Zarm wrote:Jeff-Goldblum2 wrote:What does the line "Godzilla is inside each one of us" supposed to mean?
It's an attempt to directly translate the Japanese line there. Which, based on the subtitles on the Sony DVD, I take to mean something along the lines of, "As scientists, the responsibility for Godzilla lies with each one of us."
In essence, because the gains in knowledge and the atomic bomb that science made possible was the kind of thing that birthed Godzilla, everyone in the field that has done that kind of research or benefited from the research done in the past has a small share in the responsibility of those whose reckless use of science created Godzilla.
But it kind of loses that context in the English rendering.
Just watched it again, and with my moderate understanding of Japanese I wanted to add something:
Glasses guy says,”omae wa naze arawanderu?” Or “Why did you appear.
Right before Shinoda says those lines, Ichinose, the female character, says,”Humans gave birth to Godzilla” or something along those lines. I believe the subs make it created, which also works, but the idea and sentiment in that scene makes sense.
“gojira wa oretachi naka ni ireunda”.
Okay, so anyways, I watched the film and I noticed some things I never noticed, which makes the film more interesting:
-It’s subtle, but the CCI, are not originally looking for the ship. They are there to essentially probe the geothermal vents to see if a new source of energy can be made. It’s very relevant, because in a strange roundabout way, the milennian now also works as a foil to Godzilla who presumably is caused by humanities nuclear/energy consumption.
-Something that might be me reaching, is that the Millenian ship...might be a reference to King Ghidorah? The scene where they discover the ship, is similar to the sub scene in Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, where they discover Ghidorah’s head. Additionally, for like a few seconds, you can hear a harp theme. Ghidorah In 91 was accompanied by a harp. Additionally, similar to Ghidorah in GTTHM, both monsters are from space, locked in some sort of meteorite/ship, that has unusual effects on the world around them.
-The bombs used to blow up the building, were originally intended to be used on Godzilla in the middle of the film. Again it’s easy to miss, but the plan was to detonate them if Godzilla got too close to the reactor, make him fall over and then kill him. It was always sort of weird how they had these random special bombs ready to blow up orga but they had them right away.
-The millenians, are made of gas/liquid. Actually, I can’t 100% confirm it, but it’s the theory put forward by Shinoda and is visually confirmed. Basically, they’re gaseous creatures that can come together in a liquid form....I think. It’s why when they drain Godzilla of info, they’re transparent. It’s also why they before the tentacles appear, you can’t see them extending from the ship. The film sort of alludes to this, but it’s also why they desire a physical form in that of Godzilla.
-I never realized how much of a threat The Millenians were. It’s not really something that’s emphasized, and it’s easy to miss, but the millenian ship was in the process of changing Tokyo to suit their needs. When Shinoda is in the building, he covers his mouth to protect his breathing. The millenians were sending some strange tentacles/apparatus throughout the city to terraform the city to their needs. The millenian ship could also theoretically disable all communication and other nasty things. The film doesn’t really build the ship up as some world ending catastrophe, but it totally was.