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The nuclear energy-as-food aspect is from the previous versions of Godzilla. Since this is a reboot, I don't think that will be the answer; after all, where would G find nuclear energy in a natural form? On the other hand, there wouldn't be enough organic matter to feed something that size...
Gareth Edwards might leave that as a mystery, with the human characters in the movie wondering the same thing: what does he consume?
I get where you are coming from here Zillahater. That's a very good point that needs more clarity. Is it for certain that its gonna be a completely new monster Godzilla is facing? I would definitely like to see a creature similar to Destroyah. Its a very good enemy and its evolutions within the movie really connect with the new Godzilla movie information and trailers.
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Dude, im on your side bro....i beleieve there will be a godzilla vs gamera someday... and yes on how u said something about them talking about that concept, i ve heard it too bro
lets just hope there will be that movie someday
Finally!
Well worth the wait! I now have no doubt that Gareth Edwards has made a serious, high-quality movie about the most famous monster of all time. This trailer is fantastic, from the eerie ambient music ("2001") to the great camera shots of the Halo-jumping soldiers. The smoky, dust-cloud atmosphere is perfect; gives it a surreal atmosphere that is totally appropriate for the tone of this movie. From the beginning, I was excited by Edward's decision to do this film in a dark, realistic way: what would people do and react like if such an impossible thing actually happened? I've waited forever to see a movie that took this approach, and put realistic human drama into it, and just by what I've seen in the trailer, it seems that he's done just that 8)...
A guys Dr Serizawas is not going too survive too the hole movie because the news said Part of Godzilla 2014 will be 1954 so there will be alot of move scenes on the mordern days
your artwork is stunning riptorcpv, I definitley want to see more from you in the future
maybe it is photosynthetic, like the plants, or superman (?)
Jeeesus give 'em the inch, they want the mile! Just be happy with this trailer for now eh?
I hope they do somthing similar to the govoner in the walking dead
Just hoping......
I feel like "simmiliar" is the key word here. Gareth said this was all new monsters. He never said the new monsters couldnt refference older monsters.
Personnaly, i think there are two possible endings;
Ending 1; Godzilla will be lured back into one of those weird sinkhole. He has been trapped before remember. Also, remember how Gareth said he would love to try the "Monster Island" concept if he ever wanted to do a sequel? Remember guys, "CONCEPT"; Doesnt have too be an island ;)
Ending 2: Godzilla will return to the oceans and/or the sinkhole by himself. This has also happend before. He goes back to his own domain when whatever treath has been defeated.
Maybe if he survives through the movie, he`ll get it at the end of the movie after having gotten something in his eye, as you noted.
What he looks like? Well, believable. A big, powerfull, but simple machine. Now, i loved the pacific rim jaegers, they were the best designed giant robots i have ever seen. But MechaGodzilla should be a bit simpler made. Its hard to explain.
Its hard to say. How would they implement Godzilla into the Pacific Rim universe? That would require alot of explaining. Also, it would mean two Godzilla franchizes going at the same time. We cant bring the existing universes togheter, that would be EVEN MORE COMPLICATED.
But if we look past the fact that there is already one Godzilla series going on, the millenium series (I consider G2014 a part of this), it could work;
Godzilla could awaken from somewhere under the breach, not in the breach, but buried underground. The explosions and so could awaken him, and he would then start his reign of terror. So it could work, but it would still have a ton of flaws, and get a lot of bashing.
Ill tell you one thing serizawa in the trailer looks like a mess. I think the flash back 1954 "young" serizawa predicts the caverns all connect and something living is down there, everybody laughs off the idea and hes banished to obscurity (figuritively ofcours) NOW IN THE PRESENT TIME Muto is attempting to capitalize off of his initial findings. JUST A GUESS OR MAYBE JUST PERSPECTIVE BUT Serizawa looks like the military basically opened his apartment door and said "you were right" and now he has to form some type of way to combat it... idk if that makes any sense
all i would know for sure about a crossover...
