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all some great ideas and Thank you for sharing, and yes to BCRockeTT94, that might not be out of the realm of possibility of the class system or the Reptile Muto. and to , True American Godzilla .the centipede like monster kinda is what I'm thinking about when they describe the released Muto spider drawing. I don't know why they would show a monster that won't be in the movie. I personally hope they bring back a old Classic Monster Godzilla has fought countless times, have them have a last epic duke off of the two and then the second monster comes in and try to take it's spot in the rumble. or the other monster might be a massive robot like Jet Jaguar.

Reminder to Everyone: The centipede creature in the leaked comic con trailer will NOT be in the film.

BCrockett94, wow I am glad you really loved my thoughts! I appreciate the review. Your theory on a realistic 'Atomic Breath' is very intriguing. The way you describe your theory, the more it makes sense. Like you, I also hope our theories are in the movie, especially your Atomic Blast theory! I first noticed the pupil when I made the image bigger for my computer background. "Creepily realistic" is a great term for it, and for the feeling one would have if they saw it staring at them in real life. Again, thank you very much for the feed back and ideas!

I'm just excited to hear that the spiderish/Cloverfield monster like (as far as I've heard from people who've seen the 2nd Comic Con trailer) is named Muto. From the fan drawings of it, I'm not sure what to expect from this thing... and that makes me like it more. As for the other monster, seen in the leaked Comic Con trailer, it doesn't look like a centipede creature. From the body and feet/leg perspective given, I'm reminded of Randall Boggs from Monster Inc http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110426151053/pixar/images/8/86/Randall.png Now I'm not saying it would be a chameleon or anything, but I wouldn't doubt it being dangerous. After all, the 'skinny' Randall Boggs was able to take on Sully (a blue furred yeti basically).

I hope that the gills are a more cosmetic feature,because the article I recommended shows why he WOULDN'T need them,as well as why the atomic breath is so powerful and can be used frequently without tire. If anything,a Godzilla that doesn't need things like organic nourishment,air,and has a radioactively built structure that laughs in the face of the Square Cube law like what was highlighted in the article I mentioned would be MORE realistic.

I agree. I don't think that Toho is going to risk creating an inferior product of something they created. I think Godzilla will no longer feature suit acting, or they might, but that's until they can get better CGI... It's atrocious, as of 2012. I think they made the movie Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.. God, that CGI sucked. That being said, they'll probably stop making Godzilla movies until they improve on their CGI and animation, or maybe we'll get a few more suit movies, or like someone said, they might even lend Godzilla to a few international studios until they can compete with CGI Godzillas with their own CGI Godzilla.

I have a theory about Godzilla's radioactive breath in this film. I don't think it's going to be a ray, as is the case in most Godzilla films, but it's going to take on the form of something similar to the 54 film. I don't think it's gonna be smoke, but it's more than likely not going to be some sort of ray or beam. To show the atomic breath in action, I think they'll show the air around his jaws look like a heat wave, and right as he's about to "blast" out his breath, there's a quick flash of a very bright light, like an atomic bomb being dropped, emitting from his mouth for a brief period of time and then whatever he's around/attacking gets a major knock back effect as well as a very dangerous amount of radiation, enough to kill a man, but maybe not enough to kill the "Mutos" creature(s) with just a single blast. Maybe that's why Godzilla is shrouded in "debris/fallout" in the "teaser". And as Gareth stated, "it's not going to be as fantastic" or some shit like that. That being said, I think it's safe to assume it's only going to be used once or twice, and that's in the most inconvenient for everyone else, except Godzilla, moments, and as something like that would require a lot of energy, I feel it'd make sense if it was not only a last resort thing, but also something that made Godzilla tired. That's how I sort of thing they'll portray the breath "realistically", as far as realism can be achieved in a kaiju film. Maybe that's what you were trying to say, but without the extra bits I threw in, like the energy useage makes Godzilla tired. I like the idea of bringing the "bouncing cars" thing back into the films that the 98 film used. It adds that bit of realism that makes the film even more believable. However, even in the 98 film there were some scenes that forgot to use that effect. The gills are a must for Godzilla. I agree. To portray Godzilla realistically, he'd need gills. I like that detail, as it can also be exploited as a possible vulnerability, adding more realism. As much as I like to think of Godzilla as an indestructible force of nature, it's just not realistic. Gills would be a nice place to target, and the fact that it's blending into the scales, makes it less noticeable so it's not the first thing that any military thinks to aim for. As much as only night attacks seems like a good idea, it didn't work so well for Pacific Rim, and people complain about it still to this day. It was one of my favorite aspects of the 54 movie, because it made it seem "scarier". "Will I wake up tomorrow morning" sort of thing, ya know? But I don't think it'd be something they'd do, and if the 2012 trailer is anything to go by, then it shows Godzilla in broad daylight, debris falling from the sky, as he bellows out a roar. I agree with your reasoning of Godzilla's feet, but I don't remember any official material showing Godzilla's feet. Then again, we haven't seen much official anything when it comes to the 2014 movie. I'll be honest, I didn't notice the eyes until you mentioned them. It didn't even cross my mind to do that, I just assumed "how human", when now that I look at the eyes closely, "Now that's creepily realistic". I agree with pretty much everything you said. I'm really excited to see how much of our speculation actually makes its way into the movie, I'll be happy even if none of my speculation is proven true. Godzilla is Godziila, and I don't give a shit what anyone else says. lmao

