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In reply to the discussion: Why Godzilla matters [View all]Wounded Bear
(58,881 posts)9. I'm not familiar with Japanese mythology...
but you could actually push the metaphor much farther back in European mythology to Daedelus and Icarus. Science, like religion, must be tempered with reason and discretion.
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I read somewhere that the monster will be covered in scars from radiation burns.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2014
#5
Many here talk about "woo". The scientific method requires controlled circumstances BUT
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#10
the '54 movie was both noir and taboo: until the Occupation ended you couldn't even mention
MisterP
Apr 2014
#27
Will they ever do a Godzilla movie where it doesn't keep changing scale?
The Second Stone
Apr 2014
#42
Loved the old Godzilla movies too. Godzilla, King Kong and other monsters are modern day Titans
Larkspur
Apr 2014
#59