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.

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

[Hellspawn28]

So I watch the Japanese version today with English subs and the Japanese version is much better of course. It feels like you are pretty much watching a totally different movie and the music from Akira Ifukube is wonderful as always.

[Kaiju-King42]

Wish I could see it in Japanese...

[Space Hunter M]

So I watch the Japanese version today with English subs

I just did the opposite a few days ago. Weird how that works. It's quite amazing how many things they shuffled around. The sudden shift back to Carter completely ruins Godzilla's dramatic entrance.

[Destroyer]

I saw the English version again after so many years. I'm sad to say that it was.....a joke. The human characters were nothing but complete jokes, the tone was strange, and really the only thing good about it was the final battle. But man, this film is A LOT worse than I remembered. And I hear that the Japanese version has more comedy, so I really do not know what to say about this film.

[Space Hunter M]

The Japanese version is a well structured satire of the Kaiju Eiga genre, as well as the 1960s Japanese TV industry. The U.S. version most of us are accustomed to is basically a butchered B-Movie edited by morons who didn't get it. It's almost unanimous that the original version is completely superior.