Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: GAMERA

The Gamera-A-Thon begins as I take a look at the original "Gamera" (1965)! Special guest appearance by Gojifan93!
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[@mechazoic]

It’s strange that no Gamera villain ever exploited the main weakness of giant fire-breathing turtles... PLUMBERS!

[@theultimatememelord5494]

Mario and Luigi vs Gamera.

[@bottle-of-water]

That's just mario...

[@tahaloutfi8844]

Ah I'd love to see Gyaos beat up gamera with a PLUNGER

[@genesismultiverse4896]

To be fair they are in Brooklyn and a fly that long cost a lot

[@Morningstar91939]

Pesky plumbers!

[@oneearrabbit]

“That’s like saying Superman’s vulnerable to getting punched hard enough.” *A sly smile from Doomsday*

[@youtubecreators384]

Mongul: Me: Shut up, Mongul! Nobody cares about you. Mongul: Aw.

[@johnlawful2272]

Doomsday is kryptonian

[@oneearrabbit]

@@johnlawful2272 Which means Doomsday can punch hard enough.

[@superdogsam6230]

Darkseid:

[@withiethewither1993]

Every time I hear the Gamera theme song I can't help but hear in my head: "Gamera is really neat! Gamera is full of meat! We've all been eating Gamera!"

[@Marcieishereandqueer]

Gamera, he can take kids to his van, touch them like no other can, please don’t tell on Gamera!!!

[@johnhutchinson7343]

Brandon probably hears those lyrics too!

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Gamera! Gamera! You are strong, Gamera! You are strong, Gamera! You are strong, Gamera! M! M! J! V! M! M! J! V! Monsters coming from Mars, Or some other alien world? Come on, space monsters! Bring it on! Let's cut and poke! Okay, go-go-go! Using spinning jets, He will win! You are strong, Gamera! You are strong, Gamera! You are strong, Gamera!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I approve of the "All annoying kids in movies are Kenny!" policy!

[@ryandowney8743]

I also approve of Brandon's "All Kennys should die" policy.

[@MrBeeps.]

@@ryandowney8743 based

[@metindogan6271]

Me too keny gamera gamera 🐢🐢🐢+🚀🚀🚀+🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵+🎌🎌🎌 gamera!

[@S_047]

Real steel, Godzilla movies, any horror movie ....

[@cacomeatballmarinara2014]

Why is the kid so obsessed with Gamera? Well I think if your favorite animal suddenly showed up as a colossal monster you'd be fascinated or horrified at that point

[@mr.caulimus7005]

WABS!!!!! I found you!

[@gojifan9551]

he's evil

[@MartletBestGirl]

Giant squids are already big so...yeah.

[@randomguy2518]

Kaiju wolverines?? Would LOVE that....provided i was watching from the safety of a moon base

[@ksporty15]

Invasion of the GIANT PANGOLINS!!!

[@gregormcscrungus9727]

I have a stupid theory as to why Gamera was attacking in this movie. It's because he was delirious from millions of years frozen in ice.

[@DinoRicky]

Cool Like goji becoming a good guy because a moth helped his anger of humanity

[@mariic2]

​@@DinoRicky Tokusatsu, ladies and gentlemen!

[@TheAngryAstronaut]

That's not stupid. Makes a lot of sense. Whoops! These movies aren't supposed to make sense!

[@Kohdok]

So if Gamera is RC Cola and Godzilla is Coca-cola Classic, does that mean Ultraman is Pepsi?

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Kohdok King Kong

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Kenny is the type of a annoying kid at a Grocery store who likes to stand on the end of a shopping Cart after being told not to do it.

[@derekfitzgibbons8973]

No he's Pepsi MAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@superspartangames1022]

But I thought Godzilla was dr. Pepper

[@5-minuteconservative832]

Does that mean you can put peanuts in Gamera to make him taste better?

[@DonaldRilea]

Alan Oppenheimer, AKA, the voice of Skeletor in the "He-Man" cartoons was the ferociously over-acting tv panelist in this version of "Gamera", which I've not seen before.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

This version worked a lot of American actors into it, but all good ones, like him and Dick O'Neill.

