There’s something to be said about easing in. No one was talking shared Universe off the bat, just “We’re gonna make an American Godzilla movie and get it right this time.” And they did.
If Warner Bros somehow gets the rights to Gamera and manages to get Kadokawa-Daei and Toho to allow a crossover, then we would know that the Monsterverse is a true success.
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The Ultraman rights have been in a complete copyright maelstrom for the past few decades, but a recent April 2018 decision
, coupled with the Netflix Ultraman anime being used for international expansion means that it may finally be possible for someone to make an Ultraman movie.
At which point he clearly needs to team up with King Kong and Godzilla in the sequel.
Not that Hollywood hasn't constantly found new ways to fail and disappoint me, but I've always found Godzilla to be a fairly straightforward concept. As long as the monster himself looks cool and behaves how we expect him to, with some good action, then the film can get carried based on that. Nobody expects a masterpiece or anything. Not to take away from the success of the franchise so far, getting a straightforward concept right is more than a lot of other studios can say.
Considering the Monsterverse's 'realistic' approach to the monsters, I really can't see how Mechagodzilla can be implemented. Aliens coming out of nowhere would probably be out of place, even if King Ghidorah might be keeping his alien origin in the new film, so Gigan might also be out. Manda can be easily implemented, being just a giant sea dragon, and also keeps with the trend of the Kaijus being worshiped as gods in ancient civilizations. Biollante as well by just getting rid genetic experiment thing.
This seems to also take inspiration from the 90s Godzilla animated series. The woman in the trailer seems very much like the villian Alexandra Springer
.
Edited by ManOfSin on Jul 25th 2018 at 4:09:34 AM
Human-made giant monsters despite no evidence of advance technology, a completely impractical shape and tonal inconsistencies since it made pretty clear on how the monsters are embodiments of nature. Godzilla is basically just a giant wingless bipedal dragon with nuclear fire, and King Ghidorah is basically a winged hydra. Not that difficult to accept for non-fans of Godzilla. Mechagodzilla would be like giant robots appearing in Blade Runner. As for aliens, ideally you get something like the Pacific Rim aliens, completely inhuman and rarely show up, and Gigan doesn't get a saw on his underbelly.
I do agree with you that the Kaiju seem to be the embodiment of natures wrath. So I feel if you were to do Mechagodzilla it would have to be the embodiment of man's technology gone wrong. Although that has Turned Against Their Masters vibes. Which isn't inherently bad but I feel it's a trope you have to be especially careful with.
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Yeah that works too.
Edited by jjjj2 on Jul 26th 2018 at 12:11:48 PM
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midI think you can do giant robots vs monsters very seriously. Just look at Neon Genesis Evangelion. That being said I would acknowledge that the mechanics behind Mechagodzilla would be very different from the EVAs.
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midWhat's important is the reason for the design and tone. Eva units can't be designed any other way due to essentially being armor on monsters, but a mechanized version of Godzilla isn't, since the only carcass they can use is in pretty bad shape, not to mention there isn't any reason to do so. There isn't an At field for the monsters.
While we prolly won’t get a Mechagodzilla announcement till maybe after Kong & Big G’s epic match I’ll assume they’ll uncover a relatively intact G carcass & build it around that though for what reason I can’t think of anything aside from typical Kaiju fears.
Also here’s something that makes me ponder, both Ghidorah & Gigantic are listed as Psycho’s for Hire with the latter even referred to as a serial killer & I’m like “How do you hire a Kaiju & how is one a serial killer?”
Like are they on pay, can they be contacted, are they intelligent enough to understand what a job is & follow mission orders or specific instructions?
Edited by slimcoder on Jul 26th 2018 at 9:45:29 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."I don't get how Mechagodzilla would break the audience's suspension of disbelief at this point. I'd assume that the same people who go to see a giant monster movie would also like to see giant monsters fight robots. Maybe tease Mechagodzilla's construction throughout a couple of films, spend a good portion of time showing how much work building and maintaining a Giant Mecha would be, and I think audiences would be onboard with it.
It's the equivalent of the people who claimed Thor wouldn't work for the MCU because he was too fantastical compared with the more down-to-earth Iron Man and Hulk. Audiences were able to accept the leap with very little problem. In 2010, people would think you were a complete idiot if you were to suggest Rocket Raccoon would be in the same movie as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. Fans want to see these characters interact with each other and that's part of the appeal of a cinematic universe. Audiences do want to see Godzilla fight aliens and giant robots, they just want to see it done well.
This isn't the MCU. This is trying to take inspiration off something more like The Dark Knight films. The tone is very different and much less malleable. Having somebody like Poison Ivy or Clayface show up in that series would've been more jarring.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jul 26th 2018 at 10:40:05 AM
