Godzilla: The Look/Appearance Speculation

[omgitsgodzilla]

Maybe the internal nuclear reactor type organs take care of not only his food source, but his respiration. That would explain why he is amphibious without necessarily having to go above or below sea level to breathe.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

The idea about the gills is interesting, but the plesiosaurs were totally adapted for aquatic life without having gills. Does Godzilla even need to breathe like normal organisms? I mean this monster was able to swim through magma on a couple of occasions. Could it be that the monster simply takes in water, and has some internal process related to its radioactivity that separates the oxygen from the water to be absorbed? That said, I like the idea of the creature having webbed toes and fingers to help propel it through the water, as well as using its fins to swim. I also like the artist's rendering of Godzilla. It seems like they managed to give Godzilla more dinosaur like qualities without sacrificing what makes Godzilla so unique. They kept the round segmented look of the tail, the feet look like they could go flat and back easily, the odd chest thing reminds me of Heisei and Millennium's chests, and they even tried to reconfigure the mammalian ears and muzzle with the prominent cheek bones. Adding to that the jutting chin, and it is almost like we get what we should have got back in 1998 from GINO.

Not true. An animal completely adapted to aquatic life wouldn't need to heave itself on shore to lay eggs. I don't think plesiosaurs gave live birth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14447187
In addition, I do know that Opthomolsaurus was totally adapted to an aquatic lifestyle and gave birth to live young in the water.
Then again, if Godzilla was as adapted to both land and water, it probably would have gills like some amphibians, afterall it most certainly does not have any flippers like the plesiosaurs, fish or cetations .

Damn British propaganda.

[Megaton17]

Here are some designs I got some friends on deviantART to do:

This first design was meant to be a radical change to Godzilla. There are a lot of things I would redo with this one, namely removing the spikes/spurs on his fore arms.

http://rendragonclaw.deviantart.com/art ... -188263011

This second design is bulkier and a bit more traditional:

http://almightyrayzilla.deviantart.com/ ... -204062849

Both of these designs are dated compared to a new design I've been working on. However, the new design isn't meant for use in a Legendary film idea, but for an idea I had for a new trilogy of Japanese animated films.

[CatfaceFourtoes]

The second one definitely looks a lot more like what would come to mind when I think of what a modern Godzilla might look like. Good job on the face. You actually managed to make the traditional features look more severe. It looks like something that would mean doom if it was awakened. Good job!

As for the breathing of water without gills, would it be possible for the oxygen to be separated from the water through some internal means of electrolysis? I googled it and it was stated that it was an inefficient method because it produces a lot of excess heat. That does not seem to be an issue for Godzilla.

[Megaton17]

The second one definitely looks a lot more like what would come to mind when I think of what a modern Godzilla might look like. Good job on the face. You actually managed to make the traditional features look more severe. It looks like something that would mean doom if it was awakened. Good job!

As for the breathing of water without gills, would it be possible for the oxygen to be separated from the water through some internal means of electrolysis? I googled it and it was stated that it was an inefficient method because it produces a lot of excess heat. That does not seem to be an issue for Godzilla.

Thanks, though I did not do the art, my buddies on dA did.

Here is my attempt at drawing Godzilla:

http://hellbender93.deviantart.com/art/ ... -252062636


It's very skinny, but that is due mostly to my personal tastes and art style. Again, the above design isn't for my LP idea like the others, it is for a different project. Basically it would be an animated trilogy made by Toho and Mad House.

I'd imagine the animation to look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Q7xgxDJh4

Here is a page of Godzilla and some new enemies I thought up:

http://hellbender93.deviantart.com/gallery/34134326

As for the excess heat, I would imagine that Godzilla could use his spines as temperature regulators, similar to Spinosaurus' sail. The spikes also serve as armor and display.

[CatfaceFourtoes]

At a glance the look of Baal reminds me of Barangas from Ultraman. cool!

[Petezilla]

Godzilla breathes whenever and wherever he wants.

He's still Godzilla, not yet Chuck Norris.

[Shōbijin]

Godzilla breathes whenever and wherever he wants.

He's still Godzilla, not yet Chuck Norris.

Chuck who?

[Ethan]

I suppose the ideal looking Godzilla for this film would be similar to his 1954 incarnation, as Edwards has been saying this is his favorite film. He should stand upright, and boast a dark crocodilian skin. The face should have prominent teeth, pointed outwards; by all accounts he should look like something that was deformed by the bomb.

[Living Corpse]

I suppose the ideal looking Godzilla for this film would be similar to his 1954 incarnation, as Edwards has been saying this is his favorite film.

