Godzilla vs DESTOROYAH Review

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Diving back into the kaiju genre, and slightly breaking up my Evil Dead reviews, we have for examination this week Godzilla vs DESTOROYAH! The final movie in the Heisei series of Godzilla films, Godzilla vs DESTOROYAH pits the monster against a creature birthed from the only substance to ever kill Godzilla... the oxygen destroyer!
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[@godzillagamer02southern8]

Destroyahs final form was creative. To quote James Rolfe: HE LOOKS LIKE THE GOD DAMN DEVIL!!!

[@rockdesu]

Destororoyah!

[@Thagomizer]

This one was a surprising tearjerker. The only other Godzilla film that moved me was the original.

[@TheUnoriginalDrCorgi]

Thagomizer shin is pretty emotional too

[@flair541]

True story, first time I saw this as a kid, I cried about Godzilla dying.

[@Gojirawars03]

flair541 We all did.

[@josethebeast8709]

Me too

[@hypnoticskull6342]

He’ll get out of Hell, he always does

[@josethebeast8709]

@@hypnoticskull6342 damn right amigo

[@Jupiters_Moonz]

i cried about godzillas son dying before i knew they revived him

[@BDSER11]

"It's Godzilla..... again? I'll hafta do my laundry somewhere else."

[@kimberleydavis5148]

(Walks away from Godzilla meets DESTROYA dies)

[@bagsikdangal]

+Brandon Reynolds 😃😃😃

[@stoneryoda9377]

Godzilla is awesome

[@Kuudere-Kun]

"what the hell is with Japan and all these psychic women?" Anime my friend.

[@Vmidnight1917]

JaredMithrandir not to get of topic, but is profile pic from Lucky Star? If not, where is it from?

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@Vmidnight1917 Yes, that is Kagami-Sama

[@SpecialOrder_937]

Ooowah ( anime surprised voice over )

[@Kuudere-Kun]

@@SpecialOrder_937 I just recently changed it, it's Setsuna from School Days now.

[@NFrk97]

Destoroyah's chest was supposed to be his ultimate weapon. If you watch the alternate ending, he 'uses' it there. I say 'uses' because there is no actual beam, just a flash that indicates that it's being fired.

[@ZigealFaust]

Thank god they made it his super in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee. That game was my gateway drug to all things Gozdzilla related as a kid and Destoroyah was my absolute fav monster.

[@PsychoSpartan687]

watching godzilla die is actually pretty sad

[@KenMabie]

it made my penis cry white salty tears

[@notarealspy4090]

Ken Mabie - FIND ME ON BITCHUTE You have a problem

[@optimusprime1490]

@@KenMabie tf

[@arladicey]

Oh, man, Godzilla's death broke my heart, I actually got a little teary-eyed! And even though it's just a movie, I kept thinking through the whole film... if Godzilla were real, how much agonizing pain would he have to have been in through the whole story, burning up from the inside to the point where he melted? And still, he fought this other kaiju like a champ until he won?? Poor Godzilla! How awful for him! This was possibly the saddest Godzilla film ever; that damned dirge music as he melted didn't help, lol. But I was glad he was reborn in a sense through his son. Nice touch.

[@abrahamlincoln9160]

@@KenMabie I get it...

[@Axz92Axz]

Destroyah!!!!

[@halogaming4696]

How dare you hate on destroyahs design it looks like the devil and game many nightmares

[@halogaming4696]

Only because of his mouth not having a alien-like mouth

[@HORRIOR1]

Personally I have always seen Destroyah as Godzilla's toughest opponent. Not only is Destroyah incredibly lethal with being an oxygen destroyer turned into a near unkillable monster, Destroyah is the one monster Godzilla has never defeated 1v1.

[@paulharenchar9169]

i love the Godzilla comics because of that theory. in those books hes actually labeled as the second strongest monster next to Godzilla.thefights are also kickass and the art is great.

