io9.com: A wee while ago, we looked at a behind-the-scenes snapshot of Godzilla out for a stroll with a lovely woman on his arm. It's a fantastic photo certainly, but this tableau was but one of dozens of endearingly weird shots of the famed monster off duty. Here's a boatload of casual kaiju photos from throughout Godzilla's history, including several (toward the end) of his other tokusatsu buddies at rest.
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I love when you get to see the ridiculous behind the scenes things that were done with costumes and props on movies. Also it is an interesting look at the advances in film technology and special effects. These costumes and sets were not very detailed or impressive but the movies still sold. The newest godzilla movies required hundreds of hours of CGI while those old godzilla movies required several days of costume construction. These are fun pictures.
Godzilla being such an iconic memory in the film industry its interesting to see these goofy behind the scenes photos. My personal favorite two being the one of godzilla doing a tango and one of godzilla with a guitar. Godzilla is one of those films that i feel we have passed off as a film of the early pre-technology era. A film that was loved for how bad its effects are. its nice to see the crew enjoying themselves while making this film. oh the days of smashing models, sparklers and dubbing in screaming people
The funny thing is that I have watched many of the old Japanese Godzilla movies, they are just hilarious. The costumes, "effects", and acting was very funny. It is always amazing to see how far the Godzilla character has come. Although some of these costumes look like other characters..one of the godzillas looks like the baby from Dinosaurs. This was just very funny to see and also amazing to see how far technology has come and will continue to go.
I never realized that there were so many Godzilla movies. But in all seriousness, I love these pictures. I agree with everyone that it is nice to see the fun that was had, and how we can all identify with those times when everyone is just goofy during a show. I have to admit though I really respect movies like this in a way. Everyone is saying how, they love the bad effects, but back in the day these were amazing. People went to the theatre and loved it. It was a true craft. I am not saying that all the technology, 3D and CGI isnt impressive or a craft unto itself, but I think we get too caught up in it. A great movie can be told without 3D. But I really do like this article to see how the old school pros used to do it.
It is funny to look back on this kind of "ancient" technology that was used to create the same kind of special effects that we can produce today so much faster, easier, and that come across more effective. I love watching the behind the scenes extras on movies to see the amazing technology that's used to produce the effects that we find ourselves shivering in awe at when they happen on screen. The progress of technology doesn't seem to have a halt anywhere in it's near future and I can't wait to see what new toy becomes the next rage in the industry.
What blows my mind is that we say how this is such an element of the past, but that's not entirely true. Even today the 'Lord of the Rings' franchise is doing a bit of the opposite, instead of filming normal sized actors and model sets they are building oversized furniture/scenery and using camera angles to make normal sized actors look smaller. After all, the actor that plays Gimli is 6'1".
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Its always fun to see behind the scenes photos. This is true especially with older films because after seeing them so many times it feels so strange to see the actors or characters in another setting. Behind the scenes photos are also always especially interesting to people who work backstage themselves because they get to see in to the production of something they haven't worked on. Also since when are there 10 Godzilla movies?
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