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It's a film i'm sure tons of Godzilla fans have asked for, but just because Toho could make it, doesn't mean they should.

King Ghidorah is one of, if not the top monster for Toho besides Godzilla himself, yet lacks a true movie to himself like Rodan or Mothra. But, maybe that's because there isn't many ideas for him? Many fans will say that the best way to make a Ghidorah film would just have him terrorize an alien world instead of Earth, and maybe even have him win, and add in a post-credit sequence where he comes into Earth. Some even say that it might be a good prequel to GTTHM. Okay, i can see that, but we know Toho loves to milk a franchise for all it's worth, and if it succeeds, a sequel is inevitable. So where do we go after that?

Some say in a possible tirlogy the third and final entry would be his death by the hands of Godzilla (and maybe Mothra and Rodan too), but what about the film inbetween? Him going up against some other alien life form like Gigan? Maybe we just skip straight to Earth and just make a Duology. Some say that maybe even just one film focused on Ghidorah can't even work at all because there's really not enough we know about him to make it worthwhile to watch.

I think, maybe under the right circumstance, it could work, but you'd really need to think of something good in order to keep in interesting. I also think it'd just be better as a standalone like Shin Godzilla, and not branch out into further entries. What do you guys think?

Posted by Behemoth1999 on 27 May 2020 at 17:21.
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Maybe, maybe not. I really don't know. Ghidorah always seems to work best when he's bouncing off of Godzilla so to speak, so I really don't know if he could carry a solo film on his own.

Posted by JurassicKaiju14 on 4 June 2020 at 01:31.
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I think it'll work, Maasaki Tezuka really said that he wanted to do it.

Posted by Kaijuzill on 4 June 2020 at 05:57.
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Maybe it could be based off of Ghidorah's Showa Era backstory, where he is antagonizing different advanced alien races, and they have to pool together to stop him. Just a thought.

Posted by JohnGojira on 18 June 2020 at 14:01.
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Here's a list of Ghidorah's different backstories that could work in a spinoff:

  • Showa: It's quite obvious why, we could have a film about how he destroyed Venus and one when he met the Xiliens and fell under their control.
  • GMK: Since in GMK, Ghidorah is a Yamata no Orochi, it would be really good to see what happened before he was sealed.
  • FW: Monter X/Keizer Ghidorah's backstory would be amazing to watch as there is none at the time of writing this.
  • Anime: Basically the fall of the Exif's homeworld.

Legendary Ghidorah wouldn't work because it wouldn't be a solo film as Godzilla would have a prominent role. They could make him an antagonist however I doubt it would work.

Posted by Kaiju lord on 17 November 2020 at 17:17.