[@goldman77700]

Not true. Godzilla did defeat Destroyah 1v1. Destroyah retreated and then the Japanese military froze his wings he fell down and proceeded to melt due to the ground being superheated because of the G-zilla's meltdown. So Godzilla did defeat Destroyah and did ultimately cause Destroyah's death with some help tho. SpaceGodzilla was a whole another beast. Curbstomped Godzilla 1v1 and then proceded to do the same 1v2 against Godzilla and Moguera though they eventually won.

[@HORRIOR1]

goldman77700 Yeah but if we had a scenario where it was Destroyah vs SpaceGodzilla, Destroyah would win since SG would have nothing to kill Destroyah with. She (yes, destroyah is infact called a she in Japanese dub) is capable of reassembling itself after suffering huge amounts of damage, and only a little bit of it is needed to survive and regrow. Godzilla was only able to kill Destroyah in the movie, because she was frozen and thus G's heat was capable of killing it. Other uses of fire and heat just made Destroyah stronger.

[@goldman77700]

No no. Godzilla was winning the fight and getting supercharged by the meltdown THAT'S why Destroyah retreated. Because like in the movie said Godzilla's meltdown would've burned a hole into the core of the earth. Sorry but Destroyah heat resistance isn't THAT good. Why it didn't happen because Godzilla Junior absorbed it all Godzilla senior's energy. Meaning an the new fully adult Godzilla junior would obliterate Destroyah. As for Destoryah vs SG. SG got better defensive feats and offensive feats. Taking on two monsters(one being robot) and defeating Godzilla twice. SG was pretty much unstoppable until they destroyed it's crystals with his regeneration AND shield. While Destroyah and Godzilla had a pretty close fight the whole time. I personally think SG could outlast Destroyah. I think it's silly to suggest that Destroyah can't be defeated by anything other than extreme temperatures. Those happen to it's main weakness. With enough crystals I think SG could deliver a fatal blow to Destroyah.

[@gw1400]

butt you see destryah was half born from heat and gjis radiation made him stronger radiation made godzillasaurus godzilla so it makes sense destroyah would mutate from radiation

[@Lo-tf6qt]

17:50 big Godzilla : ' GET AWAY FROM HIM YOU B!TCH

[@Hound831]

What a treat. Your spoiling us Decker.

[@commonwriternext]

DESTOROYAH!!!!!!!

[@BloodRawEngine89]

I'm pretty sure the movie explained that the explosion would be relegated within mainly Japan and surrounding countries, whereas the meltdown wouldn't have only melted the crust, but reached the core, causing the whole planet to ignite

[@Raygathex]

So Godzilla vs Biollante should clear up the psychic women plot for you and its second in the Heisei Era. However the first Heisei Era film never got a dvd release, nor on blu ray.

[@DeckerShado]

+James Conlon Hm, just checked and yeah I found it on a japanese blu ray (which I can rip and play just fine) but only options for Japanese subtitles with it. Seems there's a legal issue with releasing Return of Godzilla in the states. :/

[@Raygathex]

Yeah its super unfortunate, but, I'm sure fansubs will pop up eventually, just like anime.

[@Raygathex]

Good news! Theres a DVD of it now!

[@rockdesu]

I also cried like many fans did. Long Live Godzilla. I also cried at the ending of Godzilla 1985. When you said "sure you can" sounded like Shoryuken! 🔥✊🔥

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Major Sho Kuroki is indeed a character who first appeared in "Godzilla vs Bio-llante"; which is also the debut appear-ance of Miki Saegusa. However, Major Kuroki in 1989 was played by Masanobu Takashima, the big brother of Masahiro who played the character in "Godzilla vs Destoroyah".

[@MrXon]

Start from the beginning, with Godzilla 1984 (not 1985 with Orson Welles, the original Japanese version never released in US). That film introduces the Super X-1 which does against this new Godzilla...

[@Devils_Lair_Comics]

Wait; Orson Welles was in that movie?!

