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Even if Rodan had celeb-baiting like KOTM and GVK, it would not work whatsoever.
HinikunaGoji,
It's made $166M world wide off a $185M budget. It hasn't even cleared its budget and still needs to make another $100M+ just to break even. It won't happen.
I fear a solo Monsterverse Rodan movie, for example, would be a similar bust.
Decent doesn’t mean bad. I just wouldn’t expect a superhero movie to be an artistic masterpiece. Though I didn’t go see it so I wouldn’t know.
And after researching Suicide Squad did flop. It only made back 14% of budget
Anyhow, I think Kong needs to fight revamped versions of his 2005 monsters and some original content similar to the Skullcrawlers and Warbats and Hell Hawks. I think a mix of both is in order.
DECENT?!?!?!? DECENT????? Anyhow, I would say if the movie doesn't have the title of Godzilla or Kong....Yeah, it could flop hard. And I don't think moviegoers will fall for celeb-baiting for a third time since Millie Bobby Brown was wasted twice.
I already made an article on this, so I'll stop here.
If the Monsterverse is to continue, it can not rely on Toho IP. Including Toho's most popular monsters didn't sell King of the Monsters on the general audience in any territory, even Japan. So spending money on licensing fees for even less popular characters seems like a bad idea. It needs to find a different way to go about things if it has any intention of surviving.
HinikunaGoji,
I was referring to 2021. It's a decent movie and all, but it's relatively obscure comic book material that has become one of the biggest financial flops of the year.
I think doing the same with obscure Toho IP would lead to similar results--Good movie or not.
none, really. I’ve already voiced my thoughts up there
those are monsters Godzilla should fight in my opinion
He can't write good human characters anyways so....maybe he'll do better but I DOUBT IT.
Oh well the 2021 version is amazing.
Also thoughts on the statement?
How about Hedorah or Gigan? That would be cool....
kong's fought so many lizards it's even a trope on TV Tropes!
Gorosaurus is the only Toho monster that should be in the new Kong movie. He is originally Kong’s monster anyway. I do agree that Kong deserves his own rouges gallery rather than piggy backing on Godzilla’s. I want him to fight some mammalian kaiju too!
Kong. MUTO Prime evolved to hunt and prey on Godzilla’s species so it is more prepared to handle Godzilla than any other Titan. Kong is an alpha and definitely strong and smart enough to take MUTO Prime. He should be able to match its physical strength and is faster and more agile. Kong is also a better fighter who got mad hands. Mid dif Kong with out the axe. Low dif Kong with the axe, but he no longer has it or needs it anymore so I’m sure we won’t see him use it again.
when referring to suicide squad I think it means 2016.
Also to offer my own take, I think the MCU is so successful that anyone will watch it and the critics will adore it no matter the actual quality (example: Captain Marvel) and Toho's monsters have more of that cult status and I think there's potential after the success of Godzilla Vs. Kong. Unfortunately it's hard to tell given the current rights issue making it's future uncertain.
Also people have flocked to KOTM and GVK solely because Millie Bobby Brown was in it, which sort of repeats Gman's statement about Marvel: "If a movie has the Marvel logo, audiences flock to it."
That's all I have to offer for now, feel free to display your thoughts.
Me too even though The Suicide Squad is a masterpiece
just imagine
out there in hollow earth
there's a sinosauropteryx
Hmmmm.....I don't know
I'm kinda in the mid here
It’s always possible. Since the Hollow Earth shares a lot of similarities with the primordial world from Journey to the Center of the Earth, I could see dinosaurs popping up in the future.
Observation:
While I'm not entirely sure I agree with Jack's assessment, I do think the MCU is in a unique position to do things other cinematic universes can not. After watching The Suicide Squad flop as hard as it did, (followed by titles like Birds of Prey) I don't think obscurity is bankable for WB.
If a movie has the Marvel logo, audiences flock to it. That's not the case for everything. A solo Mothra or Rodan movie, especially in the current climate blockbusters exist in, is financial suicide. I think Jack's nailed it about one thing though, if there's a chance for a solo film about those monsters it's coming from Toho.
Even then I don't think they have a great shot. As popular of a character as she is, the Mothra trilogy didn't do great business. (Though they were made on much smaller budgets than the Heisei and Millennium Godzilla films--Probably for the best.)
@HinikunaGoji: I feel that Toho making a “World of Godzilla” cinematic universe is our best chance of getting Mothra and Rodan solo films.
Kong beat Goji with a Goji-Axe.
Kong would have won again if he used his axe in round 3.
Skullcrawlers or MUTOs or Godzillas or Kongs may have offed them.
Interesting thought, this is an orthogonal diagram of the tessaract. Orthogonal the term doesnt just apply to 4d objects but I thought id bring it up
Godzilla couldn’t beat it without help, and long couldn’t beat Godzilla
M O N K E
ok that actually made my day though
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Is this a spam bot? It actually said something relevant and extremely specific.
These figures look great...too bad I can't afford them...
Stunning! Wish this will be used someday.
It makes sense, but it's better he wasn't in it. He practically owned Godzilla Vs. Kong.
