Varan arose from a world not yet modern. Even after modern wars, and nuclear development, we had areas of the world that were wild, savage, undefeated. They were there, and whatever we might do, as modern men, nothing mattered.
Gojira/Godzilla arose from the nuclear tests, and challenged modern society and destroyed it. Humans and their discoveries were useless, for even as the oxygen destroyer killed one, the knowledge it required, and the atomic powers of creation meant, Godzilla would endure.
Mothra, Radon/or Rodan, and King Ghidorah present the world with beasts that exist outside of our ability to control. They cannot be defeated, not matter our efforts, they will return. Rodan and his mate were destroyed, and he returned. Mothra has evolved from larva to moth, and it has endured. King Ghidorah, the monster from space, refused to die, despite being defeated. We cannot defeat it, only hope to push it back, to slow it it down, to make it think before attacking once again. We are human, we must be made extinct, or we will resist.
Not only do we not possess the ability to fight that which is eternal. we cannot hope to defeat that which is beyond our understanding. Yes, there are forces we are powerless to fight. The concept of Kaiju is not foolishness, it is an awareness, of that which we can neither fight, nor destroy.
Modern society is Tokyo Bay. How do we defend it? How might we choose to make our own world different? Depth charges, bomb, laser beams, missiles even nuclear bombs do not matter. What matters is, and it is said with humility, what matters is faith. Faith is important, to other humans, and to the world in which we live.
I confess, I experience a religious experience when I view a movie that shares the world of the Kaiju. I know, intellectually, that what I view is not the truth of human experience. And yet, yet, I know, there is a universal truth that exists whatever I believe, and the Kaiju are so great that I am a fool to think I might understand them.
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