Group Live Tweets or Commentweeting During Movies

Seem's fun, what is the next movie you will be watching?

id love to chat with you about godzilla movies

I don't know what movie will be next. I'm certainly open for suggestions.

return of godzilla?

I'm tempted to rejoin twitter again just to join in Godzilla vs Smog monster would be a interesting one

Just about any would be interesting from a conversational perspective. There's plenty to talk about with all of these films.

It would be cool if you did Godzilla vs Biollante!

I actually have something special for Godzilla vs. Biollante coming for you guys soon, I'm just waiting to get it approved. Perhaps another time.

Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Hedorah both intrigue me, but someone brought up Terror of MechaGodzilla on Twitter and that's making me the most eager at the moment. Any objections?

Why didn't you PM me about this or contact me on twitter?

I'm all up for this! Excellent idea Gman.

"getting it approved" for Godzilla vs. Biollante? I bet anything that it is a group livestream.

I've always loved reading live tweets and live blogs about movies and shows. I enjoy it most when it's something I've seen but the other person is watching for the first time, it's all "I remember that part!" and "You're about to get your heart broken, my friends."

I might rewatch GMK now. The first time I saw it I didn't like it much, mainly because of the hunched over look of Godzilla. Seeing your thoughts on it is making me give it a second chance, Gman

There's far, far more going on than the aesthetics of the monsters in this movie. I recommend looking at it from a more culturally relevant perspective.

I'm at the point where Godzilla just poked his head over a mountain, before destroying it. I Never noticed the reference to the original movie there before. Also I love the music as well. I think last time I saw this movie I was really tired and didn't pay much attention, but now I'm getting a much better look at the film, and so far I love it.

Happy you see it in a new light. I've thought about doing audio commentaries for movies without commentaries (like GMK). That way people could just download them and play them from their computer while watching the movie.

But I'm not convinced of such a project's usefulness or if I'm the person to do it.

Who would be down for a Thursday night live tweeting event of Terror of MechaGodzilla? Any takers? Got copies ready?

^Sign me up there buddy.

Hmm a live tweet for discussion. Sounds interesting hope things go well for Terror of Mechagodzilla, such a good movie so there should be no shortage of interest.

NerdyBandGeeks,
Actually the thing regarding Godzilla vs. Biollante I was talking about is an interview I did with Mr. Ed Godziszewski here. Hope you enjoy it.

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As for the live tweet. It went very well. It had a slightly larger turn out than GMK, so I'm happy with that. Chris helped a lot as well, so big thanks to him.

Here's the tweets transcribed from my end:

Alright, the movie of choice today for a live commentary is Classic Media's Terror of MechaGodzilla. Who's ready?

Just to be clear I AM watching the Japanese version of Terror of MechaGodzilla. #TerrorOfMG

Starting the movie now... #TerrorOfMG

When the movie was originally released in America it was titled, Terror of #Godzilla. #TerrorOfMG

It was heavily cut to get a G rating and the title assumes #Godzilla is a great threat. Nice work Bob Conn... #TerrorOfMG

Love the opening to this movie. The recap makes it the tightest direct sequel to a previous film since #Godzilla Raids Again. #TerrorOfMG

Notice how King Caesar is stripped from the recap? It's almost as if they want to retcon his presense. #TerrorOfMG

Which is fine. This movie wants to tell its own story. We already had the King Caesar episode. #TerrorOfMG

This movie is pretty much the Katsura & Titanosaurus show with MechaGodzilla guest starring Godzilla. #TerrorOfMG

Which should be acceptable since a lot fans enjoyed MUTO romance with c**kblock-zilla last year. #TerrorOfMG

Ifukube hadn't scored a #Godzilla film in seven years. But his stock music was featured in Godzilla vs. Gigan. #TerrorOfMG

Instead of using the “Terror” theme he had used for Godzilla since 1962 he brought back the original march from the 1954 film. #TerrorOfMG

"Directed by Ishiro Honda" #TerrorOfMG

#Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno was considered for this movie, but according to him he never got the call. #TerrorOfMG

