The History of Godzilla (2014) 

**Originally Uploaded on 3/17/24* - Taken down multiple times due to Warner Bros copyright claims. Apologies, I had to resort to using mostly screen shots when showing anything in the movie. If WB takes this one down too, I will be disputing it.

10:23 In 1933, he was just a background monster. Many years later, he became the main villain of the 2017 movie Kong: Skull Island. This is the story of the Skull Crawler.

So Warner Bros don't realize this FREE PROMOTION! for the damn godzilla movie they got coming out next week! 🤷🏾‍♂️

Fortunately, Takarada's scene in G2014 has finally been released after 10 years in a recent Monsterverse boxset. Hopefully you can comment on it in the Shin Godzilla video.

Honestly your videos gave me huge nostalgia for James’ GodzillaThon and it’s so great to hear you acknowledge it

Warner Brothers taking this video down but not taking down the videos that show every single second of the kaiju scenes from Godzilla 2014 is crazy.

Man, I remember the release of this film like it was yesterday. The hype was INSANE, and while the film itself didn't quite live up to my expectations, I still have fond memories of that time and being excited for a new American interpretation of Godzilla in theaters.

That 'kiss of death' moment equals the OG King Kong wiggling the dead T-Rex jaw. A equally righteous kill.

Im so sick of copyright disclaims especially as this video was made with love and passion for Godzilla and this Warner Bros produced Godzilla movie.

They keep striking and I'm gonna keep rewatching it. Also this reupload didn't show up in my sub feed at all. Only noticed because it was on the homepage

Splendid to see mention of Godzilla-Thon as I feel a lot of people got introduced and reintroduced to the franchise through that means in the early days of RU-vid. I feel like this series truly has become the fitting successor, the type of video essay that I love to listen to over and over again. Absolutely fantastic work Bill, fantastic!

I'll never forget seeing this in theaters back when I was like 14 I think I had convinced my foster parents to take us after showing them the trailer, The lighting wasn't bad actually I think it was the first home release that got choppa'd. Probably my favourite tied with KOTM, hearing the different kaiju sounds in the imax speakers was just plain epic Godzilla really busted again after a decade of no busting, respect.

So excited for the Shin Godzilla video

I was on the og upload, sad to see them taking down for literally no reason. Also, commenting for the algorithm.

