Monster Memories

[Hepcat]

Yeah--I saw King Kong versus Godzilla on TV when I was pretty small, too.  And--all the kid got together on the school playground the next day and were talking about it excitedly.  Now that I remember, there was a whole week of Godzilla films, and they were on the 3:30 movie, which was cool after you got home from school.  So every day that week there was anticipation and discussion about all the different Godzilla films.

Cool! I saw King Kong vs. Godzilla on its initial release in September 1962 at the Odeon Theatre in London. It was a must see movie and I actually passed up going to the Western Fair that day to see it.

[Hepcat]

Star Wars did not exist yet and we hadn't seen 2001 or Flash Gordon, so Godzilla (and the various monsters he fought) seemed pretty important!

Well Godzilla still seems important to me despite the existence of those other movies.