#godzilla vs kong '21

[tiamatliar]

"He needed Simmons..for now"

- GvK novelization

I bet this phrase was in the original movie, you just need to remove "was" and replace "Him" with "Me"

Perhaps we would have seen a flashback of the conversation between Ren and Hayworth about this when they first came up with this plan, so I imagine some such dialogue

- Walter became too unbearable, he got out of control. He thinks he 's God and we have to teach him a lesson .

⁃ What lesson?

⁃ I do not know, we have to... get rid of it. Make it so that it does not exist. Erase Walter Simmons

⁃ I can do it..

And this is the minimum that I came up with✌️

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Toho released Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, and Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic on Blu-ray in Japan yesterday. IDW published Godzilla: War for Humanity #5.

Warner Bros. will reportedly release Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire digitally on May 14.

IDW has three more Godzilla comics scheduled for May: Godzilla: 70th Anniversary, Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II #2, and Godzilla: Mechagodzilla 50th Anniversary.

DC and Legendary have the final issue of Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong slated for May 21.

[frankendykes-monster]

Countdown to Halloween 2024 ranked

54. The Willies (1990)

53. Hell High (1987)

52. Face of The Screaming Werewolf (1964)

51. Terrifier (2016)

50. The Last Halloween (1991)

49. Cathy's Curse (1977)

48. The Last Shark (1981)

47. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire (2024)

46. Creepozoids (1987)

45. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

44. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

43. Man Beast (1956)

42. Tourist Trap (1979)

41. Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)

40. Fiend (1980)

39. Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

38. Devil Girl From Mars (1954)

37. Halloween Hall o' Fame (1977)

36. Nightmare (1981)

35. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)

34. Peeping Tom (1960)

33. Violent Shit (1989)

32. Invaders From Mars (1986)

31. Eggshells (1969)

30. Night of The Ghouls (1959)

29. Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973)

28. The Strange World of Planet X (1958)

27. The Colossus of New York (1958)

26. The Scooby-Doo Project (1999)

25. Night of The Living Doo (2001)

24. Scooby-Doo! and The Reluctant Werewolf (1988)

23. The Great Bear Scare (1983)

22. The Wasp Woman (1995)

21. The Cyclops (1957)

20. Frankenstein and The Monster from Hell (1974)

19. The Tingler (1959)

18. The Boogey Man (1980)

17. The Dragon Lives Again (1977)

16. Quatermass and The Pit (1967)

15. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

14. Mad Love (1935)

13. The Alien Factor (1978)

12. The Walking Dead (1935)

11. Dr. Caligari (1989)

10. The Deadly Spawn (1983)

9. Invaders From Mars (1953)

8. Alucarda (1977)

7. Uzumaki (2024)

6. Sole Survivor (1984)

5. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

4. Shock Waves (1977)

3. Frankenhooker (1990)

2. Invasion of The Body Snatchers (1978)

1. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

What a productive year. October lasts all of 30 seconds which is why I have to start watching these in July if I want to make any decent headway (31 films is not enough). I desperately tried to make this a year of "have not seens" after last year's top spots being flooded with films I already loved; we mostly did it, mostly. Another top heavy year with relatively few abysmal entries, let's get started.

The Willies is the grand shitshow for this year. It feels like it's an evolutionary precursor to something like Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of The Dark?, but it mostly plays to gross out rather than scares. I don't normally care for anthology horror films to begin so to start off a film with brief segments like a woman eating a deep fried rat or a little white dog being microwave exploded and then doing extended stories on monsters hiding in the school bathroom does not do it for me. The most minimal points possible for some decent lighting and special effects but they are not enough by any means to make this worth watching. Stay away.

Onto the 1980's horror: Hell High is what happens when a film crew asks "what if we put a woman into a situation and didn't stop". I want to call it misogynistic torture porn, but I don't want to devalue that phrase for when I use it for a film later on here, but suffice to say a woman is tortured. Emotionally. For very little reason. Universal was right to block The Last Shark from US theatrical distribution. Not because it's a very blatant Jaws ripoff and they wanted to protect their copyright, but because it's abysmal and nobody should have to pay money to see this. I think the stock footage of sharks juxtaposed with the unmoving props between shots is funny, and some of the soundtrack elevates the experience, like the high shrill drones when the shark attacks a helicopter. Creepozoids is an odd one because 1987 was a bit late for a Mad Max/Escape from New York/Alien knockoff but also too early for some Full Moon tier/softcore porn adjacent 1990's production, so it loses out on both fronts. Fiend I'm struggling to even recall, I feel like Don Dohler had one movie in him (see: his plethora of alien invasion films) and him trying to branch out did him no favors. Nightmare is one I want to enjoy because it's beautifully shot but I feel like I've seen one too many slasher adjacent films at this point that include plot points like the killer having a troubled relationship with his mother or him moonlighting as a regular guy (still better than Pieces mind you). Same with Violent Shit. I feel like my tastes are pretty attuned to films that are just gore effects showcases but this one doesn't have any zany concepts to justify or compliment it, so it just falls flat.

