The Return of Godzilla (1984)

Godzilla gets rebooted for the 80s! The first film in the Heisei era is a lot of things: a sequel to the original, a bit of a remake, sometimes a horror movie with mummified corpses, sometimes a political Cold War drama, sometimes a disaster movie with a plucky journalist, sometimes a fantastical sci-fi with a hovering supership, and constantly an experiment in innovation and animatronics that doesn't always succeed, but is interesting nevertheless. Part of ⁠⁠⁠The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ Theme song: ⁠⁠⁠"BIO WARS - Synth Cover" by Kweer Kaiju⁠⁠⁠ Sources include: 30th Anniversary video with Teruyoshi Nakano | Godzilla FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of the Monsters by Brian Solomon | A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series by David Kalat