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Godzilla Vs Gigan(1972); Discuss the film here.
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On March 12, 1972 Toho-Eizo Company released Chikyu Kogeki Meirei: Gojira Tai Gaigan, "Godzilla Versus Gigan". The U.S. version of this film, entitled Godzilla On Monster Island, was released in August of 1977. The story: A cartoonist, hired by the developers of an amusement park called Children's World Land, is anything but amused after discovering that his employers are actually alien cockroaches in human disguise, who are here on Earth because their own planet has become ravaged by pollution, and want to conquer Earth and possess the planet's abundance of natural resources. Opposing the aliens, in addition to Gengo the cartoonist :his girlfriend, conveniently well-versed in the martial arts, a portly hippie, and another woman who wants to rescue her brother(who is forced to aid the aliens in the upkeep and repair of their electronics). Fortunately, for humanity, Godzilla and Angilas also join in the fight against the aliens, squaring off against Gigan, a space cyborg kaiju, and old G adversary King Ghidorah. ------------Observations: Once more a fun, though somewhat uneven movie for me. The effects are, at times, spectacular, courtesy of SPFX director Teruyoshi Nakano, unquestionably one of the best at creating awesome pyrotechnic effects. In other instances the effects are erratic, and in one scene preposterous(referring to the "word ballooned" communication between Godzilla and Angilas). The film has been released on Region 1 DVD by Columbia/Tri-Star so fans can view this film in widescreen, a clean print, and with decent audio and subtitle options. Post your take and opinions on this film, anything related and the DVD if you like. All replies welcome. :)
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I love this film. I don't know why, it's just so special to me. Gigan is one of the most enjoyable opponents Godzilla has fought, with his fun roar, excited hopping and generally badass appearance. I love a lot of moments in this movie, like the scene with Angilas/Anguirus and Godzilla talking, or Gigan's "The Stage Is Yours"-ish pose when he steps aside for King Ghidorah. It's a movie I can watch time and time again.
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I enjoy the film, it's not a huge favorite of mine and it's certainly not disliked by me, so I suppose it falls somewhere in the middle of the pack, but that's not really a bad thing. I like the final battle scenes, but the beginning of the film moves a wee bit too slow for me....if I can get past the very beginning, then I'm good to go. busy bee
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It's a movie I can watch time and time again
And that might be the best thing I can say about Godzilla Vs Gigan(1972). This movie is somewhat uneven for me, because it has a lot of things I like and some I do not. I did not like the effects used to render the aliens, who in this film are insect-like, resembling cockroaches. Nothing more than shadows on the walls are used to suggest what they look like, as opposed to actually showing what they look like. Like "KaijuFanatic" I also thought the movie started somewhat slowly, which for me is never too good. As to what I liked the kaiju battle scenes were great, with lots of explosions and other formidable pyrotechnic effects on display to showcase the talents of Teruyoshi Nakano and his effects crew. The initial kaiju battle at the oil refinery is still one of my favorite kaiju battle scenes from all Godzilla movies. I also admit I had a crush, for a long time, on Yuriko Hishimi, the karate kicking girlfriend of the comic artist in this movie-she also played "Anne" in the Ultraseven TV series.
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While a bit slow, it is entertaining to me.

Gigan was a great new foe, to bad he hasnt appeared that much.

King Ghidorah's suit is falling apart, the golden scales are a mess.

Anguirus looks nice and is in good condition, the G-suit seems to be falling apart as well, but its still fine.

I like this one for the blood.
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While a bit slow, it is entertaining to me
I also find it a bit of a struggle, at times, to hang with the first forty five minutes of this film, because of the lack of action.

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Gigan was a great new foe
Agreed. I liked the fact that Godzilla spent much more time in physical battling with Gigan than he did with KG.

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King Ghidorah's suit is falling apart, the golden scales are a mess
Indeed-it also appeared to me that KG had hair on it's heads...or something to that effect. There didn't appear to be nearly as much wing movement from KG either, as opposed to his appearances in the Ghidrah The Three Headed Monster(1964) and Invasion Of The Astro Monsters(1965).

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...the G-suit seems to be falling apart as well, but its still fine
Considering this was the fourth film in which this suit was used, I thought it held up well. It was used in: Destroy All Monsters(1968), Godzilla's Revenge(1969), Godzilla Vs Hedorah(1971) and Godzilla Vs Gigan(1972). A nice 'run" for this suit. thumbs up
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The use of stock footage in this film was mildly bothersome, especially when it was used during the key action scenes. I really wish they would have steered away from doing that. As far as Gigan himself, he's one of the monsters with alot of personality and I thought they really portrayed this well in his movements and behavior. I agree with all who said the movie starts out too slow, as I thought the "human" side of the story was particularly boring on this go around.
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...as I thought the "human" side of the story was particularly boring on this go around
And also, IMO, more than a little preposterous. Consider that the human characters fooled the aliens into shooting into an artistic mural, the weapon discharge ultimately contributing to the destruction of the alien's hideout and base of operations in the 50 meter tall tower. I'm supposed to believe the aliens looked at the mural and believed they were shooting their weapons at the actual humans. very funny This contrivance, IMO, stretches my "suspension of belief" to the breaking point. shifty eyes
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I wonder what happened to the Godzilla suit, it was used alot but did they just destroy it or something?.
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Jul 29 2007, 09:16 PM
I wonder what happened to the Godzilla suit, it was used alot but did they just destroy it or something?.

