#dr nathan lind

[hrodvitnon]

Apparently, the GxK novel says Dr. Nathan Lind isn't in the movie because he was killed offscreen in Hollow Earth, either by a random beastie, or by Skar King destroying Monarch's Hollow Earth outpost.

Oh what the hell, not even Vivienne and Ren were done that dirty!

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-Regarder Godzilla x Kong : Le nouvel Empire en streaming sur Papadustream.cfd : Streaming Le dernier opus de la franchise Monsterverse de Warner Bros. montre des signes d'une imagination anémique. Rien dans “Godzilla x Kong : Le Nouvel Empire” ne fait sens, ce qui n'est pas, en soi, un problème. Nous ne sommes pas installés confortablement dans nos sièges de cinéma avec notre popcorn rassis pour discuter de métaphores et de science ; nous sommes ici pour les stars du titre. À propos de ce titre : “Godzilla x Kong” (censé évoquer divers autres titres dans d'autres films Godzilla, non hollywoodiens) pourrait signifier Godzilla multiplié par Kong, ou Godzilla croisé avec Kong, ou encore Godzilla contre Kong — une sorte de permutation de titans. Quoi qu'il en soit, il y aura des coups. Nous sommes là pour les coups.

Ce que nous ne sommes pas là pour voir, ce sont les humains, ce qui est chanceux, car ils tombent comme des mouches. La plupart des personnages des derniers films — y compris celui de 2021 “Godzilla vs. Kong” (également réalisé par Adam Wingard) — ont disparu, largement sans explication. Notre personnage principal maintenant est le Dr Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall), mère adoptive d'une préadolescente, Jia (Kaylee Hottle), membre de la tribu Iwi, qui communique directement avec Kong par le langage des signes. J'ai particulièrement regretté l'absence du Dr Nathan Lind d'Alexander Skarsgard, dont l'absence est en quelque sorte expliquée mais pas pleurée, et qui a été remplacé, pour des raisons narratives, par un vétérinaire farfelu des titans joué par Dan Stevens. (Pour une raison quelconque, je suppose pour signaler l'excentricité, Stevens arbore un accent australien exagéré.)

Ils sont rejoints une fois de plus par Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry), le podcaster-blogueur-documentariste-bizarre du dernier film. Pour une raison quelconque, il est convaincu que personne ne croit ses histoires sur les titans, même si le véritable Godzilla erre sur Terre et est montré aux actualités télévisées. (Je suis plus bloqué sur l'idée étrangement fantastique qu'il soit un blogueur populaire. N'aurait-il pas déjà un Substack à présent ?)

Ces humains sont assez ennuyeux, plus anémiques que dans le dernier film. Ils sont là uniquement pour propulser le récit à travers cette histoire, qui commence avec Kong vivant dans la Terre Creuse (exactement ce que ça semble être) et Godzilla à la surface. Tant que les deux ne se rencontrent jamais, tout va bien — et par tout, je veux dire l'humanité.

Ce qui signifie, bien sûr, qu'ils se rencontreront. Les scientifiques repèrent Godzilla en train de faire la sieste dans le Colisée, puis de se frayer un chemin à travers l'Europe et le nord de l'Afrique, absorbant apparemment autant d'énergie nucléaire qu'il le peut car il sent une confrontation arriver. En même temps, quelque chose ne va pas du tout dans le monde de Kong en dessous. Et Jia fait aussi des rêves étranges — des rêves qui mènent à une expédition dans la Terre Creuse.

Ce qui suit est une tentative d'établir beaucoup de mythologie pour la franchise Monsterverse. (Leur terme, pas le mien.) C'est une grosse erreur. Vous pouvez dire que c'est une erreur, parce que toute cette mythologie doit être révélée dans un dialogue explicatif fastidieux. Plus important encore, une fois que vous savez ce qui s'est passé dans le passé, vous savez précisément ce qui va se passer dans le présent, ce qui arrache tout suspense restant au film, ne laissant que les coups. (Tellement de coups.)

D'ailleurs : cette série a-t-elle besoin d'une mythologie ? Godzilla et Kong ont tous deux une riche histoire cinématographique sur laquelle s'appuyer — c'est le 38ème film pour Godzilla et le 13ème pour Kong, et bien qu'ils n'aient pas partagé l'écran jusqu'à récemment, ils apportent tout leur bagage et leur histoire avec eux. Cela ressemble à une tentative désespérée pour la franchise de crossover de justifier à la fois son existence et sa continuation.

Ce qui n'est pas surprenant. Le bilan de cette série donne le tournis. Le film de 2014 “Godzilla”, une sorte de redémarrage de la série originale de Toho mettant en vedette le personnage, était un film légitimement excellent, équilibrant spectacle et pathos humain. Mais ensuite sont venus “Kong: Skull Island” et “Godzilla: Roi des Monstres”, tous deux censés construire un univers partagé, tous deux non seulement mauvais mais vraiment déprimants. Ensuite, il y a eu “Godzilla vs. Kong”, qui n'était pas, techniquement parlant, bon — mais il promettait une confrontation et l'apportait, avec un coda tardif de coopération involontaire et visuellement spectaculaire entre le singe massif et le lézard nucléaire. C'était un plaisir à regarder, surtout parce que le climax arrivait enfin : les deux monstres avaient enfin leur rencontre tant attendue.

Mais avec ce zénith dans le rétroviseur, “Godzilla x Kong : Le Nouvel Empire” n'a plus beaucoup de route à parcourir, et ça se voit. Les meilleurs moments impliquent Kong se déplaçant à travers le paysage, Godzilla piétinant et écrasant des choses, et bien sûr la confrontation finale inévitable, qui réserve quelques surprises. Kong en particulier semble n'avoir aucun problème à communiquer sans langage humain, et ces scènes prolongées sont tellement amusantes à regarder qu'il est décevant de revenir aux humains.

