It's my favorite Godzilla movie because of this aspect. There's a scene where I lost it in the theater when the >!Prime Minister is completely certain in telling the press that Godzilla will absolutely never, not in a million years, not make landfall.. only to have an underling whisper in his ear that Godzilla just made landfall.!<

I worked for a Japanese company at the time, and could recognize that it wasn't even heightened for parody. That's just exactly how it is.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

only to have an underling whisper in his ear that Godzilla just made landfall.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULD DEREGULATE EVERYTHING! INCLUDING FOOD AND DRINKING WATER, AND WE SHOULD ALLOW ALLOW COMAPNIES TO DUMP INTO RIVERS!

I love hollywood

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...you know this was a Japanese movie, right?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Oh I thought it was one of newer ones. I was envisioning the creep of conservatism into films, like that scene from Independence Day where Will Smith declares that he never wants to pay taxes