Varan got his roar stolen by Megalon, Gorosaurus and Baragon (as well as Neronga, Peguila and countless other Ultra series kaiju) His theme stolen by Rodan And his role in GMK stolen by Mothra and Ghidorah Basically what i'm saying is that Varan needs to get a lawyer.
@@crisbb5795 haven't seen the film, but I know what you're talking about. I had to do a double take when I saw the trailer. I like to think it was more than just a coincidence.
Hes not forgotten If you see in episode 8 of godzilla singular point, the amphibia design looks like the forgotten varan, which means Varan is partially in singular point
Same I feel really bad for this kaiju he keeps getting pushed aside and shit on. He better make a huge comeback in the monsterverse and show everyone what he's made of
8:58 "Watched from a safe distance" is probably the single best description that could possibly have been given here. It really gels with the disbelief levels that the classic movies thrived in, and singlehandedly put a huge grin on my face. Kudos.
Yeah maybe he wasn’t just watching from a safe distance. I think he was holding back in case the other monsters got defeated, then he’d be fresh and ready for action
Poor Varan! he doesn't deserve to be forgotten just because he's one of the more forgettable kaiju! He definitely needs to make a comeback considering that he's got potential for a underused kaiju! =(
Varan was the kaiju that I always wanted to see more of when I saw him, he looked very unique design wise and I like how he glides, wish we could have seen more of it
One of the reasons why I love Varan is that you can do so much with him. You can give him a retractable wrist bone to aid in flight, you can give him a brotherly relationship with another kaiju, and you can even give him a beam.
@@monsterkajiu1912 My opinion for a solo film vs. but the movie plot could be that Varan wakes up after his solo days in a ancient temple as he is awoken by military or whoever it can be anyone as he is awaken for a purpose he fights either monster Gabara,titanosaurus,or mechagodzilla the storys villan explanation is different gabara can be a evil ancient creature that destroys the village because he is like the anger god and destroys the village every 2 years and has more electrical powers, titanosaurus because after hibernation he wakes up and is startled by the humans new inventions and kills for fun who can be the God of trickery,and mechagodzilla is a alien robot looking for the real Godzilla but ends up fighting varan.Varan has a epic showdown and through out the movie their is references.Just my opinion tho.
@@monsterkajiu1912 i will more likely see varan fight gabara cause mechagodzilla was destroyed in godzilla vs kong and maybe not titanosaurus cause after all,he was peacefull until some crazy scientist who help the xiliens recover OG mechagodzilla,but if varan fight titanosaurus,long nek could have been under the control of aliens that wants to make a new mechagodzilla by scavenging the rests of it in hong kong,by using im to retrieve the rests,and at the end he freed him from mind control and the two destroy the alien mother ship,and godzilla call them on skull/monster island where they gonna be residents.
Given his niche popularity with the fans and some of the toho filmmakers, I’m certain we will see Varan return to movie screens at some point, though it may be a bit.
Seriously when is legendary going to add Varan into the Monsterverse? He looks so cool can you imagine seeing a massive reptile gliding above the city.
Good video! You should have mentioned; however, how in the recent Rampage movie they obviously "borrowed" the "gliding using membranes" idea for their wolf monster Ralph. Which he uses in the final battle in Chicago.
This is like saying that plane stole from Birds because they both have wings. I mean come on man, there are lots of real animals that Glide with membranes, we have flying squirrels, sugar gliders, flying lemurs, we have gliding agamids and geckos which probably inspired Barak, heck we even have "flying" snakes and frogs. Sorry, main point I'm making is I'm not sure that they stole anything simply by making a gliding monster when the forests of our own real world seem to be almost full of them :-/
@@Sara3346 There is a huge difference between "borrowed", which is what I said, and "stole." I never said they stole anything. That would mean that what they did was illegal. What I meant by "borrowed" is basically there idea was probably inspired by Varan. Just different way of saying it. lol.
