Can't tell you how much I've loved these "The History of Godzilla..." series. Look forward to it every time I see a notification! Well done man. This was one of the first Godzilla movies I watched after the original Gojira as a child, and really made me an Anguirus fan....or as I affectionately referred to him as a kid, "Pokey monster". Great video!!
I was born in 1946 and remember all the great Saturdays I spent at the theaters watching Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan movies. A bag of popcorn, a fountain Coke, and I was in heaven.
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn shit my firsy godzilla movie i seen was godzillas revenge in the cheap dvd bin at walamrt and the theme song to that movie always hauts me lol and i was in first grade in 2003-2004 i also seen the rest of the showa era series movies on tv on IFC or Scy Fy
This movie was the holy grail of Godzilla when I was a kid. I searched forever for "the one with all of em". Final Wars was a great remake/ reimagining
This flick is one of the first Godzilla movies I watched as a kid and it remains one of my favorites. The production design, the gunfights, the bad dummy suicide fall, the big monster throw down. You can’t ask for much more! Thanks for this and all your other history videos, they’re awesome. 👍
I’m impressed with how the space crew didn’t fog up their helmets with their breathing. I mean they had a piece of plexiglass an inch from their mouths and noses! Special special effects!
This was the first official Toho Godzilla movie I watched during my teenage years,To this day it is my favorite Godzilla movie it was on the other day on Comet TV.
Comet TV is on TH-cam TV it's a Sci Fi/Fantasy Channel its basically what SyFy Channel should be but isn't nowadays. They even show Quantum Leap and Farscape.
My father took me to see this in the theater way back when...about 1970. And likely seen it a dozen times in reissues for Saturday matinees. It remains a great favorite...and one of the few dubs I watch (the original AIP version that is). To my 8 year old eyes...it was the greatest thing ever.
Bill your history of godzilla vids always put a smile on my face. I know this sounds cliche and you've probably heard it a million times but it really does. No other TH-cam videos can make me smile the way you do
I’ve been watching these after each installment in my own Godzilla movie watch along project and I gotta mention that I love the little shots you put in of Godzilla in Kamurocho (or Kabukicho in real life). As a Godzilla and Yakuza fan, that always makes me happy.
I am so glad that your parents had you and encouraged your Godzilla addiction (I think they're called enablers) , for you have made my life SOOOOO much easier !! I greatly appreciate all the time , research and energy you put into these amazing productions , not to mention the video production alone !! Anyway THANK YOU SO MUCH !! - Because , being born in 1967 (Yes , I am old) and being a 70's kid , I grew up on Monster Movies , Comic Books and Rock n Roll !! However , I am far too lazy to have done all this work myself !! This way , I just get to enjoy and learn from all your hard work and sweat !! Plus there's some good humor thrown in as a little bonus !! So , one more time - GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH !! Oh yeah , there was no internet then , so there's no way I could have dug up even ten percent of that information !! By the way , your obsessive and meticulous deep-dive-digging is mind blowing !! You could use those skills as say .... oh , maybe a detective , perhaps ?
Sometime in the early 70's, without actually telling my parents where I was going, I took off on a Saturday afternoon and caught a double bill of DAM and its opening act, Yog Monster from Space. The theater was only a mile or so away. The latter film bored the hell out of me and I've never seen it since. Destroy All Monsters on the big screen was amazing. At that age seeing multiple Toho monsters in one film blew my little mind.
This was the first Godzilla movie I saw. Watched it on TV at the age of four in 1974. Still remember seeing Mothra destroy that train and then Toyko get destroyed. This is the "All Star" of Toho Kaiju movies. That's why it's very popular. The plot could have been alot better, but the big fight scene is what makes it so loveable. Good job as always with your analysis! Keep it up!👍
Been looking forward to this one. Destroy All Monsters was the 2nd Godzilla movie I ever saw and if the tag team in Godzilla vs Megalon made me a lifelong fan, the monster brawl in this one blew my little child mind. For my entire childhood this was the best movie ever
I saw this at a drive-in in South Jersey back in 1970. It was the main movie of a triple feature along with 'Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster' and 'The Green Slime'. I can still remember being in the back of my parents Rambler station wagon and watching the final battle. I was 5 years old at the time and as you can tell, this movie made a lasting impression on me. It's still remains my favorite Godzilla movie of all-time. Thank you very much for posting!!
