Shin Gojira in Godzilla Resurgence

Oh my Gamera have you seen the latest incarnation of Godzilla?

A man in rubber suit stomping cities in Tokyo is back!

That is hands down the scariest version of Godzilla ever! The king of monsters is back looking like a mixture of a praying zombie and a burnt hamburger patty. Shin Gojira (シン・ゴジラ ) is slated for a Japanese release on 29 July 2016 but fret not English-speaking kaiju fans, the movie is set to be available in the Japanese AND English language!

Seriously, Godzilla looks like he's praying here. Source wikipedia.org

So far it has been confirmed that Shin Goji is no way connected to other Godzilla franchise (there are already 30 movies in the franchise) and it will ignore whatever happened in the original 1954 film. Hence, explaining the lack of the traditional 'anti-Godzilla' or 'Godzilla Defense Force' insignia from uniforms and military vehicles as well as the seemingly shocked Japanese populace and government (but seriously, if I were in their shoes with or without the knowledge of an angry radioactive force of nature, I'd be shocked too nonetheless and won't be all Ken Watanabe calm and say "Let's them fight"). 

My thoughts?

ShinGoji looks so messed up. I mean how could he fight with those T-Rex arms? Also, if he continued rampaging in different scenes in the trailer looking the same that means Godzilla's well known super-regenerative ability can be thrown out of the window. But at the same time, seeing a towering zombie lizard in those scenes gave him a terrifying and imposing aura. His eyes sunken and without eyelids, his unusually longer than usual tail has what looks like a skull at its tip, his Joker-esque slit mouth lined with rows of uneven teeth. Pure sense of rage and terror there when compared to 2001 GMK 'possessed' Godzilla which only had a pair of beady without pupils.

Why so serious? Source scified.com

If you find this incarnation ugly, well don't feel bad just yet because it has also been confirmed that the toasted zombie Godzilla seen in the movie is not his final form. Godzilla will transform not once, but twice into hopefully a Godzilla we all loved and recognised.

So all you Goji or kaiju fans out there, let's wait for our Japanese counterparts to share what the movie has to offer come July 2016, and hopefully we can get ourselves a copy and pray we don't overhype Shin Gojira until we get disappointed with the final outcome. Let's just stay calm, run in the opposite direction and put a decent amount of expectation for ShinGoji.