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Investing.com – Litecoin was trading at $124.387 by 00:58 (05:58 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Saturday, down 10.44% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage loss since December 18, 2024.
The move downwards pushed Litecoin’s market cap down to $9.630B, or 0.27% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Litecoin’s market cap was $25.609B.
Litecoin had traded in a range of $124.387 to $139.367 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Litecoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 23.21%. The volume of Litecoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $1.802B or 1.03% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $93.2916 to $140.7928 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Litecoin is still down 70.38% from its all-time high of $420.00 set on December 12, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Bitcoin was last at $102,912.3 on the Investing.com Index, up 1.53% on the day.
Ethereum was trading at $3,293.27 on the Investing.com Index, a loss of 2.23%.
Bitcoin’s market cap was last at $2,049.969B or 57.06% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while Ethereum’s market cap totaled $400.262B or 11.14% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
TikTok said the popular video-sharing platform will go dark on its 170 million American users on Sunday unless the Biden administration can guarantee service providers won’t be punished for operating the app when the ban takes effect.
The statement came hours after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law forcing the app to be divested from its Chinese parent company in two days and rejecting TikTok’s appeal that the decision violates the First Amendment.
Under the law, services providers like Google and Apple must stop allowing new downloads of TikTok after the ban takes effect – with potential fines of $5,000 per user if they don’t comply.
A mock funeral was held for TikTok in New York City on Friday after the Supreme Court upheld the app’s forced sale. Getty Images
“The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok’s availability to over 170 million Americans,” the company said in a statement Friday night.
“Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19.”
President Biden has since punted enforcement of the law to President-elect Donald Trump, who formally takes office on Monday and has vowed to save the app.
Members of Congress and the Justice Department have alleged that TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, poses a national security threat – capable of secretly manipulating content via its recommended algorithm and mass data collections such as location-tracking, among other risks.
TikTok has denied the allegations.
The app wants assurances that service providers will not be penalized if the app is still functioning past Sunday. AP
A law passed by Congress last April gave the platform a 120-day timeline to divest its stake entirely from its parent company or face a ban on Jan. 19.
If the app goes offline, users would be redirected to a website with details of the ban.
Though the platform would remain usable for a period for those who already downloaded it, services would gradually degrade due to a lack of product support and updates.
Trump – once a vocal critic of TikTok who initially led the efforts to block the app – is said to be mulling an executive order that would further delay enforcement of the law for 60 to 90 days while he attempts to facilitate a sale to a US buyer.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday and will be seated alongside other tech titans such as Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook.
President Biden shocked the financial markets, his own national-security leadership and America’s alliance partners with a ham-fisted decision to block Nippon Steel’s takeover of US Steel last week.
Political machinations were always going to be present in the Japanese acquisition of a dying yet iconic American steelmaker.
Indeed, both Biden and returning President Trump had said they would scuttle the deal, offering the kind of populist rhetoric one would expect from the bully pulpit where Pennsylvania jobs were on the line in the all-important swing state.
Yet, Biden is never expected to return to public life. During this lame-duck period, he could have secured a legacy of putting country ahead of politics and economic prudence over populist cosplay.
He could have demonstrated that America is open to business — especially with our most important allies, and particularly in industries like steelmaking that are critically important for domestic security and yet underfunded and uncompetitive in global markets. He failed.
If today’s multipolar world requires the sophisticated playing of three-dimensional chess, Biden has shown he plays tic-tac-toe — and puts an X where an O would have secured victory.
Trump is unlikely to reverse Biden’s Nippon decision, but the greater question is whether America can unlearn decades of deindustrialization and come to terms with today’s reality: We need all the help we can get — even in our most sensitive industries — if we are to rebuild and reindustrialize for a more abundant, prosperous and secure future.
Deindustrialization has been the industrial policy of choice for America and much of the West since the 1970s.
By offshoring low-value manufacturing to places like East Asia, where labor was cheap and environmental regulations were lax, America could instead focus on higher-value activities from product design to capital allocation.
