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Ann’s VA suggested it so I had to draw it

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I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love.

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Fear the chibi deer. My wife has put so many hour into this game it’s insane.

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Godzilla review

               Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a fantastically fun film which brings the creatures to life in a majestic and epic way and gives them the screen time they deserve.   The whole thing is tied together with a pretty flimsy plot that depends a lot on the stupidity of the human characters, but none of it detracts from the sheer fun of watching the Titans wreak havoc.  Sure, I couldn’t remember anyone’s name nor did I care much but that didn’t stop the audience from cheering in the right spots and having a good time.  NOTE- SPOILERS AHEAD- READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

               Things start with Millie Bobby Brown, who plays Madison, and her family.  She’s currently living with her mom, who works for Monarch, an organization tasked with monitoring and taking care of all the giant monsters that have popped up since Godzilla woke back up in the first film.  Dad used to work for Monarch too, but after they lost their son in the ending smackdown of the 2014 movie, he said “eff this” and left to do something slightly less dangerous such as study wolves and drink heavily.  Mom decided to stick it out and stay with Monarch not let her son’s death be in vain by studying these creatures.  Mom’s kinda stupid however, as there is suddenly a disturbance in the creature she’s currently studying, and first thing she does is bring Madison with her to check it out.  After losing one child to a giant monster, having your other tag along to investigate a giant monster just makes sense.  

               Well, turns out Mothra’s hatching from her egg, and its just the time to prove Mom’s new invention works.  See, Monarch is kind of stupid too, as the first thing they do upon awakening a giant Worm is throw it in a laser cage, and when their laser cage starts breaking on its own, start shocking the crap out of said worm.  Mothra, to her credit, dispatches all her attackers nonlethally, thus cementing her as a “good” monster in the audience’s eyes.  But Mom (can’t think of her name) whips out what she calls the Orca, a machine that can match frequencies with Titans and calm them, control them, what ever the plot needs asking for.  The Orca works but no sooner do we get a docile Mothra to bond with when the entire Mothra lab is gunned down by terrorists, who promptly kidnap Madison and Mom.  

               Cut to Monarch trying to defend itself in front of the UN.   They’re demanding, not unreasonably, why they’re not finding and getting rid of the things that can level cities.  Ken Watanabe makes the case that these are animals that deserve to live, that we need to co-exist with the gigantic Titans, that Monarch is doing a fine job of monitoring and containing them and excuse me I have a phone call.  Right in the middle of claiming they’re not incompetent Monarch receives the call that dozens are dead, they lost control of the giant worm and had the invaluable talk to monsters device stolen.  With the Orca gone, Watanabe (I could look up his character name but honestly it doesn’t matter) and crew look up Dad (Likewise, I can’t remember his name either).  Not only will he have an interest in getting his daughter and ex wife back to safety, but he worked on the Orca with Mom when it was a prototype and thus is the only other person who can track it.  While the humans do human things, Godzilla speaks for the audience and gets on with it. He veers off his usual territory and makes a beeline for Antarctica, where Monarch has been holding the biggest and baddest Titan on ice; Monster Zero.  Godzilla, like the audience, put two and two together and realizes that the bad guys are clearly going to use the Orca to control the Titans and are going after public enemy number one.  The big G isn’t going stand the presence of another alpha and heads out to put his house in order, the audience is along for the ride, and the human characters are doing whatever they’re doing to catch up.

               Sure enough, Monarch’s stupidity is on full display as the terrorists completely sweep the base where Monster Zero is sleeping, kill everyone, and start plans for the thaw.  Dad and crew arrive shortly after, which leads to a big confrontation between Monarch and the terrorists.  Going on his own, Dad finds Mom and Madison, but instead of coming with them, they….bah bah baaaaaaaaaah stay with the terrorists!!!   See, Mom is even Stupider than previously indicated and is on board with the plan to kill dozens of her coworkers and letting the three headed dragon roast the planet.  Madison, I can forgive, because she’s supposedly a kid and trying to look out for her moronic mother.  But Stupidmom doesn’t even hesitate to push the button let Mr. Zero, who we know as King Ghidorah, out of the ice cage before even SHE has an opportunity to get off the premises.  Ghidorah awakens, and again the movie shines.  He looks amazing, wonderfully realized in a blend of modern, animalistic queues and his classic Toho design.  Between the tongue flicks, the tail rattle, and the coiled necks, there are a lot of snake details that really breathe realism into the giant hydra.  Hell, each of his heads even has their own personality.  It’s clear a lot of love went into the real starts of this movie.  Godzilla arrives and the first epic smack down begins.  For the moment, all the dumb humans and their drama is forgotten, and we get what we came for.  Awesomely choreographed action between two behemoths that needs to be seen on the big screen.  

