Where should he stand? (Hero or Villain)

[Showa Gyaos]

Godzilla has been an enemy of Japan in most of his movies. Should Legendary Pictures bring a new air to the King of the Monsters, or keep him in his old roots (despising mankind)?

[TokyoVigilante]

He should be a chaotic neutral. An uncontrollable force with a will of its own, with a spark of personality.

[xenotactics]

Anti hero is the most appropriate response for me as I want him to pose both an apocalyptic threat and the sole hope to stop even more dangerous forces from destroying humanity.

[HayesAJones]

Anti-hero. He's a threat to the world, but necessary to defend it from even greater threats.

[Gorosaurus Rex]

Anti-hero honestly works best.

[Godzilla 1995]

Anti-Hero. He still is an enemy of mankind and we see him blow some stuff up, but he still saves our butts.

[Hellspawn28]

Godzilla is known to be a Anti-Hero, so making him one in the movie would be great.

[Godzilla 1995]

Godzilla is known to be a Anti-Hero

By fans, maybe, but most people just think he's a giant rubbery monsters destroying cheap sets. To them, he's supposed to be a bad guy.

[Living Corpse]

Godzilla is known to be a Anti-Hero

By fans, maybe, but most people just think he's a giant rubbery monsters destroying cheap sets. To them, he's supposed to be a bad guy.

Really? Maybe it's just where I live but most people I know know him as the campy hero from the 70's who would save Japan.

[KaijuSapian]

Anti-Hero... He can be both a potential ally and a menacing threat at the same time.

[GodzillaDude]

Anti-Hero by far. Like the Heisei Godzilla he should be a extreme threat to the world himself but will defend the Earth if nessessary.

[Godzilla 1995]

Godzilla is known to be a Anti-Hero

By fans, maybe, but most people just think he's a giant rubbery monsters destroying cheap sets. To them, he's supposed to be a bad guy.

Really? Maybe it's just where I live but most people I know know him as the campy hero from the 70's who would save Japan.

Also true, thanks for reminding me. Audiences are more likely to see him as the 70's hero, or a bad guy.

[Hellspawn28]

Most people I know think he is a anti-hero. Like back in the 6th grade in 2002 when people are talking about Godzilla has save the world but still is a bad guy.

[HeiseiGodzilla117]

He should start off bad, destroy everything, fight his opponent, CRUSH said opponent, then continue destroying everything. I don't want him to be 'good' in any sense.

[Tyler]

Godzilla's been more or less the same since 1984 and I'd really like them to get away from that.

[Legion1979]

Godzilla's been more or less the same since 1984 and I'd really like them to get away from that.

THANK YOU

I'd like something different than just the same Godzilla we've gotten for 30 years, just with better effects.

[HayesAJones]

I honestly don't see how they could change him without totally loosing realism. A heroic Godzilla worked in the 70's, but I don't see it going far today. The only way I see a non-anti-hero Godzilla working in the new movie is if they somehow have the military save Godzilla and establish that Godzilla is grateful. Maybe they could launch a big assault on the enemy monster just as it prepares to kill the big guy, distracting it and giving Godzilla time to destroy said enemy. Then, as the heroes prepare to be killed by Godzilla, he simply turns and leaves.

There's a reason Godzilla's been the same for so long: it works.

[JVM]

Slightly to the left, but moderate. Don't want to piss off too many Republicans.

[Hotrod93]

Sorta anti Hero but more on the lines of, Humans want him dead but they need him to destroy other monsters.

[Arrow]

I honestly don't see how they could change him without totally loosing realism.

I really wish people would get away from this "realism" thing. No matter how hard you try to validate him, Godzilla isn't realistic and trying too hard to make him so merely kills the fun of the movies. I'd rather not go through another chore of a movie that tries to take itself so seriously that it ends up just being laughable *cough*Heisei Era*cough*.
While I don't object to the very idea of another anti-hero Godzilla, he'll have to be pulled off in a far less conventional way than Return of Godzilla onwards. I'd rather not see the same Godzilla I saw in 1984-2004 (with a few exceptions here and there).

A heroic Godzilla worked in the 70's, but I don't see it going far today.

No one says he has to be a Godzilla who preforms handshakes, boxes, flies, and slides on his tail. There are other ways to introduce a heroic Godzilla than a complete and utter '70s throwback.

There's a reason Godzilla's been the same for so long: it works.

That's debatable. I'd say bringing in the standard Godzilla characteristics hurt the Millennium films in terms of quality more than they helped it.