Man I'm sorry Big Action Bill, this video is so good it must be so frustrating that WB keeps taking it down. I commented on the original video about a sorta re-write that I think would fix some of the issues with the movie. I'll do it again but I'll keep it short. I have two pitches, 1. Joe dies but a tad later, and 2. Joe makes the credits. But before that, I have one extra scene addition to go over... - This hypothetical scene would take place right after the opening credit. We open with the people of the Philipines, a few of them are discussing the miners and the work they are doing, and how it just feels off, and how they may be responsible for the earthquake that took place a few hours earlier. we would then cut to a young child, watching the waves in the stormy night, they notices something in the water and they go to tell their parents. It's a rainy stormy night so we don't really see what is out there, but whatever it is makes landfall, and passes over the mountains. We only really see glimpses and shiloettes, maybe a quick shot with flashing lightning, something is curious about the recent events. Then the movie would cut to the next day and Serizawa/Monarch arriving. everything remains unchanged exept Serizawa sees some footprints along the island. This new 2-3 minute scene would do a few things to benifit the film. It would give the Audience and screenwriters what they want, Godzilla right away without revealing him fully. It also serves as a slight homage to the 54 film and establishes Godzilla as activeley aware of the M.U.T.O, he's not hunting it yet as its radioactive signature is too small at the moment. Establishing Godzilla like this would also help fix the whole "Oh btw Godzilla is in this movie, here he is now!" delema, as he sorta just shows up literally out of the blue, at least now his been set up as at least awake and aware of the change. The rest of the film plays out the same, up until the moment Joe dies, here's where my 2 pitches come in. 1. Joe dies, just a bit later. So here Joe survives his incounter with the MUTO, and actually learns about Godzilla, something I think was a huge mistake in the final film. He tags along with Ford, but being he isn't a military man, sorta holds him back. He's there with Ford on the monorail, and goes with Ford during the train scene. Here he is killed off by the Female MUTO. This would set up Ford wanting revenge of sorts in the final act, one MUTO killed his mom, the other his dad, and now they both threaten his remaining family. We would get a bit more Joe, and set up Ford more so he isn't so bland. But I think the 2nd pitch is better 2. Joe makes the credits. In this pitch, after the male MUTO wakes up and Joe is injured, Joe stays with Monarch on the S.S. Saratoga to recover and learn more about the MUTO and Godzilla while also giving some information and theorys of his own. Everything with Ford stays the same, maybe add a small scene with Ford and Joe having a small fight as Joe still refuses to move on despite knowing the truth now. Ford says his goodbyes to Joe and tells him he is going to to do exactly what Joe said, he's going to keep his family safe. Not too many extra scenes are needed here, just some interaction between Joe and Serizawa. Joe does and learns all he can, but he sorta has closure, FFord was right, he knows what happened to his wife and why. He realises his priority now is his own family, he needs to move on. With the help of the Admeral, he learns of Fords location and sets out to locate him. His son is putting himself in the direct path of these monsters, and Joe with his new found drive sets out to save his son. Joe reunites with Ford shortly after the train attack scene and the two together do the halo jump. It's such a beautiful scene, and it would show how much both characters are there for eachother, if they are willing to jump from a plane together. Now if you don't buy into Joe being able to do that, you could just as easily have him arrive in the city with the military, and reunite with Ford in the city. Joe's going in while everyone else is evacuating. Ether way, both men are in the city and working together. The rest of the movie plays out the same, though I'd actually have Joe blow up the MUTO nest while Ford and the others move the bomb to the boat. You could have a nobel sacrifice here but if Ford lives in the scene then so can Joe. Godzilla kills the MUTOs, Ford, El, Sam AND Joe share an embrace at the stadium, as a complete family. I think the second pitch would fix a few issues with the film, it would make us care more for the human drama, we would want to see this family come together again after splitting at the end of the first act. It's also thematically fun, as the MUTOS are also trying to build a family. The human drama would be less boring and even have some drive behind it. with these small changes we effectiveley give the audience and screenwriters what they want first up without spoiling anything and setting up the tone. We also keep the human story from growing stale.

I dunno who is more trivial at this point....Toho or Warner

I was in the middle of listening to this at work yesterday when the video got taken down and I was really disappointed. Glad you had it back up so quickly! You do a great job and I will check out your other videos!

I loved this movie and I still love it to this day. Without this film I wouldn't have been a Godzilla fan today, I remember initially being afraid of Godzilla as a kid but after watching this film in theater's both my life and mind changed forever (In a good way)

Great job Big Action Bill, Thanks Zillions! I formed Whitecat Productions as a legal entity with which I could pursue my efforts to support the promotion of Banno-san's large format film efforts. I was appointed by him to be Co-Producer of Godzilla vs Deathla to the Max and also Co-Producer alongside with Kenji Okuhira and Brian Rogers of Godzilla 3D to the Max. In my 2020 interview with Brett Homenick, I provide a link to the Internet Archive of the official Godzilla 3D to the Max website which documents this. In the Summer 2022 issue of G-Fan, I provide the entire story of my involvement with Yoshimitsu Banno. Again many thanks for your professional journalistic approach to all of this.

They keep striking the video, I'll keep rewatching. My view is... Inevitable

I have enjoyed this series so much! Ive been waiting so long to hear "up next, 2016's Shin Godzilla"

Sorry your video keeps getting taken down bill. If it makes you feel any better i saw the original version when you first uploaded it. Not only did i find it informative but you also helped me appreciate the film more knowing about some of the history behind it! Hopefully this one stays up

It’s a real shame that all of this hard work gets taken down. Beside from that, great job on the work! 👍 (Sorry for being late)

Thanks for the commitment ;) we appreciate it!

Excellent video, commenting to boost the video in the algorithm since Warner Bros seems to have it out for you

As a long time and huge Godzilla fan I really appreciate all the research and detail that go into these videos thank you so much these are great!

1:07:45 Now, after watching this whole segment of the video, I smile with joy that we now officially can watch the deleted scene. I'm so fucking happy we now have the deleted scene.

Come on Warner Bros leave Bill's fantastic video alone. Here's another one for the algorithm brother

I’m currently watching all of your history of Godzilla movie videos and I greatly appreciate the amount of work you put into these videos. Absolutely fantastic and extremely entertaining. Thank you for putting these together.

