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I like all of these ideas, they play to the history of the character really well. I would like a slightly different approach though. I think it would be fun to have Biollante as a completely modern creation with no initial ties to the ancient world Godzilla is from. 

Imagine an idealistic unnamed scientist working for a Monsanto allegory company, attempting to solve world hunger or something like that. Due to lack of results the company tells him they’re going to pull his funding if he doesn’t have a breakthrough soon. In desperation he turns to the black market and blows the rest of his budget on recovered G-cells, then mixes them in with his plants. A few weeks later the plant kills him (not necessarily on purpose) in the lab and escapes. No human DNA mixed in, so less of a human style drive for Biollante. 

I think this this kind of origin would be easier for mainstream audiences to swallow, and it could fit into the Monsterverse narrative as a man made Titan as it were. Play up in the idea that Monarch has no clue what to do because they’ve never seen a situation like that before.

Thoughts?

First of all, I've read your pitch on ETN's Biollante pitch video, it is the same here as it is there. Second, I'm brutally honest, so I'll tell you that my reaction to your whole pitch is just the same as it was on YouTube. Third, there's an easier, simpler way to adapt Biollante without resorting to insane idiocy:

1) Straight off the bat — completely take away any biological connection she has with Godzilla (or a scientist's dead daughter) and have her be her own entity. Pure sci-fi and complicated elements from the classic Toho films just don't work in the MonsterVerse's realistic setting. It'll piss off the fans for sure, but if it sells her for the GA then it's a small price to pay.

2) It's already established in the MV's Skull Island that many of the animals have aggressively evolved to a point where they've become a natural hybrid mix of flora and fauna, and Biollante is already a florafauna creature so you can make it work from there. She resides peacefully in one of the swamps or lakes of Skull Island where any unsuspecting creature can go in for a drink, her tentacles can camouflage as natural foliage and even detect when an animal is nearby. Any animal that's close to her vicinity, she'll ambush it with her tendons and drag it down and drown it like a crocodile, and in any worst case scenario should she be threaten or struggle, she'll reveal her massive self and use her jaws to clamp down and crush her victims with tremendous force, and for self defense she shoots out her acid sap breath.

No G-cells, no Frankenstein experiments, no crazy bullshit ideas, just a very short, sweet and simple way to adapt her and make her feel believable for both the MonsterVerse and the general audience.

Biollante for me! Given where the plot seems to be going f

 Biollante would be my second choice. Was a close call between Her and Gigan. Seeing a lot of people choosing Anguirus!

Probably Mechagodzilla or Gigan. Both would be a little hard to fit in, but bot would work so well. For mechagodzilla, we already saw how amazing he looked in Ready Player One, so seeing him against the gang would be sick.

Easy. Biollante.

Hey, guys. Remember when Godzilla had passed this Monarch Outpost in the ocean next to South America when he went to Australia? Well, as of the time that this comment is posted, he is heading directly towards that same ocean outpost. What does it mean?

Looks awesome. Maybe a little unlikely that it will happen in the actual film, but it's still cool nonetheless.

For me, even though personally I would really like to see some sort of Godzilla Jr. in the Monsterverse, I would have to go with Mechagodzilla, simply to have all of the "Big 5" be included in the Monsterverse.

That is a tough choice. There are so many others I want. I guess my top choice would be Anguirus. He's one of my personal favorites and I would love to see him and Godzilla fight side by side again.

Gigans cool mothra worm stage. After out egg mothra full moth i like all them

first of all, thanks for the shoutout. :)

second of all, it is so hard for me to narrow it down to 1 kaiju for this question. I have 3 on my mind (Mechagodzilla, Gigan or Biollante), but I would have to say Mechagodzilla. I just really want the main 5 Toho monsters in this universe and Mechagodzilla is the only one (as of right now) left out.

btw, to anyone who says that a giant robot Godzilla is too unrealistic for the monsterverse, I say to them that this is the Sci-Fi genre. this genre is not meant to be realistic or believable. the monsterverse already has a giant lizard with atomic breath, a giant humanoid ape, a 3 headed dragon (possibly from space), etc. so why can't Mechagodzilla fit in.

