Rodan in the 60's

[davezilla]

I like the Rodan from the 60's. I mean he was going toe to toe quiet well with Godzilla in Ghidrah. I like Rodan being on par with Godzilla and them being allies. I hated what they did to the character in the Heisei era.

Would anyone watch a Rodan film or series where he fights another monster? I sure would.

[lhb412]

[DannyBeane]

[davezilla]

Danny that sounds like perfection! Sign me up! I'd be there for that!

[XvGojira]

[DannyBeane]

[XvGojira]

[SpaceMal]

[lhb412]

[SpaceMal]

[lhb412]

... of course that's the intended ending: they both die! But Ghidorah is a retcon: one of them didn't die!

[XvGojira]

[Legion]

As far as Toho is concerned, the Rodan that appears in Ghidrah is the same one from the 1956 film.

[lhb412]

[Pkmatrix]

I concluded after my last viewing of Ghidorah that the movie isn't really in continuity with Rodan at all, but instead is taking a VERY broad strokes take of the movie as it's backstory. lhb412's is right in bringing up Universal and Hammer, because that's exactly what I'm thinking of. Specifically, look at something like Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man or House of Frankenstein as earlier examples of this: the former makes really vague references to Ghost of Frankenstein but messes up some key details, while the latter makes vague references to the former AND Dracula while getting those details even more wrong.

About the only thing Ghidorah says is that a monster called Rodan, which previously had appeared at Mt. Aso, once existed. It's the same thing with Godzilla in Mothra vs. Godzilla, but with even less connection to the previous films. Really, all continuity in the '60s (at least up until SoG and DAM) centered around Mothra and Ghidorah, not Godzilla or Rodan.

[Dorkzilla]

I just kind of assumed it was a third Rodan.

[angilas]