It will be 40 years soon for Godzilla 84 and the story & special effects still hold up. Mr. Green himself got an overhaul in the looks department featuring some longer teeth. This gave Godzilla a leaner meaner look. And the big screen it really pays off.
The plot and the character have a harder edge. There are even some scenes blood and carnage. A massive effort was made to get the franchise and the green guy back on track and a return to a better box-office.
Godzilla 1984 (alternate title Return of Godzilla) heralded in a new era for Godzilla, absent from the big screen for over 9 years. The last time Godzilla had appeared on screen was back in 1975 in Terror of Mechagodzilla and due to its failure at the box-office, nearly sunk the franchise and the big green guy. And at this point also alienated many of the adults who had been faithful thru most of Godzilla’s’ on screen adventures. Godzilla had simply lost its [bite] as a destructive force of nature [not to mention his effect on the movie going public].
****Godzilla 84 marked the 30th anniversary of the first film Gojira (1954).
But alas nothing for years and then I heard and long after the gang had stopped hanging around and gone into our separate directions that there was going to be a new Godzilla released in the states again with Raymond Burr aka Godzilla 1985. I was…
