How America Took The "God" Out Of Godzilla (1998) | A Retrospective
A review/retrospective of the 1998 Roland Emmerich directed American Godzilla movie, and an objective assessment of what makes it a poor adaptation of Japan's most iconic monster.
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I want to clarify something I said at 7:50. At this moment I made the case that the characters in G98 are a step up from the human characters in most Godzilla movies. Looking back, I don't agree with this statement. I wrote this video years ago, before I had gone back and rewatched the Japanese films. I appreciate the characters in them a lot more now. While I still stand by the rest of the video and my opinion on Godzilla 98 itself, this portion of the video can be discarded. Thank you for watching :)
This should have been the reboot of the Beast from 20000 fathoms, same references from the 1953 and also the creature needed a real Gender but for me it would be female. Zilla was only built for speeds, burrowing, thinking and laying her eggs in the Empire State Building. Just my opinions
You weren't exactly wrong, the old movies had some memorable characters, but the characters in the '98 were far from the worst.
As a life-long Godzilla fan, the characters are never all that well written, though the plots are usually unique and (IMO) written okay.
Eh, I agree with your original assessment. Most of the human characters in the Japanese films are truly awful, though that's not always the case.
@@kevinobill4818 Exactly! I have been saying the same thing for years.
"nobody watches a Godzilla movie for the human characters" God how accurate is this statement for King of The Monsters
Truer words have never been typed.
yep, one guy in teather even kinda yelled "cmon! show us the monster already!"
@@dinogirlj1797 well critics said the new movie have too much monsters, there you go
@@dinogirlj1797 king of the monsters, well i guess he didn't like mothra lol
Final Wars wasn't too horrible with the human scenes
As a kid who havent heard anything about original godzilla back in 90s, I enjoyed the shit out of this movie.
Same, also I love watching your videos.
This was my only Godzilla experience until KotM. After seeing real Godzilla, I felt like I'd been ripped off. Now, I'm in love with the one true god, Gojira!
@@TheAngelOfTheBottomlessPit Why?
Same
@@elias7748 how do I say this, the fact it looks like Shit?
I find the most hilarious thing about the movie to be the fact that it pissed off toho so much that in another movie they called him zilla and killed him off unceremoniously in like 2 seconds
To be fair, that joke is blown a little bit out of proportion. That's in Godzilla Final Wars, and at that point in the movie they keep throwing so many monsters at him, and he kills most of them in a few seconds. They do disparage him by calling him useless, but it still wasn't quite the knock it's made out to be.
I think the more prominent dig on Zilla was in... GMK where some officials are discussing a giant monster attack and someone scoffs that "The Americans thought that was Godzilla?"
@@Caleb42523 just rewatched the scene, it was cooler in memory like a decade ago
Toho: “Look at this design! It looks great! Oh wait, there’s just one thing I need to fix - *alters name* -you’re no god.”
@@serapheid3669 Zilla is one of my favourite kaiju concepts, akin to a pest infestation. If you leave even one Zilla egg intact, the cycle starts all over again.
King of the Monsters was made by a man who loves Godzilla Delvin and Emmerich have publicly stated they hate Godzilla.
Tatuopolis who designed this version loves Godzilla, and worked closely with Toho employees on what this thing could and could not do as a creature. He went in a very different direction because he felt taking the old design and trying to make it "look better" was disrespectful to the creators of the first Godzilla. What's ironic is he did research and went back to the same drawing board they did when they made the first Godzilla film which was looking at Nature, and dinosaurs. So he came up with this design. It's still a version of the character. Toho calls this character in Japan Toro Goji and all official merchandise for the character is called Toro Goji or Godzilla 1998. Not Zilla. Because the two are completely different monsters. The fault isnt all on Devlin and Emmerich, Toho had the final say on the changes and they approved the script along with the character's traits. Yes they approved Godzilla being killed on the bridge as well. The rule was Godzilla couldnt permantely die, but they never said "A Godzilla" couldnt die. Which is the point everyone misses, since the last egg at the end of the film was supposed to be the Main Godzilla for the other two films. That's why Toho let them kill him off in here. Also Look at Shin Godzilla, it reproduces asexually as well just instead through cellular division and the anime films had Godzilla get blown up by a drill missile to the spines before a larger Godzilla awakens up. So a lot of statements on why people hate this Godzilla seem hypocritical especially when quite a few of its traits Toho has passed onto other versions of the characters.
