General Opinion on the Kaiju/Tokusatsu Genre?

Gene Worm · June 03, 2018, 09:16:27 PM

Hey guys, I'm sure some of you might be familiar with my very odd fascination with kaiju and tokusatsu with its strange rubber monsters and cheesy special effects. I certainly think it makes for a very entertaining and wacky movie-watching session for just about any B-Movie goer, but I understand that it certainly isn't for all tastes.

While one could definitely consider just about anything out of this genre to be a good candidate for a B-Rated flick or program, it's not exactly as common of an interest as it used to be and there are only a select few forums I can think of that sort of have an interest in the genre, which is why I just wanted to ask for everyone here's opinion on the genre in general. I'd be real interested to see everyone's thoughts on the genre as a whole, or at least anyone who is familiar with it.

Trevor · June 04, 2018, 08:24:56 AM

I'm one of the very few people (very, very few) who liked the 1998 Roland Emmerich Godzilla. That's why I have that gentleman on my coffee table.

Not Roland Emmerich himself, this guy:

RCMerchant · June 04, 2018, 06:20:40 PM

I own a lot of Godzilla and various other Toho monster movies, so yeah, I like 'em.

WingedSerpent · June 04, 2018, 10:40:19 PM

Well, I do like my monsters on the larger side, so I watch plenty of kaiju films. Or if we're going to get technical daikaiju films.

As adding the prefix "dai" adds the size modifier to the translation:
kaiju="strange beast"
daikaiju="large strange beast"

Hadn't really got into the tv tokusatsu (the shows that were eventually turned into shows like Power Rangers and such). Not until I started going to G-Fest more often. Now I'm getting a little more interested.

FatFreddysCat · June 05, 2018, 12:40:28 PM

I'm not a Giant Monster Movie expert by any means, but every once in a while nothin' hits the bad movie spot like a guy in a rubber monster suit stomping on a tiny model of a Japanese metropolis. It's like comfort food. :D

Alex · June 05, 2018, 01:41:58 PM

Quote from: FatFreddysCat on June 05, 2018, 12:40:28 PM
I'm not a Giant Monster Movie expert by any means, but every once in a while nothin' hits the bad movie spot like a guy in a rubber monster suit stomping on a tiny model of a Japanese metropolis. It's like comfort food. :D

Agreed, nothing wrong with sitting down to enjoy a big, dumb, monster movie. :)

RCMerchant · June 05, 2018, 02:32:08 PM

My favorite is still GODZILLA VS. MECHA GODZILLA (1974) aka GODZILLA VS. THE BIONIC MONSTER, or as in this poster -COSMIC MONSTER.
I wanted to go to the Strand and see it- but fate did not smile on me that Saturday.

But I seen it about a year later on TV. Still, I really wanted to go see it on the big screen.

Svengoolie 3 · June 06, 2018, 03:35:21 AM

Not toho but I like this monster...

https://wikizilla.org/wiki/The_X_from_Outer_Space