Cool Godzilla Images/Food for Thought

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This is "food for thought" per the OT. What would fans do if Godzilla had no spikes on the back? It seems to make sense- I never saw them serve any other purpose but to look like......cool.....and awesome......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxBO7F0ac-M

video just removed by user- sorry. If it was a forum member, it was not a call out. It just supported my post.

I like the spikes but think it would be ok to ditch them.

Maybe big spikes mask a big belly?

dk,
I don't see any reason to remove them and it makes him look less powerful. Dougherty once likened his spikes to his "crown" which is why he made them bigger in the latest film.

It's a prominent part of his design at this point I think removing them would be akin to removing the second mouth of the xenomorph.

Also, have you noticed Godzilla's spikes light up before and while his atomic breath is fired? The electrical discharge vents excess radioactivity. But aside from that it's a very cool, old visual characteristic. It's also added moments of dramatic buildup throughout the years. Whenever his spines glow you know what's coming.

G. H. (Gman) 

Indeed. The spikes lighting up during inhalation and exhalation is a neat effect and it suggests interaction with the environment (drawing something from the air?). The spikes also just look cool. It adds depth to know that they serve an actual function though imo. Even though it is all just a story, finding a plausible purpose makes the creature even more interesting and can inspire discussion/debate.

The most overlooked prophecy in GMK:

Godzilla at Tokyo Station Pt. 2: 1994 & 2016

Woah. That boggles the mind

old man: Oh yes the old prophecy...warner brothers!

Raymond Burr as Steve Martin. 1956 & 1985

The late Yoshimitsu Banno (left) [director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah/executive produver of Godzilla '14] & Teruyoshi Nakano (right) [special effects director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah, vs. Gigan, vs. Megalon, vs. MechaGodzilla, Terror of MechaGodzilla & Return of Godzilla]. 1971.

Ooh, I'd like to hear the rest of that, mind telling me where it's from?

Currently searching for the full thing. It's a much older interview I haven't see in eons.

Top: Plans for the alien city and Mugal (from Terror of MechaGodzilla)

Bottom: MechaGodzilla City and Mulu-elu Galu-gu (from Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle)

The mechagodzilla references are strong with this one.

The "VolcanoGoji" suit looks like a cross between the 1955 and 1962 suits. I honestly would have been happier if Toho had used that design in King Kong vs. Godzilla.

Godzilla's underwater habitat, pre-nuclear blast. From Tomoyuki Tanaka's book, Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction, only two survived.

Oh, I saw this in a wikizilla video.

G. H. (Gman), Mugal/Mulu-elu Galu-gu

Wow. I did not see that before. Nice catch.

I saw that picture of Goji's underwater habitat before over on Wikizilla.