Certes, les humains peuvent être une partie fructueuse de ces films de monstres. Le récent film japonais “Godzilla Minus One”, produit pour une fraction du budget de “Godzilla x Kong” et récipiendaire de l'Oscar des meilleurs effets visuels cette année, parvient à combiner la créature avec un véritable pathos et un accent sur le coût humain de la guerre, de la culpabilité et du traumatisme. C'est plus en phase avec l'origine de Godzilla, aussi, en tant que

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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

I might’ve been a little starved for blockbusters the first time I saw Godzilla vs. Kong and rated it. In my defense, it was during the pandemic and the other movies I was able to see during lockdown were mostly disappointments. Reviewing the film again, I recognize that the human’s plot is undercooked while everything with the monsters is spectacular. Well, at least the movie knows where its priorities stand and considering what its audience wants to see…

When Godzilla suddenly attacks Apex Cybernetics’ Pensacola facility, conspiracy theorist Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry) becomes convinced they somehow provoked the titan. Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown) - an avid fan of his podcast - shares his suspicions. They rope her friend Josh (Julian Dennison) into investigating and confirm their fears aren't entirely unfounded. After the attack, Apex insists mankind needs to develop a weapon against Godzilla and asks Monarch to give them access to Kong. They believe the titan ape can lead them inside the vast caverns below our world to a power source formidable enough to take down the king of the monsters.

Though Godzilla’s name appears first in the title, this film is about Kong much more than the radioactive dinosaur. It’s a good choice, as the ape is resourceful, an underdog in this fight and intelligent enough to communicate with Monarch via sign language. Godzilla might’ve protected the Earth/humanity in the previous movies, but was it really a heroic character, or was the nuclear reptile just killing its rivals? Kong, on the other hand, has actual human friends. Even though the Iwis we met during Kong: Skull Island have been wiped out (seems like a missed opportunity), Kong still has a link to them in the form of Jia (Kaylee Hottle), a deaf-mute Iwi survivor adopted by Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall). Nonetheless, his situation gives him a very relatable quest: he wants to know if there is a new family for him out there.

One-half of the human's story fares fairly well. With the help of Apex Cybernetics, Dr. Ilene Andrews, along with Jia and hollow-earth scientist Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgård) follow Kong into this hidden world beneath our feet that houses all sorts of monsters and an ancient rivalry between Kong and Godzilla (seems wacky, but it does lead to some fun developments). These characters are following Kong on his journey so when the 8th wonder of the world is put in danger, they are too. The other humans, however, feel like they only appear to deliver exposition or to give us some familiar faces. You could easily re-jig this story to remove them.

But of course, you didn't come to this film for the human element. Yes, kaiju films are better when the "tiny" protagonists are compelling, but if there's one aspect of this movie director Adam Wingard had to get right, it was the Godzilla and Kong stuff. I'm happy to say you won't be disappointed. The Titan battles are varied, clearly shot, tense and action-packed. You get three rounds between Kong and Godzilla, with a clear winner at the end that will leave fans of either camp satisfied. I know a lot of purists will say a Godzilla film isn't the same without rubber suits, but this picture does so much with modern special effects. Varied locations, varied angles, moves no human could do, etc. That last brawl in the neon-lit Hong Kong will make you say "wow!".

There have been a lot of Godzilla films since the character appeared. Some have been dramatic, others comedic or somewhere in the middle with an emphasis on dumb fun. None have featured action scenes as good as the ones in Godzilla vs. Kong. Even if you only have a passing interest in the characters, the highlights are strong, strong enough to make you forgive the parts that could've been strengthened. It's not even a guilty pleasure; it's gargantuan fun. (On Blu-ray, March 27, 2024)

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The Teaser Trailer for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is Promising!

The teaser trailer for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters has definitely got Godzilla fans excited. The trailer is only 30 seconds long, but it packs a lot of information into a short amount of time. We hear the voice of John Goodman, who is reprising his role as Dr. Nathan Lind from Godzilla vs. Kong. He says, “The world is on fire. I decided to do something about it.” This suggests that the show will…

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Godzilla vs. Kong ’21. New deleted scenes Alexander Skarsård and Shun Oguri at 21.58. Toho Movie Channel, 12 Jul ’21. Y/T 6WkCQEcuCPk. Thanks Skarsjoy /tumblr/post/660157165807517696.

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"Nathan, are you okay?"

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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

 • Dirección: Adam Wingard

 • Guion: Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein

 • Cinematografía: Ben Seresin

 • Cast: Alexander Skarsgård

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New set pic from Godzilla vs. Kong stars Kaylee Hottle (Jia) and Alexander Skarsgård (Dr. Nathan Lind)

thanks to kaylee_hottle_fanz (4/20/2021) (they filmed in Hawaii in late 2018 and early 2019 in Australia)

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Godzilla vs Kong (2021): the charming Alexander Skarsgård as Dr. Nathan Lind

[star-going-supernova]

So. Madison Russell. Godzilla vs Kong. Welcome to my ted talk.

From a writing perspective, they totally wasted her character. She, Josh, and Bernie were almost exclusively used just as a method of showing the audience what was happening "behind the scenes" at Apex. Pouring the whiskey on the computer was about the only thing of note they did, and even that didn't do much. Mechagodzilla was only slightly hindered by it, and if they'd just written Kong and Godzilla differently in the fight scene, they could have skipped the whiskey part entirely. They could have done so much with having people "on the inside" but Monarch as a greater organization barely had any presence at all, which negated the need to have people on the inside. 