I think you're spot on with this one. Way too much boring human activity, with one awesome final monster battle that ends just as it seems to get going.
Not gonna lie, This is my favorite Godzilla movie and for a time when I was a kid, it was my favorite movie bar none. I loved it so much in fact that my parents even bought it for me for my 10th birthday, so it was also the first movie I ever owned. As an adult, I can critically look at it and admit that it's not the best Godzilla movie out there, but I still love all of it, even the human characters. Thanks for another great Godzilla history video!
This is my favourite Godzilla film still. I will admit the alien plot does feel like a retread in hindsight, but I just love the monster battles & global attacks along with the futuristic setting that when I first watched it was only 6 years away... which for an 8 year old was an amazing prospect along with Back to the Future 2's 2015.
This movie is without a doubt one of the greatest films in the series! This is Godzilla’s version of endgame at least for the Showa era! Now I really hope that the future films try to give a a modern twist on this old school film.
They tried with Final Wars. But I hated the Gotengo. Definitely not a Moonlight SY-3. That ship was tough. My only question was..Why no laser/maser on the ship itself? It was only on the buggy.
Personal Gripe on this film : 1.Varan deserves more screen time. 2.King Ghidorah should have defeated several Earth Kaijus before finally going down. Nevertheless,it is still a fun ride and one of my personal favorites.
In the 1970's growing up in South Jersey we had a Theater that showed Double Features every Saturday. A lot of Classic Horror and Sci-Fi. We saw DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and I was in GODZILLA HEAVEN!!! So much fun.
Still one of my favorites despite the lack of monster action, the final battle makes up for it. Imagine if Final Wars had followed this more closely and had a massive melee at the end with the Earth monsters breaking free of the Xillians' mind control and battling Gigan and Keizer Ghidorah. Zilla would have really redeemed himself if he got to lunge atop Keizer Ghidorah and start mauling him as an homage to Gorosaurus and his tide-turning kangaroo kick.
@@dragon_ninja_2186 Zilla saved Jet Jaguar and Godzilla's lives in the IDW comics. It's been over 20 years, let the poor guy have some peace and niceness.
I'm glad that when i was a kid i loved everything about the godzilla movies, not just the Monster Action. It was even more satisfying to wait for 30-40 min to finally see Godzilla. For me this movie was one of the best. I loved the Story, the Characters, the music, and the Monster Action.
I remember seeing Varan in the closing bit as a kid and was always very confused. I spent a lot of time with the movie paused just trying to figure out who he was and why he seemed to be floating. I also had been confused as who Baragon was since he only was in the one scene. At one point, I thought maybe Varan was Baragon, before just settling on it being some weird monster they never mentioned.
Yeah that always confused me too. Varan was never mentioned by name in the movie as far as I remember and despite being a "gliding" monster he always seemed to be eerily floating when on camera. Also a shame that they didn't use the Baragon suit for the Paris sceens; creates a bit more confusion when the dubbing mentions him but Gorosaurus is shown.
same they were only on screen for like a matter of seconds makes me wonder why they were even included at all. I'm sure Toho must have had costumes that were in better condition to use hell, i don't even think their suits even looked that bad i think they could have been given more screen time without it being to distracting. they literally have blink and you miss it cameos especially Varan
Someone should make a video explaining all the showa era monsters that were not in godzilla movies but were in the godzilla universe. Movies like king kong escapes, and rodan, ect...
The only thing I can think of is that Gorosaurus has their original roars (Varan and Baragon). Speaking of Baragon...he looks less like a prehistoric pug dog than he did in Frankenstein Conquers The World. Plus Gorosaurus appears to get the ladies. 10:54
Love that footage of the Toho headquarters in your videos. Whenever it pops up a couple times a video I cheer maniacally and say "Go! Go! Go! Go! Yaaaay!!"
Say what you will my friend, I grew up with the Toho monsters and actors, this movie...Destroy all Monsters, Monster Zero , Ghidorah, the 3 headed Monster and Godzilla v the Thing were my favorite monster mash movies. As a kid I was a good kaiju artist, I made extra allowance/comics money drawing pictures for my classmates. Back in the 70's a local TV station aired afternoon themed movies. Sci fi, Space and Japanese movies kept me busy with monster requests . Oh to the good ol days 🐲 Thanks for the labor and enthusiasm you put behind every commentary. Looking forward to more.
