Reshape the Godzilla Showa Era to your preference

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GRA: Give it a proper dub, no Gigantis.

DAM: Just include Kong and Frankenstein. Ebirah could be added as stock footage.

Godzilla vs Gigan/Megalon: Ghidorah is not used. and Megalon and Gigan team up vs Godzilla and Angurius.

Zone Fighter: Zone Fighter is combined with Jet Jaguar and Godzilla and Angurius appear here. Ghidorah is used here and Jet Jaguar and Godzilla team here and do the iconic handshake.

MechaGodzilla: Serves as a finale to the Jet Jaguar TV series.

TOMG: Angurius is thrown into the final battle.
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Redesign Minilla and Hedorah, never liked those designs. Have Anguirus appear and help in GTTHM and DAM. Tighter pace and scripting in Godzilla's Revenge. See the Mothra caterpillars turned into their adult selves before the series ended. Have one film explain all the different alien species in the franchise and if they even know of each other. Other than that...I'm pretty happy with what we got.
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Showa redo?

- KKvG: Godzilla wins
- Mothra vs Godzilla: Mothra & her larva fight Godzilla at once
- Ghidorah: title changed to Ghidorah vs Godzilla; Mothra is an adult
- Great Monster War: adult Mothra returns
- Ebirah: title changed to Godzilla vs Ebirah
- Sanda vs Gaira: Godzilla shows up! (maybe)
- King Kong's Counterattack: Mechani-Kong is more powerful
- Son of Godzilla: Minilla isn't ugly or annoying
- Destroy All Monsters: I don't really care for this one so Idk if I'd even make it
- All Monsters Attack: Not childish or annoying; Gabara is actually a threat
- Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Godzilla appears and fights Kameba and/or Ganime while the other joins forces with him
- Godzilla vs Hedorah: Anguirus or Rodan returns to help Godzilla
- Godzilla vs Gigan: no King Ghidorah; Jet Jaguar shows up instead of Anguirus to help Godzilla
- Godzilla vs Megalon: rather than Jet Jaguar, King Shisa helps Megalon (they have a rivalry)
- Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla: Jet Jaguar is the main ally against MechaGodzilla, and he and Anguirus appear in the final battle
- MechaGodzilla's Counterattack: Titanosaurus switches to Godzilla's side after being freed from mind control

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I don't even understand why some people even watch the Showa films if they feel like something should be changed about literally every one of them.

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Legion1979 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:25 am I don't even understand why some people even watch the Showa films if they feel like something should be changed about literally every one of them.
I think a thread like this (encompassing a full era) encourages people to make more changes than they might otherwise be inclined to make. You start out writing about changing two things, then realize you skipped the movie in the middle and it makes you think well, what would you do to make that one better?

If I really took the question seriously, I'd look like I was hacking up everyone of these, but I don't know that I'd really want to change anything.
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Legion1979 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:25 am I don't even understand why some people even watch the Showa films if they feel like something should be changed about literally every one of them.
Because they're not perfect?

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MVHutch wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:46 pm
Legion1979 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:25 am I don't even understand why some people even watch the Showa films if they feel like something should be changed about literally every one of them.
Because they're not perfect?
Even if they weren't not all of them need changes. Legion is saying why watch the Showa films if you think all 15 need major changes.
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miguelnuva wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 5:58 pm
MVHutch wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:46 pm
Legion1979 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:25 am I don't even understand why some people even watch the Showa films if they feel like something should be changed about literally every one of them.
Because they're not perfect?
Even if they weren't not all of them need changes. Legion is saying why what the Showa films if you think all 15 need major changes.
Exactly. He clearly doesn't like these movies. To say all of them should be changed somehow shows a strong level of dislike. Of course, most of his changes are surface level nonsense like adding or removing monsters.

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I would have fleshed out Akira Kubo's character in Destroy All Monsters but that's about it, maybe added a co-star to play off him but maybe that'd been too Monster Zero-like.

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Kagutaba wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:57 am I would have fleshed out Akira Kubo's character in Destroy All Monsters but that's about it, maybe added a co-star to play off him but maybe that'd been too Monster Zero-like.
Destroy All Monsters written by Sekizawa would have been interesting. But I like that Kimura gives it a different feel, or else, like you said, it would have felt a lot like Monster Zero.

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