@@jackepong6300 Yeah, and Shin Godzilla and the anime SUCKED
@@jackepong6300 Toho rubber-stamped it. They really were in no position to object now: they had gone this far, they might as well have finish it. They had no control over the script. Once they signed over the rights, it's over. Origin stories are terrible ideas for a first film. A lot of franchises die because the first movie is one long origin story. And while the cartoon is vastly superior, it was made because they didn't require the budget such a sequel would have needed. And the script was not Tatoupolous making at all, and while the design was an attempt to be respectful, it tried to hard to be innovative while still being derivative. It didn't find the medium between the other Godzillas and what the rest of the filmmakers wanted. A designer needs the approval of the director and producer, and they were in no mood to try to make something faithful. What this Godzilla most resembles are a lot of the early 1954 designs; vaguely similar but simply not getting it right. A lot of 2014 designs were similar; trying too hard to lean on the T.rex or lizard or fish side of things. The final result for that film was a satisfying medium that was very different, but still recognizable as Godzilla.
@@Tareltonlives "In your opinion"
@@Tareltonlives No they didn't. Read the art of Godzilla 1998 or The making of Godzilla 1998. You probably saw that dumb wikizilla video which is leaves out a bunch of details, and skews facts. The guy who made that video owns the same book I do which he used sources from but completely glosses over important production details to drive this point home toho didnt have time to put any input in. which is not true. They saw Pat's earlier designs before the maquette was showcased in that meeting.
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@Spiarilwite Dino fox asshole
one thing is sure there a lot of fish
Very funny Mr. Tadatadabingbongpolis.
I actually like the lizard-like design, even if it's being called Godzilla. The only things I dislike is that Zilla is pretty weak and his "power breath" is lame
That seems to be the general consensus. Zilla isn't bad, but she's not Godzilla.
They should make a sequel with a different name and make zilla powerful
@@DR3_34D They wanted to do it, but they stopped. Sad...
@@fkinghostile oof
the design is cool, it's just not a godzilla design
I'll be honest, 1998 Godzilla is one of my guilty pleasures.
Sorry to hear that. Hope things get better
The cartoon based of this movie was pretty good
It was fantastic! Can't believe I forgot about it until watching this video haha! I remember getting home from school and watching it at my grandparents place... good times man, good times.
Agreed! I loved it a ton better then the movie itself...
also the netflix godzilla movies made me look into the godzilla lore.its a must watch.
It was lit
was great. had intrigue and stuff.
I think Zilla would fit very well in the Monsterverse as a subspecies of Godzilla
He appear on the original godzilla movies and was killed easily by godzilla
Zilla: *appears* Literally some seconds later: *Zilla be ded*
Tsumiki Ayato Zilla Jr was a fucking beast tho.
@Gojira 5337 so a pseudo titan?
Calm yourself. I meant if Zilla was in the Monsterverse. Not the TriStar version but if Legendary made their version of him too be a Pseudo-Titan species.
Nice video man, you put a lot of effort into it.
Yep he did
Agreed
So did I so give me some props also
Here’s how I feel about this As a monster movie: 6/10 As a Godzilla movie: 3/10
as a godzilla movie 1/10.
As a Godzilla movie: 0/10
As a godzilla movie -5
As a Godzilla movie -π/10
@@requis5679 nice math, random person with an evil looking tom profile pic.
the thing is that as a design removed from the Godzilla legacy, it's actually a really cool design. if it was a totally new character, i'd be all for it.
It is it's own character
@Neal Fowler Same here. Emmrich's design is good for a stand alone monster but it's not "Godzilla". Just like Angirus is a great design, but is not Godzilla. Actually, I'd say Emmrich's design has more in common with Angirus than Godzilla. (thinking-face)
@D B They literally bought the rights to Godzilla and named the movie Godzilla- it was meant to be Godzilla
Grim Scraggletag The Japanese Godzilla design is a outdated design from the past. The 1998 Godzilla is using the scientific correctly design. Im not suprised at all why Emmeric changed the design. Jurassic Park also came out during that time and T-Rex looks fantastic.
Yeah, I understand all that, but #1. Godzilla is a mutation, not a regular dinosaur. And #2. Godzilla isn't even based on any actual dinosaur, his species is entirely fictional, so an adherence to real dinosaur physicality isn't necessary. But yeah, Jurassic Park's T-Rex was amazing!
The fact that this was the first godzilla movie i ever seen made me fucking love the lizard/ dinosaur type godzilla
Same with me, I had to learn to love the new/old like Godzilla
Way better than the fatty japanese one: Godzilla is a lizard, not a 50yo dad with diabetes and a can of beer in his hand
Same here
actually they both look like dinosaurs but the 1998 version as more in common with the T-rex aspects . what they upgraded about the modern godzilla of today is his capacity to grab things by the neck with his hands , Something that the old version of the 50's and 60's couldn,t do like a T-rex
Same 😅👌
I once interviewed Dean Devlin for Sherwood Oaks and mention that this film would have done better as a remake of "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" which predated "Gojira" by one year. I wish they had just called it "The Beast." BTY... love your channel.