Maddie's steadfast insistence that Godzilla wasn't a bad guy at the beginning had so much potential, but it became the conspiracy thing instead. It felt less like she wanted to prove Godzilla wasn't turning against humans, and more like she and her new conspiracy friend wanted to crack open a shady organization, which was frustrating. If they wanted to depict her as someone who was forced to become competent at a young age, which was part of the serious, intense vibe I got from her, instead of the inexplicable personality shift, they should have showed her doing something to help. Getting in contact with her dad/Monarch, giving them evidence to begin a city wide evacuation outside the Apex Hong Kong HQ, messing something up or making it harder for the Apex people to get Mechagodzilla up and running—just, anything. 

The fact is, we had Maddie being very proactive in KotM. Stealing the ORCA was the game changer. Instead of taking that to the next level in GvK and giving her an opportunity to continue that aspect of her character—that is, being someone who refuses to sit by when she can do something to help, even if it’s dangerous—they rendered her obsolete. 

The movie wouldn't have significantly changed if you took her character out. If Bernie went by himself and ended up in Hong Kong, nothing would have changed, because Maddie didn't do anything of personal importance. She went from being an active character in KotM to being a passive one here, which are a pet peeve of mine. If you saw my post about what I liked and didn’t like about Godzilla (2014), that might sound very familiar.

It would also have made so much more sense if she developed a love for studying Titans instead of focusing on conspiracy theories. Plot-wise, it would have given her claim to her dad that Godzilla was being provoked more credence, and could’ve opened an interesting dialogue between them to reinforce that she knows what she’s talking about. Monarch was obviously still a big part of their lives, given that Mark had rejoined, so it would’ve been the perfect opportunity for Maddie to pursue a Titan-related future. 

Now, don’t get me wrong. I loved Jia, and wouldn’t want to take her out of the movie or even diminish her presence in it. In fact, I think they should have focused on Jia, and only on Jia. 

Hear me out: Godzilla vs Kong should’ve been split in two. A Part 1 and Part 2 situation. 

For Part 1, we keep a lot of the GvK canon, especially the Kong-centric stuff. Include even more scenes showing us that he’s protective of Jia, don’t just have Dr. Andrews say that he is. Have him defend her from something dangerous, maybe even from some humans. Include their backstory, how he saved her during the storm. And start it even earlier, before Godzilla attacks Apex the first time. Keep the whole Hollow Earth plot, keep the fight scene in the ocean, keep the discovery of the temple and the axe.

And on the Godzilla side of things, start earlier on that as well. Keep the other Titans in, have humanity tentatively believing that a time of great peace is upon them. Their mere presence is restoring the planet. There was an emphasis of nature, particularly in relation to the Titans, in KotM that I really think they should have included more of in GvK to better tie the two movies together, if only they hadn’t swept all the other Titans under the rug. They wanted a movie about a fight, not about the Titans. So, undo that. Show us a little of what Mark does, do a sweep of the other KotM cast (cameos at the very least) to show how they and Monarch are working to uphold that peace post-Boston. I’d also have loved to see Boston itself, too, five years later. 

Instead of giving us a Generic High School scene, show Maddie learning about the Titans alongside the experts. Bring back the wonder and amazement she had when she saw Mothra for the first time, when she reached out and touched her. She’s second generation Monarch, make that mean something. When Maddie took the ORCA to Boston, she had a conviction. She couldn’t not have. She was there in part to lure Ghidorah in, but I can’t even pretend to believe her plan ended with that. She knew Godzilla would come. 

That sort of belief is hard to kill, and if death via Ghidorah wasn’t enough to scare her off, no way anything else in those five years afterwards did. Her belief that Godzilla is good survived to GvK, and should’ve been a main focal point of her character. Godzilla attacks Apex—she and every other Monarch person who has spent years studying the Titans knows something is up. 

Keep Mark’s character development regarding his opinions on Godzilla. He believes Maddie when she says something has to be wrong, not just because he trusts his daughter, but because he looked into Godzilla’s eyes and saw more than just an animal. 

They’re in Part 1 only minimally, just to establish their presence and how they feel about Godzilla destroying Apex. The focus is clearly on Jia and Kong’s side of events. 

Sorry, but I’m leaving Josh out and seriously dialing back Bernie’s role. Instead, the character we follow inside Apex is Ren Serizawa. We see his motivations, his ambitions, and he becomes a character with more than just a few lines. Does he resent Godzilla? Or does he resent his father, too? Serizawa’s sacrifice was willing, after all. He was no accidental casualty. 

Part 1 ends in the Hollow Earth, with Ghidorah taking control of Mechagodzilla on the surface. Alter the timeline just enough so that Godzilla has only just arrived to Hong Kong, and Kong’s still in the Hollow Earth. The final scene is Mechagodzilla emerging into the city as the sun rises. The post-credits scene is our KotM cast in the Argo, location unknown, watching a screen with Mechagodzilla on it. 

Part 2 begins with a reveal: Ren Serizawa isn’t dead. 

Backtrack. This part focuses more on the Godzilla side, and Monarch. It’ll have flashback scenes from the five years between KotM and now, showing exactly why Monarch as a whole firmly believes Godzilla is reacting to something instead of being anti-human all of a sudden. The Titans are not inherently malicious; destruction is a side effect of their size, no more, no less. He earned his title of King in KotM—make it mean more than just trying to make Kong “bow.” Make him a protector, a guardian. He’s nature’s balance. By definition, he must protect humans as well. 

What Monarch needs to figure out is this: what is he trying to protect them from? 

