Godzilla's Second Brain..

That was a Plot McGuffin for the Heisei series.  So no, Edwards would not explore this in the next film.

Well, it was also used in Pacific Rim to explain why, despite their size, the Kaiju were able to reat and move so fluently. Plus, it makes sense. The larger you get, the longer it takes to get signals and energy and whatnot through your body. Larger animals rely on both bigger organs, as well as secondary sets of organs.

Whether or not it makes actual sense is irrelevant. However, as a pseudo-science explanation, I think it works. However, obviously, I don't want no stinky Humans exploiting it :P

I think Godzilla needs a Binary Vascular system more than a second brain...

this is an interesting question. i think it could work if you used correctly 

I wouldn't be surprised if the concept popped up again!  Godzilla's sacral "brain" (actually just a large cluster of nerves that acted as a go between that helped relay information from Godzilla's true brain to the lower half of his body) was pivotal in controling the kaiju's lower body functions, such as leg and tail movement.  Such a nerve cluster would surely be a result of Godzilla's mutation. 

The kaiju of Pacific Rim, which are grown by their Precurser creators, had similar organs in theor bodies.  Its an idea that Guillermo del Toro probably got from the Godzilla series, and although its been used before, it could very well become a plot point in an upcoming Legendary movie!  How they'd do it without simply rehashing plots from previous films... I'm sure of.

*not* sure of.

I never knew about this second brain idea, but it sounds pretty cool. I don't really think it matters if there are more second brains though.

also, did you get my PM Splatter?

Nha, this idea for the movie came from an old theory that dinosaurs had more than 1 brain to be able to move and such, this whas proven fake, and the things theey tougth where brains where only nervs, PS anguirus has 6 brains or so

anguirus has six brains? 0_0

Well since the only reason it was known he had a second brain was through tests done on Baby Godzilla, and the only reason Pacific Rim kaiju were known to have that was due to the various autopsies done on the dead ones to help figure them out, I don't think they'd give a fact since I doubt they'd ever capture him but maybe have a scientist speculate it as an obvious nod to heisei.

SPLATTER - Hmm, this is an extremely compelling question you've raised! On one hand, I believe the conecpt of a "second brain" is a tired and heavily-used notion that has been exploited througout monster movie history (and was reused in Pacific Rim with results that were, in my opinion, just so-so). On the other hand, however, the concept holds a certain novelty that, if utilized in the right fashion, could make for an eerie aspect to the king of the Monsters. Knowing a creature's physiology, but not quite understanding how it works, is a fantastic way to introduce uncertainty within a film. The concept of Edwards' Godzilla having a sacral brain could be neat if presented as a evolutionary adaptation never before seen in an organism.

    This was a very fun topic over which to puzzle! Thank you ever so much for presenting this to us! :)

Tired and heavily-used notion? Something Real, I don't know where you got that idea from, but I certainly can't recall a large number of entertainment mediums that utilized such a concept. If anything, it feels underused given how infrequent it's actually been in application throughout the giant monster genre.

If gareth is beeing realistic, it wouldn't make scence to use this idea that has been disprooven

JRR- He's not really trying to be "is this realistic?", more "how realistic can we make something that isn't realistic at all?" Like giant monsters, or atomic breath, or something that feeds on radiation and not substance.

I feel like if they did right, the second brain could work, but I just don't think it'd be a good idea at this time to add it.

THEGMAN123 - I ask only that you look back through movie history, starting with the mid 70's. Have a look around; you might see some things that you like! In many, let's say pseudo-scientific presentations that basically broke down into B-Movies, the concept of dinosaurs (and saurian-like creatures) have a "second brain" has been used quite a bit - especially within many that originated within the late 60's and 70's. You may trust me; I wouldn't intentionally steer you wrong. :)