The Predacon

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Hello! I'm the Predacon, a Bureaucrat here at Gojipedia.

What I do here[]

What I do here is quite simple. I maintain this site. I came here around the end of 2016 and have been working for the past few months (alongside a few others) to clean up the place and take care of it. I also get rid of spam, vandalism, and the like, and if need be (ugh), I have the power to ban users for misconduct. No, I don't like doing that.

That's basically the extent of what I do. I do also interact with people here. If you want to talk with me about wiki issues, or anything, just send me a message. I'm generally here all the time, so I can be prompt about it.

Infobox list[]

A list of the infoboxes we use, and what they're used for. There will be more added as the need arises for them. The list is mainly for me.

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Template:Infobox Era - For eras and series.
Template:Infobox Media - For movies and trailers.
Template:Infobox Soundtracks - For soundtracks and music tracks in general.
Template:Infobox Comic - For comics.
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Template:Infobox Kaiju - For monsters and other related creatures.
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My history with Godzilla[]

Well, my history goes a long way back. My first interaction with the series was with the 1956 film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, where I became hooked on the monster around the age of three or four. The movie remains one of my favorites to this day, and I'll probably always uphold the view that the Americanized variant is honestly better than the 1954 original. Yunno, nostalgia being barred, of course.

Later, I ended up watching Godzilla's Revenge on VHS, thought it was passable, and also saw Terror of Mechagodzilla. While I would watch both films again, provided the opportunity, I haven't seen either in years. That's basically my thought on them.

Around early 2014, I would be introduced to the Kiryu Saga, and would end up buying and watching Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla exclusively. Thought it was a good film, as was the sequel, and Kiryu's final roar before carrying Godzilla out to sea is one of the most chilling sounds I'll ever hear.

Following this, I would watch the long awaited 2014 reboot to the series with my dad in theaters. We both loved the experience. Personally thought the atomic breath sequence was the best part of that film bar the ending. Can't wait for the sequels. :3

In 2015 to 2016, I would be subject to my new favorite film, Shin Godzilla, and would catch it in theaters during its limited release. I got a poster for going there, which also started my poster collecting hobby. However, I love this film wayyyyyy too much, and the 2016 Godzilla incarnation would grow to be my favorite immediately. The terrifying "remake" of the 1954 monster with some truly unsettling traits like its tooth design, emaciated body, or uncanny tail-face just sold me on the movie. It's basically how I see Godzilla within the series. A true terror.

I then received most of the Millennium series, and The Return of Godzilla on Blu-ray in 2017, and would watch all but Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and Godzilla: Final Wars. Good films, in general. GMK's take on Godzilla's atomic breath actually gave me shivers. Powerful enough to just leave a mushroom cloud. I wish that's how it was introduced in the 1954 film.

I would then see Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. While I absolutely loved Shin Godzilla's take on Godzilla, seeing both Godzilla Filius and Earth do what they did made them a close second favorite in terms of design. Especially sound design, which was brilliant for both. Can't wait for the sequels to this film, too.

In January, 2018, I would begin collecting Godzilla figures. Mostly from the S.H. MonsterArts line, where I'd get the Spitfire Godzilla (2014) figure, Godzilla (1954), and Godzilla (2016). The 2016 Godzilla is the best figure I have. Tall, imposing, and it looks very faithful to the film's design. Beautiful figure. I then bought the Special Color Version of the 2000 Godzilla in April of 2018. Pretty exciting stuff.

On July 18, 2018, I stayed up to watch Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle on release with a friend. Loved the film to bits, and think the ending twist easily puts this as one of the darker Godzilla films out there. I personally adored the twist of what Mechagodzilla also was, and City as a whole was such a good departure from a once predictable plot. Shout out to those who wrote this film. They had balls to go through with it, and the little twist on Mechagodzilla still holds up past a "honeymoon phase". The film's score is also amazing, and I bought it a short time following this. Miana is waifu for laifu. In November, 2018, I pre-ordered the S.H MonsterArts Godzilla Earth, and am now hoping for an SHMA anime Mechagodzilla. Plxy pl0x Bandai don't disappoint me. Gimme.

