#šŸŽ„ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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pure meadow
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his "superhero" persona

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and what I like is that the Monsterverse never goes full Godzilla vs Megalon with his character

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he never goes FUUUULL full into that superhero shit

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it feels like a really neat return to form for the series if you ask me

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even in the sense that it started with a more grim, serious first film

2014

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and gradually transitioned into something more kid friendly and fun

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I mean it's not like 2014 was even remotely as gripping or terrifying as '54

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but still

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so yeah while I do want more serious content and generally prefer that

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the MV is very healthy for the series imo

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if the movie is making me laugh this hard

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and giving me this much fun

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I don't mind having to wait for another Godzilla horror

pure meadow
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WHEN IM WATCHING A KAIJU MOVIE WHERE

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AND

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ARE ACTUAL SCENES IN THE MOVIE

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I'm not complaining

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it's so fun that idm knowing I won't get another Minus One or Shin for a while

pure meadow
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y'know my biggest question now is just

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where does the monsterverse really go from here

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if there's any news I'm missing please inform me but

where now?

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I think a problem I have with the MV so far is that it really doesn't feel like a "universe" much

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it's one of the few things I can credit the MCU for doing properly

every character feels like they have their own bubble within the larger universe

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their own space

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which is very close to how the comics do it

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and said comics benefit immensely from it

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so that's good

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but the Monsterverse especially now just kinda feels like

Godzilla and Kong

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technically separate but involved in each other's shit

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there's Mothra but she isn't her own character as she was in the Showa Era

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she's just kind of

here

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as a side character

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and Rodan's even worse

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and that's a problem because

Kong's journey can only go on so long before it gets stale

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and Godzilla's been in limbo since KOTM

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character wise

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so

what now

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I can see Kong's journey continuing but I'd like to see the universe branch out more and feel more like a UNIVERSE

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give Mothra her own film

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actually treat her as her own character like she used to be treated

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even give Rodan one if you really give a shit enough

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give us NEW big Kaiju to get attached to

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idm if they make OCs for that who cares

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Scar King is a decent start

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imo

what would really step the Monsterverse to the next level is fully taking advantage of ALIENSSSSS

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the Godzilla franchise has used aliens since well

forever

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alien invasions are a pretty big staple of the series

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UHM BUT ITD BE TOO SILLY!!!!!!

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šŸ‘Š

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they really shot themselves in the foot killing off Ghidorah that early

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I could 100% see a movie with a fucking

alien invasion plotline

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where Godzilla has to go against UFOs

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again if it sounds silly

watch Godzilla movies

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it's not really THAT big of a stretch and the MV is already silly enough so I say go all in

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BRING BACK THE NEBULANS

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they invade Earth and bring an old foe with them...

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it also gives the Monsterverse an opportunity to have Kaiju that aren't from hollow earth OR the surface

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I'm pretty sure Ghidorah was established to be an alien in KOTM

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(correct me if I'm wrong)

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so this could be a chance to expand on that

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BRING IN ALIENS

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alien invasions

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save the earth shit

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I want to see ALIENS

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UFOs

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AND THEN

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gigan gets an upgrade...

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KONG'S GOT THE GAUNTLET

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it's not that big of a stretch...

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I think it'd be a good step for the Monsterverse

REALLY spice things up

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bring in aliens

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INVASIONS

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GIGAN!!!!!!!!

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I'd also say don't bring in Kong for such a movie

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make this a purely Godzilla-centered one

not to sideline Kong
but just to make it clear they exist separately

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just within the same universe

pure meadow
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BRING IN ALIENS

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BRING IN GIGAN!!!!!!!!!!

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go full showa

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no holding back

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EMBRACE THE ALIENS

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and also

do NOT make them CGI aliens or smth
make them just actors in goofy costumes or I will riot

spring sequoia
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they need to separate godzill and kong

pure meadow
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where people exist separately and can have their own stuff going on

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Kong has his Kratos arc right now

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Godzilla can fight aliens

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as he always has

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Mothra can finally have a movie please I beg you

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Rodan

Rodan

hollow crater
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I don’t want humanoid aliens in the mv

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Alien kaiju are fine ofc

pure meadow
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there's something so endearing for me about aliens who think trying to invade a planet with godzilla on it is a good idea

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with silly names

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star trek ass designs

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classic "take over the world" motivation

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Greetings, PATHETIC earthlings.

