BOC: No Godzilla in Godzilla!

[Alex S. Garcia]

At 10:58 07/05/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> Well, given the success of Stargate and esp. Independence Day, I
>> don't think Emmerich needs to ride anyone's coattails.  And
>> Spielberg's track record lately hasn't been all that impressive
>> anyway...
>
>To clarify my point, I wasn't saying Emmerich needed to copy
>Spielberg, just that this flick looks like it will have a 'Jurassic
>Park' kinda feel. Realistic, detailed computer-generated T-Rex-type
>creature and all.

Speaking of which... do you know Emmerich was originally considered as the
German Spielberg after he had released his first movie in Germany back in
the early 80's ? To some extent, the comparison still holds, but lately
Emmerich has been doing things you'd never see in a Spielberg movie... I
think it really all started with Universal Soldier, the first he co-wrote
with Dean Devlin. I'd be curious to see him do a movie without Devlin, just
to see how much influence that guy has on his films...

>But for my entertainment dollar, Brucie the Shark is still more
>frightening than all of them put together (Of course, Jaws was a much
>better movie than all of them put together, too). Even though he
>looks pretty rubbery, it's more engrossing to me when I can tell that
>Quint was really in the shark's mouth, and not placed there by some
>dude at a keyboard.

Perhaps that's what the problem is : we know how it's done... the fact that
people know more nowadays about the magic of moviemaking, how the effects
are done, etc, may be a major reason why it doesn't work for some anymore...



Alex S. Garcia.

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