So who actually likes the Heisei series?

[Dr. Johnson]

My ranking:

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. Desutoroia
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla

[King Caesar]

The series has its fair share of hits and misses, but overall I find it rather bland and repetitive with the same cut and dry characters each time around (Miki Saguesa is the only one I can remember, and she didn't click with me at all). However, I do enjoy a couple of the movies. Here are my rankings on the movies:

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah - It's a nice ol' campy movie in the midst of ones that are a little more serious.
Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla - Like the above, it's pretty laughable at times (though it tries to be serious with the whole mafia thing). However, I love Spacegodzilla and Moguera's my favorite mech of the Heisei era. The soundtrack is also noteworthy, perhaps because it's the lone 90's G-movie without Ifukube scores.
Godzilla vs Destroyah - Awesome monster and awesome ending. A solid way to end the Heisei series.
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II - Epic soundtrack and overall it's a decent movie.
Godzilla vs Mothra - Now you've stepped into some nasty shit. The movie takes everything bad about the Heisei series and bundles it all in one movie. The only redeeming factor is Battra and Mothra duking it out with Godzilla.
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I didn't include Godzilla 1985 or Godzilla vs Biollante because I haven't seen either, the latter I has seen in Japanese--no subtitles--so I have no idea what the hell was going on most of the time.
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Like I mentioned above, none of the movies listed produce much in the way of an enjoyable cast. The dialogue has some face palm moments too. The human plots are often the letdown of the movies. I still pop these movies in every once and a whole though.

[ebirah_scampi]

Personally I love the Heisei series. I was first introduced to Godzilla in the early 90's with video rentals of Monster Zero, Mothra vs Godzilla and KotM, and after that I fed my passion for the monster by watching any Showa film I could get my hands on, as well as the 80's movies. The only thing I didn't like was playing Super Godzilla and wishing there were films for these new monsters like Battra and Mecha King Ghidorah. One of the greatest days of my life was when in middle school I realized the Godzilla vs King Ghidorah at wal mart wasn't an alternate titled GtTHM or GvsMZ, but a new film, then having my mind blown when MKG first appeared and fulfilled a years long wish. As the later heisei films came out the seemingly ridiculous monster bios on the bandai toys started to make sense too, does anyone else remember reading the back of the mechagodzilla box and wondering why they were calling him a weapon humanity built to stop Godzilla when their only experience with him was as an evil alien machine?

The series has its flaws, but due to my childhood self longing for it for years before I knew it existed and then finally getting to see these monsters in action its my personal favorite.

[zombieheadache]

My only problems with the heisei series is the fact that mechagodzilla is not of alien origins like the showa series and the baby g from spacegodzilla,otherwise it's an excellent addition to the godzilla series as a whole.

[JVM]

A lot of people c laim they like it, but it's honestly been months (until now) since I can remember hearing a positive thing about a single Heisei film outside Godzilla vs. Biollante which I don't feel is that high above the rest of the era.

I generally feel the Heisei films had some of the series' better monster action sequences, but dragged down by some of the worst human plot stuff we've ever gotten. The sheer amount of human plot makes it a tough sit-through, but if you, I guess, watch it like a little kid, and focus on the monsters, they're still pretty enjoyable.

[eabaker]

A lot of people c laim they like it, but it's honestly been months (until now) since I can remember hearing a positive thing about a single Heisei film outside Godzilla vs. Biollante which I don't feel is that high above the rest of the era.

I have many positive things to say about Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Biollante, and Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and feel that in particular the first two of those look like great towering peaks when seen alongside the later Heisei flicks. There just isn't that much opportunity to express those feelings in most of the currently active threads.

[Legion1979]

First off, never been a fan of G'85, even though I saw that one as a kid along with all the Showa fans. Does nothing for me. Never understood the appeal.

As for the rest of the series. I like them a lot and have a strong nostalgic attachment to them that stays strong as long as I don't try to watch the films in their entirety.

[Sue Dounim]

I grew up on the Heisei films, so I'm somewhat biased towards them. Beyond DAM and Gt3HM, I never really got too into the Showa films as a kid, but in recent years, soemthing clicked in me and now the Showa films are undoubtedly my favorite, flaws and all. But to keep on topic, I love the darker tones of these films, the only complaint I would have over all of them is that some the battles felt too much like laser light shows (I'm looking at you, Godzilla vs. Mothra...). If I had to rank them, it'd be:

01. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
02. Godzilla vs. Biollante
03. Godzilla vs. Mothra
04. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
05. Godzilla
06. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
07. Moguera (and Godzilla) vs. Spacegodzilla

[Gojira1963]

I don't think I ranked the Heisei movies when I posted in this thread before.

Here are my favorites:

Godzilla vs Destroyer
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla
Return of Godzilla
Godzilla vs Mothra
Godzilla vs Space Godzilla

I haven't seen Godzilla vs Biollante yet so I do not know where to rate that one just yet.

[Lain Of The Wired]

I think it could have been a little bit more epic, I mean look at the battles like Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, that match sucked! And when KG was returned as a mech, it really wasn't that much better.

The Godzilla vs. Mothra and Battra was pretty good

But the rest of them were just short and unimpressive.

This is just my opinion, but does anyone agree?

