Godzilla 1985 Differences
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- After weeks of technical problems and Personal issues the big video is finally released.
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Original Japanese Title: Godzilla (December 15, 1984)
Original American Title: Godzilla 1985 (August 23, 1985)
The Godzilla 1985 footage is an HD reconstruction done by dedicated fans.
Thank you guys for your hard work.
Music
Streets Of Rage - Keep the Groovin
Silent Hill 2 - Alone In The Town
Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Wandering Ghosts
Waterworld SNES - Diving
Legend of Zelda, Phantom Hourglass - Goron Theme
DANGANRONPA - Beautiful Dead
Art of Balance - World A Music
Silent Hill 3 - I've Been Losing You
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One of the things that I really loved about the Godzilla in this film was all the work that went into his design. Outside of Shin Godzilla this one was one of the scariest. I love how realistic his lips rise when he snarls. Lots of animation in his head. Sadly much of which was lost in later films.
Completely agree, along with 1954 and Shin, this is the scariest he has ever looked.
Yeah this one really looked too scary to lose a fight to another kaiju though he was smaller than the 90s one and GFW, he looked invincible to me as a kid. It reminded me of my father for reasons I can’t explain.
The design here was based off the 1954 original Godzilla.
You shouldn't forget GMK Godzilla too.
@@shurathetraitor773 You're absolutely right, I'm ashamed I didn't include GMK. GMK Godzilla feels like a kaiju version of Jason Voorhees, a seemingly unstoppable killer with no remorse.
Gotta say, I love the more horrific angle that the Japanese cut took, playing it like an actual horror movie for the most part. The shots of Godzilla simply standing make him feel like he’s a cold, intelligent beast as opposed to a mindless brute like in the US cut.
Oh yeah man, I love how he just stood there like a cow chewing grass, I literally shit myself.
Imo not really
You take away him standing you get the same result him lumbering around and being a brute
I think 85 did it better with it being more toght nit and not standing simulator 1984
This kinda makes me wish for an ultimate fan cut of the movie using the best elements of both versions of the movie since they are both good in their own right.
Godzilla resurrection
Working on that rn lol
@@JuneBugStudios1904 it already exists. It's called Godzilla resurrection.
What I love about the American Dub is that they establish that this is the same Godzilla from 1955, which fits because we discover in Tue following movie that he has an amazing healing ability. It seems reasonable that, even with the oxygen destroyer dissolving his body, something might have survived that would take 30 years to regenerate.
I was surprised to find in later years that TOHO preferred to bring in others of Godzilla is species instead of bringing back the original. At least until the Millennium series arrived. And even then, there was a second Godzilla user to fight the original.
Absolutely beloved this Godzilla's design and roar.. Broke my heart as a kid to hear that scream as he fell into the volcano.
I also appreciate the Raymond Burr scenes and I have often noted that his character doesn't contribute as much as he had in the American dub of the original movie, but still, as having, at the time, not seen the original Japanese Godzilla 54, having Steve Martin return made 85 seem like a genuine sequel to the "original'.
This was a huge mistake the American version made as Martin, as a reporter, would surely have made sure he knew how the Oxygen Destroyer worked. His saying they never found any corpse really should be removed. It just doesn't make sense.
I remember renting this vhs from a small convenience store by house so many times the owner ended up letting me have it since I was the only one renting it lol
The 1985 version will always be one of my favorite dubs of a godzilla film, mostly because it's what I grew up with. It introduced me to my favorite godzilla design. I kinda wish there the 1985 vers would have a DVD release or a bonus disk along with the sub and a more faithful dub for a future 1984 release.
same
The international dub is pretty faithful, it's just horribly acted. The same people that dubbed the other films in the 90's did it but it was lazily done, I swear they had the same guy voicing the 95% of the male characters in this movie.
Just use the VHS 📼
I’ve been on a Godzilla 1985 binge lately and this was exactly the video I was hoping to find.
I was pumped when I finally saw the original Return of Godzilla on bluray - but the nostalgia brain knew something was off. It was the lingering shots of Godzilla doing nothing that really caught me off guard. But also the lack of his roar and footsteps, always present in the dub. Godzilla always feel right outside the building in the dub - it creates more tension.
Great video! 1985> Godzilla Returns
True the American version of this film is better
Back when King of the Monsters came out in 2019 I did a Top Ten Godzilla movies video on my channel. I picked this movie, the American version, as my Number 1 pick. All my life this has been the best Godzilla movie of all time in my opinion.
