Does Ghidorah die at the end of this movie? He gets pounded on by like 10 other monsters and lies motionless, even when the ground opens up and swallows him.
"Death is the price we pay for progress."-The Doctor, Brain of Morbius
yeah he dies because this movie is supposed to take place in the future after the other original fourteen(which he doesn't die in any but this one) so he dies for good in this one.
shareHe's dead...until he comes back in the new series of movies that is.. in an alternate dimension with a completely different history. Also, his cousin DesGhidorah had a little spat with Mothra.
shareGee that's kind of sad, to see Ghidorah actually die, I know he destoryed a lot of planets but still I felt a little sorry for him when Godzilla kepts stomping on his neck.
I never really thought of him dying, to me it was more like he was utterly whooped and wouldn't return until Godzilla vs. Gigan.
To me it's more about the order inwhich the movies are made. Actually I've also thought that continuaty isn't that important for most of these earlier Godzilla movies.
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I agree. I was shocked when I saw King Ghidorah die. I found it hard to believe that he would. Especially when Ishiro Honda, the director who created him, was making the movie. Ghidorah was a well-liked monster and it didn't seem fair for him to have to die. He didn't want to come back to fight. The aliens forced him to do it. Just think, if it weren't for aliens, King Ghidorah may have never come back to attack Earth after his debut.
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Just have to point out he didn't REALLY fight ten monsters. MINYA-used nuclear ray to encircle one of the heads, but godzilla kicked the head to knock it out, so minya didn't really do much. RODAN- got hit by a ray and flew away, returning when KG was beaten. MOTHRA and SPIEGA(KUMONGA)-sprayed KG with silk, AFTER he was already beaten. MANDA and BARAGON- arrived at mt fuji, but did not approach KG,in fact maybe they left, you didn't see them after the battle. As for VARAN, he didn't even show up. So technically, King ghidorha only fought THREE monsters- Godzilla, anguirus and gorosaurus. I get that some of the suits weren't ready, or wouldn't be convincing, but even so, King Ghidorah WAS really only fighting 3 monsters.
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About your first post: There is one mothra, not two. The earth monsters are anguirus-godzilla-rodan-minya-gorosaurus-mothra-manda-varan-baragon-kumonga.
shareAbout your second post: King Ghidorah did NOT win in Monster zero. He flew away, yes. BECAUSE HE LOST THE FIGHT!!!
shareIn Monster zero, the aliens want godzilla and rodan, because they knew they could defeat Ghidorah. Controlling them meant they could do more damage on earth, without worrying about Ghidorah being attacked.
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He DID lose that fight. If he was the winner, why didn't he resume attacking japan? True, godzilla and rodan didn't emerge from the water. But they had won, they didn't have to. Rodan was alive in 1999 (when destroy all monsters is set), so KG obviously didn't kill him. Godzilla is at home in water and on land, so a dunk in the water wouldn't bother him. So KG had his ass kicked in Ghidrah the three-headed monster(official spelling),Monster Zero, godzilla vs gigan, Destroy all monsters AND 1991's Godzilla vs King Ghidorah.
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You don't need to be so sarcastic, little boy!!!
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I suppose it depends on how you look at it. In King kong vs godzilla, it's generally thought that kong wins. However, in G fan, a godzilla magazine(also covers other japanese monsters), there was a quick story about the fight. If you consider a few things, it seems obvious that kong actually lost, and was running away at the end, after losing.
shareActually, Honda and Tsuburaya have said that Ghidrah did NOT win the fight. I'll go with their answer instead of Toho's or anyone else's.
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Actually, Varan DID show up for the big rumble at Mt. Fuji. He just wasn't announced. You can see him landing next to Baragon and Manda.
Manda is heard grunting after Ghidrah is killed and it could be argued that Baragon was underground tunnelling, which is why the battleground cracks open after Godzilla destroys the Kilaak base.
If Tanaka himself said kong won, then i stand corrected. What i should have said was, going by what was said in the magazine, it SEEMS like godzilla won. Some of the things said were: If kong won, why not stay where he was? Kong ran away from godzilla, (actually, he ran to hide from godzilla, to jump him)and things like, godzilla seemed to be the stronger of the two.
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Well, if you watch godzilla's later appearances, compared to kong's fight with gorosaurus in King Kong Escapes, godzilla is obviously the stronger, and tougher of the two. There is no way that kong could have beaten the new, bigger, stronger godzilla from Godzilla vs King Ghidorah,so that would have been a good fight. Godzilla's son took over the godzilla name, he's smaller, but his ray is stronger, i'd like to see kong fight him. Also, with the advances in filming, kong wouldn't look so ridiculous now.
