The thing about Shin Godzilla is that everything about the design fucks so hard and it’s a fascinatingly political movie as well, with Godzilla barely even on screen. It’s simultaneously a radical departure and perfect redesign that feels true to the heart of Godzilla as a concept and a design. The thing is there’s no reason why the USA Godzilla couldn’t have gotten just as weird with it, but no one in that project was willing to push past the lowest common denominator and maximum profitability. So we never got to see the absolute fucking nightmare fuel sequel but we got three passionaless and lackluster USA movies. I need another real freak to get into the kaiju genre. Don’t say Pacific Rim either, you know darn well that’s not what I mean. Shin Godzilla is the fuckin Cronenberg of the kaiju monsters, I need a freak like that.