It was a policy enacted in Washington, slung by investment bankers, management consultants and efficiency-seeking CEOs and backstopped by academic economists.
They weren’t wrong: Deindustrialization has been an extraordinary boon for America’s aggregate wealth. America now hosts seven of the top 10 global companies by market cap.
Yet the flaws of deindustrialization have become glaring.
Yawning inequality has offered great riches to the few, but for millions of others, America’s strategy has meant a large-scale demotion from productive manufacturing jobs to low-end service professions with limited income potential or career growth.
Our complex and distended supply chains also mean thousands of critical products, from semiconductors and biologics to aerospace parts and rare-earth minerals, are no longer produced domestically at globally competitive scale.
The solution is to reverse the osmosis of American manufacturing out and instead import ingenuity back in.
Companies headquartered in allies like South Korea, Taiwan and Japan are interested in building out and acquiring manufacturing plants in the United States under the right conditions.
Which leads us back to US Steel.
America is now the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, producing an estimated 81.3 million tons and trailing China, India and Japan.
US Steel itself represents about a fifth of the American market, yet it’s no longer internationally competitive — selling steel at significantly higher prices and in need of steep trade tariffs just to keep the company viable.
Such tariffs directly raise the cost of everything that uses steel, from new buildings to heavy machinery.
Nippon Steel’s takeover offer wasn’t just a financial lifeline for a struggling company but also an opportunity to import technical know-how and competitive strategies from a successful business.
A stronger, more global and more competitive US Steel is in the obvious best interest of the United States.
Yet Biden said, “We need major US companies . . . to keep leading the fight on behalf of America’s national interests” — channeling a hubristic, go-it-alone industrial strategy that fails to meet the demands of the 21st century.
In a choice between no industry and an industry underpinned by Japanese capital and experience, we apparently would prefer to go without.
We can no longer afford Biden and his ilk’s nostalgia.
America’s strengths remain what they have always been: openness to new ideas and technologies, as well as a peerless belief in the power of market competition to discipline companies to pursue their own profitable advantages.
In scuttling the takeover of US Steel, Biden made clear that America is neither open nor secure enough to allow one of our most important allies to have a foothold in domestic steelmaking.
It’s time to move on and open America’s mind so we can reindustrialize once again.
Danny Crichton is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the head of editorial at Lux Capital. Adapted from RealClear Pennsylvania.
The blog post raised numerous questions, and has since been deleted by Microsoft. However, there was no correction or explanation.
What the software giant was actually getting at is shown by a support page on the subject that was updated in December. Here, too, Microsoft points out that Microsoft 365 apps will no longer be supported under Windows 10 after the end of support in mid-October. At the same time, however, the company explains that the applications will continue to work as before. However, to avoid performance and reliability problems over time, an upgrade to Windows 11 is strongly recommended.
The reasoning: “Microsoft 365 is subject to the Modern Lifecycle Policy, which requires that customers keep the product or service up to date according to maintenance and system requirements and use Microsoft 365 on a Windows operating system for which support is currently provided.”
The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden Administration on a law that could ban TikTok in the coming days. In a unanimous ruling, the court upheld the law, writing in an unsigned opinion that “TikTok’s scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the Government’s national security concerns.”
The ruling marks the end of TikTok’s many legal challenges to a law, passed last spring, that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States. It comes amid mounting tensions between the US and China, and just days after the Biden Administration moved to restrict the export of GPUs used for AI applications.
In a statement, TikTok said that “unless the Biden Administration…provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement” immediately, it will unfortunately be forced to go dark on January 19. “The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok’s availability to over 170 million Americans,” it said.
White House officials said Thursday that the Biden Administration would not enforce the ban on President Joe Biden’s last day in office. Incoming President Donald Trump, who will be sworn in one day after the ban is supposed to take effect, has suggested he wants to “save” the app. That’s caused some speculation that he could instruct the Justice Department not to enforce the law or find some other arrangement that would allow the app to remain accessible.