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What really annoyed me was the kong fight taking place. Kong was nowhere near godzilla's size. Oh, i almost forgot. That magazine said kong swam away, then roared at the end credits. In the japanese cut (i.e. the original), you hear godzilla roar back, supporting, but not really proving, the kong-running-away theory. Also, it said kong may even have died from the battle, because in destroy all monsters, he is not present, when the island is supposed to contain all monsters. G fan, though, is a magazine BY fans, not people connected with toho. Plus, like you just said, toho were not allowed to use kong again. Also,kamakiras was not on the island, despite one surviving in son of godzilla.
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Just for the sake of Godzilla Continuity, I will try to say the reason Kamacuras appears in Godzilla's Revenge and Godzilla Vs. Gigan is this: There could have possibly been more than the three we saw in Son of Godzilla that were mutated and they could have survived and moved to Monster Island. Also, G's Revenge is all in a dream, so most of it can be discarded from true continuity. That is all.
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Like i said before, ghidorah was beaten up by 3 kaiju, or 4 if you count minya, which i'd rather not. As for 3 watching from a distance, don't forget that varan didn't show up. Rodan fled the battle, mothra and kumonga did nothing, and baragon and manda didn't fight. I said before that the two of them may even have left, because at the end of the battle, they were nowhere to be seen.
shareOokondoru and oodaku are actually okondoru and odako. Gaira is actually gaila, and the meganulons are actually meganurons. I'm pretty sure the spelling is kamakiras, but i'm not too sure.
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Thanks for clearing that up. As far as i know, the giant octopus does not have a name, but fans gave it one, odaku or otaku. I think it's from a japanese word for octopus.
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Personally, I agree with the controller; the battle was already over, and if Mothra and Kumonga had done nothing, it wouldn't made any difference.
If I was dead, I wouldn't care if someone was spraying me with webbing. I also don't count Minilla's pot shot, but that's mostly because a) I don't like Minilla and b) I hate cheap shots. Once again, Ghidorah was already beaten.
You don't have to agree with me; I'm just expressing my point of view, not trying to be argumentative or anything.
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I think so, as he did not appear again. But he had been in Ghidra, The Three Headed Monster, and later in Godzilla vs. Gigan. This movie was released in this country in 1971, and I did not get to see it as I was only 3. I then did see Godzilla vs. Gigan in 1977 at 9, but I think this movie was meant to be set after that one, which was sort of a prequel to it. But I did like this movie, and like Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Megalon it is on my contenders for 100 favorite movies of all time list. And I do really like Ghidorah, he is my favorite Godzilla monster other than Godzilla himself (and I think definitely the most formidble, it would take at least that to kill him). But I look foward to seeing this movie on DVD soon if it is on it, and find out for certain.
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godzilla vs hedorah, godzilla vs gigan and godzilla vs megalon were all definately based before "destroy all monsters".I still am not sure if godzilla vs mechagodzilla and terror of mechagodzilla were based after it.
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King Ghidorah dies; he had seven monsters gang up on him. The King Ghidorah in "Godzilla vs. Gigan" is another incarnation of the space monster. The Kamacuras seen living on Monster Island in "Godzilla's Revenge" and "Godzilla vs. Gigan" is, evidently, a fourth of the species.
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"Destroy all Monsters" was supposed to be Toho's last Godziilla film of the Showa series. Because of the success of this film, Toho decided to extend the series throughout the 1970s. However, in doing so, they disregarded the fact that the setting for "Destroy all Monsters" took place in 1999. I believe the King Ghidorah in "Godzilla vs. Gigan" is a second incarnation of the species. That same one guest-starred in one of the "Zone Fighter" shows, where it was ultimately defeated.
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Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla raids again (1955)
King kong vs Godzilla (1962)
Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
Gidorah the 3 headed monster (1964)
Godzilla vs the sea monster (1966)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971)
Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)
Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)
Zone Fighter (1973)
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Godzilla vs Monster Zero (1966/198X)
Destroy all Monsters (1968/1999)
Godzillas Revenge (1969/different reality)
This is the way Toho wanted it to be anyway, even if it is somewhat confusing.
