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@INSTINCTIVEGIGAN: I'm with you, I want to see that airport scene. From the descriptions, it sounds like the foot is about the size of a plane (the debate is what kind of plane). Now if I can see the scene, then I should be able to get a size estimation (as we don't have an official full body shot standing upright, only fan-made ones).
Of course, I'm also waiting for one of the main characters to be at a window with Godzilla's eye right outside that window. That would also help in size estimation (form eye to head size, and from there to the rest of the body).
I completely agree with the OP, and I've stated basically the same thing in a few different posts. This new franchise is going to be alot more realistic and mature than any of the Toho series ever were, and those old fan favorite kaijus wouldn't fit at all. Also throw in the fact that, as much as these characters were (and are) popular with the hardcore fans, the general movie-going public would see them as silly, and it would invite comparisons between the new franchise and the old Toho classics, which would be a problem for Legendary, in terms of marketing the new franchise...
@ZILLAHATER: What I ment to say was that I thought it would take the Flying Muto to do the damage to Godzilla (as my theory is that it's a Queen Muto). However the Winged Muto is in a different toy set. The toy set that has the damaged Godzilla has a non-winged 8 legged Muto!
I checled ot put myself and it's pretty interesting to try random stuff on the keyboard and see what happens
CODE: 13.20.21.15 = M.U.T.O (alphabet count)
Typing in Monster gets you: (Alert) The unidentified natural phenomenon is approaching your area. (Pl)ease prepare accordingly.
Could this refer to Godzilla or one of the other creatures? If Godzilla is the "unidentified natural phenomenon" then could the other creatures be Mutations of Unknown Terrestrial Origin (M.U.T.O)?
TRUE AMERICAN GODZILLA#
If the Muto couldnt hurt Godzilla and put up a fight, why would they even be here? That would be pretty boring.
Oh yeah there we go. Thanks!
Guys I made a slight mistake, it was at 1:51 and 1:56, and maybe anguirus can be in the movie as a mutated hedgehog, or the muto organisation may have noticed that the number of the muto monsters are too many for godzilla alone so they mutated a hedgehog by themselves, who knows! But so far nothing has been hinting him except this roar...
Gave it a better link. Can you see it now?
I cant see the zilla pic -__-
If they released the footage of Godzilla's attack on Muto at the airport that they showed at Comic Con we would be far more clear on his height. Hopefully we get pics of the action figures so we can at least compare Godzilla to the other monsters.
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For Pacific Rim too crossover with Godzilla means we will need two Godzilla series going. The new 2014 Godzilla or even the TOHO Godzilla and Pacific Rim couldnt crossover. They would have to re-introduce Godzilla in the Pacific Rim universe.
Let me start out by saying that i loath Hedorah...
But if done correct, it could become quite a sight. Something along the lines of the blob. Giant, terrifiying, and silent.
Also, what do you mean by;
"I mean, I saw footage of the NEW megalon and I think that's VERY UGLY!" What new Megalon?
I been trying to get this point accross myself. In the trailer as well, when the halo jumper is just reaching the top of the 555 building. Gozilla's head is straight away about 2 blocks or further away. My eyes sure don't decieve me. And yes, you bring up a good point with the posters. The jumper is a speck of dirt next to Godzillas spine. So what does that tell us?? Between 750 and 800 feet. If i'm wrong then i'm wrong. But until i hear it from LP/WB or Gareth Edwards , that's what i'll go with.
"Toho as a company has not engaged in any kind of creative or executive decisions.."
"Toho was only ever involved as far as to ensure that Godzilla looked like Godzilla and that he didn't turn out to be another iguana"
Some might call that a creative AND executive decision :)
Actually I think everyone is forgetting something, Heisei Godzilla was NOT the tallest incarnation of Godzilla, the tallest one was, and I know I'm gonna get crap for this, the Marvel Godzilla who stood at a whooping 150 meters, or 498 feet, as in comic it was compared in size to the Space Needle, Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, though the marvel website states otherwise for reasons unknown, though I don't trust it as they say hulk can only lift 90 tons when calm.
@FREEZE!>
Fucking LOVE "Dune".
HOLY SHIT! I TEARS ARE GOING TO COME....
Johnson's character needs to be played out like an average military man. Not some John Conner messiah type, but just a man doing his duty and what he feels is right. I hope in the climax (assuming that's what the skydive is leading to), he's simply apart of the mission and doesn't overshadow it. Maybe in the end the platoon wins, but then it is capitalized by an even greater threat coming. Play him out like Rick Grimes from "The Walking Dead" (I'm not a fan of that show, to be honest), where he's simply the leader of a group and is trying desperately to do what he can, he's not the "last hope". It'd be a smart move if this series is all-done from Johnson's perspective, which could be done easily since he's a military man and will likely have a foot in this "war" from one position or another.
^I agree completely. Solid points! All characters must act realistically. Especially Aaron. Though he is the military man and people will expect him to be the, "Final hope for humanity" cliche where he puts an end to the giant beasts, it shouldn't be like that. He should feel a loss of hope as well. I believe that if Gareth and the production behind this movie make it more so haunting, it will carry on. For example, Batman may be one of the only few super heroes with no powers. But even in the comics he seems very unrealistic. Yet, why do people like the Dark Night so much? It felt as if it COULD happen. And all of it was done very dark and serious. Batman has always been popular, but not like he has been the last decade. Godzilla is an ICON. However, what made his legacy(As great as it is) is also really silly and childish. The first movie was NOT a movie for kids. I want that Godzilla back.
