Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-3542924-20121212002731/@comment-4310945-20140831021327

I don't really see him as a God, more as an instrument of nature. I agree, they are two very different animals with different motives. Also all the Zillas after the one from the 1998 movie were all more aggressive than the original with different motives. Hell even Zilla Jr., the son was very different from his mother/father in this matter. But that's another topic for another time. Also Godzilla is NOT indestructible, he has weaknesses, Man made electricity, radiation eating microbes, his secondary "brain" which is more of a cluster of nerves, his gills from the 2014 Legendary film and last but certainly not least the oxygen destroyer. Not to mention that he is rather clumsy and has been killed on 4 separate occasions and suffered 7 defeats in total. He is NOT a god or a force of nature, if he were he'd be totally unstoppable. However I will admit his durability and regenerative powers are second to none, even to the likes of Wolverine, Deadpool and the Hulk. The ultimate testament to this is him tanking a city busting meteor without a scratch.

Godzilla is a creature doing what is natural for him. He's a guard dog defending his territory which is earth and Japan specifically. He is however quite intelligent, either near sapient or sapient level intelligence and is capable of moral decisions. In Final Wars when he wanted to destroy humanity, Minilla pleaded with him to spare them and decided to do so. He has teamed up with other monsters like Rodan/Fire Rodan, Mothra, King Caesar, M.O.G.U.E.R.A., Mecha-Godzilla 2 and Jet Jaguar when he knows he can't fight an opponent on his own. He thinks about his attacks when it becomes obvious sheer brute strength won't cut it. He is also capable of showing emotions, usually anger and rage. But he has been shown to be happy, loving, even sad. Is he god like? No. Is he sentient? Depends on the continuality, but in the majority of the showa, heisei and a number of the Millennium era movies he either is or close to it. I haven't seen the 2014 movie and the Legendary version is only getting started on his run. So it's hard to say. So Godzilla is a guard dog, one who is either sentient or close to it but a guard dog none the less. This however does NOT detract from his accomplishments. Where it may take a Breacher from Pacific Rim a few days to total a city Godzilla can do an even better job in a few hours. He is a legendary Dai-Kaiju and arguably the greatest movie monster of all time.