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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby HayesAJones » Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:24 am

Issue # 4 was good. I liked the country-wide monster rampage. All the monsters looked pretty good too. Rodan's wings were a bit odd and I missed Titanosaurus's antennae and 'ears', but neither were featured heavily enough to be major problems. And I dug the ideas of there being multiple Mechagodzilla models. Now I can't stop imagining Godzilla taking on a group of Mechagodzilla- one huge and loaded with firepower, one sleek and slim, one somewhere in the middle...

Bah, I'm getting carried away. So, yeah, comic was good.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby RedZillaKing » Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:08 am

That's too bad about the Titanosaurus errors... Otherwise that is a PERFECT drawing.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Chris55 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:54 pm

Just finished issue #5. Pretty good stuff! :)
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Gojisan866 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:03 pm

Chris55 wrote:Just finished issue #5. Pretty good stuff! :)


How'd you already get it? It's not supposed to be released until this Wednesday.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Living Corpse » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:18 pm

Gojisan866 wrote:
Chris55 wrote:Just finished issue #5. Pretty good stuff! :)


How'd you already get it? It's not supposed to be released until this Wednesday.


It's Chris. He has connections.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Gojisan866 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:38 am

Living Corpse wrote:
Gojisan866 wrote:
Chris55 wrote:Just finished issue #5. Pretty good stuff! :)


How'd you already get it? It's not supposed to be released until this Wednesday.


It's Chris. He has connections.


This is true.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Chris55 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:20 pm

Gojisan866 wrote:
Chris55 wrote:Just finished issue #5. Pretty good stuff! :)


How'd you already get it? It's not supposed to be released until this Wednesday.


I'm Site Staff. We get this stuff for review. Anthony and I have been doing is since issue 1 of KOM.

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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Dust_pan » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:29 pm

I thought it was a cool way to end the series. Makoto didn't have too much personality, but I liked him. And his ending worked out nicely. Takahashi, although not at all a very original villian, was a big enough asshole to really deserve what he got.

I'm actually glad we get to see Godzilla in a much more heroic role (or less animalistic one, at least). Even if it was for only, y'kno, two pages.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Destroyer » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:24 pm

Here is my review of the latest issue. (By the way, you may know me as Destroyer14 for these reviews.)
http://destroyers-editorialsandreviews. ... ths-5.html
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby zilla103192 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:43 pm

whens the last issue out?
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby GreenAiden555 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:38 pm

zilla103192 wrote:whens the last issue out?



Uh...


Today :D

But I can't get it 'til tomorrow... :(
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby zilla103192 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:29 pm

godzilla damn it! :p
gonna have to take a trip back up there!
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby GreenAiden555 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:56 pm

zilla103192 wrote:godzilla damn it! :p
gonna have to take a trip back up there!



Oh man, is it worth it, though.

I was NOT expecting that.


5 was decent. The ending made me smile...

Just kinda makes me sad that it seemed, I dunno, rushed.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby MechaGamera » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:42 am

Enjoyed the Last issue but like the main book this book suffers from a real lack of monster versus monster action. Stands head and shoulders above KOM.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Dust_pan » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:04 am

Humbug. We don't need monster vs monster action. We just need monster action. Which this issue doesn't lack.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby StonedHope » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:41 am

Dust_pan wrote:Humbug. We don't need monster vs monster action. We just need monster action. Which this issue doesn't lack.

Agreence and a half with that!
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Destroyer » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:53 am

Dust_pan wrote:Humbug. We don't need monster vs monster action. We just need monster action. Which this issue doesn't lack.

I disagree, I think the Godzilla comics right now needs more monster vs. monster action.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby GreenAiden555 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:50 pm

Dust_pan wrote:We need action. Good action.



Fixed that for ya.

Yeah, humans, yeah, monster in the background.


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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby HayesAJones » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:55 pm

Last issue was pretty awesome. Godzilla purposely seeking out and killing Takahashi was interesting, as was the knowing look he exchanged with Mothra. And Sato becoming the new guardian of the Elias was a cool idea. Fitting, like he's still trying to redeem himself.

Takahashi was such a dick. I'm happy he went splat.
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Re: Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths

Postby Cimmerian Dragon » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:24 am

I held off on forming an opinion of this story until I could read the end. I think the first issues were the best, when the tale truly felt like a hard-boiled crime story that happened to have monsters in it. Really, Mothra could've been the only kaiju to appear in chapters 2-5, and I would've been happy. It's not that I don't like the succeeding issues, but I think it would've felt more cohesive if Takahashi had simply extorted Mothra's cooperation in the same way Sato had, but obviously be willing to kill the Elias where the detective would not have. It would more directly mirror Sato's sin.

All that being said, I did enjoy the story quite a lot. As most agree, it was better than anything going on in Kingdom of Monsters, and I was pleased to actually have some semblance of coherence, cause and effect, and characterization in this title. Sato may not have been very fleshed out, but at least he had a bit of attitude to connect with, and his goals and drive were understandable and easy to share.

I give Gangsters and Goliaths ****. Let's hope future comics are as willing to play with the conventions of the daikaiju genre as this one was.
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