Godzillathon #23 Godzilla (1998)

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[@Leatherbubba]

The problem was that Roland Emmerich didn't want to make a Godzille movie. He wanted to make Independence Day with a giant lizard.

[@Batfan103]

To be fair, Independence Day was pretty good. This, on the other hand, was more like the Transformers movies: the epic trailers drew in newcomers, and the nostalgia factor got the old-school fans. Both sets would be relatively disappointed.

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

All Emmerich does is remake the same movie over and over. Look at Day After Tomorrow and 2012. Doesn't he ever get bored of looking at cgi cities getting trashed?

[@Batfan103]

Holy crap, you're right! It's always some sort of big disaster movie.

[@Apostol407]

Emmerich has outright stated that he didn't like the original Godzilla. He didn't care in the absolute, he just wanted to make money.

[@Nathan-ti9pm]

Apostol407 yeah he didn’t even respect the spirit of the original Godzilla and hell he thought TOHO didn’t know how to use stop motion when they made 1954 Godzilla which was untrue all in all Emmerich did nothing but make a standard monster movie while disrespecting a beloved cultural icon at the same time

[@FaceUnreality]

I love that Toho made Zilla canon just to fuck him up in Final Wars.

[@toolazytothinkofanameforme5754]

true

[@ToastyMann]

They should actually add Zilla as a character in the PS4 game. XD

[@ToastyMann]

Cool. Too bad a Super Famicom game of that actually exists but it was made before 1998 Zilla.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

They didn't fuck him up they killed him, Zilla reproduces a-sexually.

[@palmtop_studios]

lol

[@sirbalsac]

Actually, calling it "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" would've been perfect. It follows the formula, the monster kinda looks similar, it also comes from the ocean and is very dinosaur-like, etc. That would've been a smart choice.

[@ultraintensegamer]

It fits it well, but this monster would be a disgrace to Rhedosaurus (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms)

[@sirbalsac]

Ehhh, I say that the majority of the problems with this film come from its title. Imagine if this movie was called "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", instead of Godzilla. Granted, it wouldn't be a good movie even then, but it'd be average.

[@ultraintensegamer]

majesty327 I agree about the title thing, Tristar honestly could have made this movie without getting the Godzilla licence. Probably because of money, they knew the name "Godzilla" would get them case.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Absolutely seconded.

[@ivans.191]

And this movie in its turn inspired Godzilla

[@SergeantLuke]

I remember Gene Siskel's biggest problem with the Siskel and Ebert tribute was that both characters survived. To paraphrase him, "If you're going to the trouble of putting us in a monster movie, why wouldn't you have the monster stomp on us or eat us?"

[@miguelgarcia6170]

I think it was they criticize on of their movies.

[@raccoonsandys3038]

At least the animated series was better

[@h3lixlazar568]

Better than the anime trilogy

[@calebprescott440]

Fucking Raccoon yep

[@Gojiman-dk4tc]

Wait the animated series was better but not the movie?!

[@spunkyspaz]

Was Godzooky in it?

[@themoralreformchronicles9231]

SpunkyJerky The Spaz LoL dude no way. Hahaha

[@IronPiedmont]

Speaking of the marketing campaign, I remember a Doritoes commercial where the 98 Godzilla attacking a Doritoes truck and eating the Doritoes out of it.

[@linkno1]

+Metro-Police Then why eat the Doritoes truck?

[@ddsnutz2917]

chuckobscure That's a lot of Doritos.

[@Dim4323]

and also KFC with the godzila puppets

[@IronPiedmont]

Anthony Barratt Was there really?

[@MrDaRiAn21]

And the Taco Bell chihuahua dog doing commercials for this movie

[@WhiteJarrah]

4:13 Thumb up if you want James Rolfe to review Godzilla The Series. Everyone I know who hated the film loved this series.

[@rileynybeck3024]

Jarrah White the series wasn't good but compared to the dogshit we got it was an improvement

[@ultimategodultraman8938]

Jarrah White I have to watch that series

[@smithwesson1896]

@Noah Rader he DID say it was an improvement over the film

[@somerandomboi7045]

@@smithwesson1896 but he said the series wasnt good

[@jayNicks10]

The series really featured Zilla Jr.

[@nwo2cool]

Roland Emmerich did admitted that he hated the Godzilla series. The reason he took the project because the producers gave him creative control, meaning he can create his own version of Godzilla. This is why the film is nothing like Godzilla, he didn't stay true to the source material!

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

If he hates Godzilla then he shouldn't have made this movie

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

This movie is the LJN version of Godzilla.

[@Lightnatural]

😂😂👌

[@AlanTGP1]

That's exactly what I was thinking earlier.

