Look, I'm a huge Godzilla fan. I have been ever since my parents sat the 5 year old version of me down in front of the TV to watch Godzilla 1985.

I was instantly hooked.

But I grew up in a weird time for American Godzilla fans. For the majority of my childhood, we only had access to the pre 1984 godzilla movies. I really wasn't able to watch anything from the 80's and 90's until Godzilla 2000 came out. And then a weird thing happened. As the world moved on from VHS to DVD, the movie that got me started, Godzilla 1985(Or, as it's known in Japan, The Return of Godzilla) was never licensed in the US for DVD sales. So as all these unseen movies became available, this one fell off the Earth in the US.

Enter my gifter.

They got me the Chinese version of Godzilla Returns(english subtitles)!

I'm so very excited. What's even better is that this is the original version. When the movie was sent to the US, the releasing studio cut some stuff and added some unnecessary Cold War backhands to the movie.

Sure, I'll miss Raymond Burr, but the trade-off is totally worth it.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!