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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 7, 2005 12:05:33 GMT -8
watching this DVD today- why does MechaBarney have arms if he never uses them? it's not a bad movie, really, perhaps the best of the 90s.
of course, the "second brain" dinosaur theory has now been pretty much abandoned by paleontologists, so it's a bit dated in that respect.
and this really should be MG3, right?
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Post by 005 on Sept 7, 2005 16:08:24 GMT -8
I have to watch the dub for that movie. Every time I hear the Japanese actors trying to speak English, I don't know whether to laugh or start bleeding from my ears. The Garuda inventor almost sounds like Keanu Reeves at one point. "Wee can geht by! With minimahl.. changes!"
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Post by Shonokin on Sept 8, 2005 11:28:42 GMT -8
watching this DVD today- why does MechaBarney have arms if he never uses them? it's not a bad movie, really, perhaps the best of the 90s. All I can think is "because Kawakita wasn't a very good effects director". Which I guess time and experience can certainly make those things better since I think his work on the tv series Gransazers seems far superior to his film work. Of course someone like August is going to have a more intelligent insight into why there was this phenomena of lifeless suit-acting and endless beam battles under Kawakita's helm. and this really should be MG3, right? I guess the second movie being called "terror of mecha godzilla" throws off the naming scheme. But I still think you are right. I just have GvsMGII on VHS and it's probably all I'll ever bother having it in, unless I can buy the DVD for like $3.00. Now GvsMG 74, that's an awesome DVD. |
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Post by Torgaman on Sept 8, 2005 12:36:17 GMT -8
I think Kawakita wanted to avoid the physical battles because he didn't want anyone thinking about the "hokey wrestling moves" employed by Nakajima during his G years.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Sept 8, 2005 15:03:09 GMT -8
"the hokey wrestling years" aka the FUN Godzilla years. couldn't have that in the "dark and gritty" 90s, could we? 
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Post by hman on Sept 10, 2005 17:46:45 GMT -8
I really liked Kawakita's work. He did have some great wrestling bouts; I always think the whole beam war thing is a bit over-exaggerated. In some movies yes, but I think he found a good balance on the whole.
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Post by 005 on Sept 18, 2005 17:42:28 GMT -8
I always thought Kawakita slacked off after BIOLLANTE and GUNHED. Considering the level the effects in those movies were on, it was disappointing to say the least to see him resort to using actual toys. Not that the change in kaiju size and thus scale particularly helped.
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Post by Giganfan on Jan 5, 2006 11:58:49 GMT -8
I think alot of people give Kawakita-san the sh*t end of the stick. He was a master of the "tried-and-true" methods of tokusatsu. And I'm sure we all know that the tried-and-true has its limitations, which is why Kawakita's work was either very good or very bad. In, short, the man wasn't particularly innovative, and he didn't like working with the live-action directors, but he did know what he was doing.
This, in one way or another, brings me to GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA '93 (that's what I like to call it). I'll make this short 'n sweet. Takao Okawara's best, excellent Ifukube score, great effects by Kawakita, good story, good characters, good monsters (wasn't too thrilled with Rodan, but as its own interpretation, it worked). All-in-all, while I do feel the movie is a bit dated, it's still one of the best Godzilla movies ever in my book. The DVD, on the other hand, sucks a fat one. The audio is distorted, and the subtitles are inaccurate (as they always seem to be on every R1 US disc). I have it for completion's sake, but I'm much more content with my crystal-sharp boot disc.
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