The Boogey Man belongs to that tirade of Halloween knockoffs that flooded theaters up till about 1984 or so, but it puts in some extra effort like having a ghost be the main antagonist and a symbolic interest in mirrors, which is much more than could be asked of films like Terror Train which came out the same year. Dr. Caligari is the obligatory "this is what Tim Burton thinks he's doing" film of this year; its sets and its performances are perfectly otherworldly to a humorous degree. It's something of a quasi-sequel to the 1920 film but its relationship with logic is attuned to such a frequency that it's not a hindrance. Very hard to objectively quantify, you're either in the target audience or you aren't, so of all films here take its tier placement the least seriously. The Deadly Spawn is such a gloriously gross film. The house it's shot in isn't supposed to be disgusting on purpose, it's just one of those century's old buildings where I feel like I'd revulse if I had to touch any surface, and that's before fleshy alien monsters break in and start shredding people to bits. Sole Survivor is one of those magical "missing link" horror films, we've finally found what comes between Carnival of Souls and Final Destination. The actual scares in this film are incredibly minimal as it prioritizes atmosphere that balances between comfort and unease, something incredibly rare for films of virtually any genre. Don't go in expecting ghosts and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Taking a brief-ish detour to the 1960's, Face of The Screaming Werewolf is one of those films I'm more angry at than anything because it's one of those films that's just the combined stray footage of multiple previous films. Rare for these to be produced in the western market (most of the examples I think of are from (south)east Asia) but it's infuriating nonetheless to see something only to discover it's a worse version of multiple better things you could be seeing. Peeping Tom is our "most overrated" entry winner, I don't know why so many people applaud this one, I feel like barely anything of substance happens to such a degree that any ounce of suspense you could draw from this just disappears, and what a shame with the concept at play here that feels as if it would take another decade for everyone else to catch up. Eggshells is the directorial debut of Tobe Hooper and while cohesive narrative is virtually nonexistent here, the amount of experimental editing keeps this going throughout the entire runtime, you can definitely see where The Texas Chainsaw Massacre came from down the line. I feel like I'm somewhat disappointed with Quatermass and The Pit (not sure what "The Pit" refers to now that I think of it) mostly becasue the first two Quatermass films are among the best 1950's science fiction films. All three are theatrical remakes of television mini-series and that's most felt here with how so much of the film takes place in the single location of an unearthed Martian ship in the heart of London. I do love that we have a science fiction film positing that humans are partly the genetic ancestors of aliens prior to people taking that seriously with books like Chariot of The Gods. The Brain That Wouldn't Die is magical, sometimes those oft hated 1950's/1960's science fiction films have something to give back to the rest of us. Here it's a man so obsessed with his own work that he sees his wife's death as an opportunity to try and kill other women so that he can use their bodies as grounds to bring her back. Which sounds like something else I watched...

...said film being Frankenhooker, which has largely the same plot but now functions as a dark comedy. God. I hate so much that the capitalist enclosure on the production and distribution of film prevented us from getting so much more from Frank Henenlotter. The man is one of the best to ever direct horror, and anyone who thinks this film or any of his other work are "bad movies" just flat out do not know what they're talking about. I think compared to Basket Case and Brain Damage however, Frankenhooker is the one that "keeps giving". You think you've seen everything the film has to offer and then something like a hotel room full of women combusts as they succumb to the effects of exploding crack or Elizabeth (the titular character) has her head punched back and starts spewing smoke and electricity everywhere. Film is a magical medium of art.

Terrifier is what I held onto "misogynistic torture porn" for. No narrative, no character work, just opportunities to show Art the Clown dismember and murder women in revolting ways. It's one of those films that vindicates everyone that doesn't like this genre and makes me wonder what I'm doing sitting side by side with people that like this shit. I think Art cutting off a woman's breasts and scalp and attaching them to his nude body to disguise himself as another prior female victim of his is when my mouth went agape and audibly asked what the fuck am I watching, cannot stress enough how much it takes to get that reaction out of me. There's an upfront showcase that Terrifier knows that it's trash and revels in it, I mean there's an early scene where we see Art has spelled out his name in his own shit, and I'm not sure how to interpret that other than I feel like I might be landing in a Duchamp's Urinal trap. For reasons that allude even me I am still eyeing the prospect of watching both sequels.

I think my overall reaction to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is one of "whatever". A passably bad film is a definite improvement from the abomination that was Godzilla vs. Kong but it's admittedly easy to rise up when you start from the bottom. Adam Wingard more or less sucked all the joy I could muster out of the Monsterverse, I truly do not care anymore. If anything can be gleaned from this film it's that this is a film made to reconfirm people's existing biases of "I hate the boring human scenes, I'm only watching this for the monsters." Kong is the best actor in this film because the special effects team have to have him actually emote in response to a given situation, which is more than could be asked of anyone actually on the set, apparently. It's a miracle that this came out in the shadow of Godzilla Minus One than on its own terms.

The glut of 1950's science fiction films are a perennial staple of the Halloween countdown but they don't have a huge showing this year. Man Beast is one I'm going to confuse with all the other yeti movies of the decade though having a main antagonist that's actually a human hybrid gets it some points for originality. Daughter of Dr. Jekyll infuriates me because women who become monsters in film never get to be "hideous" and "scary" like their male counterparts, I'm throwing tomatoes at this one. Devil Girl From Mars is mostly memorable for having a giant clunky robot a la Gort, but the actual titular antagonist doesn't "serve cunt" enough to warrant interest, she should have taken notes from The Astounding She-Monster. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is an honorable mention because it's a feature-length pastiche of the z-grade films of this era. I don't think it's particularly funny and I kind of wish they lampooned a "good" film of this type rather than make something that fits in line with the middling genre efforts. Night of The Ghouls is the last horror film directed by Ed Wood and I feel like I enjoy it slightly more than Plan 9 From Outer Space. It's far more competent in producing that lulling insomniac reaction than Wood's prior efforts but I still don't "get" the attention his work consistently gets. The Strange World of Planet X gets a special pass from me just because the finale has a bunch of giant bugs attacking stuff. Moving on.

