Godzilla 1954 - Caravan of Garbage

[@russelniedermayer]

I vote to replace this channel's intro tune with these two imitating the Godzilla theme. Pure magic.

[@atheethmadhavan8547]

Seconded

[@GrownUpKid94]

Podcast still needs a theme song

[@saintniccage2818]

​@GrownUpKid94 the weekly planet.....shooting up ya butttthole Or have I been here too long?

[@Mayydayy86]

@@GrownUpKid94 SOMEBODY SAAAAAAAVE ME

[@eddybaro7170]

At least do it for the godzilla videos

[@martinkulash4061]

Obviously you're doing king Kong original next but you guys should totally cover more Godzilla movies, it's a rich vein of insanity

[@jeffgoode9865]

Seconded

[@Matt-qt1oh]

Yess

[@liamfrr]

king king original kong cant wait

[@Nuds1223]

They should cover the direct sequel: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

[@Chalepastel]

DESOTROYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! JETTO JAGAAAAAAA!!!! GOJIRAAAAAA *dundundun dundundun dududududududun*

[@Puncherjoe1]

There's something about the fact that Godzilla can go an allegory of nukes to a giant lizard who fights aliens and back to the former so easily

[@KeithFraser82]

Nukes can be used to fight aliens, so it makes sense really.

[@legendkiller1099]

He is the most versatile character in all of fiction

[@leithaziz2716]

We can always use more Pacific Rim-like movies when done well. We don't talk about the 2nd one.

[@CivilianSatellite]

Honestly, the climax to me was the protagonists convincing the scientist to use the Oxygen Destroyer. The scene where the scientist laments his regret over creating the next weapon of mass destruction and the fear over what unspeakable devastation may come after they use it on Godzilla was harrowing. The acting and tension in that scene still holds up incredibly today.

[@josephstone4842]

I appreciate that they got audio of Mason actually underwater talking to godzilla

[@JaredBruner]

I hope they pay these editors really well. Inspired work in every single video!

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

For the people who didn't watch this live: James knows that this isn't the oldest movie they've watched (it's Dumbo) he mentioned it in the chat.

[@lordpelagius5078]

dumbo is about to have that record taken from it however

[@ScooterinAB]

That's ridiculous. Dumbo wasn't in black and white. :P

[@gungusfuni9303]

@@ScooterinABthey had color cartoons as early as 1932. Dumbo is older. Godzilla only came out a year after color tv was invented.

[@matthewstarkie4254]

@@lordpelagius5078Only thing I can think of that may eventually break the new King Kong record, is if they ever do the original Dracula or Frankenstein.

[@whiffyclarke]

​@@matthewstarkie4254or Nosferatu in prep for one of the two remakes coming out soon

[@mac17633]

Mason clearly is under the impression that Akira Kurosawa directed Godzilla 1954

[@ZachBobBob]

Yeah I got confused I was like wait a minute Kurosawa absolutely did not direct Godzilla

[@ryancampbell8645]

The first time James mentioned him, it did sort of seem like he was implying that he did. I was confused also.

[@allofthepoints9636]

Funniest joke and it’s not even intentional

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

I think James confused him earlier in the video. Mr Scumbag Movies strikes again

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

He literally said in the video. You think he’s lying?

[@jonmercano1138]

Fun fact: when later Godzilla films came to color, they actually discussed whether they should keep Godzilla’s atomic breath white or make it a different color. Eventually they landed on making it blue, but making that kind of effect blue was actually a little difficult. They had to search for effects people that could pull it off. This resulted in King Kong vs Godzilla (the first Godzilla film in color) having the working title Blue Harvest, which was coincidentally the same working title for Star Wars Episode 6 Return of the Jedi

[@KingWavy77]

Love the meme

[@noahstrube1027]

"Underwater Nick Mason" certainly wasn't on my 2024 bingo card

[@TheCheat420]

He has to be careful not to succumb to underwater autoerotic asphyxiation like Kit Fisto

[@nickl6715]

Strange, it was my free space

[@Supernormalbob]

I’m just waiting on “Rodney guy returns”

[@Dynomafia139]

I love godzilla on his lil underwater bed

[@stefansamoyloff3866]

The most honest commentary on war ever made, from the viewpoint of the average person. No heroes, no politics, no excuses. A big angry thing shows up, randomly destroys a bunch of stuff without any rhyme or reason, and then leaves. There is no celebration, no relief , no catharsis ... you're just left with a bunch of broken stuff and the feeling it could happen again at any time and you would be just as powerless.

