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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 6308086" data-attributes="member: 55178">None of these are explanations though.  So an invisible caterpillar spins itself into a cocoon and turns into a giant butterfly monster.  Were there reasons why they decided to make so many parallels and nods to one of the other big Godzilla monsters then?  Why all the foreshadowing of caterpillars and coccoons and "MOTHRA" written on the kid's aquarium when the Brodys go back to their old house?  Are you quoting a source, or stating an opinion?  Did they originally intend for it to be Mothra, and then change their minds after all the footage had already been shot?  Was the editor secretly trying to push his or her own agenda?[EDIT - inserting playback of my stream of consciousness as to why I thought it was Mothra]I see a broken monster egg, later I saw that it was totally different  than the other eggs the monsters laid, so I'm kinda confused as to how  that works, but at this point I'm thinking "dead Godzilla, these must be Godzilla eggs, now there's an escaped Godzilla monster out there in the  world."  The power plant gets destroyed, and I'm thinking "Godzilla  destroyed the power plant, neat!"  Years pass, Brody and son go to their old house, they get caught by the secret monster police, and they find...another monster egg.  "Ok I guess, it must have been a mommy Godzilla that hatched and it laid another egg?  Are they going to freaking have Godzuki in this movie?  Oh, that's not Godzilla, it's some other monster?  Oh it has wings!  OH  YEAH!  The group is called Monarch, it was a cocoon, not an egg.  There was that shot of the caterpillar, and the other cocoon and MOTHRA on the aquarium, this must be Mothra!"Did they actually mention the mating call again at any point with regards to why the other MUTO left Yucca Mountain?  I only remember the earlier discussion  and then the explanation that "Now the monsters are looking for food, let's use these little missiles as bait instead of this mountain sized buffet line"[EDIT #2]Was the Brody family name a nod to Jaws?Was General Whatsisface's line about "No more secrets" a nod to Sneakers?Am I misremembering a shot of a destroyed Statue of Liberty?  Were they in NY at some point and I missed it?</blockquote>

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