History NightmareFuel / Godzilla1998

* The opening. It starts out with a map of the French Polynesia region, along with some peaceful shots of beaches and the sea accompanied by the soft tunes of ''La Marseillaise''. Then the film's title enters with an ominous hum we get a glimpse of a sign for a nuclear testing site. The music then transitions into Godzilla's theme as we see a colony of iguanas and other reptiles skulking about the testing site, watching on as the crew [[CallItKarma tear down the island's natural ecology]]. Then the bomb goes off, creating an epic mushroom cloud that goes on for miles while the reptiles can only look on in wonder before closing in on an iguana egg that maanged to avoid the decimation.

* Godzilla's arrival in New York City. Even before his rampage begins, the first thing he encounters is a harmless old man fishing along the docks when [[{{Wormsign}} a massive, undefinable mass barrels towards him]], forcing him to flee for his life as the dock beneath him shatters. Even worse, we don't even know if he survived his ordeal or not.

* When Godzilla learns all his babies are dead. He's so enraged that he goes after the four main characters (who are actually responsible for the air strike). Just imagine being chased by a giant monster over a hundred feet tall that is so enraged, it wants to kill you.

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* The Godzilla species. Giant carnivores that can reproduce asexually, lay eggs that fill the entirety of Madison Square Garden in an ''insanely'' fast amount of time (the movie never clearly specifies if hours, minutes, months, or days had passed), and can [[StealthyColossus appear and disappear within the blink of an eye and without a sound]].
** Consider the ecological implications and you realize that this is a potential [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt End of the World]] scenario as the Godzilla species reproduces so rapidly that they'd probably eat the rest of Earth's life into ''extinction'' within just a couple of generations. [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this]], specifically that not all Godzillas live to adulthood. By the time the surviving Godzilla is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced, though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes, such as being killed by predators.

* Godzilla pulling all ''three'' fishing trawlers underwater in the middle of the night by their nets. The crews work frantically to free their ships, only to be forced to abandon ship in a panic, all the while being completely unaware of what's lurking below them. They are quite fortunate to survive their ordeal.

* The Baby Godzillas are rather terrifying. There are just so damn many of them, and they all hunt down, kill, and devour Philippe's men. And given that they're [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the ''Velociraptors'' in ''[[Film/JurassicPark1993 Jurassic Park]]'', there is one point that makes things worse: In ''Jurassic Park'', the protagonists had to deal with only 3-4 ''Velociraptors''; in this film, the heroes have to contend with a whole ''nest'' of Baby Godzillas.
* In the Madison Square Garden scene, the heroes make great efforts to pen all the baby Godzillas in. Too bad they ''forgot the Godzilla-sized hole'' from the subway that they came in through. An important oversight for creatures that have an instinct to burrow.
* When Godzilla learns [[spoiler: all his babies are dead]]. Godzilla is so enraged that he goes after the four main characters (who are actually responsible for [[spoiler: the airstrike]]. Just imagine you being chased by a giant monster over a hundred feet tall that is so enraged it wants to kill you.

* When Godzilla learns [[spoilers: all his babies are dead]]. Godzilla is so enraged that he goes after the four main characters (who are actually responsible for [[spoilers: the airstrike]]. Just imagine you being chased by a giant monster over a hundred feet tall that is so enraged it wants to kill you.

* The Godzilla species. Same powers as the original, can reproduce asexually, lay eggs that fill the entirety of Madison Square Garden in an ''insanely'' fast amount of time (the movie never clearly specifies if hours, minutes, months, or days had passed), and can [[StealthyColossus appear and disappear within the blink of an eye and without a sound]].

