History WMG / Godzilla2014

[[WMG: Destroyah will appear in a sequel]]

The american version of the original ''{{Film/Gojira}}'' (A.K.A. ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'') added in new scenes with an additional character named Steve Martin (not to be confused with the ''actor'' Creator/SteveMartin), played by Raymond Burr. He basically served as an AudienceSurrogate, acting as an observer and commenting on the events throughout the movie and occasionally interacting with the original cast (thanks to some clever editing and use of doubles), with his character being a noir-esque IntrepidReporter who was a college friend of Dr. Serizawa. When the american version was brought back to Japan, the Steve Martin character [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff became highly influential, inspiring similar reporter characters in later Godzilla movies]]. When ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' was americanized as ''Godzilla 1985'', the Steve Martin character was once again added in via new scenes with Raymond Burr reprising the role and [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously delivering a thoughtful and dead-serious performance]], despite the higher-ups wanting to give the movie a much lighter tone.

#A character in the movie will refer to Godzilla as an ancient beast awoken by nuclear weaponry, in a reference to ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters King of the Monsters]]'', where Godzilla is given a similar description.

** A main theme of the movie is that governments have known about Godzilla the whole time, but have been covering its existence. The world of the 1950s is not the same as the world of 2014. Considering the movie postulates that the US and Japanese (and surely other) governments have been hiding the existence of Godzilla since at least the 1950s, it doesn't seem too crazy to think that the events of the original are also being covered up. Broad strokes for sure, but Word Of God also says that the Serizawa of the 2014 movie is a descendant of Serizawa of the 1954 movie, which should be enough on its own to confirm this theory. ''TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (the original pre-Raymond-Burr version of ''Godzilla 1985'') implies that Japan ''had'' covered up the 1954 incident.

[[WMG: To help promote this film, they'll hire a contemporary rock band to do a cover of BlueOysterCult's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln8-Y-fIbqM famous song.]]]]

... but at ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'', that 1985 North Korean Godzilla [[TheyJustDidntCare "remake"]] that was directed by a South Korean director who, along with his wife, was kidnapped by [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong Il]] and forced into directing the movie (and also had none other than well known Godzilla suit actor Ken Satsuma as the suit actor for the title monster). It will most likely involve Godzilla absolutely destroying North Korea more so than he does the other cities and countries.

Duh. Just like [[Film/TheAvengers the Hulk]] and [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Lizard]]. A guy in a rubber suit as base and using CGI to make a gigantic lizard. There's your PanderingToTheFanbase right there.

The american version of the original ''{{Film/Gojira}}'' (A.K.A. ''GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'') added in new scenes with an additional character named Steve Martin (not to be confused with the ''actor'' Creator/SteveMartin), played by Raymond Burr. He basically served as an AudienceSurrogate, acting as an observer and commenting on the events throughout the movie and occasionally interacting with the original cast (thanks to some clever editing and use of doubles), with his character being a noir-esque IntrepidReporter who was a college friend of Dr. Serizawa. When the american version was brought back to Japan, the Steve Martin character [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff became highly influential, inspiring similar reporter characters in later Godzilla movies]]. When ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' was americanized as ''Godzilla 1985'', the Steve Martin character was once again added in via new scenes with Raymond Burr reprising the role and [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously delivering a thoughtful and dead-serious performance]], despite the higher-ups wanting to give the movie a much lighter tone.

Joe lost his wife due to the Hok-MutoO's incursion in Janjira's nuclear facility. The skeleton found in the Philippines could have been Godzilla's mate, meaning that Godzilla might have had a vengeful motive against the Mutos as well as a purpose to restoring balance.

[[WMG: Joe and Godzilla may be after the MUTOs for the same reason.]]
Joe lost his wife due to the Hok-MUTO's incusrsion in Janjira's nuclear facility. The skeleton found in the Philippines could have been Godzilla's mate, meaning that Godzilla might have had a vengeful motive against the MUTOs as well as a purpose to restoring balance.

#There will be a reference to stop-motion, even if it's just a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of a TV playing a stop-motion movie such as ''TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'', as a nod to the fact that the original ''Gojira'' was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to have Godzilla portrayed with stop-motion animation]] before settling on the more convenient rubber-suit method.

