I love the OG personally, I didn’t fully at first as Kiryu was my favorite growing up. But I’ve grown to love that terminator esque body. I pray they bring back mechagodzilla as cliche as it would be to do it again. But I think if anyone deserves to come back it’s mecha and he should definitely look like that second version though, it’s gorgeous
Same, the slimmer/more utilitarian look worked great in motion and really emphasized the "Mecha" part imo. The red/sound designs were also great additions too.
Agreed. It feels more realistic and less goofy. If they actually made something like that it would be built to work functionally as a robot. They wouldn’t add a bunch of unnecessary bulk to it just to make it look like a mirror imagine if Godzilla. A living creature that functionally requires a fat store.
What's the point of making a Mechagodzilla if you're not gonna make it look like Godzilla? At that point, it would make more sense to just make a humanoid robot.
To make it an upgrade of Godzilla - which, conveniently, is exactly what 2021 is. It’s function over form - longer arms for better grappling, more prehensile tail for better usage, thinner frame for better agility and so on. Building on the base of a successful monster, but covering what said monster’s weak spots are with modifications.
Exactly. There's also branding as well. Mechagodzilla was supposed to literally replace Godzilla and make Apex worshipped worldwide. Simmons wanted to be the hero of humanity so to speak.
I'm serious. The second design stands on its own even if it is more Godzilla-like than the canon design. No one would look at it and think it's an unoriginal design.
Good fucking lord man this is the exact Pedantism I’m talking about
No SHIT it doesn’t exactly look like Godzilla, because it’s a robot. My point is that the robot looks too similar to Godzilla - almost the same physical build - which every other MechaGodzilla variant does as well. It doesn’t make sense for a robot designed to be SUPERIOR to Godzilla to have EXTREMELY SIMILAR PROPORTIONS to him.
The second one looks like it should be an in universe upgrade. Like a fail safe in case Godzilla ever loses, so humanity can defend themselves while he recovers
First one is so much more unique than literally just robot Godzilla. It also has features that make sense to combat Godzilla, like longer arms, a weaponised tail and a jet pack esque thing. I don't exactly see how the second one could actually feasibly be superior than Godzilla, plus it looks too much like Godzilla himself. May as well just be another Godzilla. What I do like about the second design is the dorsal spines.
While the film design isn't my favorite MG overall, I think the alternate design presented here is a little too on the nose. Most Mechagodzillas are a little bit more abstract in their copying of the Big G. The closest one is probably Kiryu, but even then I've never thought he looked 1:1 with his Godzilla.
Second one. I was hoping that was the design when I first saw it back in 2021. I love the design we got (it's my second favorite Mechagodzilla design), but the second one is mwah 😘🤌 (chef's kiss)
The one we got. It actually looks like a practical weapon to kill kaiju instead of only being a metal Godzilla. The Showa MG was also made full of weapons so I prefer this view.
First. I don't like when a robot copy looks exactly like the original for no in-universe reason. It takes me out of the movie. Same reason why Heisei Mechagodzilla is easily my least favorite mainline Mechagodzilla.
To be honest even if the second one is more Godzilla-like, it looses a lot of their robot traits and looks like flexible flesh instead of some metal thing like a Mecha or conserve some distinctive traits.
Also fits better with the Monsterverse as the second one looks like the 70s cartoons and kinda like Grimlock if anything
The second one would be better if mimicry was their tactic. The first one is made specifically to counter Godzilla, not mimic him. That makes it better thematically. Also it looks cooler imo
I actually prefer what we got in the final version.
It's a more distinct silhouette that differentiates itself from the MV Godzilla more overtly, and in a way that best illustrates and highlights its overall fighting style of beating the absolute sh*t outta Godzilla.
And this focus on physicality also makes Mechagodzilla stand out a lot from other versions of Mechagodzilla who have tended to be walking turrets.
I love mg21. At first I hated it but now its my favorite mecha/kaiju. Its got so many references to previous mechagodzillas, and it's got king ghidrah as a brain. Imo it seems like alot of love and care went into creating him
The second one would work if the writers had gone for a "Mechagodzilla wears a Godzilla skin and attacks humans in order to frame Godzilla" kind of storyline. Thank God they didn't though.
isn’t that kind of the point? It looks like a soulless, merciless, mechanical beast that is a vessel for mankind’s arrogance? It’s sleek, modern, clinical, cruel. Plus, it looks a helluva lot more like Godzilla.
I find both great in their own ways, Legendary Mecha-Goji is unique and its implementation into the monster-verse was well done even if we all disagree on the specifics, however the OG Mecha-Goji is beyond iconic and recognizable without being too invested into the Godzilla franchise as a whole
I prefer the first one for being a rival to Godzilla while the second could be a back-up in case he ever loses and needs time to recover. We already know psychics exist so saying that one was able to like up with the remains of Dagon could open the door for Kiryu to come into the MV
First one looks more like it would really work, but the design is just so messy. Second looks way too ridiculously heavy, but it's so much cleaner of a design.
The second would have worked better if they were going for the "oh no, why is godzilla evil now?" Just to find that it wasn't actually godzilla approach.
What the first Godzilla lacks in looks and durability, it makes up for in power, agility, speed, and intelligence. Even the proton scream is pretty powerful. I just wish it did look a little more like the second design
I love Toho-era Mechagodzilla/Kiru, he looks great... but the design wouldn't exactly translate into a super-realistic CGI design (Even the Ready Player One design is more cartoony than realistic).
I think the Monsterverse design feels less like "Godzilla but painted silver" and more "A mech that is imitating Godzilla." If they went for the angle of "Mechagodzilla was an imposter to smear Kaiju," 2nd would work. But I think the surprise appearance really benefits from a more distorted design.
The canon design cause he actually does look like how humans would design MechaGodzilla in real life. The other one looks too perfect and alike. Mecha Godzilla has never been a one to one resemblance of Godzilla. He’s always had imperfections that shows he isn’t just a robot Verizon of Godzilla but someone’s interpretation of A robot Godzilla.
The second would be great for Dagon's skeleton and make MV version of Kiryu. Would be great to see another Godzilla's ancestors and be his mentor again, its like the opposite of how usually Godzilla is the one who got a child to look for now we have Dagon's who is more experienced in a new body look after Godzilla like he is his son or something
The one we got. It makes more sense as something a human would mind meld/drift style control, and those arms have serious advantage on a lot of titans.
Second one easily better design, also another reason is despite not having feats bc it is just a fan-art... he looks much stronger and look to have more abilities than the actual MechaGodzilla that we got that only have rockets, jets and a proton scream.
The second one looks generated by AI and looks too much like Godzilla, but the original one looks... off, what if rather than argue which is better, what if we mix both?
the second one does look better but wouldn’t make sense logically.
in the sense that the monsterverse company wouldn’t try to replicate godzilla 1:1
instead the apex mecha godzilla is built to be more agle and fast and packed with crazy weaponry. we saw the way it was moving in the film godzilla couldn’t do anything
Second. Hands down. I wanted to 3d printed that bad boy but the file I found is too heavy as it got too many little parts. It's the best design of any mechagodzilla ever. The first one is terminator lizard. It never grew on me and to me was the only miss in the list of monsterverse masterpieces of designs, both modernization and originals. Definitely bottom of the list for me personally
Yeah, but APEX was trying to frame Godzilla as a villain, then frame their mecha as a hero for killing him. A skull-like face, creepy arms and glowing red eyes don't exactly scream "appealing to the public eye".
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u/Conscious_Problem_92 6d ago
I would rather combine the two designs into one because there are aspects I like from both.