Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

If we are posting on here, it's safe to say that we would LOVE another Godzilla series at some point, but I will have to be honest and say that the last series (1999 - 2004) didn't hardly excite me at all.

I was brainstorming at work today and thought of a few things that would help make the next G-Series a much better effort.

- Toho needs to focus on GODZILLA (the monster) and stop trying to re-make American films within the Godzilla storylines. X-Men, Aliens, Matrix, Indiana Jones, Terminator...it seems like they don't even try to desguise the fact either.

- Please no more giant robots built by humans or Super X's - I'm SO tired of those. Come up with a new plot device instead of "...the army builds Super X 23". It was somewhat interesting in G85, but after that I didn't care.

- Too much human drama that no one cares about. Yes, I would like to see an original story line with original characters, but I watch Godzilla films because I want to see GODZILLA and lots of him, in the recent films, it seems as if he's NEVER going to show up. G54 is really the only film that this doesn't apply to.

- PLEASE no more alien invasion stories - they really haven't been good since TOMG. Those aliens in FINAL WARS were awful. King Ghidorah could still work, but he would have to be a solo "destroyer of planets" and not controlled by an alien race.

- The OVER USE of certain monsters, give Mothra, Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla a rest - there is a whole cannon of Godzilla villians just waiting to be brought back. I was upset because Final Wars looked as if we were finally getting some cool monsters back, then they're only onscreen for mere seconds and then it's back to Mothra and Ghidorah.

- No more BAD CGI merged with monster suits. I would say leave GCI out of the Godzilla series for good. We get enough of that as it is. Suitmation is perfectly fine.

...I hope that Toho might consider these concerns for a new series.

I agree with all of this cept for the "no human drama," "no alien invasion" and "no Mothra or MechaGodzilla" ideas... and sure Mothra, MG and King Ghidorah are used a lot, but you can't boot them out entirley... that's like Batman without the Joker, Two Face and the Penguin... it ain't gonna happen and it shouldn't happen. I also don't agree with the "NO CGI" thing... Good CGI mixed with miniatures and suitmation would be incredible in a Godzilla movie... it just hasn't happened yet because Toho never puts enough time or care into their CGI. If Tsuburaya was still alive, you can bet your ass he would use CGI for some things... Why cut out a form of SPFX? Just like suits, stop motion, miniatures, etc. CGI can be really good or really bad... and a Godzilla movie with really good miniatures, suits and CGI would be jawdroppingly cool.

I'd also add to this though that we should have some kick ass NEW monsters... Orga was boring and Megaguirus had a great concept and a boring, unoriginal design.

Hmm the major gripes seem more focused on Kitamura's portrayal of Godzilla, other than most of Toho's films.

Despite the fact that I'm in the "Enough Mothra/Ghidorah/Mechagodzilla!" camp, I love the idea of Ghidorah vs. MechaG with Godzilla caught in the middle, with both kaiju having updated versions of their Showa designs. A war between the Xilians and the Simeons, with each kaiju leading their respective invasions... Tokyo gets obliterated in the fight... and then Godzilla wakes up. Or Godzilla wakes up, and then Tokyo is obliterated. Either way that'd be great.

If it's just another "Humans made Mechagodzilla cause we thought it'd look cool" movie, though, leave him out of it. I've had enough man-made MGs.