Just the Ticket

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster. Based on factors that would have the average toxic fanboy or speculation grifter roaring like a lard-assed, radioactive beast (like changes to the established cast and crew, and Godzilla fighting a giant lobster—which sounds dumb and holds the potential to give us the same kind of ending we've seen three times in a row already), a strong negative consensus, and my previous experience with Godzilla Raids Again (which was also not directed by  Ishirō Honda ), I was dreading this one. Fortunately, it's not that bad. Directed by Jun Fukuda (who had the mixed blessing of bringing us both Minilla and the first appearance of Mechagodzilla ) based on a minimally tweaked King Kong script by Shinichi Sekizawa , and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsubaraya ...'s protégé, Sadamasa Arikawa  ( Son Of Godzilla ), Ebirah, Horror Of the Deep (also known by its Japanese title, Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra, Big Duel In the South Seas , ...