I'll enjoy ur Godzilla & Turkish knock-off episodes while I can. It is frustrating that Toho keep taking it dwn. & I definitely enjoy ur non-Godzilla episodes as well. Thanks for ur awesome channel!!
“Toho Co. Alienating our core fan base in the west since Brandon Tenold’s first Godzilla review.” This is the actual first line of their corporate homepage: “We are *determined to continuously focus on understanding what customers desire from us* and creating value to maximize their satisfaction….” Try harder Toho Co. Try harder.
@@Sentenal yea but that was the first godzilla who died in the first movie The second godzilla is more of an alegory for nature itself and he kinda acts as an protector of the enviroment
Hedorah: “Godzilla! I need you to tell me that I can destroy Tokyo whenever I want!” Godzilla: “Hedorah, you may destroy Tokyo when-“ Hedorah: “B*TCH DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”
"But then Hedorah comes from outerspace, so it's not our fault." Well if Hedorah crashed on a clean Earth he would have died because there's no pollution. So it is still our fault.
@Jurassic Hero If anybody sent Hedorah, it probably would have been the Nebulans. They attack in the very next movie, and they’re from a world destroyed by pollution, so I can easily see a creature that feeds on pollution evolving there.
Pollution, as defined as carbon emissions, would still exist. Don't forget; all 'pollution' is still material matter. It's not like man has warped reality to the point that a new existence has been generated.
"Yep, he's a Kenny alright..." Well in that case.... Godzillaaaaa! Godzillaaaaaa! Godzilla is really neat! He is made of dino meat! We've been eating Godzillaaaaaa!
Do we admit we hate 1998? (YES!) But are we pleased with TO-HO'S GRUDGE?! (NO!) Weee thiiiink that Godzilla should Bloooowtorch them to deeeeeath! Godzilla is really neat! Godzilla is really sweet! We believe in Godzillaaaaaa!
Fun fact to Godzilla fans: the suit actor playing Hedorah took over playing Godzilla in the '80s & the 1st half of the '90s. 1 of the reasons why I love this episode. Its a tie in to Godzilla 1985. 😀
"Did you ever stop and think that maybe we're the real Godzilla, man?" KOTM took this line as a challenge. The writers didn't get drug fueled sarcasm, explains a lot.
I saw this when I was a kid and I pushed all these memories into the back of my head because it freaked me out so bad. Especially the scene where hedorah just kills some people doing a yoga lesson, like wtf
I know Brandon doesn't really do characters in his reviews, but Freaked-out Smoked Aviators Brandon was astoundingly authentic. "Look man, I need you to tell me that I'm not gonna die if I leave this car, alright??" Saw a guy at a party who was that tripped out, thought he was a pitcher of orange juice and refused to move.
When me and my friend watched this movie, i knew that he watched it before and just nearly lost his sanity sitting through this...so I did what I had to: Quoting Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You’d be surprised how PERFECTLY FITTING most of his quotes would go with the movie. *scene of fish masks in dance bar* “I was right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo! And somebody was giving BOOZE to these animals! It won’t be long now before they tear us to shreds.” Teens gather to sing against pollution: “But our trip was different. It was to be a classic affirmation of everything right and true in the national character. A gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country. But only for those with true grit.” Godzilla trapped in a pit getting hedorah sludge all over him: “Panic. It crept up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. All these horrible realities began to dawn on me. There I was. Alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs, no cash, no story for the magazine, and on top of everything else, a gigantic god damned hotel bill to deal with. How would Horatio Alger handle this situation? Stay calm. Stay calm.” Godzilla appears seeming to be destructive while trying to ward off Pollution: “I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.” Showing off invention that’ll hopefully stop Hedorah regenerating: “Now this was a superior machine. Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. The rear windows lit up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters that I would never understand.” Godzilla walks away heroically: “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Seriously I could keep this up but you get my point. But my best friend laughed SO much and so loud it was worth it. EDIT: oh! See? Whatd I tell you! 8:38
wait a second. Fish people, an amorph and vaguely squid like monster, is this what you get when script writers had some weed and read too much HP Lovecraft?
