Toho Teases 'Godzilla World' Plan to Expand and Interconnect the Japanese Godzilla Universe Like Hollywood's MonsterVerse Franchise

personally I think it immediately becomes less serious the second that Godzilla is no longer the main threat or source of danger, and the destruction and collateral damage becomes normalized. In GxK New Empire, they don’t even really stop to mention all the destruction or likely loss of life happening around them, it’s all just brushed aside because they care more about the monster set-piece. the reason people love Minus One so much is because even though Godzilla isn’t necessarily a malevolent force, the destruction and suffering he leaves behind and the human element in the story is the focus. The second it changes from that to Godzilla basically being the guardian of Earth that fights every big Kaiju threat, it becomes more “cartoonish”, for lack of a better word, it’s less about the emotional impact of the story, and more about mega Kaiju battles. Just to clarify, I don’t think the Kaiju-battle stuff or even the classic Godzilla stuff is bad, I just enjoy it for different reasons and definitely don’t have as much of an emotional connection to it.

Vs Ghidorah was a direct response to Vs. Biollante underperforming at the Japanese box office. Bring back Godzilla’s most famous villain, dial up the camp to make it more family friendly and that just carried forward for most of the Heisei films. Would love to see a timeline where Vs. Biollante was a hit over there.

I don't need it to be super serious, just not goofy AF.

Shin Kamen Rider was f****** awesome

I thought so too? Like it was one of the things announced this year that Shin 2 was proceeding?

Minus one didn’t feel dumb. It had heart and excellent characters.

Being back King Shisa!