[@tomfitzpatrick7335]

Hilarious

[@maventry]

Are u alive

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

@@maventry Yes, and why is this comment suddenly blowing up

[@EdmacZ]

Godzilla 2014 is like a big apology for this movie. Instead of having a tiny and wimpy Zilla, they made 2014 Godzilla the biggest one yet. Oh, and he actually has his roar.

[@TheGeremy12]

the only problem with this movie is that its called Godzilla if it wasn't that then this movie would have a lot less hate

[@nwo2cool]

TheGeremy12 True. The movie title should've been called something else and say it was inspired by Godzilla.

[@streetfighterchallen]

Jagi Raoh I think it actually STARTED OUT as The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, but to get more people to show up, they decided to call it a Godzilla remake, because more people knew what Godzilla was, and it would attract more U.S. and international audiences, alike. It does meet all the requirements for "Beast," doesn't it? They look similar, if not identical, their actions are nearly identical, they both come up out of the New York harbor and begin attacking New York City, and it even seems to have scenes lifted directly FROM "Beast." Maybe I'm right, maybe not. But it's FAR more likely than the notion that this actually started off in the beginning as a Godzilla remake. There's just no way it could have, considering these things. The only thing really different between Zilla and The Beast is how The Beast is quadripedal, and Zilla's bipedal.

[@MechaGV]

Yeah I'm seeing the movie the time it came out. I hate how tristar actually had the license to Godzilla and made a completely different monster.

[@jakomioftherose2434]

It's going to be made by Legendary Pictures. How can it go wrong? (Legendary last words.)

[@PutrydByle]

Gene Siskel on their spoof in this film: "If you're going to go through the trouble of putting us in a monster movie, why don't you at least take the advantage of having the monster either eat or squash us?"

[@laughinsohard7888]

It's funny, because the reason Emmerich added those characters in was because he was sick of them giving his movies bad reviews. He couldn't even kill them off to make a point. He had the opportunity in his hands, and he even failed at that. But Independence Day was a fun film, at least.

[@Bauglir100]

@@laughinsohard7888 Maybe he thought it was crueler to let them live so that he could keep finding ways to humiliate them. He had a whole trilogy planned.

[@MultiNaruto900]

"Some people say that 1998 Godzilla was made to be more realistic" He's supposed to be the representation of the destruction of atomic weaponry that evoked a similarity to level of destruction Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced when the bombs dropped. Of course Godzilla isn't supposed to be "realistic" - in one of the original designs for Godzilla was a monster with a mushroom-like head, intended to invoke imagery of a mushroom cloud after the detonation of a nuclear bomb (the sketch can be seen in the special edition of the "Gojira: The Original Japanese Masterpiece" DVD).

[@Adnan_Murtadha]

your dream came true godzilla king of the monsters (2019)

[@nightruler666]

He still hated that movie

[@xfinafire]

Vampirerockstar He didn’t hate it.

[@angusng7792]

Godzilla 2014 is the only good one of these.

[@Adnan_Murtadha]

@@angusng7792 youre opinion mate

[@calebprescott440]

I love godzilla 2019 movie

[@bastardjustice]

Now let's celebrate when Godzilla fights King Ghidora on the US big screen

[@huskiesghost]

It's not a bad film. It's just a bad Godzilla film.

[@Lynqtpie301]

It wasnt a godzilla film it doesent even count as one in my opinion yeah i like zilla but not godzilla as they called it ok i like zilla as its own thing but not as godzilla well im lying i hate zilla

[@sphee4149]

zilla should be called godzillajr 2014

[@zanebobbey5282]

Gede Timothy Setiadi Hell no

[@Freshie207]

That's because it's a Beast from 20,000 Fathoms film, the original Godzilla is often cited as a cheaper knock off of that film and Godzilla 1998 exists basically to remind folks that giant monster movies are actually American but the Japanese adopted it.

[@gengarbro9929]

huskiesghost yeah

[@opsimathics]

THE CAST OF THE FUCKING SIMPSONS vs GODZILLA

[@spencerthestupidsamurai7326]

opsimathics g

[@rileynybeck3024]

Someone needs to make that a movie

[@MarcsProductions]

Lol I left japan to get away from this XD

[@DannyMatrix]

"it's like making Spiderman more realistic and not letting him shoot web." It's funny you should say that James...

[@palmtop_studios]

?

[@Skullodream]

Because Spider-man shoot webs thanks to a weapon created by himself, is not something related to his powers, except in the Sam Raimi Trilogy.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

@@Skullodream that's why the Raimi trilogy is the BEST

[@curtisleblanc5897]

Does it matter whether he uses devices or not? It's only a problem if it's not there.

[@Invader9Productions]

And sixteen years later, we got a proper American Godzilla film.

