I mean if that is how you feel, fine, personally I never saw anything about Kiryu that made me go "lol just Godzilla in a metal coating." Truthfully when I hear Mechagodzilla my mind goes to something that should be a little similar to the creature it is a duplicate of. But I think each Mechagodzilla has been distinct enough to stand on its own appearance and most importantly character wise from the Godzilla they share a film with.Keizer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:48 pmYeah, it does make sense that they look so similar, but it still kind bugs me for some reason. I will say that I am not too hot on Mecha-monsters as a whole, so that may be fueling it, but Kiryu especially lacks anything to make it feel like its own thing. It sounds weird, but I like it when the similarities that Godzilla and MG share are more superficial than anything. That's the main reason I don't like the Monsterverse Mechagodzilla very much as well. It's just a metal LegendaryGoji.godjacob wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:50 amThe other points I can understand, even if I disagree with the Destoroyah one, but this one feels weird. Like, Kiryu was literally built from the skeleton of Godzilla, would it not be weird if he looked anything other than similar to Godzilla?Keizer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:22 am I don't like Kiryu very much. I think its because they tried to make him look too much like Godzilla; the first two MGs had very distinct designs, despite being Godzilla homages. The Monsterverse MG is way worse with this, though, but I don't think that's a very controversial take.
That's not to say that it is totally lacking unique qualities; nobody will be mistaking Kiryu as just Godzilla wrapped in tin foil or anything, but I think Kiryu is lacking just one more thing to help it stand out for me.
I mean just compare the actual Legendary Mechagodzilla we got to some fan concepts of one and tell me which one is more "Just metal Godzilla."