Word: gojira
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...rubberized-corduroy look has given way to the towering if scaly athleticism pioneered by H.R. Giger's mantid man-eaters in the Alien series. And while the snub-nosed, micro-eared Godzilla of the '60s and '70s had a vaguely mammalian mien--appropriate for a creature whose Japanese name, Gojira, is an amalgam of kujira (whale) and gorira (gorilla)--the fin-de-siecle Godzilla has a crocodilian brow, iguana affectations, a T. Rex crouch and a noble if dragonish chin instead of an avuncular Adam's apple. As for the radioactive breath, well, it was hard for Tatopoulos to justify...
...maybe not as campy as all that. After watching the original 1954 Japanese Gojira, Devlin and Emmerich came away with newfound respect for the old film. "It was not meant to be campy at all," says Devlin. "In fact, it was a mighty dramatic movie. Surprisingly, the special effects, done in the rain, in black-and-white, shot at night, were done very well, even by today's standards...
...find it, of course look for ?Gojira,? the original Japanese version that features our favorite radiation-enhanced lizard in full Gates mode, stomping on people like so many third-party software vendors. But settle for the somewhat altered but still terrifying American version, ?Godzilla, King of the Monsters,? if only for a rather fine performance by Raymond Burr. And try not to read to much into "Bambi Meets Godzilla" -- the boys at Justice surely...
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