[@christianmanka3884]

With all the Godzilla fandom drama around KZbinrs right now, I appreciate the respect you had for the series. So many KZbinrs are making disrespectful videos about the whole Godzilla franchise after only ever seeing Minus One and spreading just plain wrong information.

[@leithaziz2716]

We like to call it the "Andor" syndrome. Looking at you, Doctor Skipper.

[@fr0ck360]

@@leithaziz2716Better start calling people like him “Tourist”. He knows nothing about Godzilla and it’s obvious he’s glazing Minus One for cheap views

[@Gojira5400]

Drama is what gave the fandom life

[@Malum09]

That's why i love James Rolfe, he really loves the original ones.

[@steveheronofficial]

Of all the top tier editing that this channel has, that James Bond kettle drum part might be the funniest thing that's ever been dropped into your videos. Amazing stuff.

[@BanksyMane]

LOL I was dying laughing at the commentary on that scene when they covered that Bond film. Seeing it so brilliantly woven into here was too good 😂

[@insolentmedia]

The fact that you talked about movies inspired by Seven Samurai but didn't mention Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child on Fire has filled me with a burning rage and I'm going to become the Joker.

[@jmsmys13ify]

It just came out and no one even remembers that movie.

[@lewiscopland4568]

​@@jmsmys13ifyI couldn't remember what movie you were talking about by the end of your comment.

[@rueblie2627]

@@lewiscopland4568It was the movie Joker

[@KeithFraser82]

"We live in a society where no-one remembers Rebel Moon but everyone remembers Thing I Don't Like."

[@Desmond9100]

Also a Bug´s Life (1998)

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Bela Lugosi's Dracula was also defeated in his sleep. Cinema was young, and anticlimaxes were awfully frequent.

[@WhyNot-mj3hj]

It makes sense. If the monsters gonna fight dirty, we might as well return the favor

[@Alejandroigarabide]

@@WhyNot-mj3hj If it was real life I'd agree but it doesn't make for great storytelling.

[@oblonghas]

That’s the prime time to take out Dracula

[@jonbaxter2254]

It's how he dies in the book

[@ScooterinAB]

That's really the best time to do it.

[@mattbaines5262]

"Cave paintings rubbish... and something something matrix." Art History in a Nutshell. We nailed it Maso

[@timcogan82]

When I first saw ‘54 Godzilla, I’m glad I was old enough to appreciate that I was looking through a window into the collective psyche of a people grappling with their own mortality. If I saw it when I was in my early teens, I probably would have written it off.

[@MeesterMan00]

Damn, I WISH there were 68 films in the series!

[@geekdetritus5503]

Maybe if you add the other Toho movies like all of the Mothras War of the Gargantuas, etc

[@cyborgrex]

This movies was such a hit that they immediately sold out and crapped out a sequel a year later that ditched all the themes and metaphors for giant monster fighting.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

And people complain when Monsterverse did the same.

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

And there was an immediate drop in quality as the monster sequences were recorded at the wrong speed.

[@waywardlaser]

It came out 6 months later! The original premiered in October 1954 and the sequel was out by April. Insane turn around.

[@Anime_Fuwatti]

And that led to some of the coolest movies, not a problem to me.

[@KeithFraser82]

Thank goodness we enlightened people of the future have learned from this mistake.