I feel you, friend. It's the first G film I ever saw and still my favorite to this day 35 years later.
I think G-85 is the superior film and I am really happy that Raymond Burr was part of the film. He was under used but his presence was a great bookend to the series.
My favorite Goji movie, utterly amazing soundtrack. I prefer the Japanese cut better in general but it's honestly a mixed bag with the way the action is cut in the dub flowing better to me but like you pointed out there a LOT of standing around in the original and just dead air, the dub trims the fat as it were.
I've seen both the original and the Americanized version and I lean towards the American version simply because they augmented the sound to where when Godzilla walks......you almost feel it! Plus they extended the main title music in the American version where-as in the Japanese original it is so short. I absolutely love the soundtrack as it is my all time favorite of Godzilla movies.
I agree
There's also fewer scenes of Godzilla standing around doing nothing in the American Dub.
1985 is better. I have it on VHS. Looks great on VHS. No joke!!!
24:00 that roar haunted my nightmares for a long time when I was a kid.
man, now I can really go for an all american Dr pepper
I too, suddenly have a craving for a nice, cold, refreshing Dr. Pepper
I think The Bum dies of radiation exposure in the Japanese version, but they didn't want it to be "too graphic."
Kyodai Kino's "Red Menace" reconstruction project (just Google it, kids) did a fine job with _Godzilla 1985_ (US Version). It's great to have it in HD again. I can enjoy either version, but I appreciate the New World cut trimming away overlong scenes and the clumsier effects (particularly that prop leg/foot with the hard-cut claws) when they could. On the other hand, I really resent them altering the Russian subplot to such an extent. And while Burr performs it so well, *grammatically speaking* that final speech is a disaster.
Thanks for all your work on this!!
Thanks. it definitely was no easy task.
FINALLY a true breakdown! thanks for the video great work cannot wait for hbomax to put this on stream. 85 hit my feels so hard when i was younger
That Castlevania SOTN music at 9:10 is a really nice touch. Also your breakdown of the 2 movies is amazing. Great job.
Glad you put in this exceptional effort. I look forward to searching out all the Japanese versions of my favorite Kaiju flicks.
What a great video to let the fans know the exact differences of the two movies. Thank you for your hard work! Much appreciated
Some of Raymond Burr's moments are good. Especially his ending monologue.
And the removal of the the slow Godzilla moments, him standing still, and the poor visual effects moments are a positive change.
But the added comical moments, the "evil Russia" moments, and the Dr Pepper are terrible.
If we could get a combined version, that would be great.
Burr was the only American who took the film seriously. They wanted to make the cut a straight comedy but Burr wouldn't come back if they did cause he respected the intention of the original Godzilla had.
@@sorrenblitz805 indeed. Major respect for the the project and the actor
I agree that the "evil Russia" moments-having it portrayed that they actually wanted to launch rather than stop it was stupid, along with the Dr. Pepper parts. But I disagree with removal of all the footage of Godzilla standing still and just looking. The Japanese version, I think portrayed this moments as him thinking, being curious and confused. It made him seem like he was not always our to harm, kill or destroy. Also the American version failed when it tried to make it seem that this was not a new Godzilla, but the same one from 1954. That made no sense because the earlier American version plainly showed Godzilla was killed. Burr's character was portrayed as a good reporter, so Martin would have known how the means to kill Godzilla would work. that Godzilla was dead and this was a new one. I don't know what Burr was thinking to utter the line "they never found any corpse". Maybe he just missed that mistake. It really should be removed to show he knew this was a different creature.
my parents rented the american vhs when I was 5 years old, it was the first godzilla movie I saw, and holy crap the ending messed me up :( I cried so hard when Godzilla fell into the volcano. I was always rooting for the big G.
Godzilla 1985 was shown here in the Philippines for the first time back in the 80s. We watched it in the Greenhills movie theater. I love this movie with an American dub with footage of the 1984 Godzilla Japanese movie with American actors when they film it
Yeah I always love the us intro with the fire burning away to spell Godzilla
@Ali Malalla not as cool as u
You did a very good job at explaining the difference between both versions of this Godzilla movie.👍
This is my favorite Godzilla movie. I still remember seeing it in the theater back in 85. As cheesy as the American version can be,I prefer it to the Japanese original. The action is much more epic and flows better with the music. The Japanese version has more character development,but at times it drags.