Something tells me Tomoyuki Tanaka vetoed all of the Banno talk. #TerrorOfMG

Tomoko Ai plays the tragic Katsura we see in the opening here. She was know for her modeling around the time of the film. #TerrorOfMG

Ai also had a role in Ultraman Leo the year before this film. #TerrorOfMG

I'm actually in the middle of watching the Ultraman Leo series. Loving it so far. #TerrorOfMG

Loved the idea that they would be looking for the wreckage of MechaGodzilla. Though a man-made MechaG wouldn't happen until '93. #TerrorOfMG

Titanosaurus called back to more “realistic” kaiju of the 50s. He's a prehistoric giant. Not a mythical beast or space monster. #TerrorOfMG

He was initially meant to be off beat. The initial script by Yukiko Takayama had two “titan” kaiju that formed Titanosaurus. #TerrorOfMG

For story and budget reasons Titanosaurus was scaled back. Ishiro Honda actually had a major hand in refining the screenplay. #TerrorOfMG

The first shot of Titanosaurus is another one of those rare outdoor shots. I love how it looks. #TerrorOfMG

Can't say I love the underwater shots, but Teruyoshi Nakano did what he could with the budget. #TerrorOfMG

Nakano said #Godzilla '84 was his best work, but I actually like his experimental stuff from the 70s. #TerrorOfMG

Nakano had no choice but to get inventive with special effects in the 70s due to the budget cuts the series faced. #TerrorOfMG

Katsuhiko Sasaki plays the lead character Akira Ichinose. He first appeared in the series as the lead in #Godzilla vs. Megalon. #TerrorOfMG

Sasaki later appeared as Prof. Mazaki in #Godzilla vs King Ghidorah. But his role as Ichinose is often considered his strongest. #TerrorOfMG

Sasaki isn't exactly a top tier actor, especially for an Ishiro Honda #Godzilla film, but this isn't the 60s anymore. #TerrorOfMG

That last comment sounded harsh. Sasaki does a fine job here. Easily his most believable work in the #Godzilla series. #TerrorOfMG

Sasaki is also known for voice acting. He voiced characters from several anime including Big O, Black Lagoon and Yu-Gi-Oh. #TerrorOfMG

He's also dubbed plenty of Hollywood films in Japanese. He has a long resume of dubbing Robert De Niro in many unrelated films. #TerrorOfMG

Sasaki's father is Minoru Chiaki from Seven Samurai. #TerrorOfMG

Fans probably remember Chiaki best as the tragic hero & pilot Kobayashi from Godzilla Raids Again. #TerrorOfMG

Enter Goro Mutusmi as the evil Mugal. #TerrorOfMG

Some criticize him as being more stereotypically maniacal in this film than the last, but I find him more enjoyable here. #TerrorOfMG

Granted Toru Ibuki as Mugal's Lt. Tsuda may have more intersting things to do, but Mutusmi just commands the screen. #TerrorOfMG

Mutusmi was all about villain roles. Blows my mind he wasn't bigger outside of toku. #TerrorOfMG

I always found it odd the scientific community ostracized Dr. Mafune for claiming Titanosaurus existed. #TerrorOfMG

MechaGodzilla? King Ghidorah? Rodan? Manda? Godzilla? They believe them, but not an underwater dinosaur? #TerrorOfMG

I'd be more concerned about the said ability to "control" such a creature. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura, cold to Ichinose, claims her father is dead. She gets some pretty solid development as the movie goes on. #TerrorOfMG

And now we have Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Mafune made up to look like a textbook mad scientist. #TerrorOfMG

Despite how ridiculous he looks, I buy it. Hirata has the talent to go beyond his fake mustache. #TerrorOfMG

And I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I don't think the mustache looks all that terrible. #TerrorOfMG

It's not a Christian Bale transformation by any means, but it works better than it's worth. #TerrorOfMG

This is Hirata's last #Godzilla movie. He was suppose to play Prof. Hayashida in Godzilla '84, but died before production start. #TerrorOfMG

