The History of Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

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The History of Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
#godzilla #gigan #godzilla2023
‪@BigActionBill‬
Sources
- Brian Solomon's "Godzilla FAQ"
- David Kalat's, "A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series".
- Steve Ryfle's "Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G".
-Writing Japanese Monsters: From the Files of the Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies by John LeMay
- wikizilla.org
- www.tohokingdom.com/
- vantagepointinterviews.com/
You can purchase or rent "Godzilla vs. Gigan" at www.amazon.com.

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@williamglass2223 Жыл бұрын

Me and a buddy managed to watch from the ‘54 Godzilla all the way to vs. MechaGodzilla 2 before he ETS’d, sometimes watching 3 movies a night. I even threw down the money to get the Criterion collection JUST for the original King Kong vs. Godzilla. I really gotta thank you Bill for reigniting my Godzilla spark.

@MrSleepy677 Жыл бұрын

I bought the Showa set from Criterion Collection. Now I'm waiting for a Heisei set.

@Deadknight237 Жыл бұрын

My buddy and I spent the whole summer going through the whole series. His first time watching most of the movies. Was a great time

@MrSleepy677 Жыл бұрын

@@Deadknight237 I did a Godzillathon for October last year and was gonna do another one this year. Then I got hit with the flu.

@OfficialBo420 Жыл бұрын

@@Deadknight237 this channel is legit the best I love the godzilla content I can rewatch them all

@grossbro6175 Жыл бұрын

@@mikehunt4986 when a service member processes to a new military installation

@mistergrool3941 Жыл бұрын

By far, Gigan is the most edgy, fanfic-esque monster that you'd expect a 12-year-old to come up with as his OC. "He's part robot and part monster AND he has scythes for hands AND a buzzsaw on his stomach AND a laser AND he's the first monster to make Godzilla bleed" The fact that they doubled down on Gigan in Final Wars to give him chainsaws for hands is even more hilarious and shows why Gigan is so iconic despite being in some of the worst Godzilla movies.

@mycaleb8 7 ай бұрын

*best

@gurruvio8149 2 күн бұрын

fun fact: hedorah made godzilla bleed first

@heresyinsider Жыл бұрын

Im glad Haruo Nakajima gets the respect he deserves. I was lucky enough to see him at a con. It was a pretty boring booth untill he showed up as the other godzilla suit actors looked hungover or something but then in comes the original Gman just smiling and looking like he's genuinely happy people were there for him. He didn't sit behind the booth he went straight into the line shaking hands signing posters and trying his best to answer questions and tell stories of being in the suit. He even did the godzilla walk. Such an awesome guy.

@Deadknight237 Жыл бұрын

Ah I wish I coulda been there. Now he’s gone 😔

@heresyinsider Жыл бұрын

@@Deadknight237 Unfortunately. I think this all happened a year or two before he passed. I wish there was more footage of him with fans. Dude loved making people happy.

@gojibomb9245 Жыл бұрын

That's wild! I met him at Alien con in Pasedina and had dinner with him afterwards and he got WASTED LOL he danced and took pictures and did the Godzilla walk, he was AMAZING.

@kenniron6313 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie. Probably my single most rewatched Showa era film. The human characters kept me charmed enough as a kid and I loved all the monster action, reused/re-contexted and new. I felt it never overdid it’s silliness, but didn’t try to act like it didn’t exist either. Just kinda embraced it and balanced it in a way most the other Showa movies fail to.

@dadahyena Жыл бұрын

Gigan is easily the best part of this movie, fittingly enough. He had a ton of personality (yes, the personality of a hyperactive sadistic bastard, but that's okay for a monster) and the design has been a lot of fun for other artists and SPFX creators to put their own spin on.

@gonk986 Жыл бұрын

Hah,spin

@matthewsuchomski2593 Жыл бұрын

My first Godzilla movie. I know it has a lot of flaws, but it’s still my favorite. And Godzilla & Anguirus vs Ghidorah & Gigan is *the* iconic monster tag-team.

