The Monster's Den: Ranking the Godzilla Films-Showa Era 1954-1975
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2021
- Join Pete Pardo, Rich Catino, and Chris Alo as they each rank the 15 films in the original Godzilla series by Toho (Showa era 1954-1975). #godzilla
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Game Changer CHRIS ALO quote : wait a second GODZILLA is amphibious: Just jump in the F...kin WATER / classic but true. !!💯👍
Chris strikes again!!
@@seaoftranquilityprog / Definitely. Lol
Dude I was literally thinking the exact same thing. Another fire Chris Alo quote.
This stuff is tremendous with this TRIO. Way to go. PETE- CHRIS- RICH 💯👍
I'm only 2 movies each in, and this is an amazing episode already.
Fun fact I'm going to see Destroy All Monsters (my favorite) with the new film and Godzilla v MechaGodzilla in 2 weeks at my local Drive-in.
War of Gargantuas is absolutely an AMAZING movie. I wish it would be released on Blu-Ray. I agree with Chris that all the non-Godzilla movies need a good Blu-Ray (or 4K) treatment.
Love the war of Gargantuas ! Great movie
What a great video. Chris Alo is a national treasure ("Just jump into the ****** water!"). His responses are absolutely hilarious! And I appreciate having Rich Catino along. Rich always brings a perspective that perfectly complements the others. The Pete/Chris/Rich Trio rocks! Now, I need to go watch some Godzilla movies.
thanks Don!
When chris said he didn't show up for 52 minutes i thought he was talking about axl rose not godzilla.
Ha, well played
Just imagine Godzilla attacking Axl as he does his little whiny Axl dance!
@@jonathancilley9450 godzilla would probably get fed up waiting for axl to arrive hed probably say fuk this and do what Chris wanted him to do. Just jump in the fkn water lol.
The first Godzilla does it for me every time
This was such a fun episode! I didnt even realize how many older Godzilla films i hadnt seen. This was an instant classic. Ill be watching this video again and again. Thank you for continuing to make "The Monsters Den". It really means a lot.
Wholly farts - how did i miss the "The Monsters Den" T-Shirts!! This is my second time watching the video -- i somehow missed that announcement the first time -- Im so in! Thanks for creating "The Monsters Den" merch!
Cant wait to get my T Shirt!
Chris needs to sell sound bytes of himself saying "just get in the fucking water!"
Literally just finally pulled the trigger on that awesome Criterion Blue Ray set of the Showa films. Classic stuff, even though not every movie was amazing.
The packaging was great too!
Chris....tells us how you really feel
It's what makes Chris Alo great!
Very entertaining! Your reviews were awesome!
The first Godzilla/ Gojira film, in it's original cut, is on the level of The Seven Samurai.
Couldn’t agree more here. Honda and Kurosawa were friends that had worked together - both master visionaries and story tellers capable of delivering powerful films full of heart.
Godfather or Casablanca tier film, for sure.
One night I sat down and watched the uncut original (Gojira).....I decided it was a piece of art frankly. Once you've seen the uncut original...you're going to have a HARD time going back to the American/Raymond Burr version.
@@dancalmpeaceful3903 I'm 38, but I've never seen the American cut. I don't have any interest in it due to how much I love the original version.
@@thewal1ofsleep I would highly suggest then that you don't waste your time with it...UNLESS you are a massive Raymond Burr fan. I grew up with it so I'm used to it quite a bit and still have a fondness for it...but as I said, and I tell everyone, once you see that uncut original....you'll never watch the US version the same way again....IF ever.
8:15 Chris is the best!
Invasion of Astro Monster/Monster Zero was my introduction to Godzilla. Watched it as a little kid, my parents were bored after five mins, I was completely blown away
Please do a show were Pete does the noises of Godzilla monsters and the others have to guess which one lol. Other epic video
That'll be hilarious.
Great idea!
Yes can't wait to hear and watch this huge Godzilla fan
King Kong vs Godzilla FTW! My parents let me stay up until midnight when I was six to watch it! I will always love this one the most!
Chris Alo is brutally honest!!!! 😅🤣
and we wouldn't have him any other way!