That's a good question. I know that many suits used in the "Ultraman" series were "mothballed" after use-they were just stored away and never used again. I'll try and research this a little and see what I can find out. :)
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Jul 30 2007, 05:44 PM

I know that many suits used in the "Ultraman" series were "mothballed" after use-they were just stored away and never used again.

In that case, wouldn't it be cool if they sold off one or two? :D
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I know that many suits used in the "Ultraman" series were "mothballed" after use-they were just stored away and never used again.

In that case, wouldn't it be cool if they sold off one or two? :D


Yeah. It might be kind of fun to walk around town as Bemlar or Red King. Mr Green
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Jul 31 2007, 09:39 AM
Yeah. It might be kind of fun to walk around town as Bemlar or Red King.

very funny

I think if I had my pick of kaiju costumes I would select Keronia(from episode 31 of the original "Ultraman" series). I once saw an internet review of the episode this monster appeared in describe the creature as "a walking cabbage".
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kaiju costumes are only sale in japan but there are too expensive
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Aug 30 2007, 09:09 AM
kaiju costumes are only sale in japan but there are too expensive

DVDs in Japan are way too expensive, too. tongue-1


Topic: I think I would enjoy wearing a Ragon or Gomora costume at a party. noddy
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I just pulled a Godzilla doubleheader yesterday, watching this film and Godzilla vs. Megalon back to back. These two arent my favorites but I enjoy watching them from time to time.
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Here's the official Japanese(Toho) trailer for Godzilla Vs Gigan(1972):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PunBaE1Zjv8
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I came across this decent review of Godzilla vs Gigan(1972), which includes some good screen shots of the film. To see the review click the link: http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/GodzillavsGigan.html
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Wow, that guy really broke down and analyzed that entire movie. Interesting indeed. I can agree with him for the most part on most of his opinions of the film, for some reason the stock footage in this one bothers me more than the footage used in Godzilla Vs. Megalon, though I'm not exactly sure why.
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Mar 22 2008, 01:37 AM
...for some reason the stock footage in this one bothers me more than the footage used in Godzilla Vs. Megalon, though I'm not exactly sure why

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Neither am I. tongue-1

Actually, I have a theory about why it might bother you more: Godzilla Vs Gigan(1972) had a better score, overall special effects, especially the pyrotechnic effects, lovely Yuriko Hishimi, and a new monster(Gigan) that was much better rendered than the new kaiju(Megalon) in 1973's Godzilla Vs Megalon. Because of these advantages that G Vs Gigan had, I think there was potential for this movie to be so much better than it actually was, as opposed to the bare bones budgeted G vs Megalon. For that reason the stock shots stand out more in G Vs Gigan. Any possibility this could be the reason? shiftyeyes
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for some reason the stock footage in this one bothers me more than the footage used in Godzilla Vs. Megalon, though I'm not exactly sure why.

I While I've yet to see Megalon...one of the 8 I haven't seen (about to change that soon though) what annoyed me about the Stock Footage was it was very poorly added in as most of the monster action take place as night you could very easily tell the half the scenes with Ghidorah were stock even more because they were clearly supposed to be day shots but the darken it abit and hope people won't notice.
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You guys are probably right, I probably expected more from the Gigan film thus making it a bit more of a letdown. While the human stories in both these movies were incredibly bad, I quite enjoyed the scene in the Megalon film where they hit the bad guy in the head with the remote controlled airplane, and also Megalon's breaking the dam scene was a bit more memorable for me than anything in this film.
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The fight scenes in this movie were pretty good. Poor Godzilla got hammered alot in this film, though
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The fight scenes in this movie were pretty good. Poor Godzilla got hammered alot in this film, though

A scene from Godzilla Vs Gigan that has always perplexed me a little: when Godzilla is driven into the 50 meter tall tower in his likeness, he's suddenly rejuvenated by the impact. I always figured Godzilla just absorbed some of the alien's energy(from their hardware) during this shot. Opinions on this, guys? heyo
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I just figured Godzilla got his second wind because while Gigan's attacks would have hurt. they didn't mess up Godzilla like those lasers did and I notice has funny Gigan found to when Godzilla was messed up.

The final battle had some of the best music in any Godzilla film and made the battle sound ever more epic.
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The final battle had some of the best music in any Godzilla film and made the battle sound ever more epic

I liked the oil refinery battle as well(during the monster's first encounters with each other, all four of them that is).
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I just figured Godzilla got his second wind....

Agreed. He just got really, really pissed and started kicking ass.
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Alot of that music was stock music from several different Toho movies. Such as Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster. Godzilla vs Gigan's soundtrack is a good "Greatest Hits" cd.
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Well many Godzilla films reuse themes of particular monster, that it no suprise and some of those themes are pretty good and don't really need to be changed. But the music for the final showdown to me was some of the best to date.
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Here's a fan clip I found that's not bad: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7...earch&plindex=4
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