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As good as some of these films are, they just don't seem to do well at the theaters. The Alien franchise is the same way. Audiences like super heroes and 50 different versions of Spider Man and Bat Man.

At any rate, I hope the extra time is used to make a great story with memorable characters. I already am confident Kong and Godzilla themselves will be epic if KOTM is an indicator.

Side note, does anyone know why comments repeat like that sometimes?

Gosh dangit, Can't I have good Godzilla news once in a while? I sincerely hope this is will result in a positive outcome, like Sonic, but the sheer number of delayed movies that came out worse than they seemed to be doesn't make me the most optimistic.

Gosh dangit, Can't I have good Godzilla news once in a while? I sincerely hope this is will result in a positive outcome, like Sonic, but the sheer number of delayed movies that came out worse than they seemed to be doesn't make me the most optimistic.

Well, looks like the countdown extends. Let the storm commence.

I’d rather they make sure they’re confident in their product than rush through.

As disappointed as I am, this is for the best. November shouldn’t be that crowded of a month besides The Eternals as Jurassic Kaiju mentioned above.

How....unfortunate.

Oh, that's just great. Now this puts it directly in the path of another Disney/Marvel movie, The Eternals. I don't think it'll necessarily be a shotgun scenario like KOTM suffered (coming between Avengers: Endgame and Aladdin before it, and Spider-Man: Far From Home and The Lion King after it), but even so, this really puts it's box office chances in jeopardy.

*sigh* Well, if it means that we'll get a better constructed movie than Godzilla: King of the Monsters–which, as much as I enjoyed the film, I will concede that it had a lot of film-making flaws–then I suppose it'll be worth the wait.

But still, a full year...

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It has been delayed? Huh. Okay.

I am OK with the delay. It seems like the match everybody is waiting for so they need to get it right.

Guys, Godzilla vs. Kong has been delayed to 20th November 2020.

Sorry JurassicKaiju14 I got a little carried away, the reason why I said Marvel-tard is due to Marvel incorrectly thinking humans are the pinnacle of evolution which they are not.

The only thing humans have unique is their arrogance to think their unique. I am a firm believer that sapience is not solely unique to humans, several non-human animals shows levels of sapience which means millions of years later will either become rivals to human kind or if my extinction scenario comes true be our replacement.

Even if you could rewind time back to the dawn of Pliocene then play it forward, humans may or may not evolve a second time.

The concept of evolution was created by people who questioned the purpose of their existence yet created their own answers to satisfy their need for closure: evolution establishing humanity (and any other lifeforms) with their uniqueness in the physical reality. Because evolution is a human-created concept that was designed to cater to people’s existential crisis syndrome, it allowed for natural thought (away from what religious history entailed) to occur such as creating and detailing an evolutionary history (that they never witnessed, mind you) of gradual change than to believe creationist material made by religious people.

Perhaps lifeforms can endure some things humans cannot, perhaps humans can endure some things other lifeforms cannot; however, according to humanity’s viewpoint regarding evolution, yes, lifeforms may evolve in their own unique way but the reality is that all non-human lifeforms will maintain their current status: adapting only when necessary to ensure continuance rather than adapting for self-promotion because they lack the self-awareness as explained in the next sentence. Humanity (Homo sapiens sapiens) has the self-awareness to recognize that adaptation can be independent from evolutionary change since humanity has or will have the capabilities to voluntarily change themselves instead of being forced to do so.

If humanity was not that special, and are “essentially primates that have a society similar to ants and bees without becoming eusocial”, then humanity would not have made a big deal regarding questioning the purpose of their existence as religion or evolution made it out to be: the former establishing humanity their sacredness, the latter establishing humanity their uniqueness. Humanity would not be at its current state with that mindset; for example, you or I would not be discussing with each other if it was not that special or important. Other lifeforms accept reality as it is without ever questioning or wondering the purpose to their existence; for them, it’s all about survival. They can accept the reality they live in; humanity, unfortunately, has a difficult time doing so because our level of self-awareness conflicts with acceptance.

I read your extinction topic: could humanity survive the next cataclysm? It’s not impossible, just extremely difficult. But you continue to miss the point I wanted to help you understand. I won’t delve further into it, and I won’t repeat myself; however, what I will say is that people are entitled to their own opinions. Why? Because humanity has the ability to recognize their uniqueness and take advantage of it.

What? Oh, someone on Toho kingdom.

@Gmkgoji Who said that? Xeno or Hooded?

I do believe this is one of the reasons he called scified a horror show...

Well, what can you do?

@RR44 Kong be like: "You could not live with your own failure back in '62. And where did that bring you? Back to me."

Also, nobody knows for sure if the movie's been delayed. Who knows? Maybe we'll get the teaser at this event. Best case scenario, they're trying to not oversaturate us like they did with KOTM. Worst case, it's been delayed.