They investigate Apex in search of the answer, but knowing from past experience the sort of things Godzilla gets proactive about—the MUTOs, Ghidorah—Monarch mobilizes. They prepare for another fight, at Mark’s instructions. He witnessed both San Francisco and Boston firsthand, even if the former was from a civilian standpoint. 

Godzilla has more hunt scenes. He targets a second Apex lab after his ocean fight with Kong, telling Monarch that they’re on the right track. 

Maddie, being a minor and not dragged into the thick of things (yet), has to stay home. Remembering the podcast she sometimes listened to, when the topic was focused on the Titans, she tracks Bernie down, and he tells her about what he saw: the eye. 

The two of them go to the ruined Apex building and discover the eye is gone before getting caught. With Monarch currently breathing down their necks, they recognize Maddie to be Mark’s daughter and take her to Hong Kong. Sorry, Bernie, but that’s mostly as far as you’re involved. Timeline-wise, this is roughly when Kong puts the axe in the temple floor and Godzilla blasts a hole to the center of the earth. Monarch is following Godzilla, but they’re behind a bit thanks to the tunnel shortcuts. They’re still unaware that Maddie has been kidnapped and is en route to Hong Kong.

This is also when Mechagodzilla gains a life of its own. Walter Simmons is killed and Ren Serizawa becomes trapped in the link to Mechagodzilla, serving as the bridge between the robot and Ghidorah’s mind. Ghidorah is essentially controlling MG by controlling Ren, who is controlling MG. Make sense? He’s the puppeteer’s puppeteer. 

We reverse some things. Godzilla fights MG first, gets beat around but not as much as in GvK because he isn’t fresh out of a different fight. Kong returns to the surface through the tunnel Godzilla created, having carried the one remaining HEAV out himself, because Nathan Lind has never flown one before and doesn’t know how they work. Kong wants to protect Jia, and Ilene Andrews and Nathan Lind are very lucky that Jia likes them. 

Mechagodzilla sees Kong and takes off, and Kong decides now would be a great time to fight Godzilla, who’s having a pretty bad day. Monarch arrives, and half of them split off to follow MG while the rest stay to try and deescalate the situation. Other than Godzilla faring slightly less well, the fight goes mostly the same as in the movie, except for one big difference: one of the Monarch crafts pick up Jia and Co, and she’s able to get Kong’s attention from the back of an Osprey well enough to tell him to stop fighting. There’s a bigger threat out there, and Godzilla definitely needs to be okay enough to fight it. Either they work together, or they reschedule. 

She’s very stern about it, and though no one’s really sure what the two Titans decide on, they stop fighting. They leave together to go after Mechagodzilla, who is currently being slowed down by Mothra, because she deserves to be in this movie. The other Titans basically hinder Mechagodzilla as much as possible as it rampages, telling Godzilla where it is. Monarch finally figures out that it’s heading for the nearest entrance to the Hollow Earth, right around when they also figure out that Ghidorah is involved. With Dr. Andrews and Nathan Lind’s input, they theorize it intends to take more of the power source down there to further strengthen it. 

They do their best to clear the cities in its path, evacuating as many people as possible. It’s all they can do. As in the past, they must trust Godzilla to do the heavy lifting. Around the same time, an assistant tells Mark that some guy named Bernie called and is asking for him. This is how he finds out Maddie was taken to Apex’s Hong Kong location.

Meanwhile, the Apex guards and Maddie finally arrive to find the facility abandoned and damaged, MG gone, and Simmons dead. The guards more or less split, leaving her there alone. Maddie, being Maddie, goes deeper until she finally discovers Ghidorah’s skull and Ren Serizawa inside, trapped in his own head with Ghidorah. It’s killing him. 

He’s aware enough to have a conversation with her. They argue about the Titans. He wants Godzilla destroyed out of anger over his father’s preference for Titans, rather than his own son. 

(“You’re not the only one with ghosts!” she yells at him. “You’re not the only one who resents a parent for putting Titans ahead of you when you needed them!” He chokes out, “I do not resent my father—” “Coulda fooled me. Why else would you be spitting on his sacrifice like this? Who are you trying to help, huh? All the other kids out there who are losing their moms and dads because you let Ghidorah out? Sorry, mister, but the last time someone did that, your dad paid the price.”) 

Ren is getting worse. He’s going to die if he stays in the link much longer, but he can’t disconnect. Maddie, looking around, gets to work on something. The camera slowly pans around to show that there’s a second pilot seat, back-to-back with Ren’s. It would allow for seamless switching between pilots without MG ever not having someone at the controls. 

Even with the other Titans’ help, Godzilla and Kong are unable to stop MG from going through the tunnel and into the Hollow Earth. Monarch is unable to follow, because of the gravity issue. They’re both tired from the journey and their fight, especially Godzilla. This is their last chance. If Mechagodzilla reaches the power source, it’s all over. 

The fight doesn’t go in their favor. They’re both bad at working together, so their attacks are uncoordinated at best, actively hindering each other at worst. Kong gets flung off a mountain and MG pins Godzilla. Even thought he caught himself, Kong isn’t going to make it up in time to help him. 

Maddie puts on an identical pilot setup, and with Ren’s instructions, switches the link over to herself, freeing Ren. He collapses forward, immediately falling unconscious from the release of the strain. Fighting past the pain and overwhelming presence suddenly in her head, Maddie does what she does best: she causes Ghidorah problems. 

She screams, and it echoes like a roar through his skull. 

In the Hollow Earth, Mechagodzilla stumbles. 

It’s the beginning of the end. She can’t control it or even really stop Ghidorah, but she gets in his way as much as possible, giving Godzilla and Kong the edge they need to finally get their act together and use some teamwork to take Mechagodzilla down. They destroy it and return to the surface before parting on amicable terms. 