@@seaoftranquilityprog I love your reactions to his comments. Great show as always sir. Thanks for your excellent content
That's an awesome Godzilla figure that Rich has on display. It's one of the nicest I've seen. 😁👍👹
I have the same figure. My daughters LOVE it as well. They have played with it since they were one or so. I would watch them to make sure they did not impale themselves on the spines.
Rich, Chris,Pete!!
What amuses me. most is that 2 members of Kurosawa's great Seven Samurai appear these films. Takashi Shimura appears in 3 (Gojira, Godzilla R Raids Again and Ghidorah, the three headed monster), and Minoru Chiaki who appeared in Godzilla Raids Again
What a great episode of the Monster's Den. Rich's Godzilla prop was excellent. The Trio Of Terror is particularly enjoyable when each of the three expresses an opinion that either may be contrary to the other or when talking about what they specifically did not like about an episode. Remember seeing Destroy All Monsters in the theatre but now going to have to watch that and the Mechagodzilla ones [at least those] again with this show in mind. Had not seen Gojira until Pete did a review in a much earlier episode of the Den and then tracked it down. Whoa! Definitely a movie of its time but way ahead of its time. And never again will I be able to approach a swimming pool or other body of water without Chris Alo sounding in my brain to just get in the water. Thanks, guys. Really looking forward to the follow-up show next week.
Son Of Godzilla my fav as cheesy and kiddy-oriented as it is. I like how Godzilla looks on that one. Give me that instead of the '98 offspring crap anytime.
Angilas, Baragon and Varan WERE going to be a team... In the original version of GMK, they were going to use Angilas and Varan instead of Mothra and King Ghidorah, but Toho made Kaneko switch them out for more popular monsters...
15: Godzilla’s Revenge - 1/10
14: Godzilla vs. Megalon - 4/10
13: Godzilla vs. Gigan - 5/10
12: Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster - 5/10
11: Godzilla Raids Again - 6/10
10: Destroy all Monsters - 6/10
9: Son of Godzilla - 7/10
8: Terror of Mechagodzilla - 7/10
7: Godzilla vs. Hedorah - 7/10
6: Invasion of Astro-Monster - 8/10
5: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - 8/10
4: King Kong vs. Godzilla - 8/10
3: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - 8/10
2: Godzilla vs. Mothra - 9/10
1: Gojira - 10/10
“Godzilla vs The Sea Monster” was originally supposed to be a King King movie, that’s the reason why the lobster and the condor were just giant animals and not a Gigan/Megalon type of creature.
“King King Escapes” w/ Mech-Kong, came years before “Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla”.
I wacthed sleepaway camp last night shudder never seen i took chance cause Pete was wearing shirt I figured got to be good ..great crazy movie I'm going wacth 2 and 3 weekend
Massive or even GIANT thanks and praise to Rich, Chris and Pete for another excellent Monster's Den.
This is one of the best episodes of the Monster's Den so far! Great job Pete, Chris, and Rich!
The original will always be my favorite. Dark, desperate, brutal and unforgiving. I love that it is in black & white. Like Psycho, it being in black & white is what makes it even more creepy! It was ruined when Psycho II came out and that house was in color. And like Pete mentioned, the Akira Ifukbe soundtrack is essential to the feel of the movie. And I love how Godzilla looks. His eyes are super piercing and angry!
I used to watch all of these movies on WLVI tv Boston...The Creature Double Feature!
This was a lot of fun! I have to say I am totally down with the dubbed movies!
My ranking:
Mothra vs. Godzilla - the overall best, costumes, story, special effects, eveything!
Godzilla - the original classic, love both versions
King Kong vs. Godzilla - a camp classic and sentimental favorite, my favorite Godzilla suit, crappy Kong suit but I love it anyway
Godzilla Raids Again - love Anguirus
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - the introduction of Ghidora, love this monster!
Invasion of Astro-Monster - Ghidora again! more of a great thing
Destroy All Monsters - campy but a lot of fun - Varan needed to be in this more than one sec. Love Baragon, more Baragon!!
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - these two and Anguirus
& King Caesar too!