MechaGodzilla is revealed with Ifukube's fantastic new theme. Gloomy as it is. #TerrorOfMG

I called this movie “wonderfully drab”. It's a dark, muted and depressing LOOKING movie. And it's suppose to be. #TerrorOfMG

Sokei Tomioka was one of the cinematographers for the film. He mostly had experience with just the effects side. #TerrorOfMG

Tomioka doesn't have a lot of live-action credits, but he added a lot of cohesion between effects and drama scenes here. #TerrorOfMG

The colors aren't deep, the contrast is gray-- It looks as dark as the story is. #TerrorOfMG

It's really one of the most interestingly shot movies of the series and perhaps the last Tomioka worked on. #TerrorOfMG

Even MechaGodzilla looks muted here. More gunmetal and less silver. #TerrorOfMG

I love the “MG2” on MechaGodzilla's arm. The real MechaGodzilla 2. Not Heisei. #TerrorOfMG

I wish they played up Mafune's lost wife angle a little more. Seems like a bigger reason to turn on humanity. #TerrorOfMG

The first look at those funny space helmets in this movie. They remind me of the fishheads on everyone in #Godzilla vs. Hedorah. #TerrorOfMG

Ichinose needs to take a hint. She doesn't want you to go because she knows something... "Foo!" #TerrorOfMG

Flashback to Katsura's dark and rather shocking secret. The revelation she's a cyborg of sorts is really heart dropping. #TerrorOfMG

But it also explains the opening sequence with her on the beach watching Titanosaurus. #TerrorOfMG

Notice the similarities between Titanosaurus's storyline and #Godzilla's from the original 1954 film? #TerrorOfMG

Both aquatic animals attacking subs/boats at first. Their existence is questioned. #TerrorOfMG

Both also have specific scientists rooting for their survival. #TerrorOfMG

Finally they both attack Tokyo. Not sure it was intentional, but an interesting comparison for the final Showa film to have. #TerrorOfMG

Ichinose is now being targeted by the aliens for how close he is to Titanosaurus. Alien vs. Interpol espionage action ensues! #TerrorOfMG

I love stuff like this in #Godzilla movies. It's particularly solid in Godzilla vs. Biollante. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura started playing Ichinose in the scene they have tea. One of my favorite character moments in the film. #TerrorOfMG

I understand why King Ghidorah and #Rodan are in the flashback, but I felt like Manda was a strange inclusion. #TerrorOfMG

Great close up on Titanosaurus's face that reminds me of Godzilla's close up at the beginning of #Godzilla x Megaguirus. #TerrorOfMG

Notice we don't see Titanosaurus and the tanks in the same shot. All the tank footage are from precious Toho effects films. #TerrorOfMG

#Godzilla's big entrance. The lighting makes no sense, but who cares? It works! And it looks great! #TerrorOfMG

This suit has come a long way. It looked like a muppet in 1973, but the adjustments made give it a great dynamic. #TerrorOfMG

This #Godzilla suit is a favorite of mine. The 75 version anyway. He has such a terrific scowl on his face. #TerrorOfMG

Can we get @NECA_TOYS to create a '75 version of #Godzilla? I'm dying to have a high quality of this one. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura gets operated on after her injury during Titanosaurus's attack. Yes the boobs are fake. #TerrorOfMG

Kenji Sahara makes a cameo in this movie as a high ranking military officer. It was nice he could reunite with Honda for this. #TerrorOfMG

Dr. Mafune mentioned earlier that MechaGodzilla could not be perfect without a living brain to control him. #TerrorOfMG

The aliens took advantage of that idea by putting the MechaGodzilla controller inside Katsura. Never a trust a Black Hole Alien. #TerrorOfMG

And so Ichinose's world comes crashing down. He gets captured by aliens, finds Katsura working with them & Mafune is alive. #TerrorOfMG

I bet Ichinose's Tuesdays were less interesting. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura and Ichinose's relationship is actually telescoped appropriately for this kind of story. #TerrorOfMG