There are multiple videos out there about this movie and none is taken down like this, what the hell. I have to assume it's some automated thing detecting a couple copyrighted scenes, then either a bot or a WB employee who doesn't give a shit looks at the length of the video, assumes this is the whole movie uploaded, and takes it down.

Here we go, Into the Monsterverse. Again. Shame Warner Bros. got stingy.

I started a binge watch of Godzilla films and all things closely related such as Mothra films and Rodan, War of the Gargantuas, etc. Between each I watched your history of each film because I love knowing stuff and I’m a compulsive completionist. I watched every minute of your History of Godzilla 2014 (longer than the actual movie!). I really appreciate all the effort you’ve put into these and I’m subscribed now because I’m looking forward to the rest. Great work and thank you. Once I’m finished with all the films I will do a write up of Godzilla films as a whole. I’m not sure yet as to the unique angle I’ll come from but your videos have been resoundingly influential on my turning mental gears. You rock!

I love these videos so much bro, shame they took it down so many times

1:53:12 - The funniest thing i've ever heard Bill say ...and my exact same reaction when I first saw this movie!

1:29:41 Yes, it is coming from Godzilla. It's the humming of his radiation. You obviously remember it more prominently when he's charging up his atomic breath and the humming rises in pitch.

WB is the worst.

I'll rewatch the entire thing yet again Bill. With the quality of your videos and the time and effort you put in, it would be a crime for me not to. Your amazing work is highly appreciated.

Thanks for this awesome documentary/ retrospective on the beginning of Godzilla's modern age and the birth of the Monsterverse! I really enjoyed every minute of it and learned a lot about the creation of the film! I had actually forgotten that Gareth Edwards was the director of this film, and after watching The Creator, I can say that while Edwards makes some very beautiful films on a visual, detail, and technical level, he's usually too eager to subvert expectations for the sake of subversion that it comes at the cost of the story, characters, and enjoyment of the film watching experience. Also, his insistence on characters looking sad and pensive as the way to sell human drama and "seriousness" is over used and results in weak characters. Still I do enjoy this take on Godzilla, and thought it was a great way to revive him after FInal Wars and have enjoyed everything we've gotten since!

Woo welcome back, missed your videos. Can't wait to see more of your videos- you give good content and your videos are very detailed!

10 years since peak dropped

You are one of my favorite creators! I don’t like or comment as much as I should, but I you are incredible

I was introduced to Godzilla through the 1998 film. When I heard they were making a new one I assumed it would be like that movie or maybe a sequel to ‘98. Mind you I was a little kid at the time and wasn’t fully aware of who the big G really was. SDCC 2013, the Godzilla Encounter reveals a look at this new design and I was scared of it… which means I was HOOKED. From the Teaser Trailer, TV Spots, and sitting down opening weekend, Godzilla (2014) introduced me to a whole new world of Godzilla both old and the future.

I love this movie. This and the 1954 original is what got me into Godzilla. Thank you for making this!

There is a 16 minute video on RU-vid that shows all of the deleted scenes from Godzilla 2014, one of them shows the full deleted scene that has the Akira Takarada cameo.

Great work as always, sir. Your godzilla content is always a must watch for me.

Today is it’s Ten Year Anniversary

What's funny is the reason Jaws went the slow buildup approach is because the animatronic sharks kept malfunctioning. If they had worked properly Spielberg would have very likely had the shark onscreen much earlier and more often.

I ain’t eva gonna stop liking and commenting on the video!!!!!!!!!

This doc is rad! Thank you

Had to watch this on my TV 📺 absolutely brilliant video. Wasn't a big fan of the film myself but knowing what kick start the franchise up again was really interesting. Can't wait for the next one 👍

Cant wait for the history of shin godzilla video

i always loved the idea of godzilla making landfall causing an actual tsunami. hope the copyright claims also will stop now, your channel is the BEST all things godzilla history.

Being a Godzilla fan, I actually felt that this evolved version stayed true to the original we all knew and loved. I wasn't pleased with the 1998 version which used a different kaiju named Zilla (Godzilla: Final Wars).