The Colossus of New York is an oddball modern Frankenstein of sorts with a guy being transformed into a giant robot and struggling to maintain some attachment to his former life. It doesn't always work but once again giant clunky robots are giant clunky robots. I'm something of a Bert I. Gordon apologist so something like The Cyclops is going to hit harder for me than it does for most people. I just like people wandering around Bronson Cave and poor matte shots of giant animals moving in and out of frame, okay? The Tingler was the oddest revisit I've had in a while. I don't think I fully "get" William Castle's approach to film but what stuck out to me is how this one takes place in largely two locations and how Vincent Price's character is kind of the antagonist, experimenting on animals, himself, and other people (resulting in a murder) to get at the Tingler. Much like in House on Haunted Hill I'm not wholly sure how some of the spooky things in this film actually work and I don't think I'm meant to, adding to the bizarre nature of the entire series of affairs here.

Invaders From Mars...oh yes. One of the absolute best 1950's science fiction films is also the most lyrical and dreamlike. It reads at times like a Soviet parody of an American child's story would be like; a boy sees every institution designed to protect him as a child and as an American turn against him on account of some nefarious foreign invader, so his only course of action is to get the US military involved. It plays out so well because it's a POV piece from a young boy, which eases over any leaps in logic both in terms of form and content of this film. Which is more than can be said of the remake, part of the diminishing returns of Tobe Hooper's then contract with Cannon. The film largely follows the same plot structure but decenters the frame through which we see it unfold giving it a "the military is legit" vibe. It also is just a bit more mean-spirited in ways that are designed to taunt the audience versus the original film's more hardened edge to it. I think a great summation of the difference between the two is that the 1953 film had Martian bodyguards that are clearly guys in fuzzy green pajama suits, but they're more threatening than the ones in the 1986 film which are giant quadruped Stan Winston monsters. I digress. Had this come out 20 years later it would be classified as part of the wave of "why are they remaking everything?"

Speaking of remakes, briefly want to mention the 1995 Wasp Woman. It's The Wasp Woman for the 1990's, now with explosions and softcore sex scenes. I can't wholly defend the original 1959 film despite my affinity for it, so let's just say this one is of comparable quality.

The 1930's are a delightful treasure trove for horror but sadly we only have two up for offer. Mad Love makes me curious as to how other adaptations of The Hands of Orlac handle the material; I was convinced a guy got his head surgically reattached and with artificial hands to boot. Always good to see Colin Clive and Peter Lorre. The Walking Dead feels like a dry run for what Boris Karloff would do later that decade in the much better The Man They Could Not Hang, just with him as the victim here and not the mastermind. Truly some of his best work as an actor as he has to float through the world not being allowed to live or die, that shit sticks with you.

We watched a scant few Halloween specials proper, I always feel like I want to watch every Halloween special possible but sometimes the enthusiasm leaves me. The Last Halloween is trash, but that's on me for thinking something made for very small children would appeal to me as an adult. It crams far too much into its brief 22 minute runtime, so the only thing that manages to escape into the zone of interest is that the CGI aliens are actually very well done for a 1991 television production, had this been all about them (voiced by Hanna Barbara stalwarts such as Frank Welker and Don Messick, along with Paul Williams), this would have been far more tolerable. Halloween Hall o' Fame is the first of apparently several Disney television specials that repackaged their theatrical shorts inside a live-action framing device. It's quaint but this format would live and die by the quality of the shorts included; I'm not intimately familiar with Disney's back catalogue solely because they've barely released anything on home media but I absolutely adore the one where Pluto goes to Hell and is put in a kangaroo court with cats on the jury. I feel like the novelty of The Scooby-Doo Project and Night of The Living Doo have carried them along further than their actual quality have, stray artifacts from when Warner Bros was briefly testing to see if Scooby could be an adult property now, doomed to the same fate as Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. The latter of these two specials made me come to terms with the fact that David Cross was "a big deal" at some point. The Great Bear Scare is the winner here. How could you not like an animated special where bears have to stand up and be brave against an oncoming horde of Halloween monsters? What makes this an oddity (sort of an obligation for me and Halloween specials) is that this is animated 100% without in-betweens, so every character in every scene cross-dissolves in real time between their keyframes. Depending on who you are it could be ridiculously distracting or make you step back and appreciate how hard animation is.

Clearing out our remaining animated showings, I felt like I would really get back into Scooby-Doo and The Reluctant Werewolf. In the mid-late 2000's when Cartoon Network was desperately trying to excise showing anything from their backlogs, this is one of those films that was on repeat constantly as midday viewings especially over summer. It's just so far removed from what Scooby-Doo "proper" is that it's an enigma, I go to bat to defend each of the "red shirt Shaggy" movies but this is brain melting at times, there is no mystery to solve, monsters are real, Fred/Daphne/Velma are completely absent, half the film is dedicated to a drag race, it goes on and on and on that I feel numb after a bit. Uzumaki...it's good. I feel like the fact that this was in production hell for five years following the first trailer release made me stop caring so all the shenanigans regarding the reaction to the animation dropping off (the production team got screwed over, how the fuck do studios not have the money for FOUR EPISODES, David Zlasv strikes again) brushed off of me. Regardless of that I think the actual pacing would have restricted this given how much sequential material from the manga now has to occur concurrently. It gets by solely because it's Uzumaki and as such it channels such a foreboding sense of dread and despair that is unreal. This more than anything is the true epitome of cosmic horror because there is no "source" or "identity" behind the threat that is warping reality around you, there is nothing to oppose and be defiant against, which was true of the manga and it remains true here. Bravo.

