What Made You a Godzilla Fan?

I think I was a Godzilla fan prior to Godzilla 1985 but that's the one I remember as my first clear Godzilla memory.... I think I wanted to see it because the poster in the video store looked sweet, and being blown away at how fantastic the movie looked compared to prior Godzilla stuff I'd see in syndication. I also humorously recall my 8 year old self marveling at how deep it was when Raymond Burr would monologue about Godzilla being a reflection of the world we ourselves created (as I said I was 8 it was huge concept at the time) . I hope they figure out the rights so I can see it again someday....

I HAVE BEEN A GOZILLA FAN SENCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, I HAD ALL OF THE VCR TAPES OF ALL OF THE MOVIES. BUT I LOST THEM ALL IN HURRICANE KATRINNA. I AM TRYING TO REBUILD MY TAPE COLLECTION BUT IT HARD TO FIND THIM ON CD'S . I AM GLAD THEY ARE COMING BACK OUT WITH MORE MOVIES ON THE OLD GIRL. SHE ALWAYS KICKSASS.

Godzilla and I were born the same year: 1954. I began watching the movies in the early 60s and never looked back. In those early films, Godzilla as a "monster" was unique because he had a personality; he wasn't just a destructive reptile. He responded emotionally to situations. You could tell when he was mad; it was clear, too, when he was happy. You could tell that he understood that he could use his powers for both good and evil. He was tenacious - even when his butt was kicked in battle, he got up and kept on swinging. He is a metaphor for all our lives. 

Because he is awesome my first Godzilla film was Godzilla vs mechagodzilla 2 and I was 5 at the time and I thought it was a dinosaur movie and I was intrigued and I just fell in love so I started watching Godzilla movies

As far back as I could remember I have always had a deep love for Godzilla. I was born in 1998 so I never really had a long connection with Godzilla, not like other people who grew up watching the Showa series. Before I knew what Godzilla was I was going through a dinosaur phase. One day I was going through some DVDs I could watch and I saw "Godzilla 2000". Being the 4 year old me I immediately loved it because Godzilla looked like a giant dinosaur. But when I watched the movie I soon figured out that there is a lot more magic in the Godzilla movies than just him resembiling a giant dinosaur. His atomic breath, the fight with other monsters, and the Godzilla suits themselves made for an awesome childhood!

For me, it was seeing Godzilla, King of the Monsters on Channel 9 (then KHJ-TV, now KCAL) in Los Angeles in the mid-'60s. I believe KHJ had this feature called Million Dollar Movie. And the way it worked was that for one week they showed the same movie each night. Well, one week I stumbled across Terry Morse's edit of the original starring Raymond Burr. And that was it. Then there was that roar. I'd never heard anything like it. I thought Repoter Steve Martin's narration of the events in Tokyo that night was spellbinding. It was too scary to look at, but, at the same time, I couldn't look away. This was a monster that could not be defeated. And it wasn't a plot devise required to legitimize heroic behavior on the part of the human characters.

Ifukube's score became etched in my mind. I couldn't stop thinking about it. And not just the marches. But also the slow, bass clarinet-led pieces providing the background for the sight of a burning Tokyo with a helpless populace that can only look on.

And, I've been a fan ever since.

I live in South Africa and Godzilla movies dont make it into South African theatres, only Iguana Get U Sucka in 1998 and GOOOWWDDZEEELLLLLAAAAA 2014 today. So it was 2002 and I was turning 5 at the time and my Dad said he got a huge surprise for me. At night he came home with Godzilla vs Destroyah DVD, boy he told his friend in USA to find a nice dinosaur DVD or something for my next birthday a few months before, and he came back with Godzilla vs Destroyah. My sister thought Godzilla Jr was cute, she was ten at the time. She now thinks im absolutely crazy about Godzilla. Destroyah gave me nightmares in his final form becuase he looked so badass and scary

And I catched all that I missed about previous Godzilla movies. Although I have only watched GMK and Final Wars I have seen the plots of all Godzilla movies even though I only remember some of them. I also plan on getting the 1954 original

YouTube then I went on to seeing Godzilla movies

Mine was by discovering the S.H Monster Arts figures on big bad toy store then watching DeigoDoom's reviews on them, now because of It I listen to the soundtrack on youtube sometimes :D

The fact that it was a giant reptile with flame-looking spikes on its back and that it puked a giant lazer out of its mouth.

I mean, c'mon. That's awesome.

My first godzilla movie was final wars. I watched it as a 6 year old kid.I watched godzilla because of my facination for dinos.I found him accidentaly in the web and thought he was cool.The movies i watched are GMK,Final Wars and 2014.I hope to watch Shin Gojira my first new japanese godzilla movie!IM SO EXITED!!!!!!!!!!

I just wanted to first of all introduce myself. My names Adam and Was the owner of Monstervalleytoys.com. I am in New Orleans currently and lovin every minute of it. What got me into Godzilla was my older brother who at a young age introduced me to the movies. The rest is history. Unfortunately due to his death I had to shut down the toy store which mainly consisted of Godzilla and Ultraman toys and collectibles. I now have over 10,000$ in toys that I am looking to move if anyone is interested. Anyway thanks for having me.

^I'm sorry about your loss. How long ago did you shut it down?

My dad got me into Godzilla by telling me about the whole showa series and how he watched it on tv as a kid. Surprisingly it was G98 that started the whole conversation

Sorry 'bout that Monstervalley.  :(

As for me, my "friends" got me into Godzilla from my fascination with dinosaurs.  But now, I have a deep hatred for them because they're TRAITORS!

I always loved dinosaurs as a kid. i dont exactly remember my first Godzilla movie but i believe it was Godzilla versus Mecha G, where he looks exactly like Godzilla and he hurts Angurius. but ive always been fascinated with giant monsters, and i still am. 

I absolutely loved G14, i understand why people were upset about the lack of his screen time but it made the moments he was in it much more memorable. i cannot wait to see what Legendary does with there kaiju universe!

It's sort of nice how this thread is still going--Albeit, off and on.

I'm fan of Godzilla because it's massive size and ability to destroy everything he doesn't like..

I was raised in a very religious household.  We weren't allowed to was swearing or sex but we could watch all the violence we wanted.  I remembered laying in the floor watching Son of Godzilla on those old giant tvs.  I think it used to come on TBS back in the day.  

Recently I have been searching for nostalgia and I remembered how much I used to love GZ.  He is a nice clean addiction to have.