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What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watched?

Postby Dr Kain » Wed May 28, 2014 12:31 am

What are the first three Godzilla movies you guys ever watched? Using the titles they had at the time I saw them, mine were

1. Godzilla 1985
2. Godzilla vs The Thing
3. Godzilla vs Monster Zero
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Psycho Soldier » Wed May 28, 2014 12:33 am

Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla were almost definitely the first two I saw. The third one, not too sure. It was likely either Monster Zero, King Kong vs Godzilla, or Godzilla vs. Biollante.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Shanai » Wed May 28, 2014 12:35 am

First was Godzilla King of the Monsters. No clue how long it took before seeing more, but pretty sure I saw KOTM a few times before learning of the existence of more Godzilla movies.

Next two were Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero, followed very shortly by Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1964).
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Gwangi » Wed May 28, 2014 12:44 am

I recall seeing different bits of Godzilla movies on T.V. and 8mm, but never anything complete until "Monster Zero" around 1974 (when I was a six year old kid). Honestly, I don't even remember which G-films I completely saw next! :shock: I do know that "Gigantis" was the last Showa G-feature I viewed when I finally bought the VHS in 1989.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby XvGojira » Wed May 28, 2014 2:36 am

Three movies I remember the most from way way back when were Son of Godzilla, King Kong vs Godzilla, and Godzilla 1985.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby klen7 » Wed May 28, 2014 6:49 am

The first film I saw was Godzilla 1985, which now sits pretty low on my list, but back in the 80s when I wanted to rent the movie with "the dinosaur on the cover" it blew my mind. I couldn't believe the dinosaur was so big he could smash buildings.. After raving about the film my Dad said "you know there are more of these" !!! So up until 98 I watched every Showa release I could find. There was a lot of misinformation to sift through and I was unaware of a fandom. It wasn't until the Trendmaster toys came out that I discovered life existed after 85, so I didn't see any of therest of the Heisei films until after G2K. I believe the 2nd and 3rd film I saw were Mechagodzilla and Gigan which still live in my top 5
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby GFan » Wed May 28, 2014 7:34 am

The first one I saw was GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE (what kid could say no to that awesome VHS cover!?), then I got GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER for Christmas. After that, I *think* it was the Holy-5 on TNT (GKOTM, MvsG, MZ, GR & TOMG), then more on VHS (MEGALON, KKVSG, GRA, G'85, that horrible edited GODZILLA VS COSMIC MONSTER from Goodtimes!)
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Pkmatrix » Wed May 28, 2014 8:25 am

Mine would be:

1. Godzilla 1985 - Caught on WPIX-11 New York one Sunday Afternoon.
2. Terror of Mechagodzilla - Father rented for me from local videostore.
3. Godzilla, King of the Monsters - Caught on TNT, the lead movie in a Monstervision marathon.

As a result of #3, I also know #4 - 6 are MvG, MZ, and Revenge. ^_^

EDIT: I just realized, this is wrong! The REAL first three are:

1. Godzilla vs. Megalon
2. Godzilla 1985
3. Terror of Mechagodzilla

I first saw Megalon years before G85, but it left no impression on me. I can't believe I forgot! ^_^()
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby klen7 » Wed May 28, 2014 8:38 am

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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed May 28, 2014 9:03 am

Mothra vs. Godzilla, Monster Zero, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
A result of a MONSTERVISION marathon, methinks (although I think I saw KOM first, I'm just saying 3rd because I know after I saw MZ I got a KOTM vhs tape).
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Rodanex » Wed May 28, 2014 9:20 am

Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

I saw the first two on TNT one night, and I remember being so upset that my parents wouldn't let me stay up to watch Monster Zero. :lol: Little did I know I would one day own multiple copies of the movie.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Reaper G » Wed May 28, 2014 10:29 am

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster
Godzilla vs. Megalon (the NBC airing)
Monster Zero
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Jorzilla » Wed May 28, 2014 4:38 pm

First watched: Mothra vs. Godzilla
First owned: King Kong vs. Godzilla


Movies that I remember watching early:

Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
Godzilla King of The Monsters
Godzilla's Revenge
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby lhb412 » Wed May 28, 2014 11:03 pm

First two watched and owned:

- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Godzilla vs. Megalon

... I have no idea what the third one I saw was. I saw several more on TV and rented before I got my third VHS (for a birthday, I think):

- Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby H-Man » Thu May 29, 2014 12:33 am

I think Godzilla's Revenge was my introduction to Godzilla, but the first I owned (and certainly the first complete Godzilla movie I ever saw) was Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster. I think Gigan and the original Mechagodzilla followed.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby jettojagga » Thu May 29, 2014 2:47 am

Not sure exactly which one I saw first, but my earliest memories are of Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla: KotM, and Godzilla 1985. Also had a tape made by my grandma with Godzilla vs the Sea Monster, Son of Godzilla, and Ghidrah from TBS's Day of the Dinosaurs marathon that I watched religiously. Back then it felt like I'd never run out of new Godzilla films to find.

Megalon's VHS had goofy cover art with a colorized King of the Monsters still that looked like something out of Cozzilla:

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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Benjamin Haines » Thu May 29, 2014 8:48 am

I remember my first introduction to Godzilla was somewhere from 1994 to 1996. I would have been five to seven years old. I saw bits and pieces of Mothra vs. Godzilla, Monster Zero, and Godzilla's Revenge (in that order) on the TNT network one night. It was just whenever I flipped the channel there over the course of several hours, not seeing all of the movies in their entirety, but I remember being wowed by the sight of the monsters. I saw Godzilla's fight with the adult Mothra, the end of the Planet X bout with Godzilla dancing, and Godzilla wrecking things. I don't remember what, if anything, I actually saw from Godzilla's Revenge but I remember reading which movies were airing that night in the TV Guide.

That wasn't when I became a Godzilla fan, though. That happened after I saw GINO'98 on the big screen when I was nine. The next time my mom took me to the local Video Express, I rented Terror of Mechagodzilla. I would go on to rent a lot of other Godzilla movies from that store but I'm not sure in which order. I do remember my brothers and my next-door neighbor also wanting to check out the older Godzilla movies that summer and in one weekend we watched Mothra vs. Godzilla (my younger brother's choice), King Kong vs. Godzilla (my neighbor's choice), Godzilla's Revenge (my youngest brother's choice), and Godzilla vs. Gigan (my choice).
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Dr Kain » Thu May 29, 2014 11:15 am

Did TNT do Monstervision before 1990?

I first got into Godzilla in 87 when one of my classmates in Kindergarten brought in his Godzilla 6inch vinyl. I then fell in love with the idea and that is when my dad rented for me every Monday for three weeks those trio of movies I posted above. We would rent more movies from Blockbuster and Video Factory (and the occasional rerent) until they were showing the movies on TNT and TBS on every Labor Day and Memorial Day, with them on sometimes at other times and then we would just record them when they aired so I could watch them at any time. However, I don't recall spending any of my days off from school watching Godzilla movies until the very early 90s.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Xenorama » Thu May 29, 2014 7:33 pm

King Kong Escapes
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster
Godzilla's Revenge


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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby klen7 » Thu May 29, 2014 9:49 pm

Wow, what a start
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby tbeasley » Fri May 30, 2014 1:28 pm

I know the first two were the Fukuda island films. I don't know which was first though, I think it was Sea Monster. As for the third, they sort of get jumbled up. I definitely watched some more than others. King Kong vs. Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Gigan and Mechagodzilla come to mind. I grew up with a lot of the Fukuda films (and the Hanna-Barbera series).
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Russzilla » Fri May 30, 2014 8:46 pm

Godzilla vs. the Thing in 1975. (In a movie theater also) The second and third ones I'm not so sure about. I just remember watching Godzilla movies and stuff on Creature Double Feature every Saturday after that.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Hybrid Gojira » Fri May 30, 2014 11:32 pm

My first movie was G85.

I don't know the order after that.
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby davezilla » Sat May 31, 2014 11:19 am

Godzilla vs Megalon (hated by most...loved by few including me! LOL)
Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster (Mechagodzilla 74 and yes I believe it was referred to Bionic Monster when I first saw it, i distinctly remember that)
third I'm struggling remember...I think it was either Mothra vs Godzilla or Monster Zero
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Re: What were the first three Godzilla movies you ever watch

Postby Legion » Sat May 31, 2014 2:03 pm

Terror of Mechagodzilla in 1986, followed by Godzilla vs Monster Zero soon after and then...hmm...I'm not really sure. Might have been Godzilla vs the Smog Monster.
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