Before the Japanese version was recently shown on TCM, I had forgotten how "Trippy" psychedelic this movie was! When I was younger, I couldn't figure it out, now I MUST have it for my collection! Hopefully, the American version will turn up on Blu Ray!
@@pulsarstargrave256 unfortunately no, so you'll have get it individually. But I would recommend the Criterion collection if you don't mind not having the dubbed versions for all of them, the quality is excellent and you still get the dubbed versions for about half of them for a cheaper price than buying them individually (some godzilla movies sell for no less than $30 each).
Also fun fact: at 8:16 the scene where the 4 guys are playing Majong (I think) and then get killed by Hedorah, the 3rd guy from the left was actually one of the suit actors for Rodan.
Going through the Showa-era Godzilla-Flicks these days (thanks to the Criterion-Set) and watched this flick yesterday... and it just might be one of my favourites so far, mostly on account of it having such a different feel and look when compared to all the films that predeced it. Hedorah is a fascinating and unique monster that gives Godzilla a *real* hard time. Also, the fact that it actually has something to say, a message, makes it stand out. The last movie to do this was the 1954-Original with its warnings against the misuse of nuclear power. This time, its pollution and humans destoying the enviroment (still a relevant topic 50 Years later) and the premise of having the two monsters whose origins are connected to these issues fight one another is great. The movie is a little slow, the characters are shallow and mostly forgotten about near the end and the Soundtrack is... weird, but that doesnt really diminish my apprechiation.
this is a callback to Saturday afternoons from 1 to 4pm. Creature Double Feature. in the 70's and early 80's Boston UHF channel 56 gave us 2 monster movies each Saturday. thanks for the memories Brandon.
What you called "castration" or "tearing out eyeballs," I figured to be eggs that could have made new Hedorahs, and Godzilla pinpointed their location by an instinct something like an ant's to destroy the rival group's eggs.
I actually saw “Godzilla v the Smog Monster” @ the movie theater, as a kid, when it first came out & LUVED IT! Btw, those horns in Godzilla’ s intro music are AWESOME! 🎺🎷
This was one of the most hard-core Godzilla film I’ve ever seen. Hedorah takes a dump on the great one, and laughs😆! That drew enough heat for Godzilla kick that monster‘s a&$!
This was one of the first godzilla movies I saw, the first one I believe being godzilla vs biollante. I used to watch this movie all the time. It was my all time favorite godzilla film and one of the only ones I owned from the Showa era. This movie holds a special place in my heart with godzilla vs biollante,
All big Japan companies are not ok with anyone using footage of their product without their consent. You think TOHO are bad? Look up how much youtube videos were blocked by Nintendo and SEGA.
Others have already pointed out that Hedorah wouldn't have been a threat to humanity without pollution, so I'll just point to the movie with the *actual* stupid environmental message--Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which warns us that we shouldn't drive species to extinction because they might turn out to be emissaries from another civilization that will return millions of years later and microwave our oceans searching for them, unintentionally killing us. You want "high"? THAT's "high." Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka is treated like God Almighty by some G-fans, but let's face it--he okayed everything from the original to vs Destoroyah. Minya is all on him. Seatopia is all on him. The slashed-to-bone budgets are all on him. He may have been hospitalized during the filming of vs Hedorah, but he brought in Banno to shake things up after Fukuda's entries seemed to be going stale...then went right *back* to Fukuda for vs Gigan, which had a lot of the same elements (cartoons, environmental message, tripping balls) all watered down to that previous level of "been there done that" which Tanaka disliked. Can't have it both ways, boo. Certainly, Flying Godzilla is preposterous, but as Brandon points out the series was already steeped in preposterous at this point, going full kiddie-matinee back in Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster. But vs Hedorah is the first entry in a long time to go full-blown horror on us, with innocent victims writhing in agony as they dissolve under Hedorah's presence. Little Ken witnesses shit that will traumatize him forever, including the death of a major character and apparently the kid's closest human friend. The manga, as usual, was different in an awesome way. In it, Ken's Godzilla toy acts as...I dunno, some sort of summoning totem? It is suggested that Godzilla first appears to fight Hedorah in answer to Ken's prayers in the presence of the toy; when Godzilla is nowhere to be found as Hedorah attacks Mt. Fuji, Ken hurls the toy at the Smog Monster in desperation and suddenly it's *Godzilla* twirling through the air (in place of the flying scene) to body-slam Hedorah into the mountainside. If Spielberg or del Toro shot something like that, it'd win Best Picture.