On January 9, 2019, I saw Godzilla: The Planet Eater with a friend on Netflix. Tears were shed and hearts were shattered. Whew, what a roller-coaster. Ghidorah was awesome, and I especially loved his horror-like theme. Using it during his introduction with the Aratrum's destruction was perfect, and really gave off a sense of desperation, and intensity. Also shout out to the fact this film not only keep the series in a good consistent direction, but didn't ruin the god-tier ending of City on the Edge of Battle. Yuko still died, the ripple effects of the Bilusaludo going slightly rogue still mattered, humanity was still on the backburner as a result of losing Mechagodzilla City, and all of these compounded into what we got in this film, with the Bilusaludo rebellion, Ghidorah's summoning, and the ending. First time in a long time where I've been able to trace a prequel's impact on a sequel, and it's so good here.

In mid-2019 I managed to see King of the Monsters in theaters. Never felt such a soul-sucking experience like that. 2016 to 2019 was so good, and then that happened. Disgusting. Actually disgusting.

Wouldn't do much past that with Godzilla, although I was able to procure the 2019 Godzilla's MonsterArts figure in late 2019. It's always good when a movie can suck but the merch can still be quality. In mid-2020 I'd also get the two repaints/re-molds of that Godzilla figure. Burning Godzilla and the blue SDCC exclusive. Sexy figures. Oh, hey, sick, also got the original Millennium Godzilla's S.H. figure, too. Purple, purple, purple.

In 2021, I got to see how they finally massacred and executed a series I enjoyed with Godzilla vs. Kong. Wow, was that a depressing movie to watch.

Godzilla stuff I love[]

Godzilla Earth's awakening[]

Can't express how much I love this sequence enough. Godzilla Earth's awakening was probably the best of any Godzilla I know. The use of camera angles, the music composition, and the in-universe reactions just felt so good. My personal favorite shot is right before Godzilla uses his oscillatory wave, where he's standing above the nearby mountain ranges and forests, like his own living mountain. It's an oddly creepy shot for a world-shaking kaiju.

Mechagodzilla City[]

A little bit more of a lowkey and subjective thing, but each door opening in Mechagodzilla City sounded like a monster snarling, and I loved it to bits, even if it was unintentional. I also loved the tense atmosphere surrounding the entire location. May as well have been a pseudo-horror movie when it was reached, right down to the music. Creepier to know there was much more to the area we didn't see that was underground.

Ghidorah's summoning[]

What a terrifying and god-tier introduction for a character. Having seen all the others, nothing honestly can compare to this. Doubt King of the Monsters will, either. The feelings of panic, desperation, and terror were perfectly displayed through an excellent use of score and sound design, while also being the backdrop for the introduction of Ghidorah's powers.

Ghidorah's defeat[]

Another part of a film that's amplified through amazing music and sound design. Seeing Ghidorah being banished by Godzilla, while lowkey music plays was killer. Really does give off the feeling of "this is going to be over". Music in the anime's ending sequences has always been killer, but it's superbly used here.

Shin Godzilla's atomic breath[]

No brainer, too. Think it goes without saying that this entire scene rocked socks. Shin Godzilla taking out a skyline was easily my personal highlight, though. "Pshpshpshpsh".

The 1954 Godzilla's demise[]

As much as one feels bad for Serizawa making his sacrifice, there's an odd poignant nature to Godzilla being slaughtered in a pretty horrible way when he's literally a victim of his own existence. Serizawa chose to die that day, and was content with it in the end, Godzilla on the other hand was painfully and slowly killed by a weapon more devastating that he was, and in the end, it was for nothing.

More staggering as a sequence when they kill Godzilla is one where he's doing nothing but relaxing and going about what he'd normally do on the ocean floor. At that point, he's literally just an animal. Think it goes quite far in actually personifying Godzilla properly. The filmmakers don't make him emote, or act in a sense like we do. But just enough to remember he is just an animal, and can feel pain, and maybe even fear.

The Reiwa era[]

As shown above, I've loved a lot of content of the Reiwa era. Shin Godzilla was amazing, as was the Godzilla anime trilogy that followed it. I haven't delved into Godzilla Singular Point, but it doesn't look too bad, and I have more faith in the Japanese productions for this series than I do North American.

