King Kong Vs. Godzilla

On one hand, Hot Rod is “cool beans”,on the other, Napoleon Dynamite is “flippin’ sweet!” Both these weird-humored comedies have various “on the surface” aspects that generate similarity, yet different components of each film set the two apart.

There are many reasons why society creates and has an interest in monsters. Noteworthy resources and authors have shed some light and have given evidence to this argument. A few that stand out are; Andrew Hoffman, Jeff Cohen and Patricia Donovan. In Hoffman's book he quotes Stephen Asma, "Monsters and the moral imagination". "Monsters have a purpose--not merely to express our fears but also to test our sense of morality". He begins to explain why society is obsessed with imaginary, deformed, cruel and freakish creatures also known as monsters.

Lastly, the tale of Frankenstein can be observed in depth to prove a point. Some cultures used the idea of Frankenstein to signify that in the future, we humans would be our own monsters since we create them. Others use the tale as a way of detesting against the living things that don’t adhere to our norms. Anything that goes against our mind’s norms tends to present fear and anxiety in our feelings. This is the sole basis as to what monsters are made from.

When people think of monsters, the first thing that pops into their head is Frankenstein, zombies, creatures of the night. Monsters are scary. Monsters in society reveal peoples fears and anxieties, their preconceived notions of normality, and represent the unknown.

The 19th century reader of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was treated to a tale of fantastic proportions. A story of a monster that was created from parts of corpses and could be brought to life would have been an extremely scary story. They would not know if the creation of a monster in this way was really a scientific possibility. The 21st century audience however, now knows that this is not scientifically possible. The fear that was struck in the hearts of the 19th century reader by this monster is now gone. With this in mind the story of Frankenstein now has to be altered to conjure the same fear in our current society of that which existed in the hearts of the original audience. In Hollywood's remakes of the original

Frankenstein’s monster received an exceedingly amount of hatred by people that were disgusted because they had never seen a monster before, but no one cared to think that perhaps the monster was not evil and all it just wanted was compassion from a person and to understand what it meant to live like a human being. The oppression that was perhaps being used onto the monster was perchance that the humans may have never seen a monster before and no one took their time to understand what the monster was and how it was created. This caused many individuals to fear the monster and attack or scare the monster away

What if the beast was not an animal,but reflected us within our actions and words.Sometimes something we are scared of isn't an object or even a living thing.It could be ourselfs without us not even knowing what we become.Power and imagination can sometimes lead to very bad endings.In the book Lord of the flies By William Golding this allegory talks about kids on an island discovering the true beast.Also in the t.v series The Twilight Zone: “Monsters Due On Maple Street.” By Rod Serling, this sci-fi episode of many is about a whole street getting crazy,pointing fingers at one another because they think that one of them is an alien,and are there to take them away.

Godzilla Godzilla’s appearance has changed gradually over the years, but its general shape and iconic figure. Godzilla was actually inspired by the Rhedosaurus which is a fictional being created by Ray Harryhausen from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Godzilla’s design was interpreted as an amphibious reptile. Godzilla is a bipedal creature in which Akira Watanabe combined aspects of the T-Rex, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus, and alligator. Godzilla’s specific origins vary, but the common theme is that it was awakened from the sea and empowered by nuclear radiation.

Monsters have proven to be more than just the fiendish appearance or the evil within such creatures – their monstrosity symbolizes, more or less, the characteristics that define mankind and/or our innermost fears. Prior to this Exploration of the Humanities course, I have interpreted monsters for what they are: heartless and destructive creatures that generate fear. However, I never bothered what the true cause of such fear is – only associating the gruesome presence with a psychological reaction of horror. But taking this class allowed me to broaden my perspective on monsters and monstrosity: humans fear the “Other” because we as individuals have an “Other” within us (subconsciously) that we are not willing to show to those in our

With a booming economy and strong military, American culture in the 1950's experienced a wave of advances anywhere from cars, homes, highways, and agriculture. The film industry also flourished at this time especially through productions of horror films featuring not only characters such as Dracula, werewolves, or Frankenstein, but a more realistic monster that terrorized this generation. Giant bugs became rather popular on the big screen during this time and through multiple theories, they became quite significant to culture and certainly represented something other than themselves. Aside from the typical beliefs behind the bugs, such as the idea that they represent the fear of chemicals and radiation after war, a further idea is found that

In 1956, America released Godzilla, King of Monsters! This “Amercanized” version of the original changed the theme entirely. It was no longer a film with a deeper, underlying message. It was now just a cheesy scary movie about a giant lizard. “The Americanized version of the film, issued in 1956, cut out all the atomic bomb references, slashed some twenty minutes of film and replaced it with ridiculous scenes of an American reporter, Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) racing about Japan chasing Godzilla. The American producers decided that the U.S. was not ready for a look at the destruction of Japan through the eyes of the victims.” (Chadwick) The monster also has a new origin story now. It was the Japanese’s fault. In this version of the movie, the origin from radiated sand is just left out. The film ends by Steve Martin saying, "The menace was gone, so was a great man. But the whole world could wake up and live again". This is a much more upbeat ending. In the original, it ends with a warning of continual use, and the “Americanized” version ends with hope. By changing the tone of the ending, it gives the audience two diverging perspectives towards nuclear testing from the two

In many books and stories the monster is portrayed as a mysterious, awful, powerful and inhuman creature created for numerous reasons. In one story the monster was created so that the creator could prove that he could make life and be just like God or be a God, in another no one knows the origin of the monster as a fact making the stories merely legions. Additionally, there was even a story about a man who didn’t want to feel any empathy for the crimes he committed so he created his own special kind of monster, himself. All of these monsters have very strange abilities that make them seem unreal and very inhuman yet also very believable at the same time, thus why they are such good stories, but over the year’s big movie industries such as

Literary works, such as novels, have captivated audiences since their creation. Following narratives of intimate human experiences, adventures in far off lands and encounters with the supernatural, novels appeal to a broad selection of people, attracting a following. The success of literary works, such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, attracts the attention of producers of the screen and stage, as an already articulated story with existing supporters, poses the possibility of huge financial gain when adapted into another genre or medium. Tod Browning, a director who took up the challenge of adapting Dracula to the screen in 1931, produced a huge box office sensation of the classic vampire tale that is still considered one of the most iconic adaptations today.

The 1956 movie about a huge reptile, Godzilla looks like a dinosaur and breathes fire like a dragon. He comes up out of the ocean after an atomic bomb wakes him up. Godzilla can melt steel with his atomic breath and is big enough to knock down huge buildings. In the original film he destroys the city of Tokyo and he gets killed at the end.

Notably, recent United States Supreme Court decisions reflect a movement against incorporating concepts of morality in judicial decision-making and as a valid basis for legislation.