The first round ends with Ghidorah beating cheeks, leaving Godzilla in hot pursuit and mad as hell because he can’t fly.  While the humans again struggle to keep up with the characters we actually  care about, Stupidmom calls in to warn her surviving coworkers and reveal the depth of her crazy. She even had a little slideshow prepared about how we humans are basically scum, and the best thing to heal the planet is letting giant monsters do whatever they want with it.   You see, everywhere the monsters go, after they’re done stepping on and razing thousands of innocents, life finds a way, or some such nonsense.  I for one understand the point they’re trying to make, and honestly they’re not wrong about human kind and what we’re doing to the planet, but the idea that Stupidmom is selling goes beyond that.  She’s telling us the Titans are like natural disasters, but, A-They’re Apex Predators that they’re waking up ON PURPOSE with the Orca, not letting naturally awakening, and B- They’re assuming all of these Titans are going to have the same effect of healing the Earth and not just, you know, using it to beat each other to hell.  That’s not even counting the thousands of innocent deaths.   Sufficiently showing how batshit she is, Stupidmom signs off, and then proceeds to release Rodan because why not add another.  Dad and Monarch desperately try to get the town the base of Rodan’s volcano evacuated (I might have done that BEFORE the giant Pteranodon awoke but that’s just me) but soon the big bird himself awakens and proceeds to wreak havoc.  Our heroes decide to try and lead Rodan away from the town and straight into King Ghiodrah, who’s been booking it towards the volcano looking for another alpha to fight that wasn’t Godzilla.   Their plan works (for once) and while Ghidorah takes out Rodan, Godzilla catches up and the two begin to duke it out again.  At the point, the military has had enough of Monarch’s shit and has been developing an anti-Titan weapon, which at they’ve already launched at Godzilla and Ghidorah, barely giving Dad and crew time to get the hell out of there. The weapon goes off, but only seemingly kills Godzilla.  Ghidorah gets away and is now unchallenged, so far as even making Rodan his little titan sidekick.  

So Godzilla is presumed dead, and Ghidorah is crowned new king and is broadcasting his cry to all other Titans around the globe, causing them to awaken and go berserk.  You see, it turns out King Ghidorah is actually not a Titan FROM EARTH, but he’s actually from outer space, so Stupidmom’s whole reasoning for the plan is turned upside down because he can’t heal the Earth if he’s not FROM the Earth! Madison finally had enough and starts looking for a way to use the Orca to stop the chaos.  I could go on nitpicking the plot to humorous effect, but I’m going to stop here to at least leave SOME surprise.  Needless to say, it all leads to a multiple monster smackdown that again, must be seen on the big screen.  The plot starts to drag after Godzilla “dies” (come on, no one really believes it even in the movie) because the humans are left to their own devices for a bit.  However once the true king awakens the action picks up again and the pure fun of a monster movie plays out in front of us.  

I’ve been ripping the movie apart, but honestly none of it detracts from how enjoyable it is.  A lot of talk is going around about how thin the plot is, and don’t get me wrong it is, but that’s not what I’m here for.  I’m here to watch Godzilla fight, and have fun, and that’s what the movie delivers. It’s almost like a modern B movie, something that’s cheesy and campy but serviceable as a monster delivery system. Its an event, and one that the audience totally got swept up in, wanting less of Stupidmom’s crusade and more of the monsters and their world.  While it drags at a few times, this is a great popcorn flick that anyone will enjoy as long as they know what they’re getting into.    I highly recommend it.  

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Mermay with water Pokemon- here’s brionne

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Iron yoshi

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Sure why not

R E B L O G   T H E   P I G E O N .

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I don’t always hit the enemy...but I know where to find ingredients

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Rewatching Kingdom Hearts 3 and listening to Proud Corazon this struck me like a bolt even though I’m sure it’s been done. This world would be awesome!!!

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I do so love watching old Mark FNAF videos. I know he didn’t rage really at custom might but Funtime foxy and him just made me laugh.

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I love this, and went through the same thing as a child. Hell, I even go through it now in my adult fandom life. I’ve always related to female characters more.

At Target this lady told her son he couldn’t have a Wonder Woman doll because “that’s for girls” and then bought her daughter the same one. It got me thinking about how often I see people bar young boys from appreciating girls/women as protagonists and heroes, and my own experience with it as a kid.

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