[@redpillfreedom6692]

That's Raymond Burr, not Orson Wells

[@joelleon5738]

16:22 lmao that Cinemassacre reference

[@adambozek4732]

Thank you very much Decker for creating and uploading this review, it was pretty good. Thank you man, thank you.

[@iamguse]

yes! I've been waiting for another video from you! I didn't even know you uploaded an evil dead review. now I have something else to watch after this!

[@nooneofimportance2110]

you're gonna have to start with Godzilla vs. Biollante if you want to know what the deal is with all the psychic chicks.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I thought there was only one Psychic chick?

[@aliencovenant4284]

You mean Godzilly DIED?! 😱 NOOOOOO!!.. 😔 😢

[@jeromeperies2606]

Hooray your back reviewing Godzilla and Creepy and Cthulu aren't here to bother you with they're love for Mothra, I hope you're looking forward to the new Japanese Godzilla this year and I hope you do more Godzilla reviews

[@peterludwig4599]

Actually i like both of them and the homoerotic chemistry between the two. They use it for good jokes and situation comedy.

[@jmdnelson4891]

20:29 BADASS!!

[@LoudmouthReviews]

It isn't just that you haven't seen the previous Godzilla movies Decker. The English dub leaves out some plot points that make it a bit confusing. It wasn't until the 2014 Blu-Ray this movie with its original language and accurate English subtitles was even released in the states. The original language version with the accurate subtitles clears some things up. I recently did a review of Final Wars and I decided to review its original language version despite the fact I don't speak Japanese. It helps with that one the original language version is like 20% in English anyway

[@DeckerShado]

+Loudmouth Reviews Ah, yeah that can happen.. like... way too much in so many things. I remember the fun I had years ago, with the Sailor Moon DVD sets playing the episodes/movies in English but with subtitles. The subtitles were a direct translation from the Japanese, and the english... "localization" as it were. Half the time, they didn't match up, and more than once they actually were stating diametrically opposed things.

[@LoudmouthReviews]

Decker Shado It would be kind to say many translations were even translations at all. Many times anime's released in America actually have new scripts written for them that are very opposed to the original intent. For example in Final Wars after Godzilla kills Zilla the line "I knew that tuna eating monster was useless" for no reason is changed in the English dub to "I knew that tuna head wasn't up to it". I have no idea why they changed this since the original line was much funnier

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I know for certain I watched a legally released Sub of this movie long before 2014.

[@Trainwheel_Time]

Oh yes... I'm sure a little more exposition courtesy of subtitles brings sense to the whole genre.... sure.

[@mechanwhal6590]

I love how at 15:36 the computer just gives up trying to calculate things.

[@jessicamcneill2463]

Love the hair and reviews. Stay safe, and I love the Godzilla franchise.

[@ThePariah028]

“This calls for some research” really speaks to me

[@TallSilentGuy]

17:20 I have a strong urge to pick up that red and white tower and swing it like a club. If you've ever played Godzilla - Save The Earth you'll understand.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

"don-o-free-o" with the accent on the second O

[@KenMabie]

Vincent Donniedarko

[@KenMabie]

Vincent Donofreeway

[@KenMabie]

Vincent Doritios

[@KenMabie]

Vincent DonofREEEEE REEEE REEEEEEEE

[@chaoscommentary2179]

When ever I hear Precambrian life forms I think of tremors

[@kimberleydavis5148]

Nuclear Godzilla explosion!

[@jacobcherian4384]

Godzilla is some kind of supernatural monster. That is why he keeps regenerating and coming back to life when you kill him !

[@Novasigmia]

He was such an amazing father towards jr. he even gave hide powers to him in doing so to save his life. We never even got to know who juniors biological mother really was.

[@Kenro200x]

I just discovered your channel not that long ago. Great stuff!

