# \*Original\* Godzilla coming soon to the US. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035 "2004-02-07T21:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/1 "2004-02-07T21:47:09Z")
That’s right, the orginal Japanese version. No Raymond Burr. Uncensored, Uncut, Undubbed. [http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/godzilla.html](http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/godzilla.html) [http://rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html](http://rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/2 "2004-02-07T22:21:41Z")
While later movies in the Godzilla series were known for their juvenile, campy approach, the original black and white _Godzilla_ movie from 1954 was a serious, suspenseful movie. The allegory of a fire-breathing monster destroying Tokyo couldn’t have been lost on the Japanese, where U.S. incendiary bombing had destroyed most of the same city only nine years earlier, killing eighty-three thousand people. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/3 "2004-02-07T22:22:10Z")
That probably means no subtitles either. Oh well, it ought to be cool. I’ll see it if it comes anywhere near my city. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/4 "2004-02-07T22:31:15Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That probably means no subtitles either. No, it doesn’t. The 2004 release will have English subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/5 "2004-02-07T23:14:30Z")
I’ve had a copy of the riginal, non-Raymond Burr **Gojira** with English subtitles for years. On VHS. And I know that other Dopers do, too. It just hasn’t been well-advertised/. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/6 "2004-02-07T23:36:11Z")
Yes, but it will be in theatres (probably none near me ☹ ), not just on VHS/DVD. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/7 "2004-02-07T23:49:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’ve had a copy of the riginal, non-Raymond Burr **Gojira** with English subtitles for years. On VHS. And I know that other Dopers do, too. It just hasn’t been well-advertised/. I been looking for a copy for years. Still ain’t found one. You got a lead? Please? ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/8 "2004-02-08T09:20:42Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Yes, but it will be in theatres (probably none near me ☹ ), not just on VHS/DVD. > > Brian actually, I’m pretty sure this means that when the DVD comes (which isn’t right now, but will definitely come later. It HAs to!) it’ll be a Criterion release. Given that the bulk of Rialto’s other product is Criterion. And as we all know, ‘Criterion is the hallmark of quality!’ (actually, if I had to own a re-release of this, I’d want it to be Criterion. Without being elitist, that’s the least the film deserves!). El Gene-o! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/9 "2004-02-20T01:27:19Z")
PLEASE!!! Does ANYBODY have a lead on where I can get _Gojira_? ☹😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/10 "2004-02-20T02:14:44Z")
tried ebay? If you lived near SF, you can rent one and copy it. I’m not sure where my copy wandered off to, but it wasn’t an original copy. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/11 "2004-02-20T02:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > PLEASE!!! > > Does ANYBODY have a lead on where I can get Gojira? I got my copy at a store called **Anime Crash** in Harvard Square (in Cambridge MA). You might try them. Tokyo Kid, also in Cambridge, has an incredible collection. See this site: [http://www.geocities.com/chrisjkoch/kaijuvid.htm](http://www.geocities.com/chrisjkoch/kaijuvid.htm) Also a couple of weeks ago someone posted a link to the seller of a Gojira video or DVD on the SDMB. Can’t recall who. My copy, unfortunately, doesn’t have any distributor’s name or address on the side. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-godzilla-coming-soon-to-the-us/228035/12 "2004-02-20T03:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > If you lived near SF, you can rent one and copy it. No; that would be a copyright violation. However, if the Japanese movie is being released in the U.S., won’t there be a new DVD edition?