{"id":1864,"date":"2008-01-24T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T23:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-smush-new-york\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T23:15:38","slug":"i-smush-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-smush-new-york","title":{"rendered":"I Smush New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Licensing Expo<\/a> in 1997, I met with some Sony executives about properties they were licensing for merchandise. (I also met Gary Panter<\/a> at that event, but that’s another story). I asked why they were so excited about their new Godzilla<\/a> flick. Grinning from ear to ear, one of the Japanese execs told me, “Because this time Godzilla destroys New York<\/em>!”<\/p>\n

That movie may’ve been the first to violate my rule that Jean Reno<\/a> makes any movie good, but it seems to have helped kicked off a trend of movies about New York getting smacked down. This post from a NYTimes Cityroom blog<\/a> offers a timeline of great New York ass-whompings, pre- and post-9\/11, and links to a New York mag Top 10 list of ’em<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

I’m just glad New Jersey tends to get off easy. Lex Luthor’s the only one who tried blowing us up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Licensing Expo in 1997, I met with some Sony executives about properties they were licensing for merchandise. (I also met Gary Panter at that event, but that’s another story). I asked why they were so excited about their new Godzilla flick. Grinning from ear to ear, one of the Japanese execs told me, … <\/p>\n

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