Godzilla Projects I'd like to see

[Irish Gfan]

The main problem with the third series is that while the films were enjoyable, most of them had the feel of been there, done that as most of the films borrowed elements from the previous entries in the series. That combined with the fact that I felt like they brought the series back way too soon made the newer installments seem like they weren't up to par, even if they probably were in many respects.

So first of all, I think that Toho should the series dead for a while, like maybe until 2015 or something. As for ideas, well there are plenty of things they could possibly do.

1) I'd like to see them create some new foes. In the 60s & 70s, Toho seemed to have a relatively easy time coming up with new oppoents for their star: Ghidorah, Gigan, Hedorah, & Mechagodzilla were some of Godzilla's best foes, and combined with established monsters like Rodan & Mothra, it was a true joy to watch.

The Heisei series took a gamble with Biollante, and it didn't payoff initially, but it is still a very good entry into the series, and fans seem to have excepted Biollante over the years. Toho then made the smart move of mixing new creations with their old classics resulting in the creations of Battra & Mecha King Ghidorah, who were both great. By the end of the series, things had been established and both Destroyah & Spacegodzilla were easily acceptable enemies for Godzilla.

Now the third series seem to have problems introducing new monsters. Orga, while having his cool elements, seemed to be a creature combined from Gamera & the American Godzilla, while Megaguiras stemed from the Meganula from Rodan and borrowed from Battra & Legion. None of those seemed to work overly well, so they went back to the trusted method of recycling the classics like Mothra, Ghidorah, Baragon, Mecha G, Rodan, Anguiras, Gigan, and various others. Even the seemingly new Monster X was just an updated Ghidorah. There were really no truly impressive new oppoents for Godzila during this time.

Of course the series is at a point now where they've done everything, so what could they possibly have Godzilla face that hasn't been used before? I have a few ideas:

How about Godzilla vs. a Giant Vampire Bat? They could do something where a Vampire Bat drinks Godzilla's blood and mutates, and they could have a really violent battle with the bat trying to suck Godzilla dry.

Or how about putting him up against some kind of Ice Monster? Godzilla has been in snowy environments before, but he's never really faced anything like an Abominable Snowman or an Ice Beast or something of the like.

Or how about a Mechat that isn't based off an established monster? We've seen Mecha Godzilla, Mecha Ghidorah, & MOGUERA, but there hasn't been a robot that is a completely original (Ok ok, except Jet Jaguar, but he was ripped off from Ultraman)

Or why even have Godzilla fight a Giant Monster at all? That happens in every movie, so why not do something different. Like maybe they coudl do something where one of Godzilla's rampages results in a nuclear breakout that causes the dead to rise ala Night of the Living Dead and as the dead takes over Japan, Godzilla arrives and the Zombies become like a swarm for Godzilla to fight. Basically my idea is a Zombie flick with Godzilla thrown in. I might be pulling that one out of my asss, but whatever.

OK, I don't have many ideas, but its a start. And if they create a new monster, they could introduce it along side an established one like they did in the Showa & Heisei series.

2) If you are going to bring back some old monsters, bring back some of the Heisei crew.

The Heisei series IMO was a strong series of Godzilla films with some impressive new foes and I think if Toho tries to bring back guys like Biollante, Spacegodzilla, & Destroyah instead of going back to Ghidorah & Mothra again, it could work out quite nicely.

3) Dream matches? There are a few monsters that Godzilla has never faced one on one before that would make for an interesting movie if he ever did. Obviously the big one is Godzilla vs. Gamera. Kaiju fans would crap themselves if they ever made that one. Godzilla has also never faced off with The Gargantuans from War of the Gargantuans, and mixing those two Toho classics into one would be make for some good stuff. One that I've always wanted is an entire movie dedicated to Godzilla vs. Rodan. They had two fights in the past, but they never got to star as foes against each other in the same film. It would be interesting to me anyways. And they've already done it once, but with the recent King Kong remake, why not try to work things out and remake King Kong vs. Godzilla. Hell I'd like to see it done in the States, even if they use GINO. It would just make for a really fun movie again. Those are the biggies.

