The Future Of The MonsterVerse?

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I think there’s a possibility that Godzilla 3 will be called Godzilla : Save The Earth. Don’t act like titles have been recycled in this franchise before.

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Pkmatrix wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:41 am
miguelnuva wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:02 amIf they went the Gamera route it would be the only one worth mentioning why didn't he show up.
Gamera seems pretty easy, actually: go the Heisei route and explain him as a creation of the super-ancient humans, who has been asleep all this time until whatever monster you want to introduce makes him wake up. That'd set up for having him encounter Kong and Godzilla later, who are both like "Who the HECK is THIS?"
this is the one way I could see it working
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When phase 2 starts everything will feel a lot more solid. Phase 1 never really feels as connected because everything is getting figured out.
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Awesome at it'd be to see Gamera in the Monsterverse I think it really depends on whatever both Godzilla and Gamera's respective companies will be ok with it. Not that there's any animosity between them or anything but still I'm not sure if Gamera's parent company will be on board with it even if technically it can help Gamera's popularity soar further as a result.
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miguelnuva wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:47 pm When phase 2 starts everything will feel a lot more solid. Phase 1 never really feels as connected because everything is getting figured out.
Yeah, G14 was never meant to start a kaiju cinematic universe, so it was really scattered. But they’ve found the footing for the MV and have ideas/plan/outline for the future films
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LegendZilla wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:51 am I think there’s a possibility that Godzilla 3 will be called Godzilla : Save The Earth. Don’t act like titles have been recycled in this franchise before.
I swear to God if they named a movie that I'd jump off a 5 ft bridge without a bungee cord.

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Even if the Monsterverse wasn't planned to be a Monsterverse to begin with it's not like GvK didn't eventually had the universe find it's footing that people like and that future Monsterverse content/movies won't eventually make the whole universe a lot more connected which let's face it at this point with how GvK's killing it at the box office we're gonna get more Monsterverse movies and media. It's only a matter of time before it gets announced. Legendary,WB, and Toho would have to be out of their minds not to continue the Monsterverse.
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How can you follow up a GvK movie?

Kong would need to costar in it.

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LegendZilla wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:51 am I think there’s a possibility that Godzilla 3 will be called Godzilla : Save The Earth. Don’t act like titles have been recycled in this franchise before.
There's a decent possibility, sure. Possibilities, based on previously used titles:
  • Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters
  • Godzilla: Horror of the Deep
  • Son of Godzilla (I personally like "Godzilla: Heir to the Throne" as an alternative to this)
  • Godzilla: All Monsters Attack
  • Godzilla's Revenge (Cool title, but why the heck is he seeking revenge??)
  • Godzilla: Save the Earth
I think Godzilla: Bio Wars is also a contender, if they intend to do Biollante.

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goji89 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:42 pm How can you follow up a GvK movie?

Kong would need to costar in it.
I highly doubt that's at all necessary, or really even what audiences want. They want more monsters smashing stuff and fighting, not necessarily the Godzilla/Kong combo specifically.

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Pkmatrix wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:47 pm
I think Godzilla: Bio Wars is also a contender, if they intend to do Biollante.
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Oh now you're talking my language.

I love it.

Imagine that in the theaters? Hey Goji89 where you going

I'm going to the theater to watch

Godzilla: Bio Wars.

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goji89 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:49 pm
Pkmatrix wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:47 pm
I think Godzilla: Bio Wars is also a contender, if they intend to do Biollante.
:shock:

Oh now you're talking my language.

I love it.

Imagine that in the theaters? Hey Goji89 where you going

I'm going to the theater to watch

Godzilla: Bio Wars.
I actually really like the sound of it! :D

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Pkmatrix wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:53 pm
goji89 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:49 pm
Pkmatrix wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:47 pm
I think Godzilla: Bio Wars is also a contender, if they intend to do Biollante.
:shock:

Oh now you're talking my language.

I love it.

Imagine that in the theaters? Hey Goji89 where you going

I'm going to the theater to watch

Godzilla: Bio Wars.
I actually really like the sound of it! :D
I love it and thank you for saying it :huge:

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I would love for an American re-imagining of Godzilla vs Biollante; keep the themes and draw heavily on the basis of the film. Easily my favorite of the Vs series and interchangeable in my top three favorite Godzilla films.

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goji89 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:42 pm How can you follow up a GvK movie?

Kong would need to costar in it.
Godzilla: Destroyer of Worlds

The Space Titan Gigan arrives on Earth having heard Ghidorah's call and is challenged by Godzilla. At the same time Dr. Shiragami a growing ex monarch scientists combines his Daughter's DNA with a Rose from Skull Island and Godzilla's DNA found on a muto Corpse.

Biollante is born and shockingly becomes a companion to Godzilla and even aids him in driving Gigan from the Earth. Biollante however begins terraforming the Earth and created new plant life in her image.

Knowing Biollante's new world will not only be the end of humanity but the majority of Titans due to the radiation being drained, Godzilla as King has choice. Does he destroy the closest thing he has to family left in the world or does he protect the world and stop Biollante?
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miguelnuva wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:03 pm
goji89 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:42 pm How can you follow up a GvK movie?

Kong would need to costar in it.
Godzilla: Destroyer of Worlds

The Space Titan Gigan arrives on Earth having heard Ghidorah's call and is challenged by Godzilla. At the same time Dr. Shiragami a growing ex monarch scientists combines his Daughter's DNA with a Rose from Skull Island and Godzilla's DNA found on a muto Corpse.

