WHAT IF:Destroy all monsters was really the LAST movie?

[Alienvspredatorules]

Well if dam was the last g movie then it would had been a great finsh saved godzilla from going down hill until g vs mecha g & terror mecha g & would have given other monsters such as anguruis, morths, rodan & Gorosarus but at the same time if there was no godzilla hesei & x seris movies then it would have stopped toho from making a big load of more money not that i am saying that other toho movies are not that good & earned toho a lot of money but well you get my ponit.m

[Legion1979]

^Dude, slow down, use some periods and run your texts through a spell checker.

As for the topic...who knows.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

^Dude, slow down, use some periods and run your texts through a spell checker.

As for the topic...who knows.

None of us would be discussing these films, I can imagine.

[Mini-Godzilla]

The series would be somewhat more respected and somewhat more forgotten. I'm not sure that the tradeoff is completely worth it, but I would be interested to see how the whole American remake scenario would have played out in that case.

[edgaguirus]

The films would be more obscure but respected. It's good DAM wasn't the last one. Without the cheesy films, some of us probably wouldn't be the fans we are.

[JVM]

I think we're a little quick to assume the movies would be more obscure and forgotten. If anything, I think the less famous the series would be, the more airplay the movies'd get as public domain features, and more VHS/DVD releases, perhaps actually spreading quicker. Just speculation.

[wrongnote85]

trey azagthoth would have had to call that solo track on heretic something else.

[omgitsgodzilla]

I think we're a little quick to assume the movies would be more obscure and forgotten. If anything, I think the less famous the series would be, the more airplay the movies'd get as public domain features, and more VHS/DVD releases, perhaps actually spreading quicker. Just speculation.

True, but those releases would probably suck.

[Biollante]

Then it would be...The last movie? I'm not sure how to answer this.

[Shacker9227]

Like a previous user mentioned, the Godzilla series would've been forgotten and only be brought back with maybe a modern remake but nope, it continued and I'm glad it did to be honest.

[Legion1979]

Why would the Godzilla series have been forgotten? The '50 and '60s are considered Toho's best decade for science fiction films and Godzilla was only revived in the '80s BECAUSE the films of that era were so popular.

[therealmccoy]

Why would the Godzilla series have been forgotten? The '50 and '60s are considered Toho's best decade for science fiction films and Godzilla was only revived in the '80s BECAUSE the films of that era were so popular.

It would have been forgotten because the seventies Godzilla movies weren't serious; they were EVIL and ruined Godzilla because they were soooo stupid.

[Arbok]

Why would the Godzilla series have been forgotten? The '50 and '60s are considered Toho's best decade for science fiction films and Godzilla was only revived in the '80s BECAUSE the films of that era were so popular.

For Japan you are right that the series wouldn't have been forgotten.

For other countries like the US, I'm doubtful. As odd as it might seem, Godzilla vs. Megalon really created an explosion of interest in the character in the US thanks to the way it was marketed and presented. So if DAM was the last film, that never would have happened and the resulting toys, comics, cartoons and everything that happened in the US following that explosion of interest never would have occurred.

Not to mention this means we would have never gotten Mechagodzilla, whose pop culture impact has been pretty huge ever since his creation.

[Mini-Godzilla]

They probably would have been remembered the same way that Them! and Fantastic Voyage are remembered, even without the post-Megalon popularity resurgence.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ That's not a bad comparison. It's also not a bad legacy, had that occurred. However, I'd gladly endure the taint of Megalon in exchange for the existence of the MechaGodzillas and many others.

[Mini-Godzilla]

I'll resist the urge to make a joke about enduring the "taint of Megalon."

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ He made Ned Beatty squeal like a dung beetle!

[edgaguirus]

Megalon comments aside, a few of my favorite films never would have happened.

[Killswitch]

Why would the Godzilla series have been forgotten? The '50 and '60s are considered Toho's best decade for science fiction films and Godzilla was only revived in the '80s BECAUSE the films of that era were so popular.

For Japan you are right that the series wouldn't have been forgotten.

For other countries like the US, I'm doubtful. As odd as it might seem, Godzilla vs. Megalon really created an explosion of interest in the character in the US thanks to the way it was marketed and presented. So if DAM was the last film, that never would have happened and the resulting toys, comics, cartoons and everything that happened in the US following that explosion of interest never would have occurred.

Not to mention this means we would have never gotten Mechagodzilla, whose pop culture impact has been pretty huge ever since his creation.

B-Movie Host and local programming would of kept the 50's/60's films alive. BUT....the Godzilla films of the 70's(especially Megalon), introduced a whole new generation of kids in the U.S. to the genre.

The 1970's and early 80's were a great time to be a Godzilla fan. We had Godzilla films shown on TV, new films like Megalon at the theater, later - Godzilla cartoon etc.

[Carthormerr]

I don't know if i'm alone in my opinion or not, but I find this movie one of if not my least favorite of all the G movies. So if the series had ended here, I would have been disappointed.