After too long, Mark arrives at Apex with a whole team of people. Ren Serizawa is found comatose but alive, and he’s quickly removed for medical attention. Though Maddie’s also alive, there’s something else clearly wrong. She’s still wired into the piloting gear, stiff and unseeing, as if she’s frozen. Her eyes are open but distant, pupils virtually gone from how constricted they are, and her jaw hangs open slightly. Despite how tense her body is, she’s limp. Nothing they do wakes her up, even after getting her out of the skull. 

They wheel her out on a gurney to where a handful of Ospreys landed, but as they leave the building and step out onto the roof, they find Godzilla has returned. He watches them, and he’s exactly as aware as Mark remembers. 

(“She tried to help you,” Mark calls out to him. No one knows exactly what happened in the Hollow Earth, during the fight, but the scene in Ghidorah’s skull was telling. “No, she—she did help you!” For the second time in her life, Maddie put herself in Ghidorah’s path and, ultimately, won. Only this time, her victory came with a price.) 

Godzilla snorts before leaning over the roof’s railing, moving toward the gurney. The humans all back away, even Mark, though he doesn’t go far. Spines humming, eyes flaring blue, Godzilla rumbles deeply. 

On the gurney, Maddie stirs. 

Later, much later, after Maddie and Jia have met—heaven help everyone else, honestly—they sit together on the edge of a pier over the ocean, Jia leaning comfortably against Maddie. It’s quiet. They’re alone, watching the sunset. A heavy footfall behind them, the feel of the vibration trembling through the wood, makes them turn around. Half concealed in the brush at the edge of the island’s foliage, Kong stands, facing them. 

They both wave before standing. They sign goodbye to each other, then part ways. As Maddie walks away to a waiting Osprey, we see behind her as Kong crouches to allow Jia to climb into his palm before vanishing into the forest. 

The Osprey takes off over the calm ocean. It has a different design than most, with a large door set in the side instead of at the back, more like an ordinary helicopter. It’s open as they go, Maddie secure inside as she stares out. A smile spreads across her face as jagged spines slowly breach the ocean’s surface, easily keeping pace with the Osprey, which lowers to be closer to the water.

For just a moment, in the fading light, Maddie’s eyes almost shine blue. The screen goes black to the sound of Godzilla’s roar.

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Kongtraspective :Godzilla vs Kong

So now we come to the end of the Kongtraspective ,and we are ending on a rematch fans have wanted for decades .I will confess when I first saw this film this year , I was REALLY hyped for it ....And initilly disappointed with the film we got,though I did enjoy my second viewing more. Also cause this movie is so recent : Spoilers

In this 2021 film,Godzilla is going crazy so a group of scientists led by Dr. Ilene Andrews(Rebecca Hall ) and Dr. Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgard) bring Kong ( Eric Petey )on an expedition to the Hollow Earth,while the CEO of the Apex corporation ,Will Simmons (Damian Bichir ) has his own plans

I am happy to say on this rewatch ,I enjoyed it more then I did the first time .First off ,I love the main character :KONG . Yeah this is a very Kong centric movie ,he is unquestionably even above the human characters,the person the audience is meant to root for, this is the most heoric Kong I think we have ever seen and his friendship with a deaf girl Jia is really sweet .In facr Jia and her adoptive mother Dr Andrews are my favorite human characters in the film .Godzilla is really cool here,more of an antagonist here ,and all the fight scenes between him and Kong are great .We also have a third classic monster in the mix as the main monster villain :MEC?HAGODZILLA ,a personal favorite of mine ,and he makes for a great final boss for the monsters to fight . The action and monster scenes in general are the highlight of the film .There is also some really fun sci fi wackiness with all the Hollow Earth stuff which I dig,and I like the main human plot .Also Alexander Skarsgard gives a good performance even if he feels superfluous as a lead

Now as for flaws.....We have a few .There is another plot,what I call the "Godzilla plot " with Millie Bobby Brown ,Brian Tyree Henry and Julian Dennison looking for why Godzilla is going crazy.Now this is a trio of fine actors .............But I dont like this plot for one reason:A lot of it focuses on a quirky Conspiricy theorist .....And its not funny , I find it annoying and it is full of dumb predictable jokes .While the monster villain rocks ,the main human villains are bland as hell .ALso we have a weird trend where every main character has a dead relative and thats their defining feature and its kind of funny after a while .Also I dont like that the natives of Skull Island all have died off screen with the exception of Jia ,that felt like cheating

So it is VERY flawed,but the film does deliveron the monster action ,all the monster stuff is great .....You just got to sit through some boring people stuff .I did enjoy it more on this watch though and do reccomend if you wanna see cool big monsters doing cool big monster stuff

SWo think you for joinging me on this journey through the filmography of the Eighth Wonder of the World

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It’s odd reading the behind-the-scene articles about how Michael Dougherty, and a host of other screenwriters (including Amazing Spider-Man writer, J. Michael Straczynski) got involved to keep some sense of continuity between Skull Island, KOTM, and GVK. The reality of watching the film makes the world feel the opposite of cohesive. Early script work for GVK suggests the film started with a stronger narrative that invested in a human/monster dynamic. The film originally opened with the death of Nathan Lind’s fiancée (not brother) in the Hollow Earth, establishing his connection to Kong. The Iwi people from Skull Island were supposed to get some exploration, Dr. Chen was supposed return. But in a move to appeal to the “I don’t care about the humans!” audience, large chunks of the script were rewritten at the eleventh hour. Any element of the film that invested in the human narrative running parallel to the Kong and Godzilla, was annexed from the script. The consequence was a mediocre plot with little reason to invest in the spectacle. Articles about hours of content being cut, a post-credit sequence (likely superficial), and actors being omitted, only confirms we got an inferior product. There’s no guarantee there would be improvement by adding things, but I know the movie is worse off without the human element as a major focus. Between the screenwriter’s refusal to really invest in the established characters, and the audience that made this happen, I’m not sure who I’m angrier with.

