While Romero used the aforementioned zombies as allegories for everything from the Cold War to rampant consumerism, kaiju were a direct response to mankind harnessing the power of the atom.
It wasn't until the era of super-cheap dollar store DVDs that I became a big fan of the "giant monster" genre. At its worst, the films are about rubber suits and cardboard buildings (still fun). At its best, a kaiju movie speaks to a post-nuclear world - a beast that can't be contained once it has been set free.
lyrics
You've got a problem on this planet
Monsters descend and cities panic
Modern science can't contain it
I'll do my best to explain it
It doesn't matter what you do next
We can't destroy all monsters if we're still left
The military can't control it
It can't be stopped with bombs and bullets
Modern science can't contain it
I'll do my best to explain it
It's not our world to protect
We can't destroy all monsters if we're still left
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