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if they did use aliens in the MV

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I'd want them to play it completely straight

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don't even try to give them some boring as hell "complex" motivation that ultimately just boils down to

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"take over the world"

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with extra flavour

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don't make them ugly CGI abominations

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don't try to take them too seriously

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just play it straight

evil laughs

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goofy costumes

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UFOs

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just straight up UFOs

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just embrace it

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don't pretend to be complex when you aren't willing to go all the way

hollow crater
pure meadow
hollow crater
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I don’t want it to be THAT cliche

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I want it to try something new

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Be creative with it

pure meadow
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not necessarily unoriginal just
make something BONKERS

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silly

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know what you're making is ridiculous and just own it

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bc my logic is

people aren't going to take it seriously either way

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so just embrace the cheese

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trying to take them too seriously is just makes it seem even more childish

hollow crater
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I do want the mv to eventually swing back to seriousness

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And then maybe it’ll go back to silliness

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A cycle yk

pure meadow
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that would actually be cool
like if we had the occasional story that goes for a darker tone

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I think that's just all the more reason to expand the universe out

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give us more Kaiju to work with

hollow crater
pure meadow
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šŸ‘€

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I've seen people talk about Destoroyah but imo it's too early

hollow crater
pure meadow
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Godzilla vs Destoroyah existed within a very specific context

and it greatly benefitted from having the whole Heisei Era before it

hollow crater
pure meadow
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and '54 as a basis

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Destoroyah isn't the kind of guy you can just throw into any old movie

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and act like he's some other Kaiju

hollow crater
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My idea is that after the shin Godzilla story there would be a trilogy of films that would conclude the monsterverse

pure meadow
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he's the final boss

hollow crater
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Parts 1 2 and 3

pure meadow
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he's the big boy
the bees knees

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the big cheese

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the ultimate geezer

hollow crater
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Fr

pure meadow
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he's THAT guy

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he makes SpaceGodzilla look like a wuss

hollow crater
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I love space Godzilla but destoroyah is just him

pure meadow
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right

hollow crater
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He’s just that guy

pure meadow
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like SpaceGodzilla is cool and all but he's not Godzilla's nemesis

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or his strongest or best villain

pure meadow
pure meadow
hollow crater
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Yep

pure meadow
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SpaceGodzilla was most relevant in Godzilla Unleashed

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where he barely showed up and was the final boss

pure meadow
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in which he was just kind of an average Godzilla villain with a unique gimmick

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he's COOL

but he's not all that

hollow crater
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Yeah

pure meadow
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Ghidorah and Destoroyah are both that guy

hollow crater
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SG definitely has potential though

pure meadow
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I think the Monsterverse could do a lot with him

hollow crater
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Yeah

pure meadow
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if they want to bring in an alien Kaiju that's better off with no alien race backing them

hollow crater
# hollow crater Yeah

I have an idea where after defeating SG, instead of killing him, Godzilla spares him and SG pledges loyalty to him, and that comes into play during the fight with destoroyah

pure meadow
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Orga is also that guy but not in the same way Ghidorah and Destoroyah are

hollow crater
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Orga’s cool

pure meadow
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Orga's just straight up badass

median steppe
median steppe
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Now the public associates the two too close together now

hollow crater
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Maybe MV gigan could be something similar to what the anime trilogy prequel novels had

median steppe
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A lot of people aren't gonna prefer a godzilla monsterverse movie without kong and vice versa

pure meadow
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whatever they do with Gigan he had better keep the buzzsaw or there WILL be blood spilled before they day is done

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and it won't be from Godzilla's shoulder this time

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but the legendary people

hollow crater
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Maybe the buzzsaw is a mechanical modification after the biological version is seriously injured

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He progressively becomes more and more mechanical

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Battle after battle

pure meadow
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then bring in megalon and they discuss what it's like being gay

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šŸ”„

hollow crater
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Megalon could be an opportunity to introduce another hollow earth civilization that’s like the iwi but less friendly

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And they worship megalon

pure meadow
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Megalon fits the hollow earth concept very nicely

hollow crater
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Yeah

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Don’t call the civilization seatopia tho

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That’s weird

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Give it a name that an undiscovered civilization would have

hollow crater
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Piloted by Trapper

pure meadow
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REAL

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TRAPPER!!!!!!!!!!!

hollow crater
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Goat piloted by goat

pure meadow
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I don't want SpaceGodzilla if Moguera isn't there

hollow crater
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A mothra solo movie would be a good opportunity to bring in Battra

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And they fight and then have to team up against another threat

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Like maybe megaguirus

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Megaguirus is one of the most underrated Godzilla kaiju

pure meadow
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real

dense trail
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Mothra won't sell tickets in the West, unfortunately.