@nicolewhite3157 Жыл бұрын

@@SantasGAINdeer Baragon was always in that movie anguirus was replaced with either mothra or King Ghidorah

@qwertyzillaofficial2969 Жыл бұрын

@@SantasGAINdeer They replaced him with Mothra

@Grandmaster_Dragonborn Жыл бұрын

Its sad knowing there's only a few Godzilla films left for Bill to cover the history on, watching this series in the early stages made you excited to see the next right after, and it still does! But also a little sad knowing this incredible series won't last forever. Just, keep making them Bill, you rock it >3

@BigActionBill Жыл бұрын

Thank you, don't worry there's still much more fun to be had =]

@RDP08 Жыл бұрын

Maybe he’ll do Gamera or something. Or the Mothra trilogy of the mid 90s. Or others kaiju films.

@guest9243 Жыл бұрын

There will be more Godzilla films by Toho, and there’s gonna be a new Godzillla film next year.

@ksanbahlyngwa1998 7 ай бұрын

Theres the Monsterverse as well

@Thechezbailey 6 ай бұрын

I really hope he does Gamera next. That history is fascinating.

@brandonb1681 Жыл бұрын

I'm 55. This was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw, so I am extremely biased. Godzilla vs Gigan is pure stupid fun. I had no idea what stock footage was. The human characters were silly, the monster action was great, and I will always love this movie. As I matured I came to appreciate the seriousness of Godzilla. So yeah, I love the crap out of this movie. TY for the review.

@Kramers79 9 күн бұрын

Ditto. I'm 30 and growing up, I had only 3 VHS tapes to watch Godzilla: this one, King Kong, and the first MechaGodzilla. And of the 3, Vs Gigan was my favorite for the goofy human portion, characters, and the endless Gigan and Ghidorah destroying the city was my first experience of senseless destruction.

@ultramacprod Жыл бұрын

Until I found your channel never once has a KZfaqr had me cheer when seeing a new video from them in my feed!

@BigActionBill Жыл бұрын

Very kind words, hope you enjoy!

@chadgorosaurus4898 Жыл бұрын

Godzilla vs Gigan is the definition of perfection on a low budget.

@joeysullivanTM Жыл бұрын

yea ignore the stock footage also lmao, the monsters are perfection but the film is not.

@oaktree149 Жыл бұрын

I Think it’s Absolutely Hilarious that they were Concerned about Gigan being Overkill, and then Proceed to Make Showa Mechagodzilla, Who is I’m Fairly Sure Made of Guns

@ShinGoji1987Official Жыл бұрын

Great work Bill! This was one of my favorites as a kid since much of the stock footage I hadn't seen yet. As an adult despite it's flaws I think the brutal combat with Gigan is exciting and the human characters are charming. But wow some of those unmade film ideas really sounded awesome!

@madscientist2621 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that original 6 monster concept would have been fun to see. The statue coming to life sounds similar to King Caesar

@kcadventures1454 Жыл бұрын

This was actually my favorite Godzilla movie as a child because of all the monster screen time.

@deathismycolor Жыл бұрын

Same and still is and forever

@transformersrevenge9 Жыл бұрын

I actually did an edit of this movie without any stock footage what so ever. It's quite watchable, and we actually didn't lose that much screen time.

@maniacalclefable1354 Жыл бұрын

7 MINUTES AGO LES GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! This movie's pretty underrated imo.

@greenarrow13 Жыл бұрын

My 7 year old daughter and I have watched all the Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies together. This is her favorite one of all. She loves the roach aliens and even called this movie "The Godzilla with roaches," for a while. When I was her age this was amongst my least favorite. So, thanks to her, I've seen it more in the last 18 months than I had in almost 40 years before that. We came across this series of yours while searching her episodes of Godziban. It's great, we're looking forward to more.

@HeartIIess Жыл бұрын

Nothing like some good ol' Big Action Bill to watch before going to bed. Cheers!

