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Rejected Vegas scenes from the new Godzilla movie


  • Godzilla starts destroying suburban communities around the Strip, but is eventually driven away by poor education system, lack of family amenities and little sense of community.

  • It's Godzilla vs. Smaug when the Rio buffet is down to its last piece of chicken marsala.

  • Godzilla earns mention in Robin Leach’s column, making people aware that Robin Leach has a column.

  • Begins ferocious and terrifying destruction of Las Vegas; then settles into a lazy, safe routine; offered residency at Planet Hollywood.

  • In 44-minute continuous-shot scene, Godzilla waits for a table to open up at Le Thai.

  • After marveling at its diaphanous, dreamlike beauty and daring lack of a traditional narrative structure, Godzilla eats Mystere.

  • Godzilla tries but fails to destroy Harmon Tower and becomes another defendant in complex construction-defect lawsuit.

  • Godzilla wakes up in bathtub full of ice; kidney missing.

  • Announces launch of another alt-weekly.

  • Eager to learn more about Las Vegas' surprising urban trails and top young athletes, Godzilla settles into a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Jamba Juice to pick up the March issue of Desert Companion.

  • Godzilla is bused to Sacramento with nothing but three days’ worth of meds.

  • In a scene discarded as being too far-fetched, Godzilla has a great time at a hypnosis-comedy show.

  • Godzilla gunned down by Metro after making furtive claw movement.

  • Along with all the other dinosaurs, starts writing a column for the Review-Journal.
Scott Dickensheets is a Las Vegas writer and editor whose trenchant observations about local culture have graced the pages of publications nationwide.
As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.