![]() ![]() The filmmakers recorded vocalizations of vultures, owls, penguins, and cranes to create Rodan's sounds. He's also capable of lower-pitched, more avian-sounding vocalizations. Rodan's roaring vocalizations are akin to shrill, grating screams and are quite different from the roars of his previous incarnations. Rodan is portrayed through a mix of motion capture from Jason Liles and CGI. Using his wings to balance himself, Rodan can both walk and stand upright when he's not in flight. His injury from Mothra's stinger indicates Rodan does not bleed and revealed his body has a bright-yellow internalized light underneath the opaque skin. The lower-edges of his wing membrane appear to be lined with heated, red-glowing cracks, making it appear as if Rodan's wings are smoldering or are oozing lava when he's in flight. Rodan's skin is burgundy-colored and possesses a texture similar to molten rock with bumps and ridges along his chest and back. ![]() He has a hand on each arm that is partly detached from the wing (similar to bats' thumbs), with two long fingers and a thumb which are each equipped with long claws. The shapes of Rodan's wings (which join his wing hinge directly to his tailbone in a bat-like manner, though his legs aren't attached to the wing membrane) along with his head give him a resemblance to traditional depictions of pterosaurs, while his tail is spade-shaped (similar to his 1956, Showa, and 2004 incarnations). He possesses large, digitigrade avian legs, with sickle-shaped hooked claws on each foot's three large toes, and a smaller near-vestigial toe at the back similar to tyrannosaurids. He has a pair of ridge-like brows and beady, yellow eyes with circular pupils. His head possesses a large, heavy beak lined with tooth-like spikes and a pair of horn-like spurs curl down from the back of his skull. His physique overall bears a strong resemblance to a bird of prey. This incarnation of Rodan has a larger wingspan compared to any of his previous incarnations. The spelling of Radon in Japanese also corresponds to the name of Ladon, a dragon-like monster represented in Greek Mythology. Rodan's original name, 'Radon', is based on the name Pteranodon, the extinct flying reptile that Rodan is primarily based on. ![]()
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