[@andrewguerra9343]

1998: a total disgraceful disappointment 2000: a small apology 2014: the ultimate apology

[@carbootstudios2459]

The problem isn't that they called it Godzilla, the problem's that they chose the wrong director, Roland Emmerich.

[@Project_Carthage]

actually this movie is what got me into Godzilla.

[@ryanreid7471]

Depressingly true for me to. The DVD had the trailers for the 90s Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and vs. Mothra. It technically does count for the fact that they address it in later films.

[@Theplaymaker1271]

Same, I remember when it was coming out I wanted to see it really bad, then my parents rented some of the old classic godzilla movies for me and I was hooked

[@raydhen8840]

Ahaha, Me too. I watch this movie first before my parent presented me Godzilla 2000. Then about 2004 (maybe in celebrating Final Wars), my local TV station did show entire Heisei series. And it reminds me several months ago some Millenium series aired through satellite channel. :3

[@jhevgainz2307]

Same. Found it at blockbuster when I was 6

[@The_Voices2000]

Same for me. I had found the dvd in my grandparents' house. The main menu gets me hyped everytime.

[@HeadstrongSiblings]

Ill be honest, it was reverse for me. I saw this movie before ANYOTHER godzilla movie, so i really liked it. Then i saw Godzilla 2000 and i was like "wait, wtf? thats not godzilla!" Then i looked deeper into the godzilla movies and finally understood what REALLY happened.

[@bibniebt]

James Rolfe's description of what he anticipated this movie to be is exactly what the new 2014 version is. I hope he reviews it. He must have adored it

[@southparkjrd]

Cant wait to here James's thoughts on the new upcoming Godzilla

[@HorrorTVReviewer666]

me too, I have a good feeling about this upcoming Godzilla movie

[@BeastasaurusXdeath1]

Same thing here :D

[@pz2hackersqwat46]

Jesus Delgado ok

[@ImNotGhostfacee]

And here we are today

[@Comkill117]

“I even heard it was going to be King Ghidorah, that would have been awesome if they did it right.” Oh boy if only he knew what was in store.

[@quorkquork]

You get used to reading the subtitles and don't even notice them.

[@josephsemil607]

This movie was the main reason we have a better Godzilla 2014 movie,.They learned from their mistakes,.

[@josephsemil607]

well comparing it to the 1998 version,. it looks better,. thats for sure

[@josephsemil607]

yes,. it looks better,. compared to all godzilla movies,. we can finally see it,. with its full potential as a King of Monsters,. rejoice!

[@josephsemil607]

When I said "they",. I meant Hollywood,.

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

Mark Carchidi It has Bryan Cranston. It's gonna be good.

[@Delta-ei7im]

TheAlmightyLoli Oh you poor bastard

[@windows7504]

"That's like making Spiderman realistic and not allowing him to shoot web" Well...

[@notahamster333]

lmao was about to comment that

[@gigachad9016]

Spiderman, Spiderman, takes a dump in a coffee can

[@arte0021]

In what movie does Spiderman not shoot web?

[@megalodon7916]

We were promised an American Godzilla film. What we got was a lame-ass mutant iguana of questionable gender that scared easily and got killed by jets. We had to wait sixteen more years before we finally got an American Godzilla film. Thank God Roland Emmerich never made those planned sequels. One was bad enough.

[@jackbaxter2223]

Still better than the 2014 film.

[@CoNnOr5899]

2014 one was much better than 1998, and I think The Series' Zilla Jr. was a great kaiju, he deserves to be atleast called "King of the Mutants" as of he fights mostly mutated creatures in his own series.

[@jackbaxter2223]

CoNnOr5899 I do love Zilla as a kaiju, but I hated the 2014 film, mostly due to the awful writing. I'm not saying that the 1998 Godzilla is a good film (it isn't) but I still really enjoyed it.

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

2014 was lame.

[@evanatorextreme1065]

Megalodon Honestly in my mind,if you can get past the fact that it's an imitation of Godzilla,I'd call it an about decent monster movie,and maybe this movie might be an allegory to the fact that near ZERO Godzilla movies came out in the US at the time! I dunno,that's just me!

[@TheSonicChaotix]

5:04 Ummm... but Independence Day did give us the meaning of life. Remember the speech from Bill Pullman?

[@noazilla6940]

+That_Pon3_Ruler Yes, YES!

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

Hillary once referenced Independence Day as an example of Americans working together to defeat a foe.

[@connorbrennan4233]

A pretty shallow interpretation of it for sure.

[@mydullvlogs6526]

WRONG. That movie was fictional so it doesn’t count.

