If I made an American Godzilla...

This is an idea that's been on my mind for a few weeks now, so I figured here is about as good as anyplace to mention it. Essentially: if, hypothetically, another attempt was made at an American-made Godzilla series, how would I go about doing it?

Firstly, if I were to do this I would NOT start with another remake of G'54. Let's be honest: the first movie may be suspenseful, but the average movie-goer will be going in expecting horror and action, the latter of which the original story doesn't exactly ooze with.

So, instead, I'd remake Rodan.

Rodan has everything the modern American moviegoer wants: high-speed action, pulse-pounding (and potentially gory) horror, and a romantic subplot. The original movie is still exciting today, imagine the dogfight sequence with modern SPFX! Since it's an American remake, I'd localize it but try to keep the original feel as much as possible... I'd place the action in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. It has volcanoes, coal mines, and two pretty good target cities: Vancouver and Seattle (I'd probably choose Seattle, I feel its more well-known).

Rodan would act as a proof of concept film, proving that there is in fact a market for Japanese-style giant monster films. Even if Rodan doesn't turn out to be a success, we should at least have ended up with a fun update on the original.

A successful Rodan would mean I could at last propose my main goal: an American Godzilla trilogy. I'd expect hesitation from US studios, still wary from 1998, but if Rodan is successful enough they may trust me to go ahead with at least the first one.

Here's the proposed trilogy:

KING OF THE MONSTERS: Imagine the plot of the original Gojira, but with the action scenes of GRA. I'd set it in Hawaii, with Niihau standing in for Oto Island and Honolulu for Tokyo. The main problem will be the ending...

MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA: Essentially, this would be a remake of Mothra, only with Godzilla thrown into the mix in a role similar to the one he played in Mothra vs. Godzilla. Not sure where I'd set this one... Los Angeles, maybe? Something in me wants to set it in Brazil, but I'm not sure if that'd make much sense.

KING OF TERROR: For the finale, I'd remake Ghidorah - The Three Headed Monster. It's perfectly fitting and would wrap everything up nicely: Mothra and Rodan return, Godzilla fights Rodan, and Godzilla's archenemy, King Ghidorah, descends from space to wreak havoc on the Earth. Only the combined might of Earth's three greatest monsters can stop him! Not sure where this should be set, although Tokyo seems like the obvious choice.

So, that's that.

The other big idea I had regarding this would be making Godzilla smaller... MUCH smaller... so he could more easily interact with the human cast. It would be the regular Godzilla design, but oriented like a normal dinosaur (via CG, obviously) and maybe about 60 feet long (he'd be about a third larger than Spinosaurus).

Really, that's sort of all for now. I also have an idea floating around for a live-action, semi-realistic Pokemon movie floating in my head... I don't know why... but that's for another day. ^^()