--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "Dean" <ripjagger@y...> wrote:
> Makes "cents"! (Ha!)
>
> In fact it's the Godzilla movie that I am thinking of. The trailer for
> that movie with the Museum guard talking about a T-Rex with a bunch of
> kids and the Godzilla foot smashing the relatively tiny T-Rex skeleton
> was a great, great ad. (I though so anyway.)
>
> Then I'm in the minority of folks I guess who actually likes that
> movie. I don't mind the revision of Godzilla, and I found the human
> story pretty interesting overall.
>
> But different strokes and all that.
>
> Dean
>
The American G-film was a passable time killer for me, but it simply
should not have carried the 'Godzilla' moniker. It truly was Godzilla
in name only. I will say that I think that the Tri-Star's teaser,
with the museum tour & crushed T-Rex was the best thing about the remake.

It would've been more fitting instead of "Godzilla" to have called it
"The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" or even better... "Q." Whether they
would ever admit it or not, the Centroplolis 'Zilla script steals from
Larry Cohen's killer aztec bird-god film in several ways, right down
to an almost shot-for-shot rip off of that film's climax! As such,
I'd rather just watch the original "Beast" or "Q." Which gives me
pause for thought... what would Larry Cohen's version of "Godzilla"
have been like? Mmmmmm... Five times better at 1/10th the budget!

Anyhow, I agree that the upcoming "Kong" sure does LOOK great. Let's
just hope the rest of the thing is as good.

Now if "Kong" does boffo box office, can we expect "Son of Kong" in a
couple years? Better yet, how about remaking "King Kong vs.
Godzilla?" Now THAT would be cool!

-JN