GODZILLA WINS!!!
TRUE BATMAN, i agree, mechs can be serious and belivable, but as much as i would like to see a new mechagodzilla, i'm just not sure if Gareth is willing to include him. no because he wants realism, or yes because he is a Godzilla fan and mechagodzilla is awesome. I think once we see how far Gareth is willing to go with the Godzilla universe in the new movie, things will become more clear. personally, i hope theres a future movie featuring mechagodzilla.
SUPER GOJIRA. thanks for pointing that out, I always seem to do that with the word think. Just some odd habit I guess.
GODZILLAMYCOUZZIN, I like the idea of people trying to lure or confuse Godzilla, it stands to reason that they would eventually figure out that just shooting him doesn't do much good.
well origionally, destroyah started out as prehistoric microscopic organisms in the ocean, but was then mutaded, pherhaps something similar will happen, only this time the creatures orgionate in a subtteranian enviroment and are obviously not microscopic. this is backed up by all the stuff on the MUTO site about incubation, embryos, and so on. thats my theory anyway, i'm sure more will be revealed as time goes on.
My other cousin (not the BIG G) predicts the movie will end with GODZILLA being lured by the military to an island, where they attempt a last ditch nuclear strike. BUT IN THE END WE ALL KNOW GODZILLA GON SHUFFLE N BOX DAT ASS.
FIN.
@Godzilla_Himself Im not one who likes to be a gramar nazi but, I couldt help but notice that on multiple threads you spell think thinck.... (Dont be insulted, its my nature)
I am 100% with you on this one. I believe a lot of people have ignored this one. So many things point to this being the creature he is going to battle. It was by far one of my favorite battles within the Toho realm. Thank you for paying attention to detail!
The only thing that doesn't complete our argument is the MUTO pictures at those pits.
What do you think?
at some point they will probably thinck Godzilla is dead, but then they will end up being very dissapointed
Maybe this pic and reference on wikipedia I found will help everyone just get a good look and the sheer size that Godzilla is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Francisco
Transamerica pyramid on the left, 345 California Center in the middle and 555 California Street on the right.
Also, here is another link in the forum to a discussion on his height with some good info.
1. Gojira 1954
2. Terror of MechaGodzilla
3. Return of Godzilla 1985
4. Godzilla 2000
5. Godzilla Tokyo SOS
I do agree on feeding on nuclear energy. But as we saw with Godzilla vs Destroyah, in some cases this has an ultimate downside effect.
Will his back spikes also light up ??
I was watching the trailer again andI believe that building is the 555 California Street building which stands at 779 ft. tall. It almost appears as if Godzilla's head is approaching a level height of that building. As a member stated it somewhat looked like he was getting back up from recovering froma bombing.
Am I the only one who thinks Wantanabe's character is in a very primitive-looking Hazmat suit? I think he'll play a young (20-25) Serizawa who is aware of everything (Godzilla, MUTO(orginization and monsters in 1954))etc. They'll do some Inception makeup, make him look 80-90 during present day and he watches as this destruction ensues. Or he could be a modern day Serizawa. I remember them saying they had specific filters on the 1954 shots and there were none that were obvious in the trailer.
Hello GMAN2887 - first of all, thank you for this great exchange back and forth. Let me also say I'm happy to have found this site.
If I said the campiness is what originally made these films popular - I mis-typed. That is not what I meant to say. I will try to be a bit more specific without boring you (and others) to death.
I personally think the original Godzilla movies were directed toward a more mature audience - adults - and yes, they were popular but I think Godzilla became more widely popular when he became more (I hate this word but it works) campy - because then he appealed to children and the "save the planet" theme was able to reach a much wider audience not just adults. When I was a kid, I liked the "fun" Godzilla and I understood the message.
It was only after I became older, I could appreciate "Godzilla, King of the Monsters," with Raymond Burr - and this has become my favorite.
