There’s a lot of canceled Godzilla movies. I would recommend checking WikiZilla as they got sources to back up their claims of the many cancelled Godzilla films.
Not Godzilla but close! I think you should cover Gamera 4! A fan made sequel to the Heisei era of Gamera films that had suits made and even a recurring character from the trilogy starring in it!
An unlikely crossover, but a welcomed one by me. I can see the basic premise: After the events of 1962’s King Kong Vs Godzilla, the big G washes up somewhere in the British sea after being knocked out cold by the eighth wonder of the world. He wakes up and tries to find something to eat (you know how it is with the morning munchies). And what better snack is there than a young dinosaurian creature he finds swimming in the sea. He attempts to launch a surprise attack like a shark hunting a seal, but then something else appears. The mother, Gorgo. She roars at Godzilla who accepts her challenge, resulting in a battle between two reptilian giants from Japan and Britain.
Also that ending quote definitely hit home. I remember being a Godzilla fan made you a target growing up. Now all of a sudden everyone likes Godzilla and JP 🤣
old enough to remember being called a “loser” because “godzilla is gayer than barney” lived long enough to watch two high profile godzilla movies released in american theaters to major success in the same year.
What Carpenter is not understanding is thinking our reactions to his young films would be NEGATIVE. We are in a post cringe era (or we should be) We would be carrying him around on our shoulders (even more than we already do)
I remember hearing that one of the original scripts for Godzilla 98 was a ripoff/homage/tribute to Gorgo in that G. Jr. Would get captured, and Sr would destroy LA to rescue him.
@DinoDiego16 I watched gorgo and it was pretty good and can you look up on unmade amercian godzilla films such godzilla 1983 amercian version and godzilla 1994 amercian version by stan Winston and Jan de bont
I think if I was to guess when John could've made Gorgo vs Godzilla It was likely 1962 That's the same year King Kong vs Godzilla happened Wouldn't surprise me if a young Carpenter saw that and wanted to make his own crossover kaiju film as a result
Man when you said toho is protective of their IP you're not kidding i jeard they've been forcibly shutting fan made games with Godzilla characters in them
Ironically enough, Gorgo is in the public domain (the comics the movie was based on, NOT the movie itself). So if people really wanted to, they could make an "official" Gorgo vs Godzilla movie.
@@DinoDiego16 True, I just wish I had the funds, time and people to help me with that. But who knows? Maybe if more people knew this, we could have something likethis.
john carpenter doesn't want you to see gorgo verses godzilla because there's a 10 hour long sex scene between gorgo and godzilla and the film is really about relationship issues presented hamfistedly through giant monsters. the guy was going through a lot at the time
Hi there Dino Diego. Love your channel and video's, including this one. You should make more video's about Godzilla films, as well as unmade films. There are these books about them written by John Lemay, like his "Japanese Monsters Unmade" Vol's 1, 2 , and 3". Just to give you an idea of some unmade Godzilla films there is Bride of Godzilla?, Frankenstein vs. Godzilla, and Batman vs. Godzilla.
Definitely gonna check these out when I get the chance. I also want to get more into Godzilla related videos so you might see some more in the near future! We'll see!
The whole "finding out you actually have a baby and the parent is coming to get it" thing is in stuff like Jurassic films, and I'm even pretty sure they mention it in the 1998 Godzilla
It's funny, because when I was writing the script for this video I was like, "hmmm, I know another movie that has a similar plot that came out decades later." XD
I bet there are gonna be like 50 people telling Dino Diego he didn't use the proper pronunciation for Eugène Lourié. LMAO. Great video, made me wanna dig deeper into this Gorgo monster.
It's awesome that Carpenter is a Godzilla fan and I'd love to see what he did one day. I appreciate what he had to say about Godzilla movies and love the fact that such a great director is a big G fan!
