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Why don't the Japanese call upon American air power?

posted 13 years ago by jeffyoung1
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How come it never dawns upon the Japanese authorities to call upon local American air power in all of their Godzilla movies? The Americans still base formidable air assets in Japan. The Americans would have sent F-4 Phantoms, F-100 Super Sabres, and F-105 Starfires. The U.S. Navy could have contributed its own F-4s, A-6 light bombers, F-8 Crusaders. Also, the American government was generous with the Japanese in selling our state-of-the-art fighter planes to the Japanese. But I didn't see any Japanese air force in this movie.

[–] rayincumbria 13 years ago

I think that having the Americans intervene would be seen as rather bad taste. Don't forget Godzilla is an anology for the nuclear bombing of Japan. Not quite that Godzilla was created by, and thus the 'fault' of the Americans, but representing the horror, the destruction etc. To have the American Military come crashing in with 'hey guys, let us solve this for you', would just not feel right.
Anyway, when in any Godzilla film (I've not seen them all by a long way, so open to correction here), have the army or air force ever managed to achieve anything other than to have their toy plastic tanks melted or te fighters swatted ot of the sky?

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[–] Chrisbc-1 8 years ago

Godzilla does represents American Power. Look at Godzilla's evolution as a character and compare it with the USA's relationship with Japan. At first he was an indiscriminate destoryer of cities, just like America from Imperial Japan's point of view. As the United States became an ally of Japan, so did Godzilla.

[–] wallacesawyer 8 years ago

The military barely made a difference in the GODZILLA films, no matter which country. GODZILLA (1998) is probably the only one I've seen where the military comes out victorious, at least without the help of another monster. But that thing wasn't the real Godzilla anyway.

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