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good stuff. I watched the first episode.. I did not hate it.. but I was not all that impressed. It was ok.. and I'm hoping part two will be better.
Indeed, never short of epic.
Score and reviews for Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters has been added.
Matt Frank is as impressive as ever.
^Agreed, though I don't think we'll ever get Giacchino. He's too big and too expensive. Brian Tyler would be a bit more in Legendary's range and he's easily one of my top favorite composers right now.
But looking at Dougherty's track record, I'm betting we'll get Douglas Pipes.
Micheal Giachinno, I also wouldn't mind Brian Tyler.
^Or someone evolved from humans.
Did anyone else notice that the aboriginal's hair (her bangs) resembles a leaf? I assume that is intentional and that s she is not simply a surviving human.
I would just have Godzilla 3 be set in the far away future(50-100 years later).
I'd say the best way to introduce Mechagodzilla is to not have him be an Earth creation. Or at least not entirely of Earth.
Based on what promotional material we've seen thus far for the next major installment of the Monsterverse, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, it seems as though this film is an attempt to branch out from the "prehistoric giants of Earth long past". We even saw some of this branching out with Kong: Skull Island and its supplementary material.
With the Kong example, we have the Iwi, their rituals, and the particularly strange wildlife seen and discussed in the fluff. And with the third installment into the Monsterverse, we have Mothra, whom has a lot of mysticism being attached to her, and King Ghidorah, a being whom has hints towards non-terrestrial origins. That last one is key, here.
Based on what has been displayed by Humanity thus far in the Monsterverse, a giant mech is out of the question for the time being. To introduce one so soon is a major tonal and lore-based dissonance. However, if King Ghidorah can be smoothly introduced as an alien organism, we have some more to work with. The three-headed dragon could serve as a gateway for more outlandish sci-fi concepts and ideas to be introduced, INCLUDING more general aliens.
And with aliens, we can get all sorts of things: alien mechanical engineering and alien materials science. Perhaps start to seed in the idea of intelligent aliens, and then create fictional materials and/or building techniques not of Earth that would speed up the process of actually creating a functional giant mech. In fact, let's combine the OP's idea with mine. By combining unearthed alien materials and engineering knowledge with the structural support and biological data obtained on the Godzilla species, Humanity could potentially create a Mechagodzilla if given a decent amount of years of R&D.
I've never been too worried about the "how" necessarily. If Toho and Legendary want MechaGodzilla featured in the MonsterVerse, he'll be featured in the MonsterVerse and that's that. It's less about plausibility and more about what sells.
Keep'em coming everyone. The turn-out has been solid, but I still need more.
Saw it today. Pretty good movie, especially the end.
Thing was that the shield doesn't collapse under normal circumstances, and they had to attune their tactics to take advantage of the breaks.
They also needed to damage the amplifying organ and then implant E.M.P. devices before it could fully regenerate to basically make his electromagnetic field implode on itself and take him out.
Much like in Shin Godzilla, this Godzilla, known as "Godzilla Filius" required careful planning, tactics, research, and a bit of improvisation. "Godzilla Earth", the original, seems to have demonstrated a wider array of powers that have been amped up from before when he was only 50 meters tall.
I understood the shield concept well enough, I just thought it was maybe a little too convenient the way it worked. All they had to do was disrupt the shield, and then they could blow him up. It wasn't a problem for me, it just kinda reminded me of humans trying to blow up an alien spaceship. I do love the concept though, as opposed to Godzilla's skin just being super duper strong.
Also, I think we're meant to imply that the OG Godzilla wasn't dormant the entire 20,000 years, but went through cycles of dormancy. I don't think the OG is INvulnerable, just that the humans had such a hard time with the smaller Godzilla and have already lost a ton of equipment and stuff, so taking down the OG seems impossible.
As for the OG laying dormant right where the small one died and waking up, they did say that Godzilla was known to frequent that area, so I guess he never went very far. The explosion of the smaller Godzilla seemed to me a big enough disturbance to wake the OG.
O M G... Why he gotta say stuff like that? I'm already hyped, and it's over a year away!
Something someone on another forum site pointed out, but if you look closely, that tribal-looking girl's hair over her forehead is styled almost like antennae...... like that of a moth. As well, her body paint pattern is similar to that of the natives of Birth Island in various Mothra continuities.
It's a stretch, but it's possible that Mothra might become involved in the trilogy in some capacity.