This was my fave Godzilla movie when I was a kid, for the exact reason you said: it had the most monsters in it. Back then (early-mid 70's) the only way to watch was a local TV station here in Los Angeles. They would play these on M-F rotation from 8-10pm in a given week (same movie all week Lol). I remember some weeks they would do Godzilla, and other weeks they would do Gamera. Monster Zero was the standard weekday G movie and Destroy All Planets was the standard Gamera movie they would play. Destroy All Monsters for some reason wasn't shown during M-F, but instead played weekends/Sundays usually like 6pm LOL. Not sure why... anyways, the only way to see G movies back then was like this (before VCR's even). Saturdays I remember they would play some different ones sometimes (Godzilla's Revenge with Minya and Gavera, or Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster). Thanks for going in detail about the different monsters. I specifically remember seeing Varan jumping into the sky in that one shot and always wonder WTF was that??? One thing is the version I watched was english dubbed (of course) and the giant spider was always referred to as Speega (not Kumonga). Any idea why? I grew up thinking the spider was Speega, but everyone else talks about it as Kumonga LOL...
I swear, us Godzilla fans and History majors are by far the most sarcastic people on the planet, only because we love to know so much. I do also pity you for having to make a video about all monsters attack...
This was the Godzilla film that was seemingly never on TV where I lived in the late 70s/80s. Finally in 1991 I got a bootleg VHS of the original AIP dub. A few years later sci-fi channel started airing it with the inferior Toho dub, but at least the original has been preserved by fans.To this day, it is still my favorite Godzilla film.
I think it was this film, I don’t entirely remember, but I remember being at my dad’s place before he passed away. We were skimming through tv channels and one channel had the English dub of this film. I don’t remember much of it because I wasn’t really interested in that stuff. (Playing video games). Though today I kinda think fondly of it. Yeah it was just part of the film but any memory of my dad is a rather fond one. Especially since I’m getting into kaiju films. (I still don’t remember if it was this film but still a nice memory.)
I remember making my mom buy this movie for me on VHS for my 11th birthday because I couldn't find it anywhere, and had always wanted to see it! That same box art had me entranced at Suncoast video, but they closed before I could go back to buy it!
24:32 2nd monitor from the left, the bumble from 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' makes an appearance. Also, Godzilla's son, Minilla, is identified as 'Minilla' in only one Godzilla movie, 'Godzilla's Revenge' which technically is not a real monster movie. The monster fight scenes in that movie are only from a boy's imagination. No other Godzilla movie identifies Godzilla's son by name. Also further, am I the only one who remembers a slightly different version of this movie, where the final fight had altered scenes; one, where Ghidorah lands feet first on Anguirus' back, and a second scene where Ghidorah flies over Gorosorus, whereafter Gorosorus dropkicks him. All the DVD versions of this movie that I have seen do not have these scenes.
I saw this as a kid not long after seeing the original Godzilla film. I have fond memories and in spite of it's faults, I still love it. I like the alien stuff, Moon stuff and shoot outs. I know Invasion of Astro Monster did it first but I still love DAM.
Your channel was something I would have died for as a kid. just to have all the wealth of knowledge on Godzilla. at the time in the 90s, man I had to dig to get any news. the Official Godzilla Compendium book was my Bible.
I remember the days of going to the mall, and immediately running to Sun Coast to find any new Godzilla movies there. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one
I was 6 when I saw the trailer of the American version on television. It was the first time I saw Godzilla and in my opinion, he looked great walking in Tokyo. When I was 7, I saw Destroy All Monsters late one summer night. The independent station at the time had a cut of the film that was different. At the end, I recall seeing deep space and listening to Akira Ifukube’s legendary march theme as the credits rolled. I may be wrong with this description but I do remember listening to the music at the end. Other nights and some weekend mornings and afternoons, I would, if I was lucky, would watch Rodan, Mothra and Monster Zero and War Of The Gargantuas on that independent station. Other stations shown other films. My favorite scene in Destroy All Monsters was the scene where the Moonlight XY-3 crew use the cutting laser and Ifukube’s piece had an aggressive piece for piano, strings and percussion until the monster’s mind control device was severed. I remember bobbing my head up and down and side to side because I was really into the music and the scene. The 1968 Godzilla suit is one of my all time favorites.
