I don't know why I didn't talk about this before. Let's amend that...
In 1998, a TV Show based on the Roland Emmerich Godzilla Film came out.
It was actually good. Not amazing or lifechanging, but good.
However, it had to compete with a boom period for Anime in America, especially on its own Network.
It had to fight for air time against Shows like Digimon, which would get double-episode blocks or Marathons.
As such, 2 Episodes were bumped from Airing. At all.
As such, you need the DVD Set (which I got from Dollar General) to see them.
In Tourist Trap, a man is trying to make a buck filming the HEAT Team catch/battle Monsters.
He's voiced by the same Actor who played Earl (The Dad) on Dinosaurs and it is 100% that voice.
A deep-sea fish has wandered into our area and is eating up the place.
They have to stop the man from interfering, while also stopping the biggest of big mouth bass!
In
The Ballard of Gens Du Marais, a strange creature is on the loose in New Orleans.
It can shoot oil and seems to be attacking places owned by a rich magnate.
A local man shows up and explains that he 'summoned it' with 'his hate.'
The magnate was polluting the land and he seems to be able to influence, just not fully control, the creature.
It, of course, ends in a big battle.
This one, however, does not go in Godzilla's favor. Instead, the creature's attack exposes the bad guy and the local man gets it to leave.
Two 'lost' Episodes that thankfully live up to expectations. I know that there's not a massive fanbase for this show in 2024.
Even so, it deserves some praise here.
I previously covered the one where
they go to the Future (of 2022) and it was good. Having watched more Episodes since, it keeps a good mix of Plots- even if they all involve a giant monster or two-, locations and Themes.
Yes, they all amount to 'They go to X to stop Creature Y,' but they managed to have Character Arcs, a good variety of ideas and the battles don't always go the same.
They also did a neat 3-Parter that I should rewatch and review where we get a neat riff on Mecha-Godzilla. Remember that one, Future Me.
Even just these two manage to have a bad, boisterous Villain who isn't really all that similar. Even the creatures- while sticking to water- aren't identical.
If you get it where I did, the whole Show is like $7. That's a good deal for 40 Episodes and, to my knowledge, it isn't Streaming anywhere.
Amusingly, the one identical thing here is that one of the Crew has the same last name as our Hero- Nick Tatopoulous!
Honestly, this Show is a hidden gem, held down by its connection to a very, very divisive Film. Check it out, folks!
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