#American Godzilla

[chernobog13]

Maquettes of Godzilla created by Stan Winston's team for the proposed 1994 American film that was to be directed by Jan de Bont (Speed, Twister) and released by TriStar.

This film was abandoned by TriStar when the budget was projected to be in the $110-130 million range. De Bont insisted the film could be made for $100 million or less, but TriStar insisted on a $90 million budget, so de Bont left the project.

A few years later, after the success of Independence Day (1996), TriStar contracted Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich to make Godzilla. Their film ended up costing $125 million, and leaving a bad taste that persists to this day.

[liquidsludge]

Just watched this gem of a movies

What did yall think?

[arts-by-omar]

Two different American Godzilla

Legendary Godzilla: what did you do to him

G94: nothing just nothing at all

Legendary Godzilla: oh really nothing but why is zilla crying

Zilla: it's because he's mad at me

Legendary Godzilla: okay but why Zilla

G94: It because I was going to be the first American Godzilla movie on the big screen fighting a giant monster on New York City but unfortunately it was scrapped thanks to him

Zilla: I said I was sorry just because you were scrapped doesn't mean you can say mean things to me

legendary Godzilla: all right would you two stop arguing I know they don't like your movie zilla but, there are some people that liked it even you zilla and G94 everyone still like your design and I know it looks cool but, still you can't be mean to Zilla everyday people will still remember you and without Zilla there wouldn't be another American Godzilla movie plus you're not the only one that were scrapped or unmade Godzilla movie monsters

[neatokeanosocks]

i have finally seen Every Single Godzilla movie ever made. ask me anything

[headspacedad]

since we're all Godzilla minus oneing

I want to talk about the way Godzilla looked. Because this wasn't Jurassic Park. This wasn't about designing a creature that looks and moves like an animal we're familiar with. There's a type of recognition horror when the way a fictional creature on screen moves in a way the back of your brain recognizes as real. Those dinosaurs in JP, when they run, leaning low for balance with their tails, muscles under the skin moving, jaws snapping, eye pupils dilating - the monkey part of your brain screams 'oh fuck, run!'

That's not Godzilla.

Godzilla isn't built like an animal our brains will recognize. He's not a running chicken in lizard form or a darting lizard that's too big and too fast. He doesn't blink. He doesn't smooth muscle move. There's no animal in his steps, not use of his arms. He's not designed for our monkey brains to recognize.

He's designed for our human brains.

Because it doesn't matter that he doesn't register as animal in our subconscious. He's something even more terrifying. 'Animal' we can at least recognize. He's not 'animal'. He's 'other'. He's as other as a hurricane or an earthquake.

As a nuclear explosion.

'Animal' we recognize has needs. Hunger. Fear. Anger. It's mortal and its - satiable. It will reach the end of its need and then it will move on.

Godzilla isn't satiable. He's not doing what he's doing out of hunger or fear or anger. He won't get his fill of it and then go away. He's a force. A tsunami. And that makes him terrifying in a way that the monkey part of our brain can never be terrified.

Yes, they designed him to be true to the guy in the rubber costume from the originals but they used that. The story tells us he's an animal - but our visual brains don't recognize it.

He's a monster.

He's a terror.

He's Godzilla.

[adm-starblitzsteel-4305]

Suko: Hi Mom!

Shimo: I'm not supposed to talk to you.

Suko: Oh, why's that?

Shimo: Because your dad is gonna talk to you when he gets home.

Suko: Oh, why is that?

Shimo, glared: School called.

Suko: *gasps*

Kong, slams the door open: YOU!!!

Suko: *screams*

[Source: American Dad]

[demifiendrsa]

Oscars 2024 winners:

Best Picture – Oppenheimer

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Directing – Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor in a Leading Role – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Original Song – “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, Barbie

Best Original Score – Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Best Sound – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn, The Zone of Interest

Best Live Action Short Film – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Cinematography – Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Documentary Feature Film – 20 Days in Mariupol

Best Documentary Short Film – The Last Repair Shop

Best Film Editing – Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer

Best Visual Effects – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima, Godzilla Minus One

Best Actor in a Supporting Role  – Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Best International Feature Film – The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Best Costume Design – Holly Waddington, Poor Things

Best Production Design – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek, Poor Things

Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, Poor Things

Best Adapted Screenplay – Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Best Original Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Feature – The Boy and the Heron

Best Animated Short Film  – War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

[awesome-normal-heroes]

Monster and Human Friendships need more love!

[piononostalgia]

Feliciano Centurión

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Figuras de plástico con crochet, c. 1990

[godzilla-reads]

Have you ever wondered what an alternate America would be like if Hippos ruled the Mississippi River?

Well, I’m about to find out.

📖 American Hippo by Sarah Gailey

[oddballcobblebot]

hi guys these r my interests...if anyone wants 2 be mutuals..i mostly only post gotham stuff here though soz..but u can dm abt these!!

[chernobog13]

A diorama featuring the William Stout-designed version of Godzilla for the never made 1983 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D.

[liquidsludge]

Sometimes its nice to see crustaceaus P get a reference in big movies like Godzilla. (Context he is a crab that raps and scylla is also a crab that is the only connection)

[lilybug-02]

Hey, I wanna watch Godzilla minus one, where can one do it? I can't find it anywhere :/

:( sadly it's not on streaming or any physical disc at the moment. It may take a few more weeks or months to get information about it. I'll probably post about any news I see!

[williswareinc]

🎥 my crudely drawn 15 favorite films of 2023 🍿

[thecryptidart1st]

What gender dysphoria looks like when your bloodwork came back approved to start horomones, but the doctor you saw wasn’t qualified enough to approve testosterone, and then the virtual visit included 15 minutes of waiting to see a doctor who could approve: