Godzilla: Monster, Hero, Entertainer

You're right, Matt, it would be cool to see Godzilla fight Gamera. I'd bet money on the Big G, don't think the turtle could take him though it'd be a bitter battle to the end. :) I think you're right though, it isn't likely to happen.

Thanks for coming by and commenting.

Thanks, Bat115! I don't know why you didn't find it earlier but I'm glad that you did. Thanks for visiting!

Thanks for reading and commenting, Jellydonut. I'm glad that you enjoyed my hub.

I'm okay with the loosely-based facts, this was meant to be a fun, tongue-in-cheek hub, anyway.

Hi, JC! Thanks so much. That means a lot! coming from someone who is very obviously an expert on the big guy (I peeked at your hubs).

I do hope that those uninitiated Godzilla souls will seek and find these great films. Then, they'll know what you and I already do - that Godzilla was the greatest monster/hero ever!

Thank-you for coming by and letting me know we have another G fan on HP!

Uh-huh, easy-peasy! I'll have to drop by and see what you put in yours. After all, I showed you mine. :)

Sounds very interesting, Ahpoetic!

Thanks for your kind words, and for visiting my hub. :)

Dan, I love your comments! No, I don't remember that scene from Goldmember. I only saw part of that movie once and obviously, I missed the best part! That sounds hilarious!

By the time all is said and done, I'm going to need an entire week to catch up on my movie watching. :)

Both? So, it's true what they say about jackalopes!

Good advice, thanks!

Hey, didn't you date one of those twins?

Easy mistake, BT.

But really, how creepy can little fairies be?

Oh, yeah!  Thx for the reminder, BT.  Geez, Mothra's practically part of the family, I'd hate to forget him.  Or Rodan.  Those two always pop into my head first where Zilla's concerned.

Worthy adversaries, both of them.

I never knew which of Ghidra's heads I suppose to be looking at.  Kinda like those people with eyes that go in different directions.

Okay, Pam, that settles it! I'm going to have to follow Dan's example and schedule one weekend for a Godzilla movie fest. I'll load up both arms with every version I can find at the video store, popcorn, beer (I don't drink pop), potatoe chips and chocolate. I'll shut myself in with Zilla and relive the memories and see the newer remakes. It'll be fun!

You're right. Everyone had to stop, look up and wait until someone voiced the obvious before they screamed and ran en masse. Guess they didn't want to skeedaddle needlessly if they were wrong and it wasn't Godzilla. I still think that the funniest part was the translation and how out of sync it was with the actor's mouths.

Thanks-a-ton, Pam!

Oh, Constant Walker! You gotta love the classic originals! Don't you? I haven't seen the Matthew Broderick one, I don't think. I used to watch Godzilla movies all the time when I was a kid, loved them. Haven't seen them much in the past several years. Much of this hub was written from research and memory.

Re the trivia hub....what is it you want to know? It's just a text capsule that I put to the side and gave a coloured background. If you're referring to the Japanese characters, I copied and pasted them, along with the rest of the text in that box. Does that help?

Oh my gosh, Dan!! You are the Zilla king! I think you should've written this hub, that is fantastic! You are SO an expert. I agree with you - the original is the best (and funniest), however I haven't seen it in years. I am going to have to watch it again.

I think a Godzilla Festival would be very cool! Can I come, too? Do we have to dress up as our favourite Godzilla opponent?

I think that you should write the spoof hub on Zilla's family tree and crest. Maybe mention the family skeletons in the closet? That would be so funny!

Thanks for sharing those lines. Now, I'm all excited about seeing the movie again!

I was surprised how much info there is on Godzilla, as well.  Much of the history is made up, of course.  Have to agree with you - I think the older, Japanese versions are hilarious, just in watching the mouth/voice discrepancies.

Thanks for coming by and commenting.

By the way, I like your hub name. :)

Hi Michelle! I just reread my previous comment to you. It should have said that you should see Godzilla at least once in your lives, not at once. Sorry.

I'll be interested to know what you and Daisy think of Big G. It's really hokey, so you may laugh or you may just roll your eyes and turn it off. :)

I don't watch much TV anymore, but I used to be a big movie buff. What's nice about that is that now, movies are a treat!

Hi Michelle! You watched Batman, too? I loved Batman - the original weekly series with Adam West. Loved those words that popped up on the TV screen - Blam! Zowie! It was loads of fun.

I can't believe you've never seen Godzilla! Yes, you and Daisy should see him at once in your lives. The old ones are the REAL Godzilla. :) Don't worry about being scared. It isn't good enough to be scarey, it's silly and bad and funny, which is why we love them.

Enjoy! Thanks for commenting, Angel Michelle.

BT, I did notice Zilla's thighs. He had been depressed and comfort eating during some family problems. Not to worry, though, Little G has been sent to boarding school, or an island somewhere and the studios have hired Godzilla a personal trainer. He's donned his sweatband and leg warmers and is sweatin' to the oldies so he'll be in shape for his next picture. Movie star vanity being what it is, he wants to be a svelt leading man. He'd be so embarrassed to know that people are noticing! Thanks for coming by!

Lifebydesign, no, Zilla is not a dragon, though he does have atomic breath. No dates, but atomic breath. There was a monster that Godzilla fought that I thought was kind of dragon-like, except his eyes glowed before he breathed fire. Perhaps your next hub will be on a celebrity dragon? Thanks for checking out Big G, I know he appreciates it and so do I.

Wayne, you are soooo right!!  The Japanese versions were the best!  It's hilarious - the actors' mouths keep moving 5 minutes after they've stopped talking in the dub-over voice, or vice versa.  It's all part of the fun.

