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Our watchalong for #Godzillamovie (2014) starts at 5pm PT/8pm ET tonight! Fire up your copy and follow this thread for BTS tales from director Gareth Edwards (via @Godzillamovie), fun from our pals @nerdist and more!Hashtags to join: #monsterversewatchalong #nerdistathome
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Monsterverse Mythology Manager @georgectew will be live-tweeting and answering your questions right here on our Twitter throughout the movie tonight! Be sure to use #MonsterverseWatchalong when tweeting your questions! https://twitter.com/georgectew/status/1248346827570573313?s=20
Other ways to interact with tonight's #MonsterverseWatchalong:
- Godzilla director Gareth Edwards will be live-tweeting the film from @GodzillaMovie
- @nerdist will be live-tweeting using #NerdistAtHome
- Legendary's Instagram will be posting additional content on their stories
- Godzilla director Gareth Edwards will be live-tweeting the film from @GodzillaMovie
- @nerdist will be live-tweeting using #NerdistAtHome
- Legendary's Instagram will be posting additional content on their stories
OK, here we go! Press play wherever you're watching in 3…2….1… #MonsterverseWatchalong
TAGS: @GodzillaMovie, @Nerdist
TAGS: @GodzillaMovie, @Nerdist
Much of the redacted wording in the credits hides information and Easter eggs. For example, “Walter” and “White” are the last two words that are crossed out when @BryanCranston’s name is shown. Freeze frame and see if you can find them all! #MonsterverseWatchalong
Tag the person who you saw @GodzillaMovie with for the first time! #MonsterverseWatchalong
The costume for @Watanabe in this scene is based on Eiji Tsuburaya’s outfits (the special effects director on the early Godzilla films). #MonsterverseWatchalong
This is the first time in the franchise we see the Monarch logo, designed to represent the nexus between Myth and Science. #MonsterverseWatchalong
The backstory behind this massive Titan skeleton is explored in the Godzilla: Aftershock graphic novel. In the story, a Monarch base is eventually constructed on the site of the ruins, dubbed Outpost 14 as a reference to 2014 (the year the film came out). #MonsterverseWatchalong
In Godzilla: Aftershock, it is revealed that the Titan Jinshin-Mushi, aka “The Earthquake Beetle", implanted these two parasitic spores into the abdomen of a host Titan in order to incubate by feeding off its atomic energy. #MonsterverseWatchalong
The name of @Watanabe’s character, Ishirō Serizawa is a nod to both Daisuke Serizawa, a key character from the original 1954 film, as well as Ishirō Honda, the director of that film. #MonsterverseWatchalong
A poster on Ford’s bedroom wall features monsters very similar to the look of the MUTOs, foreshadowing what’s to come. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Ford Brody's classroom is filled with references to Mothra, Rodan and classic Godzilla. #MonsterverseWatchalong
One of the headlines on Joe Brody’s wall reads “1954: COVER-UP IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC”, which is both a reference to key in-world events, as well as a nod to the year the original Godzilla film was released. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Did you notice the photo of the Bat-like creature? It has been speculated that is an early tease of Camazotz, a recently-announced Titan that will be seen in an upcoming Monsterverse graphic novel. #MonsterverseWatchalong
There is a “Mothra” Easter egg on the broken fish tank in the containment area. #MonsterverseWatchalong
We wholeheartedly agree. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248407159626297344?s=20
same here! #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/Primeval_raptor/status/1248407201661644802?s=20
Concept Art: MUTO
The MUTO design was inspired by King Kong (1933), Alien, Jurassic Park, and Starship Troopers. #MonsterverseWatchalong
The MUTO design was inspired by King Kong (1933), Alien, Jurassic Park, and Starship Troopers. #MonsterverseWatchalong
They are nature's way of restoring balance. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/hatwithbuttons/status/1248409148535885825?s=20
Earlier in the film’s development, Monarch was originally going to be called MUTO, naming themselves after the monsters they searched for. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Join us on the dark side! #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/sarahjanewarner/status/1248410656472064006?s=20
In the graphic novel Godzilla: Awakening, the USS Nautilus, the first-ever nuclear submarine, launched in 1954…and it awakened something. NAUTILUS was also the production codename for Godzilla (2014). #MonsterverseWatchalong
Monarch was founded by President Truman and General MacArthur in 1946 in the wake of the discovery of MUTOs. Here is the first-ever Monarch meeting, as seen in the graphic novel Godzilla: Awakening. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Monarch was a top-secret organization in this film...the next movie pulls back the curtain to reveal just how advanced they really are. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/tahrannosaur/status/1248411549942689797?s=20
"The first Gods." @Mike_Dougherty #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/kaijunator1954/status/1248411853513867266?s=20
The Brody family is named after Martin Brody from Jaws. @BryanCranston compared the two films: “The film does not immediately show the beast, but rather builds up its appearance, while still delivering an eerie and terrifying off-screen presence.” #MonsterverseWatchalong
Our idea of spending time in a tropical paradise. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/kaijunator1954/status/1248413033866481664?s=20
We like to say that Godzilla is a hero in the way that a tidal wave would be a hero to stop a fire. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/Anthony6595574/status/1248412985145491456?s=20
"(Godzilla) is an ancient warrior, who's the last of his kind...He lives a very solitary, lonely existence and he's very happy to keep away from everyone, but we keep doing things to force him to return and put things right." - director Gareth Edwards #MonsterverseWatchalong
He's a very good boy, of course he made it out. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/sbgbjay/status/1248414542360506369?s=20
What would you do if you saw Godzilla in real life? #MonsterverseWatchalong
”I tried to imagine Godzilla was a real creature and someone from Toho saw him in the 1950s and ran back to the studio to make a movie about the creature and was trying their best to remember it and draw it. And in our film you get to see him for real." - director Gareth Edwards
As part of director Gareth Edwards’ design, Godzilla’s dorsal fins were reimagined as shard-like rock extrusions…like a living mountain. #MonsterverseWatchalong
SMH, Gareth. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248415547567398913?s=20
Serizawa’s background and recruitment into Monarch are revealed in the Godzilla: Awakening graphic novel. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Titans would classify this movie as a romantic comedy. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/1248416961416974340?s=20
What's everyone's favorite movie monster (aside Godzilla of course)? #MonsterverseWatchalong
Glad you came around on it eventually! #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248417397066723333?s=20
The timing device on the nuclear bomb is an homage to the design of the bomb from the 1964 James Bond @007 film Goldfinger. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Spoilers! 
