Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-26588074-20160125231302/@comment-25322628-20160530135603

I follow the films I've seen in order to understand the creatures used. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, a mysterious old man informs three people among others that Godzilla will return, the beginning of the film mentions Zilla (the 1998 Godzilla that attacked New York), the recording of the old man during the three people's visit to the prison he is in, explaining why Godzilla has returned. Of course, this is the English dub and the English subtitles.

Old Man: Artillery shells can do nothing to stop it. This animal has lived for eons. Atomic weapons and energy have given extraordinary capacities for its survival. But it's still an animal, and it can still be defeated. But, I repeat, not with any weapon. This animal represents the collective will to survive of many thousands of people. This animal carries within it the restless souls of all those that perished during the terrible battles that took place during the Pacific conflict.

Young Woman: Why is Godzilla trying to destroy us?

Old Man: Because the Japanese want to forget what happened.

Young Woman: What?

Old Man: They've deemed it preferable to forget the horrible pain and agony that they inflicted on all those people.

It was the only film in the Millennium series to use mysticism and spiritual discord over science when it came to Godzilla that had no order to it, and there was debate over where the monster's biological and spiritual boundaries ended and began.