Terror of Mechagodzilla - love Titanosaurus
Godzilla vs. Megalon - again campy but I do love it for Megalon. also love Jet Jaguar - dumb and fun!
Godzilla vs. Gigan - enough talk! get to the action - more Ghidora!
Godzilla vs. Hedorah - the Smog Monster!
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep - just bad
Son of Godzilla - just bad
All Monsters Attack - just bad... Gabara is goofy fun but even he can't save it
Have not seen all of them, but ever since i was little Mechagodzilla always stuck in my mind
I would love to see Chris Allo in a gangster movie as one of the villains. He says the F word with such conviction
very cool shirts
Smog Monster is my 'Zilla jam. So very dark, druggy, and downright freaky! The psychedelic club hallucination scene pushes it over the top for me. Warped my pre-teen mind.
Thanks for the laughs, and
"Save the Earrrrrrth..."
Thank you guys! Love the classic Showa Era Godzilla films, actually love all the Eras, but these are the blueprint. Agreed with everything said. Yes the kiddie ones (Son of Godzilla, All Monsters Attack) are the weaker but I remember them growing up so they still hold a special place in my heart. No one mentioned the roar Titanosaurous makes in Terror of Mechagodzilla - sort of a laughing aquatic bubbly hard to describe trumpeting - absolutely fantastic! Very much looking forward to this great team tackling the more recent Toho movies!
Here’s my rankings, followed by a few thoughts about a couple of the rankings that will definitely ruffle some feathers.
15. Godzilla’s Revenge
14. Son of Godzilla
13. Godzilla vs the Sea Monster
12. Invasion of the Astro Monster
11. Godzilla Raids Again
10. Godzilla vs Megalon
9. Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
8. Godzilla vs Gigan
7. Destroy All Monsters
6. Godzilla vs Hedorah
5. Mothra vs Godzilla
4. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
3. King Kong vs Godzilla
2. Terror of Mechagodzilla
1. Gojira
Three Headed and Astro Momsger just don’t have enough monster action for my taste, even with Ghidorah being Godzilla’s arch nemesis. Same kind of issue with Destroy All Monsters for me but to a lesser extent, mainly due to that last fight. Yes there are a ton of monsters in DAM but there just not in it enough. Godzilla vs Gigan ranks pretty high on my list cause Gigan is my absolute favorite monster excluding Godzilla in the entire franchise. Terror of Mechagodzilla ranks so high for me, and so much so that I legitimately floated putting it number 1 but just couldn’t bring myself to do it, just cause I love Titanosaurus so much as a monster and love how the tables have turned from the previous film and now he’s up against two monsters this time around. Terror is probably the showa movie I go back and rewatcb the most, just really love it. And one final thing for the wrestling cheese in the latter shows films, you forgot about the flying drop kick from Godzilla vs Megalon.......WHICH HAPPENS TWICE!!!!
This episode and the Evil Dead episode, pure gold.
Pete how about a show when you go to Rock Fantasy for the box set?
You should review the new Gojira album 'Fortitude' when it drops on april 30 🙂
Awesome band!
I know we don’t know each other but I would love to be on one of these. Lol
These Hudson Valley guys are great. They share all of my interests.
Reminds me of the south shore of Staten Island back in the day; in the before time.
Any film where Godzilla does the "jig" is a happy moment! LOL ..
Godzilla: "Somehow He's always doin' something"
Alo : “ just get in the f*** ing water ! Aren’t you amphibious ? !! “. I can’t stop laughing. And then... “ I hate that movie ! I have ten copies” !!!
The Mothra moth puppet was apparently dropped because it was a nightmare to operate. That's why they went with the larva for a couple of films. I'm guessing they dropped the character after that because they felt she didn't add much in that form. Shame, as I love Mothra.
Absolutlely love the Monsters den!! Chhers from Sweden
Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster is my favorite. I liked the Mothra characters better in this movie than in Mothra vs. Godzilla. I found the Mothra movie a little too convoluted whereas this Ghidorah flick was streamlined & I dug every minute of it.
Hedorah, The Smog Monster is pretty cheesy, but also has some really cool parts. It's trippy and it's even more brutal considering this monster actually represents a real life horror.
