1.     I think the scientists faced similar moral problems. In “Fat Man and Little Boy”, the scientists weren’t just building a bomb to end a war. Most of them where aware that they were developing technology that could end the world. Oppenheimer knew that there was other use for the technology besides building bombs, and I believe that is why he ultimately decided to finish the project. In “Godzilla”, Serizawa faced similar problems. Like the developers of the atomic bomb, he wasn’t entirely certain as to how much damage his weapon would cause. He was also concerned with the political ramifications of his invention.

2.     I think they waited to show Godzilla in America because it was mocking our development of nuclear weapons. In a sense, Godzilla is like an allegory to the Manhattan project, just like “Animal Farm” is to the Russian Resolution and the Stalin era. Godzilla attacks Japan (like Japan attacks Pearl Harbor), and a scientist believes he can destroy the threat, but the weapon may have more negative ramifications than positive ones. In both cases, the scientists deploy their weapons, and have to deal with the aftermath. I think the moral of the first Godzilla movie is that we (The United States), had no right to use such a weapon on Japan, because there were other ways of resolving the problem.

3.     My opinion on nuclear weapons hasn’t really changed after watching either of these films. I believe the bombs have uses that can be productive in certain situations. For example; if we ever have to destroy a meteor headed for earth, or destroy an extra-terrestrial species threating out planet, powerful nuclear weapons are the only chance we stand against those kinds of threats.  I also believe nuclear power is one of the better solutions to the energy crisis, if we can find a way to safely dispose of the waste. Basically, I think it was only a matter of time before someone, somewhere discovered the potential of nuclear power, and I’m glad that we were the first ones to do it.

4.     The science of the Godzilla monster is utterly ridiculous. It is suppose to be 100 m tall and between 20,000 and 60,000 tons (depending on which film you watch). Nothing that big could stand under its own weight, let alone walk around terrorizing a city. The biggest dinosaur to ever live was the Argentinosaurus, which only weighed 100 tons. When talking about a biological organism that size, you also have to think about things like blood pressure and circulation. His heart would have to be an enormous diesel engine to maintain blood flow to all of his limbs. So just based on those few fundamental issues, nothing like that could ever exist.

5.     The name “Oxygen Destroyer” is kind of a paradox because neither matter, nor energy can be created or destroyed. It can however be transformed. For the oxygen destroyer to actually exist and operate, it would have to take oxygen and convert it to some other, really bad substance to be affective as a weapon. Even nuclear weapons don’t just create energy from nothing. They convert mass from a reaction (or several reactions) to enormous amounts of energy.