Thank you for the feedback!

I'm pretty sure it's "Mutos", multiple. The reason they used the word in singular form is because they were talking about a specific Muto, the eight legged variant. It's also hinted that there are TWO Mutos, as heavily implied by the chibi figures' description. That being said, I'm pretty sure "mutos" is a word for "mutants" that the military uses to keep too much panic from ensuing. The word "monster" is usually a word attached to something negative, while the word "mutos" is vague, and can mean anything really. Here's an example: "In our fight against the Mutos, many lives have been lost." "In our fight against the monsters, many lives have been lost." Notice that the word Mutos can mean one of several things, the word "monster" isn't exactly the first word that comes to mind when you read that sentence, well it really shouldn't. In the second sentence, the word "monster" can really only be interpreted as one of two things, the worst type of people... Or, what most people would usually immediately assume, beasts of violent nature. That's my guess why they're using the word "mutos". But, to answer your question, instead of going off on another lesson about word choice, I'm pretty sure the other creature will be called a Muto. I believe the creature is going to be more reptilian in design, I don't think that Legendary would use a giant bug as a main opponent for Godzilla, they'd want something that looks more threatening. Maybe a mutated komodo dragon or something which would undoubtedly be called "Muto" as well, or maybe "The Lizard Muto". I don't think that in a real life scenario, we'd be giving names left and right to every monster that showed up. I'm sure we'd develop a class system, and maybe Mutos is a class of beast, a size. Sort of like they did with the Kaiju in Pacific Rim, but instead of a numbering system, they use words, and maybe Mutos, is denoted to something large. I feel that they call Godzilla "Godzilla" is because maybe some soldiers recall a legend about a creature known as Gojira, and it gets called "Godzilla" in translation when they try to alert the U.N. about the presence of the beast. I dunno. I'm going off on a tangent again. xD Sorry. I hope I answered your question to some degree.

as much as I also love the classic films they alone can not compare to todays technology and I would love to see TOHO start reviving their Godzilla movies once again but with todays technology and no rubber suits but back then during the late 50's-70's people didn't care what they saw on the big screen my, my how times have changed but I agree pacific rim was absoultly bad ass and this new Godzilla movie will be even better

@ShazoTheHedgehog This movie is following the same realism the original 1954 "Gojira" portrayed the character, i.e. - following the original source material, something TriStar [b][i]SHOULD'VE[/i][/b] done.

of course is intentionally, but I sort of enjoy the game of the leaked information and the expectation. About ´Now I am become death. The destroyer of worlds´ : I took it as a mention of the Manhattan project and about nuclear effects and war. Then in the second \\\'leaked\\\' trailer : [i]Gentlemen, you are being sent in by a HALO jump. Now I realize not all of you have had hands on experience and frankly, none of us have ever faced a situation quite like this before. But I would not be asking any one of you to take this leap…if I did not have complete faith in your ability to succeed____ Your courage will never be more needed than it is today.[/i] I will search the quote of the physicist ^^ If you are right or not with the date we will see ;) I have no idea about hinduism, so I will take yout word. :)

I actually like this theory, it has all the evidence in their actions! So it is official, get ready guys, Gareth is gonna throw the trailer in our direction!

