The Negative Effects Of Godzilla Vs. King Kong

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Godzilla is a classic not only in Japanese pop culture but also with western pop culture. The Japanese have created more movies and continues to be popular with current remakes even though it has been over sixty years since its introduction to the world. From its beginnings of harmful effects of long term radiation to just becoming a fan favorite monster to the Japanese people fighting off its enemies in the Japan area. It has influenced its genre and allowed the Japanese to express what they felt and to help project the fear they had on the unknown but potentially severe effects of radiation and weaponry had on its victims. Throughout this paper, both the original and one of its many sequels will be analyzed based off the effects …show more content…

This is where it no longer focuses on its original message. This movie is more for entertainment to generate revenue for Toho the filming company that first created the original. This movie still deals with creatures of potential catastrophe that can threaten the destruction of Japan and still sees Godzilla as the main villain. One main difference, was the government's awareness of Godzilla coming back eventually, but not aware of the existence of King Kong. Thus, once known, it was decided that they would inevitably fight and hopefully wipe each other out versus the original movie where science is able to win over what it had caused. Godzilla is still seen in the Japanese eye as the reminder of radiation, meaning that in the end it will lose against King Kong and because of this the ape like creature will return from where it once came leaving Japan in peace. As time progresses, the filming company Toho keep creating more movies with Godzilla because after the first one’s high success, why stop? However, as Low puts it “... viewed as a product of postwar Japanese society. Its original meaning has been lost with the ending of the postwar era” (Low 54), which leads to the currently increasing number of movies that revolve around this series. At this point it no longer has that deep meaning of the potentially horrible affects, but where it is an idol in Japanese culture and a well-known figure across the

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