[@LiamDalley-jd1kc]

Godzilla (1954) is a masterpiece because not only is it a great horror movie but it’s also a movie that stands the test of time and some of the movies that came after this could even top this apart from Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One. I love goofy rubber suit battle royale Godzilla but I also love serious and terrifying Godzilla

[@thewatchtower4949]

It really encapsulates the term "classic" in nearly every way

[@philtess3126]

I always find it weird when I see Godzilla refered to as a horror movie. I get that some themes do align with horror, but I always found Godzilla to be more comparable to war action movies than horror, maybe cause Godzilla has more in common with atomic bombs than the typical slasher.

[@nicolestimothy9921]

A classic and the begining of the saga/franchise.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The best monster movies had one-word titles: 1) Jaws 2) Gojira 3) THEM! 4) Tremors 5) Gremlins

[@31FilmTalk]

To Ben and Laurence, using the table dragging sound from Men in Black at 2:03 was a nice touch 👌🏼

[@ZombieEaters]

I worked on the DVD release for this and the photos I got to work with from ToHo were incredible.The craft and vision for this film was amazing. I love the return to this era from recent Godzilla’s.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Still blown away by how much I loved Minus 1. Godzilla disappears for an hour, and its still gripping. Genuinely one of the best war movies I ever saw.

[@SoloJona]

Now I want to watch Minus One again

[@lutherheggs451]

Godzilla is literally in FOUR scenes of the original 54 movie, one of them is a hand puppet. Its hilarious when people go on about "too much humans" in the Legendary films, when 90% of Godzilla movies are all 80-90% humans with minimal "monster". The extreme few exceptions are the worst 70s Showa Era films made for children and usually have a kenny in them or are made from recycled footage.

[@waltascher]

I legitimately thought for a bit that Godzilla was ONLY going to appear at the beginning, and I was completely fine with that.

[@dionstewart7394]

The commitment of George Lucas to his craft to actually have his own arms cut off for the Dooku scenes is impressive.

[@RileyZilla1001]

7:14 THAT scene when Godzilla stares into your soul terrified me as a kid.

[@KungFuWombat]

"Then something something the Matrix" Gosh I feel like I should be paying tuition for this History Of Cinema class Maso just gave me.

[@Opno]

I can't believe James and Mason overlooked A Bugs Life for the Seven Samurai Extended Universe

[@egodreas]

A few movies inspired by Seven Samurai: - The Magnificent Seven (1960) - The Dirty Dozen (1967) - The Savage Seven (1968) - The Invincible Six (1970) - Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) - The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983) - Three Amigos (1986) - A Bug's Life (1998) - The 13th Warrior (1999)

[@EatMyFist777]

Don't forget Rebel Moon Pt.1: A Child of Fire! (I remember, so you don't have to. You're welcome 😊)

[@ThreadBomb]

People always forget that The Magnificent Seven (1960) had three sequels: Return of the Seven (1966), Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) (the exclamation mark is part of the title). There was also a late-90s Magnificent Seven TV series that was canonically connected to the films. Its cast included Michael Biehn and Ron Perlman.

[@Dynomafia139]

Is The Hateful Eight also a sequel

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

The fun thing about Godzilla is that, despite common misconceptions, he wasn't made as a response directly to the bombing at Nagasaki and Hiroshima. He was made in response to the bomb testings at the nearby Marshall Islands. One of the islands around that area where the US tested bombs on is called Bikini Atoll. If you grew up in the early 2000s you would have seen clips of the bomb tests at some point since they were used in SpongeBob. That's because Bikini Bottom is based on Bikini Atoll. So like all the Oppenheimer-Godzilla memes are technically wrong. What we need is Godzilla and SpongeBob

[@unmeshl.6708]

James: Does in depth research, finds interesting connections, forms a well-rounded opinion of the movie Maso: watches half the movie because he has to, hates most of them on principle, proceeds to dump on it for 20 minutes Output is always 👍

[@richardallin7202]

Nice touch on making Maseux sound like he's underwater

[@ShinGallon]

It's wild going back to the original film and being reminded exactly how dark and depressing it really was, before the series immediately jumped to "big monsters fighting each other" and getting increasingly campy. But the beauty of Godzilla is, both work.