“The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.” He also said that he had discussed TikTok with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday, but did not provide details. Earlier in the week, The Washington Post reported that Trump was considering an executive order that would give TikTok an additional “60 or 90 days” to comply with the law. TikTok CEO Shou Chew is expected to attend Trump’s inauguration where he will sit alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
In a brief statement shared on TikTok, Chew thanked Trump, but didn’t say whether the app would go dark this weekend when the ban goes into effect. ” I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,” he said. “This is a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship.” Representatives for TikTok, Google, Apple and Oracle (which hosts TikTok’s US data) have not responded to questions about their plans to comply with the law.
In a concurring opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future. “Even what might happen next to TikTok remains unclear, ” he wrote. “All I can say is that, at this time and under these constraints, the problem appears real and the response to it not unconstitutional.”
Free speech groups have denounced the law and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold it. “The Supreme Court’s ruling is incredibly disappointing, allowing the government to shut down an entire platform and the free speech rights of so many based on fear-mongering and speculation,” Patrick Toomey, deputy director of ACLU’s National Security Project, said in a statement. “By refusing to block this ban, the Supreme Court is giving the executive branch unprecedented power to silence speech it doesn’t like, increasing the danger that sweeping invocations of ‘national security’ will trump our constitutional rights.”
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, said in a statement that “the ban or forced sale of one social media app will do virtually nothing to protect Americans’ data privacy – only comprehensive consumer privacy legislation can achieve that goal.”
TikTok users have also vocally opposed the ban. Before the law was passed, legions of fans called their Congressional representatives’ offices, urging them to not support the bill. The move may have had unintended consequences as some members of Congress accused TikTok, which had encouraged users to make the calls, of “interfering with the legislative process.” More recently, TikTok fans have pushed a number of previously unknown apps, including a Chinese social media app known as “RedNote” or Xiaohongshu, to the top of the app stores as they search for alternatives.
Update, January 17, 2025, 9:45 AM PT: This post has been updated to add details from a statement made by Shou Chew.
Update, January 17, 2025, 10PM ET: Added TikTok’s statement.
Today’s the big day! Cameron Diaz gets back to her roots in action-comedy with Back in Action. In a January 16, 2025 interview with Extra, the Charlie’s Angelsbombshell, 52, explained exactly what it would take to get her back on a movie set after taking ten years off.
“I knew that if I was going to leave 10 hours a day, leave my family, that I was gonna get, you know, to do the work with, you know, the most talented man in showbiz,” she said of co-star Jamie Foxx. She also addressed her decade long absence from show business. “To be privileged enough to still be able to come back and do a movie after 10 years, you know, to get to make movies still and do it at this level and to make something this entertaining and fun for everyone, that was, you know, to me, I felt really honored to be able to do and do it with Jamie.”
Below, we’ve got details on how to watch Back in Action and more about the highly anticipated movie.
What is ‘Back in Action’ About?
Emily and Matt, (Diaz and Foxx) are former CIA operatives who stepped away from the risky business to raise their family. After their identities are exposed, they’re forced to return to the clandestine underworld they left behind to take care of unfinished business.
“Fifteen years ago, me and your mom were nonofficial cover operatives for the CIA,” Foxx explains to his two incredulous kids during the action-packed trailer. “But we went off the grid to start a family,” Diaz adds. “Can you beat up all the dads in my school?” their son asks as the family speeds through traffic. “I can beat em all up, just not at the same time,” Foxx quips.
Who Stars in ‘Back in Action’ With Cameron Diaz?
Foxx, who suffered a “medical complicatin” during filming of the movie in April of 2023, co-stars opposite Diaz as her husband. The two previously worked together in Annie, which was coincidentally also Diaz’s last movie before taking a yearslong hiatus. They also appeared opposite one another Any Given Sunday in 1999.
McKenna Roberts appears as their daughter Alice, and Rylan Jackson as their son, Leo. Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, and Andrew Scott also appear in supporting roles, among others.
Where to Watch ‘Back in Action’
The star-studded flick was officially released on Friday, January 17, 2025. The movie is now available to stream via Netflix.
A stunning Spanish city saw a record number of cruise passengers visiting it last year.