[@tytheawesomekid1441]

filmtoaster did you know that the creator of Godzilla 1998 are the same creators of Independence Day. Coincidence

[@GojiraRaptor]

i liked this film but i do agree with the design of godzilla. Actually i liked the design of the creature it self but it didnt feel like the godzilla we all knew. love the japaneese series better but the 1998 one is still good and i like the animated sereis better.

[@sammontanez6908]

I can’t agree more with you my friend. I liked this film on its own. But not as a Godzilla movie. Because the with way the creature in this movie was designed, not only did it not look like Godzilla, but it didn’t act like Godzilla either. All Zilla did was run and hide from the military and later gets killed by Freakin Missiles.

[@aceblazer25]

Newest Godzilla movie trailer up!

[@SandF3DPrinting]

And now a newer, even better one is up! It looks fucking sick!

[@xbulmiruwu6030]

Steven Williamson They teased his face. Holy crap!

[@xbulmiruwu6030]

This was my first Godzilla movie. I loved it as a kid, then I got Godzilla 2000 for my birthday.

[@davidanderson7092]

I know what you mean

[@realplexent]

Bro 12 yrs later and still love ur videos. Funny and informative AF

[@weprin2]

Godzilla 2014 is much more of a Godzilla movie than Roland Emmerich can ever accomplish with his failed 1998 version. Frankly I don't know why him and Dean Devlin even bothered in the first place. It's just sad when you think about it.

[@figelgarnel8864]

Godzilla KOTM is great though

[@TheOnlyJzillaMerida]

Correction James : Until May 2014, this will be the only Godzilla movie that isn't Japanese.

[@gojirasnob8809]

Quotes from The Devil's pubic hair themselves, Emmerich/Devlin: (And they're copied and pasted) • Emmerich: - "I was never a big Godzilla fan" (he flat out admitted it) - "They were just the weekend matinees you saw as a kid, like Hercules films and the really bad Italian westerns. You’d go with all your friends and just laugh." (Not only did he revealed that he really can't stand the character, but the jerk made fun of it) - "We got approached with GODZILLA, and Dean was really in favor. I said, ‘Are you crazy? Have you seen a Godzilla film? How does the monster look? They put a guy in there.' " (Seriously, TriStar, WHY HIM?! Of all the directors out there, THAT was your choice?!) • Devlin: - "We just thought, ‘How do you overcome the cheese factor?’ We talked about it and all we could see was farce. We could see the joke… we couldn’t see the movie." ("We could see the joke..." Zilla '98 was made by people who had no respect and didn't take it seriously...) - "We really didn’t know how to make it properly, and so we passed on it." (And was also made by people who just admitted they had no idea what they were doing) I've said it before and I'll say it again to those who were older than me back in the 90s (because I was just a newborn back in '94) -- HOW THE DID YOU NOT SEE A BAD SIGN WITH THIS??!! HOW DID YOU NOT SAW THIS COMING??!! Even Nostradamus would've saw this coming! These men were TriStar's choice? Congratulations, now I have more reasons to hate those two.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Gojira Snob I. Am. NOT. A homosexual. No, I truly have NOTHING against people like that, I'm just not homosexual, that's all. So please take that back.

[@ImNotGhostfacee]

@@velociraptor4you3291 bro who hurt you?

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Skinny Platnuim Well, this Gojira Snob guy. But you know what? I've long since moved past this. I was trying to point out Gojira Snob's extremely negative fanboy behavior to him to see if maybe he would become aware of it and knock it off. I gave him a chance, he obviously didn't take it, so I'm not going to make a big deal out of it and just move on with my life. Getting into arguments or flame wars with these kinds of fans isn't worth it; nobody wins, and everybody loses when these happen. So my strategy is to just *avoid* them as best I can.

[@ImNotGhostfacee]

@@velociraptor4you3291 All from 3 years ago...

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Skinny Platnuim I know. But since I never talked to this guy since then, I honestly don't care anymore. Like I said, what's done is done, and I just want to move on with my life now. Still, if you were coming to my defense or something, I do appreciate it nonetheless.

[@ComradeCowboy3141]

0:16 "this is the only american made Godzilla movie." Gareth Edwards and Godzilla 2014: "Allow us to introduce ourselves" I know this was made before the 2014 one was even announced, but I still think its funny.

[@omerozel4716]

Still love Godzilla The Series.

[@thewyvernripper]

Oh man, that kick ass.

[@sammontanez6908]

Me too. GTS Is probably the closest we ever got to what the 1998 film should have been.

[@TYRANTARES]

Will you be making a new godzillathon episode for the Legendary Godzilla film coming out later this year?

[@curtisleblanc5897]

He should.