FINALLY! I only had about 20 minutes left when it got taken down WHILE I WAS WATCHING

I didn't think I'd be able to watch a video about Godzilla (2014) that was longer than Godzilla (2014), but here we are. Made me want to subscribe

Pretty crazy to remember how much effort goes into a single movie

I will once again be watching the whole thing for algorithm's sake o7

Quick question: If Warner Bros continue to be helions with copyright, would it be possible to do a video about the 10 years between Final Wars and Godzilla 2014, or would there not be enough content for it to warrant its own standalone video?

Man I’ve been watching your videos for years now and I just gotta come back and say thank you for making these heartfelt documentaries. The details and trivia you choose to include are just *chefs kiss*. Keep up the great work 😊 Edit* sorry to hear about the CR nonsense. I know how frustrating that can be.

Thank god I downloaded the original upload before it was taken down. I remember the hype for this film. The anticipation was off the charts. Saw it opening night and was entertained but felt something was missing. As it turned ALOT of fans felt that. Your thoughts on this movie mirror mine. The Godzilla design is great, the sound design spectacular!, Bryan Chranston is brilliant and the first act grabs your attention! Everything else however falls immensely Short and offers little rewatch value. I enjoyed Kong skull Island and Godzilla vs Kong much more.

hope this one stays up, mate. best of luck

I simply cannot stress enough how exited I’m about the upcoming Shin Godzilla video!

Thank you for this. I'm in the hospital, and my RU-vid timeline is just one long stream of trash. Finally, something worth watching.

This movie is still one of my favorite in the franchise. I fully buy into the human drama of this movie. I will never forget being in the theatre with my dad and cheering when Godzilla fired his atomic breath for the first time. The music, special effects, and story are all top-notch. It's not without criticism, but it stands tall in spite of those critics. It barely misses out on my Top 5 (Gojira, Minus One, Shin, The Return of Godzilla, and GMK), and I love a large number of Godzilla movies.

Think the slow build and even the tease at the airport fight was brilliant. I think he did it to avoid fight fatigue and keep it grounded.

I have a lot of thoughts about this movie, that I can't fit into one comment. When I first saw it I hated it. And after seeing King of the Monsters (which is one of my all time favs) I liked it even less. But eventually it grew on me. Learning about how it was made, and realizing that we wouldn't be where we are now without it, really helped me appreciate it as the great movie that it is

So I understand Im the minority here but this is peak Godzilla to me (with Minus One only behind due to my bias toward this movie). Its everything I couldve wanted as a kid. To me, the emphasis on the size & effect of Godzilla is just as important as seeing him punch monsters, and without it, him punching monsters is critically lessened. I stand firm in that his final fight is the most impactful in his film history, and nothing has felt like it since. I know even in the monsterverse people prefer the later films. They have their place, and I get it. But man do I wish they stayed as grounded as this film. I really wish we could have a whole trilogy of Edwards take on Godzilla. Man it really just “does it” for me. And for everyone who prefers the more action heavy movies that throw logic out the window… well you have most of the franchise. And I can enjoy those too. But man am I hungry for more of this.

Man do I love these and am so happy seeing this in my feed! Started watching Goji films in February and as of today I am over 12 films deep! My current top 5 because why not: 1954 Shin Hedorah Destoroyah 2014 Yet to see Minus One... Honestly, I wanna make this big essay on all the topics these films cover as well as relevancy in the Japanese and global cinematic landscape. Currently is my research stage and your work is a big nice roundup of everything happening in an entertaining, polished yet character-filled way. Kore-eda is indeed great and cheers from Croatia!

I watched the original upload and the re-upload every night. I would rather watch the history of Godzilla 2014 than actually watch Godzilla 2014. note: I love godzilla 2014, but I love Big Action Bill more

Thanks for your efforts. Glad I downloaded the second version you upped.

Thanks for touching on the sound design. One of the most memorable things from this film was the incredible soundscape and noises of the MUTOs. Even if the rest was a bit disappointing overall, those sounds live rent free in my memories

This godzilla design has real standing noniter lizard vibes and i love it

I really love you history of Godzilla videos they are a great watch. I have also watched the playlist multiple times. They are also a great thing to fall asleep to.

Appreciate the video man👍

I honestly saw every Godzilla film, at the time, leading to the hype up of this movie. I do agree completely that this film rejuvenated that enthusiasm to be a Godzilla fan and I'm grateful for it.