@GMAN115 I understand where your coming from, but this is as realistic as it gets. At least he still has some signature traits such as body figure(except for the feet) and his Atomic Breath! I like the creativity Gareth is using. He put his realistic imagination in a popular Kaiju Franchise. Just because some things are added to him does'nt mean it will affect the movie itself. Just give it a chance.

I watched Pacific Rim in 3D it was by the the most impressive in the Imax and 3D effect ,it made the Battles Gritty and realistic and made you feel like your next to the Characters. I want Godzilla to be Similar in that aspect.

in Some aspects the New Godzilla would Dominate alot of our military weapons, but we have to remember how more advance our weapons have come since the last American Godzilla Movie. Also we must note there are possibly two other monsters in this movie, so we can only grip a small portion of what destruction can come from this. We all know what Godzilla Alone can do to a city................

I also want to add, this isn't an admittance of hatred for the Godzilla movies made in the last thirty years. I love quite a lot of them actually and still watch them often. But the 1960s had a spark and team talent that the genre hasn't found a lot of in the last three decades.

Kinda. They would always have one audience: The fanbase. Unfortunately, that's just not enough today. But I think InstictiveGigan is also hinting at a larger problem than just the dieing art of tokusatsu. The fact is the Godzilla series hasn't seen many great movies since the 1960s. The 1970s were fun, but goofy. The Heisei series was a screenwriting nightmare-- reduced to nothing but quick cash grabs by the end of its run. The Millennium series is similar, but a little more eloquent. Still, that resulted in very stagnant and repetitive story lines. It's not simply that the effects in Godzilla were stuck, but the filmmakers creating these movies were running out of steam as well. There have been some decent ideas in the last thirty years, but not a whole lot of revolution. The Heisei Gamera trilogy did a better job of that, but even that series reverted quickly with [i]Gamera The Brave[/i].

While it's nice to hope, I still doubt we'll see a trailer on the 3rd. And even if we do, I doubt it's for this reason. Legendary didn't put this quote in to hint at a release date, because I don't think they wanted the trailer to get out at all. The put the quote in because of the nature of the movie and how well it fits in thematically. So yeah, I hope we'll see a trailer on the 3rd, but my money is on the 8th. It'll probably be attached to Thor. And if not, we'll probably have to waif until the Hobbit comes out.

I really doubt the teaser was leaked intentionally, but the monologue that was used was 1 used by 1 of the people who worked on the Manhattan project which connects to Godzilla moreso than most serious monologues through history do. That and I believe that trailer came out last year at comic con so unless they knew over a year ago that they would have the movie done and ready to the point of showing a trailer, aaand that they would leak the trailer close to that I find extremely hard to believe.

Although I love Godzilla 1954, You're not going to get audiences excited for a guy in a rubber suit in 2013.

As far as Godzilla\'s gender goes, at least this new version, I await to see what the movie will choose. Some animal species the male is bigger/stronger and others it\'s the female, so it all depends on the animal type the creators choose to mutate into Godzilla So, what creature will this Godzilla be. My guess is a critter dwelling in the deep sea. Now this can be... 1: An unidentified critter that looks like a pre-Godzilla monster. 2: A surviving marine reptile with gills that's been living in the deep sea (love to see the explanation for this critters survival). 3: [Your Guess Here]

Well,a good article about how a creature like Godzilla can exist (here http://www.angelfire.com/ego/g_saga/kaijubiologyarticle.html) goes into good detail on how almost any Kaiju of any sort can exist. Basically,they're living nuclear reactors (just like Godzilla),and they don't follow the rules of NATURE in terms of ability. Just check it out,and see what you think!

I appreciate that all of you have commented on my discussion, I enjoy a good debate. The latest comments bring up another good question, what original creature was the 2014 Godzilla before being mutated? As stated above, the Japanese Gojira was a surviving dinosaur that got mutated. Maybe for this Godzilla it's an unknown species of deep sea reptile/creature that got mutated or something, I just don't know yet. To Gman115, You bring up some good thoughts. I to wanted those symbolism accurately represented as well as realistic physiology/traits. Hence why I hope Godzilla's Atomic Breath is as powerful as the strongest Nuclear Bomb in history (to have the realistic effects of using Nukes). As for being a force of nature, after what I've seen of the LP Godzilla thus far, I'm confident this will be represented as well.