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#MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/AtomicBlastPod/status/1248419145776910336?s=20
Definitely the dog tied to the tree in Honolulu. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/1248419020413349888?s=20
"Godzilla is definitely a representation of the wrath of nature. The theme is man vs. nature, and Godzilla is certainly the nature side of it. You can't win this fight. Nature's always going to win...He's the punishment we deserve." - Gareth Edwards #MonsterverseWatchalong
The film was released in 2014, the 60th anniversary of the original Godzilla film. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Another very good boy. Always trust actors' instincts. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248420468421324800?s=20
You're in luck, my friend... #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/CorgiNoir/status/1248420443205193729?s=20
Free film school from Gareth Edwards. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248421186989514752?s=20
Godzilla’s original roar in 1954 was made by running a leather glove up and down double bass strings. For this film, they recreated that sound with a mix of instruments and random objects including rusty door hinges and drum toms until it sounded perfect. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Looks somewhat familiar to us. 
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The film contains 960 visual effects shots. Godzilla's 3D model is made up of 500,000 polygons. If the graphic was rendered on a single computer, it would've taken 450 years to render. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Concept Art: San Francisco
A 400-foot model of the Golden Gate Bridge was created for the San Francisco sequence.
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A 400-foot model of the Golden Gate Bridge was created for the San Francisco sequence.
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Method acting. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248422480814862336?s=20
LET THEM FIGHT #MonsterverseWatchalong
This is actual footage of our everyday meetings in the office at Legendary. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/Gojisaurus/status/1248423605567807488?s=20
Would you have the guts to join the HALO jump team? #MonsterverseWatchalong
In another homage to a classic film, the music in the background of the HALO jump sequence is György Ligeti's "Requiem", famously heard in 2001: A Space Odyssey. #MonsterverseWatchalong
WHAT WAS HE THINKING?! #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248424032204013570?s=20
We see what you did there. 
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#MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/applegentleman/status/1248424490242936832?s=20
"This time, we join the fight." Oh wait, getting ahead of ourselves. @Mike_Dougherty
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#MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248424828505182208?s=20
Check out that prime Bay Area real estate. #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248425719736070156?s=20
Godzilla’s breath is powered by nucleosynthetic glands in his throat…and it’s just really cool to look at. #MonsterverseWatchalong
Concept Art: Godzilla’s Breath
As massive Godzilla fans ourselves, we wanted to keep it a secret in the marketing campaign for the first film so everyone could enjoy it at the same time simultaneously on the big screen.
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As massive Godzilla fans ourselves, we wanted to keep it a secret in the marketing campaign for the first film so everyone could enjoy it at the same time simultaneously on the big screen.
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Name this fight move. #MonsterverseWatchalong
The “GoWhales” name on the side of a boat here is a reference to “Gojira,” the Japanese word for Godzilla which was a combination of the words for “gorilla” and “whale.” #MonsterverseWatchalong
Is there a better finishing move in movie history? #MonsterverseWatchalong
The chyron on the Jumbotron here is both a nod to the American re-edit of the original 1954 film, titled “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” as well as a tease of the title for the 3rd chapter in the Monsterverse, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). #MonsterverseWatchalong
Thank you all for joining for some Kaiju-sized fun! What did you think of the first installment of our #MonsterverseWatchalong series? Anything you’d like to see more of next week?
Thank you for joining us for our #MonsterverseWatchalong of Godzilla! Visit our Instagram page any time to relive the fun, and don’t forget to tune in next week for @kongskullisland!
THANK YOU GARETH! You should tweet more often, IMO! #MonsterverseWatchalong https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1248430116524310536?s=20
