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Godzilla is one of the most recognizable assets of Japanese popular culture worldwide and remains an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. He has been considered a filmographic metaphor for the United States. The earliest Godzilla films, especially the original Gojira, attempted to portray Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla represented the fears of many Japanese of a repetition of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[5] As the series progressed, so did Godzilla himself, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character as the films became increasingly geared towards children. Today, the character has fallen somewhere in the middle, sometimes portrayed as a protector of the Earth (notably Tokyo) from external threats and other times as a bringer of destruction. The usual explanation of his character is that he defends the Earth from other kaiju not because of any liking toward humankind, but because he perceives other monsters as threats to his territory along with natural hostility to other monsters.
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Godzilla is one of the most recognizable action/fictional symbols of Japanese popular culture worldwide and remains an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. He has been considered a filmographic metaphor for the United States. The earlier Godzilla films, especially the original Godzilla, attempted to portray Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla was a representation of the fears that many Japanese held about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the fear of those types of attacks occurring again.[11] As the series progressed, so did Godzilla, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character as the films became increasingly geared towards children. Today, the character has fallen somewhere in the middle, sometimes portrayed as a protector of the Earth (notably Tokyo) from external threats and other times as a bringer of destruction. The usual explanation of Godzilla's character is that the reason he defends Earth from other kaiju is not because of any likeness towards humans, but because he perceives other monsters as threats to his territory, as well as being a natural hostility toward those other monsters.
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Godzilla has an image of an anti-hero, and has a huge following around the world. In the Japanese films, Godzilla is shown as a huge dinosaur, which has a characteristic charcoal colored skin. He is shown to have a lot of powers and is depicted as a monster created by the nuclear blasts. He is shown to reside in the water, only emerging to cause destruction in the world. He uses his strong tail to break down tall structures. He has small pointed ears, rough uneven scales, a powerful tail, and dorsal fins such as the ones on the fish.
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Godzilla, much like jesus, is known to have a fear of japanese people, especially when shouting. Where jesus obtained his fear because of the sheer amounts of tourists hindering his work, (which did subsequently lead to the conception of Godzilla) Godzilla aquired his fear because he once ate a very bad tasting Japanese business man, and was bedridden for several days.
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The sad thing about this movie is that while movie-making technology has progressed to never-before-seen heights, the majority of the technology behind the latest Godzilla flick hasn't changed much. Toy tanks still rumble across the ground, toy helicopters still buzz by the actors in their rubber suits, and the explosions still look the same. However, some things have been updated -- when Godzilla gets prepared to blast some thermonuclear payback onto Tokyo, his numerous spikes on his back glow like lava (as opposed to that weird light blue glow from prior films), and you can see the beginnings of the blast start deep in his throat and crest before it screams out. A lot of CGI shots -- most involve the spaceship -- prove the Japanese are moving away from models finally. There were some beautifully crafted scenes combining Godzilla, the human cast, and the scenery -- making you forget about those models from the past. However, a lot of the effects still look hokey, the blue-screening doesn't mesh and the CGI doesn't blend into the scenery.
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While most of the Godzilla flicks have two different versions, one for the Japanese audiences, another for the Americans, this one the changes made are huge. First the name was in dispute. Warner Brothers, which marketed the film here in the States, could not obtain the rights to the ‘Godzilla’ name and renamed the star monster to ‘Gigantis’. There was apparently some hope that this would ... make audiences think this was a brand new monster. In the American version the re-editing and dubbing transform the character of Kobayashi from just comic relief to someone near the buffoon level. The actor here, Minoru Chiaki, was in such great Japanese cinema as ‘Seven Samurai’ making these changes a complete disservice to an incredible actor.
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