GODZILLA x KONG | Timeline Breakdown & New Lore Explained

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Published 2024-04-07
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is finally here and with it we have to adjust our Monsterverse Timeline just a bit to accommodate the new film and its incredible novelization by Greg Keyes. The novelization has loads of new lore to explore that the GxK film barely touches on. It also hints at the next movie in the Monsterverse, and what Monarch and the Titans will likely face next. All that and more in this new video! Enjoy!

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0:00 Introduction
1:36 The War between Godzilla and the Skar King
3:31 Shimo's ancient origins
4:56 Shimo froze Ghidorah in ice
5:35 Project Powerhouse & Apex Cybernetics
6:10 When does GxK and GvK occur?
9:10 What the novelization says about the future of the Monsterverse

All Comments (21)
  • @Khalith
    One reviewer summed it up really well. Godzilla has become end of story arc Goku. He shows up and you know whoever he’s facing is going to get stomped.
  • @SteeloFN
    Do not tell me KONG doesn’t look like Kratos. That beard and Axe which glows blue also 🗿
  • @e-scope
    Was really happy with how cut and dry the placement for this movie was, very refreshing
  • @crossbuster4192
    I freaking called it! I knew Shimo was the one that froze Ghidorah! 😆
  • @shaerobbins4924
    Hollow earth threat when the last 2 movies were basically centered around Kong and the hollow earth. If you look at what the director said, he points to Zilla being the next story arc. And he seems to be the surface King!
  • @tonybrewer7536
    I'm convinced the next antagonist will be a member of Godzilla species. Not saying that's going to be Space Godzilla, but it will be a Godzilla. Nothing else can challenge G at this point. Edit: Apparently Toho doesn't want Godzilla to be a species. So my prediction is updated to be a Godzilla similar antagonist.
  • @Ereheru
    Great video, I am always amazed at how thorough you are with your timelines, it's a astonishing none of the studios have hired you yet. Somebody who uses social media should forward this channel to James Gunn!
  • @rickyrackey7930
    Ancient Timeline theory. You can correct me if I’m wrong. This is what I got from reading the novel 250 Million Years Ago: Dagon and other members of the Gojira tribe would survive the Permian extinction by feeding on the planet’s radiation. 55 Million Years Ago: The Great Apes would evolve in the Hollow Earth to become the Dominate Species 6 Million Years Ago: The Iwi would worship the Great Apes and other titans as Gods. 3 Million Years Ago: Shimo is born and would claim Antartica as her territory 2 Million Years Ago: Godzilla is born 2.2 Million Years Ago: An adolescent Godzilla would be driven out of his territory by an ancient Kong known simply as The Rival 2.1 Million years ago: Godzilla and Shimo would fight for dominance and as a result, an Ice Age is created 1 Million Years Ago: The Ancient war between the Gojira and Great Apes would begin. The War would end with Godzilla banishing Skar King and his followers into the Hollow Earth 1.? Million Years Ago: A Group of apes attempt to flee from Skar King and take Skull Island as residence. When Skar King found out they escaped, he sent in the Skull Crawlers to kill them and so begins the battle between the Kongs and Skullcrawlers 300,000 Years Ago: An Ancient Civilization would be built and worship Godzilla. This civilization would be the precursor and progenitor to cities like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Sumer. 200,000 Million Years Ago: King Ghidorah would arrive on Earth and cause havoc. He would kill Anguirus and other members of Godzilla’s species. Maybe even his aging parents. Godzilla would fight Ghidorah for centuries along side Rodan and Mothra. 100,000 Years Ago: Ghidorah’s reign of terror would end when Godzilla and Shimo would team up to freeze him in ice, not only turning Antartica into a frozen wasteland, but causing the last ice age to begin. Due to the last Ice Age, many titans went into into hibernation. Shimo would go to the Hollow Earth to hibernate only to be captured by the Skar King. The surviving members of the first civilization would create various ancient civilizations. 1500-300 BC: Dagon would be worshiped by the Phoenicians only to be killed by MUTO Prime. Leaving Godzilla as the last of his kind. 16th Century: The Iwi would arrive on Skull Island and be protected by Kong’s parents 17th Century: Kong’s Parents would engage in a final battle with the Skullcrawlers. They would die and a grieving infant Kong would be born in the aftermath. The Rest is History
  • @gypsybiswa7529
    Shimo is like the most overpowered Titan at this point💀 By the way, love the video man!
  • @j4streamzz
    Man I love the Monsterverse, this breakdown is great!
  • @reddbaron82
    Your work is impeccable. Impressive as always 👏🏻
  • @DemonCrab1995
    With how op shimo is now thanks to the GXK Novel making her the strongest monsterverse titan and her ice powers if destoroyah ever comes to the monsterverse as the final boss i want her to be the first titan to face off against destoroyah and lose horribly against him to showcase how dangerous and powerful destoroyah is
  • @isaacazocar3155
    Dakota, thanks for another great video! Great breakdown! There's something bugging me about that "Wednesday August 30th" date on the film. You mention that it could be a prop from when it was filmed, but there's no such date in 2022 (when they shot the film between July and November). It could be a reshoot! Which must've been in 2023, which does have a Wednesday August 30th, but that was in the middle of the WGA strike where they couldn't have shot it. So, I think it must be an intentional date then? It's really noticeable on screen. Having settled that GvK does happen in Fall (October?) 2024 and GxK is a few years later in late August, could it be 2028 instead of 2027? 2028 does have a Wednesday August 30th! About Jia, if she was about 10 in Fall 2024, could she be 13 about to turn 14 in August 2028? I think it fits! (Also, although not really a clue, the time elapsed between the production of Gvk and GxK was about four years as well)
  • @rickyrackey7930
    I have a theory about the civilization seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters and how it might connect to the Iwi. 300,000+ Years Ago, there was once an ancient and powerful civilization as old if not older than mankind itself. We will refer to them as The Forefathers These Legendary Forefathers’ culture was all about worshiping the titans as gods. As they travel the world, they would encounter and worship various titans. They would build monuments and temples for the titans to worship them. These early humans would venture into the Hollow Earth where they would evolve into the Iwi, becoming its own independent civilization. While the Iwis evolved to have telepathic powers, the Forefathers used these special Magatamas formed from Hollow Earth crystals which helped them telepathically communicate to the titans. The same crystal by the Iwi that was used to send a distress call to Godzilla. Emma Russel used these Magatamas as a basis in creating by the Orca. But the Forefathers got power hungry, so they sent their controlled titans into battle against each other. This led to a civil war between the humans and titans. The titans obliviously won, it lead to half of the civilization destroyed in the process and the connection between man and monster to shatter. For a time, there was relative peace until Ghidorah came and shattered the peace completely. The Capital city of the forefathers would be destroyed in the process and completely sunken underwater. The survivors would spread across the globe and form the various civilizations in the real world, retelling the story of their ancestor’s downfall in the various flood myths. The fall of the forefathers also inspired Plato in creating the myth of Atlantis.
  • @dantabor1233
    Where can I find the novelization? I keep seeing people are able listen to it, but nobody says where is it available🙃
  • The moment the governments try to colonize the Hollow Earth, they're gonna start a second Titan War, this time with Godzilla and Kong leading the charge.
  • @arthurkinsey
    I'm hoping return of rodan, Destroyah, and Biollante. I've a question was the tree thing in gxk a Biollante tentacle?