Talkback Thread #3: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

[Shazam14]

Which reminds me! This is off topic but I watched War of the Gargantuas on Netflix and there was no mention of Frankenstein that I remember. So I thought for a second that that wasn't canon either.

[Mini-Godzilla]

Is King Kong vs Godzilla canon to Godzilla's showa series?

It picks up where the previous Godzilla film left off, which itself picked up where the first Godzilla left off, so it's clearly canonical with its predecessors. Then again, Mothra vs. Godzilla doesn't bother to make direct reference to it, so I guess you could consider the point irrelevant. Of course, Mothra vs. Godzilla is also a crossover film, so what do we do with it?!

[Living Corpse]

And GTTHM is one big crossover between Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra as well as a premier for King Ghidorah.

[Shazam14]

Lol. Those never really crossed my mind since they are all Toho kaiju.

[Goji]

Which reminds me! This is off topic but I watched War of the Gargantuas on Netflix and there was no mention of Frankenstein that I remember. So I thought for a second that that wasn't canon either.

Henry G. Saperstein took out all of the references to "Frankenstein" in the U.S. version, and instead replaced that word with "Gargantua".

The International dub (and the Japanese version, of course) does refer to them as "Frankenstein" though.

[Shazam14]

Which reminds me! This is off topic but I watched War of the Gargantuas on Netflix and there was no mention of Frankenstein that I remember. So I thought for a second that that wasn't canon either.

Henry G. Saperstein took out all of the references to "Frankenstein" in the U.S. version, and instead replaced that word with "Gargantua".

The International dub (and the Japanese version, of course) does refer to them as "Frankenstein" though.

Ah, thanks. I kinda guessed that but the conformation helps a lot.

[Living Corpse]

Lol. Those never really crossed my mind since they are all Toho kaiju.

Oh and DAM is also kinda of a huge crossover.

[Biogoji89]

The film was good but I didn't like the end.9.5/10.

[Goji]

The film was good but I didn't like the end.

Oh brother....I wonder why.

[Living Corpse]

Gee, god forbid Godzilla losses sometimes and thus keeps things from becoming stale and predictable.

[Rody]

I just thought I'd mention that Godzilla lost the fight 4 FILMS IN A ROW. It doesn't bother me in the least.

[Living Corpse]

I just thought I'd mention that Godzilla lost the fight 4 FILMS IN A ROW. It doesn't bother me in the least.

Um, he killed Anggy.

[Goji]

I think Rody is counting the losses he had to humanity as well. Including the first Godzilla being killed by Serizawa's invention, and then the JSDF's raid on Godzilla on the icy island/glacier.

[Rody]

^ That is correct. Yes, Godzilla killed Anguirus, but he was still defeated at the end of the film.

[TheXFilter]

Hi everyone!

I'm searching for the King Kong vs Godzilla USA trailer at maximum quality possible. Anyone knows where I can find it?

Thanks

[Space Hunter M]

Tamura has prepared a textless reconstruction of the trailer, if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlu6dOqKBEE

[Tamura]

Here is the same theatrical trailer with the original text. Unfortunately, it is cropped down to 1.85:1 and is missing a bit of material compared to my reconstruction due to splices:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe7r_BTECz4

[TheXFilter]

Thanks for the reply! I need downlodable versions at maximum quality possible, do you know where I can find them?

[Space Hunter M]

A while back, Tamura gave me a uncompressed .mpg version of the textless trailer. I still have the file on my hard drive, but the Megaupload page is gone for obvious reasons.

[TheXFilter]

Can you send me it wetransfer way, please? is to easy, only need my email (I am sending it to you in a mp)

- EDIT:It's not a big thing but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cl_k00h ... ature=plcp