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Originally Posted by _____V_____
The closest Hammer & Toho came together was to co-produce a giant monster film back in 1976 called Nessie. Too many delays caused the project to be finally shelved in 1979.
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Originally Posted by totem
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See...may be in an alternate reality Hammer & Toho already launched a Godzilla franchise!
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Originally Posted by totem
I agree that a non-Japanese Godzilla film seems a bit like a Viking martial arts movie.
That said, the British have always brought a certain amount of intelligence & respect to odd or horrific scenarios; Village of the Damned [1964] and so on.
If a European Godzilla franchise had to be made, I think I'd like to see the UK have a first go at it.
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Originally Posted by ferretchucker
Hmm, I actually really quite like that idea - barring what's already been said about Godzilla only REALLY working in a Japanese context, it is interesting.
Whilst Hammer brought the abject, gothic qualities back into Horror Cinema, I nonetheless think that a Hammer Godzilla would primarily be a film about human drama and suggestion - hell, you could quite feasibly never even SEE Godzilla; just his footprints, scenes of destruction, his shadow etc. No doubt he'd have some kind of human worshipper/scientist who works REALLY as the primary antagonist.
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Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon
I'm thinking that maybe we're just so used to seeing Godzilla in certain settings that we can't imagine it any other way, but that doesn't nescesarily mean that it wouldn't work.
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Ditto!! Agree Totem & FC, initially Hammer's take would be certainly bit serious & delightfully intense, on more about Godzilla's havoc, the radiation caused pandemic without showing off the big G too much..from where Gareth Edwards & his team could take certain notes today! But who knows...may be they would eventually going to show off Godzilla at the end within their budget & limited resource and just as a fanboy, I'm sure Hammer's take would be great to see back at that time. But yeah...definitely the big Question remains whether Hammer would be interested at all to go with an Asian legend.
Anyway, glad to at least put some of you to give a thought about this & thanks for the appreciation for those fake posters.
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Originally Posted by totem
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Great poster & I've also kind of think about this too, T! But not only Hulk...An ALL SUPERHERO Team up to save the world from Godzilla's rampage...where Hulk would go first but strangely goes traceless after the very first meeting with G. Then Batman would come up with a plan with a few inputs from Aquaman where he'd send Superman, WW & Thor on a some kind of "Last Hope" mission. Meantime, Iron Man & Captain America would start an investigation & search operation about
Whatever happened to Hulk? 