Godzilla on NPR

[trekgeezer]

I listen to Public Radio a lot of the time when I am driving around for work and this morning on their show Morning Edition they had a piece about Godzilla  and Ishiro Honda  the guy who created him.

Mr. Honda never thought Godzilla would become so big (fame wise).  They said he died disappointed though, because he thought the original might help curb nuclear proliferation.  I've known this forever along with quite a few folks that visit  here that  Godzilla was an allegory for the atom bombs dropped on Japan.

An interesting tidbit they dropped in about the Americanized version of Godzilla  was about the Raymond Burr bits they put in.  Seems they only had one day in a small studio and they kept Burr there for 24 hours and filmed every scene he was in .  

I thought it was nice of a network known for their serious news to give a nod to the big guy on his 50th.

If you would like to see what other films Ishiro Honda made  go here:

www.dalekempire.com/FilmsHonda.html

[daveblackeye15]

Awesome man! Godzilla on the radio!