Huh, really? Memes aside, I thought it was one of the better ones.
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Breakdown wrote: HP Lovecraft's cat should be the ultimate villain of the MonsterVerse.
Yes.
It's pretty bad, isn't it? Nice effects but a very basic story, bad dialogue and terrible acting. None of the characters are likeable or sympathetic, they're just different levels of asshole.Gwangi might be my least favorite Harryhausen film, or at least right there at the bottom with Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
SoggyNoodles2016 wrote:Misato stans just built different.
Well considering only one of those even has a chance of happening I'd say your good.
I like his trio of black and white Sam Katzman films, even if they aren't very good movies (and his special effects are definitely the highlights). Earth vs. is definitely the least of those, but I dunno, I just like that era of filmmaking, good or bad.
I also prefer the special FX scenes in that one to those in Gwangi (which are technically great but not all that thrilling in my eyes).I actually don't feel that strongly about it myself, I just think it's pretty dull. Ultimately it's not much of a dinosaur/lost world movie and it's not a very good western, either. It's kinda trapped in a no-man's land there.Rando Yaguchi wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:29 pm It's pretty bad, isn't it? Nice effects but a very basic story, bad dialogue and terrible acting. None of the characters are likeable or sympathetic, they're just different levels of asshole.
Agreed about Pacific Rim and The Meg, not so much about Rampage.
My personal reasoning with Rampage is that the final fight of that movie is so conceptually similar to G vs. K--giant ape fighting even-more giant reptilian monster--that, to me, introducing one film into the other franchise would be kinda redundant.Cryptid_Liker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:43 pmAgreed about Pacific Rim and The Meg, not so much about Rampage.
Had Geroge been a baby gorilla maybe he could have been the Son of Kong and what made the 3 grow could have been Ghidorah blood.H-Man wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:49 pmMy personal reasoning with Rampage is that the final fight of that movie is so conceptually similar to G vs. K--giant ape fighting even-more giant reptilian monster--that, to me, introducing one film into the other franchise would be kinda redundant.Cryptid_Liker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:43 pmAgreed about Pacific Rim and The Meg, not so much about Rampage.
APPARENTLY, Gwangi has good durability and strength for a dinosaur so if scaled up to kaiju size, he's a decent threat.
Wait... Iirc, he survived a rockslide but died in the burning church. It's been a good long while since I've seen the film, but your point still stands.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:21 pmAPPARENTLY, Gwangi has good durability and strength for a dinosaur so if scaled up to kaiju size, he's a decent threat.
However, people have taken this to ridiculous lengths. There have been too far many FMs I've seen where they go on about how Gwangi can maul a kaiju and then mention "but the other guy has a chance if he uses his beam" unironically.
Because yes, surviving a collapsing church somehow equates to being immune to LASERS THAT SLICE THROUGH BUILDINGS LIKE BUTTER
Okay, but I am not even sure he has great feats to his scale. He's a strong dino but I don't see much in the way of "Kaiju god slayer if scaled" people seem to.SoggyNoodles2016 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:21 pmAPPARENTLY, Gwangi has good durability and strength for a dinosaur so if scaled up to kaiju size, he's a decent threat.
However, people have taken this to ridiculous lengths. There have been too far many FMs I've seen where they go on about how Gwangi can maul a kaiju and then mention "but the other guy has a chance if he uses his beam" unironically.
Because yes, surviving a collapsing church somehow equates to being immune to LASERS THAT SLICE THROUGH BUILDINGS LIKE BUTTER
SoggyNoodles2016 wrote:Misato stans just built different.
Absolutely agreed regarding Rampage. It wasn't a terrible film or anything and had some good action, but honestly not going full on with the comedic route presented in the games was a missed opportunity. What happened in the end is that they made a genuine monster film out of something that was meant to be a satire on monster films, which in retrospect is amusing as hell.JAGzilla wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:19 pm Whether it's a good movie or not, Gwanji is great dumb fun, and gets a lot of points just for pitting cowboys against dinosaurs.
Crossing Rampage over with the Monsterverse is absurd. When making a giant monster crossover, there's not much to do other than have the title monsters fight. Yes, other concepts are possible, but be honest: the general public wants and expects a fight. And the size disparity eliminates that as an option right out of the gate, so the whole concept sinks. That, and Rampage sucked as an adaptation. We need a more faithful movie before we worry about crossovers.
