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Destroy All Monsters(1968); Discuss the film here.
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I have a DVD-R of that tape. I don't care if it didn't make sense or not. It should have been added. The funniest thing though are the out takes when one of the flare launchers (ahem, missile launchers) comes appart and malfunctions with a natural spring sound. Nice. Too bad that stuff wasn't put onto a DVD or anything here in the US legaly.
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I don't care if it didn't make sense or not. It should have been added
To the film itself or as an "extra" on the DVD? I agree with you that it should be part of any extras with a future DAM R1 DVD release. That said the shot itself is a brief, smoke filled sequence in which Godzilla loosely grabs Manda's neck area and then Manda frees itself and moves off. The scene does little if anything to add to the movie which is why I felt it was better off left out of DAM.
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Has anyone ever wondered why Dr. Yoshida gave that strange look to the American representative when he said to Dr. Yoshida that he would try to arrange for his countrys help when they were watching the devastation of Monsterland on the main screen?

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Has anyone ever wondered why Dr. Yoshida gave that strange look to the American representative when he said to Dr. Yoshida that he would try to arrange for his countrys help when they were watching the devastation of Monsterland on the main screen?
Maybe the American representative had a bad case of body odor.
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Here is a brief summary of the deleted "Godzilla vs Manda" scene from DAM: http://www.tohokingdom.com/cutting_room/cut_scenes/dam.htm

I saw this footage of Godzilla and Manda on a VHS tape I used to own of Toho kaiju film outtakes, bloopers and deleted footage and I can say without hesitation that this footage was absolutely best left on the cutting room floor. winky
There may have beem more fans of this monster if they didn't delete this scene, and its a shame because it looked good.
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Jan 11 2011, 02:38 PM
There may have been more fans of this monster if they didn't delete this scene
And also if Manda had looked better in Atragon(1963). Manda definitely looked better, to me anyway, in DAM. I especially liked Manda's snaking around the outdoor section of the high speed train tracks. That image is featured prominently in the AIP trailer for DAM. thumbz up
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Thanks for that post! I remember seeing that scene over 10 years ago somewhere.... Don't remember where.
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Click the link to access the AIP(American International Pictures) trailer for Destroy All Monsters(1968): http://www.trailersfromhell.com/trailers/571

The "split screen" effect used during the trailer, showing Gorosaurus, King Ghidorah and Manda is very cool! thumbz up

This trailer also shows Manda coiling around the outdoor subway train tram as well as Manda attacking with Godzilla in the background employing his oral beam on buildings.

DAM was the very first Godzilla movie I ever saw in a movie theater. My father and I saw Destroy All Monsters at the old Rialto Theater in downtown Atlanta when I was seven. I remember only bits and pieces now. There weren't many people in the theater and it was hot, sunny Saturday afternoon. We first watched The Green Slime(1968) and then stayed to watch DAM afterwards.

Other films I saw at the Rialto Theater with my father: Krakatoa East Of Java(1969), The Valley Of Gwangi(1969), Beneath The Planet Of The Apes(1970), Captain Nemo And The Underwater City(1969), Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun(1969) & The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971).

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Numbers game: Destroy All Monsters(1968) - revisited

As part of this message board's fast approaching fifth anniversary on the internet I have taken it upon myself to offer some additional "revisits" of the various Showa era Godzilla(and other kaiju) films, movies I have cherished for a lifetime and will still be watching when I'm an old geezer. Last week I offered some additional thoughts on 1966's War Of The Gargantuas. This evening I submit some additional musings on Destroy All Monsters, a film first released to theaters in Japan back in late 1968, the film reaching American theaters in 1969 courtesy of American International Pictures(AIP). The film is directed by Inoshiro Honda, the movie's score composed by Akira Ifukube and with special effects directed by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Some of my insights and observations may look familiar from previous posts and there is(I hope) some new material for the inspection of the Godzilla fans among this message board's community.

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1. Akira Kubo's character of "Katsuo Yamabe", a straight faced and no nonsense guy. I figure he has to be since he commands the sophisticated Moonlight SY3 spacecraft, this piece of hardware playing an important role in humanity's ability to deal with the onslaught of the giant monsters who have been loosed by the Killaaks. Yamabe is clearly a take charge guy and also refuses to be intimidated by the lead Killaak alien female.

2. the "Soshengeki" Godzilla suit used to render Godzilla in this movie. I've seen some criticism of this suit as having an overly long neck and altogether too slim profile. Maybe but I like the leaner look of Godzilla which serves the monster well, especially the final battle between the monsters and the Killaak's monster mercenary for hire King Ghidorah. This suit had an excellent run.

