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judging a book by its cover eh?

@sonictiger thank you for bringing Minilla. I forgot about him. And I thought that if I mentioned, people would get mad. I don't hate him, its just, well...

 You get the point

G. H. (Gman)

"Whitewashing" Godzilla... doesn't that seem a little over dramatic...

Overall that article comes off as arrogant and hateful, pretty much trashing the movie for not "being the original" and being American. Steve Ryfle comes off as nothing more than a stuck up elitist snob, with a condescending "I'm smarter than you" attitude.

Also it seems that he wasn't paying attention to the movie's story, as he claims that the movie glorified nuclear weapons, which it doesn't.

The Government attempting to nuke Godzilla in the 50s wasn't an attempt rewrite history or to say that nukes are good, it was trying to show how arrogantly these types of weapons are used. The film also states that it was a 1954 "nuclear test" that was the government's attempt to destroy Godzilla, at no point does it negate the other nuclear tests conducted by America, Russia, France etc... (as Ryfle claims it does).

The MUTOs were awakened by the mining for Uranium and were drawn to sources of radiation, causing the Janjira power plant meltdown, which destroyed the lives of the people affected. The fact that the MUTOs were awakened by the mining of radioactive elements and were drawn to nuclear power plants shows the potential danger of harvesting this type of energy.

The Female MUTO's "dormant" spore was carelessly stored in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, showing the government's irresponsible handling of potentially dangerous material, as they not only tossed the spore aside to be ignored, they put the MUTO in area were it could feed on nuclear energy and grow stronger.

When the military realizes that the monsters are unaffected by their standard weapons they try to use nuclear weapons, this shows the arrogance of the military as they are unconcerned by the potential risks this may cause. Serizawa attempts to warn Stenz about the risks by reminding him of the tragedy caused by the Hiroshima bombings (Ryfle stupidly claims that this scene "glorified" the bombings, making me question his intelligence). The military's plan goes wrong with MUTOs stealing the active warhead and building a nest around it, this shows how the military's arrogance made the situation worse, potentially leading to another Hiroshima like incident.

The soldiers are sent to move the bomb out of the city so that the city won't be destroyed by the explosion or exposed to the fallout.

IN WHAT WORLD DOES THAT "GLORIFY" NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!

And if he's trying to say that Godzilla being a defender/hero is "pro nuke", Newsflash! Godzilla was a hero in some of the older Toho films, but I guess that fact doesn't fit his "America Bad" argument...

Agreed, as much as I love Godzilla, Hollywood handled Kong better this time around. For points already expressed, the consensus being North America created Kong, home field advantage. Still love the MV Godzilla portrayal though, G14 the best - prefer Godzilla to be either impartial and neutral or a plague of destruction rather than "Humanity's savior".

SarcasticGoji,
He's a little too Heisei Gamera for my taste.

Between the two I think Hollywood just understands Kong better--Which makes sense because it's their creation. We've just handled Kong's empathy and desire to be at peace in a world that knows he exists better.

Kong's design also looks like an evolution of his original, fantastical design, instead of just being a blown up silverback like the 2005 version. The best thing I can say about Godzilla's design is it looks like Godzilla. But it's hardly a definitive look. Nothing too memorable.

Godzilla they've muddled and contorted outside of his cultural confines. I'm reminded of Steve Ryfle's article, about how Hollywood has "whitewashed" Godzilla--And that was just the 2014 movie. Imagine the article he could write with the latest films.

I love how this form is an homage to Varan.

SarcasticGoji,
There are definitely two (types of) Rodans, but age and sex is not the difference between them.

Off the top of my head I can't think of a kaiju that I particularly dislike--I just prefer some more than others.

The voice, was ruined by american dubs, the japanese voice was fine

Minilla

He's very cursed

It does evolve, we’ve seen a scene in which godzilla aqualitis becomes Amphibious.

Kattozilla

Yeah It's really good. It has a strange premise (3 kids being stuck in a fantasy world filled with talking amphibians) and lot of weird humor and crazy characters (which I like), but it also has a lot of emotion and can get surprisingly dark for a kids show (especially during the season 2 finale, no spoilers but it has a really brutal moment that's actually pretty shocking for a Disney show). My only complaint is that some of the episode morals feel a little forced (not in a bad way though). And thankfully it doesn't try to hard to be "woke" like other shows. Despite being a kid's show it can easily be enjoyed by adults (I'm 24 and I really like it,).

Overall, it's a cute show that's pretty funny and entertaining. So if you like animation with a crazy plot and out there concepts I would recommend it.  

It's the varan looking one..cool.

Singular Point... I like this Godzilla

 M.O.G.U.E.R.A. (1994)

It's supposed to be an "upgrade" for Mechagodzilla.

It's "superior" in the same way that a Virtual Boy is "superior" to a Nintendo Switch (NOT AT ALL...)

Aw man don't make me choose :(

I heard of that show..is it good?

"Godzilla Amphibia"

After a bit of thinking, a came to the conclusion that its hard for me to dislike any kaiju. I grew fond of them. I guess the giant condor was useless, but still holds a tiny space in my heart.

oh wow, it’s worse than I remember. And I’ve watched that film recently

I like most kaiju, even Gabara, but not Giant condor, it’s kinda useless

Yes

Why go to the attraction, when you could have your own 1/100th scale replica of it, right? LOL. (In case you don't get it: why go on the ride when the figure is literally a mini version of the ride.)

SarcasticGoji,
Here's one of the shots. Very low quality screen grab though. (It's easier to forgive with such bad quality.)

@Foreverwing, We know, they were originally shared to the forums 3 days ago and shared to our social media when they were first released! I just front-paged the forum topic to add it to the news chronicle.

I NEED IT!!!!!!

Godzilla Energy vs BANG Energy, which makes you want to run a longer marathon?

who has the worst tik tok 'sponsors'?

Shin is amazing the way he is. 

The amount of Caffine in this should be illegal. 

Incredible, the first time I have access to a material, days before Godzilla-Movies. No offense, but those images were already online three days ago, is everything okay?

Imma just hide in a hole because I haven’t watched any of the Japanese Godzilla movies except shin. ;0

G. H. (Gman)

The scene where they fire at them and they’re running around?
I thought that was bad CGI not toys.

I like the stories of Showa but I like the monster designs of Heisei

I like the more reptilian looking 2000Goji

I like how athletic Final Wars Godzilla is

I mean, ideas usually do come to you when showering.

shower thoughts am i right

*explained in the show 

Though if it were explained in the shower it would make my bathing experiences more interesting.

 Firecat94,

To be as vague as possible, this is explained in the shower and the how and why is not a simple explanation.

why are they not showing the ghidorah one, i saw the figure on twitter when they announced this.

that was the point

lol

that not answer lol omg