Godzilla’s coming!
Although I have a feeling we’re going be deprived of the out-of-sync dubbing and guy-in-a-rubber-suit-stomping-on-models that gave most of the earlier installments their charm, I am cautiously optimistic in that it looks as if at least they’ve tried to handle the latest incarnation with some integrity. We’ll see how overboard they go with the effects. But no superheroes or Transformers is a good sign. Also, it looks like they got some real actors. (R.I.P. Raymond Burr.)
To mark the release of the new film, this week on “Picture Perfect,” the focus will be on music from dinosaur movies. I know, I know, Godzilla isn’t strictly speaking a dinosaur. How many dinosaurs have atomic breath? However, in researching the show, I did come across an amusing article in Smithsonian Magazine, in which paleontologists speculate what dinosaurs may have been a part of Godzilla’s DNA. Before his radioactive mutation that is. Here’s the link, if you’re interested:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-kind-of-dinosaur-is-godzilla-45639768/?no-ist
Curiously, the article was written in 2012, so as far as I can tell it’s not a piece of Hollywood merchandising, making it either an admirable display of scientific integrity or a slow day in the newsroom.
We’ll hear music from the soundtrack for the new “Godzilla,” by Alexandre Desplat; also selections from “The Land Before Time,” by James Horner; “One Million Years B.C.,” by Mario Nascimbene; and “Jurassic Park,” by John Williams.
I hope you’ll join me for Godzilla and friends, on “Picture Perfect,” this Friday evening at 6 ET. You can listen to it then, or later as a webcast, at http://www.wwfm.org.
RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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