'Gorgo' is a gorgeous film, at least the equal of any Japanese giant monster films of the time. It looks far more expensive than it actually was; the production value is outstanding. A group of Toho staffers made a Godzilla fan film out of stock footage and some costume/screen testing clips of a kaiju werewolf. The project got as far as the creation of a complete Werewolf suit. Anyway, 'Godzilla vs Gorgo' will never happen, either as a late release or a new film. Toho would never let it happen.
As a visual artist myself I fully understand why Carpenter doesn't want to talk about what he did as a learning and experimenting kid. If he doesn't want us to see it, we shouldn't want to.
A year or so ago Carpenter was a host of a program or I believe he talked about his time as a fan of the franchise plus I think a showing of a couple Godzilla movies. But prior to that, there was a teaser of that with roars of Godzilla and Gorgo. Very on the nose to the people that knew of this and even thought this would be a thing.
@@DinoDiego16 Oh, sorry about that. I dug into just to be sure and found the teaser to be a marathon of Godzilla movies with John Carpenter and Shout Factory TV called 'Masters of Monsters' and I swore there was a gorgo roar in the teaser but I must have imagined it. The event is real however with Carpenter being a host of that. I do recall that back then me and some others thought that he broke down and was going to show any footage from this supposed 'Gorgo vs Godzilla' film but it wasn't the case. I apologize for the confusion.
I get why he doesn't want to show it. Its practically a piece of his personal life, from a bygone age. It's both special to him and cringe to him as well because he knows he can do quadrillions of times better than when he was 14. That copy is probably very private to John Carpenter.
I always envisioned a setting where both Gorgo and Godzilla are neighbors on Monster Island, and since both are single parents, they become friends and Gorgo babysits Minilla when Godzilla is off saving the planet. One thing leads to another, and they become a blended family, eventually having a baby together.
Honestly, if he doesn't want the public to view it then that's his prerogative. I have a feeling there really isn't much to see anyways. It's something he did as a kid and we can't really expect it to be the same quality of work that we know of him now. Somethings are best left as a mystery.
I agree that people should respect his choice. Though, typically when people seek out stuff like this, it's not so much for the quality of the work, but rather for the sake of posterity and preserving history, especially since this was a stepping stone for such a huge name in the industry
If you're looking for more lost and unmade Godzilla/kaiju films, I highly recommend The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films by John LeMay
In the 2030s or in 2029, we could possibly get a MonsterVerse Gorgo since Gorgo's in the public domain. Godzilla battling in the UK and combining Gorgo's story with a Godzilla story would definitely be interesting.
I AM a bit surprised by this apparent vivid interest to what amounts to a home-video fanfilm from Carpenter as a child. I completely understand why Carpenter is not interested in showing it.
So uh now that Adam Wingert is out of the director's seat for the next Godzilla film, the guys at Legendary surely have John Carpenter's number, right? COME ON LEGENDARY, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I love John! 😊. My favorite is also the Thing. It would be crazy if he made Godzilla vs The Thing where all of Godzilla allies have been taken over by the Thing and for some reason Godzilla has an immunity to this virus. Also Macreedy after surviving the events of the first thing movie also has this immunity and so teams up with Godzilla like Nick in the Animated Godzilla series and go around the world to stop these Thing Kaiju.
Diego, you should do a video on Donald F. Glut's amateur films, of which two that have just sprung to mind are "Tor, King of Beasts" and its sequel, "Son of Tor".
A fun fact about John Carpenter he actually had a love interest for Sonic the hedgehog one time he said quote on quote I even like that one where he turns into a werewolf referring to Sonic unleashed
I say we're 50% of the way to having Godzilla vs Gorgo being an official thing with Gorgo in the public domain. Now we just gotta get Toho on board. And Toho's the big roadblock to all of this. Even if Carpenter did change his mind, and he still had a copy, I find it hard to believe that he would risk Toho's wrath doing it without their blessing and permission, as big a Godzilla fan that he is.
