HinikunaGoji

I know, I think it would be really cool if they expanded on that idea by bringing in more well know cryptids. They sort of made references to some cryptids, such as Titanus Leviathan being located in Loch Ness, but I would love to see them bring in some smaller scale cryptids, like Yeti and Sasquatch. It would be interesting to see them link Monarch with some of the more famous reports of cryptids throughout history, like the Point Pleasant Mothman and Puerto Rico Chupacabra incidents. 

@HinikunaGoji: Why do you dislike aliens being in the MonsterVerse? 

I’ve said this before, but I really dislike the idea of aliens in Monsterverse. 

SasquaDash

Monarch itself is a cryptozoological organization.

I think that that would be a really cool concept

I think that they might explain unknown elements that created Ghidorah

That would be awesome!

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Unfortunately Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Creature From the Black Lagoon wouldn't show up in the MonsterVerse due to Universal wanting to use them for their own series (though I can't really see monsters like them fitting in the MonsterVerse either).

The MonsterVerse has a big focus on mythology and has already linked some of the new Titans to mythological creatures (such as Scylla and Behemoth) so I can see them expanding on that idea.

Cryptids would also be a really cool addition to the MonsterVerse. I'm a huge cryptid enthusiast, so I would love to see some in the series.

Like, what if the MonsterVerse was a universe that delved into mythology and cryptozoology, and just happened to include Godzilla and other kaiju. A literal “monster-verse.”

Ah, ok

I technically meant have both Japanese and American filmmakers team up, but that works too.

I would keep Gareth Edwards for more films.

1. Symbionts Dragon

2. Knull

3. Mega Shark

Well, I feel like maybe get one of the Marvel producer’s like the Russo brothers for a Monsterverse film

Actually make the human characters interesting and not like they have to be their. Like I enjoyed MBB in GvK, but it made me feel like I was watching Stranger Things, which I don’t want to think about or be reminded of while watching a film about giant monsters fighting

Keep Eiza Gonzalez in it

and like sonictiger said, involve both Japanese and American actors or have actors from different backgrounds and cultures 

- Longer movies

- Get actually good scriptwriters

- Horror Directors only

- No World-Building, just an anthology-based cinematic universe

- Involve both US and Japanese people in the making of the movie

- Make actually good human characters

- And finally, keep Millie Bobby Brown and Ken Wantanabe but replace EVERYONE ELSE.

W E L C O M E!

G. H. (Gman)

I think saying animals was an exaggeration so I understand. I just don’t like the flippety floppety nature of the monsterverse at this point. It’s not really something I get excited about anymore. It doesn’t really have to be Godzilla anymore is the thing. I mean I don’t dislike the way they’ve portrayed him up to this point, it’s just the monsterverse seems so caught up on being marvel it forgot it was about Godzilla. 

I know I’ve said before that Godzilla movies should be able to work without him, but I mean this in a different way, Monsterverse has gotten generic to me. It hasn’t try anything new that hooks my interest. If it continues (which if it does, I don’t expect Goji) and Goji is still in it, I’d probably go watch it, but other than that my excitement is dead at this point. It’s like marvel, fun, but I don’t really think about it. Sometimes can be really good and has a great message but not thought provoking in any way. It tries to seem epic, by having epic events and has so much, but forgets that being epic and pretending are different things.

Its literally at the point where people ask, “Wouldn’t it be CoOL If BIoLante we’re in new films. And the only response is “Sure.” Any elaboration beyond that seems pointless to me.

Another thing I’ve noticed is Monsterverse feels finished, Wingard really nailed this in. I think it was a good choice, GvK didn’t get caught up in trying to be a Cinematic Universe, but just threw monsters at each other. That ending just ended it. 

Oh well this just ended up into a rant about my frustrations with the Goji franchise at this point. It seems what most people want from it is a fun fight, but that’s not what I wanted

HinikunaGoji,
I had no issue with the shifting tones of how the monsters are treated. The Showa series did it to, albeit, more gracefully.

I've always felt they were too consistent. I don't particularly care for the idea that they come from the Hollow Earth. Giving them all the same origin instead of allowing them to be unique byproducts of human arrogance reduces what the monsters can say about us thematically. Which is kind of the point to begin with.

I don't want kaiju being animals. I want them being monsters--Which is a mirror for humanity. In that respect I certainly agree with your last paragraph.

