What Could Have Been: Godzilla '94

[@SuperiorSuit]

The Godzilla design they had was absolutely amazing it's a shame we couldn't see it on the big screen

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

His origin may have strayed from the source material but the design didn’t. Would’ve been great

[@TheArkhamLegend]

​@@Bulletsandblockbusters Really

[@detroitdiezel7856]

​@@BulletsandblockbustersI think so too.

[@dimitrescu182]

​@@Bulletsandblockbusters his origin is similar to Heisei Gamera's

[@LORDMEGATRONNBE1]

We can thank Roland emmerich and Dean Devlin THEY CHANGE THE DESIGN THEY SUCK

[@Dreadjaws]

It's crazy that Roland Emmerich refused to film this script because he wanted to do "his own thing" and he ended up remaking The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms for his version of Godzilla. Also, if he wanted to do a more serious Godzilla all he had to do was take a look at the original film. Honestly, the studio shouldn't have insisted so much into giving the film to someone who clearly wasn't interested.

[@monsterkajiu1912]

Honestly, a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms would've been awesome.

[@kamal_jab]

Imo, the images of latter showa Godzilla films really murk up the branding similar to how adam west's batman make the caped crusader a laughable clown than a defender of justice

[@soulslayergamer2318]

​@@monsterkajiu1912It already exists. It's called Godzilla 1998.

[@davidjames579]

After Independence Day he apparently was even more drained to do Godzilla. They must have offered him some huge payday to agree.

[@holdingpattern245]

@@kamal_jabShowa was the peak of Godzilla in my opinion, and it's not like Adam West Batman at all, it's much more like the millennial era Godzilla movies, and it's debatable which is the sillier era.

[@qulmagdoesstuff]

Stan Winston's design for Godzilla and the '94 script looks and sounds like something good enough to come out now. I'd definitely go see it in theaters.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Same here

[@InsertCreativeusername_]

Me to

[@AtomicFlames-616]

Yup

[@AshDashProductions]

#releashthewinstoncut

[@robi6317]

except Minus One eradicates this thought

[@classicsonicthewild6051]

Fun Fact: Guillermo Del Toro Was Considered To Direct Godzilla (2014), But He Was Busy With Pacific Rim (2013)

[@BlueB360]

…make of that what you will…

[@mosasaurus2211]

Hey is that a Pointless Hub reference

[@addambelmont3050]

Yeah that decision didn't work out for him.

[@hellion7514]

Why do you capitalize the first letter of every word? Seems like a lot of extra work for no reason 🤷‍♂️

[@ManWhorse]

Prolly gonna get downvoted for this but I really don’t like del Toro’s movies. If Pacific Rim was any indication, his Godzilla would have been stupid as fuck

[@destroyerofworlds6824]

This Godzilla plot should be brought back and made into a movie. Probably as a standalone Godzilla movie that is not part of the Monsterverse.

[@MrAwsomeness360]

Or actually rework it into the MonsterVerse. Terry Rossio was involved in the writing process for Godzilla Vs. Kong and snuck in elements from G '94 into it (Godzilla crawling on all fours) and is currently involved with The New Empire, so maybe he can help make the movie that never was finally close to reality.

[@ForiamStudios]

King Ghidorah could already be a probe from an alien race so it’s not far fetched to do this story. Will help with bringing other creatures from the Toho Universe.

[@shawn092182]

​@@ForiamStudios Good way to bring in Gigan

[@brucardi]

This could also fit for an excuse for space Godzilla in the monster verse

[@AshDashProductions]

#RELESHTHEWINSTONCUT!

[@weights_and_horror]

So, if Tri-Star had forked over the cash, they might still be in business and we would’ve seen a Stan Winston Godzilla on the big screen.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Most likely!

[@brooksproductions9573]

I think the 98 ended up costing more than the 94 anyway. Ugh.

[@weights_and_horror]

@@brooksproductions9573 that feels like karma.

[@davidjames579]

Tri-Star still exist.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

@@brooksproductions9573 iirc the 98 movie actually got a budget increase to what the original directors for 94 wanted

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

The Mayor and his assistant in the 1998 film were named after Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. Two film critics who had always excoriated the Directors early work. When Siskel and Ebert reviewed the film on their show, they gave it their worst review, called the filmmakers spoofing them "petty", and said *"If you're going to go through the trouble of putting us in a monster movie, why don't you at least take advantage of having the monster either eat or squash us"*

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I remember this and I agree with them. Miss those two.