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I agree with you Skye. In "Terror of Mechagodzilla," it does show Manda on a rampage in Tokyo-the same scene from "Destroy all Monsters." And, it does make a good close in the series. Like I mentioned before, "Destroy all Monsters" was the last film of the Showa series that Toho had in mine. However, because of the success of the franchise, they decided to make more films into the 1970s, disregarding the fact that "Destroy all Monsters" took place in 1999. But, it only makes sense that the the 1970 Godzilla films follow "Destroy all Monsters." In "Godzilla vs. Gigan" and "Godzilla vs. Megalon," Monster Island was referenced. In "Godzilla vs. Gigan," the "control center on Monster Island" was mentioned, referring to the Monster Island control base in "Destroy all Monsters."
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However, because of the success of the franchise, they decided to make more films into the 1970s, disregarding the fact that "Destroy all Monsters" took place in 1999. But, it only makes sense that the the 1970 Godzilla films follow "Destroy all Monsters." In "Godzilla vs. Gigan" and "Godzilla vs. Megalon," Monster Island was referenced. In "Godzilla vs. Gigan," the "control center on Monster Island" was mentioned, referring to the Monster Island control base in "Destroy all Monsters."
The G-films in the '70s very well follow "Destroy all Monsters." Like Skye said, the aliens destroyed the control system on Monsterland in "Destroy All Monsters" but the monsters roamed free there afterwards because they knew it was their new habitat, hence they could roam in and out in the later films. One thing that throws some people off is that "Destroy all Monsters" was set in 1999, while the films that follow were, assumingly but never mentioned, set in the year there were made (1970s). Also, the other thing is that King Ghidorah, after seemingly killed in "Destroy all Monsters" returns in "Godzilla vs. Gigan." But, like so many other reincarnation of other monsters, it could return to live or is another species. After all, this is sci-fi. Save to say, although loosely connected, all the films in the Showa series are connected and the storylines should flow in the years the films were released chronologically.
Again, "Destroy all Monsters" was meant to be the last film, but seeing how successful this particular film was, Toho decided to make more. But, like gmegalon said, because the producer didn't like "Godzilla vs. Hedorah," he decided to make a "truer" Godzilla movie, and thus, brought back the familiar foe King Ghidorah.
Katsura's making no reference to "Destroy All Monsters". They merely used footage from the movie for visual reference. Apparently, Manda has attacked Tokyo at some point before 1975.
The Ghidrah seen in "Godzilla vs. Gigan" is the same one from "Ghidrah", "Monster Zero", and later chronologically in "Zone Fighter" and "Destroy All Monsters". There are no "two Ghidrahs".
And the Japanese version of "Godzilla vs. Megalon" mentions the year is "197X". And "Gigan" had to take place before that, making it probably 1972.
Also, as for this Monster Island business, they are two different locales. Monsterland from "Destroy All Monsters" is in the Ogasawara Island chain, which is about 100 miles south of Tokyo. Monster Island from "Godzilla's Revenge" through "Terror of Mechagodzilla" is identified in "Godzilla vs. Megalon" as being in the South Pacific, near the Phillipines, and Fiji and places like that. In fact, Monster Island COULD possibly be Soll-Gell Island from "Son of Godzilla" (the Japanese title of that movie identifies it as such: "Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Son of Godzilla"). Furthermore, in the Japanese dialogue in "Destroy All Monsters", Dr. Yoshida notes that they imprisoned the monsters on Monsterland "twenty years ago", making the monsters' relocation circa 1979. Monsterland and Monster Island are two different locations.
You people have WAY too much time on your hands!
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Yet, when the Xians are confronted in 198X, there is no mention of Godzilla's second fight with Ghidorah, only the first.
"Monster Zero" takes place in the year 196X. "198X" is a common fallacy.
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10 out of 10?? Really? REALLY? You are aware that anytime you give something a "10 out of 10", you are saying it is PERFECT...flawless, the absolute BEST that it can be...no improvements are possible on it, right? Wow.
I love the movie but would be very VERY hesitant to give it...or ANY movie for that matter...a 10 out of 10...a perfect score. There is ALWAYS room for improvement in ANY movie.
My favorite movie of all time (and actually I have several that might qualify for that honor) would never get a "perfect 10" because there is ALWAYS something that COULD be improved upon.
So you think DAM is perfect? Absolutely perfect? A perfect 10? There is NO way in your opinion it could be improved?? No additional monster fights, no more exciting scenes, no better effects that might have come with a bigger budget? No additional scenes of Baragon or Manda or Varan? Gorosaurus given credit for destroying Paris rather than Baragon would not have improved the movie??? Again, wow.
Not doggin' ya friend....just picking with ya a bit....and pointing out how phrases & ranks...like "10 out of 10".....can be and are overused.
Like I said...I love the movie but it's far from perfect. Not even the original GOJIRA is "perfect.