A wonderful job on this video!
I always like the Japanese versions of Godzilla movies over American dubs.
Same
Amen, always superior IMO, the American dubs usually doesn't do the story justice.
Yes, the Japanese versions are the best. But I still watch the dubs, they're superb when your stoned out of your mind.
I do too but sometimes they make some convient cut choices
I prefer the Japanese version 99% of the time particularly with recent films. This is the one Godzilla film with changes where I prefer the American cut. The ending was the most important change. I’m big on music and Goodbye Godzilla while I’m with the tone of the 80s was a horrible fit for the most serious Godzilla film since the original. The American characters with the exception of Steve Martin really did nothing and added nothing, but the Nuclear missile collision made the tension more palpable as if they were the ones responsible for protecting Tokyo from the Soviet missile.
Many of the other cuts and moves made sense particularly the scene where Godzilla charges the building after they use the bird signal. Not everything is good. I really like that reflection shot and am glad it was included in Godzilla vs Destroyah’s 95 credits or I may have never seen it (these end credits were removed from the English dub version). Sure it didn’t make sense based on the next shot but they could have rearranged that to get a beautiful shot of the big G. The Japanese version is debatably better sure. But it’s not like with the original where the original is far superior to the 56 US version .
The acoustics of his roar are different too, but you need to listen really well to hear. In the American 1985 film, his roar is more compressed, where as the 1984 Japanese version sounds a lot more echoy and vibrant. Think of it like listening to an MP3 Vs a vinyl record.
Really well made video, dude! I love it.
Thanks.
I think the english version was the one i watched first as a kid. I remember getting my aunt to rent it for me from the rental place (maybe blockbuster). The godzilla scream at the end hit me hard as it sounded like Godzilla was actually dying in that volcano. It wasnt until much later as an adult i got to see the japanese version. Honestly idk which i liked more.
I seen people claim that Godzilla's extra roar while falling into the volcano actually WAS in the original theatrical release of the Japanese version, but was removed from all subsequent releases.
I remember being really young and watching the American version GODZILLA 1985 before age 10; believe it or not, it was theatrically released in the US over a week before I was even born! (I didn't even know until later how much I was THAT connected to the Big Guy.) And I remembered so much how I cried at the end before Burr's closing monologue.
That being the case, as with most instances involving the discrepancy between Japanese and American versions, I prefer the original '84 version. It actually had way better plot development and a far more intelligible approach, not to mention a highly-nonpartisan view of the Cold War superpowers. I really hate how the American version had to Reaganize the content by splicing in the comically-evil-Russians subplot, and not only was that version stupid, but the heavy editing also reduced the spectacle of the original Japanese version, even if there was a lot of padding out of scenes and awkward inconsistencies in showing uneven effects (cutting between a difficult-to-maneuver 20' cybot Godzilla and the suits, which also happened before in the 1976 KING KONG) which didn't even escape the American product.
But I will give the American version this much - it did have some additional, inherently creepy minimalist music provided by HELLRAISER (1987) composer Christopher Young in the Burr & Co. scenes (HELLRAISER was financed by New World Pictures, after all) and during the end credits, and if you pay close enough attention, you can distinguish it from the original Japanese music score excerpts. And its own opening title was pretty badass as well!
Really! That’s awesome - which scenes did they use the hellraiser composer?
@@evanlewis3328 I think it was mostly during the American sequences with an additional minute during the end credits. I haven't seen the American version in a long while, especially since the Japanese version is out on Blu-ray and I was watching that multiple times starting with online bootlegs to make up for lost time that I could have seen that version instead.
Japanese version is definitely better, because the US version is to comical, and to much Dr Pepper, but the US version ending is really something
Edit:
@Supa Milk Chan B**CHES(Guy in the replies) Thats your OPINION
OMG. They showed a Dr Pepper. Yes that just ruined the movie for me!!!! I mean really?
@@Dennis-Forbes OMG. This person got pissed over Dr Pepper! That just ruined my day!!! I mean really?
The U.S Version Is Actually A Sequel To Godzilla KOTM (1956 not 2019)
@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl Well obviously not
@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl Um, no, how is a movie from the 80's a sequel for a movie that didn't even exist back then, its not a sequel
YEEEEEEEEEESSSS FINALLY GODZILLA 1985 DIFFERENCES
A few of us have seen What's Up Tiger Lily? If you're a fan of Classic Toho films It's a great watch, because there are a lot of familiar faces in the cast. Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi are in It (both actresses also appeared together in King Kong vs Godzilla and You Only Live Twice). Kumi Mizuno also has a role(She was Miss Namikawa in Monster Zero and Daiyo in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster). And Hideyo Amamoto plays a villain(He was Doctor Hu in King Kong Escapes and the Kindly Toymaker in Godzilla's Revenge). All in all, a very funny Spy Spoof, and definitely worth watching.