The Port of the Bay of Cadiz hit a milestone in 2024 after a total of 695,171 passengers passed through the port last year, this is a 2% increase from 2023.
Despite a slight decrease in calls, 333 from 347 in the year before, the port remains a top destination for cruise traffic in Andalusia and the second busiest on the Iberian Peninsula after Barcelona.
The Port of Cadiz’s strategic location between the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean, and the nearby Strait of Gibraltar makes it an ideal stop for cruise lines navigating between Europe, North Africa, and the Caribbean.
Beyond its geographical advantages, Cádiz itself has become a popular destination for cruise lines, with its rich culture, historical landmarks, and vibrant tourism sector.
The city’s proximity to other Andalusian tourist hotspots further boosts its appeal to international cruise travellers.
The Cruise Terminal at the Alfonso XIII pier, recently expanded to 1,300 square meters, continues to offer top-notch services for arriving passengers. It features check-in desks, luggage storage, tourist information, free Wi-Fi, and various shops.
Located just a short walk from Cadiz’s historic centre, visitors have easy access to the city’s attractions, making it a favourite among cruise passengers.
The terminal is also equipped with extensive facilities for buses, taxis, and other transportation, ensuring a smooth experience for tourists.
The record growth reflects a rising trend in the cruise industry, with the Port Authority of the Bay of Cadiz noting an increase in the average size of ships visiting the port.
The average gross tonnage of the arriving vessels grew by 2% times 82,243, and the average number of occupancy of cruise ships also rose from 1,958 passengers per ship in 2023 to 2,087 in 2024, EuropaSur reports.
There was also an increase in calls from premium and deluxe cruise ships, which now represent 51% of total arrivals.
These ships have fewer passengers but higher spending power.
These passengers contribute significantly to the local economy.
According to the latest figures from Junta de Andalucía, the average expenditure per cruise passenger per day at the port is €40.60 (£34.25), and can rise to €200 (£168) for home-porting vessels.
The cumulative impact of cruise tourism in 2024 would have brought in €28 million (£23.6 million) in passenger spending alone, excluding passage fees.
But its popularity is not declining, as the Port of Cadiz is poised for another record-breaking year in 2025, with 351 cruise calls already scheduled.
When evaluating stocks, value investors are typically attracted to UK shares that appear cheap compared to earnings. Naturally, it makes sense to grab something when it’s selling at a bargain.
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio reveals what it costs to buy shares compared to what each share earns the company. It’s considered a quick way to gauge whether a company is performing better than it share price suggests.
The right reasons
There are different reasons why a company may have a low P/E ratio so it’s important to assess the reason. Imagine a company’s making good earnings but behind the scenes, it’s headed for disaster. If shareholders are aware of the underlying issue, it could prompt them to sell.
But there are times when great companies with solid earnings still appear cheap. Recently, investors have been increasingly drawn to the US market, driving capital away from the UK. And falling interest rates have shifted attention to other asset classes.
Rather than lose hope, savvy investors see the long-term value in such an opportunity. Those who have been in the game long enough know that the situation can change quickly. Any major shift in global economic policy could bring capital flooding back into the local market, sending prices soaring.
How to identify value stocks
Figuring out which shares might recover in such a situation can be highly lucrative. As mentioned, a low P/E ratio can indicate good value but not necessarily long-term potential.
But when a well-established company with solid financials appears cheap for no reason, that’s a good sign. And right now, the UK market’s brimming with such opportunities.
Stocks to consider
Look at International Consolidated Airlines Group, the company that owns and operates British Airways along with several other EU airlines. For a year before November 2024, it was trading at less than five times earnings – a surprisingly low ratio for such a large firm.
Investors who recognised the value and bought the shares early benefited from the 80% price rise in the past six months. NatWest Group was also trading with a P/E ratio below five for the last quarter of 2023. The price has since recovered over 90%.
Currently, I see another major FTSE 100 stock that’s been trading below a P/E of five: insurance giant Beazley Group (LSE: BEZ).
