Favourite Rodan?

[Voyager]

Another of the ‘Favourite ‘ Threads for the newbies. I guess we’re gonna do it with all the big kaiju. And yes, I left SP Rodan out for obvious reasons.

My opinion has changed, and now while 64 is my favourite design wise and personality wise, and I love 56 Rodan a lot more now.

[shadowgigan]

Probably 56. Would go 2019 if he was on screen more.

[Cryptid_Liker]

Gotta be the normie here and say Monsterverse.

[CrimsonBloodX]

1956. I just think Rodan has the best design in that movie and the way he destroyed the city is fast-paced and chaotic. My second favorite would be MonsterVerse.

[godjacob]

While I enjoy the personality bits of Showa Rodan (His cackling of Godzilla being blasted by Mothra's silk is hysterical) I am gonna go with the MV version. I like the volcanic aesthetic with it, I love the look and think he just oozes personality along with having a highlight scene of smashing those jets.

[JAGzilla]

'56 had the best design, but I went with Showa. His design is a close second, and I like his jerk personality. The fact that he had three film appearances helps, too; we got more time to connect with him and all.

[tbeasley]

Showa (1st Generation) and MonsterVerse are my favorites, both are excellent designs. Showa (2nd Generation) is a downgrade visually and looks quite goofy, but I love his personality and dynamic with Godzilla - He was the original 'companion' monster before Anguirus in the 70s.

Not so big on the others. Might be strange nitpicks, but I found Heisei/Fire Rodan too puppet-like and Millennium too humanoid. Haven't seen Singular Point, but the more standard pteranodon-like look isn't doing much for me, either.

[Maritonic]

56. No contest for me. The 56 Rodan is one of my favorite kaiju ever. I'm not the biggest fan of the rest of the Showa suits, though his personality is wonderful. Heisei Rodan is fine within the context of his film. I actually kind of dig Final Wars Rodan, and MonsterVerse Rodan is wonderful. But nothing holds a candle to 56 for me.

[Smuggers]

Original is best, 64-65 is good too but he looks kind of derpy in DAM. Didn't like his size or the role he was delegated to in 93 but at he least he got a few good hits in. 04 was a good, though brief return to form and Monsterverse is the best take on the more conventional pteranodon design.

I also think that the second form of SP Rodan is actually pretty cool, the colour scheme and facial features a reminiscent of the 56 version. You can't look at this face and tell me it's not Rodan.

Spoiler:

[Major sssspielberg!]

OG Rodan for sure. Monsterverse, Showa, Final Wars, Heisei in that order.
The original Rodan design is classic perfection, like a 64 Impala.

[Spuro]

You can't look at this face and tell me it's not Rodan.

Spoiler:

That’s not Rodan.


Anyway, I voted the 1956 original too. The Monsterverse version comes close... but between his small size and his rather generic roar, he’s just missing those last few ingredients.

[mwbworld]

56 version was fun and a stand out because it had him flying and scooping up cows/people/etc. to eat which was very cool. (And as kid at least felt right because what the heck were these kaiju eating!)

- Michael

[ShinGojira14]

‘56 is definitely my favorite, with Showa just behind (although I am amongst those who chooses to believe Showa and ‘56 are the same Rodan, but that’s a talk for another day). Out of all the incarnations of the character so far, the original still looks the most imposing and feels the most delightfully powerful and menacing, and his roars send chills down my spine every time.

Behind that, my third favorite is FW Rodan. His design is a well-crafted blend of 56 and Heisei with unique aspects of its own; I especially dig the green eyes and the thick sledgehammer-feet. He’s the very personification of “The Fast and The Furious” given physical form.

[Gigantis]

Well, guess i'll be the odd one out here and give FW Rodan a vote. He has my favorite design of all of them so far, he had some of the best scenes in the entire movie... and he's not small like Heisei and MV

[JAGzilla]

‘56 is definitely my favorite, with Showa just behind (although I am amongst those who chooses to believe Showa and ‘56 are the same Rodan, but that’s a talk for another day).

I think that's probably the standard take. The only reason to separate them here is the very different suit.

[Desghidorah]

Going off looks, none are at all shabby aside from some of the post-56 Showa designs. I really hate the beak and face. But after a very hard toss-up, MV wins for me. He's a big magma eagle-pterosaur cross with some great sequences attached; though the 56 Version is a very respectable silver medalist. The Heisei look is actually one of my favorites, but he's just so dang small and physically weak it doesn't pay off much.

[VOID GHIDORAH]

Monsterverse, bar none. He’s just such a unique, yet classic take on the ol’ bird.

[Cosbydaf]

1956 Rodan still stands above the rest, in both design and the way the film handled it/them. '56 Rodan to me feels like the one that is closest to being an "equal" of sorts to Godzilla. I eagerly await the day that we get a new Rodan that manages to recapture that feeling.

And yes, I left SP Rodan out for obvious reasons.

Good decision.