It probably wouldn't have sold as many tickets to be fair.
Because there were technically multiple Zillas in this film, it technically takes the "Godz" out of Godzilla. The creature in this film is now Illa.
Actually the creature in this film (not talking about the joke, talking about how there wasn't multiple zillas) is Godzilla, and the creature in Final Wars is zilla, they are 2 different characters, so there were multiple Godzillas
"Up next is Godzilla: Monster Planet" _Oh honey._
i watched all those and it was kinda a yawn fest
It wasn't so bad.
@@goldedrag111 Eh, too each their own.
To be completely honest, I enjoyed those movies lol
@@Nachoface13 That's fine. People have different likes and dislikes.
"Which made Godzilla a creation of the lost city of Atlantis." Well, that's Gamera backstory, so... That was one other reason to discard the script.
Actually this script pre-dates Heisei Gamera, and the Showa series was only very loosely tied to Atlantis. In fact many thing Heisei Gamera took cues from the 1993-1994 Godzilla script.
@@Tarbtanogamers guardian of the universe came out in 1995, so this is objectively a lie.
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 yes and during production a lot of aspects for Gamera were changed and polished before the final version. It seems the ideas of Heisei Gamera and the unmade TriStar script resembling each other was just coincidence, as fascination with ancient civilizations was very popular at the time.
Having no previous exposure to Godzilla, when I watched this when it came out on dvd, I liked it. I see it has more in common with older American giant monster movies (king kong, Them, 20,000 fathoms, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman) than the Japanese versions, which is probably what Emmerich was aiming for.
One of the things I really dislike from this Film was the ending. When they killed "GOD"zilla on the Brooklyn Bridge and he takes his final breath before finally passing.... everyone celebrates. No horrifying lesson of the dangers of abusing Nuclear/Atomic Bomb Testings, no message about the arrogance of mankind, nothing. All we got were people applauding in killing an animal, a half fast conclusion to the uninteresting characters, and a twist. THE END. One of the worst endings I have seen.
I'm glad to see someone actually praising the look of 'Zilla. Sure, it's much different than the original, but on it's own, the iguana-style design is gorgeous.
I agree, I really love the design.
Sinistaire the only problem is they named zilla godzilla
thar still ain't no godzilla.
Technically it's a Komodo Dragon design but still gorgeous
Iguana @@cooperminion825
I actually liked this design of Godzilla. The animated series redeemed it.
It is a very cool design
@Yoda _ It's great if you imagine it as a remake of the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. It works brilliantly.
I always thought he looked like Pete's Dragon.
Xero Kaiser Same here.
Way better than the fatty japanese one: Godzilla is a lizard, not a 50yo dad with diabetes and a can of beer in his hand
Me back then as a dinosaur kid: OMG THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN now in 2021: they massacred by boi
"Sure, It's a Marine Iguana..." Me: THAT'S A FLIPPIN' GREEN IGUANA
It's not fna- oooooooh oh my God oh freaak oh freaaaaaaakkkk .dawko
One of my favorite movies from childhood. Back when I didn't know anything about Godzilla.
Defintely, it will be a nice movie if the movie is not named Godzilla, the biggest failure of this movie is its name.
廖信傑 and that is so true if they hadn’t named it godzilla it would have probably been shrugged of as a godzilla ripoff or a bad Jurassic park ripoff or a good knew monster movie doubt it would have been liked at all
@George Washington What do you mean ?
@@Raccon_Detective. ?
@@hsin-chiehliao6408 late reply but they called the movie godzilla, because this movie was supposed to carry the godzilla franchise on but toho disliked it so it completely failed to carry the godzilla franchise on.
To be honest, when I first saw Godzilla...I had no idea that it was based off something from the past...so the 1998 movie was the first encounter with Godzilla or just Zilla in this case... And I liked the movie...really...I like it...I liked the design, I liked graphics etc I watched it as a normal monster movie But I get your point
When I was like a baby and my dad was watching zilla with me I saw the baby part and I was like (oh this is terrifying)
Yeah, I heard of Godzilla and saw a few scenes but I saw this film and thought it was fine, I was even a fan of Godzilla at the time.
That's one of the things you hear a lot about G98, as a standalone monster film it's just fine but it falls so flat as a Godzilla movie. I had the same thing, G98 was the first thing with the Godzilla name I ever saw and before that I only vaguely knew about him.