@fletchkeilman2205 Жыл бұрын

I'm willing to bet that there were countless fans, as well as Toho employees, that made more than a conscious effort to come up With a name for a Kaiju. And I'm sure once a name is established, a creature developed afterwards. I must admit that, as a small child, coming up with a name for a new Toho monster I was creating was definitely one of my favorite things to do. Sometimes the design would be first, but most of the time the name was what struck me initially. Then I would flesh out an origin story. Sort of like how a guitarist comes across a super catchy riff or hook before he completes his song, or brings it to the rest of the band to flesh it out. That was part of the excitement for me as I would daydream coming home on the school bus. Once a creature was established, I would be able to go to my canvas and create a new movie poster for this new foe that would fight godzilla. If the name rolled off the tongue and sounded cool, more than likely the monster itself would look awesome. Once again, I was seven and eight when I would do these things, so I was often ashamed to admit such things to people that didn't know anything about Godzilla at the time. Now I am absolutely stoked to see more and more people discovering this universe of monsters and coming up with their own. As always, I apologize for the rent. I'm dictating this into my phone, so please excuse any grammatical error, or problems with sentence structure. Anyone else out there create their own Kaiju/Kaiju names and origin stories as a kid? Were you afraid to show other people at the time because you didn't think anyone would understand?

@LepidopteranLiliumoth Жыл бұрын

Coming up with monsters in that way is one of those great relaxing things ive done since I was a kid. Names were always the hard part for me, but it made me realize how many kaiju names have "Ah" sounds but not many "Oh" sounds. It makes me happy that such joy can be shared with people who did the same thing.

@IceSick88 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Made an ambiminal snowman white ape Ice themed monster once! I can't remember a name! But he would have been able to freeze the environment around him and he was all white with frost!

@BobHershey 8 ай бұрын

When I was a kid I came up with monster names like Gardola and Gorgalon. Yeah, it sounds like I was tracing over Godzilla, Gorgo and Megalon but I was just a kid and they sounded cool to me at the time.

@stoneyboyd Жыл бұрын

Bill you may not have a fond childhood memory of watching this film but I do. I was 11 years old and had just gotten into Godzilla a few months prior. We stopped by Hollywood Video on our way home from a Fish Fry at my church and I went straight for the Godzilla DVD’s and selected Godzilla vs Gigan Went home and watched it in my basement on with my Godzilla figures around me. Good times.

@Algeriawindows69 Жыл бұрын

damn just woke up and saw this gem of a video in my recommendations, nice

@samwill7259 Жыл бұрын

Cyborg Space Chicken sanjo!

@level98bearhuntingarmor Жыл бұрын

this movie feels kind of sad with all the stock footage, and Godzilla and Ghidora almost feel like old men trying to relive their prime, but when Gigan's on screen thee movie feels alive, he's my favorite monster

@kevinr.3542 Жыл бұрын

I love how ONLY the aliens shadows are shaped like cockroaches, despite their physical form being human. How or why that would ever make sense is never addressed. I'm pretty sure that's not how shadows work!

@gojiraguy200 Жыл бұрын

Actually, you only see their true shadows when their systems temporarily get messed up, implying that they aren't in skin suits, but that their human appearances are just some form of projection linked to their technology. When their systems are disrupted, you see their true shadows, and when the tower is destroyed, you see their true bodies. Kinda cool to imagine a bunch of big freaky cockroaches walking around upright in broad daylight disguised by holograms!

@godzilla5454 Жыл бұрын

I love your channel and your videos that tell how Godzilla movies are made !

@fletchkeilman2205 Жыл бұрын

One more thing.....That Godzilla March is a BOSS FUCKIN' TUNE!!

@BigActionBill Жыл бұрын

I agree

@johnathancena5067 Жыл бұрын

HONEY GET THE KIDS. BIG ACTION BILL POSTED. 🙏

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

Idk man I love the fight in this movie. People always complain about the monsters not getting enough screen time but here we get a half hour long monster fight filled with some pretty brutal moments. The footage is slowed down to make them move slower and look bigger and I think it works well. The biggest problem is indeed the stock footage but that was just the state of the Japanese film industry at the time: shambles. Overall this is one of my favorite showa films and the human cast has enough idiosyncrasies to be entertaining. Also its just dripping with the 70's aesthetic, from the effects to the music to Gigan himself.

@BigActionBill Жыл бұрын

To be honest I struggled to describe why it puts me to sleep. Something about it knocks me out lmao

@transformersrevenge9 Жыл бұрын

I did an edit of this movie without the stock footage, and it's actually kinda watchable. It feels more consistent, since there were no more day scenes in the middle of a night fight. And you really do get a feel for this movies low budget and atmosphere, if it doesn't cut away to other movies.