WOW, thank you so much. I would never have thought that this series would get so far.

as of right now, I don't have any plans for more topics in this series. I am kind of waiting for some BIG news that announces more monsterverse movies, then I am going to make some more of these topics. there are some monsters like Hedorah and Orga which I which I would like to make a topic out of for this series.

if there are any monsters you would like to see in this series, please tell me them. I am all up for other peoples ideas and maybe even a concept which I could dive into for a certain monster.

 Mine would definitely be MechaGodzilla. If you look back at Tokyo SOS, Mothra(Adult and 2 babies), plus MechaG, they EASILY can kill Godzilla. And the MechaGodzilla in the showa series almost killed Godzilla. Without the help of the humans, Godzilla would have died to MechaGodzilla and Titanosaurus. Now, if they just normally challenged each other(Which I haven't seen the original movie), but made in like 2025 with enhanced Godzilla, I would like to see the winner.

This series has really gained momentum, so I've added a sidebar feature with links to every topic posted so far! Great work, KaijuWorld. As you post new entries in this series I will add them to the sidebar list. :)

Me personally, I would add Anguirus.

Varan

Right? I'm debating getting it printed on a laptop case, haha

Neat

KingKaijuGojira Agreed; however, there are some good ideas on this thread. Multiple endings like Mysticlore suggested seem unlikely but would make for repeated views. 

IMO I hope for a draw since both creatures have strong merits and motivations. On a very basic level, they both want the same thing- to restore and maintain a sense of order to keep the populace and planet from self destruction.

Movies like Godzilla have lasted so long because they are social commentary. The original was a response to the bombs. 1984 had the cold war. Shin had Fukushima and the current culture of bureaucracy. As with all good Science Fiction, as long as it is a medium to look at ourselves from a different angle it will continue to survive.

Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

Okay that's fantastic.

The Legend of Brian,
I don't expect the movie to suck, but the possibility is certainly there. The thing is I'm literally watching history repeat itself. Does it look good? Absolutely! Does that mean it's already a favorite? Well it can't be because I haven't seen it yet. This mentality reminds me of this scene:

Getting a Jar Jar Binks Tattoo Before Episode 1 Hits Theaters

I suspect he'll be randomly swimming across the globe until the programmers decide to set a specific destination. I'm having a hard time finding any pattern to his directions.

I agree with the sentiment Gman, but I think it's just nice to be excited. The world has gone to poo lately, its OK to hope for a good movie and get a bit ahead of ourselves. It can't be worse than 1998. Plus it can't be denied outside of the Comic-Con teaser with the camera guy, the marketing has been on point, even more so than 2014.

I doubt it'll be a better movie than Shin, which I personally would consider it genre redefining, but if KOTM ends up being a really watchable (pop in and enjoy type) movie, then I'll be more than satisfied, though I would want it to be more than watchable.

MinecraftDinoKaiju,
How can anyone answer that question until they see the movie. To everyone prematurely listing Godzilla: King of the Monsters--What if it sucks?

I giggle a little at everyone listing it without even seeing it because it reminds me of the weird cult of fans that swore to me the 2014 film would be the greatest Godzilla film of all time half a year before the release--Even dreaming of Oscar potential. Then it came out and it wasn't. Funny how I never heard from any of them again after May 16th, 2014...

Guys, I know some of you are excited. But listing Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) as a favorite Godzilla movie 10 months before you see it is moronic.

Desugoji61206 Same here.

Sci-Fi King25 Will your opinion change when GKOTM comes out, or will SG still be your favorite for the 2010's?

1950's: Gojira (1954)

Vastly superior to the other 50's Godzilla film in just about every way. 

1960's: (From what I've seen) Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Really like the monster destruction scenes and the final battle. The story's pretty interesting too.

1970's: (From what I've seen) Terror of Mechagodzilla

Not a huge fan of the three 70's films I've seen, but the Mechagodzilla films are decent. Of the two, I'd say ToMG is better.

