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The new Godzilla film imagines a strong Japan pushing back against the U.S.
Washington Post ^ | September 23, 2016 | Anna Fifield

Posted on 09/24/2016 5:16:19 AM PDT by C19fan

Even after 62 years and 31 ways of destroying cities, it seems Japanese people still can’t get enough of Godzilla and his catastrophic ways.

“This is my fifth time to see it,” Iori Yanagi, a 30-something woman, said before a special screening of the latest Godzilla movie, released here as “New” or “Real” Godzilla.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: godzilla; japan
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This new Toho produced Godzilla, "Shin Godzilla", will have a one week release in the US during October. Interesting the Americans are the pseudo-bad guys. If I remember right in "Godzilla v. King Kong" the Americans are prominent in a UN fleet that tries to stop Godzilla. In "Godzilla 2000" it was the Ruskies who dropped a nuke from a satellite to try to stop Godzilla. This movie has the Americans wanting to nuke Tokyo to stop Godzilla.
1 posted on 09/24/2016 5:16:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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So the 21st century Godzilla is a patriotic Japanese nationalist?


2 posted on 09/24/2016 5:18:40 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: C19fan

Peel the fake latex mask off Hitlery, and she’d be a dead ringer for Godzilla.


3 posted on 09/24/2016 5:19:34 AM PDT by redfreedom
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Are the Japanese taking off and reattaching arms on the wrongs sides just for kicks in this one?

are they dissecting Chinese soldiers alive in this one?

Testing fleas as a weapon?

Putting people in freezing temperatures to see reaction?

Bayoneting Chinese who are buried up to their heads or pregnant women?

Just asking.

The greatest feat of WWII was the japs getting away with making the germans look like the only monsters. There were two.

The REAL WWII Japanese Empire was far scarier than any godzilla movie.


4 posted on 09/24/2016 5:21:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Nowadays a movie “US Destroyed by Alien” ain’t fiction...


5 posted on 09/24/2016 5:26:52 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

How could you not know this given the fact that if you look close enough you can see the words “Made in Japan” written in English on the bottom of the right foot of Godzilla’s cheesy rubber suit! ;o)


6 posted on 09/24/2016 5:31:04 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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I Guess the Japanese film industry is just as crazy as ours. I guarantee you that the public is more concerned about China than us.


7 posted on 09/24/2016 5:37:57 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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If Hillary wins, Japan might have the last laugh after all.


8 posted on 09/24/2016 5:49:55 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Trump is the Resistance! Vive la résistance!)
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Japan has a bigger monster to contend with, and its not on the U.S. side of the Pacific.


9 posted on 09/24/2016 5:55:35 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (If Trump loses, America dies)
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10 posted on 09/24/2016 5:59:08 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: dp0622

unit 731


11 posted on 09/24/2016 5:59:13 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: wastoute
Nowadays a movie “US Destroyed by Alien” ain’t fiction...

"Apparently benign alien emissaries show mankind how to end the misery
of war, plague and famine. The Kanamits, nine-foot tall aliens, arrive on
Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man. They end war, they end famine.
They make the military wonder: what's the catch?"

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12 posted on 09/24/2016 6:04:46 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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I love it. “It’s a COOKBOOK.”


13 posted on 09/24/2016 6:07:39 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: TexasM1A

I always forget the number. Sickening stories.


14 posted on 09/24/2016 6:17:44 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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15 posted on 09/24/2016 6:25:20 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Face it, most of today’s Japanese don’t have a life.


16 posted on 09/24/2016 6:34:44 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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In my opinion Japan, after WW2 was severely ashamed and regretful at how it was duped by the military rulers into prosecuting such a disaster.
Godzilla (at the time of it’s first release as “Gojira” in 1954) was a manifestation of the need to punish themselves from within their own culture, and in doing so redeem their self worth.


17 posted on 09/24/2016 6:45:52 AM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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Face it, most of today’s Japanese don’t have a life.

Women flock to Japan zoo to see 'hunky' gorilla

AFP, via YahooNews ^ | June 25, 2015 | Associated Foreign Press

A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, with women flocking to check out the hunky pin-up.

Shabani, an 18-year-old silverback who tips the scales at around 180 kilograms (400 pounds), has become the star attraction at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, striking smouldering poses the movie model in "Zoolander" would be proud of.

"He often rests his chin on his hands and looks intently at you," zoo spokesman Takayuki Ishikawa told AFP on Friday.

"He is more buff than most gorillas and he's at his peak physically. We've seen a rise in the number of female visitors -- women say he's very good-looking."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
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18 posted on 09/24/2016 6:45:53 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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The more recent Godzilla movie was filmed so dark that I could barely make out any movement on the TV screen. It was either on HBO or STARZ. I even waited until night and turned off all lights and still couldn’t see much on the TV screen.

I have noticed that more and more with movies and even many TV dramas — they are filmed in the dark for some reason.


19 posted on 09/24/2016 6:49:13 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Pearls Before Swine
So the 21st century Godzilla is a patriotic Japanese nationalist?

Nah, just my day job


20 posted on 09/24/2016 6:50:35 AM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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