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

@@BigActionBill fair enough honestly lol

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

@@transformersrevenge9 where can this edit be watched? I’d be interested in viewing it.

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

@@transformersrevenge9 sounds good thank you. Also yeah no blame because Toho is hella aggressive with their IP.

@interviolet6675 Жыл бұрын

Some could say Banno took it in too much of an interesting direction Gigan is a really cool Kaiju, He looks great despite the budget Final wars is my favourite look for him it suits his sly menacing demeanor Rest in Piece Haruo Nakajima, he started the longest running Series in the world His performances will Live on, My favourite of his work in the Godzilla series is the Original It's a timeless classic that made the Foundation of how we see Godzilla today 💜

@StripedAssedApe Жыл бұрын

I love Gigan's design, it's always creeped me out a little. Plus he could shred you in the Godzilla NES game. The saw blade sure puts in enough work in this movie to make you fear for Godzilla's life lol

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

Godzilla versus the Smog Monster has always been a guilty pleasure for me but I know it got a lot of hate. When it first came out.

@DragonKingX78 Жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorite Godzilla movies.

@charleshockenberry7060 Жыл бұрын

Great job on these videos Bill. Always great information and behind the scenes.

@nikowalker1128 Жыл бұрын

love your videos man. best godzilla series ever. love watching everything you put out. i’ve seen all the movies and i’ve just been reliving them at work while watching your stuff. sitting at my desk at my lame insurance job, you make the day fly by. you’re the best bro, never stop making videos.

@kaiyates7478 Жыл бұрын

I always get so happy when I see you uploaded a new Godzilla movie review you always do such a great job 👏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Diego-nu2lp Жыл бұрын

King ghidorah and gigan feel like an iconic duo to me almost like Batman and joker they’re cool in their own right but you can’t have one without the other. Godzilla vs gigan was the first Godzilla movie I watched as a kid and it hooked me on asap. it’ll always have a special place in my heart

@Dontuween Жыл бұрын

First saw this on Thanksgiving evening 1980. It was a premier on KTLA Channel 5 and it kicked of their Thanksgiving kaiju marathon that would last through Black Friday. And I petty much agree with Bill's synopsis of this movie. Yes, I found the people part more interesting than the creatures arc. The ever lasting monster fight scenes, would remind me later of what we would see in the Heisei series.

@ericbergstrom4275 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

@DrForrester87 Жыл бұрын

This was one of the few films I had on VHS growing up. I liked it while recognizing even then that the movie had some shortcomings. Though, I always like the hippy guy.

@retepoteil Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one👏👏👏

@Yonggary1999isamasterpiece Жыл бұрын

Always great when you upload!

@Mr.Fridaynight Жыл бұрын

Great work I've watched all of these, cant wait for the next one 👍

@nathanbaker4124 Жыл бұрын

Yooo! I've been waiting for this!

@iguachumontiel Жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@sadgirlhours4088 Жыл бұрын

Everyday we get closer to godzilla vs megalon..... I'm so. So excited. It's my favorite showa era movie by far. It's terrible and I love it with all of my heart.

@kylefoss3014 Жыл бұрын

My mom, sister, and I recently drove cross country to move my sister. Along the way, my mom asked me to play her something interesting while she was driving to keep her aware. I began at the beginning of this series and she became so invested that we now are in the middle of a marathon where we watch the history video first and then the Godzilla movie. It may seem like modest stuff, but you’d be surprised how far this series has gone in spreading this community of weirdos. Keep up the awesome work!

@vermis8344 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video as always. I think Godzilla vs. Gigan was the first Godzilla film I saw. I remember the UK TV Channel 4 showing this and Godzilla vs. Megalon, too many years ago to count. I have a fondness for it but I hold my hands up, it's sheer nostalgia! I remember thinking the stock destruction scenes (I'd no idea since I'd never seen them before) and the fight scenes were pretty badass. It also established my liking for the three monsters appearing alongside Godzilla: Gigan for his sheer weirdness and gnarly hook-hands; Ghidorah, also for his looks and apparent spot as Godzilla's archenemy ("I would've gottrn away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kaijs!") amd Anguirus, for the idea, even if only in this film, that Godzilla had someone watching his back.

