REMEMBER HOW MUCH GAMERA USED TO SUCK?

Soon, the shelled one shall suck that badly again. Yes, prepare yourself for GAMERA: LITTLE BRAVES. Gamera, Daiei's flying, fire-breathing, giant turtle started out with a fine movie, then he was quickly made kid safe with the tag-line, "Friend to all children"  and he became a joke, something for people who didn't like giant monster movies to point to as a sign that things had Gone Too Far.

Then, in 1995, director Shusuke Kaneko resurrected the GAMERA franchise with three of the greatest giant monster movies ever made:

- GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (1995)
- GAMERA: THE ADVENT OF LEGION (1996)
- GAMERA: REVENGE OF IRIS (1999)

In 2002, Daiei was sold to the gargantuan Kadokawa Publishing company and their film arm is not only producing the new Takashi Miike movie, SPOOK WARFARE, but they've demonstrated that they have no clue as to what made the Gamera flicks exciting in the 90's and have returned the big ol' mean turtle to being the chaperone at a kiddie flick. The plot: a kid raises a baby Gamera.

(Thanks to City on Fire)