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Not Godzilla or Kong numbers anyway.

pure meadow
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and as I’ve said before it’s like

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the monsterverse has never been doing AMAZING

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especially with GVK it was just enough to keep it going

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they can’t really afford a serious risk

dense trail
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Well, GvK literally saved movie theaters.

tribal ravine
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going to see this again with family tmrw

pure meadow
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they’ve been playing it REALLY safe and I don’t blame them

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its also why Rodan getting a movie would be a miracle

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even more than Mothra

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which is a shame but well

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it’s Rodan

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it wouldn’t be a new thing if he didn’t get a movie again

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😭

hollow crater
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šŸ”„

dense trail
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They won't.

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Gotta be realistic.

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We'll get a Toho Mothra thing anyways, guarantee you.

pure meadow
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PLEASE

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just Mothra content in general please

hollow crater
pure meadow
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idm who it’s from just give the queen some time in the sun

tardy mica
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I have plans to write a MonsterVerse Gamera story through these days just for fun šŸ¤”

pure meadow
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bring Anguirus back one day too please

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idm who does it just please man

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the comics are awesome and all but

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c’mon

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and also please have him win a fight finally

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😭

hollow crater
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Make his design like the singular point one

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Singular point Anguirus is both the best Anguirus design and best singular point design

pure meadow
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I’ve been getting back into the Pipeworks Godzilla trilogy recently

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destroy all monsters melee
save the earth
unleashed

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those games are my reason for enjoying it when Kaiju do fucking

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wrestling shit on each other

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and throw buildings around

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they’re also how I got into the franchise

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Save the Earth especially

pure meadow
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called "Godzilla Save the Earth Melee"

tardy mica
pure meadow
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BRING KING CAESAR BACK!!!!

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and don't forget VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE

pure meadow
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combining the rosters of all three games

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with new models, movesets etc

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for all the pre-existing characters

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it's incomplete right now and in development but it's awesome

tardy mica
pure meadow
tardy mica
# pure meadow damn right

I like to write stories for fun and I wanted to do a Gamera one but idk if is okay if I should one Toho monster to support him into my story

tardy mica
hushed harness
tired pendant
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This movie was somewhat awkward to watch.
So you telling me, project_fisticuffs (forgot the name of it), was on Hollow Earth all the time Kong was there, and the only time it got mentioned, when he got frost bite?
So I’m to assume, the Godzilla movies before this one doesn’t count, because The Iwi tribe predicted something? {drew there prediction on the wall}
The title might say Godzilla and Kong, the real hero is that moth, who stopped Godzilla and Kong from killing each other.
If Trapper didn’t use his mutant abilities (quoting the show: ā€˜Legend’), they would’ve still have a pilot? šŸ§‘ā€āœˆļø Poor Mikael, died by a plant. 🌱
Was it just me, or did they make Jia look like the avatar, when she appeared in front of Godzilla?
One thing I found interesting: Kong was acting like a dad, to Mini Kong
Was it Dr. Andrew with her 2 phds 🫠 or, Bernie that said, ā€œThe Iwi people are speaking telepathicallyā€. How would anyone know that? You can not start assuming because someone is not talking? 🤯
So I’m guessing, this is the age where, if a kid Jia (<— stop guessing), ask to go to a dangerous place, we agree? šŸ« šŸ˜‚?
Honestly ||I’m probably forgetting something else?||

hollow crater
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With all due respect, what did I just read

tardy mica
tired pendant
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And I probably didn’t say a lot of the first one šŸ˜…

tardy mica
tired pendant
vestal hull
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Aw, it's not completed

dense trail
pure meadow
wraith isle
pure meadow
tardy mica
pure meadow
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I FUCKING KNEW IT

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I'M SO HAPPY

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THEY'RE BASED ON THE PIPEWORKS TRILOGY CONFIRMED

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HOLY FUCK NO WAY

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I had a feeling but I didn't think I'd ever see that shit integrated into a movie

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THAT'S SO AMAZING

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UGH IT FEELS SO RIGHT

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throwing buildings at each other

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wrestling shit

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stupid over the top moves

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FUCK YEAH

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Wingard has my respect for that idc

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that's fucking real

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that's REAL

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that makes me indescribably happy

vestal hull
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Cool, they did that dancing meme

rotund tartan
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Ayo that movie was something

steel isle
wraith isle
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why does this somehow look faker than all the previous Monsterverse CGI. is it the way its filmed?

tardy mica
median steppe
tardy mica
median steppe
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It just makes everything look so flat and boring

wraith isle
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sigh

median steppe
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The night time city action scene in pacific rim will always look amazing

wraith isle
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I'd be ok with the super silly kids cartoon style of these recent movies if they were directed better.