The 1970's prove to be another sporadic decade for horror. Cathy's Curse proves that no matter how good technical effects are, do not watch any Carrie knockoffs. Blah. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks...you took a movie where a Frankenstein monster fights a caveman and made it boring, congratulations. In the interim between 2021's viewing of Curse of Frankenstein and now, I've made the effort to watch the entirety of the Hammer Frankenstein series. They make for a brilliant reinterpretation of the source material with Frankenstein effectively being antagonist: he kills consistently for his experiments, which often time warp and alter people's identities along with their bodies. The "holy triumvirate" of the series as referred to by me would be The Revenge of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, all for showcasing new stuff that can be done with the character and any prior influences such as the Universal films being absent. Then comes The Horror of Frankenstein, a soft remake of Curse of Frankenstein, with Terence Fischer and Peter Cushing both absent. It's a dry and tedious affair that just rehashes what Curse already did, just now with a black comedic angle and no real consequences for Frankenstein himself. It's easily the worst of the series and why I'm glad Hammer backtracked for Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell. This is probably the first instance in film history where a sequel has consciously ignored a preceding remake, and while it's not wholly original either, it's comfort food for fans of this series, and now employs a darker more claustrophobic setting in an ~insane asylum~. Not the best ending for the series, but Hammer, along with Toho and Ray Harryhausen's efforts with Columbia, sort of represented the "old" styles of horror that were pretty quickly being replaced as the decade went on. This film specifically came out the same year as the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it was a transitional period where what horror once was was cast away. Still not sure why the monster in this film looks like a Neanderthal man but that's just me.

Tourist Trap desperately tries to be one part Psycho and one part Texas Chainsaw, and it admittedly starts off with a nice hook of animatronic puppets being the main focus of the film, but it falls through the cracks and just becomes another random 1970's horror film. Vampyros Lesbos makes me realize that my infatuation with Zombi 3 last year did not mean I'm suddenly infatuated with Lucio Fulci's overall filmography, exceptions are not the rule. Come to think I don't think I've seen a single lesbian vampire film that I'm smitten with, how do you make this boring and not sexy at all, fuck you. Scream, Blacula, Scream is the obligatory Blacula cash-in sequel, nothing worthwhile to see here and none of the charm and significance of the first film is carried forward here, sigh. "DEDICATED TO THE MILLIONS THAT LOVE BRUCE LEE," The Dragon Lives Again is one of the plethora of films featuring Lee impersonators following his death, showing Lee in Hell as he has to find a way back to Earth while also fighting off The Godfather, Dracula, The Man with No Name, Emanuele, Zatoichi, and James Bond while allying himself with Popeye and Dr. Who. No I am not making any of this up, yes, this film was made with very little money so it sounds far more interesting than it actually ends up being, but it's a cute film, I can't be mad at a film made for me, nor can a movie showing Popeye eat spinach to fight mummies or Bruce Lee knocking out Dracula with his "third leg" be something you don't go out of your way to watch.

The Alien Factor is Don Dohler's first and best film. I love the fact that a dozen people made a small scale alien invasion/slasher film in their backyards with actually solid special effects for something that was probably made on the weekends. You can't hate this film, it's made from pure love for what was already decades old genre material. Had some of the script and acting been tightened up this could have become one of the more widely recognized independent films of the decade. Oh...Alucarda. I hate when they make a lesbian devil worshiper film between girls coming to terms with theirs sexual orientation and then they aren't the heroes of the story. We've come a long way since then.

Given that the Eggers film is still a few months out, I'd say Nosferatu the Vampyre is my preferred interpretation of the story (not my favorite Dracula adaptation overall mind you). Let me say that I think remaking Nosferatu is ridiculous solely because you're just doing Dracula, again, just with some stylistic details brought on from a specific prior Dracula. But this film goes all out. It's one of those times where I'm reminded of why slowly paced films with shots that last minutes at a time are so great. It relies very little on narrative (the extent/nature of Dracula's power of the geographic barriers between Wismar and Transylvania go unexplained) but you get so thoroughly sucked into the setting and the characters that you can't complain. This has undeniably the best portrayal of Mina in any Dracula film, she's effectively the protagonist by the second half and each of her encounters with Dracula are on her terms, he's effectively powerless against her even if she ensures they both die in the end. Also, rats. So many rats. Everywhere. The plague is in town.

Shock Waves is just great 1970's horror. Shoot on location, hold the camera in hand the entire time, do it cheap, have a dreamy distant narrator, and make it grisly. I do find the concept of Nazis engineering platoons of super soldiers and we only seeing just the one in this film is probably the scariest thing about it, it invites you to think about what else is happening out of sight. My favorite first watch of the year.

