BREAKING: Godzilla and Kong battle atop aircraft carrier in leaked Godzilla vs. Kong footage!

You guys know what this means? The Cinema Expo leak from Russia WAS RIGHT. Ghidorah in chains is coming!

WE HAVE FOOTAGE, FOLKS! WE HAVE FOOTAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!

TheGMan123 "Ghidorah in chains is coming!"

...aw snap, you may be right. Keeping my fingers crossed that that isn't a thing...

JurassicKaiju14 Unless maybe this new Ghidorah is a weaker clone that's not at the full strength of his predecessor? I dunno, I kinda hope it's somebody new that they have to face...

If King Ghidorah in chains is a thing I quit. Just going to focus on Ultraman and the older movies until something better comes along.

G. H. (Gman) Keeping my fingers crossed that that was a lie on the leaker's part, but if it is true, then well...I've seen stupider ideas. Doesn't mean it won't be weird at the very least, but still, I'm not gonna let it get to me too much.

We don't know the exact context for Ghidorah in chains. It could be as simple as Kevin is revived and put in chains.

Anyways, I think the G-fandom needed this little leak. The announcement of the delay hit like a damn bunker buster, but having this little snippet is sure to make fans feel a bit better.

Geez! What type of aircraft needs a carrier that big?!? 

Antoniozilla Something like the USS Argo from KOTM, perhaps?

TheGMan123, "We don't know the exact context for Ghidorah in chains. It could be as simple as Kevin is revived and put in chains."

Perhaps. And as I said above, it could just be that this new Ghidorah is weaker than the last one, and is thus easier to contain.

That’s not how physics work. Hopefully the other leaks aren’t true. Also hope that this is the only really dumb scene.

... It's so awesome but... how is that aircraft carrier supporting the weight of both of them? Also, that leak can't be true because they said Kong was three quarters of the size of Godzilla, and as you can see here, they seem to be at about similar sizes.

Titan of Water

Physics don't work like this either, and yet we let this one slide:

And yes, that pun was 100% intentional. I'm kind of cruel that way.

But yeah, I can let this one slide, but I hope some of the more outlandish sounding leaks aren't true.

JurassicKaiju14

... Why would you hurt me like this? XD

But yeah, I just hope they give some explanation so that this scene holds up.

Yes, I am just as cruel but with half the wit XD

I just feel this movie needs to be really good to succeed. The late Showa Era has more of an excuse cause they had really good films before they started becoming less focused on good writing. But the Monsterverse is still in it’s young stage, and I feel it needs to really succeed before it can survive with mediocre writing.

It could be a new super boat, ala, Gotengo. It could be a boat washed ashore they're crunching on. It could just be the port. We don't know the context yet.

But seeing how the Monsterverse is all about that fan service now, I'm hoping it's the return of the most durable superstructure in the entire franchise!

TheLazyFish At a second glance, it kind of looks like Godzilla still has one foot in the water. Maybe the ship's listing to the side under his weight and Kong only looks bigger because he (and pardon the Star Wars reference) has the higher ground?

Titan of Water True. Although as much as I would like the MonsterVerse to continue, I also wouldn't be too bothered if it ended with GvK.

That doesn't mean that I'll excuse a bad movie, though...

Titan of Water

Yeah, after they wasted the oxygen destroyer and Burning Godzilla in KOTM... they really need to write GVK well. I loved KOTM, but... if this series is to survive, they need to do GVK really well

JurassicKaiju14

Probably, but I still don't think he'll be 3/4 of the size when Godzilla completely gets on.

G. H. (Gman) 2204: Where they really don't make 'em like they used to. xD

TheLazyFish I dunno, I don't feel Burning Godzilla was wasted. If anything, I think the Chen sisters being the Shobijin of the MonsterVerse was an even bigger waste. And at least the Oxygen Destroyer actually had a part in the narrative.

@Jurassickaiju14 it was an elegant ship from a more civilized age.

@JurassicKaiju14 I mostly agree with your statement to lazy btw

I'm sorry that I'm late to this but it looks awesome, first of all. But second, there was a thing where Ghidorah was in chains?

MinecraftDinoKaiju There was a leak a while back that said, among other things (one of those things being that Godzilla and Kong would fight atop an aircraft carrier like they do in the footage), that there would be a scene of a new Ghidorah chained up in a cave like the dragon from The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad or something.

Given that it's supposed to be Ghidorah of all creatures, I think you can guess where our concerns lie.

That is one well made aircraft carrier if it can support two fully grown monsters fighting on it. I'm really excited now. Hopefully we'll get a trailer soon.

TheLazyFish "I just hope they give some explanation so that this scene holds up."

I am such an idiot. I only got your little joke just now.

I like how this brief clip also showed a great comparison of how big Kong is in relation to Godzilla. The original leak said he was maybe around a head shorter than Godzilla, which is showcased well here.

Godzilla is straightening up, while Kong is tiptoeing a bit as he prepares to punch Godzilla. So where would this put Kong's height? Maybe about 320-350 feet tall?

TheGMan123 Godzilla's about 390-400 feet tall at this point, so that sounds about right.