That picture of Kong sitting on an aircraft carrier... LOL !

Like that would ever happen... but it looks cool. 

I think the movie has been postponed. We should have gotten a teaser by now.

Oh yeah, and speaking of Godzilla v Bowser...

I actually made this thing a while ago.

I have a Switch. I  s  m  a  s  h.....

SMASH BROS!!!

I really dunno what that was.

There’s a possibility it’ll come out during Warner Bros.’ film slate at the CCXP expo on December 8th.

@Xenotarsis Ummm yeah no, evolution is a tree not a ladder Marvel-tard.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, let's back up and take a deep breath here. This is a thread for civil discussion and conversation amongst fans, not for mudslinging and name calling and bashing them because we may disagree on certain things, or something petty like if they like the MCU. And do you even know if he does? I think not.

I mean, seriously, things have been going real well here, even if there are disagreements. Don't spoil it all by sinking to the level of an internet troll. Be better than that.

what concerns me is the movie is supposed to come out in March 2020 and its November 25 2019 and ive seen jack crap for legit info

Ummm yeah no, evolution is a tree not a ladder Marvel-tard.

Evolution doesn't have a goal is a series of random mutations that are sorted out by natural selection and speciation, without our large brains the human is a weak and defenseless animal. Humans are an oddity not an end goal, there is no end goal to evolution except extinction. Eventually humans will become extinct, especially with humanities growing reliance of technology.

Microbal life is far more adaptable than a human, can a human grow stronger after being torn apart? No they become a cripple. If you cut a microbes in half they repair themselves into more microbes. you poison a human most of the time a human will die from poison, sure sometimes a human will build up an immunity but that is not passed to the next generation. Microbes on the other hand pass their poison immunities to the next generation.

Can a human adapt to boiling water or acid? No, but microbes can!

You are under the false sense that all life is suppose to evolve into humans, which is absolutely dumb. All life adapts to their own evolutionary paths depending on their environments and sometimes overlaps or even repeats to achieve similar but NOT the same morphs.

Humans are also not that special, humans are essentially primates that have a society similar to ants and bees without becoming eusocial. 

In my extinction scenario how are humans going to survive with our current technology? Half of Humanity starves to death due to a eruption super volcano or a meteror strike? With most vaccines and antibotics becoming less and less effective each year it makes you think that maybe we won't be able to fight off these super bugs anymore. Combine that with the cataclysm and the logistics of the cataclysm.... I will make a post about this 

Humans the most adaptable species is a laugh

Care to provide examples of proven species (extinct or living) that has achieved or will achieve the current status humanity (Homo sapiens sapiens) resides at?

Homo sapiens sapiens barely survived the ice age and we are a young species and not all that great, we have poor genetic diversity and should there be a major change to the environment humans will become extinct

One, if humans (at a primitive state) could, as you say “barely survived” the Ice Age, think of present-day humans now (and for the foreseeable future) with the capabilities to prepare early on for global disaster scenarios knowing full well the potential effects that can be brought forth. Two, you continue to miss the point of the explanation I provided to you in my previous reply, and limiting your focus from an evolutional standpoint.

Are you arguing that humans will be able to adapte and under go photosynthesis? Or evolve the ability to need less food under a short period of time?

Never claimed to, but I will state humanity’s ability to recognize and understand change clearly (subtle or obvious, significant or insignificant), and to take immediate action when necessary serves to remind that when humanity’s survival is at risk, humanity will ensure their continuance by any means necessary.

as previous mass extinctions show us it is the smaller generalists that are the survivors, not big specialists and humans are specialists

Refer to the second, third, and last sentences of my previous reply to you. Additionally, mass extinctions only speeds up the process of extinction for species. Species that don’t go extinct continue living for a reason because early on, they maintain adaptation whereas species that don’t suffer for it through gradual decline until major events end them entirely.

PS Roaches, Rodents, and Insects are better survivors than Humans

I wonder why they haven’t banded together and figured out how to learn from and overthrow the human overlords who seem to have surpassed them in adaptability, status, and common sense. But I applaud them for their perseverance.

Humans the most adaptable species is a laugh, Homo sapiens sapiens have only been around for 200,000 years pretty young compared to most species. Those other animals that went extinct were gradual most through competition, evolution into new species, or like you said unable to adapt to an ever changing environment.

Homo sapiens sapiens barely survived the ice age and we are a young species and not all that great, we have poor genetic diversity and should there be a major change to the environment humans will become extinct. Humans require a lot of food for their large brains, so in case a supervolcano or a meteror would strike.