I’m sure people comment this quite a bit (and there are times I almost have before), but that opening you gave about that cover being the coolest thing you’ve ever seen is literally identical to my experience. Down to the suncoast video (which I frequented often with my dad or grandma to buy Godzilla and DBZ stuff). Idk just thought it was cool.
Interesting note is that in the Japanese trailer of this film Godzilla, Rodan, Manda, and Mothra are attacking Tokyo before Godzilla "commands" an air raid on Tokyo as King Ghidorah flies over with Anguirus still hanging on to one of his necks till he's dropped by Ghidorah into the city and a big explosion occurs afterwards.
Totally unrelated, but I appreciate your recommendation of the Godzilla coffee. It's the best I've had at home in a while. I enjoyed them all, and my favorite was the Ghidorah.
This movie put me through hell, as a young kid I read about it from the library books on godzilla movies, blew my mind at the thought of all them ganging up on one, looking forward to the MV take on it ;)
"The ladies love Gorosaurus!" A more accurate statement shall never be uttered.
especially if you have one
*"LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!"*
Can't tell you how much I've loved these "The History of Godzilla..." series. Look forward to it every time I see a notification! Well done man. This was one of the first Godzilla movies I watched after the original Gojira as a child, and really made me an Anguirus fan....or as I affectionately referred to him as a kid, "Pokey monster". Great video!!
I was born in 1946 and remember all the great Saturdays I spent at the theaters watching Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan movies. A bag of popcorn, a fountain Coke, and I was in heaven.
Jesus i was born in 1996 you were 50 that year the fact your even on youtube is pretty cool
@@ahhh4836 Don't think you're too young mate; I was born in 2004 - Allow me to bow down to the senior Godzilla fans. :):)
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn shit my firsy godzilla movie i seen was godzillas revenge in the cheap dvd bin at walamrt and the theme song to that movie always hauts me lol and i was in first grade in 2003-2004 i also seen the rest of the showa era series movies on tv on IFC or Scy Fy
@@Grandmaster_DragonbornI was born in 2011
@@ahhh4836was it good (hint: it's not)
This movie was the holy grail of Godzilla when I was a kid. I searched forever for "the one with all of em".
Final Wars was a great remake/ reimagining
This flick is one of the first Godzilla movies I watched as a kid and it remains one of my favorites. The production design, the gunfights, the bad dummy suicide fall, the big monster throw down. You can’t ask for much more! Thanks for this and all your other history videos, they’re awesome. 👍
33:14 I love how Haruo Nakajima had Godzilla grab the head of Ghidorah, shake it then threw it down. I don’t know why but I just love that
I’m impressed with how the space crew didn’t fog up their helmets with their breathing. I mean they had a piece of plexiglass an inch from their mouths and noses!
Special special effects!
Lol I never noticed that! Hey Buford did you catch that damn Bandit yet? Hahaha!
This was the first official Toho Godzilla movie I watched during my teenage years,To this day it is my favorite Godzilla movie it was on the other day on Comet TV.
That's good to here that channels put this out there. HBO Max has all the origin Godzilla flicks except the 1st Godzilla vs King Kong.
Comet TV is on TH-cam TV it's a Sci Fi/Fantasy Channel its basically what SyFy Channel should be but isn't nowadays. They even show Quantum Leap and Farscape.
My father took me to see this in the theater way back when...about 1970. And likely seen it a dozen times in reissues for Saturday matinees. It remains a great favorite...and one of the few dubs I watch (the original AIP version that is). To my 8 year old eyes...it was the greatest thing ever.
I will only watch the AIP dub or the original subtitled. That 'International version' dubbing is just awful!
Gorosaurus has his shining moment in this film w/that kick to Ghidorah's back.
*"LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!"*
Bill your history of godzilla vids always put a smile on my face. I know this sounds cliche and you've probably heard it a million times but it really does. No other TH-cam videos can make me smile the way you do
I appreciate it, thank you for the kind words =]
I’ve been watching these after each installment in my own Godzilla movie watch along project and I gotta mention that I love the little shots you put in of Godzilla in Kamurocho (or Kabukicho in real life). As a Godzilla and Yakuza fan, that always makes me happy.
