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I'm guessing at least one person will vote for him without actually reading the poll; happens a lot on polls with people just "insta-clicking" an answer without bothering to read the question, and it's something I've been guilty of doing.
Out of these options, I'd say SpaceGodzilla.
Destoroyah makes no sense at this point.
True, but she had to drain Godzilla's energy herself before she could do that.
Nope; Megaguirus was the "Queen" of the Meganulon/Meganula.
When the Dimension Tide was first tested, it opened a temporary wormhole (a rip in space/time), with this wormhole connecting the prehistoric past with the modern day and allowing a Meganula Dragonfly to fly to the present day from prehistoric times; said Meganula laying an egg before flying back through the portal before it closed.
Thanks to the dumb actions of a 'Kenny', the egg was placed in the sewers - with it birthing hundreds of Meganulon while underwater (simialr to how Dragonflies begin their lives underwater).
These Meganulon later transformed into Meganula (the ones with wings) and birthed more eggs - thus creating more Meganulon/Meganula, with their "Queen" been born and the Meganula stealing energy from Godzilla to empower her, with this also mutating her appearance.
As for Zone Fighter, I have asked in back in December last year about if he'd be in the Monsterverse. I only got a few responses, but the opinion was effectively "not likely" - which I can understand.
(The thread is here, but don't comment on it; I don't want you to get in trouble for necroposting).
Megaguirus isn't an extraterrestrial kaiju.
Really good indeed.
Admittedly, I did chuckle when Ultima was biting RoboGodzilla's hand and RoboGodzilla was trying to shake him off; reminds me of one of my family when we were having a picnic in the park and someone's puppy was trying to steal the sausage roll he had in his hand.
(He was okay, just in case you were wondering).
Nope; we're all just speculating - with the three main possibilities is that it's either a brand new monster, or (if it's a Toho kaiju) then it's possibly either Gigan or SpaceGodzilla.
Speaking of the latter, I came across this artwork of a more alien-looking SpaceGodzilla. While the mandibles feel a bit too on the nose since the Yautja/Predator is one of the most famous alien monsters in movie history, I do like the three sets of eyes; reminds me a bit of the Chimera from the Resistance series:
I definitely wouldn't call Gorgo a rip-off; the only connective tissue it has to the Godzilla series is that the monster is a dinosaur-like reptile that trashes a city and is portrayed via suitmation and miniatures.
Beyond that, the plots of the two movies are very different:
Godzilla is about a surviving dinosaur mutated by radioactive fallout that devastates Tokyo like a living atomic bomb and leaves many people dead, injured and/or sick with radiation poisoning, with the creature only been killed thanks to a scientist who has created an even worse weapon - while the viewer is warned that further atomic testing may one day create another Godzilla.
Gorgo, on the other hand, is about a giant and ancient prehistoric reptile awakened by an undersea volcanic eruption near some islands off the coast of Ireland, which is captured and sent to London to be used as a circus attraction - only for the creature to be revealed as an infant and for his much bigger and very angry mother to attack the city in order to save her offspring, which she succeeds in doing.
Honestly, I'd say The Giant Behemoth (made by the same director as Gorgo and The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms) is more of a rip-off of Godzilla than Gorgo - since the monster in that film actually is a dinosaur mutated by radiation and even has its own atomic breath.
@Methuselah8 - Reptilian was definitely an entertaining movie; I remember watching Brandon Tenold's review of it and laughing at several scenes from it (namely due to some of the hammy, over-the-top acting from some of the actors).
As for Gorgo, he also had a comic run that continued his story after the movie, with plenty of those stories been entertaining.
Looking at this (and after seeing some other people talking about this on other threads), I think there is a possibility that the opponent for this movie could be Gigan rather than SpaceGodzilla.
Back in 2021, I made a thread where I hypothesized what if Gigan and Guiron were used in a future story, but had their origins retooled so that they were from the future and were cyborg re-creations of Godzilla and Gamera respectively.
Since the Monsterverse has shown that Godzilla is a species with at least one other member been known about, what if extraterrestrials exploring Earth in the past discovered the corpse of another Godzilla, transported it back to their world and used it as a base to upgrade him with their alien technology in order to create their own cyborg monster - naming their new creation "Gigan"?
If this version of Gigan retained his memories of his time as a Godzilla to some degree, then this also gives him a more personal reason to reclaim Earth besides simply been a weapon to be used for planetary conquest, as Earth in this situation was originally his territory and he was its Alpha; him seeing the current Godzilla as a weak ruler due to him allowing a fellow Alpha - Kong - to live and thrive in the Hollow Earth instead of Godzilla dominating both territories.
As such, this puts him on a personal collision path with Godzilla, Kong and any other Titan/Alpha that stands against him.
