Unleash the Fanboy: "In modern day 2014, GODZILLA 2000: Millennium is one of the most well-known Godzilla films. 14 years ago it got a nation-wide theater release and the suit design remains one of the most iconic. While I and many others have seen this film dozens of time, the original uncut Japanese version has rarely been seen at all in the States. When it comes to Godzilla films, sometimes it doesn’t matter like in masterpieces such as Mothra vs. Godzilla and MONSTER ZERO, but sometimes it does matter such in Gojira and King Kong vs. Godzilla, where the English version changes the film for worst. 2000 is one of those rare examples where most fans agree the American cut is better. Thanks to the awesome people at Sony Pictures for releasing the film on Blu-ray this month, the Japanese version has for the time become widely available. So, is it truly inferior, actually better, just different, or virtually the same?"
In this week's episode, Jim Lincoln stomps through all the singular Godzilla movies, taking a look at how they progressed with the genre.
Nobody does Godzilla like Toho. And in 1999 — amid the wake of the critical derision levelled at director Roland Emmerich's interpretation of the legendary Kaiju — that's exactly what the iconic Japanese film studio set out to remind us of. But unlike Godzilla's North American debut, Toho's twenty-third Godzilla film, Godzilla 2000 (or, as it's known in Japan, Godzilla 2000: Millenium), doesn't set out to reinvent the Big G. Rather, its aim is simply to do as Toho has always done: deliver on all of the epic, man-in-a-rubber-suit Kaiju action that we've come to know and love.