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Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle - Bts Godzilla vs Kong ‘21 - Dr Nathan Lind, Dr Ilene Andrews, Jia. Kiaju News Outlet yt/CEqIM8s1w9w&t=624s/ 18 Mar ‘21

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PaleyFest LA Announces 2021 Virtual Lineup

Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso | Image: Courtesy of AppleTV+

After its COVID cancellation last year, PaleyFest returns in a fully digital format this year with a series of prerecorded moderated panel discussions with the cast and creatives of some of TV’s hottest shows.

The lineup was released by the Paley Center for Media on Tuesday, Feb. 23 and includes: Evil, The Queen’s Gambit, What We Do in the Shadows, Ted Lasso, Lovecraft Country and the 20th anniversary reunion of Six Feet Under.

The programs will become available to Paley members and Citi cardmembers first on Friday, March 26. The panels will be then be released to the public starting at 7 a.m. PT on Tuesday, March 30 with additional releases on March 31 and April 1 on the Paley Center’s dedicated channel on Yahoo Entertainment, yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/paley.

See below for the full slate of programming for PaleyFest LA 2021 and the cast and creatives participating.

The Queen’s Gambit (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Anya Taylor-Joy, “Beth Harmon,” Marielle Heller, “Alma Wheatley,” Moses Ingram, “Jolene,” Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “Benny Watts,” Harry Melling, “Harry Beltik,” Bill Camp, “Mr. Schaibel,” William Horberg, Executive Producer

Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt, Hollywood Journalist

What We Do in the Shadows (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Paul Simms, Executive Producer, Stefani Robinson, Executive Producer, Kayvan Novak, “Nandor,” Matt Berry, “Laszlo Cravensworth,” Natasia Demetriou, “Nadja,” Harvey Guillén, “Guillermo de la Cruz,” Mark Proksch, “Colin Robinson”

Moderated by Kyle Newacheck, Director

Six Feet Under 20th Anniversary Reunion (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Alan Ball, Creator & Executive Producer, Robert Greenblatt, Executive Producer, David Janollari, Executive Producer, Alan Poul, Executive Producer, Peter Krause, “Nate Fisher,” Michael C. Hall, “David Fisher,” Lauren Ambrose, “Claire Fisher,” Frances Conroy, “Ruth Fisher,” Freddy Rodriguez, “Federico ‘Rico’ Diaz,” Rachel Griffiths, “Brenda Chenowith”

Moderated by Lynette Rice, Entertainment Weekly

Big Sky (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Kathryn Winnick, “Jenny Hoyt,” Kylie Bunbury, “Cassie Dewell,” John Carroll Lynch, “Rick Legarski,” Jesse James Keitel, “Jerrie Kennedy,” Brian Geraghty, “Ronald Pergman,” Natalie Alyn Lind, “Danielle Sullivan,” Jade Pettyjohn, “Grace Sullivan,” Valerie Mahaffey, “Helen Pergman,” Brooke Smith, “Merrilee Legarski,” Ross Fineman, Executive Producer, Matthew Gross, Executive Producer

Moderated by Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly

Lovecraft Country (Release on Wednesday 3/31, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Misha Green, Creator & Executive Producer, Jurnee Smollett, “Letitia ‘Leti’ Lewis,” Michael Kenneth Williams, “Montrose Freeman,” Wunmi Mosaku, “Ruby Baptiste,” Aunjanue Ellis, “Hippolyta Freeman,” Jamie Chung, “Ji-Ah,” Abbey Lee, “Christina Braithwhite”

Moderated by Dominic Patten, Deadline

The Late Late Show with James Corden (Release on Wednesday 3/31, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

James Corden, Host & Executive Producer, Ben Winston, Executive Producer, Rob Crabbe, Executive Producer

Moderated by Andrew Rannells

The Good Doctor (Release on Wednesday 3/31, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Freddie Highmore, Executive Producer & “Dr. Shaun Murphy,” Antonia Thomas, “Dr. Claire Browne,” Fiona Gubelmann, “Dr. Morgan Reznick,” Hill Harper, “Dr. Andrews,” Paige Spara, “Lea,” David Shore, Executive Producer & Showrunner, Erin Gunn, Executive Producer & Showrunner

Moderated by Chancellor Agard, Entertainment Weekly

Evil (Release on Thursday 4/1, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Mike Colter, “David Acosta,” Michael Emerson, “Leland Townsend,” Kurt Fuller, “Dr. Boggs,” Katja Herbers, “Kristen Bouchard,” Robert King, Co-Creator, Showrunner & Executive Producer, Michelle King, Co-Creator, Showrunner & Executive Producer, Christine Lahti, “Sheryl Luria,” Aasif Mandvi, “Ben Shakir”

Moderated by Whoopi Goldberg

Ted Lasso (Release on Thursday 4/1, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):

Bill Lawrence, Creator & Executive Producer, Jason Sudeikis, Creator, Executive Producer & “Ted Lasso,” Hannah Waddingham, “Rebecca Welton,” Jeremy Swift, “Higgins,” Brendan Hunt, “Coach Beard” and Executive Producer, Juno Temple, “Keeley Jones,” Nick Mohammed, “Nathan Shelley,” Brett Goldstein, “Roy Kent” and Writer, Phil Dunster, “Jamie Tartt”

Moderated by Patton Oswalt

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A Review of “Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)”

The movie that the entire Monsterverse was building up towards has come out. The premise is "Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home. Along for the ride is Jia, an orphaned girl who has a unique and powerful bond with the mighty beast. However, they soon find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla as he cuts a swath of destruction across the globe. The initial confrontation between the two titans -- instigated by unseen forces -- is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the planet". So does it live up to the massive hype or fails to deliver?

