Godzilla 1985: The Suit

[GojirO]

I love this movie. It was one if the first godzilla movies I ever saw and it is hands down a fantastic endeavor. However as o watched it, and I am wondering if anyone else caught this, in closeups of godzilla, he kind if looks cockeyed. Anyone else catch this?

[Sue Dounim]

This film has eluded me since I was a child. Only now through the magic of torrenting have I finally been able to acquire it, and yes the 'cockeyed' glimpses have been bugging the hell out of me.

[Red-Death Gigan]

Amen! I'm not alone. Still haven't seen the Japanese original "Return of Godzilla", only the Americanized "Godzilla 1985".

[GojirO]

Istill think its his eyes man

[Ligerzilla2014]

The eye thing is the main reason why I am not a fan of the '85 suit. It just gets to me every time. And you know it never really bothered me until someone else pointed it out.

[GojirO]

The eye thing is the main reason why I am not a fan of the '85 suit. It just gets to me every time. And you know it never really bothered me until someone else pointed it out.

You think that's bad, a friend of mine made a comment about King Ghidorah's chest that I can't un-see.

What was the comment

[eabaker]

One of my favorite G suits. Not quite in my top five, but more or less a tie with the 55 suit for 6th place. I like my Godzilla loking mean.

[GojirO]

There are some shots where the eyes look amazing but then there are shots where his eye look ms, one way and the other write looks dead straight., also I feel as if there are shots where the eyes appear to glow (like the old gamera suits) anyone see this ?

[Ligerzilla2014]

The eye thing is the main reason why I am not a fan of the '85 suit. It just gets to me every time. And you know it never really bothered me until someone else pointed it out.

You think that's bad, a friend of mine made a comment about King Ghidorah's chest that I can't un-see.

No seriously, what was the comment?

[GojirO]

Tell the comment sir

[tenup]

I always thought there were 2 different suits used in the 84 film excluding the robot. I remember when rapper BIG came out, I would always see his face in the close ups of G85. And I think that mysterious Ghidorah comment about his chest has something to do with boobs.

[GojirO]

O_O (nightmare fuel)

[Goji]

I always thought there were 2 different suits used in the 84 film excluding the robot.

There were two suits used, in addition to the Cybot.

[Poe Ghostal]

I think the eyebrows make this one of the more evil-looking Godzillas, along with '64 and '01. I'm a big fan of this suit, but part of the reason for that is because of my nostalgic love of the film (the usual - it was the first G-flick I saw in a theater, and so forth).

As a kid, I always viewed the "bad" Godzilla of '85 as being more powerful than the heroic Godzilla of the '60s-'70s. I ultimately preferred the latter, though.

[heiseisaegusa]

Awesome suit, no other godzilla looks so powerful (other than burning) and scary. I can just imagine G84 scaring the shit out of destoroyah or KG just by looking at them.

[junkerde]

only liked 1 angle near the end where godzilla is on the volcano and is shown through the monitor on the side of him, cool shot and he looked cool

[Gojira1963]

I like the 84'85 suit design except for one thing...the fangs. They didn't last long in the Showa era or Heisei era. May we never see them like that again.

[Pkmatrix]

^

I think the fangs are best suited for a Godzilla that's a terrifying menace.

Which is the most common depiction...

But the fangs are one of my favorite features of the suit.

I agree! I love the fangs on this suit (the teeth are partly why I like the GRA suit too).

[heiseisaegusa]

Out of the two head designs (cybot and main suit) which do you guys prefer?

[Goji]

^ I like both, but the suit-head is clearly the 'better' of the two. I like the Cybot, but mostly for sentimental reasons.


How can anyone dislike the fangs though? They compliment this Godzilla perfectly.