Or he could just be saying that so fans don't panic. Better to lie and say you're a fan then to tell the truth and say you're not because if he says he's not a fan then some people will panic and unfairly say "ZOMGS THIS PROJECT IS DOOMZES I'M NOT GONNA GO SEE IT CAUSE IT'S GONNA SUCK LIKE THE LAST TIME THE U.S. TRIED TO MAKE ONE" without even giving the man or his film a chance.

Hell I'm pretty sure Kenenko didn't say he is not a fan of Gamera until after he finished one of the films.

[MechaZillaClone]

I think the T-shirt design is okay, but maybe a few changes here and there. Godzilla should seem like a force of nature and not like an animal, since Godzilla can't really be stopped like an animal can. And should be treated like in the Heisei/Millennium films, Godzilla is very destructive but can be a much needed ally at times.

[Ethan]

I suppose the ideal looking Godzilla for this film would be similar to his 1954 incarnation, as Edwards has been saying this is his favorite film.

Or he could just be saying that so fans don't panic. Better to lie and say you're a fan then to tell the truth and say you're not because if he says he's not a fan then some people will panic and unfairly say "ZOMGS THIS PROJECT IS DOOMZES I'M NOT GONNA GO SEE IT CAUSE IT'S GONNA SUCK LIKE THE LAST TIME THE U.S. TRIED TO MAKE ONE" without even giving the man or his film a chance.

Hell I'm pretty sure Kenenko didn't say he is not a fan of Gamera until after he finished one of the films.

I'm sure a thoughtful discussion can come out of that, but this is not the place for such talk. Since a Gareth Edwards thread already exists, this one should be used exclusively to discuss how do you think Godzilla should look and why.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

I find it a little odd that Edwards would hamper is creative liberties to copy the original incarnation.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

I suppose the ideal looking Godzilla for this film would be similar to his 1954 incarnation, as Edwards has been saying this is his favorite film. He should stand upright, and boast a dark crocodilian skin. The face should have prominent teeth, pointed outwards; by all accounts he should look like something that was deformed by the bomb.

Hooray for a Godzilla with pointy ears.

[Dave McDave]

Hmmm, I'd definitely like to see a Godzilla whose skin is charred and damaged from the atomic testing, giving him his charcoal colouration. I can imagine a cloud of nuclear steam and smoke rising from his body especially at times of rage, and for ash to rain down from his underside, as pulses of atomic energy ripple across his doral fins, his chest still unable to fully come to terms with the massive quantities of power within. He should be muscularly defined across the shoulders, chest and neck, and maybe have bony protrusions around the shoulders making their way down the back of the biceps towards the elbows. These and the back fins should definitely appear to be something new that sprouted forth as a direct result of rampant mutation, characterising this behemoth as the literal harbinger of radioactive doom!!

For personality I's like to see something feral and wracked with a combination of rage and utter agony; the blast was literally excruiciating for Godzilla, and the mutation still has't settled, causing untold amounts of pain. In fact it still hasn't finished, and his bones I'm sure are still creaking and cracking. There is simply nothing more ferocious than a wounded animal, and I can see Godzilla taking that to a new level; his motivation being the search for whatever 'creature' that could have caused him that level of pain, to humble him in such a way as to scar him forever!!

He'd sense life forms in the cities, mistaking the massive collection of human essences as one large being, and would be confused as he gets closer to find what he's sensing is actually a large concentration of lesser, hardly registering, beings. This only serves to anger the great leviathon further as he tears about these towering structures before him, unable to fathom where his attacker could be, never once attributing the atomic blast to these tiny, insignificant creatures below...

Well, that's my take anyway...

[zilla103192]

Hmmm, I'd definitely like to see a Godzilla whose skin is charred and damaged from the atomic testing, giving him his charcoal colouration. I can imagine a cloud of nuclear steam and smoke rising from his body especially at times of rage, and for ash to rain down from his underside, as pulses of atomic energy ripple across his doral fins, his chest still unable to fully come to terms with the massive quantities of power within. He should be muscularly defined across the shoulders, chest and neck, and maybe have bony protrusions around the shoulders making their way down the back of the biceps towards the elbows. These and the back fins should definitely appear to be something new that sprouted forth as a direct result of rampant mutation, characterising this behemoth as the literal harbinger of radioactive doom!!

For personality I's like to see something feral and wracked with a combination of rage and utter agony; the blast was literally excruiciating for Godzilla, and the mutation still has't settled, causing untold amounts of pain. In fact it still hasn't finished, and his bones I'm sure are still creaking and cracking. There is simply nothing more ferocious than a wounded animal, and I can see Godzilla taking that to a new level; his motivation being the search for whatever 'creature' that could have caused him that level of pain, to humble him in such a way as to scar him forever!!