Firstly, the fight scenes between the two titular characters are amazing. The director, Adam Windgard succeeds in giving an epic brawl between the two and showing their distinct fighting styles. Godzilla has this brutal, animalistic and force of nature style that just demolishes everything compared to Kong's more cunning and agile is just a sight to behold. The fight scenes are some of the best in the series so far, without a doubt. What's even better is that there are fights that are actually in the daytime! The two previous Godzilla movies mostly had fights that were at nighttime in the rain with minimal light. Here there are daytime fights where every action is completely visible. While there are still some fights at night, the lighting is significantly better so even the nighttime fights are improved. Additionally, there is a clear winner between the two which is quite surprising.

The CGI is also still incredibly impressive with the two titular characters looking better than ever. The score by Junkie XL is also great as it makes the action scenes feel more exciting. Although, his work here isn't as great as say Mad Max Fury Road or Zack Snyder's Justice League but it still does a fairly good job. There are also some visually great shots by cinematographer Ben Seresin that illustrates the grand nature of Godzilla and Kong. Although, none of the shots is as gorgeous as in Godzilla: King of the Monsters but it still works for the movie.

One problem I did have with Godzilla: King of the Monsters was that the focus was too much on the human characters. Godzilla vs Kong rectifies this to an extent by having Kong's journey be the focus with the humans along for the ride. Another thing that was fixed is the runtime. It is under 2 hours, so I never got overly bored at points like in the previous Monsterverse movie. The pacing is just right and by the end, I felt satisfied. There is also a great relationship shown throughout between Jia (Kaylee Hottle), a young and mute orphan, who has a special bond with Kong. It's actually quite heart-warming to watch and gives Kong some more depth and personality. Ironically, Jia is the best human character so far in the series and she can't talk.

However, the same can't be said about the other human characters. Dr Nathan Lind (Alexander Skarsgård) is just the typical reluctant hero character and nothing more than that. Dr Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) is just a Kong exposition lady. Bernie Haye (Brian Tyree Henry) is comic relief 1 and Josh Valentine (Julian Dennison) is comic relief 2. Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown) and Dr Mark Russell (Kyle Chandler) return from Godzilla: King of the Monsters without any improvement in their characters with Mark's character arc from that movie being tossed out of the window here. Walter Simmons (Demián Bichir) is a typical evil CEO and Maia Simmons (Eiza González) is just evil henchmen.

There is also a giant waste of a potentially interesting character in Ren Serizawa (Shun Ogori) who is the son of the "Let them fight" guy from the previous Godzilla movies. While the "Let them fight" guy love the Titans and wanted to coexist with them, Ren is working on the opposite side that is trying to wipe them out. Why is he trying to wipe the monsters? Why did he not follow in his father's footstep? What was his relationship with his father? How did he feel about his father's death? The movie does not elaborate whatsoever on his character even though there is potentially an interesting idea here. Instead, he is only used to be name-dropped so that some people can go "oh he has the same name as let them fight guy" and fulfil one plot point.

Overall, Godzilla vs Kong delivers on a thrilling brawl between the titular characters. It is still unfortunate that none of the Monsterverse movies can provide compelling human characters where the stones are there. However, the director clearly understands the audience and what they desire. He doesn't insert an abundance of human drama or overly complicated plot threads. He gives the audience exactly what they want and that is a big lizard fighting a big monkey, and it is phenomenal. 

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NEW interview with Alexander Skarsgård about Godzilla vs. Kong and The Northman with Uproxx

Alexander Skarsgard Knows You Don’t Care About Him In ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’

MIKE RYAN, SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER MARCH 30, 2021

Yes, Alexander Skarsgard is under no false impressions that you are looking forward to Godzilla vs. Kong to see the adventures of his character, a geologist named Dr. Nathan Lind. You see, Godzilla has been causing some problems for humans for unknown reasons and, just maybe, Kong can take care of business and let Godzilla know that his antics aren’t appreciated by means of a knuckle sandwich. And Dr. Nathan Lind has been studying Kong for years and has a good idea of what Kong’s motivations might be and what Kong actually wants.

So, yes … there are times where there is not a lot to talk about when even one of the lead actors in a movie admits people aren’t coming to see him or his character. Though from past interviews, I know Skarsgard has a pretty good sense of humor, so the real questions soon devolved into kind of outlandish fake questions and, luckily, Skarsgard ran with them.

Also, Skarsgard’s next film is The Northman, which is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, he teams with Robert Eggers, which will be the director’s followup to the acclaimed The Lighthouse. Second, it will completely screw up Google searches for True Blood fans searching for Skarsgard’s character, Eric Northman. And, yes, he’s thought about that and wonders how many people will show up expecting to see vampires. (There will be no vampires.)

It’s funny, because just the title of this movie, that isn’t false advertising.

Oh yeah.

Multiple fights.

It’s almost a two-hour-long movie, and it’s like an hour and 55 minutes of fighting.

So what’s this like for you? When you sign onto something like this? Because it’s Godzilla and Kong and they’re going to wind up getting a lot of the attention.

It’s humbling for a narcissistic actor like myself, to be put in my place, to show up on set and know that no one will go to see this movie because I’m in it.

Well, that’s not true. I have noticed over the years you do have a fan base that goes nuts for you.

