I’m mean, so if I included Gojirin in a Godzilla timeline, she wouldn’t technically exist…
She’d show up in a story about Godzilla and many people getting caught up in a shared-hallucination/dream-timeline deal. Godzilla’s desire to meet another of his kind mingles with the ideas of children to produce Gojirin.
That…could actually be a dilemma. Keep everyone trapped in a fantasy ideal, including Godzilla, sparing the world his destruction? or break everyone out, monsters included?
If Godzilla is a mutation in this continuity, he would show no signs of desiring to mate despite this being meant to be his “dream girl” from a child’s point of view not understanding the concept. Hormones for gettingin the mood would be too messed up.
I actually like the idea of there being more than one Godzilla, and also a potential origin for Godzilla Jr. or Minilla, to the point that I kind of figured out a way to make a quasi-plausible MonsterVerse Gojirin.
So, her key design points are that she’s pink and has more rounded dorsal plates? Those aren’t actual that implausible.
First off, the color. The Himalayas have areas full of pink salt. It’s not super saturated cartoon pink, but it is still pink.
Secondly, it’s MonsterVerse canon that Titanus gojira dorsal plates grow, break, and regrow in different shapes over the course of an individual’s lifetime.
So how do I make Gojirin work? Simple. She went into hibernation pretty much right underneath one of those salt deposits in the Himalayas, and the stuff has more or less embedded itself into her hide, giving her a pinkish hue that isn’t typical of the species.
The rounded plates could just be chalked up to individual differences, but I go back and forth between that and saying that she’s an older individual who’s been hibernating longer, and her plates have eroded into somewhat rounded shapes. Not cartoon heart-shaped though; maybe one can look like that to make her inspiration crystal clear, but otherwise no.
Where was she during King of the Monsters (2019)? You can basically give the same answer as the Queen Muto/”Barb” regarding Godzilla (2014); Gojirin was buried deep enough that she just didn’t hear any of it.
She gets woken up by [insert plot-related events here].
I’m late by a long time to add this take, but I’m bored and I’ve seen a lot of fans and casual observers talking about how the “second Ghidorah head” in Mechagodzilla’s construction comes out of nowhere. Narratively, it does, I’m not contesting that.
What I am contesting is the idea that it’s complete nonsense. You have to look at the world of the MonsterVerse through a perspective like that of Monarch.
“Myth is our compass,” and when you use that compass, you find an interesting tidbit from mythology. When Hercules slew the Lernaean Hydra there was one immortal head that could not be killed, only buried.
In the MonsterVerse, every myth and legend of gods and monsters is a garbled remix of kaiju/Titans witnessed in the distant past. Assuming that Hercules is Godzilla, that makes the hydra Ghidorah. I can only conclude that before Ghidorah was frozen in Antarctica, they had another battle where Ghidorah lost a head but escaped, and it was this head - or at least skull - that ended up in Apex’s hands.
It was the head Goji ripped off Ghidorah in the ocean before the oxygen destroyer was launched in Mexico during KotM. He didn’t eat/destroy that head, just tossed it aside.
No no, that’s one of the heads Apex has in the movie, but it’s specifically mentioned that they’ve got two heads. One inside Mechagodzilla, and the other in the building as the cockpit/control center.
It’s a blink (or rather, sneeze since it’s dialogue) and you miss it mention in the movie, but the novel emphasizes it more.
One of them is the one Godzilla ripped off near Mexico, I was addressing the unexplained other head.
(I cannot stand the idea of anyone believing I don’t know my Godzilla movie lore, lol.)
I FINALLY WATCHED GODZILLA VS. KONG & I came back for my gijinka D&D/fantasy kaiju series again to draw our best monke, Kong!!
My design for Kong is inspired by Melanesian people, Micronesian clothing, Jabari tribe (Wakanda), and Iwi tribe from his homeland, Skull Island. Stay tuned for more kaiju art!
AndFEEL FREE to cosplay, make fanart and fanfics of my design as long as you credit me.
Monsterverse Weird Tales. An alien dragon going through an existential crisis. Previous posts to instagram @bill.b.couture put together more cohesively.
Well, starting with Godzilla since I am a huge Godzilla fanboy (a little known fact which I’m sure my follower base has been largely unaware up until now, I’m sure) I am both anxious and excited at the prospect of Godzilla taking on an antagonistic role, although I’m sure that’s only part of the story.
