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Originally Posted by MichaelMyers
Where do you see the Godzilla franchise headed in the future?
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That's a great question! My quick answer is the experience of helplessness.
I wish I was the one making those decisions.
I also wish I could see the last film... as unfortunately, I discovered the new Toho Godzilla film Shin Godzilla (Godzilla Resurgence), is not viewable in America yet (except for some big city theaters)... A film that had it's very successful theatrical run through Japan this past July.
I can't even rent or buy it from Amazon.com.
I can't even find a place to stream it... which considering the state of internet, keeping this film off of it is a really amazing trick.
Reading the description, watching the trailer, reading a few blurbs... it appears this is like Gojira 1954, Godzilla as a force of nature, perhaps corrupted by mankind, wrecking havoc on civilization -- with overtones of the 2011 tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdowns. It looks like a partial retelling of Godzilla Vs Destroyer.
To a large extent, Shin Godzilla, Gojira '54, '85 and 2000 capitalize on the experience of helplessness before a vastly superior force, like a tsunami or the American onslaught of WWII.
The American Godzilla 2014 theme was basically the same: humans prompted a destructive force beyond their control. But also the theme of nature balancing itself is promulgated: MUTOs exist, and they require the predator to balance it.
Future of Godzilla? I see more of this original theme of helplessness... forces of nature, battling titans, humans trying to restrain and defeat these symbolic Titans; with themes of humankind sometimes causing them to appear via their own mistakes.
The writer of Godzilla 2014 is writing Godzilla 2 for 2019 release, and so I would expect a new monster, like the MUTOs were new; but others suggest the 2014 film is filled with hints of Mothra, Ghidorah and Rodan to appear. Are they foreshadowing or homages? Godzilla Vs King Kong is slated for 2020.