[@dxvdvss3252]

Cant argue with their reasoning either. If you're gonna have them in, eat them 😄

[@davidjames579]

The two characters also resemble the critics. Michael Lerner made up to look like Roger Ebert is better known for his appearances in The Coen Brothers movies.

[@G.I_Jane]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters how critics are literally more useless than moderators

[@GalvatronRodimus]

The movie's whole vibe is just insulting. Didn't Roland want to make a *serious* film?

[@therunn3197]

getting the same people who worked on jurrassic park is actually an amazing idea

[@Hevertt66790]

Until one Director decided to throw it all away and do "his own thing" 🙄

[@frick_____you]

@@Hevertt66790 Especially funny because "his own thing" ended up just being what the studio wanted.

[@Smiller1689]

It still amazes me how the 98 movie wound up costing more than the movie Jan De Bont wanted to make. Overall, G98 is not really the worst Godzilla movie and is a decent monster flick. It’s just that Tri-Star wanted their own Jurassic Park and not even the studio cared about the monster. I still remember to this day Emmerich ranting about how he has to hear about how his movie sucked all over again when the 2014 film was about to release. Godzilla definitely destroyed his reputation, that’s for sure.

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[@CoolGuyVoorhees]

Well, it's on him, he could have either respected the source material or if he absolutely can't stand Godzilla at all just as he claims, he could have simply not made a Godzilla film.

[@quack9355]

It's well deserved. His arrogance will be the Ghost of his Past until he met his grave.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

There was an earlier attempt of a American Godzilla film back in 1983 called *"GODZILLA: King of the Monsters in 3-D"* with Steve Miner - who directed the first two *"Friday* *the 13th"* sequels - hired as the director and Fred Dekker (who was not a fan of Godzilla) wrote the screenplay. Demi Moore *("Ghost")* and Powers Boothe *("Tombstone")* were considered to play Dana Martin (a female journalist) and Peter Daxton (an eyepatch- wearing US Navy Colonel) with Raymond Burr (who played "Steve Martin" in the 1956 Americanized Cut of the original 1954 Toho film *"GOJIRA")* considered for a cameo. The SFX were to include stop-motion animation by David W. Allen and a planned full-scale animatronic head of Godzilla created by the Oscar-winning FX guru Rick Baker.

[@DiamondFist320]

Thats sounds cool AF. Maybe the charcter with the eyepatch is a nod to dr serizawa and his eyepatch from og 54 film

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

⁠@@DiamondFist320 That's precisely what happened. Also, the main human antagonist was Daxton's old enemy, a KGB agent named Boris Kruschov, who now has a retracable steel blade for a hand, after a spy mission that caused their injuries years ago.

[@DiamondFist320]

@@JOSH-lw2jv yo that's hard. And during the 80s? Movie would have been a trip Ina good way.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

@@DiamondFist320 While no other names were mentioned for the cast list, I can just picture Steven Berkoff (best known from the first *"Beverly Hills Cop",* *"Octopussy",* and *"RAMBO: First Blood, Part II")* as Boris Kruschov, Corey Feldman (from *"Gremlins",* *"The Goonies",* and *"Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter")* as Kevin; Peter Daxton's son, and Jeff Bridges (from *"KING KONG 1976")* as paleobiologist/dinosaur expert Gerald Ballinger. Who would you see as an alternative for those three characters?

[@Darthzilla99]

The main reason this was never made was because Steve Miller was stubborn about wanting the film to be 3D, which was going to make the budget gargantuan.

[@brandonspain12345]

Bonus Fact: Hellraiser creator Clive Barker was also at one point hired to pitch a storyline for TriStar in 1993. His pitch would've been set in the future of 1999 during the Y2K paranoia in New York City with the world on the verge of collapsing. However the studio rejected his pitch for being too dark. I mean this is the same guy that made a movie about demonic gimps that pull people's skin off with chains. What were they expecting?

[@Lobster_Dance]

Damn, that scene with the gryphon head on the Statue of Liberty at the end was such a cool finishing move

[@nursestoyland]

indeed, almost like lady liberty killed the gryphon herself

[@JaceDanielFilms]

I read the script for the 94 film, it is so fun. It's infinity creative with big ideas, yet mixed with pulpy monster fun and dark humor. It's a lot more fantasy take on Godzilla than the more sci-fi nuclear version. But it's honestly a better concept imo

[@thekrakensdaughter]

where is the script?

[@supershockerJGONZALEZ]

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[@Omar-wq9dz]

Despite liberties taken, the story actually sounds pretty good. It would have been interesting to see if made, but I’m sure there would be backlash because of changes to the mythology

[@hemidas]

Still a lot better than what we got with Roland Emmerich.