[@Gigan-tp5wi]

I'm looking at the comments and i'm seeing a lot of "at least the design of this monster was good" Guys, open your eyes, it is literally a T-Rex, nothing more to it, except that giant chin.

[@Ryusuta]

Come on, go a bit easier on them, yeah? Saying "It's just a t-rex" is just as unfair to this design as "It's just a guy in a rubber suit" is to the original. Yes, it's clear what it was modeled from, but they nevertheless made a visually appealing design. for the record, I think this movie is AWFUL, but yeah, I think "Zilla" looks pretty cool.

[@ellnats]

and bigger arms too don't forget that

[@mariofan1ish]

I fail to see how the original Godzilla was anything but a T-Rex either. :p

[@Gigan-tp5wi]

mariofan1ish Stoop up straight, had a much shorter, thinner jaws, 4 toed feet, 5 fingered hands, anyway, Zilla is much more like a T-rex than Godzilla.

[@christianmarquez9048]

Did you forget the original Godzilla is a like T-Rex. Remember Godzilla vs King Giddorah

[@LordVaderTyrannus]

The reason why Godzilla vs. The Gryphon was scrapped was because the budget was to expensive for TriStar. Because of this, the person who was going to direct Godzilla vs. The Gryphon left, making Roland Emmerich the director of Godzilla 1998.

[@zillafire101]

***** Don't forget the Dog-Thing.

[@LordVaderTyrannus]

What Dog-Thing?

[@zillafire101]

***** I was talking about the kennel scene from John Carpenter's the thing. It was designed by Stan Winston when the other Special effects guy couldn't get it to work.

[@desmondng5375]

G&G-Fan Ironically this films budget matched or exceeded the original estimate.

[@zillafire101]

+Desmond Ng Literally paying more for less.

[@xenomorphic7887]

The look of Godzilla is one of many things the 2014 Godzilla nailed perfectly. He looks like FREAKING GODZILLA. No dumb Ginozilla dinosaur updates, he actually looks like 1954 Gojira. The director based the look off of this: "A Japanese man in 1954 sees Godzilla (2014). He then goes home and makes a movie about the monster he saw."

[@phatnut4779]

Sometimes it's better when there's something actually in front of the camera...

[@Cokedlr]

So watching this in 2015 after seeing the 2014 Godzilla.. yeah they hit all the important notes in that movie. I am a life long Godzilla fan and saw both 2014 and 1998 in theaters. 2014 did it right.

[@FourKaiju]

Godzilla himself yeah but the movie itself not a whole lot.

[@gojihunter3118]

In 2014, America had redeemed itself from the shit stain of 1998.

[@DaVideoGameBeastr]

I say the 2014 one was less entertaining than this one, but not as bad.

[@gojihunter3118]

Zac Scarpellino i beg to differ.

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

and in 2016 the original king shall arrive from japan. insha-allah it comes to the rest of the countries too

[@gojihunter3118]

Adi Wadi Really?

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

Gojihunter31 Yes I read about it in a magazine on movies. There are a few videos on KZbin about it.

[@CyberDragonArt]

Just wait for Godzilla 2014...just wait for it. It's gonna be FUCKING AWESOME! The trailers are promising some good stuff!

[@mychemicalescape9581]

IT WILL BE FUCKING AWESOME RIGHT!

[@jonathankozenko]

Yes - if you saw, in the most recent commercial(s), you see him taking missiles like they're nothing. Good to have you back, old friend.

[@Batfan103]

I know, right? It's gonna be EPIC!!!

[@MultiNacho8]

Matt Anderson And when Godzilla 2014 comes out, I'm sure that people are going to forget the 1998 Godzilla movie, and they will probably take Godzilla more seriously too. And if they do look back at the Godzilla '98 movie they will say:"Nice try, but the 2014 one is way better". The King Of The Monsters is back! :D

[@IScoreUnderPressure4]

Jonathan Kozenko I saw a piece in the trailer where he just walks through a bridge, zilla would have gotten stuck again...

[@ElessarZure]

I think the 2014 version is what James wanted :)

[@elijahblechman8633]

he said later on that he did't like it, while he does make good points my enjoyment of that film still has not stopped

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@@elijahblechman8633 He didn't say he didn't like it, just more disappointed.

[@Milkra]

Toho literally bought Zilla to kill him lmfao

[@ReeseMac]

People want James Rolfe to hurry up and make a review of 2014 but looking at how he composites his video reviews I think we won't see a review of 2014 until after the movie comes out on home video. He uses specific clips from a film that he reviews that help to illustrate his narration. In order for him to do that he has to have a copy of the film on disc to extract clips from and put them on his video review so he has to wait until the movie is released on dvd / Blu-ray. That's my guess on why he's not putting out a review so quickly. I could be wrong.

