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Maybe, but I don't really think he could survive Burning Godzilla (alive or dead), or even Godzilla Earth. But other than that, he seems pretty overpowered, and I actually agree.
@minecraftdinokaiju Thank you! I'm hoping to have another post by next week, with the movies beginning the week after that.
Looks awesome and epic! Can't wait for it! (Also, side note: I recently watched it and I actually thought Godzilla: City On the Edge of Battle was a good movie and was much better than Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.)
I had a question about that too, as well as the question of the monsters even drawing blood at all from each other.
Sound awesome. Can't wait for what is accomplished.
I think that if a crossover with the Pacific Rim universe happens it would be way better... And have Godzilla reappear in the future before the events of Pacific Rim and have a Godzilla and MechaGodzilla team up against some kaijus
I just hope it has better potential than the wings Keizer Ghidorah had.
First Hawaii, then Australia? Now I'm wondering where they'll film something else. This should become an activity if that's the case.
I really wished they did this again for this year, only that they would all be permanent additions this time around. Plus, this is what got me into the Toho Godzilla anyway, so really, this left a big impact on me, and it's sad to see that they're not doing it again.
That's really interesting, but I really wished they had an official name so that they would no longer be mixed with an acronym.
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The first and best, IMHO. Sakai is an excellent sculptor. He's done fantastic work, and this is no different. I loved his concept maquette for G 2000. It was much better than the finished suit design they ended up going with.
I hope we get to see it in action. Looks Awesome! Just do a promo video and have him trash Tokyo and survive the oxygen destroyer without a scratch like in Megaguirus. I volunteer to wear that beautiful suit and trash the town. Just let's have a actual miniature city to stomp instead of a empty sound stage with a city around it. I wanna see Godzilla break some shit!
From a VS debate perspective, the anime trilogy has been pretty nice because it satisfies the "big numbers beats smaller numbers" craving :P
I'm going to watch it anyways because i'm running out of things on Netflix to watch.
I'm sorry... but this looks like crap.
I thought the second movie was crap... and the first one barely appealed to this Godzilla fan.
I'm disappointed with this series because it is so riddled with crap story lines.
Not my cup O' tea.
Alduinghidorah
Hey, I also came up with Ghidorah Void! Also Void Ghidorah!
I guess great minds think alike. Or maybe uncreative minds :P
Looks like Ghidorah will have an actual body after all. Good. Can't wait to see Godzilla Earth fight King Ghidorah...he needs a new name. Like how Godzilla is Godzilla Earth. I think we should call this incarnation King Ghidorah Void. Who's with me?
Dang it... I missed it. I hope it's cool.
@Dopepope, your renders are phenomenal. The Heisei Godzilla is my favorite so far.
King Ghidorah seems to have large and very flight-y wings compared to his usual incarnations, at least based on the first trailer; these things look like they could ACTUALLY flap and lift him up.
Not to mention that he has immense control over electricity and storm-bound clouds that follow him at his whim; those probably help, too.
He better fly. Kind of defeats the purpose of the wings. Like Keiser Ghidorah... Yuck.
I missed this last year. Would love to see it happen again, even if I am slowly completing my collection and most likely will have all of them already!
I've read no news of such happening recently. Even if it were going to I doubt Hulu secured the rights to different films--Especially with Filmstruck having most of the Showa series.
That image of the 1998 abortion next to the original only serves as a reminder of how much better every design is to that. I'm glad its been rebranded, but the best thing would be for it to never appear again.
If you changed the of a monster design too much, Like Zilla(I like the monster as its own), Anime Mechagodzilla(Just like Zilla, I like the design as its own thing but not as Mechagodzilla), and Anime King Ghidorah(pretty is much space golden noodle thing).
I'm partial to the theropod body design myself, being a long time Jurassic Park fan. However G-2014 is my favorite godzilla design then its G-1998
Change/evolution just happens over time. Note the origional Godzilla tail vs the 1998 version when research figured dinosaurs didn't drag their tails around.
OG Godzilla:
1998 Godzilla:
Both look really good.