I am so glad that your parents had you and encouraged your Godzilla addiction (I think they're called enablers) , for you have made my life SOOOOO much easier !! I greatly appreciate all the time , research and energy you put into these amazing productions , not to mention the video production alone !! Anyway THANK YOU SO MUCH !! - Because , being born in 1967 (Yes , I am old) and being a 70's kid , I grew up on Monster Movies , Comic Books and Rock n Roll !! However , I am far too lazy to have done all this work myself !! This way , I just get to enjoy and learn from all your hard work and sweat !! Plus there's some good humor thrown in as a little bonus !! So , one more time - GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH !! Oh yeah , there was no internet then , so there's no way I could have dug up even ten percent of that information !! By the way , your obsessive and meticulous deep-dive-digging is mind blowing !! You could use those skills as say .... oh , maybe a detective , perhaps ?
Sometime in the early 70's, without actually telling my parents where I was going, I took off on a Saturday afternoon and caught a double bill of DAM and its opening act, Yog Monster from Space. The theater was only a mile or so away. The latter film bored the hell out of me and I've never seen it since. Destroy All Monsters on the big screen was amazing. At that age seeing multiple Toho monsters in one film blew my little mind.
As one of seven Varan fans, I thank you for the shout out! Great vid!
This was the first Godzilla movie I saw. Watched it on TV at the age of four in 1974. Still remember seeing Mothra destroy that train and then Toyko get destroyed. This is the "All Star" of Toho Kaiju movies. That's why it's very popular. The plot could have been alot better, but the big fight scene is what makes it so loveable. Good job as always with your analysis! Keep it up!👍
18:16 - I love the reference you did there. That movie is very well made. DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL! I love that line.
This stuff is so, so good.
I've been absorbing and recommending these videos at an alarming rate.
Always a pleasure -- The narration and timing are spot on. Excellent edit. Looking forward to the next one my friend...
This is the best series of videos on youtube
Another fantastic video Bill, so insightful and entertaining. Thank you.
Been looking forward to this one. Destroy All Monsters was the 2nd Godzilla movie I ever saw and if the tag team in Godzilla vs Megalon made me a lifelong fan, the monster brawl in this one blew my little child mind. For my entire childhood this was the best movie ever
Is anyone gonna point out that monster land is basically Dr. Yamane’s dream? A place where Kaiju like godzilla can be studied, not killed
Huh… that’s a good observation.
I saw this at a drive-in in South Jersey back in 1970. It was the main movie of a triple feature along with 'Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster' and 'The Green Slime'. I can still remember being in the back of my parents Rambler station wagon and watching the final battle. I was 5 years old at the time and as you can tell, this movie made a lasting impression on me. It's still remains my favorite Godzilla movie of all-time. Thank you very much for posting!!
I think you're spot on with this one. Way too much boring human activity, with one awesome final monster battle that ends just as it seems to get going.
Not gonna lie, This is my favorite Godzilla movie and for a time when I was a kid, it was my favorite movie bar none. I loved it so much in fact that my parents even bought it for me for my 10th birthday, so it was also the first movie I ever owned. As an adult, I can critically look at it and admit that it's not the best Godzilla movie out there, but I still love all of it, even the human characters. Thanks for another great Godzilla history video!
Love, just love the Akira Ifukube film music.
This is my favourite Godzilla film still. I will admit the alien plot does feel like a retread in hindsight, but I just love the monster battles & global attacks along with the futuristic setting that when I first watched it was only 6 years away... which for an 8 year old was an amazing prospect along with Back to the Future 2's 2015.
Had a long week, seeing this uploaded has made my day
This movie is without a doubt one of the greatest films in the series! This is Godzilla’s version of endgame at least for the Showa era! Now I really hope that the future films try to give a a modern twist on this old school film.
They tried with Final Wars. But I hated the Gotengo. Definitely not a Moonlight SY-3. That ship was tough. My only question was..Why no laser/maser on the ship itself? It was only on the buggy.
Ya know, it’s funny that Ghidorah is considered Godzilla’s nemesis when in pretty much every movie he’s in he gets his face kicked in very quickly.
Ah yes..... the "Endgame" of the Showa Monsterverse
Should final wars be the infinity war?
More like showaverse
@@aeoe665 😂 yup
And I guess everything after in the Showa era is the new phase! 🤣
Indeed
Wonderful video, thanks so much! This was my favorite Godzilla movie and in fact remains one of my favorite movies of all.
