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Author:  rein-o [ 04 Apr 2012, 03:07 ]
Post subject:  godzilla or monster category
looking at my collection, i have a lot of godzilla films but not all of them have godzilla in the title.

there should be a category for that, i don't know if it would be monster or godzilla or??
i think some would want to know about other monster films that my not be released by toho,
or some of their other horror/sci-fi films like matango etc that would carry over due to same
director or same SFX people.
Author:  mikeystoyz [ 04 Apr 2012, 04:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
Rubbery looking creatures that are way cool?
Author:  rein-o [ 04 Apr 2012, 04:10 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
something like that!!
possibly kaiju, but i don't know if enough know that and i don't know if all of the japanese films of
that genre go under that category.
Author:  publius [ 04 Apr 2012, 04:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
The Japanese categorize them as "Tokusatsu" or "SFX".
Author:  rein-o [ 04 Apr 2012, 05:23 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
yes, but would most americans know that?
Author:  mikeystoyz [ 04 Apr 2012, 05:32 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
SFX would be cool. I think I will watch my copy of Rodan tonight in its honor.
Author:  hippiedalek [ 04 Apr 2012, 13:39 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
I thought kaiju was the term used for those films, doesn't it literally mean "giant monster?"
Author:  rein-o [ 04 Apr 2012, 19:02 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
so i guess the catagory would be something like
kaiju/tokusatsu

there should be some type of category for these films on LDDB, there are lots of films that i am interested in but don't know the others by title. too many made.
Author:  rein-o [ 06 Apr 2012, 05:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
so am i the only one that thinks this is a good idea for a catagory??
it would get people interested in others of the style, right?
Author:  rein-o [ 20 Apr 2012, 17:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
so i guess there shouldn't be a catagory for these films?
no one else thinks so, right?
Author:  publius [ 20 Apr 2012, 18:16 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
No other genre has its own forum area, including anime, which I think is a bigger interest in the LD community than this type material. Just make a thread for it. Or if what you want is an addition to the "genre" selection list in LDDb listings, rather than an area of this forum, wouldn't you be better off putting this in "LDDb Feature Requests" rather than "New forum categories??
Author:  signofzeta [ 21 Apr 2012, 02:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
I think he means a catagory for discs cataloged on LDDB.com itself. I agree with his suggestion.
Author:  rein-o [ 21 Apr 2012, 04:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
i guess i'll contact for feature requests, didn't know about it.
and yes i do mean a catogory for discs on LDDB itself.
if someone does a search for criterion you get all discs in that catagory.
why not with anime also and monster etc.
i made this topic due to the reason that i saw other topics that julien saw and upgraded or whatever.
thanks,
Author:  godzilla-2000 [ 04 May 2014, 03:45 ]
Post subject:  Re: godzilla or monster category
"Kaijû" (怪獣) means "strange beast", usually translated as "giant monster".
Actually, "daikaijû" (大怪獣) means "giant strange beast".

"Tokusatsu" (特撮) means "special effects".

In Japan, films about giant monsters are referred to as "kaijû eiga".
They are part of the larger genre of "tokusatsu eiga" (special effects films).
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