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Biollante Kills at the Lake
While investigating the appearance of Biollante in Lake Ashinoko, the military dispatches a boat with soldiers in it. Venturing too close, Biollante retaliates by having one of her fanged vines crash down on the small vessel, killing the soldiers and sinking the craft.
Background:
Although lensed and edited, the sequence was removed from the final cut of the film. Consequently, Biollante comes off as far less menacing to humanity in the final edit than she does in the original screenplay. |
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Godzilla Advances on Lake Ashinoko
Having defeated the Super-X2, Godzilla advances inland on Japan. As night falls, the nuclear menace makes his way through the foliage to face Biollante at Lake Ashinoko.
Background:
This scene featured Godzilla marching through the woods toward Biollante in her rose form. The sequence loses some credibility as real plants were used for the foliage, destroying the sense of scale with the giant Godzilla. In the end, a more direct cut to an impressive shot of Godzilla advancing far above the forest treeline nearly at the lake was used. |
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Roses Bloom
Godzilla, unleashing a final gout of his atomic ray, sets Biollante's rose form aflame. The swarming fires rose up, engulfing the toothed flower into a towering inferno, disintegrating into a cloud of ember pollen. Lifting into the skies and settling on the lands around, the green hills and shores began to blossom. Hundreds of flowers blanketed the ground, giving a sight of bliss. Giving one last grunt at the sight, Godzilla turned and walked away.
Background:
Although visually impressive, the sequence was ultimately removed. Seeing Godzilla juxtaposed amongst hills of roses was in the end an odd mesh of visuals, and gave the film an almost whimsical moment that the final edit would ultimately avoid. |
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Damaged Super-X2
Following its bout with Godzilla, the Super-X2 returned to base. Having lost its fire mirror, the craft ended up recieving a direct hit from the nuclear menace's atomic ray. The beam scorched the front of the flying warship, peeling back the protective layer. The crew behind its creation examines the damage and the state of the fire mirror inside.
Background:
Although a new prop was created to show the damage the flying craft had recieved, this scene was axed. In the end, a shot of the pit crew looking at a wire frame model of the damage was used, which conveys the same information in a quicker way. |
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From Osaka to Wakasa
Having destroyed much of Osaka, along with the Super-X2, Godzilla travels further into the mountains. With the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria (ANEB) coursing through the King of the Monsters' veins, the military is keeping a close eye on the behemoth. Helicopters circle the beast relaying information as the monster advances toward the Wakasa plains.
Background:
Many scenes were cut from the 1989 movie. While some scenes were removed because the effect was unsatisfactory or it altered the mood of the film, others were shaved for pacing reasons. This simple sequence, which features Godzilla walking as helicopters circle him, was ultimately removed and the film simply transitions to Major Sho Kuroki seeing the helicopter footage as he talks about Godzilla being unfazed by the ANEB so far. |
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Staring Down Godzilla
At 120 meters tall, 40 meters taller than Godzilla, Biollante stares at the King of the Monsters eye-to-eye: the two combatants ready to lock themselves in fierce combat.
Background:
Special effects director Koichi Kawakita was a big fan of point of view (POV) shots. Most of the Heisei Godzilla films that he worked on featured them early in development, although they were generally cut. One major exception is a sequence with the AH-1S Attack Helicopter firing on a ANEB infected Godzilla that was actually used in this film. However, this wasn't the only POV shot that was planned, as Kawakita tried to convey the massive size of Biollante by having her stare down at the smaller Godzilla from a fish-eye perspective. |
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Entangled Godzilla
After a brief stare down, Biollante set out to stop Godzilla by entangling him in her tendrils. Attacking from all sides, the King of the Monsters was briefly overwhelmed by the assault.
Background:
While in production, many ideas were thrown out about on how to animate the bulbous Biollante. One such idea was to construct a claymation Godzilla that was to be attacked by Biollante's twisting vines. The claymation allowed for more convincing motion from the the snake-like tendrils, but in the end, the effect was removed from the final cut. |
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Biollante's Sacrifice
With Godzilla's strength waning due to the ANEB, Biollante readied her final strike. Working with the spirit of Erika, the plant monster transformed its physical form into a wash of energy. Consuming the weakened Godzilla, Biollante took the sins of the nuclear saurian with it to the grave.
Background:
A combination of live action and animation, the scene was completed with all of the post production elements finished. However, the scene was axed, and instead a different ending with Godzilla collapsing into the nearby water and Biollante returning to the sky was drafted. |
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Godzilla Awakens
After collapsing in the water earlier from the affect of the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria, Godzilla finally recovers and slowly opens his eyes before getting up.
Background:
This scene is a slight extension to what appears in the film, and is a brief sequence of Godzilla laying in the water before slowly waking up. Ultimately, the final edit of the film removed this sequence and opted for a more surprise reveal, wherein the characters and audience are abruptly shown that Godzilla is awake. |
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