Last week I chose to talk about Godzilla. I think that this monster fits Cohen's Theses: The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Differences. I believe this is true because Godzilla represents what happened in Japanese in 1945. If any of you don't know who Godzilla is by now, he is a 400 foot tall, radioactive reptile who destroys anything that comes in his way. This monster loves to destroy whole cities such as Tokyo. If missiles are shot at it, this monster doesn't bat an eye. Godzilla represents the battle we had with Japan and of all the damage that had been done to the city. Another one of Cohen's Theses that some could argue would be: The Monster Always Escapes. No matter what is thrown in Godzilla's way, he was never defeated. He always got away with what damage he was doing so there was no way of destroying this beast.
I commented on this post but then I realized that I was not signed in so it did not post. So I'll give it another shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see that another person choose Godzilla! As you can guess, I also wrote about Godzilla, and it is nice to see that we wrote different things. For example, you focus a lot more on Godzilla's physical indestructibility than I did (i.e. if missiles are shot at him, he doesn't bat an eye) and it makes me wish that I had written more about that. I also liked that you mentioned Godzilla as a symbol of nuclear destruction and as a symbol of America as seen by Japan, however, I really want to see you expand on these topics! Both concepts are each only mentioned once, and they are just stated, not explain, and are ripe for expansion! Other than that, I agree with everything that you say except where you say "he was never defeated," but that is really complex symbolism and irony so I will not go there. Long live the King!
~Ryan Lantz
P.S., on a side note from the graded portion of this comment, I am assuming that you have only seen the American release of the first movie and not the original Japanese cut (the 400 ft gave it away). If you'd like to watch the Japanese version, I have it!
After the bomb in Japan. The nuclear is a long period damage to Japanese.Godzilla is a monster in the influence of the nuclear radiation. The appearance of the Godzilla is the fear of the new technology at that time. This monster come form the eastern world and it was born to destroy the human being. The sense of war and end of the world is the mean topic for this movie. It shows the fear from human being to the new technology and war. Godzilla is how human express their fear. As the development of the human being, the environment are being rot by people. The Godzilla is the revenge form the environment.
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