[Gojira1963]

Other than Godzilla vs Space Godzilla there really isn't a weak entry in the series for me. I like them all. I will even take Godzilla vs Space Godzilla over Godzilla vs Gigan any day!

[eabaker]

Other than Godzilla vs Space Godzilla there really isn't a weak entry in the series for me. I like them all. I will even take Godzilla vs Space Godzilla over Godzilla vs Gigan any day!

Space Godzilla is the only one of the lot I'll call a flat-out bad movie. I would almost always prefer to watch Gigan, some days maybe even Megalon. However, I'll happily take Space Godzilla over Godzilla x Mechagodzilla, Tokyo SOS, or Godzilla Final Wars in a heartbeat.

[Goji]

I think it could have been a little bit more epic, I mean look at the battles like Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, that match sucked! And when KG was returned as a mech, it really wasn't that much better.

The Godzilla vs. Mothra and Battra was pretty good

But the rest of them were just short and unimpressive.

This is just my opinion, but does anyone agree?

I wouldn't call the battles in MECHAGODZILLA, SPACEGODZILLA, or DESTOROYAH "short". They're anything but.

I'm not even a big fan of the 90's films, but I always felt the two monster battles in VS. KING GHIDORAH were some of the most visually stimulating/entertaining from this era. With as many people that dislike these films, this is actually the first time I've seen somebody say it flat out "sucks". Godzilla slamming King Ghidorah around by his tails? Yes please.

[GojirO]

I liked G85, GvB, GvKG, BUT GvM was bad. I somewhat enjoyed GvMG2 and I kind of liked GvSG but was highly impressed with GvD (sorry if in anytime I have confused you)

[eabaker]

I think it could have been a little bit more epic, I mean look at the battles like Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, that match sucked! And when KG was returned as a mech, it really wasn't that much better.

The Godzilla vs. Mothra and Battra was pretty good

But the rest of them were just short and unimpressive.

This is just my opinion, but does anyone agree?

I wouldn't call the battles in MECHAGODZILLA, SPACEGODZILLA, or DESTOROYAH "short". They're anything but.

I'm not even a big fan of the 90's films, but I always felt the two monster battles in VS. KING GHIDORAH were some of the most visually stimulating/entertaining from this era. With as many people that dislike these films, this is actually the first time I've seen somebody say it flat out "sucks". Godzilla slamming King Ghidorah around by his tails? Yes please.

Yeah, I particularly dig the first battle in that movie; it may be my favorite Heisei series battle, or perhaps tied with the final fight of Biollante. In both cases, I think the fact that they're relatively short and sweet works to their advantage.

[Gojira1963]

Other than Godzilla vs Space Godzilla there really isn't a weak entry in the series for me. I like them all. I will even take Godzilla vs Space Godzilla over Godzilla vs Gigan any day!

Space Godzilla is the only one of the lot I'll call a flat-out bad movie. I would almost always prefer to watch Gigan, some days maybe even Megalon. However, I'll happily take Space Godzilla over Godzilla x Mechagodzilla, Tokyo SOS, or Godzilla Final Wars in a heartbeat.

I agree Space Godzilla is pretty bad, but like most Godzilla movies I do find things to enjoy.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

Plus Megumi Odaka is a babe.

http://markvine.com/images/Godzilla/God ... Odaka2.jpg

....*shivers* Ewww.

Epic. Those ears are epic.

[SaferEmerald]

Heisei series is by far and away my favorite Godzilla era. For starters, I much prefer an actual continuity. It's why I prefer Deep Space Nine to TNG, for example.

We see Godzilla more as an unstoppable beast as opposed to the corny Showa-era stuff where they attempted to humanize him *too* much. I much prefer the implications and subtleties in the Heisei series.

Miki is one of my favorite characters in the franchise.

The Heisei series has some of the most memorable touching scenes. In GvB for instance, you have the kids holding up the drawings they came up with from their dreams. I always liked this scene, seeing it now also reminds me of the first Silent Hill movie. Kids' drawings can be creepy yo. Then we have Godzilla's death in GvD. In GvKG, there's the staredown scene that I love.

GvSG is the only film in the Heisei series I'm on the fence about, and I don't even feel like it's necessarily bad. Even if I did, it wouldn't be anywhere near as terrible as Godzilla Vs. Megalon and Godzilla's Revenge.

I only have one beef with GvD and it's very minor, and just makes me laugh more than anything. There's this guy with glasses that always repeats things in the form of a question.

"Explosion?"
"Meltdown?"

GvD also has the best opening scene imo, special effects-wise. There's this wonderful shot, just before it cuts to the title, of Godzilla blasting a harbor with his ray. And of course his design in this film remains my favorite to this day.

[DarkLord]

My idea of Godzilla has always been one of a monstrous, indestructible, apocolyptic beast. Godzilla as featured in G '54, Mothra against G, the Heisei and Millenium series' pretty much depict him perfectly, to my mind. From what we're hearing, the Godzilla in LP's forthcoming project should be from the same mould.

[eabaker]

Heisei series is by far and away my favorite Godzilla era. For starters, I much prefer an actual continuity. It's why I prefer Deep Space Nine to TNG, for example.

Well, Deep Space Nine is a much, much better show. The thing is, Deep Space Nine uses its continuity to tell a meaningful, epic story. For the most part, the Heisei Godzilla films use continuity in a lazy way, not really exploring it as a storytelling tool.