report warns of the potential extinction of over one million plant and animal species across the globe due to climate change and other human activities.
“The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control … and not the other way around.” - Dr. Others explored themes such as waste wreaking havoc in nature in Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971) the engineering of crops gone awry in Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) and the hubris of man thinking he can control nature in Godzilla (2014). Some sequels ventured into silly territory, dropping the heavy themes for the sake of being family-friendly. Godzilla was the embodiment of nature lashing out at the carelessness of man.Īs the film went on to gross a massive ¥183 million (about 1.7 million USD), Godzilla entered the pop-culture lexicon, spawning multiple sequels that would be dubbed in different languages across the world. He is the symbol of a world gone wrong, a work of man that, once created, cannot be taken back.” In short, in his debut, Godzilla was more than just an excuse to destroy set pieces for entertainment he encapsulated a mood and embodied a destructive force of nature that could not be contained. Mark Jacobson of New York Magazine noted that when it comes to Godzilla, “Very few constructs have so perfectly embodied the overriding fears of a particular era. So, I took the characteristics of an atomic bomb and applied them to Godzilla.” But if he were equal to an atomic bomb, we wouldn’t know what to do. According to Honda, “If Godzilla had been a dinosaur or some other animal, he would have been killed by just one cannonball. Designed to look like a cross between a gorilla and whale, Godzilla was more than any normal animal. Credit: Dean Wissing / Flikrĭirector Ishirō Honda wanted Godzilla’s Tokyo rampage in the original film to mirror the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which was fresh in the minds of the Japanese people at the time.
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