To InstinctiveGigan, at first I to thought of 400' tall. Just having the title of tallest Godzilla ever makes it very impressive. I looked up skyscrapers in San Francisco (the city that's supposed to 'greet' Godzilla) and was surprised at the sizes. The smallest Skyscraper they have is 400' tall! They have a lot of 400s, 500s, and even some 600s. The tallest is a little above 800'. Would Godzilla need to be just tall enough to be bigger than some skyscrapers but allow others to conceal him if needed? I know, I wish I could use the Comic Con trailer to get a size estimation, but it had nothing identifiable to guesstimate size.

I agree, Godzilla didn't have Gills before plus what good are they. He IS a dinosaur and like @gman115 said Godzilla's ancestors lived underwater without them. It doesn't make sense having them now.

One day Toho will probably make more Godzilla movies, but I think that day is so far away that they won't look like the movies we've come to love. So wouldn't worry about Godzilla reverting, per say. Tokusatsu is a dieing subgenre of film and television. The Japanese Godzilla and Gamera series are dead, both ended with box office flops. Other giant monster movies have either been less successful or marketed to a niche group. Very young children are the only ones that keep the genre alive with programing like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. Meanwhile, special effects director Koichi Kawakita has implemented school courses about the dieing art of tokustatsu and how to film them-- it's basically a last ditch effort to introduce the art to another generation or at least make sure it won't simply be forgotten. I think the latter scenario is more likely. It Toho ever produces another Godzilla movie it will be a long time from now. Right now they figure they can make money off Godzilla by letting other studios make the movies for them. They can't lose in such a position. They only have something to gain out of that-- whether or not the new movie is a flop. By the time Toho does make another one they'll probably use a very different method of bringing him to life and use an entirely different generation of filmmakers to do it. But again, I imagine that day is very, very far away.

crocodiles don't have gills yet they spent much more of their life in or under water than on land. i'm all for a story that digs into the nature of atomic mutation and maybe we could see the alleged monster island sequel being a kind of laboratory of genetic science. maybe Rodan could be a mixed from some strange Aztec bird combined with current DNA strains. creating several intersting variations. 3 headed space monsters could simply be 3 head monsters that nobody knows their origin of, they just turned up and wreaked havoc.

I think you might be overselling the "critical acclaim" for [i]The Amazing Spider-Man[/i] a little. Although it was reviewed okay, there are a lot of audiences that gave it the cold shoulder. Plus looking at boxoffice turn-outs isn't enough. Tickets were cheaper when the first few [i]Spider-Man[/i] movies came out. Did you know if you adjust for inflation, [i]The Amazing Spider-Man[/i] would've made around $120 million less than [i]Spider-Man 3[/i]? That's a massive audience drop and a lack of interest from potential movie goers which is why Sony was on the fence about a sequel. This doesn't mean [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i] will do poorly, I just don't think it will do much better than the last one-- which has been the trend for that franchise since the first movie in 2002. Now it's true it won't have to contend with [i]The Dark Knight Rises[/i] or [i]The Avengers[/i] next year, but then again neither will [i]Godzilla[/i]. As for the Oz movie, I'm not convinced. The last Oz movie (which was live action) didn't make its budget back domestically. Sure it did overseas, but it wasn't exactly a box office smash. I'm not sure if being animated will help matters either. More and more animated movies are tanking these days: [i]Turbo[/i], [i]Mars Needs Moms[/i], [i]Astroboy[/i] and [i]Rise of the Guardians[/i] highlight some of the worst boxoffice bombs in recent history. It seems like if an animated movie is going to be successful it needs to be a Pixar flick, an established Dreamworks Animation property or really lucky... Interesting side note on pending boxoffice guesses, SuperHeroHype.com recently ran a poll for what the most anticipated movies of 2014 were. Remember, this is website that primarily gets traffic from [u][b]fans of comic book superhero movies.[/b][/u] X-Men: Days of Future Past 35.1% Captain America: The Winter Soldier 18.4% Guardians of the Galaxy 14.8% The Amazing Spider-Man 9.2% Godzilla 6.2% The Hobbit: There and Back Again 4.2% Interstellar 3.5% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3% RoboCop 2.4% Transformers: Age of Extinction 2.2% 300: Rise of an Empire 1% Big Hero 0.2% Now because this is a website mostly visited by fans of DC and Marvel movies, it's natural that all the superhero movies would be at the top of the list. But the interesting part is that [i]Godzilla[/i] is the [u]top rated non-superhero movie[/u] on the poll. It even beat out [i]The Hobbit[/i] and [i]Transformers[/i]. Not bad on a site like that.