@blackcurtains4710 Жыл бұрын

No mention of the infamous "you cheeky pig!" line? That used to crack me and my parents up.

@Nsixtyfourlink Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! New Godzilla video! Love your work on these videos. I turn my ad blocker off, for your videos.

@fangthedergon1863 Жыл бұрын

Oh frack yeah I have been waiting for this one

@ryanenzokana3584 Жыл бұрын

I love the new thumbnail and the channel icon ❤

@purpleepicicon Жыл бұрын

As a kid Godzilla vs. Megalon was the first Godzilla video my folks got for me. When I learned there was a Godzilla vs. Gigan I made an effort to see it and always felt like it had a way more serious tone than Megalon. Even as a child though, I could tell they used stock footage for part of the fight Gigan had with Godzilla in Megalon and it made me want to see Gigan's movie all the more. Godzilla vs. Gigan was one of two (the other being Destroy All Monsters) to where even though I finally ended up being able to watch it when it was on TV, I never got a copy of it on VHS. That is, of ones that came out before 1985's release.

@chaseparker1993 Жыл бұрын

first one of these videos i've caught after it uploaded. Great effort on the work brother.

@alonsorojas3829 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos man, can't wait for the next one. Can't remember if you mentioned the Evangelion's Jet Alone as a mix of "Jet Jaguar" and "Red Alone" on the original video.

@inconderpable Жыл бұрын

Best Godzilla video series on the net! Watched all of them a while back thankfully KZfaq recommended this to me out of the blue, I subscribed to make sure I don't need to rely on the whims of the algorithm to see the next entry!

@chrisC052 Жыл бұрын

I have to say Bill, all your videos are outstanding! I watched all your history of Godzilla videos. After your done with Godzilla movies will you possibly to a history of Rodan movie? Again sir excellent work and I truly enjoyed all your work and videos. Well done Bill.👍👍

@arthurgodwin6571 Жыл бұрын

I love that Mr. Nakajima and the other suit actors fondly looking back on their careers as Godzilla. It really speaks for his power as a character that the actors just enjoyed playing him even without their faces on camera.

@jayowe4365 Жыл бұрын

these video are great!

@ineden28 Жыл бұрын

Thank you as always. My favourite channel on KZfaq. It's so sad we are nearing the end though. However you said you'll be doing one for Godzilla Singular Point. We'll hold you to that! Also Godzilla anime please. And Shin Godzilla

@DasNordlicht91 Жыл бұрын

“Heeeeeeey Anguila…. Something funny’s going on, you better check!” has become somewhat of a meme with me and some friends of mine.

@debbstraw579 Жыл бұрын

Everyone who portrayed a Godzilla monster are troopers. They basically did pro wrestling in 150 lbs suits, sometimes bent over, sometimes walking through water, sometimes around pyro. Nakajima probably didnt get a whole lot of recognition from it either since you cant tell whos in the suits, and lets face it, nobody remembers alot of the non monster actors in these movies, let alone one hiding in the star of the show

@MrGodzillafan801 Жыл бұрын

My favorite Godzilla movie since childhood. Thank you for this video on the history of it.

@aducharme01 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I really liked this one. The human plot gave a lot of great goofy energy to the proceedings, and I wasn't as turned off by the slow pace of the monster material as you. I wind up watching this in the same mindset I watch Super Sentai with, and it fits like a glove in that milieu. This movie's my go-to for illustrating the importance of an entertaining human story in this franchise; the next movie, despite otherwise having near identical strengths and weaknesses, I found nearly unwatchable due to a horrendously dull human story.

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

Yeah GvG definitely has one of the best human stories. Better than the one in Megalon by a long shot but Megalon is even more geared towards kids so that’s probably the reason

@laz7777 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one haha. I used to watch this constantly when I was a kid but I barely recalled any of it other than really liking Gigan and the monster fights. Watching it again a few weeks ago, I really enjoyed the human characters but the plot with them kind of implodes halfway through the film. The monster fights... well the flaws definitely come through seeing them again after 20+ years.