Sure the adult fan base was already there - but to continue into future generations they had to find a way to reach a wider age based audience and I think the "campiness" was intentional. Then you had adults as well as children in not just Japan, but around the world who loved Godzilla and the monsters of Monster Island protecting the earth and it's people.
I hope that made more sense. If not, blame it on Nyquil. :)
While I agree that the campiness is far from a bad thing (not the poor dubbing, however, but I never watch these movies dubbed anymore) I don't agree it's what initially drew audiences in. Perhaps it depends on the audience and at what point in time they were introduced to Godzilla.
But I believe the initial response was delight and, in some sense, pride, that drew Japanese audiences to Godzilla. The original film proved many things, one of which was that the Japanese film industry could produce large scale special effects movies. As the 60s came in, Godzilla had spawned a wide array of special effects movies and, more importantly, a style that was unique to Japan. By then the campy charm had definitely set in, but I have a hard time buying it was the original draw.
Hum... I've been thinking about this very question since watching Pacific Rim.
I'm torn. I feel like this would be a match up that one side would have to win - and one side would have to lose. Why? Because both Godzilla and the Jaegers are tough in their own right each with their own strength and of course their own weaknesses but I am sure fans of each movie "creation" would want their side to win (of course). I don't think fans of either side would be happy with a draw which would set up both franchises for trouble and I want to see both continue here in the USA.
I have no doubt the match would make for one spectacular movie though!! I may be for it, if it was clear from the get go this was a team up -- somehow. Both on the same side in the fight to save the world. That would be epic too.
Well, that was as clear as mud......
i like it blue, when i was a little kid, after watching a godzilla movie i would run around screaming: BLUE FIRE!!! his ray being blue also alludes to his nuclear nature.
If you're familiar with the bay area, you can see a nuke going off in the Oakland hills. Zoom in on the paratrooper who's head is next to a bright light. The fourth one from the top who doesn't look like a dot. Also, why is the golden gate bridge in the wrong place? Honestly, if this is the same artist who did the aircraft carrier poster with the carrier's island is one the left instead the right (like every carrier ever made) I think he's retarded. They probably just gave him a few keywords like san francisco, nuclear destruction, paratroopers and then slaped him/her on the ass and told him to go do it.
No amount of food would realistically be enough to sustain a creature of that size, let alone one as active as Godzilla, especially not one that fires an energy beam from its mouth. Fortunately for Godzilla, though, he doesn't need to eat, because his body is a living nuclear reactor, which gives him all the energy he needs (although he does seem to need to feed on nuclear power plants in some incarnations).
ELI JOVES, that is exactly how i feel about, i'm just kinda 50/50 you know
Interesting question. My guess is that he mostly feeds on any form of nuclear energy. Given his physiology, he does have the tools for being a predator as well. Taking that into consideration, he could potentially hunt down on large marine mammals and fish. Not like dolphin or grouper sizes (they are big though). I'm thinking more along the sizes of blue whales, humpbacks, finbacks, whale sharks, basking sharks, and any other bus-sized marine animal. But I feel nuclear energy is more efficient; it lasts longer and has more resources.
I actually don't mind it too much. To me, it actually seems like Edwards is focusing more towards how the original Goji was made; homing in on the symbol of mankind's destruction. Sure, the original '54 movie aimed towards destruction of the Atom bomb drops and Hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific, but maybe this Godzilla can be used for (I hate to use this for an example) the destruction of the environment. That's most likely not the case for this film, and I bet I'm wrong on that. It's just a thought though.
Knowing Edwards' quality of using symbols in film, especially in MONSTERS, I have no doubt that he'll do an excellent job using Godzilla as metaphor in any cetain type of way.
My point is to look at this movie from more of a symbolic standpoint, rather than an action-adventure one. That might be the problem here; people are hoping for a classic monster-on-monster fighting flick, rather than realizing what the original was supposed to be about.