* Note that Andy Serkis did the motion-capture acting for Film/KingKong, and is listed in the credits for doing motion-capture work on this as well. Which means a Kong Vs. Godzilla film would feature Andy Serkis in a motion-capture suit, beating himself up.

* The last surviving creature from the 1998 film became the star of GodzillaTheSeries. It calls film Zilla the father of the Godzilla seen in the show. This could mean that the statement at the end of the 2014 film is incorrect. What we just witnessed was the "''Queen'' of Monsters''"

** Confirmed. [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Your trophy is in the mail!]]
** Er, Jossed?

The most apparent would be a short film called ''Godzilla vs. the MUTOs'', which is basically the whole movie entirely through the monsters' perspective while cutting out [[OnlyHereForGodzilla all the unnecessary human drama]], with Godzilla as the hero battling the evil MUTOs in a battle to the death. The whole thing would a glorious throwback to the over-the-top monster fights of older Godzilla films with plenty of Showa wackiness, not to mention a LOT shorter.

#Also mentioned above, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybfsxip8KEM "Godzilla"]] by Blue Oyster Cult, or a darker and more serious cover version

[[WMG: The events of the original 1954 movie did happen in the universe of this movie]]
* Pretty easy theory. The movie points out that many of the bomb tests in the 50s were actually a cover story for trying to kill Godzilla. The director has said the Dr. Serizawa in the 2014 version is a descendant of the one in the original movie. That should be enough. But it isn't a stretch to believe that the events of the first movie happened and were covered up. In fact, this could explain why Serizawa in the 2014 movie believes so much in Godzilla as a creature. It is possible that the Godzilla in this movie is a different monster than the one in the original, making this movie/series the same as the Toho versions.
** Half a million people died and Godzilla's rampage was cause for (inter)national debate and live broadcasting. If it happened, it would have to have been VERY broad strokes.
*** A main theme of the movie is that governments have known about Godzilla the whole time, but have been covering its existence. The world of the 1950s is not the same as the world of 2014. Considering the movie postulates that the US and Japanese (and surely other) governments have been hiding the existence of Godzilla since at least the 1950s, it doesn't seem too crazy to think that the events of the original are also being covered up. Broad strokes for sure, but Word Of God also says that the Serizawa of the 2014 movie is a descendant of Serizawa of the 1954 movie, which should be enough on its own to confirm this theory.
*** The destruction of a major city by a giant monster is ''not'' something that can just be covered up. Not in 2014, not in 1954, most likely not even in 1894.
*** If you're referring to the events of ''Literature/TheLostWorld'', lots of people did see the Pterodactyl, so I doubt they could cover it up at all.
*** Maybe the 1954 movie was an overblown re-telling of the events that made it seem like there was a lot more destruction then there actually was, like a story 1954!Serizawa told a young 2014!Serizawa that got stretched by exaggeration and a child's imagination.
*** ''TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (the original pre-Raymond-Burr version of ''Godzilla 1985'') implies that Japan ''had'' covered up the 1954 incident.

Pollution is a very serious/important issue of today's world. What better way to use it than to have a monster that is living pollution as the major threat to the world?
* It could be likely if Yoshimitsu Banno (who directed ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' and was planning a sequel to that movie) is allowed to stay.

[[WMG: The [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} female Zilla from "Godzilla" (1998)]] was Godzilla's mate.]]
The movie goes out of it's way to claim that the MUTO's are just massive animals, and the two monsters that Godzilla fights are trying to mate in his territory. It even shows how the male and female members of the same species can look slightly different. This means that Godzilla has his own species and this just might include the female Godzilla.
* The problem with this theory is that the creature in the 1998 film is distinctly referred to as a he and that he is capable of asexual reproduction. All of the offspring are said to have the same capability, being 'born pregnant'. The lone exception to this is the last surviving creature, which became the star of GodzillaTheSeries. Though it was never explained why the surviving egg didn't have the capacity to reproduce. However even the cartoon refers to the first Zilla as male, calling it the father of the Godzilla seen in the show.
** He was stated to be naturally sterile, actually.

Lone Pine, California is next to Hill Valley - it would have been three pines if Marty hadn't have taken the other two out in 1955.