What "Behind the scenes" moment would you like to see?

[menschenjaeger]

Didn't have the room to finish my title - "committed to film for all time?"

What actual or probable moment in the making of a Toho film do you wish there was footage of? I thought of this because of another thread, where I mentioned the origin of the monster puppet from the awesome badfilm The Giant Claw. The claw was, according to the accepted version of events, a commission job for the film makers - someone in Mexico would make the monster on the cheap, ship it to the US, and then step 3, PROFIT! The monster turned out to be one of the worst/best things ever, a hideous vulture marionette with bad teeth and bed-head. I wished once I could have seen the moment where they opened the crate and saw what they had to work with.

Maybe a fun idea for my first thread. Feel free to speculate wildly! I'll throw one out to get things started - Nick Adams' striking out with Kumi Mizuno. There's a probably-real Showa moment I'm thinking of, too, but I want to see if one of you guys comes up with it

[Kaiju-King42]

I got three of the top of my head.

1. How on earth did they work Biollante?

2. How did those Destoroyah aggregates climb up Godzilla so smoothly? I mean, that is some pretty nifty puppet work there!

3. What was it like when Toho hired Don Frye to play Captain Gordon?

[Living Corpse]

I got three of the top of my head.

1. How on earth did they work Biollante?

2. How did those Destoroyah aggregates climb up Godzilla so smoothly? I mean, that is some pretty nifty puppet work there!

3. What was it like when Toho hired Don Frye to play Captain Gordon?

You can actually find some Biollante stuff on Youtube.

[Kaiju-King42]

Ooh, Really? Link please!

[Living Corpse]

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

Yep.

[Kaiju-King42]

Thanks.

[Legion1979]

There's an entire behind the scenes feature on the R2 Godzilla vs Biollante DVD and the blu-ray.

Besides, this is the Showa subforum.

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

Might as well move this to the General Toho subforum then, since people appear interested in the effects work from other series too.

[ebirahsmeg1]

"What "Behind the scenes" moment would you like to see?"

Wardrobe fittings for Kumi Mizuno, Mie Hama, and Akiko Wakabayashi

[menschenjaeger]

I think we have a winner...

[Tyler]

When Nakajima nearly got his crotch blasted off during the filming of Varan.

And any footage/interview stuff of Honda.

[Godz]

Maybe not that "flashy", but, I'd like to see how during the final battle of "Ghidorah", they got King Ghidorah to turn completely around so smoothly...hopefully y'all will know the moment I mean

[Killswitch]

I would of loved to have been on the set for the final battle of Destroy all Monsters.

[hammysammy59]

The script-writing sessions for Godzilla vs The Smog Monster. Contact high!

[menschenjaeger]

The one I was thinking of was related to Hedorah: When Banno got told he ruined the franchise.

[Gussilla95]

The miniature truck with the prisoners in GRA (1955) crashing into the power station. I LOVE MINIATURES!

[Godzilla 2000]

The final battle in GvsSpaceG, especially the "crystal missile attack" sequence.

Oh, and the initial space battle between Mogy and SpaceG, just so I could see that asteriod field in person.

[Tamura]

Bob Burns encountering the tyrannosaurus rex and ankylosaurus costumes from THE VOLCANO MONSTERS.

"What "Behind the scenes" moment would you like to see?"

Wardrobe fittings for Kumi Mizuno, Mie Hama, and Akiko Wakabayashi

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

I love watching behind the scenes work so my short answer: EVERYTHING. But honestly, I want to see anything related to the filming of Godzilla (1954). Watching the crew having to come up with these solutions they would use for the entire film franchise for the first time could be extremely interesting. I had never seen a lot of the pictures shown on the Criterion release before, and they really got me curious as to how Toho went about creating this film step-by-step.

[Dash 7]

The making of any Tsuburaya war film.