Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-19975417-20140202184548/@comment-5527544-20140729231832

I think the reason people hated it is because it was a betrayal of the character.

When you adapt a character it's like the Doctor regenerating, sure he may not look the same but the essence, the soul of the character remains the same. I can understand why people got angry at Man of Steel, 'Superman doesn't kill!' Which is not really true. Superman does not agree with killing. In Superman 2, Supes and Lois pelt Zod and his cohorts down crevices in the fortress to freeze to death and/or die from the fall and they just smiled. In the comics Supes executed three Kryptonian criminals with Kryptonite (The green stuff doesn't/didn't affect Kryptonians from another universe) because they were to dangerous to leave alive and he felt terrible about it, but he weighed his options and he had to do it. Man of Steel couldn't find another way and afterwards what happened, he screamed out in agony. In that regard Man of Steel was more faithful to the character than Supes in Superman 2. Yes I know about the Director's Cut.

Look at Zilla, he was created by a nuclear bomb, that's not big, that cliche' is called Giant Ant Syndrome. At least it's still there...(f@cking iguanas...sigh)

Godzilla is immune/resistant....basically conventional weaponry cannot kill him: He get's offed by a couple of missiles.

Nuclear Breath/Radioactive Fire Breath: He has a 'Power Breath' where he exhaled and ignited some cars.

Yes, sometimes Godzilla has been portrayed as an animal, but he is ultimately a force of nature, Zilla was just an animal.

Godzilla is a symbol of strength: Zilla's first instinct (and wisely so) is to run.

Godzilla is a tank: No other monster in the history of Toho has even been killed by missiles, to the point the whole 'The military/conventional weapons can't kill him' is an unspoken rule of all Kaiju and is usually only broken/bent with extreme or great effort, for fear of the Kaiju being labelled as 'weak'.

Now I like Zilla, I have fond memories watching his movie as a kid, but the character, the movie, flies in the face of everything Godzilla and I don't mean the appearance. If I remember correctly Toho said they liked the design. However as one who bore the name 'Godzilla', he shamed that name and the history behind it and in the process angered those who held attachments to said name/history. There is nothing wrong with Zilla...but he's just not Godzilla. it's the reason why people don't like him.