How should Godzilla 2 start?

I mean, I have almost no interest in seeing the MUTO ever again, but I'm okay with the idea of one reappearing as an introduction to the larger story and as cannon fodder. I've always felt that MUTO work better as cannon fodder, kind of like Kamakirus. So if the movie opens to establish more monsters have invaded the world and Godzilla has become more effecient at killing these things, it could help establish Rodan or King Ghidorah (especially King Ghidorah) as much tougher opponents.

MECHA RODAN - That's a very interesting sequence you've presented! Indeed, I believe the MUTO have had their run on within the Godzilla universe. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing one - a holdeover, perhaps - emerging to be summarily trounced by Godzilla! As GMAN2887 has already stated, such an openning would allow the viewer to understand that Godzilla has attained a higher degree of killing proficiency - something he'll sorely need when faced with a foe like King Ghidorah! :)

Ehhhhhh, i dont really like that a M.U.T.O just appears and is then just killed like nothing. It seems a little bit wastefull and kinda insulting. We shouldnt have more M.U.T.O`s, they had their spotlights, lets not ruin it for them.

An interesting thought, but I agree that the MUTO's are done.

Rather, I think a better intro would simple be along the lines of seeing what has become of Godzilla since his fight. We know that he took some damage, as watching the film you'll see occasional blood spatters when the male and female MUTO (but mostly the male) are stabbing him with their claw arms.

How about touching on Godzilla's healing? We have no information at all as to whether or not his cells actually regenerate at a rate equal to or in any way greater than that of his Toho counterpart, so how about we receive some new information first? Give us a bit of info such as his healing, if it has been brought back at all, then perhaps a bit of speculation about his breath and his power source (as radiation alone is not the source of his power and his breath has to be processed and produced somewhere in his body for it to work at all).

All of this information could be a conversation between Serizawa and Graham, and then we get an alert through the PA system about Godzilla making landfall. Cut to the shore of a city, doesn't matter where so long as it's at least kind of relevant to the storyline, and we see the military trying to respond to the threat of Godzilla who is lumbering out of the sea. We get a nice little intro of Godzilla kicking the military's ass proper, as he used to in the good old Toho days, and then we cut back to Serizawa as another alert pops up through the PA. A previously unknown or at least unobserved source of radiation is being detected elsewhere on the planet, and we cut to hazy satellite footage of the new creature.

Obviously, the new creature is going to be either the hazy outline of Mothra, Roda, or King Ghidorah as we know Legendary acquired the rights to use them. However, which one we'll only be able to speculate on as there is presently no information on whether or not one, two, or any of them will even be used in Godzilla 2. A lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon that all three will be in Godzilla 2, but there's no evidence to support that theory so I'm waiting before I start making bold claims. Right now they're just in Legendary's pocket, but whether or not they'll all be used remains unknown right now.

Still, it's something to think about. An opening to Godzilla 2 should definitely include Godzilla as the big reveal and all the teasing is over now. With Godzilla's return finally complete, we can now focus on building him as a character and a creature all over again, and that means a lot more screen time than a measly 10:28. I took a stopwatch to the movie just yesterday to make sure of his screen time, and he is on screen for 10:28, give or take a few seconds for human error along the way. Ten and a half minutes... Yeah, not gonna cut it for Godzilla 2.

In the next one, Godzilla is going to have to have at least a half an hour of screen time for it to be successful. With the reveal out of the way, Legendary has no excuse for holding him back any further.

@ZillaHater,
Exactly. Wiping out a MUTO at the beginning of the film shows that they're small fry and easy pickings for Godzilla in comparison to Rodan / King Ghidorah. I look at it as an establishing story move, like Batman capturing Scarecrow at the beginning of The Dark Knight. Or Gamera blowing multiple Gyaos out of the sky in Gamera 3: The Revenge of Irys. 

Plus, personally, I don't have a lot of fondness for the MUTO. The more insult, the better. On the other hand not seeing the MUTO again sits just as well with me. It's a win either way.

@GMAN2887

So your basically saying that because YOU dont like the monster, it should just be made fun off and just wiped out for fun? Seriously dude, you should be more like me and not show off hatred for monster so blantantly.