Despite the stock climbing 61% in the past year, it still has a low P/E ratio. With earnings more than doubling between 2022 and 2023, the ratio’s levelled out. That’s a strong sign that there’s more room for price growth.
The risk is that it’s heavily exposed to growing costs from climate-related disasters. Last year, it wrote off expenses of $175m due to claims from hurricanes Helene and Milton. Another major disaster could leave it sitting with hefty bills to cover.
Analysts seem unfazed, forecasting revenue upwards of £5bn by 2026, along with a 30% earnings increase. The average 12-month price estimate of 973p is around 18.6% higher than today’s price.
Right now, I don’t have spare capital to put into the stock. But I think it’s worth considering for value investors seeking out discounted UK shares.
Since his 1954 debut, Godzilla has loomed large over the cinematic landscape, a towering allegory born of nuclear anxiety and ecological reckoning. Emerging from the irradiated waters of Japan’s post-war trauma, he was initially a grim warning—a symbol of humankind’s hubris and the devastation wrought by weapons of mass destruction. Yet as the franchise evolved, so too did Godzilla’s role. From fearsome destructor to reluctant defender, he became a reflection of shifting cultural anxieties. Each kaiju (mutant monster) Godzilla faced—or joined forces with—embodied a new fear or societal dilemma: King Ghidorah as the specter of imperialism, Mechagodzilla as the unchecked march of technological dominance, and Hedorah (the Smog Monster) as a walking indictment of environmental neglect.
The King of Monsters and the Mutant Mirror of Our Times
This list digs into some of the best cinematic team-ups in the Godzilla franchise, moments when the King of Monsters set aside his own destructive instincts to join forces with his fellow kaiju. These partnerships not only reflect humanity’s greatest fears but also deliver some of the most satisfying, jaw-dropping action sequences ever committed to monsters on the silver screen. From ancient alliances to reluctant collaborations, these team-ups showcase why Godzilla remains an enduring icon of both allegory and entertainment.
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Godzilla and Minilla vs. Kumonga
‘Son of Godzilla’ (1967)
In Son of Godzilla, Godzilla is cast in an unexpectedly tender role as a father, protecting his clumsy, smoke-ring-blowing son, Minilla. Set on an isolated tropical island plagued by harsh weather experiments, the film introduces Kumonga, a massive spider that preys on the island’s other inhabitants. Godzilla teaches Minilla how to use his atomic breath and defend himself, creating one of the franchise’s few paternal narratives.
Teaching Survival Through Battle
The fight against Kumonga emphasizes the stark brutality of nature with a parental twist. Godzilla’s approach to battle isn’t just about raw power; it’s about teaching Minilla resilience in a hostile world. Kumonga’s web attacks and creeping movements add tension to the fight, with the spider’s ominous presence contrasting Godzilla’s fiery, methodical defense. When father and son combine their atomic breath to finish Kumonga, the sequence cements this as one of Godzilla’s most unique team-ups—equal parts survival drama and monster spectacle.
Explore these iconic Godzilla films streaming now, from epic monster battles to poignant allegories showcasing the franchise’s evolution.
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Godzilla and Jet Jaguar vs. Megalon and Gigan
‘Godzilla vs. Megalon’ (1973)
Godzilla vs. Megalon leans heavily into the campier side of the franchise, with Godzilla teaming up with Jet Jaguar, a human-built robot who can grow to kaiju size. The villains, Megalon (a giant beetle worshipped by an underwater civilization) and Gigan (a cyborg alien kaiju with hooks for hands), are an outlandish duo, wreaking havoc on Earth before Jet Jaguar calls in Godzilla for backup.
Camp Meets Combat
This team-up is as absurd as it is entertaining, showcasing the wild creativity of 1970s kaiju cinema. The fight is a masterclass in practical effects and choreography, with Jet Jaguar’s grappling moves and Godzilla’s infamous “flying dropkick” stealing the show. Megalon’s explosive projectiles and Gigan’s buzzsaw chest add chaotic flair, but it’s the unlikely partnership between Godzilla and Jet Jaguar that makes this battle memorable—a bizarrely effective blend of humanity’s ingenuity and Godzilla’s primal power.