He'd sense life forms in the cities, mistaking the massive collection of human essences as one large being, and would be confused as he gets closer to find what he's sensing is actually a large concentration of lesser, hardly registering, beings. This only serves to anger the great leviathon further as he tears about these towering structures before him, unable to fathom where his attacker could be, never once attributing the atomic blast to these tiny, insignificant creatures below...

Well, that's my take anyway...

That, sounds totally bad ass IMO...

[Legion1979]

Hmmm, I'd definitely like to see a Godzilla whose skin is charred and damaged from the atomic testing, giving him his charcoal colouration. I can imagine a cloud of nuclear steam and smoke rising from his body especially at times of rage, and for ash to rain down from his underside, as pulses of atomic energy ripple across his doral fins, his chest still unable to fully come to terms with the massive quantities of power within. He should be muscularly defined across the shoulders, chest and neck, and maybe have bony protrusions around the shoulders making their way down the back of the biceps towards the elbows. These and the back fins should definitely appear to be something new that sprouted forth as a direct result of rampant mutation, characterising this behemoth as the literal harbinger of radioactive doom!!

For personality I's like to see something feral and wracked with a combination of rage and utter agony; the blast was literally excruiciating for Godzilla, and the mutation still has't settled, causing untold amounts of pain. In fact it still hasn't finished, and his bones I'm sure are still creaking and cracking. There is simply nothing more ferocious than a wounded animal, and I can see Godzilla taking that to a new level; his motivation being the search for whatever 'creature' that could have caused him that level of pain, to humble him in such a way as to scar him forever!!

He'd sense life forms in the cities, mistaking the massive collection of human essences as one large being, and would be confused as he gets closer to find what he's sensing is actually a large concentration of lesser, hardly registering, beings. This only serves to anger the great leviathon further as he tears about these towering structures before him, unable to fathom where his attacker could be, never once attributing the atomic blast to these tiny, insignificant creatures below...

Well, that's my take anyway...

So Emo-zilla? Lets have Linken Park do the soundtrack.

[Gyaos]

Hmmm, I'd definitely like to see a Godzilla whose skin is charred and damaged from the atomic testing, giving him his charcoal colouration. I can imagine a cloud of nuclear steam and smoke rising from his body especially at times of rage, and for ash to rain down from his underside, as pulses of atomic energy ripple across his doral fins, his chest still unable to fully come to terms with the massive quantities of power within. He should be muscularly defined across the shoulders, chest and neck, and maybe have bony protrusions around the shoulders making their way down the back of the biceps towards the elbows. These and the back fins should definitely appear to be something new that sprouted forth as a direct result of rampant mutation, characterising this behemoth as the literal harbinger of radioactive doom!!

For personality I's like to see something feral and wracked with a combination of rage and utter agony; the blast was literally excruiciating for Godzilla, and the mutation still has't settled, causing untold amounts of pain. In fact it still hasn't finished, and his bones I'm sure are still creaking and cracking. There is simply nothing more ferocious than a wounded animal, and I can see Godzilla taking that to a new level; his motivation being the search for whatever 'creature' that could have caused him that level of pain, to humble him in such a way as to scar him forever!!

He'd sense life forms in the cities, mistaking the massive collection of human essences as one large being, and would be confused as he gets closer to find what he's sensing is actually a large concentration of lesser, hardly registering, beings. This only serves to anger the great leviathon further as he tears about these towering structures before him, unable to fathom where his attacker could be, never once attributing the atomic blast to these tiny, insignificant creatures below...

Well, that's my take anyway...

That, sounds totally bad ass IMO...

I actually did a design very similar to that:

http://gyaos2008.deviantart.com/art/Umb ... -187888962

[shinmattiathekaiju]

I actually did a design very similar to that:

http://gyaos2008.deviantart.com/art/Umb ... -187888962

LOL! Zombiezilla!

[Dave McDave]

So Emo-zilla? Lets have Linken Park do the soundtrack.

Funny thing is that I was listening to their first album when I was visualising this idea, so quite accurate description there!! Still, minus the fringe I still like my idea...

I actually did a design very similar to that:

http://gyaos2008.deviantart.com/art/Umb ... -187888962

Yeah I saw that image a few days back; It's a cool intepretation, though for what I'm thinking I'm not sure about the missing clumps of flesh so much as just burned and scarred. Marvel Zombies has a future with Toho Zombies if that's anything to go by; I can see it now...