[@Kenichi2002]

i would love to get a godzilla created from "atlantians" to fight alian invaders, instead of the overgrown insta pregnant iguana without the iconic heatray. I think its not too important how Godzilla come to be, but it is very important that Godzilla IS Godzilla. Posture, Backspines, AND Heatray. These three things are that, what makes Godzilla, Godzilla. Without one of the three, its not Godzilla anymore.

[@robertdevito5001]

@@Kenichi2002 change the script a little bit and make the drone malfunction, get discovered by Atlantians, they mostly figure it out and make their own monster that won’t be controlled by the aliens. They can’t control him either however, and after his creation he destroys Atlantis, but, when the aliens send another drone Godzilla, who has free will, fights their monster off because he’s territorial. His existence being both a blessing and a curse, as he has his own interests at heart, causing him to save mankind one minute, and fight us the next. Maybe he’d get his atomic breath while destroying Atlantis and not from his creation, like when he’s destroying their power plants he gets irradiated and gains atomic breath. He still stands in as a nuke with the Atlantians standing in for Americans, who created the nuke, but throughout the Cold War thought it would be our own destruction. It’d be more difficult to criticize the change in origin as it still conveys the same messaging, even if it’s a bit less direct. This would also pave the way for King Ghidorah and Gigan, the monsters the aliens made to kill rogue monsters prior to their invasion.

[@trusty6625]

Honestly sounds more suitable for Gamera than Godzilla. Though regardless, still would've been better than Roland Emmerich's film in the end.

[@Kenichi2002]

@@trusty6625 true, for Gamera it would be the PERFECT plot ^^

[@detroitdiezel7856]

Now, THIS is the Godzilla movie we deserved!! It's too bad that it was too expensive and risky to make at the time.

[@supershockerJGONZALEZ]

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[@doomslayer2930]

That Gryphon design was goated. You can still technically use it in a future movie.

[@TheNerdWithASuit]

Working on a massive essay on everything regarding my thoughts on Tri-Star Godzilla remake, including the cancelled version. Almost to editing. My thoughts is that this version, while better, still has plenty of flaws. Biggest tragedy for me is not getting the Gryphon.

[@mattymcfabb]

Love this series. It’s so fun to imagine what could have been

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thanks!

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[@devounwohoopizzamango]

It would have been interesting to see what Tim Burton and Jan De Bont would offer to the franchise. But its honestly a shame that we never got to see their versions instead of this one. I know some people love the 1998 film despite the backlash but honestly i think i would have love to see Tim's or Jan's Version of The King Of The Monsters

[@davidjames579]

I think Tim had Mars Attacks in mind so probably that. I'd love Tim's kitsch style and maybe he'd make Godzilla another Edward Scissorhands but I think have been a bit knowing/tounge-in-cheek.

[@DeepEye1994]

@@davidjames579 I once imagined a perfect timeline in which Tim Burton's take on Godzilla doesn't suck and possibly working out if it was something more in vein of Shin Godzilla, with Godzilla initially being a googly-eyed radioactive monstrosity crawling out of the sea (and I'd have it wreck some seaside town in Louisiana instead of New York or some other cliched big city, just to subvert expectations but eh, LOL) and then coming back evolved into a giant zombie-like saurian titan, and all the attempts of bombing/shooting it down failing because it's tough as hell. Can still have Johnny Depp as the main human character if he wants to, tho I would love to see Michael Keaton and some other Tim Burton collaborator coming back in the role of a politician or something. The monster, just like in Shin, would be the result of Americans poorly trying to get rid of radioactive waste into the deep sea, and I thought it'd be neat and respectful if Japan or otherwise a Japanese character offered the freezing solution to stop it. None of that "The French are to blame!" to remove America's fault in creating Godzilla. Plus imagine what killer soundtrack Danny Elfman might've provided. In this version I also imagine having a song like "Who will know" to give a sympathetic/tragic angle to Godzilla since Tim Burton is into that thing when it comes to monsters.

