How Should Godzilla be Portrayed

[Kaiju_Sensai]

I'm not talking design here but more his origins, his powers, his reason for being, etc.

As much as nuclear weapons are a part of Godzilla's lore personally I'd like to see Godzilla not be a radioactive mutant this time around. For mainstream America atomic mutations just aren't in anymore. I'd actually like to see him portrayed as something like a primordial god (maybe connected to nature or the Earth or something like that) or an ancient destroyer of worlds, not that radiation or nuclear weapons can't be the catalyst behind his reemergence. Especially with environmental thrillers all the rage today in Hollywood.

[BS Digital Q]

I agree. Godzilla's origins simply do not work anymore. We are a completely different culture from Japan. The threat of a "true" nuclear attack hasn't been in the popular media consciousness since what, the eighties?

Personally, I'd like his origins to be vague. As far as I'm concerned, Godzilla simply "is." When you've got a creature whose very existence ****s with the laws of nature, all manner of plausability goes out the window.

[Movie-Brat]

Originally Posted by BS Digital Q

Personally, I'd like his origins to be vague. As far as I'm concerned, Godzilla simply "is." When you've got a creature whose very existence ****s with the laws of nature, all manner of plausability goes out the window.

That I agree with though.

[Mecha74]

Originally Posted by BS Digital Q

I agree. Godzilla's origins simply do not work anymore. We are a completely different culture from Japan. The threat of a "true" nuclear attack hasn't been in the popular media consciousness since what, the eighties?

Personally, I'd like his origins to be vague. As far as I'm concerned, Godzilla simply "is." When you've got a creature whose very existence ****s with the laws of nature, all manner of plausability goes out the window.

Damn. That does sound pretty good.

[Morgoth]

Sorry, I'm in the other crowd. He needs to still have the nuclear connection - otherwise you get everybody complaining as per GMK

Seriously, if the threat of nuclear weapons isn't relvent anymore, that is because people are willfully ignorant about it. We're actually in more danger since the collapse of the USSR than during the Cold War. Nutwack nations like North Korea have the bomb and full-on psychotic nations like Iran are a heartbeat from having the bomb. What'll make nukes relevant to Johnny Idiot? When Tel Aviv vanishes in a mushroom cloud?

[Zigra]

I'm with Morgoth, here. Just because the threat of a nuclear holocaust isn't in the mind of our popular culture doesn't mean it isn't relevant. In fact, as Morgoth pointed out, it's probably more relevant now than it actually was during the Cold War. If our society has its head buried in the sand over the threat of nuclear weapons, then maybe what it needs is a good movie to give us the proper kick in the butt.

Besides, regardless of his origins, Godzilla needs some sort of nuclear attributes. If we get a Godzilla who just breaths normal fire, or worse yet, ignitable gas breath, I'm gonna be very ticked.

[Movie-Brat]

Okay, maybe the origin would be that Godzilla's an ancient dinosaur-like beast that was affected by nuclear radiation back in the 50's which garnered him his nuclear blasts.

But still, the nuclear origin wouldn't work anymore. I prefer that origin but keep in mind, America is a different culture from Japan.

[Movie-Brat]

Maybe as an undiscovered creature? Ancient indestructable beast, perhaps?