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

He's very underrated as a live action actor too.

[@victorhernandez8723]

Someone’s been doing his homework.

[@thatsjustprime8096]

Yep he played Dr Rudy Wells, the doctor on the Six Million Dollar Man

[@zuttoaragi8349]

I know this is an ancient comment, but I'm still surprised. For some reason I thought Chris Latta voiced Skeletor like he did every other major cartoon villain.

[@leeparten8124]

Gamera was saving Kenny for later...to use him as a toothpick.

[@SuperSwordman1]

No, he knew Kenny would cause far more harm than he ever could

[@ToruKun1]

Nice to know Japan's tradition of just hiring any random non-acting gaijin off the street to play American/English-speaking characters has existed well before modern anime made it obvious

[@Rando1975]

Hong Kong was the same way. Need a foreigner in your movie? Just grab a random non Chinese off the street!

[@arthas640]

@@Rando1975 I have friends that loved in Hong Kong during the rise of king fu movies in the west and theyd sometimes just pick up any white person to play Americans or Brits, so youd sometimes wind up with a guy who's english skills arent any better than the Chinese film makers playing Americans. I saw a movie once where some chinese film makers hired some Spanish dudes to play Americans because they figured Chinese people wouldnr be able to tell the difference between spanish and English

[@Rando1975]

@@arthas640 LOL!

[@troyschulz2318]

@@Rando1975 It's true. Some even managed to make a career of it.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''Mmm huge turtle. 60 meters. What's going on around here?''

[@GNAWalker1992]

Behold the origin of the Kenny: Gamera.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

ha ha ha ha

[@twiseguy2772]

I will give Gamera this: He's got a catchy theme song.

[@wanderinggiantplayz5804]

Yeah

[@snakes3425]

Gamera the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

[@AvengerII]

+snakes3425 Never thought of Gamera that way but it's true! Now where are you going to find a bandanna with eyeholes cut in it that's big enough to fit around his head?

[@KaijuMoment]

XD now all I can think about is this. Leo: Holy crap that s a big pet store item. Mikey: HES GONNA EAT THE PIZZA! NOOOOO! Raphael: NOOOOOOO! HE HAS KENNYS! Donny: guys, calm down. He isn't even gonna fit in the sewers, for god sake.

[@mars2337]

Fire power!!!

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

More like Tokka from the TMNT 2 movie...

[@randomguy2518]

So.... Are nunchucks made out of subway cars still called nunchucks ?

[@AvengerII]

"Gamera will return -- because I have SEVEN MORE movies to go!" So says the man with the look of the condemned...! Or it that damned?

[@GreenDiablo]

"Guess who's back? That's right! Its Kenny!" He's history's greatest monster!

[@ComputerLearning0]

The Gamera theme song at the end sounds oddly like the original Batman theme song . . .

[@jackhamilton9604]

Except the 60s batman theme was good

[@Gojira-qt3cr]

My translation is a few comments below in case you wanna see what it says in my mind.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Even Chacaron (Batman on drugs) is better than that.

[@mtsaqif267]

I Know i wasn't The Only one

[@roringusanda2837]

🤔 😮

[@ChaosSepher]

Truth be told the 90's Gamera trilogy is easily some of my all time favorite Kaiju flicks ever. Been hesitant to see the original showa movies though.

[@matthumphrey8774]

Yep

[@AdamKNAC]

The name Gamera (ガメラ) derives from the Japanese word kame (カメ) meaning turtle. Notice how the two spellings are nearly identical, the カ becomes ガ when it has the dakuten placed on it having to do with rendaku, in other words the dakuten makes an unvoiced constant a voiced constant.

[@raymondhamill6702]

What I'm confused so he is just Turtle God?

[@ProBreakers]

Huh…..?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Kamera?

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

One of the best parts of the MST3K version is when there's a close-up of Kenny, and one of them imitates the music from The Omen, because he's that spooky a kid. Most people here would agree.