1978's Invasion of The Body Snatchers is also a phenomenal remake. This one is difficult for me to talk about because it just pushes all my buttons, I felt like I wanted to cry throughout the duration of this viewing, it is an incredibly mean film. Someone you know just one day turns on you, and then everyone else follows suit. You think you know your surroundings and your city but everything is flipped upside down and you can't even describe why. From the very start when you see the premature pods land on Earth it's made immediately clear that no one is making it out of here, it was too late as soon as it started.

But there can only be one #1, and this year it's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. Another instance of "nothing is going to beat this" as soon as I rewatched it. I feel like I'm alone in considering this one of the absolute best in the series, I feel like between the espionage and exploration and blood and laser fights that this is just one of the films that reminds you of why we make and why we watch movies, you get to have some semblance of every possible human emotion watching this. There's not much more you can ask for.

[zahri-melitor]

What are your hopes and fears about the upcoming DCU?

Hmmmm. This is one of those things where I'm still waiting to get a bit more direction about the next upcoming universe-wide event.

My hopes?

Well, I'd like to see DC find space in the roster for at least one (1) Aqua character to be appearing regularly in a continuing title, even if they don't spin up a new Aquaman title. It's frankly embarrassing that the only things the characters have been seen in is limited run team books, B-stories in anthologies, crossovers, and movie tie-in singles for almost two years, particularly when they just had a movie.

I want a continuation for Hawkgirl, thank you.

I want to see a main-universe Justice League book back (I don't count vs Godzilla vs Kong). It doesn't HAVE to be a JLA; it could be a JLD or a JLI (or even a JLQ though JLQ is mostly a stupid joke they haul out for Pride), I just think the current Titans run is underwhelming as the premier team book.

I want to see a teen or young-adult roster team book, to use literally any of the dozens of underused characters right now in the 14-21 bracket. I would also prefer it not to be a Lost Children book (though the likelihood of that seems to be going down, given apparently Johns is going exclusive elsewhere once the current JSA run finishes up). I also would like for the team leader on the book NOT to be a Robin.

I would really like to see Action Comics return to an A,B,C story layout that's focused on Superfam broadly, and I would like to see Detective Comics join it once Ram V's run is finished for the Batfam, if Brave and the Bold is going to continue avoiding actually using BatFAM characters. Both families support multiple titles but also at least a dozen prominent characters readers want to see each. Use that space to tell stories with them.

Blue Beetle brings Dani Garrett back and has her meet Victoria Kord and they hate each other.

Someone spins up a team that consists of Renee Montoya returning as the Question, Kate Spencer, Cameron Chase and Sasha Bordeaux. After creating the perfect Rucka-bait he comes back and writes me a maxi-series of all of these characters having adventures together, with Director Bones growling at them as Waller is currently too evil and them all largely ignoring him to thump heads together. If they really can't tempt Rucka, give it to Marc Andreyko. (I am aware this is a pipedream, but join me!)

My fears?

Harley Quinn stays on Birds of Prey

This upcoming Waller event is even more character-destroying nonsense that fails to recognise her complexity (oh I know, I'm already braced)

Tim continues to not be anchored onto at least one of the Bat books as a supporting character

Tom King stays on Wonder Woman for an extended run

Someone decides we need another Joker event

Anyone tries to push the reset button too hard in the upcoming event. Currently they've got most characters pretty stable and a lot of pre-boot revival characterisation happening. I really don't want extra multiversal shenanigans right now.

[scienceninjaturtle]

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #2

Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO

Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE

Cover by DREW JOHNSON

Connecting variant covers by DAVID NAKAYAMA

1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

1:50 variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN

$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 7 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 11/21/23

Legendary’s Monsterverse has been unleashed on the DC Universe, and cities are threatened across the globe! From Metropolis to Gotham City to Themyscira, the Justice League scrambles to protect the citizens from these raging titans! What role has the Legion of Doom played in all this monster madness, and how will the tide of battle change…when a hero falls?!

[gorogues]

Spoilers for comics in November!

These are from the official solicits for that month, which you can see in full at Adventures In Poor Taste.

There isn't much Rogues content this month, but we know Len's in the Godzilla crossover, and the Folded Man is somewhat adjacent to the Rogues.

THE FLASH #3 Written by SI SPURRIER Art and cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. Variant covers by MIKE DEODATO JR. and RAMON PEREZ 1:25 variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD 1:50 variant cover by MATT TAYLOR $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/28/23 After the arrival of the Stillness last issue, the alien speedsters begin traveling around the world, with Max Mercury watching their every move. Meanwhile, Wally encounters another former foe who’s gotten a major upgrade—the Folding Man—while entering a new location beyond time called the Gallery…what hidden truths does this place hold for the Flash?

I'm curious to know whether DC is changing the Folded Man's name, or they just made an error in the solicit. He's definitely looking different these days.

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #2 Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE Cover by DREW JOHNSON Connecting variant covers by DAVID NAKAYAMA 1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA 1:50 variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN $4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 7 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/21/23 Legendary’s Monsterverse has been unleashed on the DC Universe, and cities are threatened across the globe! From Metropolis to Gotham City to Themyscira, the Justice League scrambles to protect the citizens from these raging titans! What role has the Legion of Doom played in all this monster madness, and how will the tide of battle change…when a hero falls?!

Legion of Doom up to no good as always!

Also, Wallace and Avery Ho are getting their own series.