@Frank_Stendel Жыл бұрын

Hello Big Action Bill! Thank You very much for uploading Your documentary about the movie Godzilla versus Gigan. In Germany the movie got titled "Frankensteins Höllenbrut", which means in English "Frankenstein's Hellspawn". Once again no relation to the monsters appearing in the movie.

@winstonjericho5589 Жыл бұрын

Using The Sopranos for reaction gags opposite Japanese giant monster footage is one of the many delightful touches that keeps this review series a cut above everyone else's Godzilla content. Why does it work so well? Regardless, I look forward to you eventually re-working and deleting this version of the video as per tradition.

@BigActionBill Жыл бұрын

I don't have another re-do of this one in me lmao

@Bigbear0288yt Жыл бұрын

This is by far, apart from Gojira, tied for my favorite showa era movie along with Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla. It includes my top 3 fav. Kaiju in Godzilla, gigan, and angurius. I’ve watched this movie so many times and I’ve always loved it so much. And I’ve been waiting for this video with great anticipation. Thank you big action bill

@sonofmaniac Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Godzilla movies from the 70s

@darkgodzilla2002 Жыл бұрын

I love watching your History of Godzilla vids. Such great information. I’ve even purchased ‘A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla’ and have loved it, tho I’m curious what are the books that have the pictures you show flipping through?

@PPhammer999 Жыл бұрын

Yea, what's the name of the illustrated brook you were looking at?

@DanTheMan2150AD Жыл бұрын

Gigan is easily one of my favourite kaiju but I’ve never forgiven Toho for the way he dies in Zone Fighter… it was pathetic.

@UltramanBlack Жыл бұрын

I love your series dude!! Please do zone fighter

@Pyracantic Жыл бұрын

BIG ACTION BILL!!!!!👑 Edit: March 12th my birthday! 💘

@migsyh2065 Жыл бұрын

He's back😁

@kanseiyamazaru435 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Godzilla movie known for two things, a CRAP TON of blood spewing all over the place and kaiju talking. To bad we never got to hear Godzilla and King Ghidorah smack talk each other.

@ericg1100 7 ай бұрын

I liked godzilla vs gigan! Just got to it in my first whole series run through. I didnt expect after jun fukudas two other godzilla movies, but i thought this one was well done. The ending fight with gigan was horrifying watching godzilla getting stomped. I enjoyed it way more than i thought i would!

@johndolan5076 8 ай бұрын

this series is good fun stuff i have turned ion some of my godzilla friends to your work. that coffee table book you show from time to time i would love to get.

@gojinodes2153 Жыл бұрын

Another video to add to my watch list

@sirfijoe450 Жыл бұрын

Just watch it right now. who could pass up a big action bill video?

@gojinodes2153 Жыл бұрын

@@sirfijoe450 Hmmmm you’re right, I’ll watch this right now

@jasonpratt5126 Жыл бұрын

Just in time for the 50th anniversary! The first movie I ever watched at a theater (possibly at all) was G vs Megalon at a drive in, but this film was one of the first (possibly not the first) I ever watched IN a theater. Dad took us (my younger brother and I) both times, and when we were babies he'd take his turn giving us a bottle late at night while watching old kung fu and kaiju movies on TV. We both grew up loving those movies, though I think me somewhat moreso. Dad went on to his reward last year, the weekend before Memorial Day 2021 -- and with my brother far enough away, busy with his own family, I no longer have anyone to watch such films with anymore. (I watch other things with my elderly Mom to spend time with her; she doesn't care for these films, doesn't hate them, just can't really get into them.)

