**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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

So excited for the Shin Godzilla video

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

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.

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 KZfaq. 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!

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

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)

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

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.

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

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

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!

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)

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!

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!

Thanks for the commitment ;) we appreciate it!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Appreciate the video man👍

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

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

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

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!

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

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 👍

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

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

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

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

hope this one stays up, mate. best of luck

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.

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.

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

Awesome video thanks 🙏😎👍

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.

Great video!

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.

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

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.

Lets do it one more time! Great video!

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

man again!!! hope this one stays lmao still a awesome video bill and welcome back again lmao

Never stop making these

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!!!

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

worth the wait!

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

I love your sopranos clips bro

Today is it’s Ten Year Anniversary

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.

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

Cannot wait for your Shin Godzilla review!

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!

Thanks!

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.

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.

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

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".

That may of 2014 was one of my favorite movie months I can member. Amazing spidey man 2, Godzilla an then X-men days of future past. I was at the movies every week

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

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.

Ohhh this is an ACTUAL history of godzilla lol i was looking for something else but this was great too!

WB is the worst.

Cant wait for the history of shin godzilla video

Okay ill watch it again!

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

Your history video is more entertaining than the movie you are covering lol. Excellent work.

I liked this video the second you mentioned godzillathon! I loved watching it as a young kid!

Dude, can we all agree that the most chilling scene was the HALO drop as they skyfall the chore rises as they freefall down into something that seems like the fire city thats in hell. like dude, it gives me f***ing goosebumps everytime

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.

One of the things I loved about this movie is that it stays true to the spirit of GODZILLA that Toho created and sticking close to the Toho look of Gojira, while still being its own movie, and making their Godzilla still have its own unique look. The ONLY thing I, and practically everyone else hated about it is, where is Godzilla. The Mutos seemed to have more screen time than the titular star of it. When Godzilla finally shows up fully, and goes full on head to head with the Mutos, it more than made up for the earlier lack of screen time. Another great thing about it was the masterfully done score by Alexandre Desplat. It was evocative of the Akira Ifukube score, while still being unique.

I'LL LIKE THIS VIDEO EVERY TIME IT'S UPLOADED!

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.

The Blu Ray that comes with the 4K has better brightness than the regular Blu Ray release, for future reference

Time to buy Warner Brothers just to stop this

Hi @bigactionbill, im heading to Japan in July and was wondering is there a Godzilla museum over there ? Keep up the good work

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

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

Time to watch this whole video before it gets taken down again lol, have started watching it twice already, paused for something, came back and it was gone. Fingers crossed!

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

and it's still up, that is good, I can rest easy

Godzilla has been doing blockbusters and winning oscars for 70 years. He is really the ultimate star.

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