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Wingard does not know how to direct a kaiju movie

median steppe
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I'm sure the director can only do so much, they probably barely have much creative input

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You're just told a big list of stuff you're forced to include and work a way to make it all happen I bet

wraith isle
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I dont know man, Edwards and Dougherty's movies are very distinctly different from each other, and from Wingards

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same franchise, same production company, same IP rights

tardy mica
wraith isle
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Nah, too dancey

tardy mica
tardy mica
wraith isle
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I dont mind dancy music but I feel like music in kaiju movies needs to be more epic, slower

tardy mica
wraith isle
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closer

hushed harness
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Oh this the one

hushed harness
pure meadow
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see that's the thing man for what the movie was trying to be

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it WORKED

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it (mostly) got the intended reaction

hushed harness
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quaint oxide
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Watched this without knowing a single thing about the monsterverse but the way Kong dragged Godzilla by his tail and Godzilla sleeping like a cat in Rome are top 2024 moments for me

dense trail
quaint oxide
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Hopefully I'll watch them this weekend smug

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My interest in Godzilla has grown exponentially

pure meadow
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outside of the monsterverse too

hushed harness
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Chicken little

hushed harness
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The theatre audience cackled in that scene.

median steppe
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mine was pretty much silent the entire thing despite the entire largest room being packed but the movie was also loud so maybe I couldn't hear much

pure meadow
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look at this monkeeeeeeyyy

hushed harness
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LFG he enjoyed!!

quaint oxide
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Holy shit he liked it

median steppe
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Kong getting a toothache felt like something we would've seen twelve monsterfilms down the line when they truly ran out of ideas

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Was that really the best excuse they could've came up with for why Kong went to the surface

gleaming monolith
tardy mica
gleaming monolith
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how

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not to be rude but i think it was filmed and done very well

tardy mica
# gleaming monolith how

Read my review and you will understand why me, Cheddar and some Godzilla fans hate it so badly

https://boxd.it/6aGp5d

Verdict: 3/10; Probably the return from a very lovely old friend might be the highlight for this movie — Godzilla X Kong: The New EmpireĀ promise a superb heavy effects–packed monster mashup with 80s sci-fi thrills through their trailers and posters but turns out to be the most disappointing MonsterVerse entry going very light on the monster acti...

tardy mica
tardy mica
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i think the soundtrack was amazing and the sound design but it all comes down to opinions so i will respect yours but i disagree

tardy mica
# gleaming monolith i think the soundtrack was amazing and the sound design but it all comes down to...

I didn’t like Tom Holkenborg/Junkie XL music score is definitely generic and we barely heard Godzilla theme but I got very upset how disrespectful he went with ||Mothra theme|| I prefer more Bear McCreary music than him

https://youtu.be/-tT-Cw6tp0U?si=tt4oELxCn3PVTaXY

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If I was Adam Wingard making GXK, I rather hired Japanese composers like Hideyuki Fukasawa and Yuki Kajiura both have unique musical style

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Heavy classical orchestral music with some rocky guitars and light sounded electronic music undertones

gleaming monolith
tardy mica
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I’m glad people like some 80s cheesy action movie aspects but when comes on a Godzilla or Toho monster movie I’ll take it very seriously in every aspect even on music, photography and style

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I wish i could love GXK that much if I was only titled as ā€œKong: The New Empireā€ but giving me fake hopes featuring Godzilla as poor developed lazy supporting character and im glad that ||Mothra returns|| but without her traditional lore with a larva or at least a cocoon was a insult for my heart and my feelings

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Another issue is that ||Mothra’ twin priestesses|| didn’t return Dr. Chen and Dr. Ling šŸ˜”

hollow crater
tardy mica
hollow crater
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i gave it a 7

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my least favorite mv movie but i still enjoyed it

tardy mica
hollow crater
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Oh... it's peak...

