This is seriously OT...hope I don't get deleted. Any Godzilla fans here? The new movie Godzilla 2014 looks awesome. Just saw the trailer yesterday. I believe the monster attacks NYC. Godzilla looks real and ferocious, and out for blood. Not like that over-sized hoptoad in the version with Matthew Broderick in 1998. Horrible movie. Can't wait to see this one which will be released in May. Now, if they only do a remake of Gorgo which, IMO, probably is the best monster films of all time. London gets slammed!!

I do like Godzilla but that original one scared the sh*t outa me when I was 10...

Yeah, pretty much all of the Godzilla movies were scary...at least when we were kids. But, as I said, the one with Matthew Broderick was a joke. A total disgrace for Godzilla-lovers.

This trailer for Godzilla is amazing! I am really looking forward to a full fledge sci fi re-make.

This was the one I saw. Very dark and ominous. This Godzilla is frightening. I hope it's a good film and doesn't tank at the box office. Oftentimes, movie trailers are deceiving.

I like the old cheesy ones best.

With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down

Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them

He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town

Oh no, they say he's got to go go go Godzilla
Oh no, there goes Tokyo go go Godzilla

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of men

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I like the old cheesy ones best.

I like the one where he teaches his son, Gozilla junior, and the son blows smoke rings... [www.youtube.com]

this one shows it better... [www.youtube.com]


videos not posted here so this doesnt turn into a video thread and get merged.

Seems as though the women in these "cheesy" versions have a crush on Godzilla. And I think the Japanese in general, in these films, have sort of a love/hate relationship for the big guy/lady...what is Godzilla anyway?

OK there were these two Japanese women who were miniature women, and were in a bird cage, singing..thats a memory I have from one of those Godzilla related films..maybe Mothra or something..

if anybody can clarify about those two Japanese women..maybe they were sisters..singing in a bird cage..

I am sure those movies were the scariest thing I had ever seen, ever..at age 10..

Yes from Mothera. They were his caretakers and sing to bring her and to help hatch her eggs.

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Yes from Mothera. They were his caretakers and sing to bring her and to help hatch her eggs.

THANK you.

that was driving me nuts...

they were Mothra's nurses..

I LOVE his roar!!!!



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Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Rules!!!!

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the orignal film's release in 1954. The version most have seen is the edited version that chopped a bit and tacked on scenes with Raymond Burr. This version was released in the US in 1956 and was a very different film than the orginal, which had much more to do with social commentary...

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I LOVE his roar!!!!

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Monster Zero was always my favorite. I love all those Toho films. Some of the special effects were quite innovative for the time. Keep in mind, though, that the original film Godzilla is a very dark film and story. Raymund Burr was only put in for the American release. He's not in the original Japanese version.

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I LOVE his roar!!!!

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What's more interesting is how they did that. A gloved hand filled with resin and then scraped on the strings of a bass (or double bass) and then slowed down.

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With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down

Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them

He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town

Oh no, they say he's got to go go go Godzilla
Oh no, there goes Tokyo go go Godzilla

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of men

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the orignal film's release in 1954. The version most have seen is the edited version that chopped a bit and tacked on scenes with Raymond Burr. This version was released in the US in 1956 and was a very different film than the orginal, which had much more to do with social commentary...

Man in suit!!

The "Perry Mason" version is a watered-down cut of the original but it gave me nightmares for months. "Gojira" is still the best Godzilla movie to this day (although King Kong Vs. Godzilla gets honorable mention!).

Here's hoping this one lives up to the source.

<Edit to add> This was epic for its time:







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OK there were these two Japanese women who were miniature women, and were in a bird cage, singing..thats a memory I have from one of those Godzilla related films..maybe Mothra or something..

if anybody can clarify about those two Japanese women..maybe they were sisters..singing in a bird cage..

I am sure those movies were the scariest thing I had ever seen, ever..at age 10..

The Peanuts!
They were sweeping Japanese Pop Culture at that time.

King Ghidorah was my favorite.

Yeah, I must have been about 10 when I watched the Raymond Burr version multiple times. I still vividly remember the scene when the radio active device was detonated underwater that ultimately killed godzilla, though I haven't seen the film in about 50 years. Funny, when I finally went to Japan for the first time about 10 years ago, we rode several trains that looked just like the ones destroyed by the monster in the movie. When the train passed a large hill, I half expected godzilla to emerged from behind the hill!

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This is seriously OT...hope I don't get deleted. Any Godzilla fans here? The new movie Godzilla 2014 looks awesome. Just saw the trailer yesterday. I believe the monster attacks NYC. Godzilla looks real and ferocious, and out for blood. Not like that over-sized hoptoad in the version with Matthew Broderick in 1998. Horrible movie. Can't wait to see this one which will be released in May. Now, if they only do a remake of Gorgo which, IMO, probably is the best monster films of all time. London gets slammed!!

What about Mothra?

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This is seriously OT...hope I don't get deleted. Any Godzilla fans here? The new movie Godzilla 2014 looks awesome. Just saw the trailer yesterday. I believe the monster attacks NYC. Godzilla looks real and ferocious, and out for blood. Not like that over-sized hoptoad in the version with Matthew Broderick in 1998. Horrible movie. Can't wait to see this one which will be released in May. Now, if they only do a remake of Gorgo which, IMO, probably is the best monster films of all time. London gets slammed!!

What about Mothra?

Mothra is no Gorgo. Watch the movie. It's a great story even though the special effects need a little tweaking. They should do a remake. Spoiler...Gorgo is a great mom, humans are greedy sobs...!

"King Kong Vs Godzilla" coming up on METV in 15 minutes...
paired with several beers and the Olympic rerun on the other TV should work perfect.

I liked the atomic flying turtle, too!>< Was that Gamera?



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"King Kong Vs Godzilla" coming up on METV in 15 minutes...
paired with several beers and the Olympic rerun on the other TV should work perfect.

Oh man, that movie was so bad it was great.... but all those poor smushed model trains, trucks, tanks and houses, buildings... and poor King Kong, Godzilla was so mean to him.

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the orignal film's release in 1954. The version most have seen is the edited version that chopped a bit and tacked on scenes with Raymond Burr. This version was released in the US in 1956 and was a very different film than the orginal, which had much more to do with social commentary...

My father was in the original Godzilla. He was living in West LA, and is one of the Asian actors brought in to stand around Raymond Burr to make it look like he was in Tokyo. He had a couple of close ups. I remember him saying that when they filmed it, he thought it was a complete joke and that he'd never hear of the movie again, and that he was shocked when it became famous.