SPEED FORCE #1 Written by JARRETT WILLIAMS Art and cover by DANIELE DI NICUOLO Variant cover by LEIRIX 1:25 variant cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 11/14/23 Wallace West and Avery Ho: the young speedsters have been Teen Titans, Justice Leaguers, and above all, members of the Flash Family. As they become aware of mysterious changes happening to the Speed Force, they race to Keystone City, where they encounter old friends, new threats, and a chance to forge their own paths. Spinning out of the pages of The Flash, the team of Jarrett Williams (Super Pro K.O., Rick & Morty) and Daniele Di Nicuolo (Nightwing, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), bring the next generation of Speedsters into the Dawn of DC!

[deaf-and-hoh-character-showdown]

Deaf/HoH Characters Showdown

Characters:

1. Amaya- The Dragon Prince

2. Rose Mayhew- Wonderstruck

3. Ben- Wonderstruck

4. Cece Bell- El Deafo

5. Clint Barton- Hawkeye TV Show

6. Clint Barton- Marvel Comics

7. Maya Lopez- Hawkeye TV Show

8. Frank Rossi- CODA

9. Jackie Rossi- CODA

10. Leo Rossi- CODA

11. Regan Abbott- A Quiet Place

12. Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle

13. Nova Huang- Mooncakes

14. Makkari- Eternals

15. Hearthstone- Magnus Chase

16. Connie- The Walking Dead

17. Theo Dimas- Only Murders in the Building

18. Sarah Norman- Children of a Lesser God

19. Dezi- The Sunbearer Trials

20. Ollie- This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

21. Jia Andrews- Godzilla vs. Kong

22. Eileen Leahy- Supernatural

23. Carl- Up

24. Pied Piper- DC Comics

25. Calico- Hazeshift

26. Katniss Everdeen- The Hunger Games

27. Joel Miller- The Last of Us

Round 1:

Amaya vs. Rose Mayhew

Clint Barton (Comics) vs. Ben

Clint Barton (MCU) vs. Cece Bell

Maya Lopez vs. Nova Huang

Makkari vs. Frank Rossi

Hearthstone vs. Jackie Rossi

Eileen Leahy vs. Calico

Carl vs. Sarah Norman

Regan Abbott vs. Theo Dimas

Adam Parrish vs. Ollie

Jia Andrews vs. Pied Piper

Connie vs. Dezi Leo Rossi vs. Katniss Everdeen vs. Joel Miller

Notes:

1.) Propaganda and explanations of who characters are can still be submitted because we haven’t got the faintest clue who some of these people are. Because of this you will get descriptions like this: “Haven’t the faintest clue who this is, so you get no context.”

2.) If you have an issue with any of the characters feel free to shoot us an ask.

3.) We tried our best with some of the names, but as we mentioned before we haven’t got the faintest clue who some of these people are so if there’s any issues there please let us know.

4.) If, as you look at the character images you are wondering why many of them are kind of bad, this is because most of them are being taken off of the fandom page for them. Feel free to submit better images. 5.) Polls for round 1 will be posted by June 9.

[pabdesk]

Every Godzilla Movie (So Far) & Where To Watch Them Free PART 2 (A Work In Progress)*

FOR THE SHOWA ERA, SEE PART 1 OF THIS LIST.

16 The Return of Godzilla Watch: English Edit, Free. Japanese, Subtitled, Free.

17 Godzilla vs. Biollante Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free.

18 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free.

19 Godzilla vs. Mothra Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free.

20Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Watch: English Edit, Free. Japanese, Subtitled, Free with Ads.

21 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla* Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free. (as a double feature.) Japanese, Subtitled, Free with Ads.

22 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free. Japanese, Subtitled, Free with Ads.

23 Godzilla 2000: Millennium Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free. English Edit, Free with Ads.

24 Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free with Ads. English Edit, Free.

25 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Watch: English, Free without ads. English, Free with Ads.

26 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Watch: Japanese, Subtitled, Free. English Edit/Dub, Free with ads. English Edit/Dub, Free.

27 Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Watch: Japanese Subtitled, Free with Ads. English Edit/Dub, Free.

28 Godzilla Final Wars* Watch: Japanese Subtitled, Free. Japanese Subtitled, Free with Ads. English Dub/ Edit, Free.

29 Shin Godzilla Watch:

30 Godzilla Minus One Watch:

31 GODZILLA (USA '98) Watch:

32 Godzilla (USA '14) Watch:

33 Kong: Skull Island (Not starring Godzilla, but it still counts in my book.) Watch:

34 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Watch:

35 Godzilla vs. Kong Watch:

*(Not all Godzilla films are fit for young kids & some are not as "family friendly." Most just have some violence. Some have bloodshed & "PG-13" language. "Final Wars" is notable for more gore & language.)

*(Caution, Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla briefly has a random shot of a guy's bottom while he's taking a shower outdoors.)

1-15 SHOWA ERA

16-22 HEISEI SERIES

23-28 MILLENNIUM SERIES

29 & 30 REIWA SERIES

31, TRISTAR

32-35 MONSTERVERSE

[sapphicomics]

2024 sapphic comics !

