Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-1030114-20140726200851/@comment-5989773-20140803182152

KManX89 wrote: Not in the kind of expensive CGI used in the 2014 Godzilla. Also, both would have their look and origins modified, so that makes them fresh by default per this rebooted series and Rodan is considered by many to be near Godzilla's strength, very much debatable, but whatever. Besides, he's not even the antagonist: Ghidorah is. It's gonna be GTTHD all over again with Mothra and Rodan helping Godzilla fight him.

Oh, and don't even bring up Hedorah as a candidate: he's literally a giant blob, trying selling that to the average moviegoer. Moreover, try creating a "grounded" approach to that. I know a giant moth and a giant three-headed dragon is no easy sell, either, but both sure as heck sound more appealing to casual audiences than a giant blob of waste.

Furthermore, I don't recall Baragon, Varan or Gorosaurus ever being able to limit Godzilla's atomic breath via EMP, do you? Heck, one MUTO was enough to give him a run for his money while two kicked the living crap out of him. Those 3 are at best on par with the MUTOs, and that's not the rule for sequels, I'm sorry. The general rule of thumb is: the enemy has to be more imposing with each sequel, the TDK trilogy did it with the Joker, and then Bane and MoS is doing it right now with General Zod, and then the duo of Lex and Cyborg (expect Doomsday and/or Darkseid to appear later on, in the JL and next MoS solo film), and that's where MechaGodzilla, Biollante and Destroyah come in for the 3rd movie (the DAM-themed film) as they're all stronger than Ghidorah... well, the first 2 have a case for being stronger and the 3rd (Destroyah) is stronger.

Besides, just imagine how awesome each of those 3 would look in modern CGI with an updated look, especially Destroyah, that has me wetting my pants just thinking about it, made possible only by Ghidorah being in the 2nd movie. How was that entire movie at all grounded in reality? It was one of the most unrealistic movies I've seen in a while! Godzilla being a soldier chosen by nature to bring balance and yet acting like a human being while people cheer the giant monster? I would say they threw out their realism card when they created a giant atomic breathe breathing bipedal lizard but the movie didn't even try to be realistic, not that I have a problem with that. Quite contrary actually, it was a nice escape movie that put me in a more silly world.