[@dustinakadustin]

The destruction scenes in this are haunting and hold up really well. I love this movie, it's a masterpiece.

[@gsnakefmdm]

The zoom in at 8:25 genuinely kills me every time, great lil detail.

[@carpeimodiem]

12:22 Omfg i literally spit out my cereal when Guy Ritchie started catching strays 💀

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

You should cover the original Godzilla vs King Kong to cap off this series. its a delightful watch.

[@KeithFraser82]

I'm awaiting the genre shifted sequel to Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla Plus One, a romcom where single dad Godzilla has to (with the encouragement of his son Minilla) work up the courage to ask cute neighbour Mothra to be his date to the wedding of his obnoxious college rival, Ghidorah.

[@RandomShinigami7]

The original 1954 Godzilla is easily one of my all time favourite movies. Yes some effects shots have aged, the firemen shot in particular is laughable now, but I still love this movie. It's one of those movies that if I've got nothing to do I'll just pop that on and rewatch it.

[@ThisIsTheRoad]

Not sure if it's a joke, but if some people want to look it up to see it, the movie is called "Samurai 1" (spelled "Samurai I) not "Saumrai, i" 😅

[@spencer9745]

Lmao the audio change for underwater Maso had me cracking up

[@IndominusGojira]

An interesting fact about the 1954 Godzilla film is that Godzilla's iconic theme associated with him was originally the JSDF's theme and it wasn't until Terror of Mechagodzilla where they made it Godzilla's main leitmotif.

[@a_fine_edition2746]

Minus One even sort of brought it back to that original meaning, when they play it as the Japanese people come together to execute their plan and defeat Godzilla. That gave me chills in the theater.

[@eliklasing3261]

the editing on this one is comedic gold! thanks boys!

[@rosegoldvideocast]

My favorite day of the week on KZbin🙏🏼❤️

[@kingfield99]

Do the 'British Godzilla' GORGO. It's fun, and he wears a top hat and a monocle*. *not really, but it is fun.

[@re1010]

I would say this: Akira Kurosawa is the Francis Ford Coppola of Japanese Cinema, where he makes incredible dramas. Ishiro Honda is pretty much Speilberg, Lucas, and Cameron where they do pretty much every thing, with very ambious techniques.

[@mrmtu1]

The Three Amigos is the best Seven Samurai inspired movie, I reckon.

[@TheRantingWriter]

I love how these release right on my day off, feels like something other than the weekend to work towards lmao

[@LegendMkr7]

I used to think the worst man in costume experience was the guy who wore the OG predator costume while they filmed in the Puerto Vallarta heat, but a guy wearing a semi concrete suit sounds just as bad or worse.

[@a_fine_edition2746]

It was rumored they drained a cup of sweat a day from that suit.

[@LegendMkr7]

@a_fine_edition2746 fun times all around.

[@tacomansam139]

This original Godzilla movie was a huge piece of my childhood. My mom bought me the VHS when I was young and I watched it so much. She then continued to get me as many Godzilla movies as she could. It was always fun to watch as many as I could.

[@MetFanMac]

Altering the audio to make it sound like Maso's talking underwater is just *mwah*

[@csharley1993]

The editing on this is perfection

[@Gojirawars03]

7:51 Fun Fact, this movie was screened at Toho’s own Nichigeki theater in Tokyo, which the model makers actually replicated in the movie for Godzilla’s rampage scene. When the movie was shown in that very theater, there’s a scene where Godzilla starts demolishing the theater, and many people in the theater actually fled for their lives because they thought the theater was genuinely under attack. Eiji Tsubaraya’s model crafting work was truly superb. So much so that he once made a pro-Japan propaganda short film during the Second World War, depicting the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When Americans saw the footage, they thought it was an actual recording of the event, because it was recreated so faithfully and accurately.

[@autopilot0015]

Godzilla was my entire childhood and I need you guys to cover more of his movies bc you’d definitely get a good laugh out of some of them.