[@brandonspain12345]

​​​@@DeepEye1994 There's actually a drawing Tim Burton made with Godzilla on the Internet. He actually looks like a fat alligator. And is teal green with yellow dorso plates. I remember one drawing he did of an alien that resembled one from Invasion of Astro Monster. And since Burton grew up with monster movies from the 30s-60s, it's most likely Burton grew up with the Showa era films like Invasion of Astro Monster. (Which Godzilla and King Ghidorah made a cameo in Pee Wee, and in Mars Attacks the aliens' weakness is high frequent sound like how they were defeated in Astro Monster.) And any references he makes with Kaiju monsters are depicted as classy B-movies like the earlier Godzilla films. Like even though many think Burton makes dark films, they're still quirky or darkly goofy. And so if I had to guess, he wouldn't make Godzilla a scary horror monster, but more of a love letter to the Godzilla he grew up with and embrace the sci-fi elements UPDATE: I just found a video with Tim Burton visiting the set of Godzilla vs Mothra (1992) and when asked which one he liked, it was Astro Monster. (Monster Zero) 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH22eZagotytd5Ifeature=shared

[@shainewhite2781]

NICE! I even saw images of Stan Winston and his Godzilla! This would have been an enjoyable film to watch!

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Agreed

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[@IanDanielCassidy]

In a departure from series tradition, the Godzilla in this film is said to be an artificially-created species rather than a naturally born or irradiated species. Terry Rossio would later be recruited as part of the writers' room tasked with creating the story for Legendary's Godzilla vs. Kong and write the film's screenplay.[6] In that film, Godzilla attacked Kong on all fours, as he briefly does in this script.

[@sebastianrosa7935]

Tri-Star: Don’t make Godzilla a rubber suit because it will be too silly. Also Tri-Star: Give Godzilla a sidekick!

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

Also tristar: allows Roland Emmerich to use suits for some scenes of godzilla and his kids 💀

[@bonk905]

Typical soulles coorporation only there for the profits instead of the passion, a timeless tragedy

[@Omar-wq9dz]

To me, it’s a bit like J.J Abrams’ Superman: Flyby, where a lot of liberties got taken with the lore, but I actually liked the story, even though it has some problems

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

💯

[@Mackster248]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters Would love to see you make a vid on Superman Flyby-

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

It’s on the to do list

[@ii-mp1sp]

I read this script, I didn't like it, but the fans crucified Abrams for this movie.

[@bensneb360]

This actually sounds like it would be a fun and well made movie, plus with those Stan Winston effects and Bill Paxton, defiently would of been memorable

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Agreed!

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[@mr.voidout4739]

The Griffin head impaled on the Statue of Liberty is one of the coolest kaiju things I've ever seen. Love that analogue early 90's imagery.

[@goodial]

it's funny that they wanted Godzilla 98 to be a serious movie, because when I saw it the first time in my teenage years almost 20 years ago I laughed so hard like it was one of the greatest (unintentional) comedies I had seen in a long time! :D

[@m.g.zilla2022]

Though it is such a shame that Godzilla '94 was never made, at least the failure of Godzilla '98 eventually led to the monsterverse.

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[@Comkill117]

And Godzilla 2000, and by extension the entire millennium era.

[@cretaceousthehunted9669]

This is the best canceled Godzilla movie. It’s just so awesome with aliens, ancient Earth civilizations, shape-shifting alien gyphons, Godzilla being made from Dinosaur genes (which reminds me of how Toho used a T-Rex, Stegosaurus, & Iguanodon for their Godzilla), and epic monster moments & battles. Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot have confirmed they were going to use King Ghidorah as the antagonist. That would’ve been awesome!

[@KingGodzillaFan]

no matter how hard people hate about the Godzilla in this movie, he will still forever be my fav design for a Godzilla

[@RandomShinigami7]

One of Alien 3's unproduced screenplay's was reworked into a novel and released to the public. I wouldn't mind this script getting the same treatment. Although I assume Tristar owns that particular script, and them no longer having the Godzilla licence would likely muddy things. On the other hand, the idea that Godzilla was created by an ancient civilization specifically to protect Earth is very similar to Gamera the Guardian of the Universe. And that movie is great, so maybe it's a good thing this version never got made.

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

Another banger as always. I’ve always been a huge fan of Godzilla, and having seen the ‘98 Godzilla recently, I was more than a little bummed by what we got. Learning about this was fascinating to me, and I’m very grateful that you brought this to my attention. The only issue I have with the plan they had was that it could have confused me at a time when Godzilla’s best franchise imo was finishing up, soon with one of Godzilla’s best movies ever made.

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[@TheKaijuKing54]

The fact that they scrapped Godzilla ‘94 because it cost too much money, even though the Roland Emmerich film ended up costing way more, will always make my blood boil.

[@cmere9141]

The US should do a movie using Godzilla about admitting a mistake, taking responsability, apologising and helping out rebuilding after the destruction and showing compassion. Something like that.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

I like the real life parallels to that idea

[@cmere9141]

@dinofiles what mistake are we talking? I am adressing the atomic/hydrogenic bomb and the aftermath Godzilla stands for/is about.

