Godzilla Video of the Day

Continuing the theme from the other day involving Jan De Bont's defunct "Godzilla" movie, here's the actual teaser trailer that was created for it.

It was made so early in pre-production, not even a shred of images could be utilized other than some stock Godzilla background.

While I haven't been able to confirm, I believe it was actually shown in theaters too.

Kooky huh?

What a strange trailer. In no way does it inpire me to see and anticipate the movie. It just seems very bland and corny at the same time.

In fact there's an even longer teaser out there (unfortunately I couldn't find it) that adds further scrolling words such as "from the makers of Disney's Aladdin".

Huh? How is this anything to brag about, particularly within a Godzilla movie?

What is interesting is that actual footage was shot (by De Bont and his crew) of a village being destroyed by some large mysterious force, and this footage was going to make up another teaser of sorts.

This was the closest film footage that was shot for De Bont's "Godzilla" film before everything was shut down.

Unfortunately such footage has never been released, although I would have loved to have seen it.