3. Godzilla's role as the leader of the monsters in DAM: the role fits Godzilla well, I think though fans of Godzilla as the antagonist and enemy to mankind no doubt would feel some disdain for Godzilla's role at the end of DAM.

4. I found many of the special effects in DAM to be uneven but overall I still consider the effects solid, including:
-the rendering of Rodan as it dives into the ocean off Monsterland's shore to snatch an orca out of the water
-Godzilla's rampage through the city during the monster assault on Tokyo, especially the shots where both G and Manda are shown in close proximity
-the shot of Godzilla's beam flashing across the screen as he fires at the Killaak launched, airborne fireball towards the end of the film, the remaining monsters around him

5. the score by Akira Ifukube is marvelous. I especially liked the score during the moon base scenes.

6. The miniature sets look solid, especially the sequence where we see the Moonlight SY3 on the launch pad with the buildings and runway around it.

7. Gorosaurus and Angilas, who both get to strut their stuff, so to speak, in DAM. Gorosaurus is arguably the most active combatant in the final battle between the monsters and King Ghidorah besides Godzilla, complementing Godzilla's actions well in the fight. Gorosaurus also has IMO the best entrance scene in DAM, erupting out of the ground right under the Arc De Triomphe in Paris(France), the creature plowing through the structure as it appears out of the ground. thumbz up


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1. I hesitate to criticize this scene because given the options Toho's effects staff had at the time I doubt this scene could have been rendered any better in any other way. I'm referring to the scene where Yoshio Tsuchiya's character, "Dr. Otani", and under Killak control, nonchalantly walks to the hotel window and launches himself out of it. Obviously a dummy was used to show Otani's free fall to the beach below but the dummy looked, well, too much like a dummy.

2. the firearms deployed by the "special police"(as they were referred to). The police engaged the Kilaak controlled Monsterland staffers(including Kyoko Yamabe) on the beach. The weapons themselves resembled toys and sounded like something out of a "Buck Rogers" TV episode. The "special police" also appeared to lack in the most basic of marksmanship skills, unable to hit any of the fleeing Kilaak controlled staffers.

3. Godzilla's oral beam suffered that (now infamous) curve as he waded into New York harbor, firing the beam at the United nations building. As to how the monster's beam suffered this "curve" effect I couldn't answer. It didn't look very good, that's for sure.

4. the local military again appeared fairly inept. In one scene, during the initial part of the monster's attack on Tokyo, the JSDF commander and his comrades sat together at a table and appeared remarkably relaxed and nonchalant given the fact that Tokyo was under siege by giant monsters. Maybe they forgot their morning coffee before the monster's attack. ?

Regrettably, Varan and Baragon would make only cameo appearances in DAM by virtue of the deteriorated conditions of the suits of these two monsters.

It is my supreme hope that Toho remakes this film one day, perhaps with Shusuke Kaneko in the director's chair. This film, with updated effects could look awesome.

Hopefully we'll see someone like Shout! Factory or Mediablasters buy the North American rights to DAM and release a quality R1 DVD release with some extras.

The Toho trailer for Destroy All Monsters(1968):





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It is my supreme hope that Toho remakes this film one day, perhaps with Shusuke Kaneko in the director's chair. This film, with updated effects could look awesome.
I would like to see Shusuke Kaneko tackle a remake of DAM, it would be interested in seeing what he would change and add in. dancing admin

I wonder what G2KMaster would think of the idea of Shusuke Kaneko doing a remake?. heyo
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Mediablasters made it official yesterday: they will be releasing Destroy All Monters(1968) on Blu Ray and DVD, the release likely in October of 2011. No details as of yet on the DVD extras and whether or not this DVD release will include the highly popular AIP(American International Pictures) English dubbed version of the film. Read more: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6531
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i havent seen this one yet, and im scared that there isnt enough monster action from what I've heard Nono
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i havent seen this one yet, and im scared that there isnt enough monster action from what I've heard Nono
I recommend watching this one, since it is IMO one of the best Showa G-films. winky

If by Monster Action, do you mean Kaiju vs Kaiju? If you do, then yes there isn't much of that except for the fight near the end... however, there is Kaiju vs Military action as well as city smashing. Mr. Smiles
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i havent seen this one yet, and im scared that there isnt enough monster action from what I've heard
There is considerable criticism among the kaiju "fandom" about the sequences of this film that lack giant monsters. Is this criticism warranted? I think one could make an argument that the lack of monsters and monster action does seem to slow the pacing of Destroy All Monsters(1968) down a bit.