18:06 this part always freaked me out when I was a kid, I always wondered why was he using his old roar here when it was clear he was in pain/distress
84Goji I feel is the scariest. Radiation doesn't always make you look pretty. His derpy eyes and stoic look are just great.
This film has strong sentimental value for me. This video is much appreciated
I understand you. The same is true for me. Very few movies can make you shed a tear. Amazing this Godzilla movie can.
Sounds like the American version is slightly better. Man, so much editing was done to this movie. I am surprised that you could keep up and show it all. I had a hard time even following your description of it. Thanks for the video!
Thank Goodness It was never Dubbed into a Comedy, Like New Word originally wanted.
@@loanaoftheshellpeople5627 ikr That would have been horrid!
I like this. What you did, Paper Finz, was extraordinary. While I knew there were differences between Godzilla 1985 and the return of Godzilla, what you did, made it crystal clear. Great job. Given the fact that I have both movies, I would say the American version was better. It made it more serious, more to the point of showing Godzilla's attack than all the filler. Great work again. Hope you do this to another Godzilla movie.
Wow! Massive respect to you, sir, for making this video. I know that was a huge effort-great job!
Thank you for the work you put into making this video, it's really well done!
Silent Hill and Danganronpa, you my friend have great taste in background music. Thank you for helping me with my own '85 research!
Fun fact, I rewatched this vid 37 years TO THE DAY. Happy birthday 84Goji!
Great work on this man! I like both but I prefer most of the American version's editing, all in all 85 cut a bit more. Congratulations on the channel growth too!
Thanks, this video really took a lot out of me. Glad you enjoyed.
@@PaperFinz I can only imagine! Your welcome keep up the great work man!
One of the biggest differences in the two is the Japanese version establishes that Godzilla hibernates in Volcanos and they are sending him back to sleep, the American version turns it into a cruel action which I think is just gross. Godzilla swims in Lava which is well established. The reason Goji stands around is him thinking. He is meant to be confused trying to figure things out. In the Japanese version Goji is not the enemy, he is a force of nature, the US version totally ruins that whole subplot. The Japanese version is better in every case of Goji film.
I agree with you about the Japanese version having Godzilla just standing doing nothing. It shows that he is curious, and yes, confused. Also, it might show that he is not always ready to kill humans or cause destruction. Where the American version fails is having Burr's character act like the original Godzilla never was killed. This makes no sense as he, as a good reporter would have made sure he knew how the oxygen destroyer was to be used, how it worked. And even in Godzilla, King of the Monsters, it plainly shows him dead and why there would be no corpse found. Steve Martin would have known this. The Godzilla in the Japanese and American version are plainly a new Godzilla. Not the one from 1954.
This is why i prefer watch my media from Japan in its original form and subbed the way it was meant to be. & thanks for all your hard work making these videos👍🏾
No problem, and thank you for liking them.
Thanks for making this! I recently got my hands on the Japanese version and was thinking of making a video like this of my own.
Thanks. happy to have sparred you hours of editing. LOL
@@PaperFinz can you do godzilla vs king ghidorah (1991) differences after this
@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl what
I just noticed at the eleven minute mark that you're using Castlevania music. That's awesome!
Godzilla 1985 is my favorite Godzilla film. I first saw it when I was 5 right after it came out, and it got me hooked. I've been a lifelong fan since. I realize it's a different cut of the original Japanese version, which I also enjoy. I get that purists and gatekeepers will scoff at 1985 being my favorite, but they can eat a bag of dicks. It brought me into the world of Godzilla, and I haven't looked back since.
I really do love that shot of him walking by the mirrored building, though...lol
This is why I like the American Version of Godzilla 1985 more.
I'm with you on that one. 👍
Noticed you used music from Symphony of the Night. Liked and subscribed. Godzilla and Castlevania are two of my favorite things.
Thanks, Godzilla 1985 and Castlevania Symphony of the Night are two of my personal favorites in both series.