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Godzilla vs. Mothra and Battra
‘Godzilla vs. Mothra’ (Takao Okawara, 1992)
This film reimagines Mothra as Earth’s benevolent protector and introduces Battra, a darker counterpart created to punish humanity for environmental destruction. Godzilla, initially the antagonist, becomes a common enemy when his destructive presence threatens both Mothra and Battra’s missions. The film’s tension pivots when Mothra and Battra form a reluctant alliance to subdue Godzilla and restore balance to the planet.
A Redemption Arc in Kaiju Form
The climactic battle is a cinematic feast, blending aerial combat and underwater sequences with dazzling practical effects. Mothra’s graceful movements contrast with Battra’s aggressive, thunderous strikes, and together, their combined power overcomes Godzilla’s brute force. This fight stands out for its thematic resonance, as Mothra and Battra’s collaboration mirrors the need for humanity to reconcile with nature—a poignant message wrapped in spectacular destruction.
A fan-made animated video has Godzilla squaring off against some classic villains, and the results are spectacular.
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Godzilla and Rodan vs. King Ghidorah
‘Invasion of Astro-Monster’ (1965)
Invasion of Astro-Monster transports the kaiju battle to space, with aliens from Planet X manipulating Godzilla and Rodan to fight King Ghidorah. Initially under extraterrestrial control, Godzilla and Rodan are unleashed on Earth before breaking free of their programming and joining forces to repel King Ghidorah’s assault. The film weaves Cold War paranoia into its plot, making the kaiju pawns in a larger geopolitical allegory.
An Intergalactic Tag Team
This battle combines the kinetic energy of aerial attacks with the sheer scale of a kaiju clash. Rodan’s speed and agility complement Godzilla’s raw power as they coordinate to take down King Ghidorah’s three-headed onslaught of gravity beams and devastating attacks. The stakes are amplified by the alien subplot, grounding the fight in a broader narrative about autonomy and resistance. It’s a rare moment when Godzilla’s destructive instincts align with humanity’s survival.
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Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan vs. King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla
‘Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.’ (2003)
Humanity’s hubris takes center stage as Mechagodzilla, a mechanical replica of Godzilla powered by the bones of the original creature, is deployed against him. The film pits Godzilla against both Mechagodzilla and King Ghidorah until Mothra intervenes, recognizing the threat Mechagodzilla poses to the balance of nature. Godzilla and Mothra forge a tense alliance to dismantle humanity’s misguided creation and fend off King Ghidorah.
Nature vs. Technology, Amplified
The battle’s choreography emphasizes contrast: Mothra’s aerial grace and Godzilla’s brute force against Mechagodzilla’s calculated precision and King Ghidorah’s devastating attacks. Each blow feels purposeful, whether it’s Mechagodzilla’s laser cannons or Mothra’s fiery kamikaze assault. The fight crescendos with a bittersweet victory, as Mothra’s sacrifice underscores the emotional stakes. This sequence highlights the franchise’s ability to merge blockbuster spectacle with thematic depth, making it a standout in the Godzilla canon.
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Godzilla and Anguirus vs. Gigan and King Ghidorah
Godzilla teams up with Anguirus, his loyal ally and one of the franchise’s earliest recurring monsters, to battle Gigan and King Ghidorah, two of his deadliest foes. The plot revolves around alien invaders using Gigan, a cyborg kaiju equipped with razor-sharp claws and a buzzsaw stomach, and King Ghidorah, the infamous three-headed dragon, to destroy humanity. Godzilla and Anguirus, aware of the alien threat, rise to defend the Earth in a battle that blends loyalty with high stakes.
Teamwork Against Alien Tyranny
The climactic fight is a chaotic melee of brute strength and destructive powers. Anguirus complements Godzilla’s heavy blows with his dogged persistence, lunging at Gigan and enduring Ghidorah’s gravity beams. Gigan’s buzzsaw and Ghidorah’s overwhelming presence make for a brutal pairing, but the bond between Godzilla and Anguirus gives the fight an edge of camaraderie rarely seen in kaiju battles. This film solidifies Anguirus as Godzilla’s most steadfast ally, and their victory reinforces the franchise’s recurring theme of overcoming extraterrestrial threats through unity.
