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^ Fan art I painted! 
Hey everyone! I know this may be quite early, as the movie is slated for a 2014 release date, but I was still surprised to find no mention of this movie on TL, especially after all of the buzz generated from Comic Con this year. It's actually quite funny because Legendary's panel at Comic Con focused mainly on the Batman series, the new Superman that they're making, and the movie titled Pacific Rim. They only released a short teaser for Godzilla, but it seems to be the only thing people actually cared about (check out the comments on Legendary's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LegendaryEnt).
I'm not sure about the rest of you guys, but I essentially grew up with Godzilla. I was one of those kids that would watch all the Godzilla films, and then walk around the house all slow pretending I was Godzilla, shooting my atomic breath at tables and chairs in the house. I absolutely love the idea of Godzilla, and I've been longing for a real reboot to the franchise, with big budget effects and proper direction and everything. The 1998 Emmerich Godzilla totally butchered the idea (I mean cmon, how does Godzilla die to 2 airplanes???) and I felt that all hope was lost after I saw that awful movie. However, with all the info on this new Godzilla, I've become reinvigorated again. Legendary Pictures, the studio responsible for the awesome, dark, and realistic rendition of Batman, along with the writer for the Batman movies, along with a director who really "gets Godzilla?" It's truly a dream come true... I hope.
Anyways, to me, Godzilla is meant to be this unstoppable force of nature... more similar to a hurricane or earthquake, rather than that T-Rex thing from the 1998 version. Humans are not meant to be on even footing with such an elemental force. They simply need to weather the storm and hope for the best. I think, and hope, that Legendary understands that.
With this painting, I was hoping to convey that sheer power of Godzilla. Complete devastation of the city, and ridiculous scale that Godzilla is meant to embody. I'm actually going back to school (post graduate studies) for Entertainment art and design... so painting matte paintings like this definitely of high interest for me.
If anyone is interested, here's some more info about me and my art here --> + Show Spoiler + I actually finished my studies at UC Berkeley as an environmental engineer... and actually worked as a professional engineer for 4 years. I decided in this past 3 months to make a complete 180, and quit my job, and go full on into the entertainment art and design industry. I've only just started taking classes about 10 weeks ago, so I'm definitely still learning. This is really my first real attempt at digital painting, but I was really happy with the results! My blogspot featuring all of my school and personal works is here: http://tcloreart.blogspot.com/
So, with this post, I was wondering if anyone else "grew up with Godzilla?" I was surprised that there was no Godzilla thread when I searched it.. as I kind of expected the average age of people on TL would have known Godzilla as kids. Please discuss your thoughts on the information released thus far on the movie!
IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/
article about Godzilla destroying Comic Con 2012: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/godzilla-comic-con/
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Haven't you seen Godzilla: Final Wars? The monster Emmerich created a movie about was Zilla, not Godzilla ^^
Retcon ftw!
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Ugh, no thanks. Godzilla movies need to come from Japan, not the US. I still can't forget the one from 1998 T_T
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On August 16 2012 16:34 Groog wrote:
Haven't you seen Godzilla: Final Wars? The monster Emmerich created a movie about was Zilla, not Godzilla ^^
Retcon ftw!
Was about to post the same thing.
Also, Final Wars is the most awesome movie ever created.
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On August 16 2012 16:48 TrickyGilligan wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 16:34 Groog wrote:
Haven't you seen Godzilla: Final Wars? The monster Emmerich created a movie about was Zilla, not Godzilla ^^
Retcon ftw! Was about to post the same thing. Also, Final Wars is the most awesome movie ever created.
Haha indeed.
Almost flipped a table and yelled FUCK YES when I first saw Godzilla atmoic breath Zilla in the face ^^
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Now it's moved back to 2014??????????? :''''''(
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At least it looks like Godzilla this time, unlike that awful 1998 movie.
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when you dont know what movie to do ? release REMAKE ,
need more money ? add a numbers to you first movie .
they realy cant come out with good story and good movie anymore !!! ? remake old shit all the time....
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Well, this looks like fun =) Even though I watched Pacific Rim yesterday and it didn't flash me that much. I hope this monster film rocks it harder :D
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Yeah but's let's see the monster walk/run.
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Wow great trailer.. it looks alot darker and more serious than the 98 one.
Despite how bad the 98 one was, it's still an enjoyable romp if you turn your brain off and appreciate the effects. Though dated they still look pretty good today.
I'm really hoping for a dark, bleak giant monster movie without the dumb humor that we have had recently. You know, humanity brought to the brink of destruction, etc etc. Like how the new batman movies compare to the 90s ones.
OP: Your art link is dead... can you update with a new one?
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here's another good one: http://vt.tumblr.com/tumblr_mu5lvwj9Se1qcw25z.mp4#_=_
the most "shocking" scene for me was the scene with the train and the dead people. none of the 27 godzilla films (or the 1 us iguana) showed his destruction as much as this little trailer imho. He was rarely shown hurting people, mostly only crashing evacuated cities and other kaijus. And i really pray that this movie won't get ruined by cheap humour and glossy effects. Looks promising, i hope they'll keep the gritty look and the dark style. let's hope Gareth makes a good Godzilla out of this creature c:
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I really hope that they use minimal CG for this film and rely more on the traditional special effects that are the staple of the series. The animatronic suits just look so much better than the full CG rendering in movies like Pacific Rim.
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On October 15 2013 05:08 claybones wrote:
I really hope that they use minimal CG for this film and rely more on the traditional special effects that are the staple of the series. The animatronic suits just look so much better than the full CG rendering in movies like Pacific Rim.
lol
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Much as I am a fan of the traditional Godzilla with the big rubber suit, I really don't mind if they go full CG. As long as we don't have another Godzilla 1998 to turn into some weak monster that gets owned in a subsequent Japanese made Godzilla movie.
It was really satisfying to see the 1998 "Godzilla" get owned in Godzilla: Final Wars.
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I must respectfully ask, can you think of one full CG movie that looked even decent? I'm not talking about scenes taking place in space, or featuring characters that are too far away to make out details on. Take The Hobbit for example, they chose to use full CG for many of the characters and they ended up looking horrible. Pacific Rim would have looked absurdly silly if it weren't for complete reliance on flare and environmental effects, even with all of that it rarely looks reasonable. I'm not saying CG is a bad thing but sometimes it just looks better when there's actually something in front of the camera.
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I have never seen a Godzilla movie done with a suit suit that made me think it was anything other than basically a green barney outfit. I would never have deemed them looking "decent". And certainly NEVER believable.That's everything from design, to movement.
In fact I would consider Godzilla the golden standard for cheap as fuck effects. The only time I felt Godzilla looked decent was when it WAS done with CG. It didn't look totally like the traditional Godzilla, but it looked better than grandpa in a rubber lizard suit.
I mean seriously:
This: + Show Spoiler +
Vs: THIS
+ Show Spoiler +
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Have you watched a recent Godzilla movie? Yeah, the ones from the 60's and 70's look horrible, that's pointless to even mention. How about Jurassic Park? Almost fully based around animatronics but still holds up. Also don't go showing still images as an argument for CG, what makes it look unrealistic is the difficulty associated with dynamic lighting on small levels of detail. It either has to be so perfect that it breaks the bank or completely obscured so that you don't notice the lack of detail. Look at the techniques employed in just about any film that has remained popular for a long time, you will almost never see pure CG.
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