Which Showa suit would you replace the rest with?

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Which Showa suit would you replace the rest with?

ShodaiGoji
5
7%
GyakushuGoji
2
3%
KingGoji
16
22%
MosuGoji
35
47%
DaisensoGoji
4
5%
MusukoGoji
0
No votes
SoshingekiGoji
4
5%
MegaroGoji
8
11%
 
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62 was something special to me. I wouldn't replace all of them. But he should have been in more movies like mothra. I like Mosugoji buuuuuuut, I still wish we could have see him fall over a bunch of times in that movie. That would have been a heart warming site. And to see him get his tail stuck. :D good times.
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King-goji looks too retro.

Something more fresh and new like Godzilla 1974.
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How is a suit that's over 50 years old "retro" while one that's 40 years old is "fresh and new"?

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Its just more likable to me.
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M.o.g.u.e.r.a14 wrote:King-goji looks too retro.

Something more fresh and new like Godzilla 1974.
Why do you always do that? When someone says their opinion, you say something else should be how you want it.
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I know. That is a confusing statement too. Why would you think 1974 is fresh and new. 2004 and 2014 are fresh and new. If anything, 1974 is old. Besides, did you know the design was used again in the Godzilla vs the Wolfman fan film. Which believe it or not, was in production in the 80s. What design is old now.
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I'll give some love to the Daiseno Suit. Wouldn't work with the 50's stuff. But could pass through the rest of the Showa series fairly well. It's not too friendly looking and fared well in some of the bleaker scenes of Monster Zero, with him destroying the countryside and all, and if I recall correctly wasn't exactly a fluffy teddy bear in Sea Monster.

I could see it working against Hedorah- I mean it was used for a few water scenes to begin with? Granted it was rotting by then...So yeah. Giving the Daiseno Suit it's first vote. I love the 64 suit, but this one really holds a special place for me.

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"Replace the rest with?" Every Showa suit was built with each film's specific tone in mind, there's not single suit that would work for every movie.
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1975 MegaroGoji for sure. Looks tough but has the hero element as well, I feel its the best all around suit. The spines could use more detail work like KingGoji though.

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I don't know, guys. Imagining the original, sluggish suit pulling kung-fu moves, flying, and using the tail slide kick... Just makes me happy inside for some reason.
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tymon wrote:"Replace the rest with?" Every Showa suit was built with each film's specific tone in mind, there's not single suit that would work for every movie.
This is true, but the topic isn't about that. It's about picking your favorite Showa suit, to be in all Showa movies. Regardless of how well it would fit the atmosphere.

Perhaps I should have named the topic "What Showa suit do like SO MUCH, that you wish it was in all Showa movies". :P
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I think if you were to do an explicitly Showa style film something based on either 64 suit would be a nice way to go.

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Hmm... This is a tough one to decide on. Each of the suits used in the films have their own unique look to them and work for the films they were used in. So to find the ideal one to replace all of the Showa Godzillas with is no easy feat. While my personal favorite Showa Godzilla is ShodaiGoji, I just can't see him using his atomic ray for flight or doing a double-sliding kick with the assistance of a size-changing robot.

Though I'm choosing MosuGoji collectively for this, I'd actually be stuck between MosuGoji and DaisensoGoji; Mosu for the first part of the series (Gojira, Raids Again, King Kong and Mothra) and Daisenso for the rest of the series (Ghidorah, Monster Zero, Ebirah, Son of G, DAM, Revenge, Hedorah, Gigan, Megalon, Mechagodzilla and Terror).
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I chose Daisenso, as it's my favorite Showa suit design. Granted, it probably wouldn't fit in with the tone of Gojira or Raids Again, but it wouldn't be out of place in, say, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
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Megarogoji-The Godzilla 2974 suit.

Edit: Oh shit! I meant the 1974 suit.
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M.o.g.u.e.r.a14 wrote:Megarogoji-The Godzilla 2974 suit.
I could have sworn MegaroGoji was the 2973 suit, and that 2974/2975 was a different suit.

