So...you're saying that boring is excusable then just because it's "realistic"? Because I think that's a pretty shite excuse to have a main character as dull and uncaptivating as Ford. Saving Private Ryan's cast wasn't boring to watch, nor were the characters in Jarhead or Full Metal Jacket or many other films centering around military characters. I'm not asking for Ford to have been Joker from The Dark Knight or something; I just want a protagonist that I can actually watch on a big screen and not yawn at. Someone to cheer for like I cheered for Godzilla. (also, just as someone whose dad is retired military and talks to Air Force guys like every week, they still have personalities. Obviously it's different when they're not actively on the job, but yeah, they're not exactly as dull as Ford was when he's off-the-job in the film.) Notice I didn't say anything about Ninja Theory being at fault either, just Capcom. They were the ones dumb enough to even think the series needed a reboot at all just because it wasn't getting Call of Duty-esque sales (Devil May Cry 4 actually sold pretty well for it's genre.) And Capcom was also dumb enough to never clearly state for the fans or newcomers that the original series would still be able to exist alongside this new reboot universe. And in no way do I think the new Godzilla deserves the same hate. It's still a good film, and a helluva lot better than the Roland Emmerich cringe-fest in 1998, but I'm not going to ignore the film's flaws just because past films in the genre had these issues.
Eh, that's fine. I just like Prime sounding like Cullen a little more than Chalk. I can't exactly explain why. Still really like both.
Peter Cullen. As much as I really like Garry Chalk's performances, Cullen's just got the absolute perfect voice and delivery for Optimus.
Except my second post in here says: I just wish it didn't have the flaws that it did. The good parts are fantastic, but there's far more boring to deal with, in my opinion. But anyway, it's totally fine if you don't like it. I just like for people to put in effort to trying to understand why, and you clearly have :> I....don't get how your post goes against what I'm saying? Nor did I say old-school films are serious or....whatever it is exactly you're saying. Anyway, 2014 Godzilla shouldn't have been adjusted in it's writing to stick with what's popular nowadays in terms of tone exactly. It worked for the directing, but the writing needed an injection of personality, rather than just strict plot-movement and military jargon. Y'see, the first part of the underlined, about moving the plot, worked in 2014 Godzilla just fine. However, the "interesting or deep to keep us interested in the consequences of the plot has on them" part...yeah, do tell me how much anyone cared about Ford and his family beyond the most basic humane factors of not wanting to see people die. Because nobody who's seen the film whom I know ever talks about them in positive light, so far. Also, Where was it ever stated or shown that the success of a reboot would help in the continuation of the original, for the public audience to easily read for themselves? To my knowledge, there haven't been many series that have been rebooted in a new direction and yet have seen the original version come back for continuation in the original universe (except I guess comic book series, which are already known for having many universes.) But regardless, I don't hate the new game. I just wish Capcom didn't pull such an ass-backwards move, especially regarding a series that has two of my favorite action games ever, and brought Ninja Theory (some) undeserved backlash. Why couldn't the dev team get to just make their own new game in a similar tone, without it being affiliated with the Devil May Cry series?
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I don't really get the criticism about having no reason to root for the main characters as if 2014 Godzilla's cast (besides Godzilla himself) had good characters. In fact, your analogy of a little kid playing with his action figures to me feels even more accurate with that film than with Pacific Rim. Yeah, and it was, as hatok put it, pretty much the only one of the old-school films to take that serious tone, but that's not really the point I want to make. The point of me saying that the 2014 film tried too hard to be serious and solemn is that, as a result, it pretty much felt like none of the human characters had any room to say or do anything that would give them a personality, aside from (again) Cranston and Watanabe's characters. They were only there to move the plot forward. And if anyone says "Well that's how it was in the old-school movies," then why can we not improve upon these things? Why is it that one weak point of the new film has to be defended with "WELL THAT'S HOW THEY ALL WERE" instead of changing it for the better? The main thing I want to state over all is this: the director did a fantastic job for 2014 Godzilla, but the writing, specifically for the human characters, needs to improve if they want me to care even a little about the characters not named Godzilla. Interesting that you brought up the Devil May Cry vs. DmC debate. I'm currently trying to play through every Devil May Cry game, along with DmC: Devil May Cry. It honestly doesn't look that bad (certainly a better game than Devil May Cry 2,) but no matter what, it will always have been a bad idea to try rebooting the series, at least in my opinion. Ninja Theory could have made the game as good as it is without suffering the backlash of the fan base by making it simply be an original title. If anything, I wouldn't mind simply having two universes for the Devil May Cry series: the original, and the reboot. I just really don't want the original series to be replaced.