[@awesomeproductions7755]

Well, at least Gareth Edwards and Legendary Pictures got it right.

[@awesomeproductions7755]

Let's be honest though, it wasn't TriStar's fault that this movie was such a disappointment. It was because of Roland Emmerich's bad directing choices.

[@brewedjuice494]

more right* there are definitely major flaws in the 2014 movie. like the entire human cast outside of Brian cranston and the japanese doctor. and cutting away from monsters fights and things. the only REAL problem with 1998 was that it was called Godzilla. was it a masterpiece? no. but it was decent. it just wasnt "Godzilla" and thats where the backlash came from.

[@quickthunder86]

A lot of fish

[@Draeka]

I still say Godzilla 1998 is a great movie.

[@Zillasucks]

Then your tastes are weird.

[@EKOddLink]

Gabara The Bully Love the porfile

[@Zillasucks]

EK OddLink Aw thanks :3

[@burningmemories3853]

Nah you idiot

[@woodydorn6889]

It's the movie that introduced me to the godzilla lore, and I still love this movie to this day.

[@johnthomasnewton2879]

Zilla got stuck in the golden gate bridge... Godzilla 2014 was BIGGER than the bridge

[@Price1way]

"It's not worthy of God. It's just Zilla." I completely agree with you.

[@BenEd2]

I understand eveyone's problems with this movie but I can still enjoy it as a guilty pleasure. I was 6 when i saw it so there's a lot of nostalgia attached. The soundtrack is great, the action is blatant schlock but very entertaining and it has 3 of the voice actors from The Simpsons. Set aside the Jurassic Park inferiority complex and pretend the title is something different and boom, all of a sudden you have a great popcorn movie to enjoy on a rainy day. And lets not forget that this movie was no doubt a gateway for a lot of people to discover the Toho movies- it certainly was for me.

[@papershadow]

Like James mentioned, the movie works better when compared to "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" than as Godzilla, since the monster resembles that more than the monster it's currently named for, including the fact that it's killable but the issue is more managing to land the kill without taking a dangerous apocalyptic option.

[@adriananimates7448]

5:47 “HOLY SH!T ITS SPIDER-MAN”

[@snakes3425]

Supposidly they wanted to do a trilogy of Godzilla movies but Roland hated Godzilla, so yeah you have to wonder if he made this movie as bad as possible just so he could get out of doing the sequels

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Roland Emmerich DOESN'T hate Godzilla, he's INDIFFERENT to him. There's a difference between the two: indifferent means that you neither love nor hate something, you just didn't have a big interest in the subject in question.

[@1Korlash]

Plus, Emmerich redeemed himself with the animated series, which is a pretty great show no questions asked. Definitely the best Godzilla show by far.

[@gojirahanma757]

1Korlash yeah the show is pretty hot though LOL he has been pardoned

[@wageofsins]

I remember how gratifying it was to see the real Godzilla destroy 'zilla so quickly years later.

[@Arak_Drakoniz]

I loved this movie. I think the only reason anyone really hates it is because it's called "Godzilla" when this lizard bears no resemblance or characteristics of the original Godzilla. The best way to look at this movie it to see it as just a kaiju film rather than a full fledged Godzilla movie.

[@purplehaze2358]

“The only Godzilla film made outside of Japan” That quote aged poorly.

[@thatguyfromak5190]

I'm happy Legendary was able to redeem us with their Godzilla film. They proved that instead of a terrible Godzilla film, we could make a decent one!

[@trainboy7]

I Just hope that the 2014 Godzilla movie doesn't suck.

[@Zice033]

It Didn't.

[@trainboy7]

Zice033 hallelujah!!!

[@johnhorroway6514]

it did not disappoint. To people who are not a fan of Godzilla or don't know what he is, they thought it was an okay movie but to people who know who he is, we loved it.

[@ReeseMac]

Somebody made a good summary of the movie; it's conspiracy, then military, then kaiju battle

[@trainboy7]

ReeseMac Sweet!!

[@th5972]

Cant wait to hear James thoughts on the 2014 one!

[@dylanwilliger]

Well, to be fair, the original Godzilla didn't have anybody else besides the big guy either, and Godzilla 1985 had another monster, but not a building-sized creature.

[@Bauglir100]

Yeah, but the 1954 movie had Godzilla get killed by a superweapon (i.e. the Oxygen Destroyer), not guns and missiles.

[@thepopstar27]

So......will we be seeing a Godzillathon for the new Godzilla moving coming?

[@thepopstar27]

movie**

[@BottlesOnTheFloor]

***** I'd say it'd be a movie review or at least a talk about it, because it's just one movie. Godzillathon talked about all of the movies already, so going back on them would be repetitive.