I probably don't comment enough and sorry it's taken a while to get around to watching this. I'm a massive Godzilla fan and your videos are great love letters to the franchise.

3rd times the charm. Keep up the hardwork Bill.

So, finally, after many MANY re-watchings of your entire "History of..."-videos I will leave a comment regarding Godzilla (2014). First, I hugely enjoy your style. Most of the history of this movie was already known to me, so there wasn't a huge new ton of information for me, but your style in narrating and the occasional joke really made my night (yes, it's 1:49 in the morning). And the second is just a general thing about the MonsterVerse, namely that, when I got into the MonsterVerse, I was looking at the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters and really had my troubles to differentiate it from Toho's Universe, most likely do to Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah. But anyways, keep up your great and awesome work and a heartfelt SKREE-ONK!!!

G14 apologists have to be a little embarrassed after seeing G-1.0. Themes, music, SPX, atomic breath, scale, entertainment value, human story, rewatch factor ... all greatly surpass G14. And Godzilla has that "handsome" quality in his design! I'm happy it brought in new fans, but even Edwards himself said G-1.0 is the film he wished he made. Great video!

A triumph of a video Mr. Bill. Keep it up

Living in central Japan we still felt the March 11th earthquake. I didn’t know about the tsunami until after work. I drive straight to the mall to meet my wife. At the mall we saw the first images of the tsunami damage. I called my mom at like 4am in America and told her she would see that on the news the next day and we are ok but many people were suffering.

I still remember being incredibly excited for the announcement of this film but also very nervous, hoping that it wouldn't be another 1998 movie. Ended up being incredibly relieved as the Legendary design would be one of my favorite Godzilla designs if-not my #1 favorite!

The King is back. As in, BAB is back making kick ass videos!

This was great. I love all your videos. I hope to see all new videos for the new movies, including Godzilla Minus Zero. Alien (1979) is what I think of regarding "hiding the monster".

Time to buy Warner Brothers just to stop this

Let the man create!! amazing breakdown of this film.

that operation lucky dragon bonus feature seems to be included on my Godzilla 2014 double disc DVD, I have yet to buy a BluRay version

The 2014 Godzilla is in my top five favorite Godzilla designs. It’s unique enough to distinguish it from past incarnations but is still unmistakably Godzilla.

One problem I have with most recent Godzilla movies is that they have to one up the atomic breath, like first with shin then singular and then minus one. They are all cool but it feels like they just made them to like I said to one up 2014

I stopped watching the channel for a few months and… a video on 2014? Hell yeah!

I was born 2002, to this day I still love the classic ToHo movies. In fact they are some of favorite. My favorite is actually Final Wars, because it has like every Kaiju.

I always think the noise we heard when we see a bit of Godzilla was like a growl or a grunt similarly to what he has made before in the eras before this film.

I don't find Gareth's direction frustrating at all. His restraint with Godzilla and his Speilbergian approach to Max's script are what really sell his film for me. Compared to the sleep-inducing sequels that came after, it's nice that Gareth stuck to directing Godzilla as a slow-burn thriller.

i know this isn’t related to the overall video, but i love Bryan Cranston running up behind another cast member (i think) and just screaming “RUN!”, he’s so fun

Idk, if Edwards was such a big fan why didn't he like....make a better movie? Like the film is carried by hype and nostalgia alone, the direction is only serviceable, the performances after Cranston dies are genuinely generic to the point of sucking, the script is like actually pretty bad...not to mention the sheer disrespect to anyone ever effected by the 2 bombs or any testing by working with the objectively evil US military industrial complex (so awesome that FDR let pearl harbor happen even though he knew weeks ahead of time what a good person/regime). Godzilla should never be a commercial for the US Military, it's so disgusting to anyone informed about history. It genuinely fills my heart with joy that they invited that hack Edwards out to see Minus One early, if he has more than 5 brain cells than he realized they did that to show him how to actually make an artful godzilla film.

Never stop making these

I got through half a watch before it went away. I figured it was something about copyright or something. But keep on keeping on. Love this series you have done.

I’ve watched this video twice so when you reuploaded this you still get my views and likes

I think that “brown noise” is supposed to be Goji’s bones creaking

Third time's the charm right? I'll always associate this movie with my dad. He worked at the hotel they used for the Waikiki attack. It was the Outrigger Reef