@@PaperFinz yes, Symphony of the Night and Godzilla 1985 are my favorites of each series as well. Godzilla 1985 was my first Godzilla movie that I ever saw and my first VHS. I was born in 1984, but I remember watching this all of the time. It is my first movie that I ever remember watching and just one of my first real memories.
Excellent video my good man thank you for putting time and effort into your videos.
Thank you for putting the promo of 85 in the end. That damn commercial haunts my dreams.
The American Dub of Godzilla 1985 had Raymond Burr. So It Wins.
I prefer the American cut because it makes Godzilla seem like a bigger threat, while in the original Japanese version, he just seems like a plot device that the characters push around and it doesn’t seem that he is taken seriously
I love the harbor fight scene in this one really well done.
This is my favorite heisei film
that scene with the dead person reveal scared the shet outta me and it still does
Around two minutes in, you reference a “dragon statue” in the initial scene with Burr. Considering that US audiences wouldn’t be very familiar with Japanese history, suggesting it is related to the Lucky Dragon incident seems farfetched. Based on the prop’s design, it was likely made to reference the scene in the 1956 film where Steve Martin embarks on a trip to Odo Island, whose rustic inhabitants see the monster as a mythological or quasi-religious figure. The predominant brow ridge and large eyes of the prop, which is rather well-made (and I would love to know where it ended up) seem to prove that.
Even Godzilla isnt free from American propaganda. Lol.
That final scream from Godzillas at the end of the USA version can be kinda sad, cuz it implies hes dying from the magma and is suffering from it.
I never saw the 1984 original, so I'm mostly just irritated by the clunky Dr. Pepper-riddled scenes stapled onto the american edit. But yeah, I can see that some of the japanese scenes snipped out were pretty clunky too.
Also, I didn't know Raymond Burr threatened to walk. Makes me respect the dub another little bit more.
I remember going to see "Godzilla 1985" a the theater in Revere, Massachusetts. I was 17, and it was the first Godzilla movie I had ever seen in a theater.
I remember crying at the end.
My 1st and Only Godzilla Movie to See At the Cinema was Godzilla vs Kong
@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl I hope you enjoyed it!
@@PlatinumRoseLady I Did
@@YourLocalJamesHetfieldFangirl That's terrific! 😁
I watch this when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me !
And whenever I would watch it for years afterwards it would give me nightmares !
I prefer the Japanese Cut and I own both versions. But from the clips you've shown us, GODZILLA 1985 has better RESOLUTION and COLOR lol. Then again, I believe the Monsters HD Version uses a print rather than the Telecine HD Master Tape from the Japanese Version. Overall, AMAZING VIDEO!!!😊❤👍🙌
I grew up watching 1985, i have searched and searched for it on DVD or blu-ray to no avail thanks to some copy right issue. I bought the blu-ray of Godzilla Returns which is the Japanese version if you will, and ugh! Not the same as what i grew up with and Raymond Burr’s speech at the end is classic!
I love the use of Alone In The Town from the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack
not gonna lie, this was my FIRST Godzilla movie. I can remember renting this from rogers or blockbuster movie stores just looking for the version that started with "Godzilla vs Bambi" its the reason i got into miniature painting, the reason i got into building miniature buildings/cities, and the reason i LOVED power rangers when it first came out. The Green rangers Dragon Zord= MECHA Godzilla Zord, and i LOVE it. FUCK THESE MOVIES ARE AWESOME!
I honestly appreciate how well done this video is. 👍 I also have to say I really as far as the Toho Movies go, I enjoy watching both dub and original, because to me it’s more like added content.
I used to love Godzilla 1985. Until Krakken released The Return of Godzilla in 2012. Just goes to show that you can't go wrong with the original.
They did a great job with this film as a direct sequel to the original.
I like both versions of the film
You did a fantastic job!
Thanks.
I prefer the American cut for this film, as well as for 2000. I'm a bit mixed on which version of King Kong Vs. Godzilla I enjoy more, as I'm nostalgic for the American cut and all it's goofy little moments and music cues, but that Japanese cut has the Ifukube music, some of his all-time best too. And as much as I enjoy the original Godzilla: King of the Monsters cut, Gojira is simply untouchable, once you've seen the OG, it's hard to go back, even for Raymond Burr.
I think if the Japanese version cut a lot of the scenes like the American cut - Godzilla standing idly, shots lingering too long, etc. But kept the subplots intact, it would be the best version. Raymond Burr was completely under utilized, and I wish they could have done more with him.
