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Cut Scenes
Godzilla
vs. Biollante (1989)
| Defeat
of Biollante (Rose Form) |
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Godzilla, unleashing a final gout
of burning plasma, set the living weapon of man's
ignorance aflame. The swarming fires rose up, engulfing
and transforming the toothed flower into a towering
inferno. Screams of death and agony wailed through
the lake, as Godzilla stood unfazed. Those who were
fortunate enough to witness such a titanic battle,
watched as Biollante disintegrated into a billowing
cloud of ember pollen. Lifting into the skies and
settling on the lands around, the rolling green
hills and shores began to blossom. Hundreds of tufted
flowers blanketed the ground, giving a sight of
pure and utter bliss. All but the giant behemoth
seemed spellbound by the trance. Giving one last
grunt of manifesting rage, the leviathan turned
and walked away. |
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| Background |
| Though the scene was quite impressive in the test
screen shots, it was removed with good reason. The
sudden birth of thousands of flowers would draw
away from what the director wanted the audience
to associate with Biollante. A soul of a young girl
might have been trapped inside, but the creature
was supposed to represent the true arrogance of
science. The flowers would pull to far from the
weaving plot of a lab accident gone bad. The next
form of Biollante would show to the public that
even greater evils could be created. |
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| Claymation
Fight |
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With the power of Godzilla being
unquestioned from the defying humans, the nuclear
saurian trampled his way to his prize, ready to
feast on the radiating energy within the nuclear
plant. Unfortunately, fate would prove otherwise.
Dropping from the heavens, the particles of Biollante
seeded the ground and soon gave birth to the monster
of science. The plant like animal set out to stop
the reign of the king with a combination of tendrils,
its own gigantic mouth, and its deadly acid spray. |
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| Background |
While in production, many ideas were thrown
out about on how to animate the bulbous Biollante.
One such idea, a vast departure from effects seen
in the Godzilla series to date, was to construct
a claymation Godzilla that was to be attacked
by Biollante's twisting vines. The claymation
allowed for more convincing motion from the the
snake-like tendrils, but in the end, the effect
was removed from the final cut. |
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| Biollante's
Sacrifice |
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With Godzilla's strength waning
on the account of the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria,
Biollante readied her final strike. Working now,
hand in hand with the spirit of Erika, the plant
monster transformed its physical form into a wash
of energy. Swamping the nearly dead Godzilla,
Biollante took the sins of the nuclear saurian
with it to the grave. |
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| Background |
A combination of live action suitmation and
animation, the scene was completed with all of
the post production elements finished. However,
the scene was axed from the final print, and instead
a different ending with Godzilla collapsing into
the nearby water and Biollante returning to the
sky was drafted. The scene was an impressive combination
of the two film making mediums, but in context
the means of creating the scene would have been
far to distracting to the overall theme of Biollante's
final moments. |
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