Wait....Whoops.

I think it should just show the ruins of San Francisco that's still being rebuilt, and maybe go to a government meeting deciding what to do about the monsters maybe ending on a phase similar to, "what if there's more?" or "what if something biggers out there?" Then maybe show where one of the new monsters are.

I think that it could open with perhaps Serizawa and other Monarch scientists overseeing the rebuilding of San Francisco after the battle while the military studies and prepares to take away the corpses of the M.U.T.O. Admiral Stenz (or some other American military figure) approaches Serizawa and says that his government has more information that Monarch was not made aware of. Serizawa is flown to the Ogasawara Islands, where there is one island in particular completely fenced off. Serizawa is taken to a military complex on the island, where he is made aware of the U.S. military's run-ins with other giant creatures during the 1950's and 60's. However, most of these creatures were easier to stop than Godzilla, and were neutralized and brought to the island to be contained. A computer monitor then shows a view of the island, where monsters (possibly Rodan, Anguirus, Varan, or others) are seen roaming around. Then the opening credits roll.

Just a sort of improvised idea, but I think it could help to establish the existence of other monsters in the universe of the new film.

I wouldn't mind some mentioning or footage of the MUTOs, but they're done.

The reason I said that the male MUTO could get killed easily was because in Hawaii you see that Godzilla was desomating the MUTO. If MUTO didn't fly away when he did then I think Godzilla would go back to the sea and either kill the female or go back to resting, what all depends on the female waking up or not. With his new knowledge Godzilla would be able to kill the MUTO even faster than before.Also @TheKingofTheMonsters; your idea seems more like something that would happen during the movie or a end credit scene. @TW_G_FAN2014 your idea slightly confuses me. Not that it's bad but there is a little too much going on at once. There would be the exposition of explaining Godzilla's regeneration while explaning why Godzilla is attacking a city, which he wouldnt do. Then you have to show the monster from the sattelite somehow and where did it come from. Godzilla attacking could work if he was attacking a nuclear power plant but showing off the monster this early isn't so great.

I want to see it be similar to the opening of the first one. With stock footage of them trying to destroy Godzilla, only with footage of Mothra, and Rodan thrown into the mix. Perhaps even a meteor landing somewhere. I wouldn't mind seeing the Muto again. I really like them.

The new Godzilla origin wasn't born from nuclear weapons, merely awakened. This gives us a lot of potential to go in the past. I'd love to see Ancient Japan in a Godzilla movie. Samurais are protecting a castle from "the dragon" which turns out to be Ghidorah. Godzilla shows up and in typical G2014 action immediately cut away. Than we hear about the legend of one monster causing another to flee the planet but now in the present he's coming back for round two.

How about this for an intro, guys? Enjoy:

[San Francisco, only a few days following the aftermath of Godzilla and his battle with the M.U.T.O.s]

[Reconstruction is going on]

[Pan towards taped-off areas, where HAZMAT scientists, as well as Dr. Serizawa and Dr. Graham, examine samples of Godzilla's blood on the ground, as well as the bodies of the dead M.U.T.O.s]

[Pan towards the nest site until it's in full view]

[Transition into a scene on a remote island where a sinkhole similar to the one the male M.U.T.O. made is seen, with HAZMAT scientists and soldiers gathered around]

[Cue a low monster sound from the hole that gets the attention of everyone in the area]

[Pan away from the hole in the direction of the shores of the island]

[Transition to the shores, where waves are coming in at increasing rates]

If M.U.T.O. is to be included in the sequels at all, which I am mostly against, Monarch should maybe find one surviving egg in the nest, then bring it to a secure island location where other giant monsters are contained (basically Monster Island). That M.U.T.O. could grow up and become another member of the monster cast that could eventually be Godzilla's ally against a greater threat (like King Ghidorah if Gareth really does go for a Destroy All Monsters remake).

I proposed simply including their bodies for study, as well as new sinkholes reminiscient of theirs, only housing a new giant monster species instead.

The mutos are done, just like bryan cranston is. I hate to say that because cranston's acting is dang good, but they are finished.

As far as staring....Maybe have serizawa and his monarch team still studying him when he went back to the ocean and followed him through the years.