another overused creature design is the front-heavy gorilla-like bodyplan, such as Leatherback from Pacific Rim, Titanus Behemoth from the Monsterverse, the Moorwen from Outlander, the Tao Tei guards from The Great Wall, the vantablack aliens from Attack the Block and Sammael from Hellboy, to name a few
I don’t know if a gorilla body plan is exactly overused per say and I think context is important too, and some of those don’t fit that bill perfectly.
Lethearback is getting the short end of the stick here since he’s still cool and unique looking and his body plan helps distinguish him from all the other kaiju in the movie.
Behemoth is also distinct enough too but we also barely see anything of him either so I don’t know if it’s right to judge.
Moorwen counts though because it’s design is a little tacky and doesn’t flow well together.
We barely see anything of the Tao tei guards so it might not be right to judge, but the grunts and queen look better.
The vantablack aliens are cool scuzzy little gremblos and very memorable.
I don’t know anything about hellboy.
I also think it’s important to say that the features I’ve attributed to the “generic modern movie monster” doesn’t automatically make something a bad creature design. A creature design can have these features and be good. What really matters is how well someone makes these features “flow” and “mesh” together to make a distinct and memorable creature design.
