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Godzilla was never implied to be a dinosaur. He was specifically called an evolutionary cross between land going and sea going prehistoric reptiles. The bomb did not mutate him into the monster we saw, it merely woke him and gave him an, "extreme capacity for survival." (Dr. Yamane)

This is generally the same origin given for most incarnations--Particularly Showa and the various Millennium incarnations. Only the Heisei Godzilla was a mutated dinosaur.

In any case, the ears rock. They give him this devil-like appearance, especially in the original. Hope a new design brings them back at some point. There was a good opportunity for that in the new ride.

Xenotaris

Synapsids would have been considered reptiles at the time.

HinikunaGoji

That maybe so but they theorized it was a reptile that returned back to the water, also wasn't ShodaiGoji implied to be a dinosaur without calling it such?

Xenotaris

The original Godzilla, was never actually called a dinosaur, just a animal from the Cretaceous period. 

But Godzilla is supposed to be a radioactive dinosaur, why would a radioactive dinosaur gain mammalian traits? It would make more sense if godzilla was a therapsid instead of a dinosaur or dinosauromorph or any type of aquatic animal since whales lack external ears

imerichunter

It may not be scientific but when is a giant reptile attacking a city scientific.

I like the ears. They make him look more like a kami.

Lizards dont have visible ears that protrude. Neither did Dinosaurs, they just have/had ear “holes”, no flaps. So it makes no sense to have given him ears and looks ridiculous with them. 

I can’t think of a monster movie without popular celebrities from their time. Even the Showa era had the popular (at the time) peanuts playing the Shobijin. Even Marvel uses popular actors and actresses instead of “relying” on their characters. This probably plays into why people get excited at new characters and what celebrities play them.

sonictiger

with violence?

"and better than Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice in every conceivable way possible."

High bar.

Also the king himself has grown tired of all of our senseless violence and proceeds to end that violence....

Don't kill me lol.

That must explain you were on Monke team before GVK came out.  Endgame was a movie that I had very high expectations but I got blown out of the water because it was even better.  The MonsterVerse doesn't have that potential mainly because Godzilla and other Toho monsters aren't as well known in the west.  Which I think is why they tried to get more people drawn to it by casting Bryan Cranston in G14, Millie Bobby Brown in KOTM, and Alexander Skarsgard, Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Julian Dennison, and MBB once again in GVK.

Warner Bros. doesn't seem to have enough confidence that the Titan characters alone will attract enough people, so they bait you into seeing the movie by marketing big names (that end up having minor roles in the actual movie) in trailers (Cranston in G14 and Brown in KOTM) or even their names on the credits on the posters seems to be oddly enough to draw suckers in.  GVK played it's marketing cards correctly by giving people what was advertised in the trailers, a big slugfest that's a visual delight and better than Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice in every conceivable way possible.

Raid roach vs Allgery Monster vs Metal monster 

sonictiger

G14 had a good story and writing regardless of wasted potential and acting choices. Just because a story could’ve been better doesn’t mean it was bad, Endgame is a good example. There’s some problems but is still an enjoyable and satisfying film to watch.

Honestly I prefer seeing Godzilla less. 

I don’t think WB will make a DAM

Kong: Skull Island works as it manages to do something new and completely original for the MonsterVerse, Godzilla: King of The Monsters works by at least putting more effort into an ultimately doomed sequel and giving more action but doesn't get the humans right again, and Godzilla Vs. Kong took less time and got to the point of the story and helped secure the MV for at least 2-3 sequels (possible Kong and Godzilla sequels + possible Destroy All Monsters event).

Well, in a critical sense.  I think G'14 is a failure in terms of story and characters (specifically referring to the handlings of Godzilla's minor screentime and the wasting of Joe Brody)

Ok Cybertron vs. MV and RPO and Earth

HinikunaGoji, sonictiger,
Yeah, I wouldn't call a movie that made profit somewhere in the neighborhood of $130-$210 million a failure--False advertising or not.

It's still the only Godzilla movie (and Monsterverse flick) to cross $200M in the United States.

sonictiger,
The Unicron Trilogy shows (Armada, Energon & Cybertron) are probably the strongest--Specifically some of the insanity they pull off in Cybertron.

I love Godzilla 2014, I only saw the initial trailer to Godzilla 2014 in theaters

sonictiger

A movie that is deemed a failure is a movie that doesn’t do well at the box office. 

Godzilla 14s advertising made Godzilla seem like a villain in the movie, but the movie preformed well and was still liked. So false advertising isn’t what constitutes a failure.

Anyone else remember seeing the G14 trailers in theaters.

soon, I have been working on AVPU since I have a case of writer's block with Rise of the Kaiju

So anyways G1 Vs. MV and RPO

Yes, that's my point.

A movie with false advertising usually is deemed a failure.

@Xenotaris, Thanks!

Also when is Rise of The Kaiju returning?

@SonicTiger

I believe the G1 Transformers are the strongest

what is going on

how about Mechagodzilla (MV) vs Destoroyah?

Which are the strongest Transformers iterations?

If it's Bayformers, then any incarnation of MechaGodzilla would likely shake them to pieces with just the quaking of their footsteps. They've got to be the weakest iterations of the characters considering how easily they fall to conventional, handheld military weapons. I mean, regular firearms were rendering them blind in the the third one.

Vs. Michael Bay Autobots

How about MonsterVerse, RPO, and Earth Mecha G

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and again i have no knowledge at all of Transformers

Definitely depends on which iterations of MechaGodzilla and the Autobots.

that's called false advertising

How about MechaGodzilla vs. The Autobots

All I'm saying is, I usually feel a bit wronged when movies don't deliver what they promise in the marketing.

sonictiger,
While I do think there's merit to how personal expectation is met based on how a film is advertised, I do not think marketing should be one of the variables used to judge a film's quality.

Godzilla Vs. Kong advertised a bonkers battle and it gave us an absolutely bonkers battle.  Kong: Skull Island promised more screentime to the title character since Godzilla '14 failed to do so.

So yeah, you're right.  It's probably why I think GVK and KSI are the stronger films and G14 and KOTM are the weaker films.

k :)

ill redraw it from the beginning cause 1: i dunno where the old one is

2: outdated art

3: it wasnt very long anyway

Kattozilla

POST THAT COMIC!!
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