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re: Godzilla (1998) - Biggest Hollywood marketing campaign that resulted in a failure?

Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:30 am to
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:30 am to
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Hey... Godzilla plays baseball with Zilla... it was worth it for that along.


Yes, I do love that Toho bought the rights to that monster just to make him easy fodder for the true Godzilla.

They also made a joke about GINO (Zilla) in “GMK” as well.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
23996 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:37 am to
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That’s not really CGI. That’s old school.


Tokusatsu.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 10:43 am to
Why have there been so many Godzilla movies made?

Every Godzilla Movie (In Order) 0n IMDb

Does the US get the newer Japanese ones in theaters?
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 10:54 am to
Trailer shows godzilla stepping on a t-rex skeleton.

movie godzilla is basically a t-rex.

Posted by Northshore Aggie
Mandeville, LA
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 11:20 am to
i just rewatched the full trailer on youtube. even knowing that the movie sucked, i still got major late 90s nostalgia from the style/vibe and cinematography of the trailer. that was a fun era.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
23996 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 11:38 am to
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Why have there been so many Godzilla movies made?


Because it’s awesome.

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Does the US get the newer Japanese ones in theaters?


Not all the time, and not always in wide release.
Posted by TigersnJeeps
FL Panhandle
Member since Jan 2021
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 12:04 pm to
As others said, it was a monster movie not a Godzilla movie.

The old man on the pier was pretty funny though....
Posted by Hennigan
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 1:20 pm to
I had a watch from Burger King.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:01 pm to
saw the trailer prior to lost world:jurassic park.

it was kind of in the early days of of the big "grande" type cinemas. I remember thinking, "i can't wait to see a godzilla movie on his screen with this sound system".
Posted by LSUPERMAN
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
2472 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:06 pm to
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. acting was bad.


That lead actress was one of the worst actresses I have ever seen. Not to mention I have never heard of her. She put the shine on this dog turd for sure.
Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
3131 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:14 pm to
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That lead actress was one of the worst actresses I have ever seen. Not to mention I have never heard of her.

She was Chandler and Monica's adoption agent on episode of Friends. And slept with Joey. That's all I got.

I don't think that qualifies as... interesting enough to go add to the same actress thread.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 2:16 pm
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:28 pm to
1998



2014

Posted by MemphisGuy
Member since Nov 2023
3131 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:37 pm to
I mean... the one from 1998 is just Jurassic Park supersized. And not even supersized enough to be Godzilla.

This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 2:38 pm
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
65814 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:39 pm to
exactly. 1998 godzilla was hiding behind buildings. 2014 godzilla was stepping on them.
Posted by LSUPERMAN
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
2472 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:44 pm to
If I remember correctly, the creature designer based his Godzilla off his pet iguana.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422241 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:46 pm to
I love the GZ size charts

Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
59747 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 2:50 pm to
I saw it on opening night with my little brother, and for the life of me, I remember absolutely NOTHING about this film. It was that unremarkable.

The traffic guy at 99X here in Atlanta was such a Godzilla fanboy that he got this giant-arse tattoo of the version from the production images that were released ahead of the film. Took up his entire upper arm, IIRC. What a douche. He deserves to be saddled with something like this that's as much of an abject failure as he is.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 2:52 pm
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68111 posts
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:12 pm to
I liked it. It was the most realistic Godzilla up to that point. Instead of lumbering at 5 mph, this one could haul it and swam more realistically. It wasn't an actor in a suit.
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