General Godzilla Discussion

[1000TonsofFun]

Also am I the only guy annoyed by how dark everything is in KOTM? Like legendary, pls learn how to light your goddamn monsters properly pls, half the time I could barely what's going on

I’m completely fine with night time fights and GVK’s final battle made me appreciate them a lot more. Plus it’s not the first Godzilla film to be set in the middle of the night. And I can still see it unlike another American Godzilla movie (which wasn’t made in the 2010s)

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

I mean it's fine for me, but it's important for your audience to actually be able to see the main focus

 

[1000TonsofFun]

I mean it's fine for me, but it's important for your audience to actually be able to see the main focus

True. I would say that a lot of could see it fine though.

 

[1000TonsofFun]

TSOS was kinda sad true, but KOTM she was killed for:

• Just transform into a power up for Godzilla
• Being a tradition that Mothra has to die almost every time
• Fanservice for Burning Godzilla

I think it’s sad though due to seeing Goji crying out in pain as though Mothra’s death harmed him and pained him.

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Well the MonsterVerse continuity seems to imply that Mothra has been Godzilla's guardian angel and possibly the closet of being a friend to Godzilla so I'd imagine that he's been crying out in pain after her sacrifice

 

[TyranoDoom30]

Not gonna lie with ya all, but i'm not a big fan of the KOTM Ghidorah design, i was expecting something super awesome and original and creative as well, what i got was a generic western dragon. now, the body was cool, but the head design just kinda ruins it, it's like if they put on all of their effort on the body and went 100% bored with the head, it's essentially a generic western dragon head

i've found some concept art of Ghidorah, and honestly it looks miles better than the final result:

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

That does look way more badass ngl, though I don't mind KoTM Ghidorah's design

 

[KieranH10]

While I do personally love MonsterVerse Ghidorah's design (Who am I kidding, it's Ghidorah, it could have been anything and I'd have loved it). I do wish they'd gone a little more alien with it.

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Speaking of Ghidorah, am I the only one who finds Showa Ghidorah's design to be a little goofy looking?

Like it's pretty good all things considering, but the hair or fur I feel looks silly on his head

 

[1000TonsofFun]

Not gonna lie with ya all, but i'm not a big fan of the KOTM Ghidorah design, i was expecting something super awesome and original and creative as well, what i got was a generic western dragon. now, the body was cool, but the head design just kinda ruins it, it's like if they put on all of their effort on the body and went 100% bored with the head, it's essentially a generic western dragon head

i've found some concept art of Ghidorah, and honestly it looks miles better than the final result:

I heard someone on Wikizilla say the reason why ghidorah looks more western is because he’s a villain. The only film where he looks truly eastern is GMK. Also his head still looks different to many other western dragons.

(Unlike most Western dragons, his brows are much more pronounced and his snout is a lot narrower)

It also looks quite close to the Heisei design which could be argued as being even more generic (but I don’t think that)

While I do agree that he could’ve looked a little more alien he is still my favourite design of the character. If anything he’s definitely not the worst.

 

[TyranoDoom30]

Hey, Anime Ghido is my second favorite Ghidorah design

 

[1000TonsofFun]

Hey, Anime Ghido is my second favorite Ghidorah design

Which one is your favourite? Is it showa? He’s a pretty cool one imho

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Hey, Anime Ghido is my second favorite Ghidorah design

Wait that's Ghidorah? Looks more like spaghetti that became sentient

 

[TyranoDoom30]

Which one is your favourite? Is it showa? He’s a pretty cool one imho

EVA Ghidorah

 

[1000TonsofFun]

EVA Ghidorah

That one’s quite cool ngl. My favourite is MV Ghidorah’s but Agree to disagree.

 

[1000TonsofFun]

Speaking of Ghidorah, am I the only one who finds Showa Ghidorah's design to be a little goofy looking?

Like it's pretty good all things considering, but the hair or fur I feel looks silly on his head

I really like the Showa Ghidorah but I can get that it’s not for everything.

While we’re on the subject of classic kaiju designs we don’t like, I have to mention the Heisei Mechagodzilla.

This design isn’t my least favourite design of the character, but it’s definitely my second least. First off it’s bulky,but not in a Legendary Goji or Showa MG kind of way, more in a “dad bod” kind of way. This thing is the chubbiest thing I’ve ever seen in a kaiju besides GMK goji. However, unlike GMK Goji, this thing doesn’t even look remotely menacing due to its ridiculous looking face. I don’t know how to explain it, it just looks like Barney the dinosaur to me but if he was turned chrome to show that he’s rare or something. You can’t see an image of this next thing here so I’ll show you.