Another basis of fear that I believe can affect ANYONE is so simple, it's often overlooked. Just being uncontrollably seperated from the ones we love either by duty, disaster or death. We know this film will focus on Aaron Taylor Johnson's character. And we know his wife, son, father, mother and brother are main or supporting characters. Hopefully we can see the fear/grief hit him when certain bad things happen to those members of his family. And not in the action-hero "I'm gonna save them" sense. But the very human "What the hell am I supposed to do?!" way.
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Hmm... I noticed a "damaged Godzilla + Muto" toy set. Does that mean the Muto actually hurt this new powerful Godzilla?!
If writer's in 1954 can focus on a detail like traces of radiation, modern-day writers, especially FOUR working on one movie, have no excuse to overlook it. And EXACTLY! FEAR! That's what I want! The scariest kind of film is the one that changes how you FEEL. And yes, relatable characters are essential. If I ever became an official writer on a film, my number rule goes as follows: We care about the action because we care about the plot, and we care about the plot because we care about the characters. And no pre-dispostioned cop-outs. No characters who are tailor made for us to feel sorry for. If they have a tragic backstory, ave the audience EXPERIENCE that tragedy AS THE CHARACTER does. And I don't want another "Pacific Rim". Ironically, I think the problem with that film is that it's TOO serious. It's TOO in-depth with its characters. I applaud Del Toro for wanting to be MORE than just robots punching aliens, but the problem is that all of the characters are flat-as-Hell, aside from Idris Elba. It was a film that just needed to be over-the-top action through and through. And even the action in that film seemed restrained. "Godzilla" is the exact polar opposite. If people want cartoony, ridiculous Godzilla, just go watch the barrage of films from the past. For Godzilla to survive, it needs to be reintroduced as a cerebral and physical horror.
P.S., sorry if some of my comments seem redundant. I'm kinda multi-tasking at the moment.
"As the series goes on, show how they irradiate the wasteland and essentially poison the Earth unintentionally. Show how people get sick and die from the radiation they leave behind and how lands become infertile even long after they have left it." One of the best ideas ever man! And it makes perfect sense. IN FACT , it would be rather strange if in this movie, Godzilla leaves no lethal radiation where he goes. I mean, he's a 400ft ATOMIC creature. Shouldn't he leave something? lol
Why and the hell aren't you the writer of this movie? Haha Seriously though. The thing is, I want this movie to be more than a summer flick, or just some monster movie. I want this movie to be memorable. The only way a movie like this will exceed being popular for a few months and then forgotten forever(Pacific Rim), is if they make it scary. Not JUMP at you scary. But scary as if this were real. Make it serious, realistic. Make it give off a feeling of no hope. It must have a compelling yet believable story. With characters you could relate to and could actually picture being REAL. The way the world reacts must be believable. But most importantly, the AFTER MATH. Show HOW such a creature(s) would effect not only humans directly, but the world. This movie needs to be sad and haunting while on an epic spectacle.
...but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken = Bring on new monsters!
Exactly! I hope more and more people will want to see stuff like this, especially after the new film, assuming it will deliver a relentlessly hopeless tone. Think of it as a big-budget "No Country For Old Men". It's film that makes you feel bad while watching, yet you enjoy the hell out of it... theoretically.
And if the radiation doesn't poison the Earth, at the very least, make it mutate the ecosystem and spawns smaller kaiju that humans can fight off, but still pose a considerable threat given their greater numbers in comparison to the larger beasts. It'd be cool to see in the sequel, maybe rather than a take on "Monster Island", the threat goes global. Something akin to "World War Z" (except it doesn't suck) and by the third film, the world has been so ravaged and there is officially no forms government left. Just pockets of resistance left similar to "Planet of the Apes" or "The Walking Dead".
MUCH RESPECT FOR THE KING!
Man oh man. I am LOVING how your opinions! Finally someone that is on the same page as me. I LOVE Godzilla, but mainly, the 54. The other movies is what made Godzilla iconic, yet they moved too far away from what he really is. I hope this movie brings him back to his roots. BTW, your ideas are AMAZING. I would expext that Godzilla would leave lethal emounts of radiation anywhere he goes. To the point that it makes certain areas inhabitable.
@Godzilla7007
Keep in mind that those are descriptions for children's toys.
It doesn't HAVE to be rated R just because its dark. There are MANY movies that are horrific and haunting with violence that aren't rated R. A movie is only rated R becuase of its over use of curse words, sexual content, and gore.
I honestly have to agree. I LOVE the toho monsters! However, I wanna see new monsters. This Godzilla is going in a serious and realistic senario. This movie is being filmed like a horror/disaster movie. It will be a new way to see Godzilla, yet closely to how he was in 54. Im a fan of Godzilla's enemys just like anyone else, but this isnt Pacific Rim. Bulding giant robots to fight giant monsters is just TOO childish of an idea, and wouldnt fit. We would not do that realisticly. AT ALL. So I couldn't see Mechagodzilla in this. Nor a walking pile of weird smog crap with an eye(Hedorah). And a space cyclops or three headed golden dragon. Those are CLASSIC monster ment for those CLASSIC films. Lets see some new ones for this new Godzilla! But thats just MY opinion(Which means nothing).
Bring the excitement of the movie home and fight for humanity as Godzilla or be the Eight Legged Muto and try to destroy the world. You’re epic battles are sure to crumble the city and bring in the military.
This is a description for one of the toys and I noticed it said fight for humanity does this mean he is like an anti hero where he saves and destroyers. I was under the impression big G was completely a villain but maby not...
The damaged Godzilla really makes me think. How powerful are the Mutos? And by January 2014 do they be out in stores at that time? I want the one that has just the Muto.
I think we should wait to see how this movie, and universe pans out before making claims that no other monster fits in, or demanding old monsters be returned.
Depending how this movie goes I could see either of the arguments having a strong backing