Biollante is born and shockingly becomes a companion to Godzilla and even aids him in driving Gigan from the Earth. Biollante however begins terraforming the Earth and created new plant life in her image.

Knowing Biollante's new world will not only be the end of humanity but the majority of Titans due to the radiation being drained, Godzilla as King has choice. Does he destroy the closest thing he has to family left in the worldI or does he protect the world and stop Biollante?
Why you bastard....... :evil:

I would love this and actually believe this could me made. Having Biollante terraform the planet is great then having Godzilla fight it ...... damn it I want this movie :cry:

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The monsters that make the most sense to do next, IMO:
  • Biollante - Continuing on the track of humans causing disaster by messing with forces they don't understand, the obvious next step would be Biollante and genetic engineering. It's a plot point they've already hinted at so you'd be picking up on an existing thread, which is a bonus. You can play homage to the original GvB by including a Middle East angle and maybe having the finale in Dubai, bringing Godzilla to a setting he's never visited before. If they really want to introduce Baby Godzilla, there' s a potential angle here by having Baby Godzilla and Biollante both be the results of the same experiments, which could allow you to let Godzilla have a character arc in the movie exploring his loneliness and wanting companionship drawing a parallel with Kong (who I expect they'll have pick up the plot thread about looking for other Kongs in his next movie) which could provide a unifying theme for this phase of movies. Just a thought!
  • Destroyer - On the one hand, like Ghidorah I imagine many people might think it's too soon to do Destroyer. But, ignoring that, she does make a lot of sense. She's already been set up with the Oxygen Destroyer having been used, so it's just picking up an existing thread. She can also present both a human level and monster level thread, much like the Skullcrawlers did in K:SI. She's got a cool name and a cool character design. My preference? Save her as the big bad for the second crossover, because Destroyer's ability to take on different forms and be more than one individual could make her a good world-class thread that brings Godzilla and Kong together again (and gives cannon fodder monsters! Imagine Godzilla and Kong leading an army of Titans into a brawl with an army of crab Destroyers)
  • Megalon - Yes, seriously. Not for Godzilla, but for Kong! Kong's likely going to be having an adventure in the Hollow Earth in his next movie, right? If they decide to introduce a Mu or Seatopia style Hollow Earth civilization, Megalon would make sense to include as their champion Titan and could make for a cool opponent for Kong ot duke it out with. They could, alternatively, go with a new original character instead but pretty much all of the new Titans they've had Kong fight have been derived from creatures that appeared in KK'33 and I think they're starting to run short on those. :lol:
There's also Gigan, who I think is awesome and would love to see, but I'm not sure if he necessarily makes the most sense to do next? It's harder to imagine building a story around him without either doing an alien invasion story or doing something like "built from the remains of one of the 2014 MUTOs".

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I really like the idea that King Ghidorah's call reached out into space drawing Gigan in. Good way to introduce him.

Plus he could start as supposed this original monster that Godzilla kills before APEX turns him into the cyborg we all know as a good way of surprising us.

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GodzillaFan1990's wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:30 pm I really like the idea that King Ghidorah's call reached out into space drawing Gigan in. Good way to introduce him.

Plus he could start as supposed this original monster that Godzilla kills before APEX turns him into the cyborg we all know as a good way of surprising us.
I love the idea of Gigan being a natural kaiju turned cyborg so much. Feels very darth vader.

Also just throwing this out there.

Phase 2
-Kong: Hollow Earth(Kong explores his ancestors home and learns of his heritage. Culminating with him finding the last two of his kind dubbed Gaira and Sanda by Monarch.)

-Rodan: The Land Before Time(A film showing a younger Rodan and how he went from a wimp to one of the cockiest and toughest kaiju in the MV. Cameo from Methusalah and Titanosaurus)

-Godzilla 3: Apex Predator(The events of GvK have made Godzilla a public enemy. A film where Apex develops a second MechaG unit dubbed Kiryu. Untracable by Godzilla's inner radar. Cameo from Mothra and Ren.)

-Gamera v Godzilla(A light hearted Guardians of the Galaxy style film. About a universal protector who get stuck on Earth encountering the wrath of Godzilla in the process.)
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ernesth100 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:54 pm I love the idea of Gigan being a natural kaiju turned cyborg so much. Feels very darth vader.

Also just throwing this out there.

Phase 2
-Kong: Hollow Earth(Kong explores his ancestors home and learns of his heritage. Culminating with him finding the last two of his kind dubbed Gaira and Sanda by Monarch.)

-Rodan: The Land Before Time(A film showing a younger Rodan and how he went from a wimp to one of the cockiest and toughest kaiju in the MV. Cameo from Methusalah and Titanosaurus)

-Godzilla 3: Apex Predator(The events of GvK have made Godzilla a public enemy. A film where Apex develops a second MechaG unit dubbed Kiryu. Untracable by Godzilla's inner radar. Cameo from Mothra and Ren.)

-Gamera v Godzilla(A light hearted Guardians of the Galaxy style film. About a universal protector who get stuck on Earth encountering the wrath of Godzilla in the process.)
Maaaan, i love this idea. The idea of the MV continuing past three more films, though highly unlikely, would be so cool. Absolute dream come true.
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