I don't care enough for Baragon either way, but yes. I've been saying Baragon was poorly cast as well. The only "guardian beast" that wasn't poorly cast was Mothra. As I said, the likes of Manda and King Caesar would have made the most sense for the types of roles that were written. Varan sort of makes sense because his original origin is tied to mythology and legend, even if he was just a generic kaiju that was worshiped as a deity by some superstitious villagers. Anguirus has never had that type of role. Again, it may be a "BUT MUH SHOWA" moment for me, but I just have no desire to see Godzilla and Anguirus fight each other as primary opponents in a film. It irked me in FW and would have irked me in GVA as well.SonOfGorgo wrote:Yet you don't have a problem with Baragon? or Varan?
Besides, at least he would look like Anguirus anyway.
Example: When first watching Final Wars on a low quality cam rip back in 2004, I was super excited when Keizer Ghidorah appeared. Knowing Godzilla knocked Anguirus, Rodan and Caesar out cold, I was under the impression they'd be freed of alien control like the mutant guy was when Ozaki knocked him out. Here I was expecting Anguirus, Rodan and Caesar to rush in and save the day and we'd get the dream team taking on Keizer Ghidorah for the finale. But nope. HUGE disappointment. Something like that I can get behind. Godzilla fighting Anguirus at some point and later joining forces.
Again, may be a "BUT MUH SHOWA" moment... But I just don't want to see Godzilla kill Anguirus or fight him as his main opponent in a whole film after growing up with them as partners and I just can't get behind the idea of Anguirus being revamped as a supernatural guardian like the GMK trio were.
As for Anguirus looking like Anguirus in GMK... Meh. I don't even like the design. Looks too much like a poodle as far as I can tell. Better than the pudgy FW one? Maybe.