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« on: July 01, 2009, 12:01:38 PM »
why doesn't a lot of people know Gamera? I mean, he's the second famous Japanese monster hero, the first being Godzilla of course! But still Bluesad                 :thumbdown:to people who doesn't know Gamera
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2009, 12:25:54 PM »
I never hear of him until I started watching Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2009, 02:29:37 PM »
Firstly, Godzilla was never intended as a "hero". In fact the heisei and later timelines existed to purge those movies from canon. G was, if I'm not mistaken, originally a metaphor for the atomic bomb. That's why the aforementioned heisei series reverted him to being an engine of destruction.

As for Gamera, it never had that significance, it was always a weak attempt to cash in on  Godzilla, didn't (as far as I understand) carry such messages, and I've also heard they couldn't complete most of their movies without the use of huge amounts of stock footage from their previous films.

In summary, Godzilla once had significance, Gamera wouldn't even be known by anyone if not for the "so bad its good" aspect.
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2009, 03:49:15 PM »
I know gamera. Gamera is really sweet, He is filled with turtle meat.
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2009, 04:45:51 PM »
I don't think some mainstream audiences know who Godzilla even is past the 1998 US movie.
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2009, 06:05:20 PM »
I Had Never Heard About Gamera Until Just A Few Months Ago

And Then I Bought The 50 SCI-FI Classics Collection That Included Three Gamera Movies , I Watched All Three And Now I'm A Big Fan

Gamera Is Definetly One Of The Best Movie Monsters Along With Godzilla And King kong
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2009, 08:34:49 PM »
They weren't watching Shock Theatre on Channel 31 out of Huntsville, Alabama from 1969 to October of 1975.

That's when Saturday Night Live debuted and put a stake through the heart of local late-night Saturday horror movies.
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2009, 04:42:13 AM »
I usta watch Gamera films on Double Creature feature in the early 70's. A giant flying and spinning turtle....! Thumbup surreal....
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2009, 08:52:22 AM »
Quote from: BUREINPARESU on July 01, 2009, 04:45:51 PM
I don't think some mainstream audiences know who Godzilla even is past the 1998 US movie.

If they never seen a horror movie on Saturday TV, then I would agree... :)
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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2009, 09:16:13 AM »
Man I knew of Godzilla sure, but the first monster movie I actually sat the whole way through, because I taped it on VHS, was Gamera, and as such it has a special place in my heart...
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« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2009, 11:59:31 AM »
People are closed-minded idiots in general. If Gamera was extremely well known, most fans would get turned off and find some other monster to worship back in the underworld of Sci-Fi geek-dom. Be pleased that he is your secret pleasure from the majority of the world and all it's mainstream garbage.
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« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2009, 12:39:14 PM »
Quote from: inframan on July 01, 2009, 03:49:15 PM
I know gamera. Gamera is really sweet, He is filled with turtle meat.
Gamera is good to eat!
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« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2009, 12:40:22 PM »
Quote from: Jack on July 01, 2009, 12:25:54 PM
I never hear of him until I started watching Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Gamera is full of meat! Gamera is good to eat!   Remember when Joel, Servo, and Crow started singing that? TeddyR
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« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2009, 06:36:41 PM »
I was well versed in my formative years to Gamera and Godzilla films thanks to this fine book http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Scrapbook-Donald-F-Glut/dp/0806508167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246577491&sr=8-1. It is very thoroughly researched particularly the pulp magazine sections, and has a good chapter on Japanese monster films.
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« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2009, 09:15:36 PM »
Why don't I know him?  Because everytime he was here in the states, I was busy.  Never got a chance to meet him.

I suggest checking out the new trilogy, with Gyoas, Legion, and Irisis.  They are good movies that treat giant monsters eriously again.

I've heard good things about the new Gamera the Brave movie, but I have not gotten a chance to see it yet.
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