[@GanonGhidorah]

I love that you used the South Park joke; it was well-deserved and well-received. But I'm actually kind of surprised that you didn't do an MST3K theme song joke when you went over plan Z. You even used the term, "Shot him into Space." It practically gift-wrapped itself for you. "In the not-so distant Past... Way back in 1960... There was a guy named Gamera And his stupid friend, Kenny... He was a Japanese Kaiju Just another guy,in a monster suit. He did a good job, wrecking up the place. But-the-Japanese-didn't-like-him so they shot-him into Space."

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

We send him cheesy sequels The worst we can make Lalala

[@larrymantic2635]

(Sorry if this broke the song chain) Though, MST3K themselves made that joke when they got to that scene.

[@celldh0825]

We’ll make the dumbest kaiju yet, We’ll see how much he can take! (La la la)

[@jetfire851]

MST3K was right, the theme song does sound like it's saying "Senorita Gamera" over and over again.

[@arthas640]

First time I heard this song I honestly wondered why a japanese movie had a Spanish theme song

[@1015chrissy]

You think Gamera loves it when you call him Senorita?

[@boobio1]

MST3K are a bunch of racist white duds.

[@MissEarthling]

@@boobio1 why are you calling people racist for mishearing words?

[@calebcostrini]

So I wasn't the only one who thought that.

[@Denis-fp7ku]

Ken is short for Kenji meaning intelligent, strong and vigorous second son in Japanese.

[@Tareltonlives]

So that's more what the parents WANTED the kids to be

[@thegoodhunter3707]

The parents were setting up unrealistic standards for their own parenting skills with a name like that.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

To be fair, japanese parents usually have harsh expectations for their kids.

[@ZaGorudan]

I have a 'good' monster movie to review: Varan: The Unbelievable. Or, as I like to call it, Varan: The Unbelievably Bad American Cut, or Varan: The Unbearable. You may already know about this one, but if you don't, it does everything this movie does in terms of Americanization, but WORSE. It completely retools the original plot by inserting scenes featuring a cartoony trying-to-sound-cool-scientist guy and his wife, and essentially turns the movie into a borefest. And because of the cut scenes (one of which featured Varan's gliding ability), choppy editing, generic sound cues (replacing Ifukube's brilliant score for the film), and terrible acting and dialogue, I would say this movie goes from being a B-Grade monster flick to a Z-Grade schlockfest. Perfect to tear apart.

[@KRhetor]

Mark Juneburg Seconded!

[@adiraiju9336]

Mark Juneburg Thirded. The saddest part is, the original cut was a perfectly serviceable monster movie, and remains one of my personal favorites.

[@mst3KGf]

Mark Juneburg Varan's arguably the most screwed over kaju among Toho's stable. Yes, he got his own film, but after that, I think the only screen time he's ever gotten is his blink and you miss him cameo in "Destroy All Monsters."

[@ZaGorudan]

mst3KGf Doesn't help that he was screwed over even more thanks to the atrocious aforementioned Americanization.

[@billwillis8523]

mst3KGf i agree hes my fav but why does toho shove him

[@popuptarget7386]

Nothing ever captured on video was as touching as Tom Servo's "Tibby the turtle" song. Brings a tear to the eye.

[@JAYZ-47465]

1, 2, 3, Pibby.. ITS TIBBY!

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Hey, I just wanted to ask... is Gamera really neat? Is he filled with turtle meat? Have we been eating Gamera?

[@callmeishmael5742]

Yes

[@atlanime]

The American version also has the first appearance of Alan Oppenheimer, aka: Filmation's SKELETOR!!!

[@raymondhall8691]

Nah it was really Dr Wolfula

[@johnhutchinson7343]

Yup! That's Alan hamming it up at 8:11. He did voiced for the Smurfs too!

[@veelalynne]

"I think I could have done without the shot of his turtle taint". This made me spit tea all over my monitor and keyboard. Now who's gonna clean that up??? Also, how come a nuclear bomb went off and didn't melt any snow?

[@grimlockthe1823]

budget

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Did Kenny clean it up yet?