There are four(4) major scenes of monster mayhem in the movie:

-the initial assaults of the monsters on all the major cities of the world: these assaults are, I admit, somewhat brief in the film

-the assault on Tokyo by Manda, Godzilla, Rodan and to a lesser degree, larval Mothra

-the monster vs military action between the JSDF and Godzilla, Angilas and Rodan

-the climax of the film which features all the monsters squaring off against King Ghidorah which has been sent by the Killaaks(the villain aliens)

Is DAM a film lacking monster action? No. Is it a film with less monster action than some of the other Showa Godzilla films? I'd answer "yes."

Still, assuming Mediblasters releases DAM with both the original Toho version and the AIP/Titra dubbed version I would absolutely recommend buying this DVD because this movie IMO belongs in every Godzilla fans' DVD collection. winky
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I wonder if MB won't go out of their way to also include some deleted scenes...
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May 30 2011, 09:29 AM
I wonder if MB won't go out of their way to also include some deleted scenes...
That would hinge on Mediablasters getting Toho's permission for these scenes, right? The first one that comes to mind is the unused Manda Vs Godzilla skirmish during the monsters' attack on Tokyo.

I have always wondered why Toho even filmed this sequence. The monsters are supposed to be under the control of the Kilaaks and consequently acting in unison against humanity. Why then would Toho film this shot showing Godzilla and Manda briefly skirmishing, an act which would suggest the monsters are not, at least for this sequence, under the aliens' control? loco2
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It really depends on the specifics of how the alien control system works. It depends on what kind of mind state it had put the monsters in. Maybe their system doesn't tell the monsters to "destroy in unison against humanity", rather "destroy everything in your path". That means that two weapons would fight, but the Killaaks would stop that once it happened, which is possible seeing how short the scene is.

Personaly, I would liek to see some of the other things. You could add a whole 2 minutes to the scene. Not to mention some pretty good outtakes. And by good I mean funny.
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well, i just like seeing the monsters in general. the TOHO films i dont like are mainly the ones that take 30-40 minutes for you to actually see the monster for a good period of time. Like "ghidrah the three headed monster" for example.
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I think the Manda scene kinda works. It sorta shows that the mind control on the monster wasn't perfect or something like that at least.

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I think the Manda scene kinda works
Anyone wanting to watch this scene click the link. It appears towards the end of this German language video clip of DAM outtakes: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5945151/Destroy_All_Monsters_1968_Outtakes
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well, i just like seeing the monsters in general. the TOHO films i dont like are mainly the ones that take 30-40 minutes for you to actually see the monster for a good period of time. Like "ghidrah the three headed monster" for example.
I see, well DAM doesn't take long to show the monsters. topper
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August Ragone posted this cool radio spot for DAM at Facebook:


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http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2011/08/17/destroy-all-monsters-blu-ray-and-dvd-extras-announced/

Good to hear the news within the link, I hope if SciFiJapan has a contest for some free DVDs that I defiently win, this sounds like something I'd like to own. Though just out of curiosity, I wonder what happened to the fan-made commentary for DAM which included some of August Ragone which was posted on youtube some time ago...
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Though just out of curiosity, I wonder what happened to the fan-made commentary for DAM which included some of August Ragone which was posted on youtube some time ago...
I could probably venture a guess and tell you by PM...that is if you're interested in my opinion about it. winky
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I am in fact interested about it.
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I am in fact interested about it
I have sent you a PM. I would respectfully request that the PM I sent you remain a communication between you and me only. Thanks. winky
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Well, evidently, the DAM blu-ray is getting more special features than the regular DVD. Thumbs down.
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Well, evidently, the DAM blu-ray is getting more special features than the regular DVD
I wonder if Mediablasters will sell the two as a "combo" pack. If they do I'll buy both the DVD and Blu Ray disc. I'm planning on buying a discount Blu-Ray player around Christmas.
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I wonder if MB won't go out of their way to also include some deleted scenes...
And maybe also include that beloved AIP dub of the film: http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2011/10/aip-dub-in-media-blasters-destroy-all.html
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I'm really interested in this, along with the Megalon disc; though I think I'll wait until I get a Blu-Ray player. Not my favorite Godzilla movie, but it would be worth buying for the better quality picture.
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