From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Godzilla totally [OT]
Date:	Sun, 24 May 1998 01:47:16 EDT

In a message dated 5/23/98 8:17:56 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR writes:

> And need I remind you all that all this Godzilla stuff started as a
> bunch
> of Japanese B-movies? To maintain the original's spirit, it's SUPPOSED
> to be
> crappy... :) .
>
Actually, to maintain the original's spirit, you'd have to go A LOT farther
back than that Ubir. They weren't "meant" to be crappy, especially to those
that originally viewed them in their homeland. They were taken incredibly
seriously. Only when it went beyond Japan did things -really- take on new
meanings. What a shame.

-K