I loved that these films broke away from the constant combat and the like seen in the Millennium series and MonsterVerse before it, Shin Godzilla being a very political, lowkey satire, and the Godzilla anime being a much more "philosophical" take on every core monster and the ideals behind them. It takes some finesse to make a notoriously loud, obnoxious franchise quiet, and subtle. I can't believe we live in the universe where I'll describe the series with the largest Godzilla, Mechagodzilla, and Ghidorah as "subtle".

Shin and the anime really pushed the series back into what made "Godzilla" feel like Godzilla. These aren't just animals that fight for our entertainment. These are animals with a story behind them, both in and out of universe. It'd do a lot of people well to remember and embrace that for future productions.

Godzilla stuff I really don't liiiiike[]

Most of the Showa era[]

The real childish downturn of Godzilla was such a turn off to me. It introduced cool stuff like Mechagodzilla, which was later adapted to be much cooler (See: Kiryu and the anime Mechagodzilla), but also gave us some truly poor Godzilla designs, and reaaaaaally poor films. The best films in that era were (to me) Godzilla, the Japanese Godzilla Raids Again, and Mothra vs. Godzilla. The (general) rest of the films resulted in one of my favorite franchises having a terrible stigma.

Additionally, and on a related note to Godzilla designs, I really hate how the same Godzilla had sixteen million different designs. Same for the Heisei era, barring Junior, who made sense. Just keep it consistent and simple. Luckily the Kiryu Saga's Godzilla escaped this, as did Godzilla ~~Baerth~~ Earth.

King of the Monsters[]

I feel like I wasted 5 years getting excited for a sequel that trashed on its predecessor. Time to make a sub-user page explaining why this movie sucked so hard.

Godzilla vs. Kong[]

I don't know why I expected this to be better. I lowered my expectations to subterranean levels and was still disappointed.

The MonsterVerse[]

It's certainly something to begin a series with two movies that understood where these monsters came from, and then end it off on two movies that entirely whiff on that. The 2014 Godzilla, while not perfect, had some good soul behind it. And wasn't just trying to be a monster movie you'd forget. And it didn't insult your intelligence. And the monsters had weight, soul, and were characterized properly. Same for Kong. It wasn't super cartoony, but it was a lighter movie. And an interesting reboot for the property. The people behind these films took them seriously and handled their subject matter properly.

And then King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong just ignored all of that and went into this borderline superhero, fanservicey stuff. And they didn't just stop at that, they wound up trashing on the continuity and consistency of the series. And the cherry on top is they couldn't even be consistent with one another, or the external media tying them together. I dunno how both Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong managed to straight up ignore the plots and endings of the films before them, but they did. If things are just going to be ignored or changed on a whim, why should I bother getting invested. I don't just go to these movies to see fights. I got into these movies on the polar opposite concept. These movies became what they were on the polar opposite concept. It's gravely annoying to see these films supersede logical storytelling and the like for brand recognition.

And the worst part is, it wasn't even "worth" it. King of the Monsters pretty much destroyed the franchise for fanservice, and then flopped at the box office. It couldn't even be successful and destroy what I liked. And then Godzilla vs. Kong seems to have basically cut its marketing budget out of the equation to break even. It certainly speaks volumes that King of the Monsters had a trailer a year in advance, along with a gigantic marketing and merchandising push, and then Godzilla vs. Kong had nothing. COVID can't even be a full on excuse here with how other films and games have handled things.

Definitely a series I hope ends here, for its own sake. If I'd known where this would've headed in 2014, I would not have bothered.

COVID-19[]

You stopped me from getting my toys, you bastard pandemic.

Godzilla stuff I want to see[]

More movies with balls[]

City on the Edge of Battle was great for having balls in what it did. The ending 10 minutes are amazing to dig into, along with the Mechagodzilla debacle. I want more films that take a good different leap, over being glorious fan-service. Whiiiiich was my main gripe with King of the Monsters.

SHMA Mechagodzilla (Anime)[]

Bandai gimme plz. Will pay.

SHMA Mechagodzilla (MonsterVerse)[]

For such a terrible movie, this design for Mechagodzilla was pretty good.

Godzilla merch I own[]

Blu-rays[]

Showa era[]

Heisei era[]

Millennium series[]

MonsterVerse[]

Reiwa era[]

Posters[]

Time machine[]

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