@@RandomPerson8492 true that, golden truth
If you see this as a stand-alone movie without the Godzilla name on it, it’s a decent movie tbh
I've said this a billion times by now, but ti's worth repeating: This monster/film far more resembles Ray Harryhausens Beast From 20,000 Fathoms in design as well as tone. If it had been marketed as a remake of that, I think people would accept it a bit more. But slapping the name of a character so iconic to a fanbase as dedicated as Godzilla fans is equivalent to putting Barny Gumble in clown make up and calling him Krusty. The kids are going to react...BADLY:
If you've ever seen the 70's animated Godzilla series from Hanna Barbera, one might notice a VERY strong similarity, to the point where you could call the 90's animated series a reboot of the 70's one. Seriously except for no Godzooky, exchanging the kid with a scientist, adding a French secret agent, and being set in the 90's and not the 70's, they're pretty much the same series.
Godzilla 98 will always have a special place in my heart. Ill still love it even if its hated for eternity.
💯 agreed
Me too
Shad0w Zilla why
Rishit Shetty why
El Matador why
The biggest reason this failed is because the director hated Godzilla in the first place. in a statement, he said he wanted nothing to do with a traditional Godzilla movie and wanted to something else entirely while still keeping it a gigantic lizard in a city This is why Legendary's Godzilla is getting so much praise and is widely accepted amongst even long time fans. this new Godzilla stays in line with the older series, paying respect to old fans while also introducing new ones
Well, Sony especially bought rights from Toho and gave it to Tristar and told them that Tristar can make anything and name it Godzilla and Toho can't say anything. Toho wanted one more monster for final wars and they thought this design could be used, so they bought rights of this kaiju but changed names for copyright sake.
I think toho is just happy that 2014 came out with that new design and new awesome story
Still one of my guilty pleasures :>.
I agree
I still think the 1998 part is the best one. I watched a lot Godzilla Movies in child age. But they were more childish and kind of boring. Godzilla always looked like a funny toy
I loved the 1998 Godzilla. Fixating on roots to the original Godzilla is just petty, enjoy the goddamn movie right?
@@isolatedhazard1741 well, yeah, but I do agree with the whole taking God out of Godzilla part, the monster in the movie was a good monster, but compared to Godzilla it really got killed off in a pretty lame way.
@@dardo1201 Ye, they are right. They should have changed the name a bit. Because it looks more lika a Ancient Monster and not a God. Even by the fact it lays Eggs like a Monster. But still better animated and done as the original toyzilla
I think the cartoon for the movie did a better job making him worthy of the name Godzilla
Also like his appearance in idw comics
I consider him to be godzillas smaller ally or subspecies
Zilla Jr.’s awesome, he’s got his own signature green atomic breath, he’s immune to conventional weapons, he fights his own cast of enemies, etc. Godzilla ‘98 may be a pretty divisive movie, but the cartoon is great.
Not really. They just made a better version of Zilla is all. Still nothing compared to the King of Monsters
@@Comkill117 Zilla JR even had his own love interest Komodithrax
For somebody who was introduced to the Idea of Godzilla by this film (born in 1995), I really liked this movie, so much so, I used to watch it every time it came on TV. I still think it's a really good movie.
This video is beautifully crafted I was surprised to see your channel isn’t a massive collage of videos essays from a verity of film.
Your theory of the importance of Godzilla's "Hero" phase is very insightful. I'm enjoying your videos.
"Nobody watches Godzilla for the human characters." Godzilla King of the Monsters in one sentence (or in this case every Godzilla movie).
They basically try to go with the Jurassic Park version of a T-Rex amped up on steroids... They would have been better off calling this the beast 20,000 of the fathoms
Thank you so much for not just ripping it a new one like most do and going a step beyond. While as a kid I realized it was no Godzilla movie ( dad had introduced me to the king well before this movies release ) I enjoyed it simply for the ‘large dinosaur on the screen’ and have fond memories and rewatch it for that very reason. You do a fantastic job and ive binged just about all of your Godzilla episodes and absolutely love your analysis.
I like Channels that give a movie a retrospective and a thoughtful critique. Not channels like let’s say Nostalgia Critic who dissects the movie and everything wrong with it. There’s some other channels like Mauler and Critical Drinker who just focus on everything wrong with the movie without any mercy.
When I was little, I always cried at the end when Godzilla died.
me too... and actually it was the first godzilla movie i saw xD
EricVierthaler92 same here, although I don’t remember it, my parents say I cried when Godzilla fell in the volcano.
Godzilla falling into the volcano is pretty sad, but what about Godzilla meltdown in 1995?
*zilla
I love how KOTM Godzilla is chillin in Atlantis.
So that really was Atlantis huh
Man.. I'm enjoying the heck out of your vids.
Honestly, the original du bond godzilla was much a much better reimagining. It kept his iconic silhouette but included dinosaur features, and retained his iconic abilities like immunity to conventional weaponry and atomic breath. What's worse is that a budget of 100-130 million was seen as too high and caused the original film to be cancelled, but the actual film costed 130 million.
