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Legendary Minya wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:23 am Anguirus to be introduced
I feel like this is just barely inside the realm of possibility. There are a lot of Toho kaiju we'll never see in the MV just due to licensing fees, but Anguirus is relatively well known and popular on this side of the Pacific. He's totally plausible for the MV's setting, being just a big dinosaur, more or less. Singular Point presumably spiked his relevance and public awareness of/interest in him in Japan and elsewhere. It's not impossible.
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I would love to see Anguirus featured in either the upcoming show or film.

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JAGzilla wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:50 am
Legendary Minya wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:23 am Anguirus to be introduced
I feel like this is just barely inside the realm of possibility. There are a lot of Toho kaiju we'll never see in the MV just due to licensing fees, but Anguirus is relatively well known and popular on this side of the Pacific. He's totally plausible for the MV's setting, being just a big dinosaur, more or less. Singular Point presumably spiked his relevance and public awareness of/interest in him in Japan and elsewhere. It's not impossible.
But how would he play into the story? Maybe this is me, but I feel like Legendary isn't going to spend money licensing toho kaiju just for the sake of fan service cameos. My argument is that a licensed character will have to play a decent role in the film or films and have merchandise promotion to get their monies worth.
GVK: TNE is a modern day 70s Showa Godzilla movie. Being a massive budget modern blockbuster CGI film instead of traditional 70s tokusatsu techniques doesn't change that. Fight me.

Anguirus and Godzilla being friends in the Showa series is cannon. Deal with it.

Monsterverse is not similar to either MCU nor Bayformers just because all three are big budget CGI blockbuster franchises.

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darthzilla99 wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:33 am But how would he play into the story? Maybe this is me, but I feel like Legendary isn't going to spend money licensing toho kaiju just for the sake of fan service cameos. My argument is that a licensed character will have to play a decent role in the film or films and have merchandise promotion to get their monies worth.
You're right, but... well, it isn't like it's exactly difficult to find a role for the average kaiju in the average movie. We fans overcomplicate that. If Anguirus and Kamacuras had replaced Mothra and Rodan in KOTM, virtually nothing would have changed. There's no reason Anguirus couldn't have donated his own 'radiation' to Godzilla after death and achieved the same result. Marketing-wise, yeah, I guess that's another story.
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LP licensed Godzilla's three biggest costars for KOTM and it underperformed. I don't understand why anyone thinks they're going to be motivated to throw more money at Toho for lesser monsters the general audience either doesn't care about or has never heard or.

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Legion1979 wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:28 am LP licensed Godzilla's three biggest costars for KOTM and it underperformed. I don't understand why anyone thinks they're going to be motivated to throw more money at Toho for lesser monsters the general audience either doesn't care about or has never heard or.
Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan are Godzilla's biggest co stars to us and Japan. For all we known Kumonga and Manda could get featured in a film and do better than kotm.
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Legion1979 wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:28 am LP licensed Godzilla's three biggest costars for KOTM and it underperformed. I don't understand why anyone thinks they're going to be motivated to throw more money at Toho for lesser monsters the general audience either doesn't care about or has never heard or.
1. Movie critics universally praised the kaiju while panning the plot.
2. The KOTM toho cast still sells merchandise to this day. You still have companies making toys and statues of King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mothra 3 years after KOTM has been out, compared to the MUTOs who don't have hardly any merchandise even when Godzilla 2014 came out.

I would argue merchandise sales has a bigger influence on licensing characters than movie box office alone. Merchandise was the main reason why the incredible hulk was made. Despite the mixed reception to Ang Lee's Hulk, Hulk toys sold alot and that caused interest to try again.
GVK: TNE is a modern day 70s Showa Godzilla movie. Being a massive budget modern blockbuster CGI film instead of traditional 70s tokusatsu techniques doesn't change that. Fight me.

Anguirus and Godzilla being friends in the Showa series is cannon. Deal with it.

Monsterverse is not similar to either MCU nor Bayformers just because all three are big budget CGI blockbuster franchises.