Oh... look at the picture, the gills are already on the neck..

To the comment above me, Dinosaurs nor any reptile for that matter cannot breathe underwater. They have to resurface at one point to replenish O2. Even sperm whales who dive to incredible depths need to resurface. If an animal is to live all it\'s life underwater in the abyssal zone, they require gills. I\'m a biology student. I hated the 98\' as much as every Godzilla fan. And don\'t worry, if they are going to realistically put gills on, it should be unnoticeable because gills are supposedly placed behind the jaw, hopefully, and not on the neck or behind the ears like Kevin Costner's in Waterworld.

Yes unfortunately Godzilla movie's have had bad story plots in general, but I think coming up with a good story for Godzilla is extremely hard, and something I want to see how Legendary does. Godzilla is like every superhero, without their everyday persona. This makes it so you have to focus on a human that isn't directly related to Godzilla for most of the movie until he shows up. This is extremely hard to do when the main selling point in the monster. It's like making a Batman movie but not having the Bruce Wayne character to substitute in when batman's not on screen. You basically have to pretend these side characters are important until the main guy comes in. Bryan Cranston said the upcoming movie is very character driven, but that means story wise it will either work really well and show a way that you can do a story with Godzilla, or it will fail and because it's so character driven be extremely boring for 90% of the film. On the bright side most of the reboots do fairly well story wise since it's the first time the monster appears so you can heavily focus on origins and backstory, and be about the main character Godzilla without him being on screen to keep you occupied but if there is a sequel it will be interesting to see how they work the storyline in.

@True American Godzilla "Realistically, Godzilla would need gills to survive in the water." No he doesn't, Godzilla never needed any gills before, so why now? Let's not forget that Godzilla is a dinosaur, and if you look back to his ancestors, there are a lot of types of dinosaurs that can breath underwater [b][i]WITHOUT THE USE OF GILLS!!![/i][/b] The underwater breathing mechanism is probably inside of Godzilla's nose, that's why he was able to stay down there for so long without any problems. Giving Godzilla gills is pretty much useless. BTW, those things you call "gills" on his neck aren't really gills, those are scales that HAPPENS to look like gills.

@DURP004 All excellent points, I hope you are right. But it's not so much the effects I'm worrying about with the old Toho films, for pete's sake the original 1954 Godzilla film can still hold up. But Toho hasn't been very good at story telling. Other than the Godzilla scenes where the guy beats the crap out of the monster the title says he's fighting, there isn't much there. The human parts are mere boring transitions between Godzilla scenes. In my opinion anyway. Godzilla Final Wars is a very prime example of that. That film was Toho's way of celebrating 50 years of Godzilla (their highest budgeted and most cinematic Godzilla film to date) and besides the first 5 minutes and final 30 the movie is a stinker.

You people are misunderstanding about the realism of Godzilla, some of it out of fear (which is understandable) that no one wants 1998 all over again. The realism of Godzilla is that: 1. He's [b][i]SYMBOLICALLY AND METAPHORICALLY[/i][/b] realistic, in terms of what he represents, which is #2. 2. Godzilla represents nuclear weapons, the original stood for that, and so will this one. He represents how much devastation a nuclear weapons can cause. 3. Godzilla also represents the destructive and unstoppable powers of nature, like a tornado, an earthquake, a volcanic eruption and a tsunami, and how he attacks is like how a natural disaster would. The power of nature is something that you cannot stop, and Godzilla represents that very well. 4. Last, but not least, like "Gojira", it asks the question "What [b][i]IF[/i][/b] Godzilla was real?", "How [b][i]DO[/i][/b] we deal with such a thing in real life?" All those things are what makes Godzilla realistic.

