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Godzilla's Evolving Nuclear Subtext (1954 to 2014) | Cinema of Nuclear Dread #2

Cinema of Meaning

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Oppenheimer and the Godzilla Bomb

I have issues with like morally justifying the use of the bombs even on a like oh it was necessary or like you know I don't know the all the details of the history and everything that went into that decision. For the record I don't think the 2014 got so last trying to or at least unintentionally is arguing for that perspective where the bomb was necessary, he says. He adds: "It does clearly establish that the Godzilla is like an outsider figure like it's something non-human"

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