I remember this from when I was a kid, and thinking how over-the-top the environmental message was. Oh and the Go-Go scene is actually my favorite part, somehow changing it makes it more impactful.
I really miss Brandon's Godzilla vs. Gigan. Looked for it all over the internet. Seems like one of those things that nobody ever thought to reupload. Damn shame. It was one of the funnier ones, at least in my opinion. They are all hilarious though. ;p
2:14 Well, yes he did come from outer space, but he is still our fault because if you remember, he came from outer space as a tiny tadpole and grew to the size of Godzilla by feeding off of the pollution in the air and water. So, if we hadn’t polluted the Earth in the first place, then Hedorah would’ve never grown into a giant monster and would’ve just died off very quickly. So no matter how you look at it, it is still our fault for polluting the Earth.
The ghosts are probably “kami”, spirits of Japanese ancestors who are connected to nature after death in the Japanese traditional Shinto religion. Just a guess, though.
I like to think Hedorah’s origins are mixed. They are indeed an alien but after landing on Earth it got mutated from eating the earth’s toxic wastes. This would be another great monster to have in the MonsterVerse. A Titan that represents the Earth’s many toxic pollutions which are unnatural to the planet.
What they have isn't really the same as fair use or open domain, but most of the time it's an American or English extension of the companies that get it flagged.. though with these i wouldn't be surprised if it's really japan's toho
I remember sitting in the car at the drive-in for this movie when I was a toddler. Don't recall which one (or both) of my parents brought me, but I remember the cast-aluminum speaker closed into the car window, being absolutely terrifed when the dude diving was attacked (approached?), and literally the only other part I remember was Godzilla flying...which I thought was the most awesome thing I had ever seen. Probably was, I was only like 2 or 3 years old, I think.
Sorry for all the obstructive text, but...y'know...
I'll enjoy ur Godzilla & Turkish knock-off episodes while I can. It is frustrating that Toho keep taking it dwn. & I definitely enjoy ur non-Godzilla episodes as well. Thanks for ur awesome channel!!
What I can't fathom is why they even care at this point Godzilla is not exactly trending anymore.
“Toho Co. Alienating our core fan base in the west since Brandon Tenold’s first Godzilla review.”
This is the actual first line of their corporate homepage: “We are *determined to continuously focus on understanding what customers desire from us* and creating value to maximize their satisfaction….” Try harder Toho Co. Try harder.
C’mon, Toho . You’re harshing our mellow.
@@veelalynne Yeah, so why don't you slob jockeys chill out and quit with the bad vibes?
As a kid i was jealous of the Kenny's Godzilla toys collection.
As an old man I'm jealous of Kenny's Godzilla toy collection!
Same I wanted his Godzilla figure so bad
I had a awesome Godzilla, his fist shot out!
Then you should see Monster Island Buddies' and Twisted Kaiju Theater's kaiju toy collections
Me to😃
"We're all about to die.......Let's sing and dance while we can." Best Godzilla quote ever.
probably how people fearing Y2K felt
Ever sit back and think about how this is a movie about an allegory for pollution being defeated by an allegory for nuclear weapons?
Well nuclear energy is considered the best chance for clean energy
@@harrybechtle4333 True, but Godzilla is an allegory for nuclear weapons such as the atomic bomb, not just nuclear energy in general.
@@Sentenal yea but that was the first godzilla who died in the first movie
The second godzilla is more of an alegory for nature itself and he kinda acts as an protector of the enviroment
EPIC COMMENT WIN
As someone who studies climate (no really I do), I can confirm that nuking pollution may not work for some reason
*Hedorah hitting that sweet pollution kush*
*Godzilla roars*
Godzilla: "Drugs are bad mmmkay!"
Hedorah opening his eyes with a startled look as he hears Godzilla roar, is one of the funniest moments in all of the franchise.
Have you forgot about the whole 1998 movie?
@paleodon6896 less funny, more regretful. But it gets more hate than it deserves. I saw it and I must say, it was very enjoyable.
