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Aggression25 wrote: No, he can't be the same beast. If it's truly a reboot of the original film like the Legendary film, then his ability to survive the bomb was extremely crippling. His back looks like it's having a harder time regenerating than the tail is; blood, boils, lava? Remember Godzilla Meltdown from Godzilla versus Destoroyah? Only not as effective and more excruciating. And the tail itself; there seems to be an area of exposed bone (if not muscle tissue made to look like bone). I don't see what that has to do with it not being the same Godzilla. The biggest issue I see with it being the same Godzilla is just the fact this Godzilla is 118.5 meters tall. He looks like the 1954 Godzilla, and is probably a good representation of what the original Godzilla could have looked like with modern special effects. It's possible this film could retcon Godzilla's size to having always been 118.5 meters, but I see it being just as likely it's a complete reboot. I still believe it is possible this is somehow the 1954 Godzilla.

I don't buy this "two Godzillas" theory very much though. People are assuming apparent inconsistencies in Godzilla's design somehow automatically mean there must be two Godzillas, while it's much more likely either his appearance changes throughout the film or people are just seeing things that aren't there.