Revelation that the key to understanding Godzilla is that you must understand it is wrestling. It is wrestling. The good guy monsters like Godzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan are the Faces who you always root for because they’re YOUR GUYS. The bad guy monsters like Ghidorah and Gigan are the Heels who act like assholes and yell things like “it doesn’t matter what you think!”. The good humans like Miki and Serizawa and the Shobijin are the Jim Ross-style announcers and interviewers who comment on the match or chat with the wrestlers between fights. The bad humans and evil aliens are the corporate guys like Vince McMahon, and the giant robots like MechaGodzilla are what happens when they decide to get in the ring themselves. Rival kaiju/toku series like Gamera or Ultraman are rival wrestling companies and underground circuits. Baby Godzilla is Hornswoggle.
It's a good time to be Godzilla. He is raking it in, you might say. After all, he is the star of not just one but two extremely large movies in the upcoming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) and the acclaimed Godzilla: Minus One (2023). Just imagine him sitting back in the destroyed shell of a skyscraper in whatever miscellaneous supercity, getting comfortable, flicking through his fat wad of cash, and $miling. You've earnt it, pal.
But it gets better still for the extremely large lizard, because #godzilla is trending on Tumblr. That is because Godzilla, at last, comes in pink.
Godzilla in pop culture: Look at this funny dinosaur guy fight other dinosaur guys. He's so wacky!
Godzilla in the original film (and Shin Godzilla and Minus One): This beast represents our fears and damaged psyche caused by nuclear destruction. We must be staunchly anti-war or risk the annihilation of our species to petty grievances. We will never truly heal from the pain and suffering that occurred in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Godzilla in every other movie: Look at this funny dinosaur guy fight other dinosaur guys. He's so wacky!
I should mention that I legitimately love both styles of film, but the mood whiplash between them is pretty intense.
yeah, after seeing godzilla minus one and then seeing the trailer for godzillaXkong it pretty obvious which the superior godzilla movie is going to be.