I'll do a best and worst list, just to be different...but I won't limit myself to suits, but to CGI designs, too...and I'm extending it to all the kaiju called Godzilla at one point or another, meaning that the 1998 movie design of Zilla is fair game.
Best:
#5: BioGoji
Yeah, it's a Heisei suit, but it's one of the better Godzilla designs, even if the thunder-thighs are developing. The face is fierce-looking, the chest looks muscular...it's a pretty built Godzilla design, really.
The design is strongly-built, menacing and animalistic, which really does work.
#4: RadoGoji
Damnit, I like this one, too; even if it's got weight issues. :p The face is still fierce, though, albeit toned down a little. It's not an awful design, but certainly not one of the standout designs, either. The white on the dorsal scutes is a bit too saturated for my tastes, and it could do with a better roar (and less fat on the torso), but it's not awful.
#3: ShodaiGoji
Yeah, the first one's on here, woo. Being the first Godzilla means that this design has a lot more wiggle room than the others, since it set the base for the character. That being said, it looks a tad goofy nowadays, what with it's giant, almost Muppet-like eyes and pudgy face...but it still looks good, though; I came pretty close to putting the '73 design in this spot, but I decided against it only because I honestly don't really like the way the head is designed on this one, and the long neck it's on.
#2: MegaroGoji
Yeah, you saw that coming from the previous entry, didn't you? :p
I know, it's from a pretty lacklustre film, but I have a
hardon-
soft spot for this design, especially since this is the Godzilla I've seen the most. Yeah, it's undeniably not very threatening, but any Godzilla that has the fighting abilities of a wrestler and boxer and can defy gravity is awesome. :p
Honorable Mentions:
MosuGoji
MireGoji
#1: SokogekiGoji/LegendaryGoji/84Goji
This spot was, honestly, the hardest to pick out of this list. There's a number of great Godzilla designs, and it came down to these three; the GMK design is pretty solid, if a little conservative outside of the eyes, the 84 design is menacingly expressionless and the 2014 design is the most solid Godzilla ever to come out of America (sorry, Maverick; it's just a little better than the Marvel design. :p), so I honestly could not choose which was the best.
So I stuck all three on the same spot. :p
Worst:
#5: ShodaiJira
Surprised to see this thing so low on the "Worst" list? :p
Even though it's a pretty lousy excuse of a Godzilla, I'll admit there's things I do like about the lizard's design. The digitigrade stance is neat, as is the (albeit too boxy) tyrannosaur-like skull; things like that keep me from being utterly disgusted with it's design.
Still, it was the American "Godzilla" for too long, so it has to be mentioned.
#4: MusukoGoji
I can't say it's disgusting, really; it just took the "laid-back, more approachable Godzilla" idea a
wee bit too far, and ended up with "Godzilla on weed". Went from one extreme (monstrous) and went right into the other extreme (Barney-like). With maybe some weed involved. :p
#3: DaisensoGoji
#2: TokyoGoji
The design for this suit's OK, but it's way too clunky and stiff. The arms suffer from Heisei syndrome, where they seem to only be able to move on a horizontal axis, and I'm not a fan of the head. At the very least, I can appreciate the design for what it is, unlike my next entrant...>_>
#1: FinalGoji
Yeah, this suit is just bleh. I don't like the head, I don't like the scutes, I don't like the bony arms and legs...there's not much that I
like about this design.
Final Wars in general was a disappointing movie, so it's actually somewhat fitting that the Godzilla from that movie is my least favourite. :p
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