Canon-Strike XIII: Godzilla

[QualityChimp]

To be fair, I was struggling with ideas for the next film, so I guess being set in the past might be interesting.

You won't have those sweet JDF laser cannons though!

Takashi Yamazaki got the gig after this sequence in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2:

[Neon Ignition]

They'll probably steer it in the direction again of directing another monster to battle Godzilla but the idea of a WWII era tech design for Mechagodzilla is screaming to be done

[Neon Ignition]

We reach the end point for this run with the final planned film in the Godzilla legacy as things currently stand:


Film 39 - Godzilla And Kong
The fifth entry into the Monsterverse line of films was greenlit following the success of GvK and will once again unite the two characters. Kong rules the underground world whilst Godzilla still waits in the sea as a new threat emerges tied to the history of monsters and Skull Island causing them both to return to fend off the new enemy.




From the same makers of the previous entry, is a direct follow up the right move for the franchise?

[QualityChimp]

Yeah, just read that on Wikizilla:

https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Origins

I dunno, man.

I love some of Adam Wingard's stuff like You're Next and The Guest, but GvK was a swing and a miss for me.

Just sounds like they're retconning their stories to say they both fought Ebirah or something in their past and now they must unite to declaw him.

[Neon Ignition]

I imagine that more of the same is definitely what the next film will end up delivering on. I imagine that they struggle with planning a long term outlook for the franchise as they would not only be battling the typical sequel decline in demand but also that ultimately Godzilla films are typically repetitive in nature. Given that they already struggled to maintain their profit margins the US franchise almost lucked out as I could imagine that King of the Monsters would have been the final film had GvK not have already been in the can. That it merged the two recognisable creatures in a fairly mindless action fest piece of escapism post-lockdown was effectively a bit of blind luck so switching to greenlighting them on a one by one nature and focusing on spectacle seems like the easy decision execs would make. I can't imagine we'll see anything remotely resembling the 2014 film again.

[Dogg Thang]

I feel like there is potential to make a better Godzilla and Kong film than the last one. But it’s not necessarily the film I want. Still, I’ll watch it!

[Baseley09]

Few thoughts on the modern Kong vs Godzilla we got, it seemed the last few, despite some fantastical elements in KOTM, were fairly based in reality...come KvG and we've got hollow earth, anti gravity flying cars etc, it was a bit silly. Fun in places, but a step back from the previous film.

[QualityChimp]

I watched Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1996) for the first time since I had a VHS 📼 player hooked up!

Still think fighting moths are lame, but there were some fantastic sets getting mashed up.
Loved it when G tried to blast the Cosmo Clock Ferris wheel 🎡 (Yokohama) on top of Mothra, but Battra catches it and dumps it on Godzilla's bonce.

Some ridiculous lines.
"MOTHra is entering its larval stage."
"LARVAL STAGE?!"
Like it's the first time a caterpillar has ever made a cocoon.