Hedorah: “Godzilla! I need you to tell me that I can destroy Tokyo whenever I want!”
Godzilla: “Hedorah, you may destroy Tokyo when-“
Hedorah: “B*TCH DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”
Hedorah: "All these squares make a circle..."
@@vexedrat1874all these squares make a circle indeed Mr popo
"But then Hedorah comes from outerspace, so it's not our fault."
Well if Hedorah crashed on a clean Earth he would have died because there's no pollution.
So it is still our fault.
Well no shit Sherlock
@Jurassic Hero it has no origin, you can always assume
@Jurassic Hero If anybody sent Hedorah, it probably would have been the Nebulans. They attack in the very next movie, and they’re from a world destroyed by pollution, so I can easily see a creature that feeds on pollution evolving there.
Pollution, as defined as carbon emissions, would still exist. Don't forget; all 'pollution' is still material matter. It's not like man has warped reality to the point that a new existence has been generated.
@@VitaminCBable It would munch on volcano fumes?
"Yep, he's a Kenny alright..."
Well in that case....
Godzillaaaaa! Godzillaaaaaa! Godzilla is really neat! He is made of dino meat! We've been eating Godzillaaaaaa!
I see what u did there.
Scales! Claws! Teeth! Tail! Fins! Toho are a bunch of neeerds with a hate boner for Brandoooon.
Do we admit we hate 1998? (YES!)
But are we pleased with TO-HO'S GRUDGE?! (NO!)
Weee thiiiink that Godzilla should
Bloooowtorch them to deeeeeath!
Godzilla is really neat!
Godzilla is really sweet!
We believe in Godzillaaaaaa!
Brian Jones no no this is a Godzilla not a gamera movie 😠😠😠😠😡😡😡😡😡
@@thatonea-hole *HELLO THERE!!!*
7:48
The music makes it sound like Godzilla actually _is_ drunk.
Maybe high??
I want someone to edit it with Demoman’s drunken voice clips.
Most likely getting high. Even Godzilla needs to kick back and relax. That or he's on his way to an anti Vietnam war rally.
A drunk and VERY fat guy
@@DeepEye1994 Maybe there's a lot of alcohol in Tokyo Bay?
Fun fact to Godzilla fans: the suit actor playing Hedorah took over playing Godzilla in the '80s & the 1st half of the '90s. 1 of the reasons why I love this episode. Its a tie in to Godzilla 1985. 😀
Satsuma had a long way
RIP Kenpachiro Satsuma
"Did you ever stop and think that maybe we're the real Godzilla, man?"
KOTM took this line as a challenge. The writers didn't get drug fueled sarcasm, explains a lot.
but... what is sarcarms?
@@rocket_sensha4337It’s joking around even if u say words that aren’t funny. For example, I’m glad Godzilla’s Revenge exists!
Toho: sir it would appear that brandon has made another Godzilla vs. Hedorah review, what shall we do.
Tomoyuki tamaka: Flag them... flag them ALL!!!
Brandon: *FUCK U!! CORPORATE ASSHOLES!!!!* I'm just trying to make a living by riffing b movies and monster flicks along with "other" stuff
Connor Porter Tomoyuki Tanaka is dead I think?
@@Hugh-Jassoul
Maybe?
Maybe not?!
Who knows?!?
If he is, maybe his ghost is causing all this trouble!
@@thatonea-hole He's been dead since 1997
TOHO's copyright strikes are becoming "Legendary."
*HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! THAT'S SO FUNNY!!!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH COPYRIGHT CLAIMS!!!!!!!*
I see what you did there...
Wow your getting pretty “Atomic” with the puns
Fuck off
I don't get it
This is basically what happens when you combine Pacific Rim with Captain Planet.
I would pay so much money to see that in reality...
captian planet would be better combined ultraman but a mecha verison would be fun
Are you a dude from a Godzilla movie?
@@shaunblanch7689 who me? ...Nah!
I...honestly wouldn't mind seeing that actually :=)
Man the imagination of film makers back then was so unique. One of the best G movies just for the story
0:30 *_"...good lord when is it gonna end?"_*
" *S A V E THE E A R T H!!!*
*DEFEAT T H E EVIL A R O U N D U! SAVE T H E EARTH!!!!* "
As in when is blocking this review gonna end
In 1975.