[@thewyvernripper]

I would like to see Zilla return in a future Godzilla movie.

[@FourKaiju]

Or game.

[@marvelknights8342]

He did,in GODZILLA:Final Wars,GODZILLA beat the living shit outta it

[@thewyvernripper]

Marvel Knights I know that. That came out in 2004. How would I not know about that? -__-

[@carbootstudios2459]

Very low chance

[@rekius328]

Andrew Aquino toho said that they will use zilla in the future and will become an ally and enemy of Godzilla.. So there's a chance.

[@LSDanois]

I actually liked the design of that Godzilla version over the original chubby looking Godzilla

[@aruce9]

+LSDanois what about the 2014 godzilla

[@redindy51]

+aruce9 in my opinion the 2014 design is the best :)

[@cretaceousthehunted9669]

+redindy51 Agreed. I do like the 1954 design, they just had to remove the pointy ears, and make them holes for ears, like most dinosaurs.

[@Xpzilla]

Godzilla Final Wars is the best look

[@gameoholic1994]

3:07-3:17 - "Does he breathe fire? No." "It's not like it's coming from his mouth." 2014 took care of fixing that problem, much to all of our DELIGHTS!!! :)

[@JohnzoGaming]

6:03 I really like that they tried to fix it within the context of the series instead of flat-out ignoring it. I kinda liked that T-rex style Godzilla design (I used to watch the cartoon, never saw the movie). I guess I'll just shame myself by admitting I kinda hoped Godzilla 2014 would take inspiration from that cartoon; little did I know the cartoon was based off a Westernized flop. I guess I'm glad 2014 was more accurate.

[@TylerCharlesFisher]

I mean it has Léon the professional, Eddie Brock and Ferris Bueller running around after a tuna-eating mutated Iguana and its voracious kids while Kent Brockman reports on the situation! What's not to like?

[@Bauglir100]

And Sam Witwicky's dad is there too.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

I love this, and I love Frank Welker as a voice artist! He's got one huge talent: making very realistic animal and monster noises! As well as giving Zilla and his offspring their roars, he gave Sharptooth from "The Land Before Time" his roar! Frank Welker also gave CUJO (from the movie of the same name) his terrifying barks & growls. He also voiced the maniac monkey from "Monkey Shines" by George Romero and the killer bear from "The Edge."

[@eyelove_owlcity]

Godzilla = King of the monsters Zilla = King of the dinosaurs

[@TheAccursedHunter01]

I've heard from a friend that the animated series about this movie basically made up for it in a way. The Zilla in the cartoon was huge, breathed a green Atomic Breath, and was pretty bulky. Not sure why Zilla in the film was such a wimp and(I don't think) as big as the Zilla in the cartoon. Can someone who's watched the animated series confirm if it's good...ish?

[@ThatGuy_1220]

It sorta made up for it, in a cartoonish way, I guess. I got definitely hooked on it when I was a kid, waiting for it everytime it aired. But then, I was a kid back then; almost every kid would think a nuclear-breathing dinosaur battling other giant monsters is awesome. So it's still subjective~

[@FaceUnreality]

Well Zilla Jr, Jr being part of his official fan name is more true to the Classic Godzilla while keeping the 1998 movie look. Every episode he fights a different monster, my problem was he actually saw that Worm guy as a father and they had a good relationship, Zilla Jr also needed help fighting every single monster he came across. The human characters practically saved the day every time. Hell in a couple of Episodes there was no Zilla Jr, they go the future finding out he died trying to save the city and the whole focus is the main characters trying to get back so they can fix everything. Like Usagi said its good when you're a kid, but as an adult I wouldn't recommend it. Except for maybe this one time they brought back the original Zilla as some undead cyborg. If I remember it wasn't a bad fight.

[@Raptorcloak]

It is. In fact, the people who hated this movie say the Zilla in the series deserves the title of Godzilla compared to his father since he feared nothing and acted just like the Toho version.

[@saidi7975]

It definitely made up for it. I do not mind this movie , it is fairly entertaining and that's about it. But the cartoon is pretty much what the movie should have been.

[@jacobdiaz6222]

he is right

[@JwayT]

Yes this film could have been a lot better, but i've never criticized the Zilla design, mainly because the original design was made around A GUY IN A RUBBER SUIT!

[@gojirasnob8809]

at least GUY IN A RUBBER SUIT! Godzilla got hollywood walk of fame and what Zilla 1998 got NOTHING !!!

[@JwayT]

weird studio That's not the point.