I agree that the American Godzilla is a whimp in comparison, it's sad, really.  I think the U.S. movies take themselves too seriously.  Godzilla is not classic cinema in the traditional sense.  It's only classic to his fans.  It is however, a huge money maker, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the interest in remaking the movie.  They'll make a profit regardless of the storyline, just because it has Zilla's name on.  It will be really interesting to see what Mr. Honda has in mind for the 2013-14 movie.  It's been awhile since the Japanese released a version.

Thanks so much for dropping by, Wayne.

So Spryte, you think Zilla Jr. is laying about on a tropical island, partying and living off his dad? Hmm, sounds reasonable. For Hollywood types, anyway. I'll bet you're right, too. Spoiled kids.

Zsuzsy, aren't those movies so much fun!

I can't believe that you are that close in age to Zilla! He looks a LOT older than you, my dear! Re all that plastic surgery, I hadn't thought of that, but I'll bet you're right. He's already had 8 operations to macho him up. Gee, I hope he doesn't overdo it and come out looking like Joan Rivers! That would be sad.

Thanx-a-bunch, Zsuzsy!!

Peggy, don't you think they were loveable BECAUSE they were hokey?  I think they're funnier still because when they started making those movies, they weren't trying to be funny, they were making serious monster movies.  LOL.  They certainly made a winner though, Godzilla's as old as....somebody else I know, and he's still going to be working in 5 years' time.  Come to think of it, you'd think that they'd let him retire.

Thanks, Peggy!

Thanks, Cris!  How kind of you to pretend that you haven't noticed that I have already lost it.  :)

Very ambitious of you to memorize Roman and Greek!  My son is like that, too.  He really likes mythology.  Gets that from his mom, I guess, although I haven't studied any since high school.

Thanks for the link, Countrywomen, but it won't let me watch - U.S. residents only.  I'm going to ask my kids next time I'm talking to them if they know of that show.

Oh yes, I believe you are (quite) a bit younger than I am.  :)

I honestly don't know if my parents knew that I watched Godzilla movies, Countrywomen. I'll have to ask my dad about that.

Yes, hopefully you will enjoy Godzilla. If you didn't watch the father and son video, you might want to. It'll give you an idea of just 'scarey' those movies are.

I've never heard of Giant Robots. It sounds like a Transformers type of program.

You're right, I had forgotten about that! TV was a treat. For one thing, it was only broadcast for so many hours a day, and usually a parent or grandparent would click it off and send my sister and I outside to play. Oh, and it was on a small screen in black and white. Think I'd better stop now, I'm aging myself. :)

Thanks, Cris, I did have fun with it.  Finding 3 different facts about a couple of things made parts a bit challenging, but I worked around that by either making it up or throwing my hands up and giving up on it.

You rock!  Who doesn't love Big G!  I always liked the monsters that he fought, too.  Another type of movie I loved as a kid was those mythology ones - you know, with the cyclops, minotaurs, Madusa (sp?). Absolutely loved them!!!

You're not kidding about the old, original Godzilla being about a katrillion times better than the modern versions!  They really spoiled the big guy doing that.

Thanks so much for coming by and checking Zilla out!

I tried to come on here last night to respond to the comments, but I couldn't get on the HP site no how, no way. So, I wasn't ignoring you, honest.

ProCW - You are right about that baby being so ugly that only a father could love it. The video was hilarious, though - at least I thought so.

Uhh, I think the monster you're referring to is King Kong, but I'm sure Godzilla is not above dangling beautiful girls from extreme heights, either.

Thanks for reading and the thumbs up!

Spryte - Amen, sister! Godzilla is way, way cooler than King Kong! King Kong's a whimp! He can't do anything really cool, either. Nothing even glows on him.

Until I happened across Godzilla 2000 last week, I hadn't seen one his flicks in decades. I don't remember so many of the names, any more! I'm going to have to rewatch them as a refresher course.

By the way, do you know what happened to Little G? I assume he died, but for all I know, he may have run off with a band of Hari Krishnas.

Thanks for walking down memory lane with me.

Countrywomen - You have never seen Godzilla? Really? You are the first person I've ever met (sort of) that isn't really familiar with him. Oh, you are missing out some bad acting and fake looking, terrifying monster. Poor thing!

Godzilla started out as a bad guy, but they changed him over to the good guy, so now he saves Japan every time he shoots a movie. Of course, he stomps most of the city down because he's so big and they're in his way, but he stops the likes of Rodan from taking over.

It would be interesting to hear whether or not you could watch a Godzilla movie, never having grown up with it for the nostalgia factor. They really are soooo hokey, and the Japanese actors' lips don't match the translated words - very funny once you're not a kid any more.

Thanks so much for checking out Big G! I know Zilla appreciates it, too.

Christoph, your comments are funnier than that video, although I have to admit that vid is pretty hilarious.  My favourite part is when Little G throws a temper tantrum.

Gee, you looked like that?  Your poor parents, little kids are usually so cute.  :) 

Re the Lagos, nope, not sure.  All the info I found was made up by whoever wrote it because it doesn't really exist.  So, your theory of Godzilla sitting on Maui sipping drinky-poos with little umbrellas and snacking on hula girls may well be the accurate version of the tale.

What made me think of it was seeing Godzilla 2000 on TV.  When I was a kid, I loved watching Godzilla movies.  I couldn't remember having seen a hub on it and figured I'd do it.  By the way, are you implying that it's not classic cinema?

Thanks for appreciating my in-depth investigative and highly journalistic report on this celeb.  Sorry to make you break out the flame-retardant sheets!

Triplet Mom, sounds like you're not a member of the Godzilla fan club!  Tsk.  A huge star and filmmaking at its best and you're not into it?  Oh, well.  At least now, you know that your hubby is helping to support a hero and his family.  Hope that helps you not to want to hurt him when he's watched it for the 7th time.  :)  Thanks for reading!