Godzilla needs to shoot his fire breath at Toho executives for blocking all these videos.
*I KNOW RIGHT?!?!*
but toho would just blocking his fire breath
wstine79 *Atomic Breath
like mine >:(
@@alexthehunted
*OH HI ALEX!* 👋
Damn it Toho stop blocking our favorite RUclips Canadian!
*OH CANADA!!!* 🇨🇦
I thought Logicked was RUclips's favorite Canadian.
I saw this when I was a kid and I pushed all these memories into the back of my head because it freaked me out so bad. Especially the scene where hedorah just kills some people doing a yoga lesson, like wtf
Hey, they deserved it-they were doing yoga after all.
I know Brandon doesn't really do characters in his reviews, but Freaked-out Smoked Aviators Brandon was astoundingly authentic.
"Look man, I need you to tell me that I'm not gonna die if I leave this car, alright??"
Saw a guy at a party who was that tripped out, thought he was a pitcher of orange juice and refused to move.
Glad to have this back, but I’ll download this video just in case
*BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY AFTER ALL!*
Did downloading something keep it if it gets removed or hidden on RUclips?
In the Game Boy Godzilla game, Hedorah is the only monster that can't be punched off the screen. But, you can drop a boulder on him.
You can actually punch him out in the Japanese version.
When me and my friend watched this movie, i knew that he watched it before and just nearly lost his sanity sitting through this...so I did what I had to:
Quoting Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
You’d be surprised how PERFECTLY FITTING most of his quotes would go with the movie.
*scene of fish masks in dance bar* “I was right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo! And somebody was giving BOOZE to these animals! It won’t be long now before they tear us to shreds.”
Teens gather to sing against pollution: “But our trip was different. It was to be a classic affirmation of everything right and true in the national character. A gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country. But only for those with true grit.”
Godzilla trapped in a pit getting hedorah sludge all over him: “Panic. It crept up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. All these horrible realities began to dawn on me. There I was. Alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs, no cash, no story for the magazine, and on top of everything else, a gigantic god damned hotel bill to deal with. How would Horatio Alger handle this situation? Stay calm. Stay calm.”
Godzilla appears seeming to be destructive while trying to ward off Pollution: “I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.”
Showing off invention that’ll hopefully stop Hedorah regenerating: “Now this was a superior machine. Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. The rear windows lit up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters that I would never understand.”
Godzilla walks away heroically: “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
Seriously I could keep this up but you get my point. But my best friend laughed SO much and so loud it was worth it.
EDIT: oh! See? Whatd I tell you! 8:38
This was fun to read.
@@chuviis3508 all Hunter S Thompson is fun to read lol highly recommended
"We can't stop here, this is monster country"
"Kenny's in danger."
"OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!"
Everytime a Brandon Godzilla video gets flagged.
Hedorah: Huh? Hey come on man, you're harshing my mellow here.
08:36 "I was in the middle of a goddamn aquarium! Somebody was giving BOOZE to these damn fish!"
9:00 the poor kitten. I hope it's still ok.
It’s ok
It’s Japan not Korea it’s fine
@@joannemcilraith8003Unlike the Octopus in “King Kong vs Godzilla.”
4:51 I always wondered what "Ponyo" would look like if it was directed by David Cronenberg.
HAAAAMM!!
no he wants pollution @Bob A Linx
Lesson: if you want to defeat a pollution monster summon a radioactive dinosaur who serves as an allegory for nuclear weapons
I can’t believe MST3K did “Godzilla vs the Sea Monster” and not this. Can you imagine how much material this would give them to work with?
wait a second. Fish people, an amorph and vaguely squid like monster, is this what you get when script writers had some weed and read too much HP Lovecraft?
should have been better if a giant squid was the main antagonist instead of hedorah
@@milanunosson9355 Godzilla vs. Cthulhu...would be cool
@@phreakazoith2237 yes in 1994 it was considered for godzilla to battle Cthulhu but was replaced by spacegodzilla
@@milanunosson9355 Fuck whoever replaced that masterpiece with Space Godzilla.
Thanks!