9:23
Me: “He said the thing!!!!” *Stands up and starts applauding.* *Wife looks dumbfounded*
I've throughly enjoyed all of these retrospectives. I'll be sad when you've done them all.
Still love Godzilla after all these years. This video brings back many many happy memories.
Personal Gripe on this film :
1.Varan deserves more screen time.
2.King Ghidorah should have defeated several Earth Kaijus before finally going down.
Nevertheless,it is still a fun ride and one of my personal favorites.
You now have my favorite videos on TH-cam thanks for the time and effort you put in your videos, very informative and good!
You're videos are always a fun watch man. Keep it up!
I have no idea how I ended up at your channel today, but I'm glad I did. These videos are fun and very informative. Thank you.
In the 1970's growing up in South Jersey we had a Theater that showed Double Features every Saturday. A lot of Classic Horror and Sci-Fi. We saw DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and I was in GODZILLA HEAVEN!!! So much fun.
Finally. . . . a Godzilla video from the main man & best Godzilla themed channel out. ( I was not paid for this message)
Still one of my favorites despite the lack of monster action, the final battle makes up for it. Imagine if Final Wars had followed this more closely and had a massive melee at the end with the Earth monsters breaking free of the Xillians' mind control and battling Gigan and Keizer Ghidorah. Zilla would have really redeemed himself if he got to lunge atop Keizer Ghidorah and start mauling him as an homage to Gorosaurus and his tide-turning kangaroo kick.
That’s a great idea! Except for the Zilla part. Pretty sure the G-Man annihilated the crap out of him which should remain that way.
@@dragon_ninja_2186 Zilla saved Jet Jaguar and Godzilla's lives in the IDW comics. It's been over 20 years, let the poor guy have some peace and niceness.
A monster melee would be what the doctor ordered for Final Wars. I was less favorable of Kaiser Ghidorah, give me the classic King Ghidorah.🐲🐲🐲
Legendary should make Destroy All Monsters with the Main Villan of the Monsterverse and that is Destoroyah.
I watched the last of your videos last night and was sad I didn't have any more, then I wake up to this. Nice way to start the day
Destroy All Monsters is one of my favorite Godzilla movies. It's just pure Showa Era greatness.
My favorite Showa Godzilla movie of all time.
I'm glad that when i was a kid i loved everything about the godzilla movies, not just the Monster Action. It was even more satisfying to wait for 30-40 min to finally see Godzilla. For me this movie was one of the best. I loved the Story, the Characters, the music, and the Monster Action.
I agree! This is my favourite Godzilla movie and it's a guilty pleasure. I wacth this movie every month and the music! Perfect!
I remember seeing Varan in the closing bit as a kid and was always very confused. I spent a lot of time with the movie paused just trying to figure out who he was and why he seemed to be floating. I also had been confused as who Baragon was since he only was in the one scene. At one point, I thought maybe Varan was Baragon, before just settling on it being some weird monster they never mentioned.
Yeah that always confused me too. Varan was never mentioned by name in the movie as far as I remember and despite being a "gliding" monster he always seemed to be eerily floating when on camera. Also a shame that they didn't use the Baragon suit for the Paris sceens; creates a bit more confusion when the dubbing mentions him but Gorosaurus is shown.
same they were only on screen for like a matter of seconds makes me wonder why they were even included at all. I'm sure Toho must have had costumes that were in better condition to use hell, i don't even think their suits even looked that bad i think they could have been given more screen time without it being to distracting. they literally have blink and you miss it cameos especially Varan
Same
Someone should make a video explaining all the showa era monsters that were not in godzilla movies but were in the godzilla universe. Movies like king kong escapes, and rodan, ect...
The only thing I can think of is that Gorosaurus has their original roars (Varan and Baragon). Speaking of Baragon...he looks less like a prehistoric pug dog than he did in Frankenstein Conquers The World.
Plus Gorosaurus appears to get the ladies.
10:54
I saw DAM at the drive-in when I was about 11. It was all I could talk about for days. I still enjoy it to this day.
Love that footage of the Toho headquarters in your videos. Whenever it pops up a couple times a video I cheer maniacally and say "Go! Go! Go! Go! Yaaaay!!"
I found your channel yesterday and i gotta say... I love your Godzilla vids. Thank you so much for these entertaining vids!
