Toho Kingdom

Legion1979 wrote:

Gojisan866 wrote:Not at all. It's still got a huge fanbase, as seen by this VERY WEBSITE, and if Legendary does a good job with the reboot, it may turn some younger people (as in my age who aren't already fans) onto the series.

OR (and this is VERY likely) it will turn some younger people into fans of Legandary's version of the character and not necessarily of the Toho version.

I guarantee you that two years from now we're going to be swamped with new members who think even Toho's newer Godzilla films are silly, campy, ridiculous, phoney shit compared to the dark, realistic, CGI version. That's not going to help the franchise as a whole, and I think it's very likely to happen.

Tyler wrote:

Rody wrote:Hopefully, there will be at least a FEW people who end up giving the old films another try, and realize how good they actually are; thus becoming more serious fans.

Yeah really. I know things like to be black and white on the Internet but in the same way GINO introduced some people to the real Godzilla this one can too. And if LPG's actually a good movie it's a bigger win win. I don't see how it really matters as long as people get into Godzilla and genuinely like it. If some kids on a forum makes you not think that then well I don't know what to say.

I mean, when the new Planet of the Apes came out I watched all the previous movies and got into it. If I weren't a Godzilla fan to begin with I'd pick up the recent Criterion of the original or something. I imagine there are other people out there open to that. After seeing the new Star Trek I watched all the other Trek movies. Genre fans come together like that.

antovald20 wrote:^I never heard anybody ever say anything good about tha 98 movie, or it being the greatest G-movie ever! If they know the franchise then they know that the 98 movie is such a dramatic turn from the original that they can't say it's the best, because it's not Godzilla.

JVM wrote:I don't really understand why people would think this franchise is anywhere near alive. There's a very small, if dedicated community around them, but until we're in the middle of nearly a decade of lag with only a handful of mediocre events regarding Godzilla taking place between December 2004 and, excluding information on LPG, right now in October 2012.

I can't think of many famous franchises deader than that.

miguelnuva wrote: A franchise has to get no form of anything to be dead. Land Before time is dead, Lion King is not for example.

JVM wrote:

miguelnuva wrote: A franchise has to get no form of anything to be dead. Land Before time is dead, Lion King is not for example.

I don't think there's a dictionary standard definition of 'dead franchise'. In my opinion, Godzilla is dead until G14 comes out. The only new thing that's taken place since GFW is GU, and it's hated by 97% of the Godzilla fandom.

So what, the comics don't count because they don't fit your argument of the franchise being dead or something?

Higherland, The Toxic Avenger, Blue Brothers, and Gremlins comes in mind.

I know there no standard definition but the comics make a lot of money, there making toys and a new movie and possible game are around the corner.

XxComablack1937xX wrote:I would go as far as to say ''Jurassic Park'' a bit more of a dead franchise then ''Godzilla'' as it's fan-base has severely dwindled as has it's box office intake an it's failed to reach production since 2004.

Jaws was mean't for 1 film, The fact that they got away with 1 very successful sequel for Jaws was like Saw getting away with 7 or 8. A Remake will happen when Spielberg passes no doubt.

Spawn is pretty much dead, but i think a really good adaptation of the film would revive it a bit, another bad one would end it permanently.