Godzilla is depicted as an enormous, destructive, prehistoric sea monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons.[23] As the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones, portraying Godzilla as an antihero, or a lesser threat who defends humanity. With the end of the Cold War, several post-1984 Godzilla films shifted the character's portrayal to themes including Japan's forgetfulness over its imperial past,[24] natural disasters, and the human condition.
Continuing on the co-tails of my last Godzilla video, this time around, I'm showcasing my favorite moments from the first two Heisei Godzilla films, Godzilla 1985 and Godzilla vs. Biollante. I have a lot of nostalgia for 1985, but I think Biollante is objectively the better one. And it's more fun. I tried to include as many G
