The 1990s Godzilla movie by director Roland Emmerich was a nice tribute to old low budget monster movies from the 1950s. As a Godzilla movie, it was a terrible adaptation, and there’s some debate if the movie itself is good overall. I liked it for what it was, but it is NOT Godzilla at all. This led fans back in the day to label him GINO (Godzilla In Name Only) while Toho dubbed him Zilla (Godzilla without the “God”) in Final Wars, which has become its official name. Personally I’d combine the two and call him Ginozilla, but that’s me.
While the movie got a lot wrong, it was still popular enough that Fox Kids greenlit Godzilla: The Series, a show that sort of redeems Zilla as a cool monster. Produced by the same people who gave us Extreme Ghostbusters and Men In Black: The Series, the show follows a more action-oriented Nick Tatapolius than the Matthew Broderick interpretation (Ian Ziering is actually a good voice actor), returns Malcolm Danare and Kevin Dunn as their characters from the movie, was my introduction to Rino Romano, who became my favorite Spider-Man, and continued where the movie left off.
It turns out the explosion that created this Godzilla also birthed other mutations (though later episodes also gave us a mad scientist and space aliens to liven up the causes). Tatapoulis brings Elsa and Mendell into his HEAT Team (Humanitarian Environmental Analysis Team) along with his show-only research assistant, Randy, to track these new mutations. Meanwhile, the French government sends a new operative to join the group, probably to balance out the female cast as Elsa and Audrey are the only women among a cast of five dudes, if you include Audrey’s cameraman, Animal, and of course Godzilla. Tonight we drop in during the climax of the movie, so spoilers, as Godzilla is defeated but one baby survives. What was probably a hook for a sequel that never happened is instead used to make the series happen. These are the first two episodes, “A New Family” parts one and two, as the concept for the series and the full cast are revealed. Enjoy.
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BW Vs FandomWire: Diverting Blame For The DCEU
You know, I will happily defend things I like from people that hate it, but I will not force you to change your viewpoint and suddenly “admit” it’s the greatest thing every and make you sorry you hated on Scrappy-Doo or whatever. For me it’s more about getting my point of view out there and finding others who agree with me. When it comes to the “Snyderverse”, defenders are rather easy to find. Continuing to talk about something you like is fine, but isn’t it time to stop defending it? Those of us who want to see a proper DC hero adaptation…will have to go to the past, because nobody attached to Warner Brothers today seems to want to do that at all, but we’re still going to complain about it, and the so-called “DC Extended Universe” is not going to go on our lists.
Still, the Snyder fans (often referred to with the derogatory “Snyder Bros”, despite this article and other defenders being women) continue to not just celebrate “their DC”, they insist we have to love it as much as they do, admit we’re wrong, and just kiss Zack Snyder’s backside. Sorry, that’s not happening. The latest Snyder Shield is FandomWire contributor Mahin Sultan, who in an article with the long-winded title “‘I don’t think he’s a big comic book dork’: Christopher Nolan Vetoed Against Zack Snyder’s Wild Man of Steel Plans That Killed the DCEU” (geez, I can find smaller titles from Japanese media), tries to make the case that it was Nolan, who produced Man Of Steel, and Warner Brothers that actually killed the DCEU. This is also an article with really short paragraphs. I like to break up my text walls as well, but a paragraph can be more than three sentences.
At any rate, Sultan tries to blame everything except Snyder’s style of movie making for why the DCEU fell apart. Should Warner Bros. get some of the blame? Yes. Nolan? Maybe, depending on how much producing he did after Man Of Steel and how hands on he was. That doesn’t mean, like him or hate him, that Snyder was a good choice for Superman in the same way he was for Watchmen. Not every creator is a fit for every project. So let’s see what Sultan’s attempts to steer the blame away from Snyder amount to.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on February 9, 2024 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, Man of Steel, Superman, Warner Brothers, Zac Snyder, Zack Snyder.
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