Ironically, this was the first Godzilla movie I watched. So I always thought this was the original one 😂😂😂
Mine too, unfortunately.
Emile Famon really how old are you ? I actually really liked the design and everything about this Godzilla but I never thought of it as Godzilla I mean it has the name I just don’t know wit was lol
@@brauliohernandez3724 it was a good design but not for godzilla
@@aussieman3021 Agreed
Godzilla (1998): I’m the first American Godzilla film Godzilla (2014): I’m the first good American Godzilla film.....😎
Hanna-Barbera Gojira: *I maybe wasnt a movie but ARE YOU SURE ABOUT DAT?*
neither are good films...
@@johnythefox100 i kinda agree with that
John Collins Godzilla 2014 was a really good film the problem everyone likes to point out is that Godzilla doesn’t have much screen time but that helps with the suspense having Godzilla appear but not become non impressive to se him and having him not appear for much doesn’t mean the movie is bad the movie taking place at night helps the suspense and believe it or not the 1998 film actually had a higher budget than the 2014 movie witch gives more respect for the effects in the end it isn’t a bad movie it was just that fans were expecting to much
@@diorraices8077 Barely showing the title monster in your film does not build suspense. Setting your film at night does not build suspense. We camr to see Godzilla, not Worlds Worst Dad. Say what you want about Godzilla '98, ( and there's a lot you can say) at lest they put their monster front and centre in the film.
Despite the fact that I actually like Zilla, his design and his behaviour in the movie, my absolute favourite thing about "Zilla" is how in Godzilla Final Wars, he's given an awful appearance, made to look intentionally bad with obvious CGI and his fight with the _actual_ Godzilla lasts a maximum of 11 seconds, in which he gets utterly destroyed by the original. An obvious, "Fuck you America, *this* is how you do Godzilla!". Makes me laugh and cheer every time.
Thank you, Lord Depths, for an honest actual review of the 1998 Godzilla which I loved as a 7 year old kid!
I love the 98 Godzilla design but I understand where your coming from
Spandex 101 it’s a good monster design, just not a good GODZILLA design
Gaby George well that’s true I was never a Fan of the classic look so I thought this design was actually scary and there’s something about it that feels primal it’s the dark beast that is behind the mountain the predator that is always victorious and on the prowl
haha that one was sneaky good respond
hey bud , its not the americans who called it godzilla its the old man from Japan who are we to argue with the real creators of Godzilla
Spandex 101 it got killed by misslies pretty weak if you ask me
Agreed. Godzilla Revenge is far worse. This movie was a fine average Kaiju flick on its own, just wrong name attached.
@King Gojira My sentiments exactly. As a kaiju flick it's average, which is why I don't hate it, but because it was called "Godzilla" it's reviled as much as it is.
It should be have been called zilla instead
I'd swear Godzilla's Revenge was made by pedophiles...! (0_0) Anyone who's seen it probably knows what I mean. It's the only Godzilla movie I actually hate! ...And yes, I saw Godzilla Vs. Megalon.
@@grimscraggletag6799 Okay one scene with a kid bouncing on a car doesn't make it pedophillic, jesus people are so casual about that these days. It is bad and even fans of camp hate it.
Lol! I forgot about that scene.
Beautiful video. First time viewer. Subscribed. all love to godzilla
This was the movie that introduced me to Godzilla and once I started watching the old movies I completely forgot about the 1998 one but after watching it again I really enjoyed it for what it was and not what it was trying to be.
Who else remembers when he was referred to as G.I.N.O. (Godzilla In Name Only) in the early 00's by Goji fans lol
I like both 1998 and 2014 Godzilla. 2014 is way better, but 1998 still have a place in my heart.
thats why godzilla 2014/ king of the monsters was so good, it was faithful, but with an american twist
Godzilla should be bulky and look believable like in the 2014 not disproportional like in KotM or like annorexic generic reptile crossed with a t-rex.
@Frost Blade yeah no, the action in all Godzilla movies make Zilla 98 look pathetic, what type of Godzilla would run away from the military, none, so literally get out of here troll.
@Frost Blade was Godzilla ever realistic, your talking about a giant monster that apparently knows martial arts and fights aliens, and Godzilla ain’t no normal animal, from day one when he was first introduced in 1954, he was destructive and destroyed everything that got in his way, he had no fear, and Godzilla movies keep on showing that Godzilla will not run away from tiny insects with weapons that can’t even harm him in the first place.
@Frost Blade so no your realism argument for saying the 98 movie is better than every Godzilla movie is dumb and stupid, and plus I and most others like me would literally say that 98 Godzilla movie is a complete disgrace to the original Godzilla and doesn’t even deserve the name Godzilla.