tardy mica
hollow crater
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yeah

gleaming monolith
median steppe
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Stop visiting threads of movies you don't like if all you send is your obvious disgust for them

tardy mica
hushed harness
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Oki

dense trail
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Mickey being annoying

dense trail
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Alternate ending

covert peak
dense trail
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I did

covert peak
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Are they any good I only watched the first one and didn’t care for it

dense trail
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Eh

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They have their moments

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But overall not that great.

dense trail
hollow crater
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Second one is the worst, 1 and 3 are a little better but still bad

tardy mica
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@hushed harness @dense trail I try not to be salty but this is for you guys if you both enjoy the movie

vestal hull
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You pinged shin, your in for a world of hurt

hushed harness
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Ty

tardy mica
dense trail
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wraith isle
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Dougherty looks really strange

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Like he's had a bunch of work done or something..

tardy mica
dense trail
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He means plastic surgery Mickey

wraith isle
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Yeah, he has king of an uncanny look like Bryan Singer

gleaming monolith
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Sequel confirmed

wraith isle
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Hopefully more Godzilla in this one

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Shin would you prefer another G/K movie or would you want a Godzilla solo

tardy mica
dense trail
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We're gonna get Toho stuff as supplements

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I love Kong just as much as Goji so

wraith isle
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I love Kong too but GvK and GxK were lopsided in favor of Kong, i'd like to see a little more of an equal spread if both of their names are on it

hollow crater
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Wingard said he wanted to focus on Godzilla more in this next one

hushed harness
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Give. Us. A. Standalone. Mothra. Movie. Instead.

pure meadow
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made sense for him to get the spotlight here

but now it's balanced and both characters don't have anywhere to really go for a while

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might be a good time for our moth girl to get the spotlight

hushed harness
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I love Mothra in the og shiz lets see a full film bout her, mayb it would be too simple not sure

tardy mica
hushed harness
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Not the point I’m getting at. But no, only seen the original Mothra movie

dense trail
hushed harness
dense trail
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Putrid

dense trail
wraith isle
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Skar King gonna git it

tardy mica
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Poor Shin sandwich šŸ˜…

wraith isle
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XD

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GxK Goji in an apron is great

tardy mica
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Ultima always the grumpy one lol

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Bro not gonna lie Minus One is a little Gremlin lol

wraith isle
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Did some dusting and cleaning and re-did my kaiju collection. Boxed up a few items...which was hard to do

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just have too damn much

quaint oxide
hushed harness
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Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival of the human race.

Released: March 29, 2024

Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Brian Rogers, Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, and Eric McLeod

Director: Adam Wingard

Screenplay: Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jere...

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pure meadow
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yeah it sums up my feelings on the movie pretty perfectly

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with what it’s trying to be it mostly excels at

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I don’t really know why anyone is surprised that Kong is the de facto main character of the past two movies

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and Godzilla has been more of an afterthought

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Godzilla has nearly 40 movies

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is the most prominent kaiju in the monsterverse

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Kong has rarely gotten a chance to be anything more than his original movie

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at least compared to Godzilla

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who’s had an entire filmography to be whatever the filmmakers want

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people

I think we can let Godzilla take a backseat

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😭

pure meadow
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I think Godzilla can be an afterthought ONE time

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yes?

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I prefer Godzilla that’s the thing

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but he’s had more than enough attention

spring sequoia
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that is speaking externally

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but like internally inside the movie, inside the series, godzilla doesn't get the level of development and focus kong gets

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if the 2 characters weren't godzilla and king freaking kong, the complaints would still be there

austere garden
austere garden
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Oh they are only up to that frame

austere garden
quaint oxide
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God I love the lemon meme

hushed harness
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Lol!

tardy mica
gleaming monolith
hushed harness
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Yeah we knew that

wraith isle
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Kong during KOTM

dense trail
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This is acceptable

vestal hull
tardy mica
pure meadow
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krystalak mention in the chat

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we have an ice dweller in the chat.

tardy mica
tardy mica
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All I know is he was made by SpaceGodzilla’ Crystal radiation

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On New York City

pure meadow
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i’ll have to refresh myself

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in Unleashed he’s on the mutant category but like

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in the game they just treat that category as ā€œanything that isn’t in the othersā€

tardy mica
gleaming monolith
dense trail
hushed harness
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Yo that’s a crazy pic love it

white lark
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Another bad movie in this franchise not surprised though that it’s bad.