The Return Of Godzilla
It looks like we can chalk this up to take two of my attempt to complete today’s blog, as that power outage that lasted a whole two friggin’ seconds was enough to wipe away a few hours of writing. Considering it’s been a long week with the premiere of Infamous Radio on Tuesday and last night’s big screening of “District 9,” and with today being Madden Day and my copy sitting in front of me right now, staring at me, The Kidd is going to try to keep today short and sweet.
It’s been 11 years, 11 long years, since Godzilla set foot on American soil, in an embarrassment of a movie that featured a CGI Godzilla that looked nothing like 
Godzilla, a mini-Jurassic Park of baby Godzillas inside Madison Square Garden, and the beginning of the lame-ass Matthew Broderick we have come to know in recent years instead of the cool kid that used to be Ferris Bueller. It makes me angry just thinking about that massive pile of shit of a movie that ruined our hopes of seeing a great American Godzilla movie. In fact, the only good thing to come from that disgrace of a movie was the best and only collaboration to ever come from the pairing of Jimmy Page and Puff Daddy on the movie’s soundtrack that still makes me rock the fuck out in my car every time my shuffle graces me with it when listening to my iPod – “Front my enemies, front my foes… Damn these hoes, you steppin’ on my toes.” Fuck it… I’m gonna crank that shit now. Uh huh… yeah…
But they might be taking another shot at it, hoping to get it right a second time around and with enough time passed from the last one that maybe we are finally starting to get over it and getting interested in seeing Godzilla on the big screen again.Bloody Disgusting reports that we may be hearing the giant monster’s familiar roar yet again, with Legendary Pictures in very early talks to do another major movie with the Japanese star. There are no details whatsoever about what direction the movie would take, who would direct it, who would write it, or who would star in it, but I think we can safely predict that we’re talking about some type of reboot here that might help us wipe away the horrible, horrible memories of that weekend in 1998 that started on May 19. This just happens to be one of those rare cases in which The Kidd supports a reboot. This is a chance to right the wrongs left over a decade ago. I am fully on-board with 
trying to make a new film to replace what we suffered through over a decade over… but…
That is conditional support, of course. There is one thing I ask for in order to throw my backing behind this 100%… a man in the rubber Godzilla suit. That’s it, and we’re done here. We don’t need fancy special effects or motion capture or CGI. The more technology used here, the worse you are for it. All you need is a guy in the rubber suit aimlessly wandering around because he can’t see out of the head piece that well, stomping over buildings and laying waste to cities upon cities in his path of destruction across the model landscape you have built for him. That’s the Godzilla we love. That’s the Godzilla we want, and that’s the Godzilla we need you to make. The simpler, the better.
Do you realize there have been 28 Godzilla movies in Japan? 28 fuckin’ movies!!! That’s one original… and 27 fuckin’ sequels!!! That’s unheard of and fuckin’ crazy. And what’s even more amazing than that is this fact… that all 28 movies were made with a guy in a rubber suit. People absolutely love Godzilla, and really how could you not? He fought a giant moth, a three-headed dragon, a guy in a cheap monkey suit that was supposed to be King Kong, and a mechanical version of himself. Genius!!! How could you possibly fuck that up? Easily. By taking everything away from Godzilla that we have grown to love about him… which is how we got to the 1998 debacle in the first place. There is a lesson to be taken away from all of this… and that’s if you learn to walk in a rubber monster suit, you can have a steady gig for life. Wait… two lesson, I guess… the other being, change for change’s sake is unnecessary, and if Godzilla is awesome the way he is, then leave him the fuckin’ way he is.