— will be updated as needed

— information from league of comic geeks

january

2nd:

birds of prey #5 (main: harleen quinzel)

poison ivy #18 (main: pamela isley // supporting: janet mitchell)

the batman & scooby-doo mysteries #1 (main: velma dinkley)

3rd:

marvel meow #1 (felicia hardy)

9th:

green lantern #7 (cameo: jo mullein)

outsiders #3 (main: kate kane)

speed force #3 (cameo: xiomara rojas)

16th:

catwoman #61 (main: selina kyle // supporting: eiko hasigawa)

green lantern: war journal #5 (supporting: natasha irons)

justice league vs. godzilla vs. kong #4 (supporting: kate kane)

wonder woman #5 (cameo: pamela isley, selina kyle, harley quinn)

23rd:

amazons attack #4 (supporting: hippolyta, io, nubia)

detective comics #1081 (supporting: renee montoya)

harley quinn #36 (main: harleen quinzel // supporting: pamela isley // cameo: selina kyle)

24th:

power pack: into the storm #1 (julie power)

the immortal thor #6 (loki)

30th:

dc power 2024 #1 (main: jo mullein, anissa pierce, nubia // supporting: natasha irons, renee montoya, philippus)

titans: beast world #6 (cameo: harleen quinzel)

trinity special #1 (hippolyta)

31st:

star wars: doctor aphra #40 (doctor aphra)

february

6th:

birds of prey #6 (main: harleen quinzel)

dc's how to lose a guy gardner in 10 days #1 (supporting: selina kyle, pamela isley)

poison ivy #19 (main: pamela isley // supporting: janet mitchell)

13th:

batman #143 (supporting: selina kyle)

green lantern #8 (supporting: jo mullein)

outsiders #4 (supporting: kate kane)

14th:

teenage mutant ninja turtles #148 (cameo: sheena)

20th:

batman #144 (cameo: selina kyle)

catwoman #62 (main: selina kyle // cameo: scandal savage)

justice league vs. godzilla vs. kong #5 (cameo: kate kane)

nightwing #111 (supporting: renee montoya)

27th:

amazons attack #5 (main: nubia // supporting: hippolyta // cameo: io)

detective comics #1082 (supporting: renee montoya)

green arrow #9 (cameo: harleen quinzel)

harley quinn #37 (main: harleen quinzel // supporting: pamela isley // cameo: selina kyle)

28th:

the immortal thor #7 (loki)

march

5th:

batman #145 (supporting: renee montoya)

night people #1

poison ivy #20 (main: pamela isley // supporting: bella garten)

6th:

dead by daylight #4 (julie kostenko, susie lavoie)

12th:

batman/dylan dog #2 (supporting: selina kyle)

batman and robin #7 (cameo: kate kane)

green lantern #9 (cameo: jo mullein)

outsiders #5 (main: kate kane)

suicide squad: dream team (harleen quinzel)

13th:

teenage mutant ninja turtles #149 (supporting: jennika)

19th:

batman '89: echoes #2 (supporting: harleen quinzel)

batman/superman: world's finest #25 (cameo: pamela isley)

harley quinn #38 (harleen quinzel)

catwoman #63 (main: selina kyle // supporting: eiko hasigawa)

green lantern: war journal #7 (supporting: natasha irons)

justice league vs. godzilla vs. kong #6 (supporting: diana of themyscira // cameo: kate kane)

20th:

deprog #1

26th:

april

2nd:

bad dream: a dreamer story (supporting: galaxy)

poison ivy #21 (pamela isley)

9th:

outsiders #6 (kate kane)

16th:

catwoman #64 (selina kyle)

23rd:

harley quinn #39 (harleen quinzel)

power girl #8 (xiomara rojas)

[tiamatliar]

I found this old photo, apparently a behind-the-scenes or promo for GvK

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (January 21-27, 2024)

Godzilla Minus One made awards show history in both Japan and the U.S. this week. Its Oscar nomination for best Visual Effects is the first of the series (Godzilla [1998], Godzilla [2014] and Godzilla vs. Kong were previously shortlisted) and the first for any Japanese film. Small wonder Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and their team went berserk when the nomination was announced. The other nominees are The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Napoleon, and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. According to IndieWire, The Creator has the edge, but Minus One could very well win. And while it naturally made less headlines in the Anglosphere, Minus One also picked up a whopping 12 Japan Academy Film Prize nominations, exceeding Shin Godzilla's 10.

Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is now in North American theaters. I was intrigued enough to make it my fourth theatrical viewing of this movie, but in the end it did basically strike me as a gimmick. Godzilla Minus One was shot digitally with sets designed for color, so making it actually look like a film from the 40s was always going to be an uphill battle. Even with the regrade, there wasn’t a ton of contrast in most shots, and some of the scenes taking place at night were quite hard to see. Still, apart from the Odo Island massacre, I found the Godzilla scenes as gripping as ever.

Thanks to Minus Color, Minus One made $2.6 million this weekend, crawling back into the box office top 10. Its total in the U.S. and Canada now stands at $55 million, third among all foreign-language films released in the U.S.

Brush of the God, Keizo Murase's directorial debut after a lifetime in movies, is finally complete. It'll play at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March (link contains more images), and hopefully travel overseas very soon. Murase will also receive an Association Special Award at the Japan Academy Film Prize.

Clover Press shipped out copies of Godzilla & Kong: The Cinematic Storyboard Art of Richard Bennett to Kickstarter backers, myself included. It's an excellent art book, and there are plenty of deleted and altered scenes mixed in with more familiar sequences. Believe it or not, Bennett drew the panel above for Kong: Skull Island—they considered having James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) flash back to an encounter with King Ghidorah in Vietnam. Not sure how that would've worked, as Ghidorah is generally not one to lie low for a few decades, but it's the first I've ever heard of it being considered. I'm hoping to post some more scans soon. Here's the order link.