I don't think there's anything wrong with toho getting their rights back and doing their own movies, as chances are they wouldn't be released in the US theatrically like most of the movies. Basically what would happen best case scenario for me is this movie does well and gets as many sequels as possible, which will probably be a trilogy. Then toho gets their rights back and goes back to making their own movies for those of us that still want more. Granted a lot of the new fans wouldn't like it, but as they delve deeper into the character and watch the 28 movies that came out before this 1 and any sequels they'd hopefully realize this is just part of the character. Hopefully toho will adapt and upgrade but personally I don't see that much wrong with suit actors, and if your budget isn't ridiculously high like the mainstream hollywood movies the CGI you get looks worse anyway. The real problem I'd see with complaints in the voice over as no matter how well toho's done it in the past it's still blatantly obvious its dubbed.

Well to be fair being the lowest grossing spiderman isn't exactly a bad thing as the 3 prior movies did amazing at the box office, even breaking records. That and while that was a reboot this is a sequel and after good reviews from both fans and critics of the first movie I think it will do much better. That and the dark knight isn't coming out later in the month of its release. The wizard of oz hasn't had any real publicity yet, but from what I understand it is animated and unfortunately for Godzilla those are the other types of movies that are doing very well right now. It's also attached to the OZ name which will probably bring a decent crowd if only for that. I'm not sure about the disney movie as I wasn't interested enough in it to look it up besides the fact it was another movie coming out in the same month. From what I see though a lot of big names are being released in May, and unfortunately most have bigger names than Godzilla. We all know that name matters more than content unfortunately for a lot of people so even if it does okay those are all still titles that will take away potential profit that could have been made had it been released on another date.

I don't really care how realistic it is as long as it's a good movie. [i]The Dark Knight[/i] is probably one of the most realistic movies in the superhero genre, but it's fantastic. Likewise, [i]The Avengers[/i] isn't "realistic" at all, but it's a wonderful movie as well. It comes down to what works best, which I know is obvious, but a good movie is a good movie. And that's really what I care about the most.

As I read these, in some ways I can deal with it. For example the gills, I honestly won't mind that, it makes sense for Godzilla to live in Water for most of his life. However what I don't want to see is the gills being noticed constantly, even if they do an underwater scene. The Atomic Breath, in a way I like how it's put out, Godzilla has shown in previous films he is capable of using it underwater, but I fear it won't look anything iconic. With focusing on realism, they got to do it right, this is Toho's second chance of letting an American Film company handle their monster. So far, even with the trailer and the leaked image (shown at the top) I still think they're doing the right thing in handling him. Even if there happens to be minor mistakes, at this point it's already better than the '98 film just because by now it looks like Godzilla. But will it be more entertaining? That question can only be answered in time.

@Chris One thing I want to add, unfortunately, is Japan may not give [i]Godzilla[/i] a massive opening. One of the reasons Toho isn't making Godzilla movies anymore (maybe [i]the[/i] reason) is because there isn't a demand for giant monster movies anymore. The daikaiju genre is pretty much on life-support with Ultraman hanging on by a thread. Kamen Rider and Super Sentai (Power Rangers) are currently the most successful outlets in the genre. Daikaiju and the art of tokusatsu filmmaking is dieing and audiences don't have a desire to see it done in their country or others. For example, [i]Pacific Rim[/i] tanked hard in Japan. Again this could've been because of the poor advertising, but then again Japan's interest in giant monster movies have been on a decline since [i]Godzilla 2000[/i] was released in 1999: [i]Godzilla x Megaguirus[/i], [i]Gamera the Brave[/i] and [i]Godzilla Final Wars[/i] flopped badly at the Japanese box office. Meanwhile, [i]Godzilla 2000[/i] and [i]Godzilla: Tokyo SOS[/i] performed below Toho's expectations. I think the genre was rammed down the audience's throats through too many outlets for too many years. Although, I think China is a strong outlet. They seem to dig these giants taking on each other seeing as [i]Transformers: Dark of the Moon[/i] and [i]Pacific Rim[/i] did very well at the Chinese box office. But I hope I'm wrong. I'd like Godzilla to be a powerhouse in his home country again.