Godzilla R.I.P.

[John Wagenseil]

Death of Japanese "tokusatsu" cinema icon reported, the pioneer of the 怪獣映画 kaiju eiga genre.

Haruo Nakajima, 1st actor to play Godzilla, dies - SFGate

[Wyvern]

Sad to hear

Wyvern

[SCEtoAUX]

That is sad.

Never did like the CGI Godzilla. Godzilla needs to be someone in a rubber suit smashing models of buildings.

[John Wagenseil]

Instructions for making a traditional paper Godzilla
Origami Godzilla | Gilad's Origami Page
A paper town for your paper Godzilla to stomp on, to re enact Mr Nakajima's greatest movie roles
http://www.kirin.co.jp/entertainment/kids/papercraft/other/town.html

[John Dell]

Turner Classic Movies showed the original Japanese version of Godzilla a few months ago. The Japanese release of Godzilla is much more serious than the American version with the added Raymond Burr segments. I found it particularly interesting that the Japanese would make a movie about the destruction of Tokyo, considering the actual destruction of the city had just happened roughly a decade before and was still a part of living memory.

[VinceM]

Originally Posted by John Dell

Turner Classic Movies showed the original Japanese version of Godzilla a few months ago. The Japanese release of Godzilla is much more serious than the American version with the added Raymond Burr segments. I found it particularly interesting that the Japanese would make a movie about the destruction of Tokyo, considering the actual destruction of the city had just happened roughly a decade before and was still a part of living memory.

Godzilla was formed from atomic radiation. The impression (once I was old enough) I got was the Japanese were trying to make a political statement that Godzilla was the (Allied) monster, and they overcame the invader.
Rest in peace Mr. Nakajima, thanks for the fun monster movies when i was growing up.

[at6]

R.I.P. Godzilla.