[@ihefan9723]

"the original design was made around A GUY IN A RUBBER SUIT!" It was made in 1954. Back then there was no such thing as CGI, and stopmotion was incredibly expensive. Rubber Suit-mation back then was incredible and unheard of, and the 1954 film had executed it perfectly. Has it aged well? No, Rubber Suits are bulky and cause their actors to pass out due to heat, and CGI looks significantly better. Heck, entire cups of sweat were drained from suits commonly. As such, CGI was put in the 2014 film instead of a suit. However, Godzilla from 1998 didn't have a revolutionary and original idea. CGI was revolutionized by Jurassic Park, and the CGI in that film was widely regarded as terrible, even back then in 1998 when CGI to that scale was a relatively new concept.

[@DaVideoGameBeastr]

That GUY IN A RUBBER SUIT looks better than Zilla.

[@gojirasnob8809]

WayT101 hope not say this but zilla is my least fave kaiju them all don't see what so great about other kaiju better then him

[@ManonPutneyHill]

I wanna meet the guys who made this version and say "So you guys are the reason I have to say, Not the '98 version."

[@d.r.dproductions6519]

Thank god the king returns to his roots and was epic 2014 movie

[@SamuelAna4Ever]

These are all classic reviews. Thanks for doing these, James. I've been watching these movies on the weekends and your quick reviews are the perfect segue.

[@soundwave8466]

You should do a reveiw of Godzilla 2014, if u haven't already.

[@Cheeky_Hiro]

I always found the inclusion of the Siskel and Ebert characters to be down right petty. Its obvious Emmerrich didn't like them...

[@TheSeptet]

My favorite bit of trivia from this movie is this: When the actual Siskel and Ebert reviewed the film on their show, it received two thumbs down and Gene Siskel commented on being spoofed in the film; he said it was "petty" and asked the filmmakers "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".

[@Nbdestryer]

This should've been called something other than Godzilla.

[@GamesForModz]

Zilla. His actual name is Zilla, Kind of like Godzilla's brohter, This monster and the real Godzilla actually fought in Godzilla final wars.

[@jzsldg-fan2984]

GamesForModz Dude we know that, all you said was in this vid, I think that what he means is that it should have a name nothing like godzilla.

[@GamesForModz]

I have no idea what you said or where your grammar came from.

[@jzsldg-fan2984]

GamesForModz Well it seems you can't read :/

[@prodiggy13]

Should have been a varan remake since varan is a mutated aquatic iguana who had his own film in 58

[@SuperSonicAnguirus]

There was sequel you can read the script online

[@solidmario64]

I've seen the cartoon and I've heard it's a LOT better than this movie. I agree for two reasons: 1. Godzilla in the cartoon actually breathes fire 2. He fights other monsters. Talk about actually paying tribute.

[@BSM-vw6cf]

one of my favorite Godzilla movies 😊

[@theace479]

16 years later, Godzilla was actually Godzilla.

[@Bakuopp]

Let us hope that the Godzilla movie coming soon will not be as disappointing as Godzilla 1998...

[@levyticus2760]

You wanna know why the Gryphon story was scrapped? Because it also had Godzilla's Origins be that he was created by Atlantians. *Drops mic*

[@Appleboxman]

That still makes more sense than the shit that's in the new movie.

[@Drilbit]

It was scraped because TriStar didn't want to approve Jan De Bont the bugdet he requested of 100-120 million dollars(which ended up costing way more than the actual movie). Also Stan Winston had created a design that stayed true to the original look of Godzilla compared to what we got in the final movie.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodel1693]

That sounds shockingly similar to Gamera...

[@AvatarAndKataangFan]

"It's Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: DESTROYAAAAAHHH-thon"

[@BabyMario1130]

3:22 "They actually kill him with missiles. Yeah, they shoot him down! That's it! Did they ever see a Godzilla movie?! The army is not supposed to kill him." My favorite part!

[@millenniumproductions9593]

James, only in the movie had Spider-man shooting webs from his hands. In the comics he made a item he strapped to his hands that shot webs. So TECHNICALITIES!

[@The_PokeSaurus]

The Cartoon was better then the movie!

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

The Poke'Saurus ikr

[@Angelo4436]

Yeah

[@12yellowcab]

We should be thankful for this movie cause it helped bring back the Godzilla franchise

[@tek081]

İ like his design and grew up with this movie i love godzilla and watched the original ones later . Now im 29 and im a huge godzilla and kaiju fan thanks to this movie. İt still has a special place for me . İ know he doesnt look like original godzilla but i just like him as he is. Animated series was good too good alternative for me .

[@Mobysimo]

This isn't a Godzilla movie It's a disaster movie with a Kaiju jammed into it

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

I like the lost world, I think it’s underrated

[@garcia-buckner7702]

That zilla in final wars must have been the leftover egg.

[@Howlingburd19]

I love how Zilla got absolutely destroyed in Final Wars xD