[@neonnemesis3267]

@@cmere9141 I'm fairly sure he's talking about the atrocities that Japan committed during WWII that they either never apologized, delivered half-assed apologies or even tried to deny. Also Japan doesn't look at WWII as a colossal mistake, Japan's role in WWII is either portrayed in a better light in there, like mangas where Japan won WWII lead by great heroes or they are kept in the dark to the point that young people demonstrate an America-level of ignorance about it. Also despite how crazy it sounds if it wasn't for the atomic bombings Japan was preparing every civilian from children to women to elderly to fight back with sticks, knives and whatever they could muster against armed troops in case of a land invasion that would result in massive bloodbaths.

[@soldierflyinskygoofy]

@@neonnemesis3267first of all 🤓👆 second America wasn’t good either

[@originalrkmorton]

Too unrealistic

[@RangerNationDubs]

WE WERE ROBBED

[@christianmanka3884]

I have always loved the Zilla design as his own kaiju so I’m not mad we got the 98 movie but I’ve always wished I could briefly teleport to another universe where this one was made instead

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[@bruceleeroy2050]

Wow, what could have been is a major understatement with this movie. It is ironic that budget costs were a an issue at the time considering how expensive movies are now. I think it would have been better than ‘Zilla’ 98. Thanks again for another great video 👍🏽

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[@lightskinnedlarry728]

I was literally just watching a video talking about the gryphon design and then saw your video fresh posted. Love your channel !

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jacobcave1587]

@@Bulletsandblockbustersnow that I think about it it may have been impossible to make the film in 1994 but today in 2024 it’s completely doable

[@Cheeseballer66]

This needs to be a standalone film in the Monsterverse right now.

[@chrislempesis842]

This is one of your best yet I think. Such a shame this movie didn’t get made, it sounds really cool.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thanks. And ya def would’ve preferred this over 98

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[@frankthepug9242]

This original version not getting made is a crime. While the script wasn't perfect (the aliens and advanced ancient humans feel completely out of place in a "serious" movie), it sounds like a great adaptation of Godzilla for American audiences, and it would've been 100% better than Emmerich's version

[@pleez7]

It’s basically the same story used in 2016

[@matt12181983]

Damn! That 94 Godzilla script sounds amazing!

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[@Bautianimations2934]

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@@Bautianimations2934 shoot are you for real bro?

[@jonmc6573]

The Godzilla we did get in the 9s was completely fine and looked awesome. Yeah, it doesn’t look like Godzilla but that was the point, it was different and just as awesome

[@starpaladinnelaj]

Great video! I would've loved to see this over the 1998 version. Imagine if this script was used Godzilla 2014.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thanks and same here. There’s def some similarities to this and the 2014 version

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[@TVOR]

This is infinitely better than what we got.

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[@eddieblancher7557]

There was also a human antagonist named Pike who the Gryphon would eat later in the film.

[@Shattered-Glass_Fan]

The plot should've become a Novel in my opinion.

[@Dangerzone334ArchiveOfficial]

Well there is a graphic novel by fans

[@ColtonAndScarlet]

Wow, this is so interesting! 94 Godzilla sounds like an awesome movie and I hope we get to see it on the big screen someday

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[@suchotator]

Now this is something we deserved. I would really love to see this version.

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[@martynstembridge7714]

All I remember about Godzilla 98 was RAIN ... rain, and more rain ... The film was SO damn wet and grey and gloomy ... which I assume was used to mask the effects.

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[@sash4all]

I'm a fan of Stan Winston's Godzilla design since around 12 - 15 years now and I still love it. That clip was truly interesting to watch 😀👍

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

People hate on Zilla '98 but its actually way less convoluted than this '94 plot.

[@alexgomez6723]

Sanity, at last, and it’s ironically much truer to the spirit of the original 54 film as well.

[@Tallacus]

If the original script was put out there I am sure some fans would make it come true. It sounds utterly superior to what we got

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[@eyeofhorus99]

They still need to make this version for the MonsterVerse or just season 2 of Monarch.

[@thedeathgod1995]

Isn't Godzilla King of the Monster has kinda same plot? Angry scientist because his son is dead in the San Francisco battle, who wants Godzilla to die? Then an alien Monster shows up, and realizing Big G is Earth's only hope and helps Big G.

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[@Mac1081]

@@thedeathgod1995it’d still be nice if the gryphon appeared honestly.

