Mary Lambert on GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA

When AIP released the US version they retitled it GODZILLA VS. THE THING, which was represented on the poster by a giant question mark with tentacles! Apparently Mothra was considered too wussy to be a credible adversary for Big G, who had just come off a grudge match with a ratty-looking gorilla billed as (but looking nothing like) King Kong.

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hello this is trailers from hell and I'm

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Mary Lambert I'm here to talk about the

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Mary Lambert I'm here to talk about the
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trailer for Mothra versus Godzilla which

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trailer for Mothra versus Godzilla which
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is the Japanese version of a movie that

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is the Japanese version of a movie that
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was released in the United States called

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was released in the United States called
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thing I grew up uh a child of the 60s uh

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thing I grew up uh a child of the 60s uh
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at a time when uh I think the fear was

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at a time when uh I think the fear was
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the most strongest in the world that

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the most strongest in the world that
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there would be a nuclear war I know it

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there would be a nuclear war I know it
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was a fear that I had from a very very

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was a fear that I had from a very very
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early age and it was also a time when

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early age and it was also a time when
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every single Saturday they played the

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every single Saturday they played the
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same movies on television and one of

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same movies on television and one of
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them was Godzilla and one of them was

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them was Godzilla and one of them was
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mothur versus Godzilla and King Kong

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mothur versus Godzilla and King Kong
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there there were a lot of monster movies

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there there were a lot of monster movies
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Godzilla uh was really one of the most

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Godzilla uh was really one of the most
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terrifying ones uh to me and nobody

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terrifying ones uh to me and nobody
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really pointed it out but uh it's it's

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really pointed it out but uh it's it's
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really the Godzilla movies are about uh

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really the Godzilla movies are about uh
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the nuclear bombing in Japan uh they're

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the nuclear bombing in Japan uh they're
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about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and that

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about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and that
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angst that uh the residual angst that

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angst that uh the residual angst that
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those events created in the Japanese

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those events created in the Japanese
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culture and it's really poppable in

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culture and it's really poppable in
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these movies if you've never seen these

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these movies if you've never seen these
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movies you should look at them as an

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movies you should look at them as an
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adult of course as a child all I knew is

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adult of course as a child all I knew is
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that they were really Bleak and scary in

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that they were really Bleak and scary in
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a way I could not Define or understand

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a way I could not Define or understand
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Godzilla I watched Godzilla over and

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Godzilla I watched Godzilla over and
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over again and
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uh was really really frightened by it

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uh was really really frightened by it
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and then Along Came

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and then Along Came
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Mothra and Mothra was like was in a

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Mothra and Mothra was like was in a
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funny way it was kind of a lightening up

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funny way it was kind of a lightening up
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of the mythology because first of all

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of the mythology because first of all
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mothur is a giant moth and moths are not

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mothur is a giant moth and moths are not
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really you don't really think of a moth

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really you don't really think of a moth
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as being a able to to kill you with you

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as being a able to to kill you with you
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know its wings or its feelers or you

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know its wings or its feelers or you
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don't think of a moth as as a as a

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don't think of a moth as as a as a
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as a monster that was a novel idea for

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as a monster that was a novel idea for
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me at the time that's something that

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me at the time that's something that
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that you think of as pretty and soft

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that you think of as pretty and soft
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could be a monster and I I I really dug

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could be a monster and I I I really dug
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that so that's why I highly recommend

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that so that's why I highly recommend
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Mothra versus Godzilla for anybody who

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Mothra versus Godzilla for anybody who
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hasn't seen it and for anybody who

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hasn't seen it and for anybody who
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