G. H. (Gman)

I what meant in it is that KOTM and G14/KSI treated monsters differently. While  14 and KSI portrayed them as animals and such, KOTM and GvK tried to heavily reframe them as mythical. And while I get giant animals could inspire myth, literally having Mothra in the temple was weird. It was cool, but it didn’t quite fit. It felt to perfect and not like an animal. Monsterverse keeps trying to flip flop from science to divine creatures that it’s really inconsistent in tone. 

Honestly I’d like to see a god Godzilla, and The polygon trilogy and Singular Point gave us that. But G14 had a nice tone going for it, having a Godzilla leaning more into a Fantastique world would be nicer.

HinikunaGoji,
I guess I should clarify. Internal world building I don't mind. But I'm pretty over the whole "cinematic universe" thing. It was cool at first, but after all the world expanding/nostalgia baiting going on in films, I'd be much happier with the reduced world building we see in, say GMK or the Gamera Trilogy. Or even the Kiryu Saga.

I get that the Showa series' fly off the seat of your pants canon won't work today. But we've gone a little too far with the continuity thing.

SasquaDash

I didn’t see the elaboration so I just thought the response was,

When and Where do you like to watch Godzilla Movies?

SasquaDash: Yes

For me, it’s watching it in a theater because it’s just a better experience and you’re surrounded by other fans that share the same interests as you.

it’s like when I saw Spider-Man: No Way Home, the whole theater was cheering and it was just a fun experience being in that environment.

G. H. (Gman)

I wouldn’t completely get rid of world building but I think consistency in what the monsters are would be nice

Go back to original tokusatsu.
Make it a Japanese production.
Put it in Kiyotaka Taguchi's hands.
Focus on individual stories.
Screw world building.

Godzilla for the win!

GODZILLA ALWAYS WINS!

I wouldn't put Gvk or Godzilla 2014 in the top 5 just my opinion

g-man fan

nothing that has been announced

Well they’re already scaled,

but honestly spacegodzilla he’s overpowered

My first Godzilla movie I watched was Godzilla the original 1954 film on HBOMAX and I can’t believe that I was able to watch it! The best part was when he peaked out over the hill like “ hello! Get ready to DIE!”

 So anyhow, would you rather have Del Toro do something original with Godzilla or be the next director for a MV Goji movie?

BigGrayGolem,
I am a moderater. And I have no interest in a post count--Note that I post a lot less than most other people in this thread. So practically nothing you've said hold much weight. But I will ask how I've insulted "everyone", especially when I'm not the one who has done the name calling. (Yet someone else very clearly did.) This seems to to be spun periodically.

To not derail sonictiger's thread any further, you are welcome to continue the conversation in my inbox.

Related to G. H. Gman's constant, never-ending spamming, to be honest, I won't post here either. It's just impossible to have a conversation with someone who is going to comment on nearly every possible comment, insult everyone, and then tell everyone else it's their problem they get insulted. I really wish we had a decent G-board to hold discussions, but it only takes one high-post-count clout seeker to ruin it. Without moderators, this is what you get.

Jack Capellini,
Part of it was the times in that the country had never seen anything like those films before. But what stood out was subject matter pertaining to current events and broad themes. Everyone knows what the original stood for, but then you have Rodan which was a take on PTSD and aerial effects. The Mysterians was an alien invasion movie and one of the first of the genre with a mecha--Less monster movie more science fiction. King Kong vs. Godzilla was a self-aware satire on Japanese television and adopted capitalism--Something that carried over into Mothra which was the real game changer. Suddenly the films were leaning more into fantasy and invited Godzilla into that realm with Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster, by which time the films had a particular Cold War slant.

Keep in mind a lot of these films weren't directly concerned with monsters fighting monsters, but how everyday people with various jobs (coast guards, scientists, fishermen, coal miners, marketing agents, reporters, detectives, etc) reacted to the appearance of these creatures. This is particularly true for solo monster movies.

Also consider these films weren't trying to build a world, but focus on being the best films possible unto themselves. This allowed for a wider array of tones, atmospheres and topics across multiple movies unconcerned with continuity. When you have the intention of creating a "shared universe" from the get-go you immediately pigeonhole yourself into a tone that every subsequent film must adhere to barring minor variation.

Ok, maybe those two for Japan...and Del Toro could either helm the next Godzilla MV movie or an entirely new project entirely.

While he probably could do characters like Madison justice in a Godzilla 3, I think he should make something entirely new when it comes to Godzilla.

@G. H. (Gman): What made the early Showa Era films stand out from one another? 

Takashi Yamazaki and Kiyotaka Taguchi--Or a partnership of the two. It's been my dream team for years.

That wish partially came true since Yamazaki directed the footage for Godzilla the Ride--But he needs to head a full feature.