Both versions are good, and I do consider them to be different movies. I wouldn't mind having both versions on DVD/Blu Ray. But I don't think we'll get an official release of 1985 anytime soon.
American version totally ruled with opening credits and burr’s closing.
Wow. I don’t know whether to congratulate you or have you committed.
Either way job well done! you deserve a Dr. pepper on the house.
thank you, ill gladly accept that Dr. pepper . :)
Will you eventually do these for every Godzilla movie these are very helpful so I don’t have to watch the movie twice thanks a lot.
Most likely not. Other then Godzilla 2000 every film after 1985 really has nothing edited out, maybe other then the annoying title fonts over the original Japanese titles.
@@PaperFinz Ok that’s good to know thanks
played the vhs of the dub to death as a kid, but these days I prefer the original by a country mile. That said, I agree with some of the comments that the dub does trim the fat a bit and flows a little better in some places, also burr's ending speech is imo sorely missed in the original.
Same here.
23:04 there was supposed to have been a shot of the Bum’s bloody hand sticking out of the ground after Godzilla steps on him, created specifically for the American version but it was ultimately scrapped because it was deemed to be unrealistic due to scaling issues with the hand foreground and the painted background
The Godzilla scream in the 1985 dub haunted me for years
Was it the part where Godzilla falls into the volcano?
I say the US version is better than the Japanese version. The US editing is more smoother and flow, even though certain scenes were reused. The sound editing, and the pace is better too than the Japanese version.
I’ve seen both versions of the movie and I honestly can’t choose which one I prefer. They both have things I like and don’t like, but I’d still give them both a 4 out of 5 star rating.
Even for its flaws, I prefer the American cut more. The opening/closing to the film are just more superior to the original '84. Even though he doesn't add anything to the plot. Just HAVING a character from the original Gojira attack just adds another layer to this film. Like, Burr as Martin plays it perfectly like, "You fucks don't know what you're in for." It makes a better bookend to vs. Destroyah with Emiko showing up in that. It also cuts the needless fat that dragged the movie in the original. I don't say this being TOTALLY being influenced as well of 1985 being the first Godzilla movie I saw in a theater that I still crisply and vividly remember each moment watching that film and the theater I saw it in (which I remember my aunt had taken me to see it then later King Kong Lives cause my aunt was fucking awesome to me when I was a kid).
Further, a friend and I once did a test for our movieathons we used to have with our friends before crazy year of 2020. One time we played the original, right around when Godzilla shows up everyone was just bored to death begging to put another movie in. They were just so darn bored. The American version? People were glued. They were entertained at its corniness (that young military dude you just wish Martin punched in the face and crazy evil Soviets I'm looking at you).
As for your wondering, we were able to watch the 1985 version? Well, there was a version years ago that someone uploaded to Megaupload or Mediafire posted it on a Facebook Godzilla group that was basically an HD version of this version of the film that was on an on demand channel (I think). Being an opportunist. I bought a goddamn large ass jump drive card, uploaded the huge ass file onto it, went to another friend who I know who had the hardware for this, and asked him to burn the film to a blu-ray disc. He did. I put the copy in my '84 Blu-Ray so I have BOTH versions in the proper place.
Now if you excuse me. I really need to have a Dr. Pepper.
Excellent work. Do you plan to cover Godzilla 2000, and also Frankenstein Conquerors the World and War of the Gargantuas?
Thanks, and yes i will eventually do a differences video for those movies.
This was the first godzilla I ever saw I had it on VHS and watched it repeatedly
I love the 1985 American version with Burr. It was the third Godzilla movie I ever saw and I was 4 years old at the time. Because of that I never thought of the Russians as nuclear weapons crazed mad men who wanted to start WWIII; I didn’t even know what a Russian was (I was 4 remember). I just saw someone who thought launching a nuclear weapon to save the world and kill Godzilla was the right thing to do; and after seeing what the big G did to the JSDF, can you really blame him, Godzilla seemed unstoppable; what would you do. Plus the editing in the American version fixed pacing problems, dead air due to there not being any/not enough music, dialogue, and/or sound effects, also the removal of all the intentional and unintentional goofy stuff made the film more tonally consistent, and made it better able to be taken seriously. In addition Godzilla looked like less of a guy in a suit, and more like an actual flesh and blood creature, which helped with the immersion. Lastly the final wail of Godzilla’s at the end always made me feel sad for him, and so I always sympathized with Godzilla more (then even Kong); and who could forget Burr’s speech at the end “Nature has a way sometimes of reminding man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up the terrible offsprings of our pride and carelessness, to remind us of how punny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake, or a Godzilla. The reckless ambitions of man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences, but for now Godzilla that strangely innocent and tragic monster has gone to her, and whether he returns or not, or is never again seen by human eyes, the things he has taught us, remain”. So good.