@jasonpratt5126 Жыл бұрын

Some more personal trivia about the film: the monsters briefly talking was so jarring when I first saw it as a kid, that I was SURE Dad had dubbed the language in personally himself while sitting next to me, and kind of accused him of it -- which he rightly denied, but for a long time I really thought he had. (Somehow the TV cuts I occasionally caught later didn't make clear the vocals were really in the English dub.) I was somewhat disappointed as a kid to see so little of Monster Island, considering that in English that's the film's title! I had already been briefly introduced to the island as Godzilla's home in the Megalon film (which was released in my area first a year or so earlier), and wanted to see more of it. I liked what I saw, but it wasn't really set there. The Monsterland plot made very little impression on me, and I was confused though kind of impressed about the Godzilla Tower at the theme park. I had already seen Gigan alongside Megalon, so was happy to see him again and more of him. Anguirus and Ghidora were both new to me, of course, and I REALLY enjoyed both of them! I never did much like puppy dogs, and but I'd sure take an Anguirus as a faithful dog-like critter! The blood in the fights was a little jarring but didn't otherwise make a negative impression on me: monsters were fighting, it was a tough fight, sure. The Godzilla Tower could shoot a breath beam, too! The bad guys were alien cockroaches! I remembered Space Hunter Nebula M as Gigan's home from v-Megalon, and badly wanted to see that, but alas. All in all I loved it a lot, at the time, although I do recall noticing the stock footage aspect -- why was Ghidora shooting Megalon's yellow beams!? {g} Gigan remains one of my favorite designs (less so his super-literally-'edgy' Millennium design for Final Wars). This is also the only Showa Era Godzilla score I own the complete album to aside from G54: it covers a lot of tracks from the series history.

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

Angus I remember seeing him for the first time in the Godzilla movie Godzilla Raids Again aka Gigantis the Fire Monster.

@weebrahim Жыл бұрын

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@I-am-b0red897 Жыл бұрын

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@feltbeing Жыл бұрын

This and "Godzilla's Revenge" were the first two G flicks I ever purchased for myself on VHS. Such good memories!

@DuoDoUrden Жыл бұрын

As bad as it is, this movie holds a very special place in my memories. It was my first ever Godzilla movie I rented with my dad and we sat and watched together. Still remember the video rental place. Though it is now a convenience store. Still though makes me smile running in to get a Godzilla movie on VHS.

@belzsmoviesfromthepast5997 Жыл бұрын

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@williambotner2317 Жыл бұрын

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@WJAshiftworkdisorder Жыл бұрын

This was my favorite Showa-era Godzilla movie when I was a kid. As an adult though... yeah, the endless monster action makes me nod out. Regardless, I love classic Gigan, and I can't freaking wait for the new live action short Toho got crowdfunded.

@clavinwan Жыл бұрын

"So it looks like it's up to the karate girl, fat hippie guy, LEGS..." I died LOL

@johncase1353 Жыл бұрын

This movie. I'll always remember this movie for being the last movie I ever had my grandparents rent for me from Blockbuster.

@dementry. Жыл бұрын

Pog a new big action bill video even tho it was a older video that was remade but it'll count

@toonsthedude9781 9 ай бұрын

After the 98 Godzilla movie, this was the 1st Toho Godzilla movie I ever saw when I was 9years old. I love this movie

@JohnInTheShelter Жыл бұрын

I'm not someone who follows Godzilla history but this was just so interesting. Very informative. It's fun to look back on series that have continued after I lost interest.

@hiryuuboatman5462 Жыл бұрын

This is good

@RamblePak64 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Godzilla vs. Gigan holds a special place in many hearts due to a late 80's early 90's VHS release. I know I was 5 years old when we found it in a K-Mart on sale. My brother had seen Godzilla 1985 in theaters with my dad, so he managed to convince my mom to pick this up. It was my first Godzilla movie, and so I had no clue it recycled footage or had all kinds of other problems. I watched it repeatedly, and it seemed to rarely be syndicated for TNT's MonsterVision marathons (which is where I recorded most of my other Godzilla movies from). Despite clearly being a lower budget, the picture quality and lighting of its original footage is actually surprisingly good, especially when compared to Godzilla vs. Megalon after, which looks like a more dated film in comparison. Going back as an adult, I'll admit that I still find the human drama elements to be the most entertaining, if only because of how colorful and different they are. There aren't a lot of flicks with such a crew in general, and it really helps identify this film as one of a kind, even among its brethren. But you're right, on rewatching, the fighting is perhaps some of the weakest due to the recycled footage. There's still a lot to like, but it's definitely dragged down. I will always have a soft spot for it, but it's nowhere near as good as my memories of it are.