Type 5 Kaiju you want to see in an American movie?

[DannyBeane]

Hmm but how would you work the drill arms in? Make him a cyborg? Alien experiment?

[Ultra T-Rex]

I would give Megalon and Gigan shared origins, I think that would easily explain Megalon's "cyborg elements" and would preserve that connection they had in the Showa series.

[briizilla]

Of all the Toho monsters I can't see Mothra fitting into an American series. Its just too outlandish for Joe Moviegoer to swallow. I cant see 'magic' being part of anything tied into a Godzilla series either, and honestly that's the only way a giant moth has any prayer against the huge, armor plated, (hopefully) radioactive ray spewing creature Godzilla appears to be in the new movie.

King Ghidorah would be so awesome to see in a huge budgeted American version.

[jellydonut25]

[Gojiraknight]

[angilas]

Gabara
Garuda
Giant Condor
Minilla
And
Mamagon

Seriously though

Angilas
Gamera
Rodan
King Ghidorah
Gigan

And for seconds

Gorosaurus
Titanosaurus
Mothra
Hedorah (though it sounds like that's in the works already)
And
Biollante

[klen7]

Mamagon!

[Gman2887]

[DannyBeane]

[angilas]

[jellydonut25]

[emeGoji]

Mothra
King Ghidrah
Angilas
Megalon
Destroyer

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[Cookie]

If we're talking about Toho kaiju then....
Rodan
Angurius
Kumonga
Kamacurus
King Ghidorah(for the finale)

[DannyBeane]

[Kaiju Nexus]

So, looking at Godzilla's "rogue's gallery" so to speak (minus any kaiju that were never specifically featured in a Godzilla film), let's look at who we can cross off the list as having very little possibility of showing up in the new Legendary Godzilla film/series...

Anguirus - Very good chance. Could easily be done very realistically.
- Though he could be done realistically, he's not super popular and I doubt he'd be used.
- Could be redesigned in a cool, realistic way...but really needs to be featured alongside Mothra to justify it's inclusion.
Biollante - Science gone wrong already seems to be the theme for the 2014 film. Throw in some experimentation with Godzilla cells, and I think this could definitely be updated for a new film while fitting well into the new universe.
- Very dependent on the Oxygen Destroyer backstory, which I doubt is being used now.
- Eh...maybe a small cameo to showcase a large mutant creature? Probably wouldn't be mentioned by name, though.
- Same deal as Ebirah, but he's pretty obscure. So I doubt it.
- Alien cyborg in this new, realism-based Godzilla universe? Unfortunately, chances are slim.
- Could easily work, but just too similar to Godzilla.
Hedorah - Science gone awry could explain it without the alien origin. Could also be very creepy. But...it would take a good deal of explanation. Maybe...
- Unfortunately, JJ probably has the least chance of anyone.
- Another situation where a cameo as a mutant creature is possible. But with reports of a very different bug monster showing up in this film, it may be too redundant.
- Giant lion monster? Even without the ancient deity angle...probably not.
King Ghidorah - As one of Goji's most popular foes, I could see them going the extra mile to heavily redesign him to fit the new universe...maybe.
- Intellectual property rights and all that.
- Same deal as Kamacuras.
Manda - Giant snake-like monster? Could certainly work.
- Definitely too over-the-top.
Megaguirus - Giant dragon-fly monster. If they're going with a giant insect theme, this insectoid foes could certainly be up for grabs...especially with it's ties to Rodan, which could be touched upon.
- After the '98 fiasco, I very much doubt we'll ever see any juvenile Godzillas in these films.
- Maybe the name used in a fan-nod kind of way? But the actual robot...no way.
- Giant octopus doesn't sound too threatening for this new, very powerful-looking Godzilla. As a cameo? Maybe...but I doubt it would be named.
- I wouldn't be expecting any alien kaiju.
Rodan - A realistic depiction of this flying beast could easily fit in.
- Again. Aliens. No.
- Another dinosaurian kaiju. He could be updated, but any of the others would probably be picked first.
- Pretty much the same deal as Titanosaurus.


So, we've got...

Anguirus
Biollante
Hedorah
Manda
Megaguirus
Rodan

I think any of these are real contenders if they choose to update any Toho kaiju.

[jellydonut25]

[Bluejira]

Toho monsters:
1. Rodan Love everything about the character from design to personality.
2. Gargantua or some variation of giant Prometheus character.
3. Hedorah who hasn't wondered what kind of scary microbes live in the bottom of our garbage dumps.

Non Toho:
1. King Kong
2. Them an army ant horde.
3. Kronos. Artificial intelligence machine controlling nanobots that could take on any form.

[Ultra T-Rex]

Thinking about it, when dealing with kaiju films of a more "serious/dark" nature we often consider monsters of alien origin "too out there", but is a giant monster from another planet brought over by aliens really any more far-fetched than a giant monster that comes into existence by the use of nuclear weapons? Arguably the alien monster is more "realistic" because we don't really know what might exist on other planets. Just throwing that in.

And I also don't think there's any contradiction between "serious movie" and "fantastical concepts". Think about Kaneko's Gamera trilogy, G3 especially is probably one of the "darkest" and most "serious" films in the genre, but it also has a very fantastical, supernatural element to the monsters.

[Arislan]

Godzilla vs. Gyaos.

Only in my imagination of course, but...

[Gojistomped]

After balancing the coolness vs realism factor by way of a series of incredibly complex mathematical equations here are the 5 Id most like to see:

Destroyah
Biollante-
Anguirus
Rodan
Megaguirus

[Gojira-2000]

Biollante, Orga and Megaguirus for me. I've always liked the idea of Godzilla being a continuing source of contamination, outside of him destroying nuclear power stations and submarines, and generating more new monsters in his wake.

[VeryMacabre]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

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