Since Gigan was created using alien technology, it would make sense that he could communicate/override human technology - which we've seen happen before in the Godzilla series (like in Destroy All Monsters) and in other Sci-Fi movies (like Man of Steel) - so it would make sense about him messing with the computer like that as we saw in the teaser.
Additionally, if Gigan is made from the body of a Godzilla in this situation, he too may be able to acquire his own, potentially more powerful version of a "Fire Godzilla" form - which could play into the whole "Supernova" title.
On a side note, what if the red glow in the middle of the 'R' on the film's title is meant to be a visual reference to Gigan's glowing red eye?
If I turn out to be wrong and the new movie's villain is indeed SpaceGodzilla or an original kaiju, then fair enough - I just thought I'd hypothesize for a while.
(Apologies for the wall of text).
Personally I'd call Gorgo more of a homage than a rip-off. After all, it's made by the guy who made The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and that was one of the primary inspirations for Godzilla.
Bit of "give-and-take" going on, so to speak.
@Crimson king godzilla - Agreed; the game Godzilla: Save the Earth had SpaceGodzilla be created by the Vortaak while Matt Frank's Godzilla Neo fanfiction series had a sentient crystal organism come to Earth and steal Godzilla's DNA to become SpaceGodzilla.
On a side note, considering how advanced the Hollow Earth Iwi tribe were in certain respects (including how they could manipulate gravity), who's to say that some of them - or another ancient tribe that co-exsted with the Titans - didn't find a way to fly off into space with some Titan DNA?
That makes sense (and nice update of the "Fake Godzilla" character if so).
@GodzillaLover04 - I remember watching that series. The final episode still gets me every time.
Interesting Godzilla design and I'm liking the "Gotengo" design as well.
(I put Gotengo in quotations as it might be something different that just looks similar).
@FredzillaSTUDIOS - It was; I've seen some of the footage on YouTube.
Well, his or her body - depending on whether Dr. Lazarus is a man or a woman (your choice).
With every change, the transformed state is less human and more kaiju, to put it simply. When Lazarus changes back to human (while they can), their "monster" form solidifies before breaking apart/burning, with Lazarus emerging in their human form from the corpse - like a twisted version of a Phoenix been reborn.
The difference between this and the Phoenix, however, is that Dr. Lazarus' is affected negatively in body and mind after every change; their health deteriorating in certain ways as attempts to reverse what has been done takes a physical and mental toll on them as well as those around them due to the Doctor's obsession with ending their "curse" and having to constantly "fight their other self" in their mind.
Furthermore, as they transform into a kaiju each time, the time will come where the kaiju form will become permanent and they'll never become human again, with their mind likely becoming lost to the "other personality" as a result - unless they create a successful antidote.
I think the only thing I'm not sure about now is what Lazarus' monster form would look like - as there would be some human elements remaining (as that what they're mutating from) but with Godzilla/Gyaos DNA it allows the writers to go nuts with how it mutates another living organism.
After all, we've seen Biollante and Orga created from Godzilla's DNA (mixing with Rose/Human DNA and Alien DNA respectively), while the Heisei version of Viras from the Dark Horse comics was created from Gyaos DNA and Zedus was created from a lizard eating Gyaos flesh.
Additionally, I did mention each transformation losing more of the human elements and becoming more kaiju-like - similar to how Shin Godzilla goes through multiple "evolutions" before settling on a final form.
Yeah, go for it.
I've done it in the past for A Space Godzilla and Bride of Godzilla so I'm curious to see what you do.
(DON'T comment on those threads I've linked, as they're well over the 30 day comment limit - having been written back in 2020 - and I don't want you to get in trouble for necroposting.
I'm just linking them so you can see what I did, in case they give you any inspiration).
For me, I think the more sympathetic version of the "Dr. Lazarus" character I talked about in the thread would work better for the Gamera series - especially if the human heroes successfully create an antidote to separate Lazarus' human body and mind from their transformed kaiju state; allowing Lazarus to survive while Gamera can now kill the other monster without fear of potentially killing a kid's mother/father.
(After all, Dr. Lazarus in this version of my hypothetical scenario did the whole experiment to try to heal themselves of a terminal illness - which they ultimately ended up succeeding at as an unexpected side effect of this nightmare situation - so that their child wouldn't become an orphan upon their passing).
The more malevolent version of the "Dr. Lazarus" character would probably work better for the Godzilla series; mostly losing their body and mind to their transformed kaiju state and ending up getting killed by Godzilla - transforming back into a more human-like form before their death, with it been the karmic retribution of their greed and hubris that led them to becoming the monster and meeting an early end as a result.
(After all, the "greed and hubris of man" is a theme the Godzilla series has used in many of its movies, so doing it here would make sense).