[@oblonghas]

you guys are blessed to have amazing editors

[@tylma001]

The vhs and James bond gags were chefs kiss

[@Mjolnir877]

For anyone wondering, but not wanting to Google it: October 27th was the premiere, November 3rd was the wide release in Japan.

[@GreayWorks]

I was a mascot at Six Flags as a teenager and fainting as a mascot from heat exhaustion is way too common

[@chrissullivan6572]

Nicky and James takin it waaaaayyyy back.

[@Mr.Freeze420]

The 1954 film is just a masterpiece its a shame oscars werent around back then. It teaches us the consequences of nuclear weapon and war while also being dark and sad. Minus one is like 1954 but on steroids it does everything the original does but pushes it to the maximum. Not surprised it got an oscar. The Godzilla franchise is just so good especially when its godzilla day and we get the toho short flims with the suits and gemstone goji.

[@ScooterinAB]

I really appreciate how serious this movie was. It wasn't silly and it wasn't monster pro wrestling. As for the effects, many of the effects don't hold up now, but they still look better than effects from just a few years ago (or any other time in cinema).

[@DirtyErnie989]

As a longtime fan of you guys, "Something something the matrix" sums up this series perfectly.

[@whoisspencer]

I hope they do the Gamera films too

[@dtuk22]

I've got this movie on DVD somewhere. It was a free gift with a Weekend Newspaper back when the US version "Godzilla 1998" was released.

[@ADistantWail]

If there were 68 films, that would mean a G movie was basically released every year since 1954 with only two times they took a year off. Don't know how the guy who researched your information misread 38 and still wrote it in the script, but your take on the movie was enjoyable nonetheless.

[@Clandestine687]

I was waiting for this comment lol

[@stefan6347]

12 Angry Men is a prequel to Godzilla, both emotionally charged and is reported as movies that brought the audiences into tears, in a way feeling blue which lead to the working title Blue Harvest.

[@Chalepastel]

amazing

[@rueblie2627]

Oh that was also the working title of Star Wars the original Star Wars

[@rorylynch7775]

Bloody got him

[@bobdick815]

Get a new joke

[@PileOfStones]

I wouldn't be feeling blue, I'd be red! Red with anger, because I just saw a bunch of angry men! I'd rename the movie 13 angry men cause that's me right there.

[@Giraffe23i]

I love these new guys in this episode. They're much funnier than those other two.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

The visual of the guy in the suit fainting but the suit staying upright because its so heavy is hilarious lmao

[@ciscosmoke2071]

I've been waiting all week for this, it's one of my favorite movies! Video was hilarious guys, keep it up :D

[@gregallan4291]

The godzilla tune you guys sang was making me laugh like a madman in traffic tonight, love it, more please

[@timhough]

8:17 Aquamason confirmed!!

[@Teamo86]

I can't believe the trivia section didn't mention that this film is based on a true story.

[@landzhark4157]

This was great! So glad you did this This video really cheered me up, currently in the hospital due to a blood clot in the heart so having some comedic distraction from me 5th favourite duo of Australians was great!

[@zoestraw6444]

0:58 I have that exact poster hanging in my media room! I call my media room the G-spot, all of my friends think that the G stands for gamer (I'm a game developer) but it's actually Godzilla. Love me some Goji

[@danielaart9779]

I am glad your friends are able to enjoy your G Spot

[@juliogalvezamaya7434]

Fun fact: Godzilla’s skin was originally made to look gray, burnt and charcoal-y as an allegory for the effects of radiation burns caused by the atomic bombs. But with time, pop culture would start associating a green skin color to Godzilla as opposed to gray or black, most probably influenced by early international Godzilla poster art and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Curiously, the color green was also used in the name of the segment Green Trivia, a now defunct section in the KZbin series Caravan of Garbage.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Wow, I just watched the original 1954 Gojira last night before watching this review! Already I'm planning to do a review of all Toho Godzilla films in chronological order on my Instagram starting from this one.