Their story's tragedy calls back to Glenn and Namikawa from Monster Zero. Although their tragedy was pulpy. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura and Ichinose's relationship isn't nearly as fun or light, but Honda takes more time with it to build to the climax. #TerrorOfMG

Tragic romance seems to be a reoccurring thing in Honda's films. #TerrorOfMG

With that Terror of MechaGodzilla is another example of Honda's genius with making absurd stories work. #TerrorOfMG

The new MechaGodzilla and Titanosaurus attack Tokyo in some rare city destruction for the 70s. #TerrorOfMG

Nakano often had to resort to stock footage for city destruction. The attack here gave him the chance to really blow s*** up! #TerrorOfMG

It's safe to say Nakano was more of a pyromaniac than Tsuburaya. #TerrorOfMG

The line about MechaGodzilla's new revolving missiles has confused fans throughout the years. #TerrorOfMG

It's not that his hands revolve to shoot missiles, but the missiles can drill into targets before exploding. #TerrorOfMG

For example when MechaGodzilla shoots missiles into #Godzilla's mouth you hear them drilling inside him. #TerrorOfMG

This is followed by smoke coming from #Godzilla's mouth due to the detonation inside him. #TerrorOfMG

Despite the MG2 on MechaGodzilla's arm the suit is a little different from last time. The chest piece is redesigned and slimmer. #TerrorOfMG

#Godzilla is known for taking on multiple monsters with some help in the 70s, a trope that made it into the 2014 film. #TerrorOfMG

#Godzilla '14 unintentionally borrows the idea of making him look mighty by taking on two monsters by himself. #TerrorOfMG

The difference here is that the previous movie already established MechaGodzilla as one of his most deadly foes. #TerrorOfMG

#Godzilla needed help in the last movie, so the idea he's taking on MechaGodzilla with backup feels like a losing battle. #TerrorOfMG

Also like #Godzilla '14 it's human intervention that provides Godzilla with a win. In both movies he may have lost without help. #TerrorOfMG

I touch on the similarities between #Godzilla '14 and the 1970s in my article here: http://tinyurl.com/mkaqqzw  #TerrorOfMG

For those thinking the film is a little too dark for its material, take note of #Godzilla dusting his shoulders. #TerrorOfMG

The campy moments work for this era! And the movie needs some cushion from its edge. Dust dat dirt off yo shoulder #Godzilla. #TerrorOfMG

Does ripping his head off work twice? Nope! I love how Honda and Nakano trick the audience here for a moment. #TerrorOfMG

And Katsura shows her humanity while watching her father die... followed by the most hilariously awful line in a Honda movie. #TerrorOfMG

"Even if you're a cyborg, I still love you." Waiting for someone to write that into a movie today. #TerrorOfMG

And then depression: Terror of MechaGodzilla features one of the few suicides not resulting from a monster. #TerrorOfMG

The only other I can think of off hand is Serizawa's sacrifice in the '54 film. #TerrorOfMG

Katsura practically rescued #Godzilla by killing herself. The king takes out the garbage from here: MG, Titano AND aliens. #TerrorOfMG

Everyone celebrates except Ichinose who watches #Godzilla swim off for a 10 year hibernation. #TerrorOfMG

It's a sad ending, but it's even worse knowing this is the final film of a great era. Ifukube's music adds to it. #TerrorOfMG

A fine sendoff for both the Showa series and Ishiro Honda though. I love this film. One of my favorites. #TerrorOfMG

Honda continued his career mostly working with his friend Akira Kurosawa. #TerrorOfMG

He was supposedly going to return to the series with #Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2 in '93. But died beforehand. #TerrorOfMG

He arguably made the best of the 1970s films here. He had a dark, dark movie with all the trimmings of 70s weirdness. #TerrorOfMG

Hope you guys enjoyed the live tweet of the film. Any suggestions for the next film? Let me know. Sound off! #TerrorOfMG

Looks like BigBadBen is doing one for the 1954 film right now! Any takers? Lets join.

Come on people, lets get it going! :)

Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster will be tweeted in an hour. Looks to be a good one with more people involved. Hope you guys join.