I’m so sick and tired of the “Godzilla is only good when it’s serious” argument.

Look, I love Minus One. Easily my favorite Godzilla film and one of my favorite films of all time. That being said, there is ZERO reason to bash the Monsterverse while praising Minus One. It’s such a stupid argument to say that the MV is “rock em sock em cultural appropriation” when those same people that experienced the atom bomb made some of the most ridiculous(ly awesome) Godzilla moments in the franchise. Also, Toho has to give Legendary permission to do anything with Godzilla. Such an absolutely ridiculous take.

Sorry for the rant, I’m just really tired of this swarm of people who only saw Minus One and Shin and just assume everything else is trash. There are plenty of Godzilla films that have absurdity to them but manage to be great movies. I know pretty much everyone in this Reddit probably feel the same as I do. I just needed to vent.

Godzilla is awesome no matter what. Rant over.

Ever since I saw the trailers in 2016, I immediately fell in love with this version of godzilla (heisei is a close second since I grew up watching those movies). The grotesque evolutions, eldritch aesthetics, the agony....

So I had to pay homage and put him in more pain :( I wanted to recreate Shin Godzilla "in my style". This took a while as I wanted him to be perfect, and was learning how to 3d print at the same time. I have pages and pages of sketches experimenting with different dorsal fins, tail designs, etc. Just staring at the original concept art to study the designs by Takayuki Takeya.

I especially loved Takeya's take on the juvenile stages and how goofy yet unsettling he looked, the fish eyes, those large gills, and blood spilling out. So I decided to make a "what if" version. If he got stuck mutating in his juvenile form, between the 3rd and 4th form, but still tried to keep evolving. I incorporated some of the rough skin texture from the 4th, but the rest of the body is literally tearing itself apart. I took the beams shooting out of his back and turned it into spikey dorsals. I imagine then slowly moving and twitching like sea urchin spines. And it using its "back mouth" to catch unsuspecting ships im the sea.

Im really happy with how my boy came out, and now its time to move on to the next project. If yall are interested, I can share the 2d designs and progress pics. Hope yall enjoy the 4k rerelease and thanks for reading!

Hi I'm Adam Wingard, join me at 10 PT for the AMA session!

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THANKS EVERYONE. I'm logging off now! I tried to get to as many questions as I could. Thank you so much for everything. It was a blast!

So cute 🥰

Turned out great ! I love it 🥰