I kinda wish you did this for the 4kids Ultraman Tiga dub... Or at least episode 1. Cool video!
Thanks for liking the vid. As for Ultraman Tiga Differences. it is a possibility for a future video.
@@PaperFinz some Episodes of the 4Kids Dub were lost, due to 4kids Itself.
23:07 I always viewed the bum of having a heart attack in the Japanese cut judging by the close up shot of Godzilla roaring indicates that he is very close to him.
Love the darker angle in this movie and it has a coupek of really good,.dark tunes on soundtrack. I love the Monsterverse but my true love will always be Godzilla being a terrifying force of nature and that all started with the OG and this one I group up with and was continued with GMK, Shin, and Minus One. But I would argue the only 2 that could be considered truly steaddling the horror line are the OG and Return. Toward the end of the movie I just love the apocalyptic red background when they are on the ground avoiding Godzilla, and his roars have so much personality in this and convey rhat he is an angry monster.
Raymond Burr himself 😂🤣😂😂🤣
Great line I like the American 1985 version because I got to see the theatrical release when I was 7 and it holds a special place for me
Both of them are unique.
Overall I almost always prefer whatever cut I see of a movie first (some kind of originality bias) and Godzilla 1985 was one of my favorite movies as a child. The Japanese version I like because it feels much more expanded and complete, but the US version’s action scenes are cut so much tighter and better. The whole sequence around the nuke exploding in orbit feels much better paced in the US version. What annoys me the most about the US version are the added scenes with the Pentagon officers standing around. They tie it in pretty well in one instance; where the General calls Kadena Missile Base to shoot down the Russian Nuke, but otherwise they’re just a Greek Chorus.
I grew up with Godzilla 1985. I was 9 when it came out. (Years old. Not feet tall.) So it's like spending time with an old friend. I prefer it to the Japanese cut, though I own both. I know that's an unpopular opinion but that's okay. When I sit down to watch a movie, I only have ME to impress. I also think the U.S. cut's faster pace and superior sound design make it more fun for me.
One of the most iconic sequences of GODZILLA films was the Volcano shot from 1985.
Don't you mean the Dr.Pepper shot?
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The Russian character in Japanese version tries to stop missile while the same guy in the US version tries to launch the missile LOL
wishing toho released a best of both cut that has the best parts from the original and eng version. for example i'd keep the raymond burr speech and the godzilla torment scream at the end of the volcano. but also include the JP ending music.
The Japan version is better, because it has more SFX, and also 1 of the best destruction scenes ever in a Godzilla film.
Great Job!
Thanks.
This is the only Godzilla film one of Friends care about because this friend of me is a really big History geek, and one of the two events in history he really likes to talk about is WW1 & The Cold War, Especially The Cold War. And when I was rambling about Godzilla one day to him, he didn't really care about it, and felt bored, but when I mentioned how The American Version of Godzilla 1985 Purposely put the wrong Translation for what the Soviets are doing just to make them Look Like Assholes, He Laughed His Ass off, and actually made him somewhat interested in this film (or at least the changes) because of it.
Godzilla makes me like Dr Pepper more lol
Please do a video on the differences between American Godzilla 2000 vs the Japanese version. It’s my favorite movie 🎥 thanks for the video! Just came across it
Thanks for liking it. i will eventually do Godzilla 2000 maybe after a few smaller videos. that movie like G85 is another overly edited movie, kinda wanna take it a little easy after working on this film and rodan (another largely edited film) back to back. dont worry a godzilla 2000 differences video will come sometime soon.
The only change I 100% don't like are basically all of the "nuclear missile crisis" scenes. The original cut provides an interesting, less biased view on the American vs Soviet cold war.
Other than that, part of me wishes they kept the "crowd" scenes, however they don't exactly add much so I'm a bit divided there.
That and other more minor nitpicks aside I do prefer how the American release makes it more clear that it's a sequel to the original by not only showing scenes from the original movie but also bringing back the character that was exclusive to the original "Americanized" version, even though he does much less in this movie.