* The Godzilla species. Same powers as the original, can reproduce asexually, lay eggs that fill the entirety of ''Madison Square Garden'' in an ''insanely'' fast amount of time (the movie never clearly specifies if hours, minutes, months, or days had passed), and can appear and disappear within the blink of an eye and without a sound.
** Consider the ecological implications and you realize that this is a potential End of the World scenario as the Godzilla species reproduces so rapidly that they'd probably eat the rest the earth's life into ''extinction'' within just a couple generations. [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] Specifically that not all Godzillas live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced -- though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes, such as being killed by predators.
* The Baby Godzillas are kinda rather terrifying. There are just so damn many of them and they all hunt down, kill and devour Philippe's men.
* Godzilla's arrival in New York City; even before the rampage begins, the first thing he encounters is a harmless old man fishing along the docks when a massive, undefinable mass barrels towards him, forcing him to flee for his life as the dock beneath him shatters. Even worse, we don't even know if he survived his ordeal or not.
* Godzilla completely plowed his way through the center of the ''MetLife Building'' in Midtown Manhattan. One just has to wonder how it could possibly still be standing after that kind of damage.
* Imagine being any one of those helicopter pilots when Godzilla plucked them out of the sky. Bear in mind that he ''bit'' into two of them as they tried to flee.
* Godzilla pulling all of ''three'' fishing trawlers underwater in the middle of the night by their nets. The crews work frantically to free their ships, only to be forced to abandon ship in a panic and completely unaware of what's lurking below them. They were quite fortunate to have survived their ordeal.
* In the Madison Square Garden scene, they make great efforts to pen all the baby Godzillas in. Too bad the heroes ''forgot the Godzilla sized hole'' from the subway that they came in through. Important oversight for creatures that have an instinct to burrow.

* Godzilla pulling all of ''three'' fishing trawlers underwater in the middle of the night by their nets. The crews work frantically to free their ships, only to be forced to abandon ship in a panic and completely unaware of what's lurking below them. They were quite fortunate to have survived their ordeal.

* Imagine being any one of those helicopter pilots when Godzilla plucked them out of the sky. Bear in mind that he ''bit'' into two of them as they tried to flee.

* The Baby Godzillas are kinda rather terrifying. There are just so damn many of them and they all hunt down, kill and devour Philippe's men.

** Consider the ecological implications and you realize that this is a potential End of the World scenario as the Godzilla species reproduces so rapidly that they'd probably eat the rest the earth's life into ''extinction'' within just a couple generations.
** [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] Specifically that not all Godzillas live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced -- though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes, such as being killed by predators.
*** Wait, predators? Even just hatched, they're akin to the full grown raptors in Jurassic Park, fully capable of hunting down heavily armed mercenaries. Just what the hell managed to kill them?
*** Have you never been to [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the Australian Outback]]? Even if they weren't taken out by some apex predator, they could have easily eaten things that were poisonous to them.

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** [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] [[spoiler: Specifically that not all Godzillas live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced...though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes such as killed by predators.]]

** [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] [[spoiler: Specifically that not all Godzillas live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced...though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes such as killed by predators.]]

** [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] [[spoiler: Specifically that not all Godzilla's live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced...though there are only about 20 Godzillas there. The rest died of natural causes such as killed by predators.]]

* The Zilla species. Same powers as the original, can reproduce asexually, lay eggs that fill the entirety of ''Madison Square Garden'' in an ''insanely'' fast amount of time (the movie never clearly specifies if hours, minutes, months, or days had passed), and can appear and disappear within the blink of an eye and without a sound.
** Consider the ecological implications and you realize that this is a potential End of the World scenario as the Zilla species reproduces so rapidly that they'd probably eat the rest the earth's life into ''extinction'' within just a couple generations.
** [[AllThereInTheManual The unmade sequel's script actually addresses this.]] [[spoiler: Specifically that not all Zilla's live to adulthood. By the time the survivor is found in the Australian Outback, it has reproduced...though there are only about 20 Zilla's there. The rest died of natural causes such as killed by predators.]]

** Consider the ecological implications and you realize that this is a potential End of the World scenario as the Zilla species reproduces so rapidly that they'd probably eat the rest the earth's life into ''extinction'' within just a couple generations.

* The Zilla species. Same powers as the original, can reproduce asexually, lay eggs that fill the entirety of ''Madison Square Garden'' in an ''insanely'' fast amount of time (the movie never clearly specifies if hours, minutes, months, or days had passed), and can appear and disappear within the blink of an eye and without a sound.