Okay, what is Toho's deal with this review in particular? I swear, it was blocked like 10 times already
*THEY'RE ASSHOLES!!!!!*
CookieMastah
Here's what kills me: if they supposedly hate this movie so much, why keep blocking this episode?? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!!
Brandon did say everyone involved with this movie is high on drugs.
They're more ashamed of this one than Godzilla's Revenge???
Derek Smallshorts
THAT JUST RAISES MORE QUESTIONS!!!!! 😠😠
Oh Brandon, the music was Sooo groovy man!!
No drugs were harmed during the filming of this movie.
Isn't this a Re Re Upload. Or is it a Re Re Re Upload?
*A RE-RE UPLOAD!!*
Reeeeeeee
Bryce McKenzie can you fuck off with your bitch ass
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@@brickyboi3594 Wow, What An Asshole
Before the Japanese version was recently shown on TCM, I had forgotten how "Trippy" psychedelic this movie was! When I was younger, I couldn't figure it out, now I MUST have it for my collection! Hopefully, the American version will turn up on Blu Ray!
Try getting the new Criterion Collection. It has ALL the Showa Godzilla films on Blu-ray.
@@dubuyajay9964 Do they also contain the Classic Versions in English? I LOVE the "Save The Earth" song from "Godzilla v. The Smog Monster"!
@@pulsarstargrave256 It has both English and Japanese. I think so? I'm in the middle of the movie after that atm.
@@pulsarstargrave256 unfortunately no, so you'll have get it individually. But I would recommend the Criterion collection if you don't mind not having the dubbed versions for all of them, the quality is excellent and you still get the dubbed versions for about half of them for a cheaper price than buying them individually (some godzilla movies sell for no less than $30 each).
@@ethanovsak Thank you
This has always been my all-time favorite Godzilla movie (I'm strange that way). After a bad day at work, I think I'll get my dvd and watch it.
Also fun fact: at 8:16 the scene where the 4 guys are playing Majong (I think) and then get killed by Hedorah, the 3rd guy from the left was actually one of the suit actors for Rodan.
9:00 Hedorah just wanted to return that kitty cat to its owner.
16:40 - - Looks like the Japanese Army is taking monster killing advice from America horror movies i.e. "The Thing from Another World".
Oh my God. That save the Earth song. I haven't heard it in forever
Carlos Castaneda and Alejandro Jodorowsky would have loved this movie.
I'm still waiting for youtube to unblock my godzilla vs hedorah review it's almost like there trying to censor there mistake
Or they're just high as a kite; with sticks, the size of trees up their ass!
or toho don't understand how fair use works like nintendo and warn brothers
@@alexthehunted
U mean Warner Bros or as i like to call them, *THE BITCH BROS!*
Godzilla vs godzilla
@@bonnie-hm5gq You mean, Final Wars?
9:00 Aw, poor baby.
Considering the direction the monsterverse is currently going, it would be apropos to put bring back hedorah for a future Godzilla movie.
They pretty much already set up destroyah in monsterverse by using an oxygen destroyer in king of the monsters 2019
I'm going to watch this video every time you reupload it because hell yes!
Silly Godzilla that flying jump kick is the best way to get to place to place!
6:20 Oh look, Godzilla's making Fallout 76
10:20 - Hey! That movie, that animation, and that band is awesome!
Going through the Showa-era Godzilla-Flicks these days (thanks to the Criterion-Set) and watched this flick yesterday... and it just might be one of my favourites so far, mostly on account of it having such a different feel and look when compared to all the films that predeced it. Hedorah is a fascinating and unique monster that gives Godzilla a *real* hard time. Also, the fact that it actually has something to say, a message, makes it stand out. The last movie to do this was the 1954-Original with its warnings against the misuse of nuclear power. This time, its pollution and humans destoying the enviroment (still a relevant topic 50 Years later) and the premise of having the two monsters whose origins are connected to these issues fight one another is great.
The movie is a little slow, the characters are shallow and mostly forgotten about near the end and the Soundtrack is... weird, but that doesnt really diminish my apprechiation.
Shin Godzilla has a message as well too.