Well, I'm excited! Also yes, Godzilla is clearly straightening up, look at where his knee would be and the water falling off the base of his tail onto the carrier.

ALTERNATE THEORY: The two are on opposite sides of the boat, Godzilla is setting one foot onto it, and Kong will leap over it to deliver the punch. Kong only looks as tall as Goji due to perspective.

JurassicKaiju14

I mean, Burning Godzilla is basically Godzilla's ultimate form, and it has such weight to the name. ESPECIALLY when he died because of that form. But they used it in the SECOND movie. Look, I don't have a problem with them changing the form from it's original intentions, but I do have a problem they used it already. You know why? Because A. He had to use it against GHIDORAH, so god help him WHEN he fights something stronger and B. Since if the studios want to keep the fans interested, they have to raise the stakes with each film. Like how in Avengers they originally had to save the world, but in Endgame they had to save the WHOLE Universe, and now there's talks of them having to save the MULTIverse. People want to see NEW and more EXCITING stuff every film, and the best way to do that is to raise the stakes in every film. Hell, you can kinda even see that in the Heisei era. However, when you use Godzilla's most powerful form in the second movie, every creature afterwards is going to have to exceed Ghidorah's strength, or match Burning's strength if they want to keep things interesting. So then, they need to either REALLY supe up Godzilla, bring in Burning EVERY movie, or have the movies be less interesting to the main stream since the stakes would have gone down hill. Now, people are going to expect creatures stronger than Ghidorah, and if Godzilla could only beat Ghidorah with his Burning form... then things aren't going to look very well for Godzilla unless he can achieve his Burning form every movie, which is uninteresting and low stakes as hell. The writers kinda screwed themselves over. Think how everyone was pissed that they used Superman's death in the second movie to have Superman. Unlike in the comics, where it was a HUGE deal and everyone thought he's dead, everyone knew Supes was coming back because it was the second movie. Even if they didn't know he was coming back, they didn't have enough time to be attached to the character to worry about him, and now the stakes have to be raised every film to the point of SUPERMAN'S DEATH. In KOTM, it's similar. We don't get to feel how much more powerful Burning Godzilla is because he's only on screen for 2 minutes at the end of the second movie. Hell, we don't even have a great feel for Godzilla's strength normally, let alone BURNING Godzilla. And now that there have to be creatures WORSE than Ghidorah, it's not going to end well for Godzilla because he could barely handle Ghidorah.

I guess I can understand where you're coming from. Still love that scene, though, and I don't feel it was wasted. But I do understand where you're coming from.

And I'll freely admit, if I was writing the MonsterVerse, I would have saved Ghidorah for, like, the last movie in the series.

Although...there was something I saw a while back that kind of stuck out to me. Ghidorah can regenerate his body like a mythological hydra, right? From what I remember, the best way to kill a hydra is to burn it. Given the MonsterVerse's penchant for tying it's creatures back to ancient myths, I can't help but wonder if that's what they were trying to go for.

But whatever. I think we're drifting. Big dinosaur fights big monkey on a big boat. Let's talk about that. :)

And besides, the MonsterVerse probably isn't going to last that long anyway. I'm pretty sure the original plan only went up to Godzilla vs Kong.

Friendly reminder that it took a nuke and Mothra sacrificing herself to instigate Burning mode in the MV. Mothra's dead and nukes aren't safe aboveground, so the stakes can still be real with smaller threats because Godzilla doesn't have his ace-in-the-hole to solve the problem. Also Ghidorah isn't as much of an invincible entity as we all like to think, he's had his twin tails handed to him every time he shows up, often twice in the same movie. Him showing up in the third installment isn't too far off from the Showa and Heisei series.

But yes, let's talk more about the clip at hand, I'd much rather do that. :P For example: his face looks a lot better here than the poster, the beard really seems to fit with the new design and the mouth doesn't seem as odd.

Friendly reminder that it took a nuke and Mothra sacrificing herself to instigate Burning mode in the MV

Some people believe the former, others believe the latter. The film doesn’t really clarify on the matter.

It never seemed too unclear to me, but that's neither here nor there, I accounted for that in my explanation. Point being, the circumstances surrounding Burning Godzilla mode were unique and replicating them every movie would be ridiculous, so in my opinion the stakes can still be real without it.

If it were clear, only one of the instances would be accounted for; rather, both are intermixed. However, the fault does lie with the film’s lack of explanation.

As for the news, Kong’s looking good. I hope he is victorious against Godzilla.

The Hooded Figure Eh, to each his own. I'm personally rooting for Godzilla, but I hope that the two can come to respect each other as worthy opponents and fellow Alphas by the end.

Personally the way I see it, there's no outcome that won't tick off a large portion of the fanbase. Either Kong wins and people get mad he won, Godzilla wins and people get mad he won, or they respect each other and people get mad they didn't have a definitive winner. So I'm planning on just sitting back and enjoying that this is happening in the first place, and letting whatever the outcome is be what it is, no sides for me.

Gomi: Ninja Monster Or Warner Bros. decides to be really bold and kill both of them off.

But it's been stated multiple times that there will be a definitive winner, so it likely won't be that or a tie.