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Hey everyone. Please don't misunderstand! I'm japanese and love the new design of Godzilla.

Japanese people on 2ch are usually very nerdy and stupid. Also my friends are really looking forward to the movie. So no worries. Most of Japanese people will take it seriously.

holy crap, eat your heart out roland emmerich

Wow, thank you so much Danielle! :D How sweet of you!  Doesn't the cover ROCK?!?! 

Don't all Godzillas look pudgy and cute? :)

^Depends if the new Godzilla is both liked and considered a success I would imagine. Lets say Toho started prodction of a more traditional Godzilla next year:

If the Legendary Godzilla is a success, they would probably use that design as a template for a new design. Just make some tweaks to it.

If it not, it will be like Godzilla 2000 after GINO. The Godzilla 2000 design was about as far away from GINO as you can get... although it did model itself a little more after the recent Gamera suits. The Gamera trilogy was fairly successful and Toho most likely took note.

Here you go!

I'm curious, if Toho was to go back to making Godzilla films, would they model a suit after the Legendary Godzilla design, and would they shoot for a similar realistic approach?

They like sumo wrestling over there. You'd think they'd like the thunder thighs.

He has a goddam six-pack, how is that chubby?

@Dinozilla

My comment wasn't specifically directed at you. But the general negative reaction to the harmless pokes at the new design here were scalding on a level that it didn't need to be. One of the members above said, "F*** them!" and I don't think that's an appropriate reaction to something so harmless.

As for audiences, I think enough will take it seriously within the context of the movie. But like most feature-creatures the idea that people were going to be "afraid" of Godzilla or what not was a pipe dream.

So some people don't think the new design is all that menacing? Big deal. Plenty of other designs aren't, but still work in the context of their movies. I like the design myself, apart from some minor qualms, but nothing sticks out that's more or less menacing or "serious" than any other Godzilla. I think that's a good thing though. It speaks to his legacy.

Let people poke fun at it if they want. God knows I do at several designs.

im diggin his "football player" like neck looks dope

@Gman

If I came off as sensitive or anything, that was not my intention. I did find the reactions a bit funny.

The only reason it even slightly bothered my is because if everyone started saying that and the opinion spread all around, well, it's just that I sort of thought that this version of Godzilla was supposed to make you feel afraid of him. Not laugh at him because you think he's "pudgy and cute".

I also will admit that yes, he is a bit fat. (Even though I myself believe its muscle, not fat). And that isn't a bad thing to me. Like I said, I just don't want everyone always laughing at him instead of seeing him the way he was meant to be seen.

Maybe I did take it too seriously, and the reactions are a bit funny. I don't think they will hurt the box office prospects, like I said, I just hoped for a more.... serious approach from audiences at the new Godzilla. But anyway, it's no big deal.

Now we know why Godzilla hates the Japanese people.

Guys, some of you need to grow a sense of humor and not worry/be so sensitive to those who make light of anything about this movie. I thought the reactions were sort of funny. And I doubt one article detailing the reactions of people poking fun at the design are representative of how everyone sees the new Godzilla.

As for the new design, yes it is rather fat looking. But why should that be such a bad thing? Stocky Godzillas have been engrained in the design of the monster since King Kong vs. Godzilla. We've had plenty of rounder and stockier Godzillas since then: Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II, Godzilla vs. Destroyah, GMK...etc... It takes some design ques from those larger, rounder Godzillas and uses them to create something inherently Godzila.

This is hardly something to get worked up over and it certainly wont hurt box office prospects. Most of the fun that they're poking at the design isn't even that offensive. It's all in jest. Laugh with it and move on. Yeeeesh. Some fans are just way over sensitive.

^Then you clearly haven't done your research:

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/SokogekiGoji

You can find multiple sources detailing the GMK suit was over 7 ft tall. It is constantly cited as the biggest Godzilla suit of the Toho films and the 7 ft measurment was announced in 2001 during the production of the film. The suit included platform "stilts" in the feet to add to Godzilla's height.

The picture you posted is the suit next to director Shusuke Kaneko. There is no actor in it in that picture and it's hanging slumped over on its hangar.

Fuck them!

Well, the pudgy comments make sense considering he's American now.

Sorry but theres no way the GMK suit was over 7 feet tall.

You'd probably put a small actor or child actor in there if you wanted it up against Godzilla.  But we haven't seen a good comparison of 8 legged Muto's size next to Big G yet.

If nothing else it should make a good Halloween costume.

pudgy and cute? he's all muscle gosh dang it

Hes all muscle not fat! Who ever said he's cute and pugy don't know shit about godzilla !

I feel like there's been more chubby Godzillas over the years then skinny ones lol I think with Godzilla being 350ft tall his stocky figure makes sense. Plus we've seen what a very skinny Godzilla would like (Zilla 98) and it didn't work.

^The GMK suit was over 7ft tall.

While they could make a Muto look fantastic with a stilt costume, they tend to be insanely tall. They'd need a seven and a half foot tall Godzilla suit to match....which would be pretty awesome, actually.

I'm hoping that the movie is so good it's able to capture even the most cynical critic's imagination. it really shouldn't matter whether or not a critic knows or cares about Godzilla going into this movie. It's a reboot and should stand on it's own two feet as a piece of great cinema without having to live in the shadow of its predecessors. I empathise with Gareth - until recently he was an indie director and now he has such a weight of expectation on his shoulders. It's like playing a gig in a pub and then selling out Madison Square Garden in one leap, it's crazy! He seems really intelligent and grounded about the whole experience though so maybe this marriage of indie director and mega-budget movie will create something truly unique and amazing. I'm with Gareth.

^I can get behind that. You basically summed up some of why Terror of MechaGodzilla is so outstanding. I think that's easily one of the series top 10 best. Maybe top 5.

Nice job!

I have wondered if they were even designed with that in mind, the hind legs of the Mutos even look human.  I think you could make a 4 legged stilt walking costume which closely resembles the Mutos.

Excellent post. Always loved it when Takarada was in a Godzilla movie. He completely puts to bed the false notion that Godzilla movies only had bad acting. He was an A-lister after the original film and a very positive, energetic talent in the Godzilla movies that followed the original.

My favorite role of his in the series was Yoshimura from Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster. Playing a hardass, fugitive was a very different and exciting change from his more honorable characters in previous films. He really put a lot of energy into the part.

Happy Birthday Takarada.

i don't read reviews a lot either, but godzilla, if there's lots of bad reviews on your movie, fry em

Atcually, it's my third favorite. My first is Terror of Mechagodzilla, and the second is Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Terror of Mechagodzilla had good fights, intriguing story with the humans, and it was an all-around fun movie.

^They'd probably do a mixture of puppetry and CG. Sort of like Kamacuras from Final Wars.

A Muto would be interesting to see. It'd have to be done entirely with puppet work though, or they'd have to dramatically alter its physiology.

Yeah, since Zilla was added, they will be added no matter what and that includes Godzilla (2014).

In context of just showa movies Destroy All Monsters is pretty middle of the pack for me. It's not as good as some of the earlier entries, but much better than most of the ones that came after it. 

Technically, if it's in a Godzilla movie, it's already part of Toho's line-up.

I'd love to see a traditional Godzilla movie in the future where they use him though, not unlike GINO in Final Wars.

Otherwise, I'd probably look forward to seeing Muto in future comic series.

Welcome to the forums.

But no. Destroy All Monsters isn't even close to my favorite Showa movie. I enjoy your passion for it though.