godzilla 2014 birth time and explanation on why he has gills

1. gareth edwards has confirmed that this movie is neither connected or follows up of the Original movie. it is it's own movie, it has no connection to any other godzilla movie, it will have easter eggs and references but thats about it

2. how many times are you guys gonna talk about the gills, this is like the 100th topic about the 'gills', yamane is not in this film's universe, dr serizawa last name is ONLY a homage to the original by last name, the full name of the ORIGINAL serizawa was Daisuke Serizawa, the new serizawa's full name is Ichiro Serizawa.

i like how you try to explain that the gills are the only way for godzilla to be a semi aquatic animal, but this isn't nessesry becuase so many people have tryed to explain it as well, the gills are probably only used to give godzilla a more realistic APPEARNCE.

Well, while some of that is sound, its not really a good explanation. If I may, Id like to insert this. You are partially correct about the Precambrian, except for the fact that there were very large and very deep oceans in that era. In fact, most life on Earth got its start in those oceans. But you are correct on the part about Godzilla not being from that era. Thats because in order for a creature of his mass to have existed, he would've started millions of years before that, so unless Godzilla formed with the Earth, it wouldn't be possible.

A more accurate time period for him to have originated in would be between the Mesozoic (Time of the Dinosaurs) and the Cenozoic (Time of the Mammals, our era.) Both of which are part of the greater Era, known as the Phanerozoic. In this great time span, consisting of 3 seperate eras, (the first being the Paleozoic, predating the Meso and Cenozoic eras) his species would have had enough time to evolve to the point where certain events over the Phanerzoic time frame would push him into what we know him to be today.

My growing theory has been that, his species of animal (we'll say Godzillasaur, just to please other fans of old) was one of several massive creatures that dominated the earth in the late Cretacious. At first they would have been around the size, (or bigger) than the largest Sauropods on land. Imagine a Giganotasaurus that was taller and heavier than an Argentinasaurus, and you'll get the image. Due to them having amphibious abilities, (which I would go to say work similar to a whales, being able to hold their breathe for very long periods of time, sorry gill fans) gave them a much greater chance at surviving the several extinctions that happened over the 3 time periods. Especially one great extinction in particular.

We all know that roughly 65 million years ago, the greatest exctinction on record occurd when 1 or possibly even more giant meteors struck the Earth. As they have done before, the Godzillasaurs escaped doom by hiding out in the oceans, (possibly even hiding in deep and ancient magma caverns beneath the sea), until a time came when they could resurrface and walk the land again. When they came out of hiding, the Earth was still chocked full of heavy radiation, brought by the meteor(s). Being a very resiliant species, the Godzillasaurs began to absorb and grow from the radiation. Whether it be from feeding on the fallen and radiated corpses of dinosaurs, or swimming in nuked waters, they took it into their systems.

Unfortunately, this also led to a food shortage. They kept growing, but their food suply diminished. Unable to sustain themselves, these now rightfully huge Kaiju began fighting amongst themselves, killing eachother to survive. When the dust finally settled at the beginning of the Cenozoic (Dawn of the Mammals), only a few remained. While a couple went into a state of deep hibernation (Godzilla and perhaps another of his kind) the others died off of either old age or starvation.

Bring us to the 1950's, when Humans, now the "dominant" species of Earth, have created great weapons of mass destruction, holding enough radiation to match that of the Great Mesozoic Extinction. After letting a couple off, one of the surviving beasts comes out of his hibernation. He lets us know we are here, we try to nuke him as well, but it doesn't go properly. Instead, as his species did before, he absorbs the new, more potent modern radiation and becomes the King of the Monsters as we know him today, (or will know him in May).

Anyways, thats my 2 cents on the matter.

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still though gareth did say that his favorite film is the 1954 film and seeing the original one again for the 100th time also i am suggesting that godzilla in the original film was also an already exsisting creature just like gareth is going for with this one :)

well yeh i suppose. altough i'd prefer the godzilla in the new movie to be the last of his kind, or seem to be the last of his kind, as it adss both mystery of his species and gives this godzilla some tragedy.

well needless to say more of this will be revealed soon most likly in the godzilla awakening graphic novel which of course i will be getting soon ;)

I'm more inclined to believe that the modern-day Godzilla (for the new film's canon) was the result of a very divergent evolutionary line following the end of the late Triassic and/or early Jurassic, whereby whichever species had been the missing link between water-dwelling and fully-terrestrial creatures, likely a convergent evolutionary line to eventual plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, would have been more successful in navigating and surviving nuclear radiation pools, which would allow the species, over a VERY long time, to naturally mutate and evolve alongside the radiation, eventually surpassing their natural biological restraints to become creatures that spat in the face of doubting physics.

This would allow the species to more easily suvive the many millenia following the KT-event 65 million years ago, living onwards into the cenozoic era. However, competition with other similarly evolved species, including the as-of-yet unknown "MUTO" creature, would eventually reduce the populations of all of these species down to extremely powerful, but very few in number, individuals whom would eventually be known as "Kaiju", the living embodiement of "gods".

I thought people cleared up a long time ago that those weren't gills Godzilla had. It's just the plating of his skin makes it look like that.

Very true. I preordered mine 3 weeks ago. I know it hasnt shipped yet but I keep getting excited about it so Im always checking my Amazaon orders to see if its coming yet! lol

BuIm the same way with the movie tickets. I keep checking all of the sites that sell tickets for Imax theatres in my area, (mainly the Harkins website) to see when theyll be ready. The Imax I will be seeing at told me that they will start preorders roughly 4 weeks before it premiers.

Holy paragraphs!

One of the first problems with this theory is that this isn't Godzilla 1954. This is its own film with its own lore and history. You cannot compare or link two films that do not have any direct connection. To do so is a folly and nullifies any logic or evidence you present.

As far as the gills, it's understandable why he has them. To breath underwater, he HAS to have them. No creature on earth has ever truly breathed underwater without the use of some form of internal or external gills. Anyone who says otherwise knows absolutely nothing about the laws of nature.

It's nice to see you enthusiastic about trying to figure this out BIGBADBEN, but you cannot make these kinds of connections between two films that have no direct link such as these.

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thanks for appreciating my theories on this godzilla film, but hey what do i know right? I mean i am just a fool when it comes this site.