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| Akihiko Hirata as Daisuke Serizawa |
Ogata, if the oxygen destroyer is used even once, politicians from around the world will see it. Of course, they’ll want to use it as a weapon.
Bombs versus bombs, missiles versus missiles, and now a new super weapon to throw upon us all.
As a scientist – no, as a human being – I can’t allow that to happen!
— Dr. Daisuke Serizawa in Gojira (1954)
When Gojira was cut and remixed for American audiences as Godzilla, King of the Monsters in 1956, there was no reference to war-hungry politicians.
The new Godzilla movie, while a magnificent bit of entertainment, also is devoid of emissaries of the state beyond the military personnel who carry out the policies.
Perhaps the concept of policy makers whose motivations threaten civilization is considered too much for American audiences.
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