[coconutt2000]

"It's kind of odd," freshman Kathleen Schafer said. "I didn't think scholars would be interested."

It is an excuse to travel using University money, and cheat on their spouses.

[Boundless]

Well, the monster was a metaphor for the Bomb,
and the Japanese were not really at liberty (nor
inclined) to crank out WW-II movies like Hollywood
was doing, but I doubt the conference will get
much more insightful than this.

[maestro]

Scholars Grapple With Godzilla Legacy ...

....Godzilla was the Anti-christian evolutionist answer to the 'Rising sun Japan'......

Rather than bow the knee to Jesus,.....'they' invented/substituted.......'Godzilla'.....(Godzilla was 19-K)...

/sarcasm

[atomicpossum]

When Godzilla movies are good, they are VERY good. When they're not, well...

(Some of the '90s updatings are quite good.)

[escapefromboston]

Godzilla shows man's inhumanity against man and godzookie represents the problems of fatherhood in post fedual Japan.

-how exactly does Godzilla show any of that??

look its a guy in a giant rubber monster suit! do I have to spell it out for you!!! Yeesh, philistine.

[weegee]

For example, the first Godzilla film came only eight months after the United States tested a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.

The movie — in which H-bomb testing disturbs Godzilla's undersea habitat and transforms him into a behemoth with fiery, radioactive breath — reflects anxiety and a feeling of helplessness in the face of a nuclear threat, Igarashi said.

I think that Toho made a Godzilla film in the 1990s (King Ghidorah?) that altered this aspect of the character's history. It showed Godzilla coming to the aid of Japanese troops and killing some American GIs. That would be pre-bomb drop.

It is also reeks of nationalism at what should be considered a LOW point of Japanese history.

[weegee]

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[weegee]

When will UCLA grapple with the serious subject of indigenous peoples' history and feminism coming head to head in The Aztec Mummy Vs. The Wrestling Women?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Godzilla's legacy? He's the best clutch hitter in pinstripes.

[Freemyland]

The last time I looked, Godzilla was tearing up Boston.

[solitas]

Rialto Pictures refurbished the original footage this year:
http://www.rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html

Here's the trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/godzilla.html

I can't wait for the DVD to be released.
Oh, yeah, and Raymond Burr is NOT NOT NOT in it! (yay!)

[stockstrader]

You haven't heard of the new degree, "PhD in Godzilla Studies"?

[SunkenCiv]

Beats workin' for a living, I suppose. At least they could study "Star Trek" by renting a bunch of movies and going to a fan convention. Now *that* would be relevant.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Ping!!
Ms.B

[Jet Jaguar]

ping! to Longcut

and bump to the post.

check this thread out if you are interested in all things Godzilla

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1160331/posts

[mikrofon]

Hillary, come home -- your Mothra's worried sick about you.