I was thinking about the fact that Godzilla was a monster born of nuclear power, that came out in the 1950's and ravaged a japanese city, Less then a decade earlier the US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, so is Godzilla actually a metaphor for the USA?

Possibly, more than likely!

No.Godzilla is a symbol of Japan.

I actually thought about that.

"No.Godzilla is a symbol of Japan."

weird metharpor but so true

I heard that Godzilla was the sort of metaphor for the bomb......since, in the movies, he destroys Japan as well as saves it, like a bomb can (depending on who's wielding it).

He's basically just an anti-nuclear weapons symbol.

more like a combination I'd say more like the hazards the Americans caused to the Japanese and the dangers of nuclear weapons

To rephrase: He's from Japanese culture that stemmed from WWII bombing of the two Japanese cities wich involved America, since they were the ones who did the bombing! As Acheron put it, he's a metaphor for the N-Bombe, which is America!

Godzilla movies of the 70's teach us bombs can be our friends

"Godzilla movies of the 70's teach us bombs can be our friends"

"I was thinking about the fact that Godzilla was a monster born of nuclear power, that came out in the 1950's and ravaged a japanese city, Less then a decade earlier the US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, so is Godzilla actually a metaphor for the USA?"

"Vance Astro said:

"No.Godzilla is a symbol of Japan."

Yeah, we know that big G came out of Japanese culture, but I think the question being asked, is has it to do with America and the Nuclear bombing of the two Japanese cities! I would say the answer is yes, cause i'm not sure if they'd have gotten the idea for Godzilla any time soon after that had it not been for the bombing of those two cities."

"Push said:

"Vance Astro said:

"No.Godzilla is a symbol of Japan."

Yeah, we know that big G came out of Japanese culture, but I think the question being asked, is has it to do with America and the Nuclear bombing of the two Japanese cities! I would say the answer is yes, cause i'm not sure if they'd have gotten the idea for Godzilla any time soon after that had it not been for the bombing of those two cities."

The Japanese claim him to their pop culture like they do Sentai (Power Rangers) and Ultraman."

"I heard that Godzilla was the sort of metaphor for the bomb......since, in the movies, he destroys Japan as well as saves it, like a bomb can (depending on who's wielding it)."

"inferiorego said:

"Vance Astro said:

"Push said:

"Vance Astro said:

"No.Godzilla is a symbol of Japan."

Yeah, we know that big G came out of Japanese culture, but I think the question being asked, is has it to do with America and the Nuclear bombing of the two Japanese cities! I would say the answer is yes, cause i'm not sure if they'd have gotten the idea for Godzilla any time soon after that had it not been for the bombing of those two cities."

The Japanese claim him to their pop culture like they do Sentai (Power Rangers) and Ultraman."

At one point though, as I stated above, he was a symbol for the American way. Lots of pop culture icons in every culture's history are symbols for something going on during that time period."

F#ck Godzilla."

I remember when I first brought this thought up 12 years ago to my friends and it blew their minds, of course they were stoners so that was not exactly a difficult achievement, lol

Hmmmmmmm...Atomic Bomb?

the atomic bomb in general.

atomic breath? destroyer of cities? protector of places(US believed the atomic bomb could save many american soldier's lives, instead of invading Japan.)? originating from radioactive experiments?