@Frost Blade that is completely irrelevant to what were talking about, your arguments are literally what I would expect from an internet troll, seriously what does being laid have to with which movie is better between the literal garbage of 98 Godzilla to the actual good Godzilla movies like the original 54 and Heisei, and some parts of the Millennium era.
This movie hits home for me, me and my brother used to watch this and Starship Troopers on a Saturday morning
I rather enjoyed the 1998 Godzilla. Too bad it was hated
Pagan Deva don't worry about it. that it is hated doesn't mean you can't enjoy it ;)
The story was good
We can choose to love or hate. You are free to like it.
I didn't like it he looked nothing nothing like TITANUS GOJIRAH
@Branden Wright oh I ment the Japanese one oops
King of the Monsters people in the Theatre applaueded that tells you something about critics
Frick critics
@Rein Tiberius Then you will hate America lol. Those retards applaud at every ocassion.
@Craig the Brute Those fucking idiots applaud when they leave a plane. But hey, it is no wonder they are amazed at somebody landing a plane, after all mentally they are 3 centuries behind everybody else.
@@synxs4985 Poland. So close enough I guess. And you *for sure* live in a country riddled with corona, full of riots and an oversized Cheeto as the president.
Love these videos you make ❤️
I still remember 8 year old me bawling, devastated that they actually killed Godzilla >.
My son was crying as well. He was 7 at the time. He loves Kaiju films now, so thank you Zilla. My son and I have something we can bond over, and I love it.
I was about 10 at the time and the only godzilla movies I had seen were the original and 1985, both of which feature godzilla "dying". So that wasn't too much of a surprise for me. On the flip side it took me years to come to grips with the idea of Godzilla being a hero in so many of the movies as a result.
For some reason laughed my butt off when he died.
It was the first version of Godzilla i saw so i loved and still love it.
Honestly preferred 98 godzilla to the new ones. But liked it as a monster movie. Not an actual godzilla movie. never liked the design of the original Godzilla. Could barely watch a proper GZ movie since they all just remind me of Power Rangers with some guy in a dino suit fighting some random boss. I agree they shouldve just called it something else. But then it wouldve just been called a rip off of GZ anyway, so cant win.
First version I saw to
wasn,t my first version i saw but it was my prefered one to the old one and it made a lot more sens than titan version that supposidly existed since before the dawn of the dinosaurs but know one from the human race saw before today since the birth of our race . a godzilla from redioactive fallouts made a lot more F....G sens
I agree
Me too, this movie that made me knew godzilla..
I never knew this movie had such hate until a few years ago...it was one of my favorite movies growing up....and I LOVED the OG Japanese series.
Great video!
a really great and thoughtful piece!
Don’t forget that Toho had to approve the design, meaning they let Tristar make him this way
It had less to do with them liking the design and more to do with scheduling and money. In fact, they hated the design when they saw it. But they realized the design couldn't simply be modified but would have to be scrapped and redone all over again, and they didn't want stall production any longer, so they approved it.
Legendary made it all better, so it was okay
As a representative of the United States of America, I would like to apologize
Wrong bird.
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I'm sure I saw an old suit flick here or there as a kid but the first time I remember seeing an OG Godzilla flick was in freshman year in Clay Class where my teacher would turn on the claymation flicks on silent and play classical music overtop. It really gave me an appreciation for the art.
Nice video dude
That's honestly just it. I absolutely LOVE Zilla's design. I LOVE how it looks, how it moves, how it functions, all of that. I just... don't love it as a Godzilla design. As a Godzilla design, it's mediocre, insulting, alien, and completely dismissive of what helped make Godzilla iconic in the first place. It fails entirely in being Godzilla, and that makes me sad. I want to love it, but I also want to hate it. I want to respect it, but I also want to shun it. Zilla is the true definition of a love hate relationship. I love to hate it, and I hate that I love it.
In a few of the scenes, they actually built practical props.
Can't wait to watch godzilla king of the monsters,😊😊👍
i watched it , good movie i cry twice
I am watching it this Wednesday and am also so excited.
Thatoneguy 44 it’s a badasss movie
It was a great movie
It definitely redeemed from the 2014 film which was ok But King of the Monsters was definitely worth it ... and I’m excited for Kong v Godzilla & the future films they have in store :-)
This was dope man, thank you.
I just recently watched all 32 Godzilla movies over the course of the last few months. My daughter (6 years old) watched most of them with me. During this Godzilla movie, she literally pointed at the screen and said, "That's not Godzilla!" So, that should tell you everything you need to know.
What did she think of shin godzilla
When I was 6 y.o watching some Godzilla's movies with my dad, I couldn't pass the fact that it wasn't a monster, it was just a dude in a bad costume while destroying buldings made of cardboards, just like in Power Rangers. Bare in mind that at the time I knew Jurassic Park already, so 'till the recent movies (2014 and so on), I never liked the "true Godzilla's movies". But that Zilla's movie was the first time I felt like it being an actual animal/monster, and was the movie that got my curiosity to watch the recent ones years later.