1980's: Only seen 84 so I guess that's it

1990's: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) 

Always liked GvD. However, only 90's films I haven't seen are Spacegodzilla and 1998 and I doubt they're better.

2000's: Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack (2001)

Not sure if it's my favorite or second favorite Godzilla film out of the ones I've seen. The characters, story, and monsters are all nice.

 2010's: (So far) Shin Godzilla (2016)

My third favorite Godzilla film. Given the rest of the decade's Godzilla films aren't really good, SG is the best 2010's Godzilla film imo.

Mines would have to be

1950s: Goijira (1954)

1960s: Mothra Vs Godzilla (1964)

1970s: Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975)

1980s: The Return Of Godzilla (1984)

1990s: Godzilla Vs Destoroyah (1995)

2000s: Godzilla, Mothra And King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack (2001)

2010s: Shin Godzilla (2016)

2010 may change if I really enjoy Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)

1950s: Godzilla (1954): This shouldn't be surprising. While I do like Anguirus, it isn't enough to make Raids Again better than the original.

1960s: Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965): I really want to say Destroy All Monsters, but I think Astro Monster is a better stand alone film.

1970s: Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971): I love this film. This is an easy pick for me. Sadly, I also really like the Mechagodzilla films, especially Terror of Mechagodzilla.

1980s: Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989): This one is a hard pick. I like both this and The Return of Godzilla, but I give this the edge for it being something new and different.

1990s: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991): This is my least favorite decade. I don't like Destroyah. I don't like Space Godzilla. All the others are "meh". This one is at least interesting with time travel and robots. This is the only one of all those I can actually remember the human plot.

2000s: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001): This seems to be the decade of me liking each of these films, but for different reasons and different parts of the films; As well as hating specific parts of each film.  Godzilla: Final Wars can be fun, but the music ruins almost all of it. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is great until the other giant monster actually shows up. GMK had an interesting idea for Godzilla and we get to see the monsters used in unusual ways.

2010s: Shin Godzilla (2016): I don't hate the American film, I just found it boring after Cranston died. Shin I found to be an excellent Godzilla film and an actual good film. The satire and humor is great.

1950s:Gojira(1954)

1960s:Destroy All Monsters(1968)

1970s:Terror of Mechagodzilla(1975)

1980s:The Return of Godzilla(1984)

1990s:Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

2000s:Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

2010s:Godzilla(2014)

2020s:Godzilla vs Kong

MY godzilla is next to South america

You're welcome, guys?

Yeah my website was just acting up. Several people on reddit ran into the same problem.

I didn't actually check, but MinecraftDinoKaiju is correct. He's still on the globe--Which is a little surprising to me. I wonder how long they'll keep this up.

It's cool to see that everyone's lists are pretty similar.

1950s: Gojira (1954)

Because there's really no contest when the only other from the decade is Godzilla raids again.

1960s: Invasion of Astro-Monster (1964)

Ghidorah, the three-headed monster is really close, though.

1970s: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

I know it's not exactly a fan-favorite, but for some reason, I love it. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is a close second, and I really wish I could see the Japanese version of Terror of Mechagodzilla.

1980s: Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Probably because it was the very last classic Godzilla movie I saw, but The Return of Godzilla just doesn't really do it for me.

1990s: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Godzilla goes meltdown and fights his arguably most powerful enemy. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah is probably better plot-wise and human-wise, but the last fight in Destroyah is awesome.

2000s: Final Wars (2004)

I loved this movie so much as a kid because of how it makes Godzilla so powerful, and now I realize how silly and weird it is, but the monster action is still enough for me.

2010s: Godzilla (2014)

Shin Godzilla has some cool moments and interesting concepts, but I have to feel a certain way to watch it. At this point, I'm 99% sure King of the Monsters will take the spot as my favorite when it comes out.

I guess my favorites are more based on nostalgia and monster fights than most, but oh well.

He hasn't disappeared for me. For me, it's still showing that Godzilla is is swimming upwards next to South America. Am I just that lucky or is something going on for me?

^Exactly.