Without a doubt and in my opinion, this is the best crossover that Toho has had
my dad taped me a copy of this when it aired on UPN back in the 90s. Me and my brothers watched it all the time
Hey! I was just wondering about this episode, thanks for the upload
You just blessed my day 😍😍
the final fight just being essentially a handicap match between all the Earth monsters beating up on Ghidorah amuses me so much.
I'm a Varan fan, and I thank you for the shout-out.
I’m loving this series. I’m watching it as I watch through all the Godzilla movies again. And the SY-3 is like one of the coolest space craft ever
Say what you will my friend, I grew up with the Toho monsters and actors, this movie...Destroy all Monsters, Monster Zero , Ghidorah, the 3 headed Monster and Godzilla v the Thing were my favorite monster mash movies. As a kid I was a good kaiju artist, I made extra allowance/comics money drawing pictures for my classmates. Back in the 70's a local TV station aired afternoon themed movies. Sci fi, Space and Japanese movies kept me busy with monster requests . Oh to the good ol days 🐲
Thanks for the labor and enthusiasm you put behind every commentary. Looking forward to more.
This was my fave Godzilla movie when I was a kid, for the exact reason you said: it had the most monsters in it. Back then (early-mid 70's) the only way to watch was a local TV station here in Los Angeles. They would play these on M-F rotation from 8-10pm in a given week (same movie all week Lol). I remember some weeks they would do Godzilla, and other weeks they would do Gamera. Monster Zero was the standard weekday G movie and Destroy All Planets was the standard Gamera movie they would play. Destroy All Monsters for some reason wasn't shown during M-F, but instead played weekends/Sundays usually like 6pm LOL. Not sure why... anyways, the only way to see G movies back then was like this (before VCR's even). Saturdays I remember they would play some different ones sometimes (Godzilla's Revenge with Minya and Gavera, or Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster). Thanks for going in detail about the different monsters. I specifically remember seeing Varan jumping into the sky in that one shot and always wonder WTF was that??? One thing is the version I watched was english dubbed (of course) and the giant spider was always referred to as Speega (not Kumonga). Any idea why? I grew up thinking the spider was Speega, but everyone else talks about it as Kumonga LOL...
If the anguirus in destroy all monster's is directly related to the first one then that means his best friend killed his dad
I love these videos, thank you!!
I just realized Anguirus was the only new suit they made for this film, everyone else was reused.
This was one of my favorites. This was Jurassic Park before Criton had the idea. It's Kaiju-palooza.
Amazing clip choice at 2:24
7:46 Godzilla 8:16 Minilla 8:27 Rodan 9:19 Anguirus 10:11 Mothra (Larva) 10:52 Gorosaurus 17:09 Manda 21:44 Eliminated Escene 26:37 Baragon 27:44 Varan 28:45 Kumonga 29:52 King Ghidorah 31:15 Ultimate Fight Escene
I remember seeing this on vhs as a kid plus sun coast video and that art from the movie takes me right back to my childhood.
I swear, us Godzilla fans and History majors are by far the most sarcastic people on the planet, only because we love to know so much. I do also pity you for having to make a video about all monsters attack...
One of my top 20 movies. This was my introduction into Godzilla movies.
This was the Godzilla film that was seemingly never on TV where I lived in the late 70s/80s. Finally in 1991 I got a bootleg VHS of the original AIP dub. A few years later sci-fi channel started airing it with the inferior Toho dub, but at least the original has been preserved by fans.To this day, it is still my favorite Godzilla film.
Keep these coming please, these are great I'm watching these in release order up to 1971
Loving your videos. Thank you for doing these
I think it was this film, I don’t entirely remember, but I remember being at my dad’s place before he passed away. We were skimming through tv channels and one channel had the English dub of this film. I don’t remember much of it because I wasn’t really interested in that stuff. (Playing video games).
Though today I kinda think fondly of it. Yeah it was just part of the film but any memory of my dad is a rather fond one. Especially since I’m getting into kaiju films.
(I still don’t remember if it was this film but still a nice memory.)
I've been going through the series in order after watching a handful out of order. Excited for the next installment in the series!
the story 0:12 I kid you not, that was EXACTLY how I found this movie as well when I was younger. SAME COVER ART TOO
R.I.P. Akira Takarada.
