Will the Kaiju Genre ever grow to become as popular as the Superhero Genre?

Jack Capellini

I think it could be if done well and in the right way. But I find it unlikely. 

That being said. Monsterverse isn’t really mainstream, many people who have seen GvK haven’t seen any other movie in the series. 

I feel Godzilla shouldn’t be served as an equalivalent to Marvel, like Monsterverse has done. That’s one of the reasons I think G14 did well.

I don't know if "popular" is the right word since Godzilla himself certainly exceeds popularity beyond say, Shang-Chi, based on longevity and pop cultural significance. Will the kaiju genre ever be as mainstream as superhero movies? I don't see it happening and that's perfectly okay. I actually prefer the genre being something tighter and smaller that is for the proverbial "cool kids" club.

A lot of what makes the genre unique is its Japanese inspired roots--Meaning the special effects, the Japanese cultural influences, etc. I for one didn't get into the genre because of western effects and mentalities. I got into it because it did look so foreign and unique. Whenever we try to Hollywood-ize this stuff it doesn't quite hit the same. Even in cases where it's extraordinarily well made, like Pacific Rim, there's a western mandate looming over it that has clearly not appealed to either myself and clearly not huge swaths of general audiences.

I think the best mentality is to stop worrying and let the kaiju sub-genre be the entity it is. It doesn't have to be "MCU popular" and honestly I'm very happy with that. It's something else entirely for a different audience.

Things don't have to be MCU popular, but maybe the MonsterVerse should stop bringing people that should be in the MCU in THEIR universe (examples: Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Wantanabe, etc.)

As someone who, for a good chunk of my life, was constantly bullied and viewed as an "outcast" because of my love of monster movies like Godzilla and King Kong, I would LOVE to see the kaiju/giant monster genre be as popular as superhero movies. Sadly, though I don't see it happening anytime soon. :(

i dought

i'm just happy that i'm in the cool kids club

but yeah now i'm sad-

none of my irl friends get my references

Kattozilla

Make them get the references

i do have one friend who i got into the franchise

it was interesting

once when it was raining really hard out i opened my window aand yelled:

"What is this, typhoon 13!?" 

i bet even you wont get that reference.

*8-year-old me was such an idiot*

monsterzero9

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