Godzilla vs Monster Zero is number 1 for me and all the video games,Destroy All Monsters,etc even follow it's premise
The show I've been waiting for all my life!!!!!
Speaking of pronunciations, the iconic reptilian behemoth was actually not originally called "Godzilla" in Japan, but "Gojira".
Western audiences misheard this as "Godzilla" and the rest is history.
Was disappointed that French band called that way didn't write about Japanese monsters or anything remotely alike.
Wow! t-shirt trio 👏
Destroy All Monsters would've been a great time to introduce Gigan or have King Ghidorah morph into a bigger form like Emperor Ghidorah or some sort of 3 headed,2 armed,4 legged Ultraman-esque looking monster cause Ghidorah's powerful but he couldn't have taken on all Earth's Monsters by himself
Man i want to buy the criterion Blu Ray but theres only 5 films im interested in..and one is the Japanese cut of King Kong v Godzilla in SD transfer...but love these reviews..iprefer the Hesai period myself
I"ll never need to buy these again......ah yes, we've ALL said that....at least twice.
Hey Pete ...
ok, here is where the "rubber meets the road" (or plastic monster, whichever) -
anyways, not totally relevant to this program , but something that has to be addressed and resolved ...
the seemingly relentless attempts to contend / combat Godzilla vs King Kong ! what !!!
the would be a no contest ! Godzilla is loaded with so many more formidable weaponry and abilities - not to mention his size that prevails - he would kick King Kong's ass in a nanosecond - in reality (well, at least in an imagined reality)
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster #1
My thoughts exactly. Godzilla vs Hedorah aka Godzilla vs The Smog Monster is my absolute favorite.
Totally.
Jet Jaguar is so lame that he actually goes full circle to being cool haha
In the late 80s, Martin Scorcese was going to do a movie called "Godzilla VS Rodan" with Robert DeNiro playing Godzilla (no costume) and Joe Pesce playing Rodan (no costume).
DeNiro actually spent like 6 months in Japan living as Godzilla to get into character with all that method acting shit etc, and actually got arrested in downtown Tokyo because he was walking around doing Godzilla roars and stuff and they assumed he was on drugs.
The studio eventually "Hell No"d it because they thought the idea was "retarded".
Fucking shame.
On the bright side, as a backup plan, Scorcese made Goodfellas.
Lol
In my book, Just get in the f**king water s now as iconic as Arnold's Get to the Chopper.
I would say the showa era has the most stinkers but the most gems at the same time and in no order
Monster Zero
Godzilla vs King Kong
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
Ghirdorah
Terror of Mechagodzilla
looking forward to part 2
Rich, which Godzilla figure is that you have there? It looks great.
Does ANY G-Fan EVER care about the "love" story or "back" story........? I agree with Chris...it would have been kick-ass to have Kong and G battle mecha-Kong and mecha - G at some point.....or even just mech-Kong vs mecha-G......
Godzilla 4 ever
Huge Goji fan.
A few notes first: Never liked Anguirus. I don't get the love for him. He looks like my sister's hairbrush. I think Gigan sucked too. I never bought that a creature could organically be born with sunglasses and a buzzsaw chest. That said he is my ranking:
15. Godzilla Raids Again
14. Godzilla vs. Gigan
13. Godzilla vs. Megalon
12. Son of Godzilla
11. Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
10. Terror of Mechagodzilla
9. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
8. Destroy All Monsters
7. King Kong vs. Godzilla
6. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster
5. Godzilla's Revenge
4. Godzilla vs. Mothra
3. Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster
2. Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
1. Godzilla, King of the Monsters
I also prefer the Japanese original to the Americanized version. I think Monster Zero has the best human/alien story. They make up for the lack of monsters. And Godzilla's Revenge was probably the first one I ever saw as a kid and I always identified with the kid. Plus, I loved the trainyard setting. Underrated. Gaborah is a wimp, but fits the story perfectly. I kind of like his look and sound.
Only almost 6 minutes in and although I can see why there would be a trifecta of All Monsters Attack as the worst, I personally have to think Godzilla vs Megalon is even worse for me.