Anyway, my personal pick is... GyakushuGoji. Not only is it one that I haven't seen too much of, but I also really like its very sleek and fierce look. But then again, I don't find any of the Godzilla designs out of place for their particular movies.
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I can see the MosuGoji suit working in every film except the original. The body isn't very bulky, but it still has that menacing face that kinda shows he means business when he's in combat.
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But, where did these names come from. Some of them are good and the others... are just unusual.
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i can't pick one. the films eventually need a unique look.

hey, also, can we use the year associated with the suit/name and not something like "mesugoji"? i don't mean to be a drag, but i have no sense of japanese and can't attribute these names to their particular movies in most cases without looking them up.
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three wrote:i can't pick one. the films eventually need a unique look.

hey, also, can we use the year associated with the suit/name and not something like "mesugoji"? i don't mean to be a drag, but i have no sense of japanese and can't attribute these names to their particular movies in most cases without looking them up.
Unfortunately, the designation of the suit names is established protocol. Most of us have little to no understanding of Japanese, and we had to look up the names on our own accord, and we fell in line with little difficulty. If one of us doesn't know the name to the suit, eventually someone will correct or inform the other.

Repetition, repetition, repetition.

Hopefully this will help the info sink in:

---SHOWA ERA---
Gojira - 1954 - ShodaiGoji (Japanese for "First Generation" + Gojira)
Godzilla Raids Again - 1955 - GyakushuGoji (Japanese for "Counter-Attack" + Gojira)
King Kong vs. Godzilla - 1962 - KingGoji (King Kong + Gojira)
Mothra vs. Godzilla - 1964 - MosuGoji (Mosura + Gojira)
Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster - 1965 - MosuGoji (altered head)
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero - 1966 - DaisensoGoji (Japanese for "Great War" + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster - 1967 - DaisensoGoji Son of Godzilla - 1968 - MusukoGoji (Japanese for "Son" + Gojira)
Destroy All Monsters - 1968 - SoshingekiGoji (Japanese for "Attack of the Marching Monsters" + Gojira)
Godzilla's Revenge - 1969 - SoshingekiGoji
Godzilla vs. Hedorah - 1970 - SoshingekiGoji
Godzilla vs. Gigan - 1972 - SoshingekiGoji
Godzilla vs. Megalon - 1973 - MegaroGoji ("Megaro," + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla - 1974 - MegaroGoji
Terror of MechaGodzilla - 1975 - MegaroGoji (altered head)

---HEISEI ERA---
The Return of Godzilla - 1984 - 84Goji
Godzilla vs. Biollante - 1989 - BioGoji (Biollante + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah - 1991 - BioGoji/GhidoGoji (alternate name; Ghidorah + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for the Earth - 1992 - BatoGoji (Battora + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II - 1993 - RadoGoji (altered BatoGoji; Radon + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla - 1994 - MogeGoji (altered BatoGoji; Mogera + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah - 1995 - DesuGoji (heavily altered BatoGoji; Desutoroya + Gojira)

---MILLENNIUM ERA---
Godzilla 2000 - 1999 - MireGoji (Mireniamu + Gojira)
Godzilla vs. MegaGuirus - 2000 - MireGoji
Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - 2001 - SokogekiGoji (Japanese for "All-Out Attack" + Gojira)
Godzilla against MechaGodzilla - 2002 - KiryuGoji
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. - 2003 - KiryuGoji
Godzilla: Final Wars - 2004 - FinalGoji

It doesn't take any level of understanding of the Japanese language to memorize the names of the suits; it simply just comes down to repetition.

For everybody else out there, if I botched any of the years, please feel free to correct me.

*Edit. Please, do not for one second think I'm insulting or chastising you.
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I don't think is possible to use ONE suit with the entirerity of the era as each movie has its own message, tone, and 'feel' and doesn't seem like it could like other people have said on the upper posts.
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