[@Burori1]

This movie motherfracking messed me up when I was a kid. From the scene where Junior gets thrown from a large height and is screeching all the way down to Godzilla's painful death, holy shit that hurt my soul > _

[@slyofwar3661]

great review can't wait for more Godzilla reviews also DESTOROYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eriseverblight729]

Destroyah really scared me as a kid.. Mostly because I imagined what if its really small forms were in my drinking water.

[@apex2000]

after watching this review..... damn.... now i want an aliens godzilla cross over.... imagine if a face hugger impreganated godzilla (or some other kaiju) what kinda awesome xenomorph would be spawned. XENO-KAIJU!

[@TheUnoriginalDrCorgi]

apex2000 sounds kinda cool, as unlikely as it is

[@VolpeAmoras]

Kaiju-morph!

[@Darkko88]

Wait for the sequel of Shin Godzilla. If you don't know what I'm talking about just google "Shin Godzilla fifth form".

[@ninjahombrepalito1721]

I like final form Destroyah's design way more than the previous one. . And adult Godzilla Jr=Godzilla, excess power of Godzilla went into growing Godzilla Jr. And the non excess power just went into reviving him and getting him to normal full power.

[@bagsikdangal]

Nice review Decker! Although I have to say, Destoroyah's final form looks like a devil to me. Even in the comics Godzilla Rulers of Earth, Destoroyah is depicted powerful. Godzilla and Mothra teaming up against him. Destoroyah even gave Mothra a wound that lasted for 4 years. And Mothra still didn't recover from Destoroyah's horn katana.

[@kylewolfkind]

Good ending tagline Decker. However, I would have also accepted: "Precambrian Lifeforms; KILL 'EM WITH FIRE!!! Either that or call in Burt Gummer." lol As for why the excessive radiation killed Godzilla Sr. and not Godzilla Jr, well...I have my own theory about that. You see, I believe it's because G-Sr. was far older and his heart couldn't take that much power and his healing factor was already starting to fade at some point between this movie and Godzilla vs Space Godzilla, whilst Jr. was much younger and therefore his body could handle and regulate it more efficiently. Maybe you can do Scientific Analysis on Godzilla sometime in the future. That would be awesome!

[@nintendozilla9843]

Destoroyah's "asshole" on its chest is suppose to shoot out a beam. There is a deleted scene that shows Destoroyah using the chest beam against Godzilla in the climax battle, but the beam wasn't completed.

[@MiXVoy]

Saburo Shinoda was famously known as Kotaro Higashi from UltraMan Taro

[@Slavenmierech]

Today is a good day, a new Decker review.

[@perfectgojira5421]

AWESOME YES FINALLY YOUR REVIEW THIS MOVIE AFTER SO LONG PF ASKING!!!!!!!

[@Cybermat47]

So you do scientific analyses on Xenomorphs AND Godzilla reviews? Subscribed! Also, I find it funny that Heisei Godzilla has to use super-charged atomic breath to destroy a city's skyline, while Shin Godzilla can just do that normally :D And... hold on, how did Dr. Ijuin reference Dr. Serizawa's work? We saw him destroy it all in the 54 film, and he killed himself soon after. Perhaps, like in the Kiryu Saga, the 54 film happened slightly differently in the Heisei universe? (For those who don't know, in the Kiryu Saga's universe, Shodai Godzilla's bones weren't destroyed by the Oxygen Destroyer like they were in the 54 film). "Normally evolution requires reproduction of some kind, but fuck, we've got to get this plot moving." Now you have stock footage to use if you review _Shin Godzilla_ :D

[@Adammyers1995]

What are your're thoughts on King Kong vs Godzilla? and will you review it in the future?

[@fthoughts]

"Donna Frito..." XD Awesome video!

[@sukmiwang66]

Was expecting Evil Dead 2 but I got Godzilla vs Destroyah...thank you for this.

