Quotes / Revisiting the Roots

Ryan Turek: "You're giving a presentation of the 2014 film following a screening of the '54 film. Can you talk about the original's importance to you?"

Gareth Edwards: "I think it's really underrated and Godzilla is misunderstood in terms of how it all began. People think of Godzilla and think of child-friendly versions. It's funny because people look at the '60s films, they're a bit B-movies and people can say, what if you made it serious like the Batman series became? And if you look at the original, they did that already. They beat us to it by 60 years, it's really serious and somber and very harrowing. Apart from the fact there's a giant monster, I challenge you to show me a film – like a popcorn movie – where they show a child and they hold a Geiger counter and it clicks as if the child is going to die of radiation sickness and the shot moves on. I have not seen that in films of real dramatic weight, let alone a monster movie. I can't think of a more serious monster movie."

— Shock Til You Drop interview

"You're a handsome retro shooter focusing on fast pace and mobility while fighting off hordes of monsters? Well, it won't be truly retro unless it's level-based with open-ended maps and key hunting - oh it does have that. Alright then, but you couldn't resist having weapon reloading. That's the one thing that shooter developers always put in these days without considering how it screws up the pace of - oh there's no reloading. Alright, what the fuck are you up to, Bethesda?"

— Zero Punctuation, on Doom (2016)

"Yeah, looks awesome. Classic Si[mon Belmont] — it's a little weird having, like, barbarian man. They don't really do barbarians in Castlevania anymore."

— Vinny from Vinesauce, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate August 8th, 2018 Nintendo Direct

"In its initial form, a lot of [1960's] stuff was innovative and exciting. Unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere. By 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock 'n' roll."

— Tommy Ramone on why Punk Rock displaced Progressive Rock

"...the fact of the matter is, Holmes handed in a script that feels distinctly like Doctor Who of old – it’s just that at this point in the series history, Doctor Who of old feels oddly fresh."

— Elizabeth Sandifer, reviewing "The Krotons"

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