by Jinzo Ningen » Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:24 am
If Edwards & Legendary are going to try and keep this new potential franchise at least somewhat grounded in reality then I think the most logical type of anti-kaiju weapon would be something akin to the Super-X2. Granted, it's no where near as visually cool-looking as Mecha-Godzilla, but as others have said in this thread and elsewhere, the idea that anyone would go to the trouble & outrageous expense of engineering a mechanical duplicate of Godzilla is, in all honesty, just plain silly. It would be a lot easier for NON kaiju-nerds (i.e. the general public) to swallow the concept of an all-terrain tank-type vehicle that's armoured to the max and packed with the latest, most powerful weaponry available, than a robot doppleganger of Godzilla. A hovercraft design like the Super-X makes even more sense as it is much more manuverable than a traditional ground-based attack vehicle like a tank, since it combines air & water combat capabilities, too. Heck, even Atragon would be more "believable" than an anthropomorphic mech character like Moguera or Mecha-Godzilla. But don't get me wrong, I love Mecha-G. It would be a real treat to see him in this new universe - even if it was just an easter egg to fans... perhaps a "design concept" blueprint / schematic that we see in pinned to a wall or displayed on a monitor in the background in a lab or military command center. The camera pans past and shows the design, but a miltary general or lead scientist type character dismisses the idea as far too expensive, etc.