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Fire up your keyboards, kids; it's time for another Concept Art Writing Prompt. This week's writing prompt features a familiar character: the one, the only Godzilla. Will your flash fiction piece star the famed Japanese monster? Or will you give this parasol-wielding lizard man an entirely different identity? Post your story in comments More »
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Over the past few weeks, we've sought to understand the science behind the unfolding disaster in Japan. But a fascinating statistic from Wikipedia shows that hits on "Godzilla" jumped tremendously after the disaster too. What does this say about us? More »
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We've marveled at the beauty of black velvet science fiction art before, including the lovely paintings of Bruce White. Now he's doing a new gallery show, featuring all-new art of Darth Vader, Han Solo and Gojira, looking sexier than ever. More »
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A new Godzilla film, tentatively scheduled for release in 2012, will have Godzilla fighting other monsters. As yet, there's no definite word on whether the other monsters will have wings or fur. Check out the Cinemablend article for more details. More »
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Legendary Pictures is apparently doing a Godzilla movie, and has released the first artwork for it. I have only one thing to say: RRRROOOWWRRRUMP! More »
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If you need to contemplate the tragic absurdity of the universe, as illustrated by the many moods of Godzilla, then Godzilla Haiku is going to be your new Tumblr crack. SamuraiFrog's poems manage to be strangely moving as well as silly. More »
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You truly haven't lived until you've seen next-generation Godzilla movies like 2004's Godzilla Final Wars. An elite squad of ninjas do battle with evil aliens. Plus giant evil alien monsters do battle with Godzilla! More »
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If you've ever wondered why Mothra is able to shoot vast amounts of webbing out of his beaky mouth, the mystery is now solved. Pink Tentacle points out a series of images from Modern_fred that explain it all to you. He's scanned and Flickr'd some vintage kaiju images that show us the internal organs of all your favorite giant monsters. For example, our pal Mothra up there has a vast, "elongated silk-producing organ." Wait 'til you see what Gojira and Gamera have got under the hood. More »
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If you've ever seen the original Godzilla movie from 1954, you know that the heroic scientists deploy a weapon called the "oxygen destroyer" (pictured) that sucks all oxygen from the water and suffocates the Big G. Now it turns out that weapon isn't as ridiculous as you thought: In fact, scientists have identified countless "oxygen dead zones" in the oceans created rapidly by chemicals and plants that suck air out of the water. Once oxygen has been leeched from the water — usually close to shore — any ocean life larger than microbes is a goner. More »
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At last kaiju fans have the first-ever footage of a CGI Gojira who looks really freakin' great — and of course, it's just a dream. Literally. This clip is from a dream sequence in last fall's Always 2, the sequel to Japan's much-loved 1950s comedy-nostalgia flick. Always is basically Japan's equivalent of the U.S. TV show Happy Days: the 1950s remembered with a serious dose of sugar-coating. And yet in this scene, where one of the main characters dreams of facing off against the Big G, many people's dreams are realized. At least, those of us who are still trying to erase from our minds the memory of the awful CGI in 1998's U.S. Godzilla. Here's hoping for an awesome CGI Gojira flick that ain't just a dream. More »
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Cloverfield opens today, ending months of internet speculation and Slusho tie-in controversies. We spoke to the man behind the movie, Matt Reeves. He took time out of his busy day, where he's poised to count bags of incoming cash and laugh maniacally, to talk to us about Gojira, David Schwimmer, and the big secret at the end of the movie. Check out the interview inside, and steel yourself for one of the nicest guys we've ever met in Hollywood. More »
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All this rampant speculation about the Cloverfield monster has been distraction from the real thrill of the movie: Getting to watch a reenactment of 9/11 without all the scary political implications and the guilt over one's fascination with mass death. Like the disturbing original Gojira from 1954, Cloverfield is a monster movie whose purpose is nakedly therapeutic. New York must recover from the historical trauma of 9/11, and what better way than by containing its reenactment in a completely generic story whose monster-comes-to-town-monster-leaves-town narrative structure is as familiar as the fairy tales we heard as kids? (spoilers ahead) More »
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