#1 Godzilla movie of all eras “Bambi vs Godzilla”.
Wish I could have joined you guys for this show, but it sure was fun. Surprised that none of you mentioned the differences between the Japanese KING KONG VS. GODZILLA and the Americanized version. Oh, one more note: drink a shot every time you all pronounced "versus" as "verse"!!! (This has become a recent phenomenon, I am noticing).
How else was Gzilla supposed to fly without the tail-between-the-legs manoeuvre?
Sources say, that its a scientifically viable method of flight.
I love titanosaurus and angirus too! :)
I have 2 taco bell godzilla cup holders
The original King Kong vs. Godzilla. That monkey suit was terrible.
one that was really bad was the one with the flying saucer
Doctor Eddie Ganja here hey Pete how about Original Ultraman series
A fun episode. However, there was a green glitch on UA-cam on my Roku and on my UA-cam App, did anyone else get this?
Now you guys need to rank the Toho Showa non-Gozilla Kaiju movies:
Rodan
The Mysterians
Varan The Unbelievable
Mothra
Frankenstein vs Baragon
War of the Gargantuas
Atragon
Matango
Dogora
King Kong Escapes
Latitude Zero
Space Amoeba
And the original has a character say I survived the atomic bomb for this and sideways to the Tokyo fire bombings
Rich was taking a kicking at the start.
God dang you guys know your godzila movies
Gadzooki lol
Worst. Monster. Movie. Ever.
I think Godzilla's were mostly for dudes. My husband knew all of them. In the summer whenever we were outside on the patio I'd see Mothra 😂
They also seem to especially have a large fanbase in the US and Japan, I guess past TV showings play a lot into it hence less familiar in other countries. US youtuber Jerome Weiselberry does many good Godzilla reviews on her channel.
Godzilla's Revenge .........Revenge against who? LOL
Showa Godzilla: Best to Worst. This is based mostly (but not totally) on my childhood. As an adult, there are differences in order. But I am listing my order based on my 12 year old self. I look forward to the Heisei period ranking show. The coolest thing is both my daughters are converts: They LOVE Godzilla. They are ten and twelve. Of course, their mom just rolls her eyes and calls me a perpetual teenager.
1 Ghidorah- The Three Headed Monster
2. Gojira (Original Japanese version) I bloody f*cking HATE the addition of Raymond Burr. Hated it as a kid as well. Why do we need a play by play announcer?
3. Terror of Mechagodzilla
4. Destroy All Monsters
5. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
6. Godzilla vs Gigan
7. Mothra vs Godzilla
8. King Kong vs Godzilla
9. Godzilla vs Hedorah (Smog Monster)
10. Invasion of Astro-Monster
11. Godzilla vs Megalon
12. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs the Sea Monster)
13. Son of Godzilla
14. All Monsters Attack
15. Godzilla Raids Again
I rewatch Godzilla vs Hedorah aka The Smog Monster more than any other Godzilla. Monster Zero after that
My 40 year old self is in almost complete agreement with 12 year old you.
"that's what i don't like about these Godzilla films
they show of the humans with bad voice dubbing
and out of synch lip movements and less of the
monsters which is annoying i wished they would
just have the monsters only maybe with voice overs
for Godzilla and the other monsters."-🤔🖥🌐🌍🌎🌏🌐..
Kong sucks Godzilla rules!👍🏼👍🏼
A sure way to ruin a movie is to shoe horn Raymond Burr into a film he wasn’t meant to be in. Just think if he was shoe horned into Aliens, Predator or Dickshark.
Great show and info. Am i the only one who dislikes peter jacksons King Kong movie. Give me the monsters in the sinbad movies, and best in the series of the movies in which you discussed any day. I dont like cgi, jacksons movie is overblown crap in my book. The one with jeff bridges, is more faithful to the orginal. Felt more real too.
Just jump in the f*****' water. 😂
Yeah.....the kid in the shorts.....is well....laughable....... I would agree it's pretty weak....Probably the most "woke "Godzilla film (i.e. the bullying aspect).
Godzilla vs Megalon sucks... The worst Big G film...