As many kaiju fans have pointed out, there are some definite Gamera 3 parallels where the once heroic guardian kaiju seemingly turning against humanity, likely because of an imbalance in nature and then another group in oppostion to him summons an old rival kaiju in an attempt to stop him. Fascinating. (Also watch Shusuke Kaneko’s Gamera trilogy, it slaps.)
Also, an antagonistic Monsterverse Godzilla who’s got it out for humanity is another concept we kaiju fans have long been waiting for, including me. But I’m very much wary of just where this will go. I’m hoping they don’t outright villify him just for the sake of justifying his conflict with Kong. (That and between Shin-Godzilla and the Godzilla Earth trilogy I feel like we got a decent antagonist godzilla fix.)
(Well maybe not decent in the Earth trilogy’s case.)
Although Mechagodzilla or not, I can definitely understand his reasons for going after humanity. (The COVID disaster, the ever present dangers of pollution, rampant corruption and amorality on every level of society, writing in hollywood these days, youtube ads…)
Now for Kong, I’m actually pleasantly surprised! Quite plesantly surprised! I love how much heart they’re putting into his portrayal and all the updates they’ve given him to stand a chance against Godzilla. Sure the ancient kaiju ax is cool, but I’m quite delighted by his new child friend/adoptive daughter. A welcome change of pace from kidnapping women that warms the heart.
I love the entire set-up of the aircraft carrier fight. The whole thing feels like it’s made of hype and it even feel surprisingly plausible. Everything from the sight of Kong in chains to how Godzilla’s whole entrance tips you off to something being wrong (e.g. him cutting through a ship with his plates, as opposed to casually dodging it). Also I know it’s supposed to be a reference to King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), but is anyone else reminded of Godzilla vs Mothra (1993)?
Kong making a dramatic jump off an aircraft carrier lives in my head rent free.
I admit, was actually critical of the whole concept of pitting Godzilla and Kong against each other in the first place. Even if their first fight was an awesome monster movie on it’s own, I always felt like Godzilla and Kong came from two different worlds. But here they not only feel like a worthy match for each other, but they feel even more like they belong in the same universe than before! There’s a greater sense of rivalry and mythology between those two that I absolutely dig.
I can’t see what’s inside that exploding mountain–MECHAGODZILLA?!IS THAT YOU??? HAVE YOU FINALLY COME TO PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY?!
Where’s Mothra and Rodan? Just asking.
Actually where’s Behemoth, Scylla, and Methuselah? Again, just asking.
Loving that the human story involves kids getting stuff done. Seriously looking forward to Kong’s pal/daughter, Jia, and Madison and Firebrand Josh playing Godzilla’s advocate Godzilla 2000style.
I don’t if that Japanese guy in the shadowy blue lab with Mechagodzilla? blueprints is Serizawa’s kid or not but if his own son is out to smear Godzilla’s name or worse, the possibilities are endless. Does he resent Godzilla for taking up most of his father’s time? Did he misunderstand his sacrifice? Does he oppose his father’s views of the beast–seeing him as a bigger threat than a protector? Or is he just an egotistical jerk with daddy issues? An easy puzzle to solve on day one?
I want to say more about the other human characters, but I feel like I don’t know enough to say much about them. Although I do look forward to how they handle conflicting organizations and debates on kaiju.
Hollow Earth. HOLLOW EARTH. HOLLOW EARTH! HOLLOW E
I love the warbats and the fight Kong’s going to have with them but why are they called that, especially when there’s actual bats in there?
Was I seeing things or was that the Super X over Kong’s shoulder when he touched the handprint?
On the cinematography:
Seriously though, as someone who thought KOTM looked fine as it was, I adore the new direction. Adam Wingard is doing us all a huge favour with daytime colours and vibrant colour palettes without colour correction.
Hearing the Space Odyssey music from the first Godzilla 2014 trailer gave me chills.
I did not expect to hear another rap song in a Godzilla trailer so soon nor did I expect it to work as well as it did. (Although it does pale in comparison to G2014′s cinematic homage, KOTM’s classical music, or anything Shin did.)
All in all, I’m quite excited to see what WB and Legendary has to offer us now that they got their release dates and such in order at long last. Even if it means this is the last of the Monsterverse films and my favourite kaiju might bite the dust.
Happy 1 year anniversary to Godzilla VS Kong. The movie was a dream come true seeing these two iconic monsters fight in my life time. It is truly sureal.
