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First of all, awesome! Second of all, Jet Jaguar's design originally annoyed me because it looked so goofy, but then I remembered that JJ is already a pretty goofy character so I can forgive it this one time. Third of all, (@1:13) was that Hedorah/Dogora/some weird fusion of the two?

kaiju is more of classification than a single type of monster

Knights and Samurai are two different types of martial classes, similar but very different in functionality.

The evolution argument is way different:

The marvel/pokemon evolution is more akin to aging/metamorphosis which is a natural progression of a single organism that has stages like embryo, fetus, baby, juvenile, sub-adult, adult, and elder.

Scientific Evolution is a process of passing along a mutation or altered genes starting with the mating ritual and ending in the birth of the progeny. If the child has inherited the mutation from mom or dad it then has to seek out partners that share a similar mutation, rinse and repeat until the entire population has this mutation. This process happens faster when a fragment of the population is isolated from main population. Both population groups begin to show differences after a long period of isolation as they eventually become two new species.

Fandango.com is now also reporting the 1 hr, 53 min runtime.

It's not from Japan. "Kaiju" is a Japanese term.

See? If we're going to carelessly throw around "kaiju", I think "evolution" should get a pass.

$100 is little too much for a brand new toy where you could literally go out to a Wal*Mart and buy for $10

Oh well, That’s his choice.

Just saw a 6" Mechagodzilla ($10 figure) on Ebay for $100.00 USD!

Hope it sits in that guy's basement for years.

I did some digging and the Japanese release of The Beast From 20,00 Fathoms is called Genshi Kaiju Arawaru which translates to An Atomic Kaiju Appears. Now unless the japanese made a mistake on their own title movie conventions I think rhedosaurus should be considered a kaiju unless there is a concept that i'm failing to grasp here

wait Rhedosaurus doesn't qualify as a kaiju? why?
granted I never seen the movie but i had heard that he was mutated by nuclear radiation to become bigger and inspired Gojira (1954)

Let me guess it's either american, stop-motion rather than suitmation, or isn't humanoid?

I am aware of that the proper term is daikaiju. so which one is it?

All I'm saying is technically there's nothing wrong with it. If people misunderstand, that's on them and how much they care.

After all, people still call the Rhedosaurus from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms a kaiju, so... Here we are. A world unknowing.

yeah except people in fiction mix the two definitions together and then people real-life can't tell the difference between the two evolutions then prefer the non-scientific one over the scientific one. Believe me I talk about this all the time with my friends and one of them prefers the Pokemon/Marvel evolution over real-life Evolution

It's not the first word with two meanings in the English language. Things get even more muddled when you consider the Japanese translation for "evolution" is the same for other synonyms like I mentioned above. I think it works fine.

Chris Pratt, because why not?

It should be called metamorphosis rather than evolution or a new word to make the distinction from true evolution

They're not using the word for its scientific definition though. According to Webster's Dictionary, another definition of evolution is, "the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form," which is synonymous with words like "progression", "transformation", "expansion", etc.

So the word still applies in stuff like this, Ant Man and The Wasp, Pokemon, etc.

edited: in entertainment media, I wanted to make that clear. I wasn't being sarcastic or mean spirited, its just a pet peeve of mine when watching, reading, or playing sci-fi stories

I know, its not your fault everyone in filmmaking misuses the word evolution. Its like in Antman and the Wasp: when the Wasp's mom was stuck in the subatomic world she said her change was evolution, I was sitting there like so you had sex with yourself and gave birth to yourself non-stop for over thousands of generations?

I just use the word, because that’s what they said in the movie.

I wouldn't call what Shin Godzilla is going through an evolution because evolution involves sex/reproduction; I am aware he reproduces at the end of the film but at this point its less sexual reproduction or even mitosis and more like a metamorphosis like a butterfly than actual evolution. All of Godzilla's mutations remind me of metamorphosis 

Hurray more godzilla fanfictions

This looks cool but the upbeat pop music of kind of lessens the awesome impact. 
Not a jab at the anime, its a pet peeve I have with all anime trailers, its looks really cool.

I liked Godzilla 1998 from what I remembered back in the late 90's and early 2000's. I never saw the 1999 cartoon based on it. 

Side note: I really like Godzilla1998's design, I even have a Godzilla1998 piggy bank

And just like that, I'm excited about Godzilla again. Great trailer.

sonictiger,
Have you seen the 1998 movie?

What makes kotm better than 98 is that Godzilla looks like Godzilla. 

Xenotaris,
Just because one movie is garbage doesn't mean another one isn't. I'll give the 1998 disaster this much, it's an intriguing movie for the first act, but it falls to pieces and becomes a tonal nightmare once the setting shifts to New York.

sonictiger,
Like I said, all it takes is rewriting how Jonah and his troops release the monsters. Plot hole fixed easily.

And although the rest of the movies may not sound as interesting to you as King of the Monsters, it's still hard to compare it to any movie you have yet to see in the series if it's the only one you have watched. There's 35 movies in total. If you call it the best and that's the only one you've seen, it doesn't give you a lot of credence.

@SarcasticGoji

So do I. I'm just excited for this.

Awwwwww

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@King

I liked the Godzilla Earth Series

Now this is what a Godzilla anime should be like. I cannot wait for this. This trailer cleared up my fears about Godzilla's appearance (mostly due to the recent poster). I am hyped!

True, an underwater creature suddenly finds itself thrust into a life of endless pain and relentless attacks. Not allowed to die due to its capabilities and always attacked by humans. Truly a story of tragedy.

There’s a thought

@Xeno

I disagree, he didn’t react to anything in his first evolution in Shinigawa, and the fifth form evolution would require him to figure out how man froze him

I don't know, Shin Godzilla didn't look like he had much going on upstairs, a lot of his mutations were reactionary rather than intentional.

sonictiger

you need to watch the older godzilla movies, lol

G. H. (Gman)

So in your eyes does that retroactively elevate Godzilla 1998 as being a better Godzilla movie?

I don’t know, I’d rather see smaller actors get their careers launched because of Monsterverse

@SarcasticGoji I'm late, I know, but the shoes godzillas wearing are VERY stretched out Nikes

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ORCA.  Creators. 

GVK will be the second goji movie I watch btw