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| Above, Shin Godzilla (2016). Toho Co, Ltd. |
Today is a good time to be a Godzilla fan.
Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures has their Monsterverse series going and Toho Co., Ltd. in Japan released Shin Godzilla in 2016 to positive reviews.
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| Above, Godzilla vs. Kong. Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures. |
CBR.com took a look at the differences between the Japanese and American approaches to the King of the Monsters, calling the American version "stupider" and the Japanese version "smarter".
They begin with:
With a steady flow of releases from either side of the globe, there's never been a better time in the franchise's almost 70-year history to be a Godzilla fan than right now. Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla, Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse has grown into a fully-fledged kaiju world of its own, while Toho's new homegrown Reiwa era, kicked off by 2016's Shin Godzilla, has been similarly evolving, albeit on a very different scale.
Today a billion-dollar franchise, the MonsterVerse has been taking up titanic space on cinema screens the world over, whereas the Japanese entries have so far been more geared towards television -- specifically, streaming giant Netflix.
Formatting and distribution aren't the only major differentiation. Upon the recent release of Godzilla Singular Point and Godzilla Vs. Kong before it, there are enough titles on either side of the geographic and cultural divide to spot more conceptual and creative patterns. Those being, as America's Godzilla gets bigger and dumber, Japan's gets smaller and smarter.
Are they right?
To read more, go here.
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