It's so sad how Varan has become essentially forgotten through time, he is such a unique kaiju, his only appearances really outside of his own movie are just a mere few seconds in Destroy All Monsters, a few old Godzilla game appearances, and some books/comics, he could totally work in the Monsterverse too as a Hollow Earth resident or lying dormant in a lake near a village on one of the continents in the surface world, it's also pretty cool that he went toe to toe with Rodan in one of the comics and held his own against Rodan doing some pretty good damage to him. It was nice he got a nod a bit in Singular Point being an inspiration for Godzilla Amphibia but I want Varan to come back as himself, not as an evolution stage of Godzilla, it's also sad that there were film opportunities for him to show up but he was scrapped.
Varan: Progress on appearing at my own movie, good. 😊 Having a brief appearance in Destroy All Monsters, less great. 😒 Having my role replaced by Mothra & King Ghidorah, thanks a lot (sarcastically)! 😠 Becoming a secret unlockable in Godzilla Unleashed (Wii), thanks guys. 😉 And what have the people done to make my return, absolutely NOTHING!!! 😡 Toho: We all feel you're pain. 😔
My guess for how Varan can return in the MonsterVerse: He is a Titan that is currently living on Komodo Island, and he is known to the locals' legends as "Baradagi, the Father of All Komodo Dragons". Like in Godzilla Unleashed, Varan can also emit a weaponized sonic pulse, and this version also have a venomous bite. He is known to protect Komodo dragons, similar to how King Kong protects the Sker Buffalo on Skull Island and Behemoth maintaining the balance of wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest, and he is an ally to Godzilla and Mothra, but also bears a grudge against Megalon and Battra for attacking him once in prehistoric times. His new design should also incorporate elements from monitor lizards (including Komodo dragons), iguanas, bearded dragons, and tuatara as well as flying squirrels and salamanders.
You forgot to mention that in the mobile game Godzilla Defense Force, data mining the files shows an unused model for Varan, indicating he was planned for the game but got cut for whatever reason.
You burden me with your questions You'd have me tell no lies You're always asking what it's all about But don't listen to my replies You say to me I don't talk enough But when I do, I'm a fool These times I've spent, I've realized I'm going to shoot through And leave you The things, you say Your purple prose just gives you away The things, you say You're unbelievable
Fun fact: There were gonna be several Varans in the Lost Continent. Also he's the first monster to fight Raptor-One, the anti-kaiju osprey, in the Godzilla 2000 novel. It's honestly my favorite fight in the entire Random House saga.
Varan is a monster that deserves more recognition. I feel like he along with anguirus would be fitting opponents for potential minus one sequel that the creator has been teasing
You know the original 3 guardian monsters for GMK were varan,burugan,and anguris (god I hoped I spelled those right). This would make more sense as the 3 guard dogs of Japan
I've always felt that Baragon was actually originally meant to be an updated version of Varan in the same way that Godzilla was improved for "King Kong vs Godzilla" from the original. Not only does Baragon sound like an amalgam of Varan and his other name Baradagi, but, they almost look the same, main difference being that Baragon just seems like a more heavily built costume of the same creature just as they did to Godzilla. True, Varan can fly; perhaps Toho thought that was a bit much to swallow for his reappearance. At any rate, Baragon does some crazy high jumps during his fight with Frankenstein that's at odds with the more "serious" atmosphere of that film and seems like it could have been a replacement for his flying squirrel ability.
I've always liked Varan's design and his potential. What they should do is make a comic or anime of the original script/plans for Destroy All Monsters, where he had a bigger role.
That fake GMK mockup is _godly._ Interesting thing. Around the mid-2000s, there was a fan fiction author named CL Werner who wrote some popular tales like Godzilla vs. Cthulhu and The Rise of Bagan, at a time where Japanese encyclopedic sources were far more rare. He also penned a tale in which Varan played a demonic Apocalypse monster years before we had the sources we have access to now. Always wondered what the odds of such a coincidence were.
Imagine if Varan ends up the final villain of the MonsterVerse. After all those years being robbed of roles, he finally lands one as the baddest baddie of them all.