[@RealBadGaming52]

@@thedeathgod1995it pretty much is to be fair

[@knazibaz]

I am in minority here, but I actually like Godzilla ‘97. I can agree that it’s GINO, but as a movie I like it. One thing that Emmerich does differently with his films is that he approaches them as catastrophe films; ID4 is not a classic Alien invasion film in that sense but a catastrophe film. And I liked that approach to his take on Godzilla as well.

[@jasonking3182]

Godzilla 98 isn’t an adaptation of Godzilla it’s really a remake of The Beast from 20,000 fathoms.

[@28godzilla]

Emmrich is a real dick… he actually told Toho “either we make him like this, or we don’t make it at all”. I personally would have banned him from making the film…

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[@kevinobill4818]

I’m actually loving the Winston Godzilla design a lot but I prefer the story to set in the 1950s with only him minus the Atlantis esque origin and the Aliens.

[@jackattacksfilms]

If multiverse travel ever becomes a thing, I'm going to the universe where this movie became a reality

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[@spraymie]

I love this channel. I love the level of detail and deep dive into it all. As I am a film lover ( nerd ) I among many other people love this Keep it up ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thank you! Really appreciate that and happy you’re loving it!

[@CoercedJab]

It’s about as deep as a Wikipedia entry my dude.

[@damianstarks3338]

Can’t thank you enough for bringing this what if Godzilla to my attention.

[@91MoonKnight]

I would have loved to have seen this movie and that Godzilla design is absolutely stunning

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[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Other unmade *"GODZILLA"* films that deserve a video here includes: Roland Emmerich's *"GODZILLA 2",* (a treatment by Tab Murphy) which took place 2 years after the 1st film with the surviving baby Godzilla from the first film, now an adult (with its own litter of 3-story tall "Teen-Zillas", including the smallest of the group named "Runt") living in Australia, and eventually go face to face with the new antagonistic kaiju: A giant insectoid, literally named "Queen Bitch". Joe Dante's *"GODZILLA Reborn",* a direct sequel to the U.S. Cut of Toho's *"GODZILLA 2000: Millennium",* where Godzilla goes on a rampage in Hawaii, gets into a comatosed state thanks to the military (changed from originally getting killed halfway in the story and then cloned back to life), only to then be revived to take on a lava-bat kaiju named Miba who emerged from the still active Mauna Loa.

[@lordpuller2226]

Didn't realize how obsessed TriStar was when it came to penny pinching. Ronald Emmerich's film made money, but the budget of his film was basically the same as Jan De Bont's. They made around 400 million in merchandising on this film but fan backlash was pronounced. TriStar basically killed their franchise from the get-go.

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[@AnonTDegenerate]

The fact this was so reminiscent of Godzilla 2014 is so sadenning. This would have been a hit. Also I'm surprised they never planned on scaled down animatronics, like how buildings are handled in Japanese kaiju films. Those wouldn't have been as high quality but much easier.

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[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Yeah, the Godzilla that they designed for movie that never happened because of corporate greed is just amazing. He not just looks similar to OG Godzilla, but has also little differences in design that make him stand out from what Toho did back then. So yeah, that was a missed opportunity, but again corporate greed ruined everything. And instead we have what we have. And while I like 94 Zilla, I still think that the movie that they cancelled would be a lot better. But the only thing that we can do now is if any fan would just take 94 end result of godzilla and replace that lizard thing with what Godzilla should have been. And then we had a battle with Griffon recreated by someone on KZbin already, and all there is to do is to add it in to the movie and that's it. But that's a lot of work to do, so I doubt that anybody would wanna even try it out.

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@@supershockerJGONZALEZ Like it's gonna do anything. And eve if it does, they ain't gonna make it the way we wanted it. So yeah, just accept, forgive and let go.

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

It's a shame this movie was never made, and we now can see many elements eventually been USE in the Mosnterverse.....like the death of a love one and the protagonist wanted revenge on Goji will eventually be use in KOTM, the ending of the fight between the Griffin and Godzilla is literally the ending of Godzilla 2014, and the military and humans helping Godzilla in the final act is literally been the final act in all the Monsterverse films to this day in one way or the other......seriously if Legendary can get this script, I think would be cool to see at least the Griffin be added to the Monsterverse, also, I love the Monsterverse Goji design, but is a shame this one never got use, Stan Winston as always showing his knowledge about ART, admitting that the original design was already perfect and adapted was the best move, sad the greedy idiotic producers took them 20 years LITERALLY to realize he was RIGHT.