That’s flattering to hear. But I’m under no illusion that I’m the star of the show and that anyone will go see the movie because they want to see Nathan Lind, the geologist.

The geologist.

Yeah, well, in a way, to be a vessel and a way for the audience to get to know, in my character’s case, Kong, more so than Godzilla, because I’m with Kong throughout the movie. But in a way to not necessarily humanize Kong, but to show a different side of Kong, to show that he has empathy. He’s lived a very solitary, lonely life on Skull Island without social connections, without family. And the thought of him to be reconnected, or to find his family in Hollow Earth is, is kind of the driving force, to reconnect. So I felt like my job was kind of set that up in a way and to kind of show the audience that side of Kong.

Well, you said people aren’t coming to see Dr. Nathan Lind, the geologist. But once here, where you tell me, how you’ve spent the last five years, studying with geologists and following them around and becoming a trained geologist yourself, people will look at this in a different way.

Right? Well, that’s how seriously I take my job.

You threw yourself into it. The last, maybe, ten years, you’ve been studying with geologists, just to know exactly what you were doing in this movie.

It’s just the kind of actor I am, Mike. Even though I play a very peripheral character and no one cares, I still take my craft seriously. And that means a decade of studying geology and living, breathing the character. Just to give the audience that sublime performance that I give in the movie.

When you’re giving the technical jargon during the movie, viewers can rest assured that you know exactly what you’re talking about, because you studied for so long with trained geologists.

Exactly. And they can see that in my eyes, that I’m not lying. I’m not pretending. I’m not acting. I’m not playing a geologist. I am a geologist.

You are a geologist.

Yes.

So when you filmed at Hollow Earth, in the center of Earth, was that on location?

Obviously, it was.

Yeah, I could tell.

And being there was trippy. I felt like you can’t … the audience can tell whether you’re there or when you’re actually there, or if it’s the soundstage with green screen. So the only way to do it, when you make a character driven drama, like Godzilla vs. Kong, is to actually go there and actually spend time down there and be there with Kong. So it was six very intense months, deep down in the center of the earth with a gigantic ape.

That’s why we haven’t seen you in a while — because you’ve been down there.

I’ve been down there, with a gigantic ape.

Being serious, doing the “there they are” reaction seems especially difficult in this movie, with these being such central characters. And I know that’s part of the deal with a lot of movies, but this seems even more that.

Absolutely. Watching the movie, I could tell that I’m reacting to the wrong thing, like I’m reacting to something else. And they play my reaction to something that I think I’m reacting to, but many things have changed. Or they use that reaction to something else. So they kind of make it work. So it’s like, I look at something, and I think I’m reacting to something completely different, but I’m not. They completely changed that. So it’s quite a ride and exciting to watch the movie, because I’m as surprised as the audience. When I watch it, like, “Oh really? That happened.” And, “Oh, look at my reaction here.”

The scene that we all saw in the trailer, which surprisingly happens pretty early in the movie, where Kong just punches Godzilla in the face. So do you watch the movie and go, “If that really would have happened in front of me, I might’ve reacted quite differently than I did even in the movie”?

Well, that specific sequence, they actually had in the pre-visualization, so that actually looks quite very, very, very close to what the previs two years ago looked. So Adam [Wingard] played us that. So pretty much the whole fight scene was choreographed before we shot our reactions to it. So I knew that that punch was going to land, and that’s what I’m reacting to.

We’ve given Dr. Nathan Lind a lot of time, and we’ve given King Kong a lot of time. We haven’t really talked about Godzilla. He gets annoyed when people bother him. I relate to that.

Me too. Going into the movie, I was very much team Godzilla. I love the old Godzilla movies, like the ’60s and ’70s, that era, when it’s zero special effects.

Just a guy in a suit and it’s awesome.

It’s a middle-aged dude in a suit, kicking a miniature version of Tokyo on a set.

In your next movie, you’re working with Robert Eggers, The Northman. You’re done filming that, right?

We’re done. Yeah, we shot for six months during the pandemic. We started last summer and finished just before Christmas.

Did you look at his prior movies and just go, “I have to be part of this.”

Well, I courted him. I loved both The Witch and The Lighthouse. And was developing The Northman and was trying to find a director for it. It was a very different iteration of the script, and the story was very different from what we ended up shooting. But I had a version of a viking movie that I wanted to make and basically went after Rob. He was my dream director and I thought that he would be perfect for this. And that, when I mentioned it to him, it turned out that he was a huge viking fan and knew everything about the mythology.

That doesn’t surprise me for some reason.

Yeah, he knew so much about that world and that era and got really excited about the idea of potentially making this movie. And then he found Sjón, this Icelandic author and poet and screenwriter. And Sjón and Rob together wrote the screenplay to what ultimately became The Northman, the movie that we shot. So it’s something on that was slowly percolating and growing over the course of eight years. So, to finally be on set last year, with the greatest filmmaker of our time and some of the greatest actors of our time, was the highlight of my career, for sure.

Have you thought about how this will screw up Google searches for your True Blood fans?

[Laughs] Yes, I am very much aware of how problematic the title is.

Well, not problematic. True Blood fans are going to have to put in a few other keywords now.

Yeah, that’s true. That’s true. I do apologize for that. And I’m sure some people will be pretty disappointed if they go to see a stand-alone movie about Eric Northman, and then they sit down and it’s a goddamn Viking movie and not a vampire in sight.

I think they’re in for a treat, to tell you the truth.

Well, I hope so. I hope so. I’m very excited about the movie, but I have to admit that, unfortunately, there are no vampires in the movie.

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ hits theaters and HBO Max on March 31st.

Photo credited to Getty. [Paris Men’s Fashion Week Armani show, July 2, 2019]

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