Are the G2K and GFW Godzillas the 1954 Godzilla?
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:54 pm
This seems like an obvious question but is something I've never thought about and now that I'm thinking about it, it feels weird. At 32 years of age I grew up with 2 primary timelines. The Showa and Heisei timelines. In each time line it was documented that Godzilla 54 died, and every Godzilla from that point on is a second Godzilla. So when I think of all Godzillas they are separate from Godzilla 1954 to me. it's like a muscle memory only in my brain.
Then comes G2K and GFW. According to Toho, they are in the same continuity as G54. But they don't really reference it in either film except in the most vague of ways. The Godzilla in G2K looks nothing like G 54 and the Godzilla in GFW is double the size of G54. However in Godzilla X Megauirus, G 54 was retconned so that the oxygen destroyer never existed and Godzilla was never defeated. So for G2K/GFW, are they G 54 either regenerated from being disintegrated by the Oxygent Destroyer, are they retconned to have never been effected by the Oxygen Destroyer, or are they each a second Godzilla? Also GMK Godzilla is a spiritually resurrected G 54 as well as Kiryu being a robotically resurrected version of Godzilla 54.
TLDR For almost 50 years, Godzilla has been a second Godzilla outside of the G54. Then we have a 5 year period where that is no longer the case and its just weird for me to think about it.
Then comes G2K and GFW. According to Toho, they are in the same continuity as G54. But they don't really reference it in either film except in the most vague of ways. The Godzilla in G2K looks nothing like G 54 and the Godzilla in GFW is double the size of G54. However in Godzilla X Megauirus, G 54 was retconned so that the oxygen destroyer never existed and Godzilla was never defeated. So for G2K/GFW, are they G 54 either regenerated from being disintegrated by the Oxygent Destroyer, are they retconned to have never been effected by the Oxygen Destroyer, or are they each a second Godzilla? Also GMK Godzilla is a spiritually resurrected G 54 as well as Kiryu being a robotically resurrected version of Godzilla 54.
TLDR For almost 50 years, Godzilla has been a second Godzilla outside of the G54. Then we have a 5 year period where that is no longer the case and its just weird for me to think about it.