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This is the best Godzilla movie never made!

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

Then you definitely haven't watched that many proper godzilla films 😂, the modern American godzilla films show how godzilla should be done in America. Not this....even the animated sequel to this did godzilla better

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Honestly, with the massive leaps that CGI has made since 1994, I kinda wanna see someone take a second shot at this film. Hell, if you want, make it a Monsterverse project.

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My personal favorite unmade Godzilla movie. Nice video 👍

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[@Dontuween]

I remember all of this. Hard to believe that it has now been 30 years! Just chalk this up as what could go wrong, indeed went wrong! Perhaps in a future project, we will eventually see the Stan Winston Godzilla design and the Gryphon (I don't know if Sony still owns the rights to that creature. If they do, Legendary has now set up shop at Sony, so perhaps we can nudge them to feature the Gryphon in some future movie).

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[@kasaibouF29]

These ideas sound similar to what Legendary has executed in their films, and what Toho did with the anime trilogy and Minus One.

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Yup! Def some similarities. Probably because one of the writers helped on the last two legendary films

[@DWEEB-FIX]

I am so sad we didn't get to see this version. It sounds like a faithful in the best way.

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[@MegatronusPrimeX10]

Real sad that this version of TriStar Godzilla didn't make it to the big screen. That said, there are two good things that came out of Emmerich's GINO: 1. Godzilla: The Series, an incredible animated series where the surviving baby from the '98 movie grows up and becomes worthy of the name Godzilla, fighting against other giant monsters, and mixes aspects of the Japanese Godzilla (the atomic breath, invulnerability against the military) and his father (speed and agility, digging). Not to mention a likable main cast on team H.E.A.T. 2. The film made Toho, who had killed Godzilla at the end of the Heisei era in 1995, angry enough to revive Godzilla the following year with Godzilla 2000 (1999), kicking off the Millennium era. Fun fact: GINO, officially named Zilla by Toho (for taking away the God from Godzilla), made its debut in the Millennium era in Godzilla: Final Wars... where its completely annihilated by the real Godzilla in less than a minute 🤣. Plus, the mistakes made in the 1998 film served as an example of what not to do with an American Godzilla film. Say what you will about Godzilla '2014 and the Monsterverse, its a better representation of Godzilla than whatever Emmerich made.

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[@jorgerosario3308]

100 percent true godzilla 2014 monsterverse was better that roland emmerich 1998 version of godzilla

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[@toainsully]

The Gryphon would fit quite well in the MonsterVerse alongside 1998 Godzilla

[@RealBadGaming52]

They really need to retcon Godzilla 1998 into the monsterverse and explain that all the TV broadcasts in 1998 didn’t go outside NYC and Monarch somehow covers it all up and claims all the footage was fake or from a film, and Manhatten was mostly evacuted, and people told it was due to a terror attack, id love to see Zilla in the momsterverse

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1994 Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla

[@BilSande4]

I actually love Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla". If you watch the movie closely, you'll realize that it's not supposed to be the actual Godzilla. In the movie the Japanese sailor that the French agents interview calls the monster "Gojira" which is the Japanese name for Godzilla. Which means that Godzilla also exists in this movie as a fictional character (just like in our world). The sailor just had no other way to describe what he saw. So, the monster in the movie is just a giant mutated iguana, and was never intended to be the same creature from the ToHo films. If you accept that fact then it's easier to enjoy the film for what it is. A really good giant monster movie, with excellent effects, that's actually pretty frightening. In fact the scene where he first comes ashore in Manhattan is down right terrifying. I could really never understand why that movie gets the hate that it does. It's really a lot of fun if you don't get hung up on the design of Godzilla.

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

The movie is better as a beast from 20,000 fathoms remake which is a better mindset to watch it in instead of thinking everyone labeling it as godzilla without knowing an actual godzilla exist (unless you watch this film with the mindset that it's actually canon to gmk and FW to a extent)

[@AtomicFlames-616]

I genuinely think the movie could've been a really cool take, with a really cool Godzilla design. The design gives me a Minus 1, and like you said a lizard, and komoda dragon esk feel. It would've been cool to see this Godzilla fight the Griffin. Obviously the origin of Godzilla is a weird take, but I think it would've made up for the cool scenes that could've been shown.

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[@ablaze1989]

what could have been vs the 98 godzilla really makes me sad but I really enjoy the monsterverse and I feel that ones lore is much better then the 94.