20th Century Fox has already gotten the ball rolling on the sequel to the prequel of Wolverine, this time planning to take him to Japan to do whatever it is 
that Wolverine does in that particular story arc, which I am guessing is drink sake, hang out with ninjas, and banging geishas. And I still don’t care. The Kidd has checked out of the X-Men universe starting with the suckfest that was “X-Men 3.” I knew better to come anywhere close to “origins,” since I could actually see the corn kernels in that piece of shit just from the trailer and TV spot. But what’s that…? Fox is bringing in an Academy Award-winning writer to hammer out the script for the sequel prequel. Christopher McQuarrie, of “The Usual Suspects” and “Valkyrie” fame has taken the job, with the hopes of adding some instant credibility to the project by actually having someone talented write it this time, as he also did some writing on the original “X-Men” movie uncredited. But it might just be a little bit too late. I heeded my own warning and stayed far away from “Wolverine,” but others were stupid and didn’t, and, as a result, came away saying they would never again piss away 10 bucks to see 2 hours of Hugh Jackman yelling mixed in with a bunch of mutants that were just thrown in at random for their coolness and… did I mention the Hugh Jackman yelling? Many of them have voewed never to come back. I myself have said I am not coming back, until there is some tangible proof that things are back on the right track, that the right people are making the right decisions concerned the future of these characters and this franchise. And I still don’t 
feel that. I don’t get the sense that this is anything more than another attempt to milk as much money as possible from the Wolverine name, with no regard at all for putting together a quality film. I’d like to think Christopher McQuarrie has a good shot at crafting a solid screenplay… but that doesn’t mean it won’t get fucked with along the way. “The Usual Suspects” is an absolute masterpiece, and, while “Valkyrie” had some holes here and there, for the most part, it was an entertaining and quality thriller. However, can one writer change the direction the X-Men have been going in since it all started downhill after “X-Men 2″? I don’t know. Some of you might be much more hopeful than I, which is fine. However, this isn’t even taking a wait and see approach at this point. This is a call for you to show me. Prove me wrong. Show me that I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about when it comes to your plans for the X-Men. Then maybe… MAYBE… I’ll be back on-board. In the meantime, I’d rather watch “Superman Returns” instead of one of these later “X-Men” movies, and yeah, I know… that’s low.
Last night, The Kidd and company absolutely rocked the house at the “District 9″ screening down in Miami. I got to meet a lot of my readers and fans, and it was great to get to meet some new followers as well. So, if this is your first time visiting InfamousKidd.com, welcome… you’re in for quite a ride now that we’ve got you hooked. We had people going crazy for all of our giveaways, as we managed to hand out some extra passes to those in need, who were desperate to get inside, and tossed out some shirts and posters to those that really wanted them. It was a great time for us, and hopefully, if you got to make it into the screening, you enjoyed yourself as well. The new review - The Kidd Vs. District 9 – is up for you to check out. There are a few minor spoilers, so beware, but for the most part, I tried to keep much of the movie’s details contained within the theatre. So check it out before or after you see the film… and you will see the film… and let me know what you think as well. By the way, if you didn’t have plans to see “District 9,” you might want to work on changing that, as this one comes highly recommended by yours truly.
We’ve got a few more giveaways in the works, including one that’ll be kicking off sometime later today, surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” so that’s one you won’t want to miss out on taking part in. And next week, we’ve got some DVDs to give away, too. You’ve got a chance to win free stuff, courtesy of me, so get the creative juices pumping if you want to impress The Kidd enough to register as a winner in my book.
Finally, I have to close today on a sad note, as a dear friend of mine is gone. PJ the dog, my Miniature Schnauzer growing up, was put to sleep yesterday, at the 
old age of 13. He hadn’t been doing well as of late, and my parents and sister didn’t want to make him suffer. After taking him to the vet and learning of all the problems he was having and how they were only going to get much worse, they made the decision to not have him have to go through that, and send him off to a better place. PJ was a great dog, who loved to be around people due to his overwhelming friendliness. He was playful when he wanted to be, yet also quiet when he was more in that frame of mind. He was a gentle animal, who lived the good life, eating a nice healthy bowl of Special K in the morning, enjoying his daily walks, taking in some playtime chewing or licking whatever toy caught his fancy that moment, and then laying beside you to keep you company after hoping to get a taste of what probably smelled like a delicious dinner to him.
I’ll share one quick story about PJ, to pay tribute to his memory. When I still lived at home, my room was the attic. It had been remodeled into a bedroom/office for myself growing up, and it was a world apart from the rest of the house. As a result of PJ being a puppy, I always kept the door to my room closed, as I didn’t want him to get loose in there and chew up any of my stuff. However, one day, I decided to let him up as he was crying at my door, wanting some attention. I opened the door and let him up the stairs into my domain, as he just wanted to be 
around me. He walked around, sniffing this unfamiliar and new place, getting used to these different surroundings. He found a nice place to stop right in the middle of the room, at which point, he popped a squat and dropped a deuce right on my floor. From that point on, PJ got to be a regular visitor to me in my room, as I wanted him to be as comfortable with where he was at possible, so he could learn that this wasn’t exactly a pooping ground.
We love you, PJ.
You will be missed.
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Until next week…