[@lawrenceblunden428]

We need a full Maso cover of the Godzilla theme.

[@nich6200]

Yall should throw a curveball and do snake eyes instead next week

[@alejandrobarrera4254]

There's a mistake at 13:05 it's actually 38 feature films with godzilla, there's technicality with the monster verse with kong skull island but godzilla is mentioned in the post credits

[@anthonyness5360]

I was about to say the same thing!

[@themikereda]

Earned a like for James telling Maso to shut up within the first 10 seconds of the video

[@akiljohnson7670]

I like how derpy Godzilla looks 😂😂

[@dinogoldie9716]

As the guys explained in the video, Toho studios struggled to source material to build the original Godzilla costume. The fabric suit coated in concrete is the stuff of legends. However, what James and Maso didn't tell you is that the Toho team also made an animatronic costume whose plastic skin was synthesised from Gloiocladia laciniata seaweed - hence the movie's working title, "Ao Shūkaku."

[@emilym4276]

Godzilla’s atomic breath has actually gone through a number of changes visually over the years. Some more aerosol, some more red and fiery, to the modern ones that have gone from neon blue to the vibrant pink. However, there’s always been one color that’s been sadly absent, and in honor of that color, “Trivia 1954” is also known as “Green Trivia”

[@jeffreyshepherd8488]

Something Something blue neon breath originally titled blue harvest

[@drjwww]

Nope, this definitely isn't the oldest film you've done on Caravan of Garbage. That would be Mason's favourite movie of all time, DUMBO (1941). At least until KING KONG comes around next week.

[@ellaisplotting]

Apparent James knows, he mentioned it in the live chat when this premiered.

[@RockyBergen]

Thank you for always managing to keep these interesting!

[@marklawd91]

One of the greatest films of all time.

[@spamcan5461]

I like how Mason's character in the weekly planet has the infinity gauntlet but still threatens Godzilla with the oxygen destroyer

[@mmmghool]

Omg its the beginning of the Godzilla era. Im so hyoed

[@monstermanalex1313]

🥺 Monster Movies?!? 🥺 I'm stoked for this!

[@redbarrage]

I really enjoyed how Godzilla vs Kong was basically everything Batman V Superman should have been. And this is entirely my opinion and definitely not influenced by any editor of any sort.

[@stevencruzgil8288]

Can't wait to see you guys cover all the sequels :)

[@flywheelshyster]

What a lovely surprise edit also love that your uploads hit the east coast US first thing in the morning, always dgiving me something to listen to as i get together the morning coffee and post coffee poo

[@TomBongJovi]

I love when you do old movies, please more old movies. Journey to the Center of the Earth has some pretty big old creatures that are just lizards with stuff glued to them

[@CharlieParadigm]

I always loved that instead of having some final action sequence they just assassinate the big lizard

[@pierrewhite2062]

There was apparently a deleted scene after the use of the oxygen destroyer where they showed fishermen scooping up the dead fish from the oceans surface, leading to the working title of this movie being Blue Harvest

[@Lord_Evidar]

Ironically, the 1998 Hollywood Godzilla is basically a beat for beat remake of the Beast from 20'000 fathoms, so in a way Ray was right.

[@TokenDrew]

Godzilla on this channel? Finally some goddamn class in this joint.

[@cesarlaflame]

I know it took a lot of restraint too not being up blue harvest when you brought up George Lucus I’m proud of you 2

[@MonsterKidCory]

Thank you for being complimentary to one of my favourite films. I hope the trend continues with Kong, or I will be nonplussed and perhaps even peevish.

[@MicahEdmonds]

Editors went NUTS on this one. Kudos.

[@gunargundarson1626]

I feel nostalgic for Godzilla 1954 since this was one of the 1st movies I borrowed from a library.

[@pictonious4178]

Fun fact: during filming because of the idea that Godzilla came from the ocean, but was also huge, almost as if he was growing like a plant, and of course the ocean being blue, led to this films working title being “Blue Harvest” which incidentally was the same working title as Star Wars