Godzilla X The Kaiju Killer thread

[Gwargalo]

I can't think of many fan films that are on this level of quality; the only ones that come to mind are the G-Fest shorts and Ultraman Sorta.

Why, thank you. We've topped Ultraman Sorta this year, actually. Wasn't too hard to do... XD Check it out if you haven't already: http://vimeo.com/22833579

Hey, I saw that at G-Fest this year! The crowd loved it. I thought it was really clever. Loved how you parody the extravagant descriptions used in trailers for 50's monster flicks.

[PopInPicsPresents]

For a fan film it was good, as opposed to toy monsters fighting, didn't like the suits though, retirement makes for a fat Godzilla

[Darth Calypso]

Huntie has a trailer for his prequel movie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOFLDY- ... ture=feedu

[Chris55]

Huntie has a trailer for his prequel movie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOFLDY- ... ture=feedu

Eh...not a big fan of the ending

[anguirusnut94]

^
Yeah, it's annoying.
And the 'evil laugh' at the end? Sounds like the noise a gorrila makes to say "I'm ok, you're ok, chillax, dude."
I'm no film maker, but that trailer roally SUCKED!

[Chris55]

^

I'm no film maker, but that trailer roally SUCKED!

You don't have to be a filmmaker to decide if you liked it or not.

[Darth Calypso]

Well, Huntie posted his first episode of the Black Hole Chronicals: http://blip.tv/channel-schlock/black-ho ... 01-5694711

[TokyoVigilante]

"Inter-Pole"?

Could you fall more flat on your face then this? Does he even know what INTERPOL even is other then apparently spies?

The title cards were annoying and redundant, since you could figure out what was going on pretty easily.

I might humor this for laugh value.

[xianbeauty]

Well, it seems that Kaiju killer has gotten mixed reviews. What's with some of the harsh criticism? Can't you be more constructive than negative? What do some of you have against Chris anyway?

[xianbeauty]

"Inter-Pole"?

Could you fall more flat on your face then this? Does he even know what INTERPOL even is other then apparently spies?

The title cards were annoying and redundant, since you could figure out what was going on pretty easily.

I might humor this for laugh value.

It's supposed to be like a silent film. Have you ever watched through a silent film before? Silent films constantly have title cards throughout them to tell the story with the imagery. What is so annoying and redundant about it?

[Chris55]

Well, Huntie posted his first episode of the Black Hole Chronicals: http://blip.tv/channel-schlock/black-ho ... 01-5694711

Man, that one was just all over the place.

This book helps quite a bit for filmmakers.

http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Story-Seco ... 684&sr=8-1

[TokyoVigilante]

"Inter-Pole"?

Could you fall more flat on your face then this? Does he even know what INTERPOL even is other then apparently spies?

The title cards were annoying and redundant, since you could figure out what was going on pretty easily.

I might humor this for laugh value.

It's supposed to be like a silent film. Have you ever watched through a silent film before? Silent films constantly have title cards throughout them to tell the story with the imagery. What is so annoying and redundant about it?

Titles cards aren't telling a story visually, they're explaining the story and preventing interpretation of a scene by the viewer. It's basically the opposite of visual storytelling.

Silent Films, as a style, generally look odd in colour and on a camcorder. Having foley and music, but no dialogue when there should be is strange and unnatural.

It also doesn't excuse the "Inter-Pole" blunder. That's just incredibly sloppy. He should know that "Interpol" is a real world functioning organization and not just something that Toho cooked up for the seventies.

[xianbeauty]

"Inter-Pole"?

Could you fall more flat on your face then this? Does he even know what INTERPOL even is other then apparently spies?

The title cards were annoying and redundant, since you could figure out what was going on pretty easily.

I might humor this for laugh value.

It's supposed to be like a silent film. Have you ever watched through a silent film before? Silent films constantly have title cards throughout them to tell the story with the imagery. What is so annoying and redundant about it?

Titles cards aren't telling a story visually, they're explaining the story and preventing interpretation of a scene by the viewer. It's basically the opposite of visual storytelling.

Silent Films, as a style, generally look odd in colour and on a camcorder. Having foley and music, but no dialogue when there should be is strange and unnatural.

It also doesn't excuse the "Inter-Pole" blunder. That's just incredibly sloppy. He should know that "Interpol" is a real world functioning organization and not just something that Toho cooked up for the seventies.

what blunder? the only blunder i see is the typo. so what if he misspelled interpol. Of course we all know about interpol being an actual organization throughout the world. Why do some of you feel the need to over analyze and harshly criticize a fan project?. They're just low to non-budget films for entertainment and enjoyment. Enjoy them for what they are and if not then don't watch them anymore and keep nasty comments to yourself. As my husband would say, "everyone's a critic but not everyone's an artist." Yes, I am married to this "douche and a half" and yeah, I'm defending my husband but wouldn't any of you do the same for your loved one or their work? I myself have critiqued parts of his film because there were some things that i wasn't fond of either. This was pretty much a one man show. It was his vision. I only played a small roll with the costume and puppetry acting. it wasn't easy but it was loads of fun to help create. i just want Godzilla fans to have a better understanding. I think I'm done rambling and getting my point across.