>Positive Consequences >Pregnancy test scene Heh
Great vid man beautiful writing and editing
This was the first godzilla movie i ever watched and i loved it and still have nostalgia for it cause it is what started me down the path of watching all of them!!
I remember when I was like 4-5 and watching this movie. I still love that movie.
Zilla Jr (cartoon version) would be a good rival to Godzilla. Just imagine the blue and green atomic breath collide.
I grew up with this film and that may be why i love this film as much as i do....... Give Zilla a break already...... its been 20 years......
The Heartless Hero 2077 Same!! Zilla was the first Godzilla I ever saw, so I have a special fondness for her. The design was what caught me the most, along with that I liked the way that Zilla wasn’t just destroying things to destroy things, but Depths has a lot of good points. I think that if Zilla hadn’t actually been marketed as a Godzilla movie, it probably wouldn’t have quite as much hate? I dunno. Rewatching it, I wish it had shown more of Zilla herself, and the characters were a bit of a bog to walk through XD BUT THE GODZILLA CARTOON SERIES WAS AMAZING THO! I’m glad the movie existed so we could have the series!!
First godzilla film I ever saw and made me fall in love with the series
when I was 7, I thought this is Jurassic Park instead of Godzilla.
If you're a fan of the Jurassic Park movies, chances are you'll love Godzilla 1998 without even realizing its flaws. And hopefully it'll segue you into the animated series that followed and became the movie's redemption.
Totally agree, the cartoon version was amazing.
2014 Godzilla is my guilty pleasure movie This Godzilla is a memory that I suppress
D.DoT-Z bru wait till u see king of monsters holy shit
Yeah we watched the new one Saturday night it was awesome.
2014 Godzilla is something I am in no way guilty about enjoying.
Toxic Anoxic He was talking about the 1998 Godzilla, which was officially rebranded to just “Zilla”(which also means that it is now a separate monster officially owned by Toho).
Gojira 5337 doesn’t make it less shit
It heart my heart when he mentioned the human characters as being subpar. Maybe because I'm not a monster movie buff...but the human characters and their storyline was the final glue to making me fall in love with the movie. I've watched at least 40x and always experienced the same suspense on certain scenes.
How to fix this Godzilla make it stand up instead of back down Step 2: make its head less long Step 3: make its spikes a littler longer Step 4: make its spikes glow and shoot fire or atomic blast Step 5: rename it Godzilla not Zilla Now it's Godzilla😏
They LITERALLY took the "God" out of Godzilla since that thing is a Zilla.
When you learn Japan denies the 1998 film as a Godzilla movie, but blesses the 2014 incarnation, you know something is wrong about the former.
Odd Sifr huh?
Oops, I meant, the 1998 did something wrong, not that Japan was. Nevermind x)
@@OddSifr the 2014 version did make Godzilla some kind of revered "protector of Earth from monsters". Which is what the anti-1998 Godzilla people wanted.
Alexander Christopher It's not about Godzilla being a protector or a destroyer, to be honest. It's about a good Godzilla movie. For example, in Shin Godzilla, Godzilla caused SO MUCH destruction but that film was still praised and even got some awards just because it was a good movie.
bro you got only 476 subs? Let me add another one to the list. Your stuff is incredible!
Thanks, that's very kind of you to say!
@@UpFromTheDepths88 Of course! Looking forward to seeing you become a more famous youtuber. Can I ask whats your opinion on Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Tokyo SOS? Those two hands down are my favorite. SOS more than against but ya know, they kind of go together.
He had 400 subs only 2 months ago? It's 10k now! Congratulations!!!
@@RexPhalange 20k now 👌🏽
I wish the algorithm would come my way like it does with videos like this, it is a interesting video amd agree with everything
I watched this movie when i was a child with out a knowledge of other godzilla movies ,i loved it then and still now.
Man that original script sounded like it had promise. I want Atlantis Godzilla and Griffin to throw down!
agreed and the director actually liked and cared for godzilla tho he wasent a super fan just a causal enjoyer
This movie was actually my first exposure to Godzilla and IIRC I enjoyed it because I didnt know the original one
Same I’m young and this was my first Godzilla movie
Despite how old it is, I actually really enjoyed the 54 one... you could easly forgive any acting mistake, cause acting was so different then. And it was actually just.. good, along with the acting, it was still better than most other godzilla movies. So if you haven't seen it, give it a watch.
Godzilla the series was my favorite tv show when I was younger. I binged on it for hours.
Yeah Godzilla 1998 lead to one of the greatest Godzilla cartoon.
I love all of your videos and how you put your thoughts and opinions into what me and others G-fans love... Godzilla.