I know that it's like from in the past films, having seen a few, such as Godzilla: 2000: Millenium and a bunch of others that I can't remember the titles of, but I just wish that, with this much marketing and a giant budget (comparably,) I just wished that we could have gotten a more competent and interesting human story. It doesn't have to be amazing, just...not boring. I disagree completely with the idea that Pacific Rim was built without passion. It felt very clear to me how much so many of the people involved were trying to make a fun film, especially having watched the behind-the-scenes and seeing Guillermo del Toro practically fanboying while talking about the film. Hell, they reference an obscure plot-point from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. To me, I can tell that they tried with both, but Pacific Rim embraced a fun-filled approach with cheesy characters and dialogue and vibrant colors, while 2014 Godzilla I feel suffered in the writing department from sticking too hard to a serious perspective, with the only interesting lines coming out of Cranston or Watanabe.
I like both, but have to disagree. As dumb as Pacific Rim was, it was over all more enjoyable than 2014's Godzilla. Specifically, the parts that weren't monster-fights...because hot damn does 2014 Godzilla have some of the best monster fights ever put on a big screen. Pacific Rim has some terrible writing, and archetypical characters, sure, but at least I got Top Gun-esque cheesy dialogue and somewhat likeable characters (especially Ron Perlman and Charie Day's characters.) 2014 Godzilla however, for some reason, decides to give us the perspective of one of the most bland, uninteresting American soldier hero guys ever in Ford Brody (who only today did I realize was Kick-Ass, and he did far better in that role) instead of the much more interesting and mysterious Dr. Serizawa or the passionate-to-an-obsessive-degree Joe Brody, which really surprises me as both Ken Watanabe and Bryan Cranston are both far more popular actors. I just never cared about Ford and his family. They were dull beyond dull. Hell, I can't remember a single line any of the three said. However, when 2014 Godzilla actually started SHOWING GODZILLA...it was amazing. They did the King of Monsters justice whenever he was actually on the screen. I love the new look, I love the sound effects, and I loved seeing him destroy monsters and structures alike. I just wish it wasn't that these amazing sequences were stuck with so much time focusing on Lieutenant Boring and his struggle to reach his family.
I NEED A STAND SO HARD AND I ONLY JUST GOT TO MEETING CHARS AND ESIDISI
I got my Blu-ray/DVD thing for like $20 o.o
And I would still hit it.
I still like the song, but it does totally feel out of place with the film's current script. It seems like it was supposed to be closer to the end of the film. This got me though
I'm with you for the cut scenes up until the voice acting. Let's just avoid that issue altogether. No voice acting is better to me than bad voice acting.
I just stuck the Fahrenheit temperature I know into Google to convert it into Celsius ._.
Have fun trying to catch a Feeonabass
I really enjoyed both seasons 1 and 2, though I think I prefer the first season a bit more. Reminded me a little of Silent Hill 2, and I really got to like the characters. It felt like a little too much was going on in season 2, with a few plot points that interested me just being kinda dropped or ended in unsatisfying ways. Haven't started season 3 yet.
Lemme just look at my thermometer right now, at 10:06 AM. It's 96 F, or like 35.56 C I think. Yesterday, when I walked to the gas station, it was 104 F, apparently 40 C. 68 F/20 C is AMAZING to feel for me. Just putting that out there.
I do hope you'll try a taco again, at a much more well-regarded establishment. Dunno what actually-Mexican restaurants you have where you live.
Y'see, the issue is that you got a salad at Taco Bell ;p
