KOTM Made Godzilla's Destoroyah Story Unnecessary For The MonsterVerse

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters made an adaption of Toho’s Destoroyah story unnecessary for the MonsterVerse’s future. Toho’s Godzilla vs. Destoroyah is arguably the most popular installment in the 1990s series of Godzilla films. Due to its reputation with the Godzilla fandom, it’s widely theorized that this is the story Legendary Pictures may use to eventually end Godzilla’s MonsterVerse journey.

Regardless of whether the MonsterVerse uses him in Godzilla 3, the rumored Godzilla vs. Kong 2, or a different movie altogether, the groundwork has already been created for Destoroyah’s long-awaited debut. In the 1996 film, it was explained that the evil kaiju was born from the use of the Oxygen Destroyer against the original Godzilla in 1954. The same origin was set up in King of the Monsters when the American military deployed the iconic weapon against Godzilla and Ghidorah. As a result, it’s now theoretically possible that Destoroyah can rise out of the depths in a future movie for an epic fight with the alpha of the Titans.

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It's worth noting that one of the most important parts of Toho’s Godzilla vs. Destoroyah story was already adapted to the MonsterVerse. The burning form that Godzilla used in the movie came directly from Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, where it was revealed that Godzilla was dying from a massive buildup of radiation inside his body. Because of this, the humans understood that Godzilla’s death would result in an explosion that would take out of all Tokyo. This defining element of the story was carried over to King of the Monsters’ ending, which saw the human characters express a similar concern. But it was short-lived, as Godzilla