User blog comment:Embow/Gareth Edwards leaves Godzilla 2/@comment-3367060-20160515025215

This... is not a good sign. Whoever they do pick, they need to make sure it's someone who cares about Godzilla. I can't stress this enough: we cannot have another Roland Emmerich or someone who is indifferent toward Godzilla. It has to be someone who likes Godzilla, and they need to be able to prove that they like it AND they need to know how to react to the fan reaction and critical reaction of the 2014 film well. I think Gareth would have done that well since it was HIS film, but now, I'm worried that mistakes will be made. Godzilla 2 will either be objectively better or objectively worse than the original. I hope it's not worse. Godzilla 2014 >only< got such good reviews because it was infinitely better than the 1998 film--the sequel needs to not be a mediocre (according to people) film and needs to actually be good--like, it has to a B+ film to get a C. If this film gets a 7/10 on IMDb and is not certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, I will be disheartened, not because some random people said it's not good, but because people will think it's not a good movie and perhaps that Godzilla is never meant to be a film character to be taken seriously.