From:	"Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject:	Re: Godzilla totally [OT]
Date:	Sun, 24 May 1998 03:27:53 -0300

Ereskanti escreveu:
>
> 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


I know, but most people here in Brasil who watched Godszilla had a
lot
of fun because of this trait... It's hard to take it seriously today, I
mean, so you
just laugh at the thing. That's why Godzilla is still a success.
And if you wanna use the short form for Ubiratan, the correct one is
Bira...

Ubiratan