The military killing the villain kaiju/monster goes against the rules
Destroyah who was killed by the military: Im going to ignore that
5:17 the most chilling kaiju roar in history
I guess i'll have to start watching this a 100 times over again to get it to a 100k views.
this is a callback to Saturday afternoons from 1 to 4pm. Creature Double Feature.
in the 70's and early 80's Boston UHF channel 56 gave us 2 monster movies each
Saturday. thanks for the memories Brandon.
Oh my God what did Toho do to you this time Brandon?
*COPYRIGHT CLAIM / FLAG!!!*
@@thatonea-hole *SCREAMS INTERNALLY*
@@smithwesson1896
*SCREAMS OUTSIDE!!!!*
@@thatonea-hole *WHY ARE WE ALWAYS YELLING????*
@@smithwesson1896
*BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SOUND SMART!!!!!!*
*ATLEAST THAT'S WHAT SPONGEBOB SAYS IN BAND GEEKS!!!!!!!*
What you called "castration" or "tearing out eyeballs," I figured to be eggs that could have made new Hedorahs, and Godzilla pinpointed their location by an instinct something like an ant's to destroy the rival group's eggs.
no one acknowledge the poor kitty :(
"...first Godzilla series money shot...." Words I never thought I would hear together in the same sentence....😱🤦♂
"For God's sake, man...
Tell them to put on their golf shoes!!!!"
I felt so bad for that cat that got literal crap poured on it. TTnTT
I'm sorry for the cat at 9:00 😢
Hedorah is on the cover of Frank Zappa's album, Sleep Dirt, released in 1979.
Brandon Son of Godzilla is blocked at the moment is it possible for you to re-upload it?
*SIGH!!*
I guess
Seeing Brandon mad at Minilla is always funny.
@@thatonea-hole Please change your PFP.
@@kaijucifer3544
Why?
THAT One-AHOLE your fake
I actually saw “Godzilla v the Smog Monster” @ the movie theater, as a kid, when it first came out & LUVED IT! Btw, those horns in Godzilla’ s intro music are AWESOME! 🎺🎷
I’ll clear up the confusion about Hedorah
Alien space matter landed on earth and fused with a bunch of earths polluted crap try to keep up
JurassicHero 3
To quote one of my favorite videos “oh my god I just fucking explained it”
Welp Toho be stingy. They’re just jealous that this review is still more entertaining than their newest anime film.
Mr. Krabs: I've seen this before. Three times in a matter of fact!
4:03 Hobo fisherman looks like a japanese version of Ortega from The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
HEDORAH takes an industrial-sized Bong hit LMFAO.
Hedorah scared the shit out of me when I was little.
2:50. Well now I’m upset that this monster wasn’t in the “Godzilla: save the earth “ video game
This was one of the most hard-core Godzilla film I’ve ever seen. Hedorah takes a dump on the great one, and laughs😆! That drew enough heat for Godzilla kick that monster‘s a&$!
17:05 the camera is on drugs right now
This was one of the first godzilla movies I saw, the first one I believe being godzilla vs biollante. I used to watch this movie all the time. It was my all time favorite godzilla film and one of the only ones I owned from the Showa era. This movie holds a special place in my heart with godzilla vs biollante,
13:52 GYAH! The movies turning into the opening of Doctor No!
LOVE IT !!!!! Mr. Tenold, your reviews are awesome.
Does Toho have a hate boner for criticism of their most controversial kaiju film?
*YES!!!!!!!*
All big Japan companies are not ok with anyone using footage of their product without their consent. You think TOHO are bad? Look up how much youtube videos were blocked by Nintendo and SEGA.
Never knew an acid trip could be a Godzilla movie tbh (I haven't seen Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas yet. Don't @ me).
This was my favorite Godzilla when I was a kid, wonderfully batshit...
Absolutely wonderful. My favorite is that scene where Hedorah kills humans reduces them to skeletons, just by passing nearby. That's awesome man.
Keep on going Brandon 🙋
*THNX!!!*
Never give up, Never surrender.
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Others have already pointed out that Hedorah wouldn't have been a threat to humanity without pollution, so I'll just point to the movie with the *actual* stupid environmental message--Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which warns us that we shouldn't drive species to extinction because they might turn out to be emissaries from another civilization that will return millions of years later and microwave our oceans searching for them, unintentionally killing us. You want "high"? THAT's "high."
