Today involved a long drive, as is often the case for wildlife biologists, and it very soon developed into a discussion of kaiju, as if often the case for wildlife biologists. The cultural fascination with these cinematic creatures which even hardened scientists can't resist, coupled with the sheer biological impossibility of their existence, let alone their more spectacular abilities makes them fodder for delighted debate and contemplation in many scientific circles. Today's topic drifted more towards the cultural than the hard biology though. Mainly we were wondering at the multi-layered cultural influences that wove back and forth through the most recent kaiju movie to his the big screen. A concept born in Japan, raised to super-stardom across the ocean in North America, and brought to giant, CGI, cinematic life due to the childhood dreams of a small boy in Latin America.
Here's to every monster that crawled out of the Pacific to give us nightmares and inspire such delights as this.
Here's to every monster that crawled out of the Pacific to give us nightmares and inspire such delights as this.
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