September 22, 2013A few different things. First would be my pop, who showed me the original movie on TV when I was about 4 years old. Later that year, the first movie I ever saw in the theater was Godzilla vs. The Thing. Godzilla was always so cool (although later on, I always wished he would live, like Gorgo did). I just always liked the idea of a monster who was such a primal force. I still miss the old days of Thanksgiving in NYC when on Thursday we got King Kong, Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young, then on Friday Godzilla, King of the Monsters and two random others. When I finally got to see the original, un-Raymond Burred version, I went nuts. I enjoyed Godzilla all over again. I still remember buying the 90's movies on bootlegs, I wanted to see them so badly. The Big G has always been a part of my SF consciousness and always will be.