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka is treated like God Almighty by some G-fans, but let's face it--he okayed everything from the original to vs Destoroyah. Minya is all on him. Seatopia is all on him. The slashed-to-bone budgets are all on him. He may have been hospitalized during the filming of vs Hedorah, but he brought in Banno to shake things up after Fukuda's entries seemed to be going stale...then went right *back* to Fukuda for vs Gigan, which had a lot of the same elements (cartoons, environmental message, tripping balls) all watered down to that previous level of "been there done that" which Tanaka disliked. Can't have it both ways, boo.
Certainly, Flying Godzilla is preposterous, but as Brandon points out the series was already steeped in preposterous at this point, going full kiddie-matinee back in Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster. But vs Hedorah is the first entry in a long time to go full-blown horror on us, with innocent victims writhing in agony as they dissolve under Hedorah's presence. Little Ken witnesses shit that will traumatize him forever, including the death of a major character and apparently the kid's closest human friend.
The manga, as usual, was different in an awesome way. In it, Ken's Godzilla toy acts as...I dunno, some sort of summoning totem? It is suggested that Godzilla first appears to fight Hedorah in answer to Ken's prayers in the presence of the toy; when Godzilla is nowhere to be found as Hedorah attacks Mt. Fuji, Ken hurls the toy at the Smog Monster in desperation and suddenly it's *Godzilla* twirling through the air (in place of the flying scene) to body-slam Hedorah into the mountainside. If Spielberg or del Toro shot something like that, it'd win Best Picture.
It may have had a poorly executed messaged, but Star Trek IV was fun :=)
I saw this movie somewhere on TV at a young age and it was my favorite Godzilla movie for a long time.... this explains my weird childhood.
Re-upload again?
Also, holy shit, I think Marty might be the killer!
At least there was no stock footage of older movies in this one.
18:32 eyes still in place soooo, the first guess was actually correct!
I remember this from when I was a kid, and thinking how over-the-top the environmental message was. Oh and the Go-Go scene is actually my favorite part, somehow changing it makes it more impactful.
Toxic Avenger! Now that's a movie Brandon should review. XD
I really miss Brandon's Godzilla vs. Gigan. Looked for it all over the internet. Seems like one of those things that nobody ever thought to reupload. Damn shame. It was one of the funnier ones, at least in my opinion. They are all hilarious though. ;p
Hope he does
Always been one of my favorite godzilla movies
*SAME!!*
2:14 Well, yes he did come from outer space, but he is still our fault because if you remember, he came from outer space as a tiny tadpole and grew to the size of Godzilla by feeding off of the pollution in the air and water. So, if we hadn’t polluted the Earth in the first place, then Hedorah would’ve never grown into a giant monster and would’ve just died off very quickly. So no matter how you look at it, it is still our fault for polluting the Earth.
That guy is the Japanese spider man
Is it wrong that i think this looks like it could be bizarrely entertaining ?
The ghosts are probably “kami”, spirits of Japanese ancestors who are connected to nature after death in the Japanese traditional Shinto religion. Just a guess, though.
I like to think Hedorah’s origins are mixed. They are indeed an alien but after landing on Earth it got mutated from eating the earth’s toxic wastes. This would be another great monster to have in the MonsterVerse. A Titan that represents the Earth’s many toxic pollutions which are unnatural to the planet.
The scene in this movie were Godzilla flies is still better special effects then a lot of the stuff today
i was in the middle of a fucking aquarium, and somebody was giving booze to the goddamn piranhas, won't be long now before they tear me to shreds
We really, REALLY need to ask our governments to review the Fair Use laws so we don’t have to be careful of stuff like this!
I think Japan doesn't even have Fair Use laws.
What they have isn't really the same as fair use or open domain, but most of the time it's an American or English extension of the companies that get it flagged.. though with these i wouldn't be surprised if it's really japan's toho
Japan is just...different
I remember sitting in the car at the drive-in for this movie when I was a toddler. Don't recall which one (or both) of my parents brought me, but I remember the cast-aluminum speaker closed into the car window, being absolutely terrifed when the dude diving was attacked (approached?), and literally the only other part I remember was Godzilla flying...which I thought was the most awesome thing I had ever seen. Probably was, I was only like 2 or 3 years old, I think.