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Japanese fans say new American Godzilla is too fat
Japan Today ^
| May 1, 2014
| Jessica Kozuka
Posted on 05/05/2014 9:00:16 AM PDT by llevrok
TOKYO — Fans of monster movies or big Hollywood blockbusters are no doubt aware that a reboot of the famous Godzilla franchise is due to hit theaters this summer. As you might imagine for a movie featuring one of their most beloved pop culture icons, the Japanese are deeply interested in how America is going to bring their national monster to the screen.
When clear pictures of the creature hit the Internet this week, the response was probably not what studio execs were hoping for. Some Japanese fans are apparently calling this incarnation of Godzilla “fat”.
The pictures, released by Warner Legendary through the Los Angeles Times, were immediately picked up by fan sites here in Japan. While some commenters said this Godzilla looked stronger than his ancestor, others were not as impressed.
“He’s so fat, I laughed.”
“Where’s his neck?”
“He’s gone and supersized himself!”
“I’m not surprised. A spare tire is expected in middle age.”
“Gee, even Godzilla has metabolic syndrome these days…”
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: godzilla; japan
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To: llevrok
BURP!
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:30:31 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: llevrok
Godzilla is Japanese. They invented him cause we nuked them. It’s weird for him to be in New York.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:31:20 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Gaffer
Did you see the “alternate ending” of Breaking Bad?
It’s on the DVD
23
posted on
05/05/2014 9:31:30 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: hattend
NO. I did not! Would it make me happy or sad? I saw him end as time, justice and medical eventuality would foretell.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:34:54 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
(Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
To: DesertRhino
NYC: The 21st Century Hiroshima?
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:35:57 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
(Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
To: Snickering Hound
If she doesn’t get there first.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:37:55 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Gaffer
To: Tijeras_Slim
Thank you! I’ll save that for tonight.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:39:55 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
(Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
To: hattend
True. An allegory born of their defeat in WWII, and the subsequent overwhelming influence of American post war culture . For the Japanese, we are (or were): Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan,...
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:41:18 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: Gaffer
It’s kind of a spoof.
Malcolm in the Middle wife and he wake up in bed (on the set of MITM) and he tells her how he just had a bad dream where he made drugs and killed people.
Pretty funny
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:46:11 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: llevrok
Godzilla has been eating too many Americans, who have blindly followed the food pyramid with too much carbs in their daily diet.
Godzilla needs to eat more humans who are on a high protein diet.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:48:49 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( Herr Obama cannot divert resources from his war on Americans!)
To: llevrok
I've grown a spare tire in my older years. Go Go Godzilla.
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:51:03 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(I'ts not the crime it's the coverup they said.)
To: llevrok
Oh, I don't know ... he was looking fairly portly back in the day ....
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:53:10 AM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: llevrok
Hogwash
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posted on
05/05/2014 9:58:12 AM PDT
by
Godzilla
(3/7/77)
To: Godzilla
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:01:33 AM PDT
by
Godzilla
(3/7/77)
To: llevrok
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:02:25 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Godzilla
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:02:46 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: JoeProBono; Revolting cat!; Daffynition; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:10:56 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: hattend
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:15:07 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: a fool in paradise
There is a rumor being suppressed that the Worst Lady, mooch-elle, was the model for the new Godzilla. Enquiring minds want to know...
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posted on
05/05/2014 10:20:18 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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