[@Redem10]

Gamera! Gamera! Gamera is really neat! Gamera is filled with meat!

[@menslady125eif2590]

Now we have commercial sign!

[@varanid9]

I love me some turtle soup!

[@stevenewton2023]

We love eating Gamera!

[@lennardsArtGallery]

0:51 Right here right

[@Tareltonlives]

♫Dr Forrester is a jerk! And Frank is really dumb too!♫

[@AlexisLopez-bw8sl]

I Always Thought Gamera Was Made By Toho, Lol

[@Cybermat47]

Lukidon Unboxing well, the Heisei trilogy was distributed by Toho, so it makes sense that you'd think that.

[@sdstin]

Alexis Lopez well we can see more than 5 minutes of footage, so m…

[@kaiportercrafton2152]

Same

[@remixchild]

Naw this was made by daiei then adapted into kadokawa (pronounce ka-doe-ka-wah) it was Barney b4 Barney was a thing

[@Mac1081]

I always thought kong was made by toho

[@troin3925]

17:42-17:49 “Gamera is a gentle soul.”

[@AlextheKaijuFan]

I laughed so hard at the friendly wagon part.

[@koumorichinpo4326]

"he's taking food for his turtle again" "hit him! hit him now!"

[@muthesquirrel]

Ninjas up until 1990, eh? Clearly you're forgetting the master ninja from Godzilla 1998. The city is the perfect place to hide!

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

I still enjoy when he ate the helicopter and jumping out of a building. Wish there was more of that in the film.

[@menslady125eif2590]

Oh, my gosh! Was the Kenny from Godzilla's Revenge humping that car?!!

[@BookBat]

Yes he was, the little freak

[@theemeraldking530]

The fuck

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Even cars can be rape victims.

[@SamanthaVidler-k5r]

...dafug...?

[@VizViper]

"OH SHIT!" is what I was thinking when the milestone was hit but in a good way. Binge watched all Gamera movies with my friends, my only regret is that I was not high while watching it

[@Lee-Darin]

Alan Oppenheimer is hamming it up during the interview scene. Skeletor Rocks!

[@anthonymaestas4777]

i have been going through a bad break up and this man is the only one who making me feel better! thank you and kept doing what you do.

[@Anonymous01959]

12:35 But he did save a kitten stuck in a tree. However they edited the scene out.

[@vincentfranklin17]

I used to love Gamera, along with Godzilla. Now that I'm grown, I still love Godzilla, anyway.

[@sarbo2335]

How has it been 7 years since this review came out? man, time flies

[@AlextheKaijuFan]

I laughed so hard at Gojifan's entrance.

[@kameronbowers432]

I just realized this video was uploaded on 2015, and 2025 is going to be gamera's 60th anniversary.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

After the recent passing of Christopher Lee, are you planning on reviewing any of his movies? The guy sure made a lot of them.

[@Morningstar91939]

Crossing my fingers for the Hammer Dracula films, maybe.

[@Scorpionspear77]

Have you seen the Godzilla vs Gamera Death Battle? It's pretty cool. Also, it's not a movie, but have you ever heard of Zone Fighter? It was Toho's answer to Ultraman, and had the advantage of having a few Godzilla monsters in it, including Godzilla himself. Its as silly as you'd expect from a series like that, although most people will tell you that Ultraman, Super Sentai, and even Power Rangers are better. Also, Zone Fighter's never been dubbed, and I've heard it's really hard to find.

[@Scorpionspear77]

To head anyone off, I posted this before he showed that shot of the Death Battle

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

Gamera, the child "friendly" version of Godzilla, I'm surprised that anyone, let a alone a child watched this slightly underrated movie series.

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

Note: dragonball has made a reference to Gamera during an episode involving the Ox king and his fire mountain debacle.

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Admit it. We all rooted for Gamera in that Death Battle. Gotta love the underdog.

[@Tareltonlives]

This is making me appreciate the Sandy Frank dub. Oh my god.

