Hey everyone. I figured this would be the best place to ask about this and see if anyone could dig up any information about it.
So my favorite movie in the world is the movie Small Soldiers by Joe Dante.
There is a trailer that was made to originally show off the movie where the Commando Elite broke into the museum from this Godzilla trailer youtu.be/4_oiHWXLIFI and they fought Godzilla. Universal decided that they couldn't air that commercial due to godzilla but screenshots and clips of it exist out there but the full trailer has never been leaked. As you can see by my added images. The floor tile matches perfectly to the museum trailer even the broken glass. The Commando Elite were shooting grappling hooks towards Godzilla and apparently climbing him to defeat him. Joe Dante has apparently confirmed this was a real trailer according to one of my friends who did an interview with him but universal didnt allow them to air it. The thing is multiple Small Soldiers trailers use modified footage from this full trailer. So it must exist out there somewhere youtu.be/yBQae7FLgYE It appears that Burger King completely revamped the cgi for their own commercial with it as some of the scenes line up perfectly to the screenshots youtu.be/gxV5XLYeCzU This official trailer also features part of it as well youtu.be/l3EMhIo1fVo
So we know the trailer is definitely legit. We've gotten conformation that it was a thing but Idk if the full trailer will ever be released or even found.
Last Edit: Sept 27, 2023 4:34:27 GMT by hackerbilly
Post by spacecowboygemini on Jun 28, 2022 4:22:05 GMT
Wow i am definitely interested in finding this lost media.
Small Soldiers was one of my favorite films as well, & I remember seeing the grappling hook footage & always thinking it was from a deleted scene but now this solves that mystery as well, Not only does the tile & lightning match perfectly in the trailer & footage. The people Chip Hazard & his gang are running past are the people seeing entering the museum from that Godzilla Trailer
Then why is it still in "Lost Media" when it should be moved to Found Media?
Because it just got found literally last night. If you check the dates. I made this thread over a year ago. I've been searching for it for a few years and it just got uploaded to youtube last month after Joe Dante himself even said it was more than likely gone forever. Universal shut down this trailer when it was being shown and it was never supposed to make a public debut at all. Also while yes it is currently "found" an HD version does exist so finding it in higher quality would also be nice Plus Im new here. I've only made this thread and have no idea how to move it anywhere.
Wow! I never knew this existed. I also have been a longtime lover of this movie so seeing this for the first time has made my day!
Honestly not really anyone knew about. I only knew because a friend of mine interviewed Joe Dante about it then another friend of mine connected some odd photos we had to the Godzilla 98 museum floor. Then we knew it had to exist. I believe only about 20-30 people in the SS fandom knew it existed but noone knew if it would ever actually come out. Joe Dante himself said it was gone forever once Universal turned it down. Miracles happen though
A friend of mine looked up Small Soldiers on youtube and it popped up abit down in the feed randomly. Just lucked out that youtube showed me. I asked the channel owner how he found it and Im currently waiting for a response