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[@livelongandtroll9108]

Huh? So...TriStar wanted monster sidekick to make a sequel without the rights? They weren't exactly sidekicks, but I'm guessing that's where those velociraptors look-alike in the 1998 film (d)evolved from. The egg hatching at the end even hints at a sequel that never came to be. That's for the better, tho.

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Yup!

[@thegungerbrospodcast7671]

The Zilla baby did lead into to the cartoon though, which to its credit was pretty good, honestly.

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@@thegungerbrospodcast7671 I didn't know about that. So, TriStar did get their spin-off after all

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@livelongandtroll9108 Yeah, they technically did, lol. It was a Saturday morning cartoon that had about 2 seasons, and they did try to make Zilla more like Godzilla in Japan by giving it an atomic breath and having it fight a new monster every episode. The series is called "Godzilla: the animated series" if you are interested in seeing what it's about.

[@JacobsShipShop]

In my opinion, I feel like the American Godzilla they did is a little more accurate and It’s cool in its own design. It’s not better than the OG design but I think it’s good!

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I’d like to see a video about James Cameron’s Terminator 3.

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If I can find enough info on it

[@NicholasVetter-sy8io]

Tbh, if Tim Burton made a Godzilla film, Danny Elfman would’ve have a field day with the score. He would cook like he always does

[@Bobchaine-pq1kb]

This would have been good in 1994 similar to the 2014 film wait a Minute it is kinda of similar

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Def has some similarities!

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[@tyler7356]

Thanks for creating this video, I had no idea that this was even in the works at that time and its cool to have a brief dream of what could've been. I think that that movie would have done well and the design was great.

[@RazorbackPT]

We tend to imagine unmade things in their best possible light in our heads, but from the little I heard of the story, this version sounds just as bad as 98 Godzilla.

[@EnigmaHood]

I liked Godzilla 98. Probably because I wasn't a fan of Godzilla back then, and I loved Jurassic Park. But Godzilla fans hated it, and understandably so, they changed him too much. They should have just called it something else, and then there would have been less backlash, because honestly at the time, audiences really liked Godzilla 98, it's just the Godzilla fans absolutely hated it, and it had a bad reputation ever since. But it was a fun, popcorn, action flick, not for anyone expecting any serious deep story.

[@leofangd8501]

Unpopular non purist opinion : Zillasauraus 98 was not as bad as most claim. I roll my eyes at fanboys of everything but it sucks when fanboyism blinds you from just enjoying a movie for what it is. Sure its missing some crucial aspects of Godzilla that it's nothing more than a giant Dino but its still a bloody good 90s popcorn flick in lines of Jurassic Park, independence day, Jumanji. Hollywood was at its peak at that time with whimsical and goofy characters but having memorable lines and personality. Sure, none of the Hollywood Zillas match the human element of Minus one, but they don't have to! Look at the modern films especially, most characters are unintentionally cringe or they are intentionally written to push some leftist agenda , so they are devoid of any actual likeability. Hollywood while being amazing at CGI lost their charm of the 90s.

[@curbysounds]

It was a fun movie, and I love that 90's era blockbuster films. I agree with the purists that he's not Godzilla, but I wont let that stop me enjoying the movie. I'm partial to the theory that he's just another kaiju that was mislabeled by the citizens of New York as Godzilla.

[@M00NKYMAN3R]

Imagine being fired for trying to make a movie that's too expensive, but the guy that replaces you ends up making a movie that's just as expensive as your own

[@storimusprime5566]

This could’ve been awesome!

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Agreed!

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[@Shimulahmed100]

i really like zilla's design..Also animated godzilla was best espicially Nigels pre program death scream was hillarious

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I wish we got this instead of 98 Godzilla, maybe in a different universe

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If they made this today, this would probably break the box office, this sounds sick 🔥

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[@livelongandtroll9108]

I'm not a fan of Jan de Bont and the Twister main duo is seriosly annoying but Zilla94 could have been a better movie. The 1998 version had such a great mix of pratical and CGI but in service of such a bad movie. I'd love to see the Godzilla pier scene in better movie. Such a cool moment lost in such a bad movie.

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In conclusion the idea of that movie was way ahead of its time, 20 years to be precise

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My recommendation 😁

[@mdizzle99987]

This movie sounds SO MUCH COOLER than what we got in 1998. True the plot sounds more like a Gamera movie but taking everything into account that's more of a grain of salt than an issue.

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@@supershockerJGONZALEZ Sounds cool to me!

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What SHOULD have been.

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Godzilla design looks badass this is way better than what we actually

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Better: what Godzilla 1998 couldve been

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Another banger of a video, never disappointed.

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Thanks!