I want to see this movie and haven't yet, so I wanted to ask: Is it a fair assessment to say that the American remake of Godzilla was actually a remake of this movie instead? Because Zilla is only Godzilla in Name Only (or GINO as he's often called). So does he have anything in common with this monster?
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The AVGN made that connection as well.
I haven't scene it either, it was a few year before Gojira so it's interesting.
"These Monsters are as stupid as Human beings"-Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
only in location I think.
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The so-so 1998 film swiped a LOT from this film.
The monster swimming a huge distance to get to NYC, the monster stepping on individuals and eating them , the monster squishing cars, breaking through buildings to avoid gunfire, ....
The monster swimming a huge distance to get to NYC, the monster stepping on individuals and eating them , the monster squishing cars, breaking through buildings to avoid gunfire, ....
Yeah, the 98 Godzilla was basically a remake of this movie, at least more so than any Godzilla movie.
"Beneath this Mask, there is an Idea"
-V for Vendetta-
They share the same purpose. Tokyo Godzilla simply rampages around a lot, seemingly on some sort of vendetta. NY Godzilla and the Rhedosaurus have babies in mind. The professor does note breeding sites, as I recall, though they didn't think to make "Rheddy" asexual. I also think the two are similar because they act like large lizards, not a creature with some sort of grudge. When they break through buildings, they're trying to get away from being attacked. They aren't on the attack~defensive instead of aggressive.
Someone noted one difference: NY Godzilla doesn't eat people. Does the Rhedosaurus eat just one person? I don't recall any others. Maybe that was because the policeman had been shooting at him but was vulnerable at a critical moment. After all, no one gathered fish for HIM to eat.
Maybe with a different title, "Godzilla" wouldn't be disliked so much. I think he's much more like the Rhedosaurus.
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