Godzilla At Leisure

Above, Haruo Nakajima taking a break in 1966 during filming of Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster.

"What is Godzilla doing when he's not knocking buildings down?"

That is not a real question, but it is the headline to a new post by Tofugu.com showing some old vintage behind-the-scenes shots of Godzilla (one of which is above*) and friends.

Before they get into the photos (and there's a lot of them), they wrote:

Because the new Godzilla film (see our review) recently came out, and because we basically just love all things Godzilla, I thought I’d treat you to something that makes Godzilla about a hundred times better. Sadly, you’ll never see any of this in the new Godzilla movies, but at least now it’s confirmed that giant rubber suits > CGI Godzilla every day of the week. Let’s take a look at some old-timey behind the scenes Godzilla photos that I came across on i09. It really makes you appreciate how much work went into each film, if anything. 

To read the article, go here.


*Now I know the Tofugu folks read this blog as one of the photos was ripped from here.