Does anyone know the lyrics to the Godzilla Island theme song? I think I know the Kaiju mentioned and want to see if I'm right. I think the monsters mentioned are Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Battra, King Ghidorah, Hedorah, Ebriah, Megalon, MechaGodzilla, Moguera, Manda, Gigan, Anguirus, Gabara, Baragon? (not sure on that one) and SpaceGodzilla. Am I right?
Maybe the smaller Godzilla was heading towards the OG in order to become part of OG's herd or something. I know they mentioned that Godzilla doesn't travel around in herds but they knew very little of Godzilla and his characteristics. Im not surethe OG was dormant for all of the 20,000 years, but im sure he laid dormant for several of them as the film suggests.
This is a survival story for humanity. yes everything the survivors worked for basically was cut down, but there are still about 3400 more humans floating around in the space wondering what is going on earth. Plus who knows how many "Natives" on Earth there are and how intelligent they are in relation with Godzilla. Are they part Godzilla in some way? like the servum?
The sadness and darkness he portrays as Hayashida in 84 has always stuck with me. His portrayal in that film really carries this tone left from 54 and help make 84 one of the best entries in the whole series in my opinion. Since 84 was the first Godzilla movie I saw as a young child, the characters always stuck with me and helped me become such a die hard G fan.
RIP
Got it- thanks for the reminder!
Too bad that this fight won't be as epic as that of Oshea's father (Ice Cube) and the rest of NWA....
Can’t wait to see it in action.
I'm a rebel so I have restraint.
^Hell yeah! Their isn't anything that restrain us giant monster fans just as there isn't anything that can restrain giant monsters (for long).
^I did! I typed "Let them fight" in my post, so I technically said it!
When it comes to giant monsters, I have no restraint. :)
^I'm doing just the opposite. I'll be saying "Let Them Fight" all the way through Godzilla vs Kong. But as someone who does not have it, I do admire your restraint.
Can't wait, this is my most hyped movie in a while
I really want to say, "... let them fight." But I won't.
Do you admire my restraint?
;)
Something of note is that Godzilla is an anomaly even among the other giant monsters that appeared.
Almost all others were either mutations of known organism families or displayed relatively simple biological quirks that could be circumvented with enough force.
Godzilla was different. Everything about him, from his method of reproduction to his various strange abilities, was completely different, which was reflected in how he destroyed EVERYTHING. Humans AND other monsters. His abilities seem tailored toward being as unbeatable as possible by any conventional means. For example, the shield he produces absorbs massive amounts of damage, and he can regenerate tissue instantly even with the shield down, effectively meaning no conventional weapon can harm him.
He is the apex of evolution, showing just how little Humanity matters in the grand scheme of things. This is compounded by the fact that the Exif, Metphies specifically, have noted that similar creatures have destroyed civilizations across the universe, and how his wrath is very much representative of their God's wrath.
And so....... the teasing has begun.
I am interested to see if the native we see at the end (and around the 40 minute mark watching the scout team in the woods) has more in the book. I am interested to hear of their legends about the world they have lived on for so long.
If you can, I would mark this topic with SPOILER.
I am also going to talk SPOILERS!
I am almost positive the shield thing wasn't a reference to The Giant Claw, but that film had a very similar thing and I found that neat.
It also gave something for the humans and aliens to work together on to defeat, which is always good for a story.
I also like how they left things undefined in the end. That way we can all come up with some interesting things. A simple idea could be that the planet is now basically a production plant (pun intended) of world destroying monsters. It has enough biological material on the planet and atmosphere to make a new destroyer (a Godzilla) if one is ever destroyed.
I really enjoyed the role he played in 84'. RIP my good sir.
Not even a month into 2018 and sadly we've already lost the first veteran of the series this year. Natsuki didn't make quite as many appearances in the series as some of his contemporaries, but he played very strong leading roles in both Dogora and Ghidorah that still remain among my favorite human characters. His role as Hayashida in The Return of Godzilla, while not the main character, really stole the show from the other human characters in my opinion. Natsuki played the role with a great deal of dignity and class, and the film is worth watching just for his terrific performance. Definitely one of the most memorable roles from the Heisei series onward.
I was struck by how in an interview, Natsuki mentioned that had he known the role of Hayashida was originally intended for Akihiko Hirata at the time, he never would have accepted the role because he couldn't hope to live up to an actor like him. I'm sure Hirata would have been proud of Natsuki's portrayal of the character.
As always, it's sad to see an iconic face of the Godzilla franchise pass away, but like Yoshio Tsuchiya and Haruo Nakajima, Natsuki left behind a legacy through his work that will be remembered by fans for a long time. My thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and family as well.
The King of the Monsters,
Looking forward to your analysis on the novel.