[@ThatSpecialNobody]

lol

[@michael_dalessandro_lena]

You have one of the more uique styles of reviewing movies I've seen on KZbin

[@HellbillyWizard]

Goddammit! Just last night I watched the original 1954 Gojira and wondered if you were gonna do more Godzilla reviews, and now this pops up in my subscriptions! :D Does this mean that we might be expecting more kaiju reviews in the future again?

[@TheBubbaclaw]

The King is dead. Long live The King!

[@rarecrystallazuli2098]

this was my first godzilla movie i saw ever, on my first birthday. his death was probably my earliest memory

[@crispincain1665]

Excellent review, Decker. Definitely looking forward to future Heisei-era film reviews. If I may suggest, try to track down a copy of "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" and "Terror of Mechagodzilla". Those movies represent the end of the "Showa" Series, but there is a real shift in tone, something that would be better expressed in the "Heisei" Series. They are also meant to be watched back to back, much like "Godzilla 1984" and "Godzilla vs. Biolante". Hint. Hint.

[@buongiorno6096]

Congrats on *50k* subs

[@omnidragon2260]

Review all the jaws movie

[@awesomeshot]

Would love to see more Godzilla reviews, there are tons to choose from. Destroy All Monsters would be great Quite a few MechaGodzillas.

[@dagonnemo1811]

Scientific Analysis: of some Kaiju maybe decker godzilla or gyaos are my picks

[@griffingower1883]

Destoroyah is 541,000,000 years old, which makes him possibly the oldest kaiju to exist.

[@Saltyaf38]

One of the best Godzilla movies.

[@lucifersapprentice]

I'm assuming that when they said a meltdown is worse than an explosion it's because you might survive and explosion if your far underground or just out of range, but you can't escape a meltdown....still doesn't make sense but that's all I got.

[@jasonnewsham7724]

I cry every time I see the end of this movie. and not afraid to admit it

[@gradyadair1339]

Hey! We can use the micro-oxygen-grow stuff to bring Zilla into the picture ( if he were to come around any time soon, then let's reffer to him as Zyllus

[@unclepatrick2]

I think this movie is one of the best all time Godzilla Movies ever. It certainly in the Top 5. It made me sad when Godzilla died. That great hunting music and the slow melting effect was great. As for you issue of not knowing who all the characters are, It was the plan last movie in the series and all the major characters show up.

[@snakes3425]

You and Creepy should do the US cut of Gigantis the Fire Monster/Godzilla Raids Again

[@KenMabie]

WOW Decker you must be so proud and honored that they put you on DESTOROYAH's chest ! come on man you walked right in to that one .. :p

[@ElderGodBrandon]

funny fact decker is that the vhs dub of this movie had better voice dub actors than the dvd version did lol

[@Tre_Ason_Number7]

love this guy

[@kurtbarlow9402]

Just seeing Momoko Kochi again is worth it, but it's a good film too.

[@Ranger-Cealers]

Decker the common theory that my group of godzilla fans has on the ending is that somehow godzilla was able to transfer his radiation to Jr. Reviving him from the wounds jr. Took during his fight with Desustroyah, he did it as a last act of love for his son, I should know this as I own this movie on VHS and DVD and I see godzilla crying as he is melting knowing je wont see his son become the monster he was the new king of the monsters

[@GanonGhidorah]

Why was I so afraid of watching this review that I waited almost a year to get to it? Maybe it's because I like this movie. Or maybe its because seven years on deviantart has taught me that the majority of the fanbase thinks Destroyah is overrated (yeah and Space Godzilla isn't, apparently), and I guess I was fearful of hearing the same here. But yeah; this is undoubtedly one of my faves of the whole franchise. So much so that I actually managed to buy a Artwork Poster for this movie, printed on a silk sheet. Each of the Heisei movies were meant to showcase a parallel to Godzilla in some way. And on that trend, Godzilla's second series ends with Destroyah being Godzilla's *Godzilla;* the powerful and nearly unstoppable force of destruction that once literally destroyed him.

[@MaxVonDraken]

Also I'm a new subscriber so I don't know everything you've reviewed yet. On that note, have you seen/reviewed Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster?