I love both Gorgo & Godzilla & love to see this movie, no matter how bad John Carpenter thinks it is. However, I'd prefer the fight between the two be a draw as I think Gorgo's kinda cute. 😍
That's never been the case for me when searching on Internet Archive. But if you're still skeptical, the book has it's own index. No surprise, nothing on Gorgo, Godzilla or John Carpenter
Godzilla (Irradiated Prehistoric Amphibious Reptile) (Showa Series and mostly in Millennium Series), (Irradiated Godzillasaurus) (Heisei Series), (Collective Spirits of War World II Victims) (GMK), (Prehistoric Amphibious Reptile (Titanus Gojira) (MonsterVerse), and Irradiated Dinosaur-like Amphibious Reptile (GMO).
@@DinoDiego16it’s too bad that they never a movie about human/Dinosaur hybrid and I thought that Tim Burton was offered to make a Godzilla movie as he made a reference of it in his first movie Pee-Wee Big Adventures and also John Carpenter was going to make a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake.
"Second Showa Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibious lifestyle, atomic breath, durability, energy absorption and projection, flight, intelligence, magnetic powers, physical abilities, regeneration, and telepathy. "Second Showa Godzilla's Weaknesses": Electricity and Subzero temperatures. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": Due to Godzilla's size, super-strength, and regenerative abilities, he is invulnerable to most forms of conventional attack. However, Alien Weaponry has been shown to be strong enough to wound him with Gigan's Buzzsaw and claw arm ripping into him, and Mechagodzilla had gunned down Godzilla severely wounding him.
Ogra's ability: Physical abilities, Amphibiousness, Durability. Gorgo's Abilities: Sledgehammer Claws, Amphibiousness, DurabilityInter-species communication, Fire breath, ears, chemical secretion, and Venomous saliva. Gorgo's Weaknesses: Flamethrowers and electric shocks are able to corral Gorgo. In the comic Fightin' 5 #41, because he is a reptile, his weak spot is his tongue, allowing Hank to cause him great pain when piercing it with a harpoon.
Sorry, but the narration is just too distracting. The last word of every sentence is stretched ouuuuuut. I try to ignore iiiiiit . . . but it's just too difficuuuuult. Let me know how it ennnnnnnds. Thanks so muuuuuuch.
You just size them up at that point. King Kong was significantly smaller than Godzilla originally, but they still made a movie of them fighting it out by making him bigger
dude I cant stand the way youtube video "narrators" have the same intonation on every sentence with the voice trailing off at the last word. Its really annoying
@@DinoDiego16 producer tanaka saw beast/20,000 fathoms and was 'inspired' to create a film entitled (translated) big monster from 20,000 miles beneath the sea which eventually was changed to gojira. without beast/20,000 fathoms there would be no godzilla. calling godzilla a rip-off of the previous film is a much more accurate description than calling gorgo a knock-off/rip-off of godzilla which many do. as you stated in your video gorgo was actually the continued /concluded 3 film cycle which began with beast/20,000 fathoms continued to giant behemoth and ended with gorgo. don't get me wrong i like godzilla. i just like a LOT of other giant monsters much, much more especially beast from 20,000 fathoms.
@@johnrunion5357 Still doesn't make Godzilla a "rip-off" of Beast. A rip off is literally defined as an inferior imitation to something. Godzilla can hardly be called that. Tanaka took something that he liked and it influenced him to help created a completely unique story with a similar concept. That's inspiration. It happens a lot with these giant monster movies
@@DinoDiego16 yawn. whatever. i suppose it is a matter of perspective or perception. if YOU like something that is 'second generation' it is called being 'inspired' by something else. if YOU don't that makes it a rip-off. still, gorgo is closer to beast than it is godzilla. still, without beast/20,000 fathoms there would be no godzilla.
@@johnrunion5357It's not even a matter of liking something over another. It's basic facts and definition. Calling Godzilla a rip-off is not only unfair, it's just plain incorrect. But you do you, I guess, incorrect statements and all
One's a tragic film where the giant reptilian monster is a literal representation of the atomic bomb, the other is an adventure story about a reptilian mother retrieving her offspring from a circus. The things that differ between the two films vastly outweigh the surface-level similarities