This film pits Godzilla and King Caesar, a mystical guardian kaiju inspired by Okinawan folklore, against Mechagodzilla, a mechanical doppelgänger created by alien invaders. The story follows the prophecy of King Caesar’s awakening to protect the Earth from Mechagodzilla, whose advanced weaponry includes laser beams and missiles. When Godzilla joins the fray, the battle becomes a fusion of ancient legend and modern technology.
Brute Force Meets Mysticism
This fight is a dazzling blend of the organic and the mechanical. King Caesar’s agility and melee combat complement Godzilla’s sheer power and resilience as they confront Mechagodzilla’s overwhelming arsenal. The battle is punctuated by iconic moments, like Godzilla using his magnetized body to disarm Mechagodzilla and turn the tide. The merging of folklore and sci-fi gives this team-up a unique dynamic, with King Caesar’s mysticism adding depth to the relentless kaiju combat.
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Godzilla and Mothra vs. King Ghidorah and Rodan
‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (2019)
Release Date
May 29, 2019
Runtime
132
Godzilla teams up with Mothra once again to battle King Ghidorah and Rodan in a sprawling showdown of Earth’s titans. The film frames Mothra as Godzilla’s symbiotic ally, a beacon of hope and restoration. Meanwhile, Ghidorah, a malevolent extraterrestrial creature, manipulates Rodan to create chaos. The narrative’s climax revolves around Mothra sacrificing herself to empower Godzilla, enabling him to unleash his fiery thermonuclear form.
An Elemental Showdown
The final battle is a visually stunning display of kaiju might, combining Rodan’s aerial agility, Mothra’s luminous attacks, and Ghidorah’s devastating gravity beams. Mothra’s death adds emotional weight, as her energy rejuvenates Godzilla and allows him to incinerate Ghidorah in a climactic burst of power. This fight balances raw spectacle with poignant character moments, cementing Mothra’s role as a selfless protector and Godzilla’s ascension as Earth’s ultimate defender.
This film introduces King Ghidorah as an otherworldly menace intent on destroying Earth. The film sees Mothra, a consistent symbol of Earth’s guardian spirit, convincing Godzilla and Rodan—who initially clash with each other—to unite against the larger threat posed by Ghidorah. This film marks a pivotal moment in the franchise, transforming Godzilla from a destructive force to a reluctant defender of the planet.
Reluctant Allies Against a Common Enemy
The battle is a chaotic and kinetic spectacle, with Ghidorah’s three heads launching devastating gravity beams while Godzilla’s atomic breath and Rodan’s aerial strikes chip away at the towering foe. Mothra’s bravery, crawling into battle despite her smaller size, becomes the emotional heart of the fight, inspiring Godzilla and Rodan to work together. This sequence not only showcases the franchise’s capacity for epic combat but also underscores the power of unity, setting the stage for Godzilla’s evolving role as a protector.
This film brings the two iconic titans together as rivals turned allies to battle Mechagodzilla, a weaponized creation of the Apex Corporation designed to replace Godzilla as Earth’s apex predator. The story follows King Kong’s journey to discover his ancestral home and Godzilla’s mission to neutralize threats to his dominance. Their initial conflict gives way to mutual respect as they unite to stop the mechanized monstrosity from wreaking havoc.
When Rivals Become Allies
The final battle is a high-octane display of destruction, with Godzilla’s atomic breath and Kong’s newfound battle axe working in tandem to dismantle Mechagodzilla. The choreography emphasizes the complementary strengths of the two titans: Godzilla’s ranged attacks soften Mechagodzilla’s defenses while Kong delivers the decisive blow. This modern blockbuster encapsulates the franchise’s evolution, showcasing cutting-edge visual effects while preserving the primal energy that defines its most memorable battles.