Minecraft social media accounts teased a crossover with the Monsterverse, in what's likely to be the most high-profile of the Godzilla x Kong video game collaborations. The Mobzilla mod was created over 10 years ago, so this is long overdue.

The big toy news this week was Titanic Creations revealing the digital sculpt for its Yongary figure. This guy's had even less figures than Gorgo - I can only think of one, and very few of them were made - so expect massive demand. New Godzilla toys were also on display at London Toy Fair, both at the Playmates booth and among the plushies made by an unknown company.

[undeadjesus]

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Spiderman vs Venom!! Another sketch in my work sketchbook!! Love drawing on this lined paper. All pencil for this piece. No layout sketch all freehand!! ... #arte #art #spiderman #venom #pencilart #comicbookart #pencilsketch #pencildoodle #sketchbook #sketch #pencilshading #pencildrawing #masterpiece #peterparker #teeth #latinoart #latinoartist #underratedartist #comicartist #artistoninstagram #witch https://www.instagram.com/p/CaPj3_Hrw0z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[shakespearenews]

“I don’t think either of us ever had ‘movie star’ set in our sights,” said Dan Stevens, her co-star in “Godzilla x Kong,” who met Ms. Hall as students in Cambridge when they were both cast in a stage production of “Macbeth.” “Rebecca always had ‘artist’ written all over her.”

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Ms. Hall’s Hollywood star turn came in 2008, as the conservative brunette to Scarlett Johansson’s more impulsive blonde in Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. Before that, she had apprenticed under her father and, notably, made her television debut at the age of 10 in “The Camomile Lawn.” Sir Peter would later cast her at 21 as Rosalind in an acclaimed production of “As You Like It.”

[urbaneturtle]

No Context Comics: A Look at 3 Books I Don’t Read from the week of February 21

This weeks' comic reviews of 3 books I don't read includes Spawn 350 from Image Comics, Marvel's The Sentry, and a big DC Comics crossover Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong!

Welcome to another edition of No Context Comics! The semi-weekly feature where I review 3 new comic books that I am not currently reading. Each week I analyze how the individual issues work in a vacuum as a single text, divorced from their larger serialized narrative. Does a comic have to be “new reader friendly” to succeed? Does it provide value for its money? These are the kinds of questions I…

[westofwonder]

Pull List (11/22/2023)

Avengers Inc #3 Batman/Superman: World's Finest #21 Hawkgirl #5 Immortal X-Men #17 Jay Garrick: The Flash #2 Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong #2 Justice Society of America #7 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #114 Minor Threats: The Alternates #3 Moon Knight: City of the Dead #5 Wolverine #39

Avengers Inc - A bit jarring between the cover art and the interior art not really matching up, but I still am onboard with this book.

World's Finest - I've stated this before, but I've never been a fan of Kingdom Come. I do think Waid and Mora can make this work. With Mora's great art and Waid dipping back into something he's familiar with, I do think this can be compelling.

Hawkgirl - I flipped through - because I am behind with this series - and I am little confused on what I saw. Need to play catch up badly.

Immortal X-Men - Saving something for a later title, but anyway a Jean issue during this event I think will work well.

Jay Garrick: The Flash - Just raced through issue one so I wasn't too far behind getting into this. I think Adams did a great job on his Flash (title) run, and I do think this miniseries will be a good look at how Jay handles Judy. I do like that in issue one it made reference to the fact Jay couldn't have children, and I am hoping that's not the only reference to that fact. A lot more to see here.

JL Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong - I did manage to read this one, too. I do think the set-up has to happen in a way to get the Monsters colliding with the JL. Using the Legion of Doom was a odd choice to do it. Weird to think this is the only Justice League book at the moment. I saw Supes punching Godzilla on the first few panels in issue two - I would like more of that!

JSA - Johns takes so long with this book I have to think really hard and remind myself what happened last issue. And last issue was an 'Aftermath' issue to reset the table for the next few issue. I do not think Johns is using his time well with this book. I do hope this issue manages to do more than what the last six gave readers. I want a JSA book, but I don't want to waste my time. And Johns is working in his own continuity - remember folks, we are not living in a new Golden age; we are living in a new Silver age.

MMPR - Too much stuff is happening in this title, and not enough page space for it. Considering dropping this title soon. Haven't been in a PR mood since I stopped playing Legacy Wars, too. We'll see.

The Alternates - I've always been curious on how superhero universes work. One of the reasons I still like getting DC and Marvel books is that the universes have been ongoing for decades. You can play catch up, but not a lot and that's fun. Minor Threats is new and is influenced by pop culture and previous ideas about superheroes. Dark Horse letting people play with that idea is nice and a cool change of pace.

Moon Knight: City of the Dead - I think Scarlet Scarab hype is what got me to consider this book, and also the fact I've been enjoing MacKay's Moon Knight run. Rosenberg is doing a great job on colors, too.

Wolverine - I am confused how Ryp was able to manage two books this week, but these things happen. Glancing through the issue makes me understand I am not caught up with what's happening with Black Panther. Not a problem, we'll power through. Interesting here is there's a different colorist on the X-Men book above and the difference is noticeable in a way.

This list was delayed due to Thanksgiving. Next list might not even be until Friday.

Happy readings!

[renuplink]

Cosplay

Ren Serizawa/Godzilla vs Kong

Model: Ren

Photographer:Gure( https://x.com/osa_gekka?s=21&t=RnAsRzUfZ5R-9UGOBrYVNQ )