[@grapeshot]

I had the VHS tape of Gigantis the Fire Monster AKA Godzilla Raids Again.

[@pathevermore3683]

My condolences

[@NexusPoint247]

seeing chris brought a tear to my eye

[@Gojira-qt3cr]

*sniff*

[@joetie7516]

I freaking love your videos man. They're funny, and you don't just say the movie is either plain good or bad.

[@Sauron_the_Alien]

Kaijus helping the other animals is preety smart idea and cute!

[@matthewbloom7141]

Is it just me or is the Gamera song awesome!

[@luckykennedy7364]

That intro where he finds out hes doing gamra was hilarious

[@AlextheKaijuFan]

I am actually a die hard fan of the Showa Gamera movies.

[@peterkroger7112]

Funny, over here in Germany "Kenny" is referred to as "Kevin". :-)r

[@The_Str4nger]

Ein richtiger Alpha-Kevin

[@bromodragone8405]

One of the guys on that talk show is acclaimed voice actor Alan Oppenheimer (Warpath, Seaspray, Skeletor) and one of the guys in that US board meeting is Steve Zacharias (director of Revenge of the Nerds)

[@BenBootKHTwo]

Pete from the Godzilla Animated Series by Hanna Barbara, a Kenny. :)

[@ultra6671]

Because of Brandon's reviews, I now use the term "Kenny" to describe a lot of kid sidekicks in pop culture.

[@olofwikegardholmqvist9605]

I think Kenny destroyed more braincells than gamara destroyed buldings

[@mrnefasto007]

Thanks for the review Brandon. Funny as always! keep them coming.

[@ianrotten4453]

I had to look long and hard and for years to find unedited Japanese versions of both G-Kaiju icons. Thank you internet!

[@AvengerII]

At 8:31 -- The definitely borrowed an actor from "Plan 9 From Outer Space." Reeks of the same overacting in Plan 9 where the alien guy called all humans "Stupid, stupid, stupid!"

[@sheltonbrightjr.5988]

Thanks for reviewing this. Like the original Godzilla, I never saw this (w/o MST3K "enhancements") until I was an adult. It didn't play alot when I was a kid. The other '60s/early '70s Gamera movies played alot on regular tv.

[@xXcaptainTACOZXx]

The X From Outer Space!! You should review that one day! Or Varan the Unbelievable

[@elijahblechman8633]

or YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Elijah Blechman Send Yongary to NK.

[@newdgamer4118]

Lol damn this is a primo 2010-2016 style "angry review." It makes me feel nostalgic.

[@nealnoir]

Omg did I become a fan quick after discovering your channel. “Oooooo shit!” 😂😂😂

[@fatangrygeek5746]

I could not freaking stop laughing at t he Colonel Sanders joke, awesome Brandon, very clever!

[@chrisl4519]

Even though I had an inkling that the "I like turtles" kid was gonna show up, it still made me laugh my ass off. Great review (as usual) Brandon!

[@SuperSwordman1]

Ah Gamera, the only kaiju Godzilla didn't feel the need to crossover with.

[@TheBattra]

Many fond memories of renting all the Sandy Frank versions of Gamera on VHS tapes at my local Doorstep video when I was a kid.

[@kooks9999]

This and "Gamera guardian of the universe" are the only Gamera movies I've seen. I really want to watch the other movies.

[@monstereaternr]

I remember watching Gamera for the first time while I was in Chicago. It was at G-fest and a bunch of guys were riffing on it in the movie room. They let me join them and we sat their watching some Gamera riffing on it for what seemed like forever. I believed we also made fat jokes about Kenny like the MST3K crew did. Either way, great review, brought back those memories for me, and also convinced me to buy all the Gamera movies. I look forward to your next reviews.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Gamera: "DO YOU ACCEPT LORD BLUNDERGOSH AS YOUR SAVIOR?"

[@bonehead2768]

Brandon's review is Awesome, his ranting on "Kenny" is funnier than ANYTHING on TV - THANKS BRANDON FOR UPLOADING & KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB!!!!

