Aquila: Shin Gozilla was a great Godzilla movie!

Kasumi: It definitely put a fresh spin on the idea.  You really get a sense of what it would be like for a government to face a threat they had never seen before...and with their own government bureaucracy standing in the way.

A: And Godzilla evolving was a wonderful idea as well – it made it so that nobody was ever certain of what would come next.

K: You can really feel the anguish, too, as they contemplate whether their only option is using a nuclear weapon against him.  The thought of another atomic bomb used on Japan, it’s...

A: It’s pretty horrible.

K: Yes.

A: And it’s all avoidable too.

K: I’m not sure I’m following you.

A: Well, most of the destruction in the movie could have been very easily prevented if the Japanese government had just done one thing.

K: Like what?

A: Give Godzilla a seat at the table.

K: Sorry, what?

A: He’s a Japanese monster, and the meetings are about him.  So, Godzilla deserves a seat at the table.  He should have been in those meetings too.

K: How would you get Godzilla into a government meeting?

A: You invite him.  How else would you do it?

K: He’s bigger than the buildings they’re holding the meetings in!

A: You can bring the meeting outside.  All those government people need to get more fresh air anyway.

K: And what would they talk about with Godzilla?

A: Well, medical care to start with.  Did you see how painful those evolutions looked?   Give the poor kaiju some bandages, at least!

K: Right.

A: I’m telling you, if they had just invited Godzilla to a meeting, he wouldn’t have gotten annoyed and destroyed Tokyo.  Seriously, the government in this movie is terrible at conflict resolution.

K: Okay then...

A: And think about the possibilities of actually getting Godzilla on the government’s side!  They could open an entire new tourist industry, just to see him!  And he’d be a massive boon to the medical field.

K: Well, I suppose for research it would be...wait, you’re talking about bandage manufacturing, aren’t you?

A: Finally, you’re being logical!  Who needs more and bigger bandages than Godzilla?

K: And what about all the collateral damage he causes?

A: Terrible for the insurance companies, but great for the construction industry.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, kaiju are wonderful drivers of urban renewal.

K: I see.

A: He’s also be a tremendous asset in urban planning.

K: Seriously?

A: Absolutely!  Who would be better at landscaping or demolition than Godzilla?  Need a hill leveled or a building taken down, let him shoot it with his atomic breath!

K: And what about whatever is behind it, like say, a building?

A: Clearly you’d need to put a giant fire-proof lead cloth overtop of it.  And there’s another place for economic growth – just think of how many people you could employ making giant atomic breath-proof building and landscape covers!

K: Why does the cloth need to be made of lead?

A: Radiation.  The breath is atomic, after all.

K: I suppose that’s...logical.

A: And Japan could have had all of this if they had just invited Godzilla to a single meeting!

K: Moving on, who is your candidate for best girl?

A: Best girls.  It’s the poor souls stuck on the tip of Godzilla’s tail at the end.

K: What, you mean those humanoid monster things?

A: You know how much Japan loves monster girls – if only they had been able to split off, they could have formed the best idol band!

K: So, wrapping up, we liked Shin Godzilla, and the Japanese government needs to hold more outdoor meetings...

A: Indoor meetings discriminate against kaiju!