[Chris55]

what blunder? the only blunder i see is the typo. so what if he misspelled interpol. Of course we all know about interpol being an actual organization throughout the world. Why do some of you feel the need to over analyze and harshly criticize a fan project?. They're just low to non-budget films for entertainment and enjoyment. Enjoy them for what they are and if not then don't watch them anymore and keep nasty comments to yourself. As my husband would say, "everyone's a critic but not everyone's an artist." Yes, I am married to this "douche and a half" and yeah, I'm defending my husband but wouldn't any of you do the same for your loved one or their work? I myself have critiqued parts of his film because there were some things that i wasn't fond of either. This was pretty much a one man show. It was his vision. I only played a small roll with the costume and puppetry acting. it wasn't easy but it was loads of fun to help create. i just want Godzilla fans to have a better understanding. I think I'm done rambling and getting my point across.

ANY TIME you do something creative and put it out there, it will be hit with criticism of all kinds. If you take it personal, you're in the wrong business.

[TokyoVigilante]

what blunder? the only blunder i see is the typo. so what if he misspelled interpol. Of course we all know about interpol being an actual organization throughout the world.

It's a silly blunder because it is something that could have been checked so easily. Here, I even searched up "inter-pole" and the immediate correction to the proper spelling came in 0.14 seconds. This is like if your husband writes future episodes where Mugal & friends road trip to Canada and call all the provinces "states" and meet "the president of Canada". They're harmless, but indicates that the product I'm about to watch (especially when it appear so early on) was put together haphazardly.

Hell, the title cards are the apparent bit of apparent artistic flare for this mini-series; shouldn't those be the one thing that is checked, double checked, triple checked, and quadrupedal checked?

Why do some of you feel the need to over analyze and harshly criticize a fan project?. They're just low to non-budget films for entertainment and enjoyment. Enjoy them for what they are and if not then don't watch them anymore and keep nasty comments to yourself.

Being a "no budget" project isn't and should never be used as an excuse for poor filmmaking. Money and resources have nothing to do with the quality of the story telling or the specific technical abilities of the crew. Not to mention, if you produce something, the audience you present it to is free to interpret or enjoy it however they want. And if they find the use of music from Disturbed to be goofy and distracting, silly typos, and the story to be poorly paced then that's their decision to do so.

As my husband would say, "everyone's a critic but not everyone's an artist." Yes, I am married to this "douche and a half" and yeah, I'm defending my husband but wouldn't any of you do the same for your loved one or their work? I myself have critiqued parts of his film because there were some things that i wasn't fond of either.

First of all, I'm sorry to say but your husband has a bad reputation for not responding to negative criticism (and the overall luke-warm reception to Godzilla X Kaiju Killer) particularly well or maturely.Is "douche and a half" rude? Probably, yes. But there's a reason for it; people didn't just start calling your husband a douche because they didn't like his face. Secondly, this thread has been mostly dead and your retort was completely unwarranted.

This was pretty much a one man show. It was his vision. I only played a small roll with the costume and puppetry acting. it wasn't easy but it was loads of fun to help create.

It doesn't matter how much blood, sweat, tears, and time you pour into a film; if you don't have basics like look space and the 180 degree rule down and understood then you have a severe technical handicap that is worthy of criticism. Passion isn't a valid excuse for poor craftsmanship.

i just want Godzilla fans to have a better understanding. I think I'm done rambling and getting my point across.

What is your point? Your husband makes sub-par amateurish material. Nothing wrong with that; it doesn't even matter what other people have to say as long as he is having fun making them. But that's no reason to dismiss advice and criticism.

[xianbeauty]

That's all well and good, but I'm not in the "business".
Man, Chris is so right about his motto about artists, but this is the last I'm saying on this topic.

[TokyoVigilante]

You're in the business of creating art and presenting it online where millions of people have access to and form an opinion of it. It doesn't matter whether you're making hollywood films. If you make something people are allowed to think whatever they want about it.

And of this motto; are you saying that only artists can form legitimate criticism of other artists and their work? can you define an artist for me? doesn't that seem incredibly elitist and unproductive to only consider the opinions of a select few you consider "worthy" of taking to heart? How is that any way to improve your skills?

[PopInPicsPresents]

Not trying to sound like a dick here, but a "true" artist takes criticism and uses it to make himself or herself better.

[xianbeauty]

"The motto", just means it's far easier to criticise than it is to create, but misinterpret it however you want to. Feel free to keep judging my husband, whom you've never met in real life. He's losing sleep at night worrying about the next typo pointed out by somone on the internet, therebye ruining his whole film.

[Darth Calypso]

He did improve on the Simian costume compared to the one in that trailer and it was funny/out-of-the-blue when Mugal flipped off that guy. I like this sculpture he made of SuperGodzilla: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&secti ... e#/d1lq86g