Godzilla 2: 10 Ways To Make Sure The Sequel Is Better Than The Original

3. Godzilla/Human Relations

One of the biggest issues films with non-human protagonists have is that non-humans are hard to relate to. This was/is an issue with the Transformers film series, which had humans with equal or more screen time just so the audience could feel connected to the story. This has the unfortunate side effect of stealing focus from the characters we care about: the actual Transformers. While this wasn't an issue in the original Godzilla film where he was a villain, the recent film has a protagonist whose plot is totally unrelated to the monster. Any screen time spent with him had no bearing on Godzilla as a character, which made many feel as if his scenes were a waste of time. The next film could remedy this by having a human either attempt to work with Godzilla or at least be interested in it. While the idea of Godzilla having a little buddy sounds a bit corny, it's not as if this hasn't happened before. The American Godzilla animated series focused on a monster-battling research group that used the spawn of Godzilla to fight various threats. The hero was the scientist Nick Tatopoulos from the 1998 film, who legitimately wanted to foster the beast and not just use him as a weapon. If the next film is unable to have as much monster-battling as rabid fans want, it can at least give us a hero who has a close connection to Godzilla. And not in that way, you pervert.