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This and James Rolfe's Godzillathon videos really help you appreciate the character and his history. From a symbol of atomic terror to a monster bashing friend of mankind and everything in between. My first real Godzilla movie was "Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2" back when i was in middle school. I always saw the character in parodies and homages and admired him before (mainly for the simple fact that he's a giant dinosaur with nuclear breath) but after actually seeing one of his movies, I now completely understood why he's so beloved around the world. Happy 60th big guy.
I think its weird how a culture so cemented in the protection of freedoms and liberty can somehow find it ok to take them away from others. A round of applause for my Uncle Sam everyone, because we know he's listening.
I remember now yeah. The evening was a bit of a plug for the '98 movie, get a bit of interest in the genre. In the UK Godzilla movies were normally confined to late night triple-bills on Channel 4, ususally from the late Showa era. Awesome book by the way!
'I thought of Godzilla as the embodiment of violence and hatred for mankind ...'- Jun Fukuda. The guy who directed Megalon!! I dunno ... i'm not seeing that in his movies.
@Dinozilla626 The movie is called Destroy All Monsters. The scenes taken from the end of the film where the Alien Invader Bad Guys base is discovered by Godzilla and he gets his payback on them for taking control of his mind.
at timeframe 3:50 - that is between Akihabara stations and Ueno station - that is where that Café Veloce is. Haven't lived in Japan for a while but I recognize the spot.
All uploaded, glad you liked it. I hope sooner or later the BBC put this stuff out on iplayer. I guess they've got so many documentaries it'd take ages to go through. The documentary was made in the mid 90s. It was part of an awesome "monster night" which I'll upload soon enough.
This documentary was shot in 1998; I know, because I provided the Beeb with some of the Japanese interview subjects, and I was one myself! August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS
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It's annoying how this is an English documentary and there are only two region 2 Godzilla films I EVER recall of: King Kong vs Godzilla and Godzilla 1998. Please! We English NEED to see these films!
Their it is... I still and forever call the 1998 film a remake of "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"... they just got the title card messed up and called it "Godzilla" by accident, lol.
Weird, this is a 1998 documentary and the awful Godzilla suit at the beggining is more godzilla like than the creature in the american version movie of the same year.
Who is that man at the end who was in 7 Samurai, does anyone recognized him from that movie? he said he was working on it for a full year so I doubt he was an extra, probably one of the villagers but just wondering if he was the stand out type.
After seeing the original Japanese version of Godzilla, Gojira, I have no time for Godzilla. Gojira is a great sci fi film, while Godzilla is for kids.
Actually, Ray Harryhausen's 'Beast From 20,000 Fathoms' ~inspired~ Godzilla, but I can't call Godzilla a copycat idea!!! By the way, I am a fan of Ray Harryhausen, and a fan of Godzilla as well!
360Pop Up It wasn't a Godzilla movie. It was a monster movie which managed to score the same name as the legend. Don't judge them by the same standards.
I dislike the 1998 Godzilla! I look at it and think "THAT is not Godzilla!" (What were they thinking when they created that as a rendition of Godzilla?) The whole movie was more like Jurassic Park than Godzilla!!!