival in New York are fantastic scenes that are a great set up for the rest of the movie...But then, when the military sets up base everything goes wrong.

I can't quite put my finger on it but something just goes wrong. I am not sure what it is. The military and French storyline's are actually engaging but the repoter storyline is just so bad it actively lowers the quality of the movie for me which is shame since Hank Azaria's character is pretty fun. The rest of the characters are fine and are even great in case of Phillipe Roaché.

Now for the big lizard in the room. A lot of people hate '98 Goji but honestly? Aside from not being the primarly cause of destruction i really like it's potrayal. It's an animal that was mutated by radiation and is clearly just acting on instinct, kinda similar to Shin Godzilla, minus the depression and evolving into an eldritch abomination. It's also treated quite respectfully, it's just an animal trying to keep it's young safe and all the destruction it causes aren't done out of malice. Of course, there is the whole thing of it dying to few missiles but...have you seen how powerful those missiles are? They blow the building where Godzilla sets up it's nest into oblivion so they are quite powerful and Goji was already weakened by the nuclear torpedos from the submarines so for it to survive nuclear torpedos and about dozen missiles is quite impressive imo. And let's not forget it was also in close proximity to a modern nuke, survived the explosion and then mutated from the radiation.

Overall the movie is a 6.5/10 for me. It's a unique take on Godzilla that keeps up with the theme of the horrors nuclear power can have that's stained by Emmerich's insistance on only showing off power of the military instead of leaving the job of destruction to Godzilla itself and him trying to compete with Jurassic Park. Couple that with unlikable human cast aside from few exceptions and tonal shifts, that lower the movie's quality.

TLDR: Godzilla 1998 is a decent Godzilla movie that's held back by the directors insistance of only allowing the military to showcase it's power, rather the irradiated giant dinosaur.

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[SFM] Godzilla 1954

Thought i'd repost one of my older pieces i made in SFM. I plan on doing a remaster soon.

Credits:

Godzilla 1954: Made by Gobrus Building and debris props: Made by Valve Particles and ground: Made by Hoovytube Skydome: Made by id Software, ported by ludexus_chr.mdl Fire truck: Made by james_ae86