LOOK AT HOW SHORT HIS TAIL IS!!! Now to be fair, it isn’t as short as I remember but it is still small and before someone says that Showa also has a short tail let’s compare the two

As we can see, the Showa still has a proportionately longer tail than the Heisei MG and it actually drags across the floor.

My final reason is that all other Mechagodzilla’s (for better or for worse) have a lot of intricate detail but this one is just plain and has no texture.

This

(AAAHH GET IT AWAY FROM MEEEE!!!)

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Vs this.
As we can see, Heisei Mechagodzilla is very much lacking in detail compared to all the other versions of the character (including that thing shudders). That is why I consider him to have the second worst Mechagodzilla design in film history

 

[1000TonsofFun]

Interesting tidbit about how Mothra was designed in KOTM and possibly an upgrade? (It says she can scrap with the boys presumably referring to other titans)

 

[TyranoDoom30]

Rodan desing tier list (IMO)

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Can I just say that Godzilla vs Destroyah has one of my favorite renditions of the Godzilla theme? It feels so badass and energetic, like a grand old finale to what was, back then, Godzilla's story and presence in cinema. And this was the last movie to see Akira Ifukube compose a Godzilla ost so if this was his last then he did a great job

 

[SuperGodzilla_Kaiju_King]

While I do personally love MonsterVerse Ghidorah's design (Who am I kidding, it's Ghidorah, it could have been anything and I'd have loved it). I do wish they'd gone a little more alien with it.

Here's the thing. The false king should have a design that would let the fools awaken him and the other kaiju fall under his spell. Some Cthulu looking nonsense couldn't ever compete with Godzilla for the title of king and sway others to his side.

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Is there any clean images of the links on Kong's profile where one of the GvK writers praised Kong's strength in the Tasman Sea fight and said that Kong posed a threat to Godzilla's rule? Because the images uploaded to imgur are a blurry mess and I can't find the source of those images

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Truly, a piece of arts on par with some of the greatest artists in the world like Leonardo Da Vinci

 

[Arceus0x]

 

[Shadyboi0]

What are your guys favorite dorsal plates? Imo 2000

 

[Arceus0x]

Same. Pink plates ftw. They're actually useful in combat

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

What are your guys favorite dorsal plates? Imo 2000

Same. The pink plates are really appealing. Tho I admit the blue version of Monsterverse Godzilla's dorsal plates are a close second

 

[Kisaragi_Megumi]

The dorsal plates that Millenium Gojira has is the best of all of it

 

[1000TonsofFun]

What are your guys favorite dorsal plates? Imo 2000

Imo it goes
1.2019/2021
2.2002/2003
3.1999/2000
I just love the giant dorsal plates

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

I'll admit, the purple fins of Millennium Godzilla looked real goofy to me but it eventually grew on me and it's a nice contrast from the rest of Godzilla's colors

 

[Arceus0x]

My three fave godzilla designs are 2000s godzilla, gmk godzilla, legendary godzilla 2021

 

[1000TonsofFun]

My three fave godzilla designs are 2000s godzilla, gmk godzilla, legendary godzilla 2021

Mine are 2019/2021, 2014 and 2002/2003.

 

[SuperGodzilla_Kaiju_King]

1989-1995 is number one, then 2002/3 and then Legendary's. The changed design is interchangeable with the 2014 one for me.

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Legendary Godzilla is definitely my favorite design, though bias speaks as Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the first full fledged Godzilla movie I ever watched

 

[Shadyboi0]

1994/95>84>2000>GMK>Legendary>the rest

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

My favorite design has got to be either the heisei Godzilla or the monster verse Godzilla

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Does anyone have their own reason for why Godzilla spam used his atomic breath constantly against Kong in the second fight? I guess he wanted Kong out of his way to go find Ghidorah so he wanted to subdue him as quickly as possible, but in hindsight it seemed like a waste to drain his energy like that

 

[Kisaragi_Megumi]

Does anyone have their own reason for why Godzilla spam used his atomic breath constantly against Kong in the second fight? I guess he wanted Kong out of his way to go find Ghidorah so he wanted to subdue him as quickly as possible, but in hindsight it seemed like a waste to drain his energy like that

To be fair, Kong is agile as heck

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

To be fair, Kong is agile as heck

Yeah that's fair, it just seems like a waste considering that while not as agile in combat Godzilla can be speedy at times

 

[Arceus0x]

It's the best option when kong had the advantage and he kept jumping around the entire damn place