Spuro wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:21 pm
StardustGenius wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:27 am
I dunno, I'd like to see Destoroyah and Biollante again. That's just me.
What I don’t understand is when people try to use arguments against bringing them back that point to the monsters being too closely connected to their backstories and thematic tie-ins, so you couldn’t bring them back without rehashing things.
Like, what? Have you guys even seen what they’ve being doing with Godzilla lately? GMK, the Monsterverse, Shin, and Singular Point are all far removed from the 1954 story of a monster being awoken and mutated by the atomic bomb. They stand for new problems facing the world now, if they even stand for anything at all. SP’s Godzilla is just an interdimensional monster, and MV’s Godzilla is an ancient guardian of Earth… not much thematic content there.
If Godzilla’s backstory, thematic and narrative history can change to suit the story, then why the hell can’t Destoroyah’s, or Biollante’s, or any other monster? They don’t HAVE to be tied to their original origin.
It's not that they need exactly the same origin story they had back in their original movie. It's just that we (or at least me) don't want to have a more made up origin story or them simply appearing because ... reasons & the name will sell.
I love the Ultra series, but the so many of the new episodes are very forgettable just because of them simply reusing a kaiju of the past seasons and make it appear out of nowhere or with a rather dull backstory.
in the end most kaijus are very similar once they are on screen, walking through a city and destroying buildings. Sure, KG or Megaguirus stand out more because they ain't simple bipedal monsters... but still, where is the difference between Gigan, Megalon, Spacegodzilla and King Gidorah? It's their reputation and backstory. Aside of that you could easily swap them.
I mean Spacegodzilla caught a child and died by the hands of the other titular character (though he needed some help). Guess what, so did King Gidorah in Mothra III. With the difference that Spacegodzilla got a whole different backstory than KG.
And yes, of course Godzilla benefits of having not this many kaijus as of now and with all of them looking very different as of now. This makes it way easier to remember which of them appeared in which movie. But I don't want to remember a kaiju just because of its looks. Preferably they should have an interesting backstory connected to them that gives them their actual character. Kaijus are usually just bad or good anyway so might as well just tell us, why they are the way they are.