[@DeckerShado]

+MaxVonDraken Dark and long haired monster? Damn, I saw Tokyo Tower when I went to Japan but I didn't knock it over or anything. In other words, not yet but it sounds interesting.

[@MaxVonDraken]

+Decker Shado It is. But it might be hard to get your hands on. I recommend it though

[@luizfcavalcanti]

Hey... the meltdown simulation at least to me implied a singularity would happen, because the nucleus of Godzilla would implode faster than it's atomic structure, crossing the Schwarzchild Radius.

[@noahtoncray7729]

If decker reviewed all the Godzilla movies like a marathon it would be 35 weeks and that is if he uploaded every week

[@BionicleGio22210]

DESTROYAH!!!!! Never tempt fate decker, u should know that meme's can come from everywhere

[@Phoenixesper1]

I love this movie, I consider it one of the best godzilla movies ever made. However at 15:39 for most of my child hood and all of my adult life every time I saw this scene the first thought in my head was "Magic wand...make my monster GROW!" . LOL

[@dowv411]

6:52 that man is the same guy from Godzilla 2000 review that for the beginning of the mileneum era of Godzilla

[@CalamityAtom-Cloud-Stryder]

Hello Mr. Decker, may I say, you are terribly under-rated, and I'll try to get as many as I can to at least watch your videos.

[@kingofallgeometrydashers_2140]

14:19 why was i laughing

[@ZarakiKenpachi9100]

Decker if you still want to watch the other Heisei Godzilla Films you should start with the 1984 one even though it brings nothing really new to the table. What i think will be the best of the series to you is the 1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, you got time travel - terminator shit, past timline changes and the hands down best hand to hand monster action since godzilla vs Mechagodzilla from 1974. please review the 1991 jam. p.S. top work as always

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

You need to review Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla

[@kimberleydavis5148]

Laser beam shooting xenokijus with inner mouths ready to rip Godzilla to pieaces and the final form is THAT PIEACE OF JUNK?!

[@denniskristos3800]

For you to understand who Sho Kuroki and Miki Saegusa are in the ongoing Heisei series plot lines, you need to watch "Godzilla vs Biollante" first.

[@colossusstudios1964]

Such a beautiful ending...

[@5nokli]

Definitely enjoyed this video. You should check out my top ten Godzilla enemies article!

[@marcoa.deluna3906]

You got to admit that DESTROYAH!!!!! final form looks like devil but bigger and scarier seriously more threatening.

[@s.nifrum4580]

By the way have you tracked down any of the other movies yet? It would be awesome if you could do reviews of those

[@ryanspell]

Burt Gummer "Precambrian life forms. Not even once."

[@bleu8790]

18:18 I remember that public service announcement XD

[@Tchernobog]

outstanding ending

[@TheIdealofGreed]

Am I the only one wondering how Godzilla manages to shrug off oxygen destroyer, pretty much the only thing that (I am aware of) has ever managed to kill a Godzilla, like its just an average kaiju attack?

[@chrisdufresne9359]

It could be caused by the difference between water and atmosphere composition.

[@irvin8034]

I love you decker

[@TotallyNotTheRedComet69]

Fun fact, the manga actually gives use to that puckering asshole on DESUTROYAHHHHHHHHH’s chest. Fires a beam out of its chest.

[@MrAaronthebomb]

If Godzilla was just super charged by the eruption then why doesn’t he just use his radiation breathe to use all the energy that’s overcharged him I mean it makes more sense than freezing him

[@squashmallow2006]

16:25 that Godzillathon reference tho.

[@Lord-Darkness]

Hope to see this remaked in next godzilla movie

[@johntraxler5664]

I enjoyed that movie it is my second favorite Godzilla film but Godzilla vs spacegodzilla is my favorite. Decker would ever review some more Godzilla movies?

[@girrganflirganchrgan5815]

More Godzilla!!!!!