{"id":1047,"date":"2008-06-25T08:17:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T22:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/06\/25\/g-where-did-this-come-from\/"},"modified":"2008-06-25T08:27:08","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T22:27:08","slug":"g-where-did-this-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/06\/25\/g-where-did-this-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"G: Where Did This Come From?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap01.jpg\" title=\"G pic 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap01.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 1\" height=\"224\" width=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap02.jpg\" title=\"G pic 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap02.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 2\" height=\"224\" width=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what this is, or who directed it &#8212; but in the fashion of the time it seems to have the code-like title <strong>[G]<\/strong>, which &#8212; when applied to a giant monster movie &#8212; automatically evokes the spectre of the Big G himself, Gojira (Godzilla).<\/p>\n<p>This dude doesn&#8217;t look much like the Big G though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap05.jpg\" title=\"G pic 5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap05.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 5\" height=\"255\" width=\"437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the two trailers and two scene segments below &#8212; unearthed by  a chap on the kaiju forums tagged &#8220;Cookson&#8221;, via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery &#8212; the independent (perhaps even fan-based) film uses a combination of traditional kaiju suitmation and CGI to create a giant monster flick that is ground-level, violent and bloody, potentially having lots of emotional intensity, while retaining all those elements of absurdity that make the genre so appealing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap03.jpg\" title=\"G pic 3\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap03.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 3\" height=\"225\" width=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap06.jpg\" title=\"G pic 6\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap06.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 6\" height=\"249\" width=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It even has a Robo-like giant robot to face up to the monster in true mecha style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap04.jpg\" title=\"G pic 4\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/g-cap04.jpg\" alt=\"G pic 4\" height=\"223\" width=\"437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, take a look at these trailers and clips and hopefully we&#8217;ll find out some concrete information on the film soon.<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/amGPgKVSEbk&amp;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/amGPgKVSEbk&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YQVYUH3pUvw&amp;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YQVYUH3pUvw&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kUPy10-yMOw&amp;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kUPy10-yMOw&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZaBcHKf0H40&amp;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZaBcHKf0H40&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what this is, or who directed it &#8212; 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