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5 Gareth Edwards' Godzilla 2 featuring Rodan and Ghidorah: I placed this so low on the list, because you have to be careful of overencorporating too many crossovers at the same times, especially in this era of Batman, Supermans, and the Avengers. I think Edwards is given more control than those studios. And he definitely takes more risks than the average director. But is that enough for a classic?

4 Guardians of the Galaxy: The Animated Series
Disney, a company I worked for, which emphasized synergy did all a great move by advertising a
My main concern however is that mostly Star Wars and Marvel projects on Disney XD suck! (Do you really want to compare them to the quality of shows such as Batman: The Animated Series, Rugrats, Recess, Doug, or even Kim Possible? You can't!)

3 Galaxy Quest comic
It's a funny idea, because of how surreal the thing could get. Is it going to be behind the scenes or actually within film-within-a-film universe? So many possibiltiies.

2 Star Trek: Planet of the Apes crossover comic
Kirk vs Dr. Zaius. Epic fight scene that looks like its from West Coast USA!

1 Official Zyuranger DVDs in the US.
I've said all I needed to say about it here. https://tokueasternheroes.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/big-news-for-power-rangers-i-mean-super-sentai-fans/

Review: Escape (1970), Conquest (1971) and Battle (1973) from the Planet of the Apes

My brother who absolutely thought Beneath was a disaster thanks to the special effects really enjoyed the philosophical elements of Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Do you eliminate a perfect good sentient being even knowing possibly that he can ruin the society of the Planet of the Apes?
It also murs the original's continuity a bit like the recent X Men films but with good reason.
Again like Planet there are no bad guys except maybe in this case the humans who imprison apes.
Also, let's get ape drunk!

"I said louder!"
"Lousy human bastards"
Conquest was a tale of religious and racial rebellion, freedom, fate.
The ethics used when using a truth telling machine is interesting.
Going totalitarian over the use of pets is a humorous premise but interesting enough and even has a bit of a Star Wars-like inspiration involved. The violence was a bit low key for its time, but there wasn't much in the US to begin with.
Was it ignorant to compare apes to African American civil rights leaders?
No. They were equals even superiors.

Battle had some nice set design but was a bittersweet end to the franchise with a bittersweet ending. The script felt very rushed not enjoyable and noticeably a lot of people didn't like this film.

My Top 10 Giant Robot Films

10 Char's Counterattack: An ending to a classic series
9 Super Sentai films: Entertaining additions that represent the success of a franchise
8 Avatar: Tech vs nature a la Aliens
7 Aliens As Rob Ager said, the antidote film to Alien.
6 Transformers: the Movie 1986: a film that took risk.
5 Iron Man: The beginning of one of the most successful box office franchises ever.
4 The Iron Giant: A classic regarding the cold war.
3 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie: The comeback of a series that could've been lost forever.
2 The End of Evangelion A film that requires a lot to explore.
1 The Empire Strikes Back: I feel cold.

Review: Planet of the Apes (1968) and Beneath (1969)

Planet of the Apes:

• I find Taylor to be quite an interesting character. He's played by the awesome voice of Charlton Heston, and seems not to mind when finding out the female astronaut is dead due to the 18 year time leap. He then finds Nova attractive despite her being part of a group that completely screwed up their supplies.
• The build up to the lines, "take your paws off me you damn dirty ape," is great.
• The ending is memorable, due to fears of the cold war.

It's a fine example of screenwriting, acting and directing. Well worth an Academy Award for something.
10/10

Beneath the Planet of the Apes:
There's definitely big problems with this film that made people forget the rest of the series.

• They write off Taylor before doing it permanently. Charlton Heston had an ingenious ending for this film though.
• The mutants are quite nuclear and their special effects are a bit unpolished.

I really liked Brent, but he's definitely a step down from Taylor. Sort of like how I didn't like Godfather Part II's inclusion of characters that weren't in the first film.
The deaths in the end I really didn't see coming, although eventually you see the end coming, albeit it was suspenseful.
The mutants with nuclear bomb inspired powers also seem to be 2001 inspired, albeit no one knows for sure, who came with what idea first. The mutants love and religion based on the bomb is quite poetic and indicative of some right wing convictions.
7/10

Nothing in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes makes sense, especially the ending

This is a really funny and scary film at the same time. The makeup plays upon people's Michael Jackson fears, and they walk rather eerily too.
Mark Wahlberg talks to animals! He talks to Transformers, so why not?!
I don't believe that the characters are real and are as fake as their makeup.
Whether because of Silver Age radiation beliefs or due to screwing up an education system, the people in this version of Apes can talk, aren't really subdued, so I have no idea what they're complaining about regarding the Apes. Why don't they run? Why don't they overthrow? It makes NO sense.
Not to mention, they have empathetic apes in this film. Maybe they're all not just warmongers. I guess the original had that issue too, but I care enough about the acting, the realism of the makeup, etc.. so that I don't get bothered by this!

Also, why did Tim Burton make this film other than for the money?
There's no goth style in it. He doesn't make any references to other media other than Planet of the Apes in the film, (and they're TERRIBLE!)
It really doesn't seem to be a product anybody enjoyed and boy did it show.

The time warp aspect of the film is completely useless. And BOY that ending. There was really no reason or hints throughout the film to imply they were on Earth and it really should've been an alien planet. How much did they spend on all those sets or CG for such an Ed Woodian ending?!

I guess some of the action was good, but I really didn't get why they went all Iron Monkey in the film.

Why Kamen Rider Gaim-Android Kikaider didn't work

When the effects didn't work, they were worst movie of all time awful.
They need to work Jiro with an acting coach. It's a tough role, and its easy to fail. They're trying to max profits, while they definitely need QA.
I dunno if the original Hakaider was like that. In this version, they just made him Scientist Samurai Hakaider and that was a little weird on the Wikipedia although sorta true. He just kept saying, "destroy, destroy" not really giving him any depth, more importantly not really giving him us any interest in a character that was popular enough to get his own television show.
Furthermore, for a show that had constant times of suffering from Kenji Mizoguchi pace on a commercial project, it seemed rather obvious that they screwed up in production somewhere as they had the crossover as the 30th episode, but right in the middle of probably the best Gaim arc in the show or connected to it.
The 30th episode of Kamen Rider Gaim, should've been about Kamen Rider Gaim. Not Kikaider. Leave that on the movie or a separate non-canon episode.
It was very awkward here, and again makes fans who aren't Transformers crazed lunatics who keep watching Michael Bay's films, no matter how low the standards are, very displeased with their product and vocal about it, hurting the show's brand marketing.

Why Kamen Rider Gaim-Android Kikaider worked

When the effects worked, they were great
Jiro had an ethical Blade Runner-ish dilemma regarding his memories and self regarding the reboot.

• Should he be a person who can't defend himself, like a vegetable or mentally ill person in a mental institution or should he be a person who can do something for himself?
• Should we all be people who don't suffer through diluted and biased media to discover the truth of this world?

Jiro had an interesting child-like persona, really giving him the Pinocchio origin that Shotaro Ishinomori enjoyed. That's what he would've liked.