I remember making my mom buy this movie for me on VHS for my 11th birthday because I couldn't find it anywhere, and had always wanted to see it! That same box art had me entranced at Suncoast video, but they closed before I could go back to buy it!
24:32 2nd monitor from the left, the bumble from 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' makes an appearance.
Also, Godzilla's son, Minilla, is identified as 'Minilla' in only one Godzilla movie, 'Godzilla's Revenge' which technically is not a real monster movie. The monster fight scenes in that movie are only from a boy's imagination. No other Godzilla movie identifies Godzilla's son by name.
Also further, am I the only one who remembers a slightly different version of this movie, where the final fight had altered scenes; one, where Ghidorah lands feet first on Anguirus' back, and a second scene where Ghidorah flies over Gorosorus, whereafter Gorosorus dropkicks him. All the DVD versions of this movie that I have seen do not have these scenes.
I saw this as a kid not long after seeing the original Godzilla film. I have fond memories and in spite of it's faults, I still love it. I like the alien stuff, Moon stuff and shoot outs. I know Invasion of Astro Monster did it first but I still love DAM.
Your channel was something I would have died for as a kid. just to have all the wealth of knowledge on Godzilla. at the time in the 90s, man I had to dig to get any news. the Official Godzilla Compendium book was my Bible.
I remember the days of going to the mall, and immediately running to Sun Coast to find any new Godzilla movies there. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one
33:27 is that a reference to the Megadeth song “Kill The King”?
I was 6 when I saw the trailer of the American version on television. It was the first time I saw Godzilla and in my opinion, he looked great walking in Tokyo. When I was 7, I saw Destroy All Monsters late one summer night. The independent station at the time had a cut of the film that was different. At the end, I recall seeing deep space and listening to Akira Ifukube’s legendary march theme as the credits rolled. I may be wrong with this description but I do remember listening to the music at the end. Other nights and some weekend mornings and afternoons, I would, if I was lucky, would watch Rodan, Mothra and Monster Zero and War Of The Gargantuas on that independent station. Other stations shown other films.
My favorite scene in Destroy All Monsters was the scene where the Moonlight XY-3 crew use the cutting laser and Ifukube’s piece had an aggressive piece for piano, strings and percussion until the monster’s mind control device was severed. I remember bobbing my head up and down and side to side because I was really into the music and the scene.
The 1968 Godzilla suit is one of my all time favorites.
I’m sure people comment this quite a bit (and there are times I almost have before), but that opening you gave about that cover being the coolest thing you’ve ever seen is literally identical to my experience.
Down to the suncoast video (which I frequented often with my dad or grandma to buy Godzilla and DBZ stuff). Idk just thought it was cool.
I love these videos, I always find out something new about a series I was confident I knew everything about
This is my favourite showa suit btw
Interesting note is that in the Japanese trailer of this film Godzilla, Rodan, Manda, and Mothra are attacking Tokyo before Godzilla "commands" an air raid on Tokyo as King Ghidorah flies over with Anguirus still hanging on to one of his necks till he's dropped by Ghidorah into the city and a big explosion occurs afterwards.
Oh bloody hell. I got excited, LOVE these documentaries. Now I'm VERY much looking forward to All Monsters Attack
That's where I got my copy of Destroy all monsters from Suncoast
Totally unrelated, but I appreciate your recommendation of the Godzilla coffee. It's the best I've had at home in a while. I enjoyed them all, and my favorite was the Ghidorah.
It is pretty good!
An absolute favorite of mine from my childhood! And I love that Sopranos cutaway :-)
I have always loved how all the miniature missiles , tanks, arillery, etc firing at the monsters always destroy more of Tokyo than the monsters.
The box art for the vhs was epic
Love these videos, Godzilla!!!
Rodeny Dangerfield as Anguirus is probably the best comparison for the Killer of the Living I've ever seen.
I first saw Destroy All Monsters in a movie theater in Oklahoma. It didn't come to TV in the area until a couple years later.
I feel so bad for varan he needs to have more plz return in the future
I am one of those 7 Varan fans, and I could have been happier. Justice for Varan!
Destroy All Monsters is one if my Favorites, in terms of color quality, model work and all out crazy monster action.
This movie put me through hell, as a young kid I read about it from the library books on godzilla movies, blew my mind at the thought of all them ganging up on one, looking forward to the MV take on it ;)