By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)
If IMAX’s FanFix program does not offer a poster for this coming Godzilla film, I just may have to be highly disappointed. It’s not like a release is to be expected since last year and this has been very selective. Not every high profile film is getting this special poster program treatment. I had hoped for a continuation of The Hobbit 12:01 posters but that did not happen. Even a cool embossed Captain America shield on paper for Winter Soldier would have been awesome, but not every idea will happen. But for Godzilla, just what can be done? Can any studio working with IMAX outdo Star Trek’s glow-in-the-dark print?
For a certain radioactive monster, to repeat that formula would certainly elevate the cool factor by several levels. The blue flames of the behemoth rising from the waters of Tokyo Bay is enough to get me salivating. In this film’s case, could that be San Francisco Bay? I’ve purposely stayed away from learning any story points, so I’m merely guessing at where the action will take place here.
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Godzilla is coming to Austin, or at least the poster is. Austin-based design studio, Mondo, was commissioned for a new poster for Godzilla’s return to North American screens this summer. The poster was designed by Phantom City Creative who also designed an exclusive Godzilla poster for the San Diego Comic-Con last year. Some people may say it shows Godzilla rising up out of the smoke but what I love about art is it means something different to each person. To me the smoke which comes from the source of the chaos and destruction within the city forms the shape of Godzilla.
Godzilla as a force of nature is the message that is being conveyed. Man’s arrogance it is said, is that we believe those forces are within our control. But Godzilla is a severe lesson in how powerless mankind is when dealing with a force of nature that is so unpredictable.
Over at Cosmic Book News is a post that reveals that