Monster of the Day #1939

Updated on June 5, 2019 By Ken Begg 12 Comments

I can’t say I love the redesign, but I get that while Japanese audiences appreciate beauty and symbolism much more than many audiences, which is why a Godzilla movie featured a monster that was literally a giant rose. So I get that Warners wanted to make Mothra “cooler” and more “realistically” a threat. In the end, this again gets down to the point that I just don’t think there is mass interest in giant monsters (maybe monsters generally) now, so attempts like this are band aids on a sucking chest wound.

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  • Scopi314

    You keep saying Warner’s in Relation to Godzilla: KotM, but they’re just distributing the movie. The movie was wholly produced by Legendary Pictures, they’re the only company responsible for its content. That’s also how we already knew the Monsterverse would end with Godzilla vs. Kong: Legendary was founded and run by Thomas Tull, all these monster movies were his baby, but he was forced out of the company after he sold the studio to Wanda Group in 2016. Without him there the franchise was going to have to make Jurassic World money to continue (the movies are getting more expensive, and dependent on rights to characters they don’t own), and I don’t think that was a realistic expectation.

  • Ericb

    A legal question. If/when these rights expire would that mean that these film could be taken out of circulation?

  • Queen of the Monsters! As a kid, I was never that big a fan of Mothra, but as I grow older the more fond I am of the old girl. I can’t keep from hoping she (and Rodan) are in the next one and have a round or two against Kong. That would almost make up for the lack of Giant Flying Turtle in my life.

  • Scopi314

    No, I’m sure Legendary made a deal where the rights to Godzilla and Kong in Legendary’s new works are in perpetuity. There’s no way a studio founded by a private equity guy didn’t cover its bases.

  • bgbear_rnh

    I love Mothra and some of the films Mothra moments have brought me to tears.

  • bgbear_rnh

    What these movies are missing are oddball insertions of gangsters into the plot.

  • Rock Baker

    I’m thinking the film may be suffering poorly because it just hasn’t been advertised very well. I haven’t seen a single TV spot for the film. I was actually quite surprised to get here Monday and find that the film was already in release.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Mothra, what did they do to you? Pity the poor bug.

  • Ken_Begg

    Scopi, you are correct, but it’s hard for me to believe that Warners doesn’t have a certain amount of say so. And yes, the rights will stick, they wouldn’t revert to Toho or anything. Again, with the failure of this and the Pacific Rim movies, I think it’s clear that there just isn’t a general, massive audience for monsters and giant monsters especially.

  • Ken_Begg

    The feel good ending where Godzilla and Ghidorah team up to destroy the real monster, Washington DC, did inspire tears of joy, however.

  • Ken_Begg

    I’m pretty sure that’s because of tracking. If your marketing data indicates you aren’t going to sell many more tickets if you spend another $50m, you don’t spend another $50m. Also, I’m not sure TV spots are really what the rely on these days.

  • Mike Weller

    She looks…she looks like a cock-a-roach!