[@johnnygyro2295]

Is it wrong that I want to see a crossover between Gamera and TMNT now? There's a crap ton of potential there. Also this Kenny seems like he's a super villain in the making. I wouldn't be surprised if he was trying to go to Mars to bring Gamera back...

[@TheNukaColaMan10]

Dude...I always wanted to get into cult movies and thankfully you have come along!

[@JPOmare]

Hassah, the Kenny Reference Gets More Exposure!

[@VioletBandicoot]

sucks to be me, to be honest. My name is actually Kenny XD

[@d36williams]

Sending Gamera in to space deserves to be a meme

[@Bigmanbruv]

Whenever you said the kid from Godzilla’s revenge I heard Godzillas roar in my head🤣

[@jaymartin8273]

I want to see a monster movie where the Kenny actually is the bad guy :=).

[@HighFlyersTagTeam]

Omg I've never watch a gamera film yet and this made my day, I was laughing really hard 6:00

[@pandagod9831]

found this while looking for gamera clips ,subscribing

[@manriquezfamily4323]

Kenny:*gets killed my falling building* Brandon:oh my god they killed Kenny the entire world:yay f**k Kenny

[@MrZerothejedi]

My favorite conjured image from this review is Brandon sitting in the aisle at a theater with his face in his hands screaming in his mind, the noisey crying kid should go home already xD

[@NGMonocrom]

13:52 ~ LOL ! Okay, that's one for our generous host. *:D*

[@kennythewoundedwarrior2844]

Just seeing gojifan again makes the memories flow

[@lunamoonstone2350]

very interesting movie i never knew when gamera first appeared he was a villain.

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Can't wait for next reviews in this series!

[@smithwesson1896]

Just wait till he watches the 90s Heisei trilogy. BIG improvement

[@benm5970]

🎼Gamera! Gamera! He will bring kids to his van Touch them like no other can Please don’t tell on Gamera🎼

[@MonsterGaming-fz4fs]

0:50 Its strange when you realize Gyaos's leg begins to break before the laser hits it

[@GeeVanderplas]

OMG, it's the origin of Kenny! I guess I should've watched your videos in chronological order to get that 😅

[@DTheRedCloak]

Does anyone else think that Gamera's Intro is similar to how the Beast from 20'000 Fathoms was brought to life? A giant reptile frozen in the arctic was brought back to life by an atomic explosion. Also I can explain why Gamera kills just about everyone except the kid. Most annoying kid protagonists, even some annoying adults, have a type of Plot Armor (Which i will dub the Protect Annoying Character Armor or PACA for short) that can mentally influence those superior to them to be more pleasant towards them then they should deserve. Annoying child characters or Kennys as you call them, have this type of armor more often then annoying adults. That's why a Kenny can be part of something that they have no business being in, and why they hardly if ever suffer the consequences of their actions such as trying to derail a plan to stop a killer monster that murders millions. However some entities are immune to this mind control, but the PACA also has the basic Plot Armor effect that may cause events to shift in a Kenny's favor regardless of immunity. And that is my scientific thesis, hope you enjoy the ramblings of some dude trying to make sense on how these annoying characters get almost zero retribution for their actions.

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

WOW YOU REALLY WORKED ON THIS ONE LOVE TO SEE YOU FIRST TIME WATCHEN IT. SO FUN

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

Brandon, of course Japan just happened to have a Gamera-sized spaceship. It’s Japan.

[@JoshtMoody]

That intro was pure gold.

[@GeekRage1337]

You know, now Kenny from South Park makes more sense now. I did not make that connection, until today.

[@AlextheKaijuFan]

9:06.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

So, wait. Gamera came out in 65, three years after the Godzilla movies had been being made in color, and 9 years after Toho movies in general were being made in color, and it's STILL in black and white? Was Daiei poor? Although... looking at the Gamera suit, I may have answered my own question...

[@kaijudirector5336]

They were, as the movies went on.

[@ferndog1461]

Los Angeles, California, 1978-1989, channel 5, ktla, would play Godzilla marathons from 7AM - 7PM on 2 hoildays a year.