[The Top Crusader]

Well, whatever they do, it has to be really, really dark, and really, really bloody... definitely an R rating.

Or they could do one where Ichiro is the prime minister of Japan and summons Godzilla from the ocean or Monster Island to do his bidding, that'd be pretty awesome. His political oponent could have the same name as a new monster and Godzilla battles him on election night!

[Brick Side]

I like the idea of the nuclear breakout, but the zombies? That would definitely be a "jumping the shark" type of moment for the series (if it hasn't happened already).

[Irish Gfan]

Well Godzilla movies have had everything else. Space traveling Aliens, Time Traveling, Cyborgs, Mutants, Dinosaurs, Sea Creatures, Flying creatures, Magical Powers, and...Jet Jaguar. Why not Zombies?!

I'm all for trying new things, and its really hard to come up with something that Godzilla hasn't done.

[BruceAReville]

[Irish Gfan]

[kiryugoji04]

[Mexigojira]

just bring back Gabara.

[MekaGojira3k]

[Zack Metoyer]

[Mexigojira]

[william newell]

I know many will disagree, but I would like to see a sequel to GINO. Yes, I know the first movie('98) sucked on many levels and is hated for good reason, but I firmly believe that a sequel(and not that "Godzillas ruling the earth" nonsense that Devlin and Emmerich were talking about) could rock and go a long way towards explaing much of Godzilla's mythos. Such as his transformation from threat to protector, for example.
Other than that, the one other avenue I would love to see explored would be a mix of Godzilla and Mechwarrior. I'd love to see Godzilla battling with 'Mechs similiar to the Destroids from Robotech and think it would make for some really exciting action. Just my thoughts, for what they're worth...

[Irish Gfan]

One sequel to GINO that they could do would be a King Kong vs. Godzilla remake. Both monsters have now received grear CGI rendered apperances, and if given to the right people, they could make a really good movie out of it.

[Hawanja]

[Gondo]

I agree with hawanja. A Godzilla x Godzilla: maybe the Godzilla-design of the G2000/Megaguirus/Mechagodzilla/TokyoSOS vs the GMK or Final Wars design in order to tell them apart. One could be a clone (something like that was hinted in the Tokyo SOS sequence after the end-credits) or a totaly new Godzilla.

Another idea for a monster would be a Blob-monster. Look at the end of the movie "Evolutuion" 8with David duchovny): That CGI-mass would make a great Godzilla foe (heck, it could even pass as a revamp of Hedorah).

Toho must let go off continuesly repating itself over and over again: There was an overkill of Mothra (i hate that thing, do thy really thing somebody cares for that moth?), King Gidorah and Mechagodzilla in the Millenium-Series for my taste.
IF they want to take the safe route and reuse an traditional monster they should do a Godzilla vs Rodan (Rodan is one of the well know monster that even has aa siongle-movie and there isn´t a movie called GvsR yet).

[BruceAReville]

Call me crazy but for the Godzilla franchise probably the best way to turn it around and make it profitable enough for TOHO to invest a lot of time and effort into it would be to come out with a 1/2 hour Live Action Godzilla series in the same vein as Ultraman, but instead of having Big G fight a new monster every episode have stories that span 4-6 episodes and go from there.

Have G-Force or something similar as the story's main focal point to drive the plot and then bring in a recurring foe either an alien race or madman trying to take over the world. Introduce new monsters as well as bring back old ones into the fray and you can still have Big G in solo adventures without another monster to fight.

I know it has been done time and time again before but the formula works - of course it would mean a downgrade in production and make it gear towards kids more (But not to the point as being as campy as Godzilla Island) - but if it became profitable for TOHO once again then maybe we could get a big screen production we all can be proud of.

[MekaGojira3k]

[mr.negativity]

[MekaGojira3k]

[mr.negativity]

I don't know, maybe like this:

[Legion]

[mbozzo]

[kent]

[kiryugoji04]

[G2KMaster]