Bye bye farms and without Farms, human population drops significantly. You can make the argument of in-door farms with nuclear powered plants keeping them up and running but humans would flock to these locations but the population would be bottlenecked then the slow killer happens; fewer and fewer children are born ever year in western countries who have access to these things and third world countries would severely be effect to no point of survival. Are you arguing that humans will be able to adapte and under go photosynthesis? Or evolve the ability to need less food under a short period of time?

The remaining human populations would be center in developed world countries while the rest of humanity dies off from starvation. Now can these remaining humans survive? Maybe, if they can hold on to their last remaining vestiges of technology they may slowly evolve to need less food but at the same time humans would slowly loose their sapience if we sacrifice energy for our brains and we slowly become just like any other animal.

If their technology doesn't hold out and the last nuclear power plants shut down to last spent fuel rod, the remaining humans would be doomed to starve to death.

Conclusion and TLDR: Humans demands more from the environment then most animals, sure alot of megafauna would die off along side us but as previous mass extinctions show us it is the smaller generalists that are the survivors, not big specialists and humans are specialists.

PS Roaches, Rodents, and Insects are better survivors than Humans

G. H. (Gman) "The only way to heal our wounds is to make peace with the demons who created them. I didn’t make it up, it was on a fortune cookie!" Writing like that is excellent imo.

I just watched KOTM. I can understand and agree with your points but.........I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Basically, it seemed to have three parts: Monster heavy with little or no character development, more character development and monsters took a back seat, and then a combo of both.

It was an interesting balance. I initially gave no craps about characters at first except for Dr Serizawa and COL Foster, but later on characters developed more and the two major deaths really carried some weight.

The monsters were given full props and shown in all their majesty as deserved, although I thought Mothra should have been more prominent somehow. Maybe it's because I always had a soft spot fr Mothra.

My gripes are typical- it felt very "Hollywood" and sappy at some points. The Military attacks were laughable (as always)- they only were successful in 1998, and the relationship baggage stuff seemed like just a reason to have human characters at all. 

All said, it was a fun ride and I thank the forum for the recommendation to give it a shot!

That orga figure looks awsome!

Cute bois.

Well as long as we can disagree in a respectful, understanding manner, then I'm happy.

Anyway, the purpose of this piece was really just me sharing some thoughts that have been running through my mind as of late. This is all purely from my perspective and thought process. I'm not necessarily saying all this is there, I'm just bringing up parallels that I drew myself.

And of course the MUTOs aren't the best kaiju in the franchise. They satisfied my tastes well enough back in 2014, but given half the chance, I could probably come up with a better antagonist. The whole thing about them being "bred for a modern audience" was really meant as a general statement regarding their design. Their aesthetics are a product of the times. That was what I was trying to say.

I understand what you mean. Although there were some things I disagreed with, I liked the thought you put into it.

I really want this too. Finally, I will have a big enough Mothra to go toe to toe with my jakks Rodan! 

@The Hooded Figure

"I’d argue that modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens, if you want to be technical) are the most adaptable species. It’s through our methods that we managed to achieve our current status - however beneficial or consequential it may have been to other species (extinct or living)."

Agreed.

Anyway, the purpose of this piece was really just me sharing some thoughts that have been running through my mind as of late. This is all purely from my perspective and thought process. I'm not necessarily saying all this is there, I'm just bringing up parallels that I drew myself.

And of course the MUTOs aren't the best kaiju in the franchise. They satisfied my tastes well enough back in 2014, but given half the chance, I could probably come up with a better antagonist. The whole thing about them being "bred for a modern audience" was really meant as a general statement regarding their design. Their aesthetics are a product of the times. That was what I was trying to say.

Dangit, if this had come with the larva they didn't put in the original I would have already preordered it. It is a somewhat expected but still awesome repaint though, but I'll have to think about getting this one.

Humans aren't actually adaptable, we merely force the environment to suit us rather than we adapt to the environment. Because if humans were adaptable you would see multiple species of humans rather than just one.

That makes no sense, so I’ll just say this: there’s a reason countless species have gone extinct. They couldn’t adapt to the changes occurring in their environment(s) at an appropriate scale. Species that adapted to the changes occurring in their environment(s) did so because they recognized the potential effects/outcome that could occur. I’d argue that modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens, if you want to be technical) are the most adaptable species. It’s through our methods that we managed to achieve our current status - however beneficial or consequential it may have been to other species (extinct or living). Evolutional or not, survival without adaptation guarantees extinction; survival with adaptation ensures continuance.

*Makes an article about a NECA figure*

*Thumbnail shows an X-Plus Deformed figure*

All kidding aside, while it may not have been the most necessary of repaints, it still looks kinda cool regardless. I liked the aqua-green color Mothra had in the posters, and I wish they had used that in the film as opposed to the blue glow that she had.

Yeah, I would definitely prefer Steam... since I actually HAVE Steam lol