To the OP, it is an interesting question. For Godzilla, I don't mind changes in appearance or abilities as long as Godzilla stays pretty true to what she started out as- G. H. (Gman) stated it better. Godzilla has been around for at least half a century and doesn't seem to show signs of dying out.
I know 1998 got a lot of hate, but I liked it anyway- Godzilla was still a respectable creature. Even Americanized, the movie still showed that Godzilla was good and people sucked. It was a decent stand alone movie but that's about it.
I wouldn’t judge the anime King Ghidorah design just yet. It’s best to see it in action before you judge but I do see your point. Here is a bit of an experiment choose any character and put it in another form like a Chibi for example, they can still recognize it as that character. Now imagine the Anime King Ghidorah or Anime Mechagodzilla in Chibi form. You cant really recognize it due to it being drastically different from what we’ve seen.
Update. The reason why i'm calling the MUTOs parastioid is because MUTO isn't their proper name since it only means Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism.
• "this universe is as believable as a 100m tall lizard with atomic breath, a 30m humanoid ape, a godlike moth and a 3 headed dragon (possibly from SPACE)." You're focusing in the wrong aspect. It's not about what exists in this world, it's how do you present them in a plausible manner that can be acceptable for the general audience. Just remember, selling kaiju to them is already hard enough as it is. You can make Godzilla believable with the scientific and mythological approach the MonsterVerse is taking. I repeat, it's not about the monsters themselves, it's how you present them.
• "bioengineering fits in with the overall tone of the monsterverse." No, it's the meeting between science and mythology that is the overall tone of the MonsterVerse, bioengineering has not once ever been mentioned nor introduced.
• "a reboot should improve a character and its story, should make it more timeless and make it fit in its new universe. just simplifying a character for a reboot is the exact opposite of what you are supposed to do with a classic character." But you can't always introduce them the exact same way in every iteration all the time, you're gonna have to find a way to re-introduce them differently at some point, even if it means amputating once in a while. Kong was re-introduced differently before and no one bat an eye, King Ghidorah changes origins all the time and nobody goes on an outcry, why shouldn't Biollante?
• "this is sci-fi, it is not meant to be fully realistic and believable." You don't have to tell me that, but I'm speaking for the general audience, the normal people who has a hard time getting into Godzilla as it is. Here's one thing you need to understand: the Heisei series got away with the stuff it did because it embraced the more out there elements of science fiction, that was their tone from the start (Super-X comes to mind), but the MonsterVerse hasn't and is more about what it's like if these monsters existed in our world. How can you get away with these ideas in a world that has a different tone and setting? Marvel can get away with it because that was their tone from the start. People accepted Rocket and Groot more because alien elements were slowly implemented since Phase 1, and they're characters that can easily be humanized. Kaiju don't have that luxury.
• "saying stuff like "these bullshit ideas" about just someone's opinion is not very nice to someone who has put hard work and research in something." You're right, it may not sound nice, but I did gave a heads up that I was gonna be brutally honest, you wanted an honest opinion and that's what I gave. If a pitch sounds terrible, it's terrible, I don't mean to offend anyone, but I'm not gonna sugar coat it either.
You know what else is acceptable/unacceptable: drastically changing the character's designs. What makes a character's design so unique and iconic is when people are able to instantly recognize it from their silhouette, everything else is just cosmetic. Cosmetic changes are fine, but if you change it to a point where it is unrecognizable, then you've reached a point where it is unacceptable, that's where Zilla failed, that's where the 2005 Kong design failed (link), and that's where the anime MechaGodzilla and King Ghidorah failed.
And this is where Hollywood succeeded lately: it gives the characters a much needed updated cosmetic, but they still retain their classic shapes. I explain these in my links.
@TheGMan123,
I don't think the way Godzilla is portrayed has anything to do with the negative reaction to the anime trilogy. That's another topic entirely.
TheGMan123 I think you forgot durability.
I think that as long as you keep the shape, atomic breath, power, and durability of Godzilla (and have the setting and squandered potential be executed greatly and efficiently), it can work out great. But as soon as one of these is changed, forgotten, removed, or executed poorly, then it becomes a problem. But that's just me
