Showa Showcase Retrospective: "Godzilla" by Ian Thorne

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@mgkiryuu Ай бұрын

Yep. I used to check that book out all the time at the school library. I eventually just used the copier and paid 10 cents per page copy and made a copy I could put in a folder and take home. The photoshop style images really made me happy as a kid. Not to mention I didn't know who Varan, or Baragon was at that time. (I saw KKE on the old Sci Fi channel and was aware of who he was).

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@@mgkiryuu It never occurred to me to copy this book while in school. Decades later , I wound up with a poor condition one in the video, but I treasure it all the same!

@wildone008 Ай бұрын

Yes I remember this book in our school library. I checked it out several times when I was a kid. I have a soft cover copy of it now in my Godzilla book collection. I have had it for a very long time now,and I don't remember where I bought it. But it is one of the first Godzilla books I collected. Famous MONSTERS of filmland #114 was my other Godzilla book prize possession as a kid. I still have the very magazine I bought at the downtown Donut Shop off the magazine shelves of 1975. Two of my childhood treasures.

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@@wildone008 Thats awesome! Many of us were on the same trajectory, it seems!

@wildone008 Ай бұрын

@ShowaShowcase I think things were so much more special when you came across stuff then. Godzilla stuff wasn't as easy available then, as it is now. So when you did see a book like this ,it was like WOW....GODZILLA!! I wasn't familiar with some of the monsters or movies featured in either book at the time. So, the world of Godzilla seemed like a fantastic place to explore. Now, today, Godzilla stuff is wonderfully all over the place. As an adult . If I see something I like . I can afford to buy it at my fingertips. His movies are still being made after all these years and getting even bigger and better. I first saw Godzilla early one Saturday morning on a show called "Sunrise Theater." I didn't know his name then because it was a showing of "Gigatis the fire monster." My older brother called him Godzilla, " When I told him about the monster movie I had seen that morning. Later on, when "Godzilla vs. the smog monster"came to a mattinee. My brother took me to see it. Godzilla been my superhero ever sents!!

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@wildone008 Wow! You summed it up perfectly. My experoences were similar, and funny enough, I cant be sure what my first Godzilla film was, but "vs. The Smog Monster" is burned in my head as one of my earliest memories.

@MayumiC-chan9377 Ай бұрын

my husband still have this book i’m amazed it survived

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@@MayumiC-chan9377 I got my copy a few years ago from my brother during Christmas. Its in poor shape, but I still cherish it!

@MayumiC-chan9377 Ай бұрын

@@ShowaShowcase My husband also has King Kong and 1958 The Blob book

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@MayumiC-chan9377 That Blob book traumatized me as a kid. To THIS DAY I cant bring myself to watch the movies. Lol

@MayumiC-chan9377 Ай бұрын

@@ShowaShowcase Oh my god you and my husband! My husband is Afro/Japanese and he avoids those movies like the plague! I don’t have the nerve to make fun of anyone’s fears because i’m a pediatrician and i’ve seen children vividly scared of things and i have to tell parents to help them do not ridicule them. My father-in-law a Military veteran like my husband also helped him as a child when he had a fear of the dark got him a nightlight and flashlight and introduced him to smooth jazz on a little portable radio he still has from 1990. My husband met his childhood fears with a father who understood his fear. Even today my husband cringes when he sees it playing on tv and even our children hate the movies. Now King Kong my husband and father-in-law and son love 1933s version! Same with Son of Kong.

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

@@MayumiC-chan9377Definately dealing with fears with my daughter too. The blob is probably the most terrifying in concept; a shapless entity that will digest you on touch. It grows larger and can squeeze through the tightest cracks to get to you. Its that combo of inescapable all consuming horror that doesnt sit well with me. Lol!

@DonnyWinter Ай бұрын

Excellent video! Yes, I used to read this book avidly. We've mentioned it several times on my show, Growing Up With Godzilla. Subscribed!

@ShowaShowcase Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and subscription! This book was what kept me in the interest of the franchise, as it was a constant reminder of the unique form of cinema Toho was doing! Without it, Godzilla may have been something of a "oh yeah I remember thise silly films!" memory for some!