‘Godzilla Minus One’writer and director It has been announced that Takashi Yamazaki will return for a new season. Godzilla film It’s for Toho’s next big project, and it really should avoid being a direct sequel to Toho. Godzilla Minus One. As Toho celebrates the milestone 70th anniversary of its long run Godzilla The franchise’s most recent feature film effort was its most successful work in those 70 years to date. Godzilla Minus One was the most financially successful Japanese production Godzilla The film was the best reviewed film by critics and even Godzilla received his first Academy Award. Therefore, it is not surprising that Toho wants to work with Yamazaki again in a new film.

But what does Godzilla Minus One very special and every Godzilla In fact, the movie is pretty much all of this in one movie. There may be some threads that continue between some entries from past eras, and Legendary’s MonsterVerse has found success by offering direct sequels to its own films. Godzilla Minus One‘s unique brand of success is not something that can be copied. This is a movie strikes a balance between nostalgia and modern kaiju explosionand trying to revisit that will only result in a sequel that isn’t that good.

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Godzilla Minus One Cannot Be Remade

Godzilla Minus One A special movie that cannot be made again. As part of the landmark anniversary celebrations, World War II, when Japan was trying to recover from everything that had happened. Considering the immediate aftermath of the events of World War II offers an excellent perspective. It places the characters in a very arresting emotional state that is both real and ultimately flexible enough to throw Godzilla and chaos into. Thanks to this nostalgia Godzilla Minus One it still manages to convey the unique tone of the classic Godzilla films while still feeling thoroughly modern.

Godzilla Minus OneSaid version of the kaiju is an immediate threat that makes this war-torn world even worse, and it’s a story you can actually only tell once. If Godzilla resurfaces after the events of the movie, that’s another problem the Japanese people will have to deal with. This won’t have the real-world emotional impact that the first movie had. And in fact, this would minimize Godzilla’s impact because Godzilla would literally be retreading the same ground in a sequel.

The story of Shikishima and Noriko Godzilla Minus One It was one of the main reasons why fans loved the movie. The two connected after the war and essentially started a makeshift family. It was a ray of hope among all the death and destruction they experienced, and the end of the movie gave them a happy ending. It would seem almost cruel for these fan-favorite characters if they were put in hot water again in the sequel. It would then be best to focus on a new set of characters and a new story in general.

There Should Be a New Godzilla Story Instead

What makes Godzilla such a special franchise is that even after all these movies and all these different eras, there are still new stories to tell. Godzilla Minus One I found a great story to tell that would make sense on paper at least chase this success with a sequel that continues this story. But in practice there isn’t much to explore with these characters. The story of Shikishima, Noriko, and the rest of Japan was told within the victory over Godzilla. It was their hope and perseverance in the face of fear, death and destruction.

Although there is a final scene that shows that Godzilla is far from defeated, this is the kind of label that does not require a sequel. Fans may remember this Shin Godzilla It ended with the lingering threat still possible, and that’s just the tone of the series. Godzilla may be defeated (or achieve defeat, depending on the era), but he will always be around. It’s a force of nature that can never truly be stopped, and a direct sequel addressing it would just be spinning the wheels. It would just create a feeling of obligation.

Therefore, the best approach is to do what other movies have done in the past and create a brand new story. Yamazaki might even set it inside. Godzilla Minus One and even use the same version of Godzilla as the enemy (or even the hero, depending on the idea). But the movie must follow a new cast of characters who deal with everything. As we’ve learned from the Monsterverse, following the same characters in movie after movie yields fewer returns each time.

Godzilla must always remain an unknown, incredible force of nature. If you have a character who has dealt with this before, that mystery is lost. To accurately convey the majesty of such a being, you need a fresh perspective, and new characters with new stakes and stories will be the best way to do that. May Shikishima and Noriko come to an end. If the next Godzilla is going to be as devastating as seen above Godzilla Minus OneDon’t let survivors go through this again. It was already an inherently brutal concept implemented in the first movie, so doubling down on that wouldn’t have made for a great viewing experience.