I am certain by now that the majority of Gfans have seen the new trailer for “Godzilla, King of the Monsters” that was released this Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con. This little blog entry, before I return to the topic of the Continuity of the Showa series, is about my reaction and thoughts about the trailer…and some of the Kaiju designs.
I thought the trailer was amazing, fantastic, stellar, and any other positive adjectives you can think of! Actually, one of my first thoughts after viewing the trailer was how small in scale and scope the first movie now feels. This movie, with the Kaiju lineup of Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and King Ghodirah, has a larger than life and epic feel to it. The first movie, which I do love, just doesn’t have the same grand feel this movie looks to have.
This blog, and corresponding Facebook page, is centered on the designs of these Kaiju so I can’t go without mentioning the designs of two of these Kaiju, namely Godzilla and King Ghodirah.
Let me start with King Ghodirah first.
I have always loved King Ghodirah as an enemy of Godzilla. I haven’t always been crazy about his design though. The way the wings have been situated on him, it always looked like he lacked something, there was something missing. On typical dragons depicted in fiction their wings were appendages that were controlled by some type of arm incorporated into the wings, just like Rodan has for example, or like a bats wings. Without this feature King Ghodirah looked armless and his wings looked like they were slapped onto the back of his body, but not connected or controlled by King Ghodirah himself, if that makes any sense.
I had long hoped this new movie would correct this flaw and looking at the trailer it looks like they did just that! In the brief moment we saw King Ghodirah he looks like he is able to control the movements of his wings as if they are appendages attached to his body. For that I am thrilled!!! Now I am not saying King Ghodirah should have arms along with his wings….but personally I wouldn’t mind a design like tha…I’m simply saying that his wings should be appendages he controls and not some lifeless props on his back.
Here is the type of dragon I am talking about. Notice how the wings are attached like appendages and he himself can flap and control them.
Here is some FAN ART thay depicts the type of Wings I’d like to see King Ghodirah have, or atleast how they should be attached to his body. I repeat this is OLD FAN ART AND NOT CONCPET ART FOR THE MOVIE.
Godzilla.
I really did like the overall design of Godzilla from the 2014 film. It’s a unique American design. I didn’t even mind the feet. With any Godzilla design I’m very interested in the spines/dorsal plates. For myself, the bigger the better! So I was a bit disappointed in the fact that the dorsal plates were not that big. After seeing the promotional picture released by Entertainment Weekly and having it confirmed in the trailer, I am beyond ecstatic to see that my biggest disappointment to this design has been fixed and the dorsal plates are indeed bigger!!
Now I’m excitedly waiting to see if X-Plus will do a 30cm version of Godzilla 2019!
As for Mothra and Rodan, I really enjoyed seeing them in the trailer too and from what I could see of their designs they looked great.
As the movie gets closer, and when a new trailer gets released, I’ll discuss more of the plot and the story as it becomes known. I do have to say Millie Bobby Brown looks great in this movie!!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty. It is a sequel to Godzilla (2014) and will be the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise, the third film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ken Watanabe, and Zhang Ziyi.
Godzilla Designs 