Ah Good old GINO (Godzilla in name only)
Toho has acknowledged and placed this Monster into Godzilla's official rogues gallery... He was renamed Zilla and isn't Godzilla just another enemy monster. They were not kind to him at all in his only other screen appearance, but hey at least Zilla is still Canon... If that's even a concern in a Godzilla franchise? Me personally I would love to see Zilla and the new 2014 Godzilla be on the big screen together!
I love the ‘98 design but I know that people will disagree but hear me out I find it to be very cool and it has an amazing concept however I do not agree with the origin Godzilla should always be a prehistoric creature
Owen Baker Commas are very important, idk what the hell you were trying to say
Gojira 5337 how many times could you fit godzilla in a sentence if you tried really hard?
Gojira 5337 I didn’t tell you to not use his name
another that didn't fallow the movie right . the old man called it Gojira becasue Gojira is an old Japanese Mythic Creature and he called it as such because it fit the old legend description. watch the movie again and when the reorter will televised the footage of the old man he will mention that detail about the Japanese legend
People always overlook the other culturally significant factors behind Godzilla besides the 1945 atomic bombings. For any Westerner who's ever been there before, you know Japan is a very strange, peculiar place. It really is, folks. Beyond fears of nuclear weapons, Japan is also an island with a long history of suffering natural disasters too-- volcanoes, earthquakes, wildfires, and tsunamis. There's a larger sense of cultural armageddon embedded into the collective psyche of this nation by now. This is why Godzilla remains culturally relevant to the Japanese, nearly 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's also why Japan is a society that is so hyper-focused on advancing technology. There's a sense of an inevitable annihilation hanging over the populace that is engrained into the DNA of the island by now, and only a breakneck race against the clock to develop more advanced technology can save them. Ever wondered why the more modern Toho Godzilla films have an unbearable focus on giant robots & machines often going to war with the King of the Monsters, despite the rest of the world rolling it's eyes at the campy idiocy taking place? This is why. It perfectly encapsulates the Japanese people's dueling fascinations of complete annihilation and faith in human innovation to spare themselves this fate.
yet there population is going down
Ive grown up to godzilla, been watching it with my dad since childhood. I honestly enjoyed this movie. I liked the lizard like appearance because it was still him just slightly different, he still felt like a godzilla to me. I was upset and cried a little when he died but i still do that in the newer ones when he gets weak or near death because its godzilla and ive known him my whole life. I do like the newer looks but I honestly love every godzilla movie. Because its godzilla.
I love Zilla in his own right. I may not consider him to be Godzilla, but he's still an awesome concept for a kaiju that I wish got more exposure other than being mocked in final wars and his brief comic appearances. The movie itself though, it's, well, boring. That's all I can say about it without going off on a rant.
I honestly liked it as a monster movie, but as a godzilla movie, it was bad, as a kaiju movie, it is just fun to watch
Exactly. If they hadn't marketed and named it "Godzilla," it wouldn't have been considered nearly as bad as it was.
@@stonewall01 No, it would still be a terrible movie.
low-key I kinda wanna see a Zilla reboot like maybe he could be a subspecies of Godzilla and like him, Zilla could be the last of his kind, reawakened by nuclear testing I'd keep the speed and agility, just make him as durable as Godzilla and give him the power to breath radioactive fire maybe make it where Zilla and GODzilla inevitably meet and battle
And remember the reproduce allot each one can lay 1000 eggs... Imagine a swarm of them. I bet Godzilla would not have a hard time killing it but the amount of numbers they come would be dangerous.
Szlekane maybe Godzilla and Zilla have some Snake/Mongoose Rivalry where both kill each other's kind and it's sorta hardwired into each other to kill off one another like Godzillas would kill Zillas and Zillas would kill Godzillas perhaps Godzilla killed Zilla's family like his mother and the rest of his siblings long ago and he was the sole survivor, either Godzilla destroyed the clutch of eggs and Zilla was the only egg that survived or he killed his juvenile siblings and he somehow got away and maybe went into hibernation
Dont do that. Connecting Zilla to Godzilla is what got him ridiculed by the community back in the day. Just make it it's own species that's a scavenger-type that follows Godzilla around eating what he kills, or eat him if he dies
Godzilla and Zilla have already fought once. In the movie Godzilla: Final Wars. And Zilla got absolutely manhandled in less than a minute.
Same I agree with some comments below, as a kid this movie was great. I remember seeing it in theaters with my family and I was so excited. I loved every moment of it. Although it’s not the “same” Godzilla I still consider it a classic and tbh still love it till this day.
Good shit man. I also like to enjoy things.
They changed him to a lizard instead of a dinosaur. That's my biggest reason to hate the 1998 incarnation.