Above, the new Godzilla. Photo: Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros. |
As we are getting closer and closer to the May 16 release of Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros. Godzilla, we have been treated to numerous trailers and stills of Godzilla.
For the most part, Godzilla fans are pleased that Godzilla looks like Godzilla this time, instead of a mutated iguana that TriStar tried to pass off as Godzilla in 1998.
But, what do Japanese fans think of this incarnation of their biggest mon-star?
Rocket News 24 has some answers:
When clear pictures of the creature hit the net this week, the response was probably not what studio execs were hoping for. Some Japanese fans are apparently calling this incarnation of Godzilla “fat”. Ouch.This could have been said of the Heisei Godzilla starting with Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II (1993) in which the Big G really started getting "thunder thighs" like a morbidly obese woman.
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1 comment:
I can kind of see the criticism because that was my first reaction too but Ill reserve final judgement until I actually see the movie.
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