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^ That, and, granted, I don't know the ins and outs of licensing - but I've got to assume that Toho would charge less for Anguirus than they would King Ghidorah. Toho doesn't seem to have any interest in supporting their classic characters outside of the usual 3 or 4, might as well let Legendary do so and keep/make fans aware of the classic characters.
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Legendary Minya wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:05 am ^ That, and, granted, I don't know the ins and outs of licensing - but I've got to assume that Toho would charge less for Anguirus than they would King Ghidorah. Toho doesn't seem to have any interest in supporting their classic characters outside of the usual 3 or 4, might as well let Legendary do so and keep/make fans aware of the classic characters.
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I want a full-on gay/lesbian character. Not just because I support it, but because of the "woke" rage it's gonna' induce in some of the more entertaining parts of the fandom. Bring Madison back and give her a female lover.

Do it.
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Kinda forgot about Rodan being in hibernation. Rodan coming back with a Mothra Larvae would be sweet. Godzillas little gang along with Kong to battle the threat. BUT a lineup like this might be saved for Destroy All Monsters which I believe will be the next film after this and finale
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Cookson wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:30 pm Kinda forgot about Rodan being in hibernation. Rodan coming back with a Mothra Larvae would be sweet. Godzillas little gang along with Kong to battle the threat. BUT a lineup like this might be saved for Destroy All Monsters which I believe will be the next film after this and finale
Now that’s a fun idea. Would love to see that. I’m all for some more Rodan and Mothra.
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No toho monsters besides Godzilla so fans on Twitter are disappointed. No existing American monsters either like "Cthulhu". & more Kong than Godzilla. :kingkong1962:

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Mac Daddy MM wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:51 pm I want a full-on gay/lesbian character. Not just because I support it, but because of the "woke" rage it's gonna' induce in some of the more entertaining parts of the fandom. Bring Madison back and give her a female lover.

Do it.
-Make Jia, Madison, and Dr. Andrews the most competent characters
-Bring in Armor Mothra
GVK: TNE is a modern day 70s Showa Godzilla movie. Being a massive budget modern blockbuster CGI film instead of traditional 70s tokusatsu techniques doesn't change that. Fight me.

Anguirus and Godzilla being friends in the Showa series is cannon. Deal with it.

Monsterverse is not similar to either MCU nor Bayformers just because all three are big budget CGI blockbuster franchises.

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darthzilla99 wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 5:31 pm
Mac Daddy MM wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:51 pm I want a full-on gay/lesbian character. Not just because I support it, but because of the "woke" rage it's gonna' induce in some of the more entertaining parts of the fandom. Bring Madison back and give her a female lover.

Do it.
-Make Jia, Madison, and Dr. Andrews the most competent characters
-Bring in Armor Mothra
Well, Madison and Jia already are the most competent characters in the MV, lol. Hell, Emma and Jonah are the most competent human villains in the entire Godzilla franchise.


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Mac Daddy MM wrote: Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:33 am
darthzilla99 wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 5:31 pm
Mac Daddy MM wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:51 pm I want a full-on gay/lesbian character. Not just because I support it, but because of the "woke" rage it's gonna' induce in some of the more entertaining parts of the fandom. Bring Madison back and give her a female lover.

Do it.
-Make Jia, Madison, and Dr. Andrews the most competent characters
-Bring in Armor Mothra
Well, Madison and Jia already are the most competent characters in the MV, lol. Hell, Emma and Jonah are the most competent human villains in the entire Godzilla franchise.
You make good points. Also if the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy was made today, you and I both know a good portion of the fandom would yell that Kaiju films are becoming woke, and Ben Shapiro would be making videos on Mothra making Godzilla woke.

In fact, I say the monsterverse should make a ROM spin off movie just for the LOLs.
GVK: TNE is a modern day 70s Showa Godzilla movie. Being a massive budget modern blockbuster CGI film instead of traditional 70s tokusatsu techniques doesn't change that. Fight me.

Anguirus and Godzilla being friends in the Showa series is cannon. Deal with it.

Monsterverse is not similar to either MCU nor Bayformers just because all three are big budget CGI blockbuster franchises.

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darthzilla99 wrote: Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:55 am
You make good points. Also if the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy was made today, you and I both know a good portion of the fandom would yell that Kaiju films are becoming woke, and Ben Shapiro would be making videos on Mothra making Godzilla woke.

In fact, I say the monsterverse should make a ROM spin off movie just for the LOLs.
I would love to see that. Kaiju romance is a critically unexplored genre of film.
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