Seven Samurai: Kaiju Style

[MustafaDaisenso]

This is either the best worst idea I've ever had, or the best best idea I've ever had for a movie. They say there are no original ideas left in the movie industry, but just because you're recycling doesn't mean you can't be inspired.

I was thinking about how Kaiju movies have gone downhill in popularity and in quality over the past few decades, and I was also thinking about how I used to watch Samurai 7 (futuristic retelling of the original film). Then it hit me: why not cross over the two genres, if not directly, but at least in style? And so I envisioned a modern day retelling of Seven Samurai, but instead of Samurai defending a village against an army of bandits, it could be a group of 7 Kaiju defending the world against a horde of alien monsters.

Maybe this should go under the ideas thread for new movies, but I thought this might warrant its own discussion.

I could see Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, King Caesar, Anguirus, King Kong and Varan going up against the likes of King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Gigan, Megalon, Hedorah, and plenty of others.

Your thoughts?

[eabaker]

Years and years ago, I made a (terrible) G-Fest video contest entry called Kaiju Harvest, whichw as a (terrible) attempt at a kaiju re-telling of Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, which was part of the inspiration for Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

So, I guess I'm saying, yeah, such a thing does kinda make sense to me, although it would be best if it were done in a way that wasn't terrible, whichw as my mistake.

[edgaguirus]

It would be interesting, though we've already seen monsters unite to do battle in DAM.